Chapter 104                                                             

Zhou Mengchen had never thought that he would encounter such a problem in his whole life.

Do multiple choice between life and truth.

Is mercury toxic?

poisonous.

After all, he was a person who had been educated for more than ten years. Although he had never done experiments and verified them in later generations, he had never seen any patients with mercury poisoning, but he had seen popular science of mercury poisoning and entered scientific research institutions. Although he was finally exported to society by his supervisor.

But he knew how scientific research works.

He believed in the entire scientific system and the basic theories of a certain branch of the scientific system, so he believed that mercury was toxic.

Although there was something wrong with his experiment this time. Although he had not checked where the problem was in this experiment? He did not doubt the entire conclusion. Unless there was a sure experiment that proved that many scientists had made mistakes. Mercury was not poisonous.

Only Zhou Mengchen would believe it.

Just one experiment, it was too hasty.

He knew that he now had many roundabout plans. For example, first admitting that mercury is not poisonous, then taking time to prove to Emperor Jiajing that mercury is actually poisonous.

But Zhou Mengchen suddenly remembered the story of Copernicus being burned to death when he was a very young man. Galileo's famous saying: "The earth is still turning." Zhou Mengchen suddenly felt that Jiajing's eyes were no longer terrible.

Perhaps this question, where other purposes are mixed in Jiajing, is already a distinction of loyalty. But for Zhou Mengchen, it is also another distinction of loyalty.

Zhou Mengchen thought to himself: "I am loyal to the books I have read for more than ten years, I am loyal to countless test papers I have written, and I am loyal to science itself." He raised his head, looked directly into Jiajing's eyes, and said: "Your Majesty, mercury is poisonous. This time I made a mistake. I deserve to die. However, mercury is still poisonous."

It is true that he deserves to die. Zhou Mengchen was laughing at himself in his heart. If his mentor knew that the cause of his death was because of an experiment mistake, he would probably have to strangle himself to death through both worlds.

When Jiajing heard Zhou Mengchen's words, he said nothing, and perhaps he didn't want to say anything. With a wave of his hand, two strong eunuchs immediately dragged Zhou Mengchen out.

The door suddenly opened when Li Shizhen's small room was closed. Zhou Mengchen was pushed in.

When Li Shizhen saw him, he said, "What? Are you here to let me out?"

Zhou Mengchen smiled bitterly and said, "No, he was locked up."

Li Shizhen was immediately angry and said, "I didn't tell you, don't worry about me, don't worry about me? What should we do? The two of us big men have come in, what should my sister, your sister-in-law, your mother, and three women outside?"

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen felt ashamed.

He thought for a while and said, "I probably can't go out alive, but you are different. After you go out, please help me take care of the family."

Li Shizhen sneered and said, "Don't think I don't understand anything. Do you think you can't go out alive and I can go out alive. Even if I don't sin to death, there is no saying, "Is it called implication or eradication?"

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen fell into the dead grass and said, "I was wrong."

Indeed, Li Shizhen may not be able to survive by being implicated by him. When Zhou Mengchen thought of this, he felt even more sad.

First, I am sad. If I die, what should I do with my family?

Second, when he thought of his death, the knowledge he brought from later generations was passed down. He traveled through time in vain. This was even more uncomfortable than letting him know that he was dead.

He thought about it carefully and said to himself: "No, I can die. But science needs to be passed on."

His own death is his personal tragedy. If science cannot be passed on, it will be the misfortune of the Ming Dynasty and the entire China.

He thought about it carefully and found that in fact, he had passed on the most basic scientific concepts, including mathematical systems, scientific methods - theories, and even experiments and practices, etc. But he has not yet formed a complete system. He still has a lot to do.

At this moment, he secretly regretted being impulsive. He should not learn from Copernicus, but from the Grand Historian.

Zhou Mengchen was regretting, and suddenly heard the door move, Teng Xiang came over, he said, "You-------" He had countless words to say, but when he saw Zhou Mengchen, he couldn't say it. He sighed and said, "You have a lot of danger this time. If you have anything to say, I will help you one or two. If you can't help, don't count on me."

Zhou Mengchen said: "I only have two requests. Can my disciples be released from the palace?"

Tengxiang said, "Your sins will not implicate the ten clans."

The identity of the master and apprentice belongs to the tenth clan.

Zhou Mengchen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Please give more paper and pen."

Tengxiang couldn't understand it and said, "You have only these requests? Have you not told me anything about my family?"

Zhou Mengchen was silent for a moment and said, "What can I do at home? I will naturally leave a letter to my home."

Tengxiang sighed, and didn't say anything. He didn't stay for too long. He turned around and left.

After a moment, he sent in pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Zhou Mengchen started writing without saying a word.

He had too many things to write. He had too many things to write. Before, he actually wrote "Pythagorean Explanation". After that, although he had written some things in the heliocentric theory, he had not finished the final draft. When he picked up the pen, he hesitated to write what to write. In a moment, he had to write astronomy thoroughly, from the three laws of planets to gravity, and then handle most of Newtonian mechanics.

If you have time, write something else.

Zhou Mengchen didn't know when Jiajing ordered him to be executed.

If he had more time and had to stay in prison for a longer period of time, he would naturally have more time to write. If he had shorter time, he would naturally have to write the most basic and most important thing, and naturally he would have to deal with Newton's things first.

After Tengxiang came out, he went to see Huang Jin.

Huang Jin heard Zhou Mengchen's request as reposted by Tengxiang, Huang Jin sneered and said, "This week Zhou Mengchen is always swearing, but he lost his links at critical moments, which made the miscellaneous family lose face. Liu Zhong is so powerful that he will take the initiative. In the future, it will be difficult to deal with the Sili Supervisory Office."

Tengxiang said carefully: "Then I will give you instructions to greet Zhou Mengchen."

This "Great Hell" naturally requires "quotation marks".

Huang Jin said: "Tengxiang, this is not what happened. No matter how stupid Zhou Mengchen is, he is still ours. This time he is almost dead. He has no meaning to us, but things have to be done for living people. If Zhou Mengchen is useless and treats him like this, who will work hard in the future?"

"Only kind people can walk the road wider."

Teng Xiang was relieved secretly. He had a good relationship with Zhou Mengchen. Although he now had a little secretly hated Zhou Mengchen for ruining a big deal, he did not want to kill Zhou Mengchen.

Huang Jin smiled and said, "The reason why I chose you as my adopted son is that it depends on your strengths. If you do things in the palace, you will naturally be ruthless. But being ruthless is not enough. Things that should be kind are also kind. As for when to be ruthless and when to be kind, you have to study hard."

Tengxiang said, "My son understands."

Huang Jin said, "Zhou Mengchen's funeral is left to you. If you can help, please help me. I will beg for you in front of His Majesty to see if I can let him come out alive." Huang Jin said this, shook his head gently and said, "This is a bit difficult, after all, he touched His Majesty's reverse scale."

Jiajing was arrogant and smart. If he found out that he was fooled by others, he would deny his IQ and make Jiajing angry. And the matter of practice is what Jiajing values ​​the most. For this matter, Jiajing never cared about killing people.

Many officials from Jinshi came from a Jinshi were either killed or demoted because of this matter, let alone Zhou Mengchen who had no foundation at all.

It's really hard to survive if both are committed.

Teng Xiang also understood this and said, "My son understands that I will settle the people of the Zhou family so that Zhou Mengchen's mother and wife can return to Wuchang safely."

All he can do is this.
Chapter completed!