Chapter 112: Demonic Water Motoko (Part 2)
"I want to hear! I want to hear! Grandma, please continue, I will never interrupt again!" Li Zhang also knew that he was too rude, so he immediately smiled with shameless face. However, he was still full of doubts about this inexplicable crocodile disaster. After all, the Bian River is a tributary of the Yellow River, so how could there be crocodiles in such a river?
Faced with Li Zhang's assurance, Liu E finally continued: "I remember it was eleven years ago, and the prince was not born yet. The summer of that year was very hot. As a result, many crocodiles suddenly appeared in the Bian River, because people often bathed in the Bian River to cool down in the summer, and crocodile injuries occurred frequently..."
With Liu E's account, Li Zhang finally knew the cause of Shui Yuanzi's death. Compared to his success, Shui Yuanzi's death made him feel a little incredible. To be precise, it was very dramatic. Yes, it was dramatic. After listening to it, Li Zhang always felt that Shui Yuanzi's death was like a script. Even if it was written in real life, it would have a sense of falseness.
The Bian River, which had never been crocodile, suddenly had a crocodile disaster. Countless people in the capital were deeply harmed. The government also organized many people to clear the crocodile in the river, but some crocodiles were still hidden in the river. As a result, Shui Yuanzi suddenly came forward and vowed to eliminate the harm to the people of Tokyo. Then he took off his Taoist robe and jumped into the Bian River with a sword on his back.
This Shui Yuanzi has excellent water properties and can dive into the abyss to catch fish. In addition, it is extremely powerful, so she can fight crocodiles in the water and kill some crocodiles that have escaped the net one after another. For a time, Shui Yuanzi's reputation in Tokyo City has increased greatly. Perhaps no one has mentioned Shui Yuanzi anymore, but if it were more than ten years ago, Shui Yuanzi was almost synonymous with living immortals.
With the help of a strange man like Shui Yuanzi, the court quickly cleared most of the crocodiles in the Bian River. However, when the Bian River in the east of the city was cleared, a crocodile that was more than ten feet long appeared. The fishing nets of the government crocodile were all broken by it. In the end, Shui Yuanzi jumped into the water to fight it.
"That day, countless people stood on both sides of the straits to watch, and even His Majesty and I went. At that time, Shui Yuanzi and the giant crocodile were fighting in the water, from the bottom of the water to the surface, and from the surface to the bottom of the water, the blood dyed the river water red. Finally, the corpse of the giant crocodile floated up, and Shui Yuanzi's sword was inserted on its neck, but Shui Yuanzi never appeared again!" Liu E continued to preach.
"This..." When Li Zhang heard the story of Shui Yuanzi, the unreality became even stronger. If this story was not from Liu E, he would probably think it was a plot from a martial arts novel in a later generation?
"Grandma, I heard many people say that Shui Yuanzi may not have died, and someone even saw him later. Is it true?" Zhao Zhen suddenly asked. He had heard Shui Yuanzi's story for a long time, and he admired Shui Yuanzi at a young age. This is also the main reason why he could not believe that the golden meal was poisonous before.
"Although Shui Yuanzi is known as an alien, he is not a god. When he was fighting with the giant crocodile, many people saw him seriously injured and even was almost swallowed by the giant crocodile several times. Later, he fought to the death and killed the giant crocodile, but he himself never came up again. At first, your father and I still had hope, and I thought Shui Yuanzi was amazing in water and might have floated up, but we waited on the shore for more than an hour, but we still didn't see him." Liu E sighed at this time.
"But before seeing the corpse, it cannot prove that he is dead. Maybe he may still be alive!" Li Zhang couldn't help but interrupt again. The ability of the wild dog is too similar to that of Shui Yuanzi, and the wild dog is only ten years old. In other words, the wild dog was not born when Shui Yuanzi died. Li Zhang suspected that Shui Yuanzi was probably the father of the wild dog. If this guess was true, then Shui Yuanzi might have been cheated.
"Your Majesty also thought so at that time, so he kept sending people to guard the shore. However, after a month, someone found a decayed corpse downstream. The clothes on his body were worn by Shui Yuanzi before his death. This made His Majesty believe that Shui Yuanzi was really dead. However, in order to commemorate Shui Yuanzi's achievements, Your Majesty specially built a Shui Yuan Temple where Shui Yuanzi killed the giant crocodile. The incense there should be still very strong now." Liu E finally spoke again.
"Empress, do you think the golden tableware that Shui Yuanzi presented to His Majesty was intentional or unintentional?" Li Zhang pondered for a moment and asked Liu E again.
Ancient Taoists believed that there was a perpetual substance in substances such as lead, mercury, jade, etc., so they wanted to extract this substance through alchemy and then take pills to achieve the goal of immortality. Therefore, those Taoists who presented elixirs to the emperor did not necessarily want to harm the emperor. Some Taoists really believed that they could refine elixirs for immortality, and they also took it themselves. Of course, most of them died of heavy metal poisoning.
"Hmph, whether he intentionally or unintentionally, this person deserves to die, and he died too coincidental. He died not long after offering gold tableware. If this is not a coincidence, then this person is too suspicious!" Liu E said at this time, gritting her teeth. The royal family did not need evidence at all. Just a trace of suspicion is enough to determine the life and death of this person.
"Grandma, what should I do with my father? He is still using those golden tableware?" Zhao Zhen asked worriedly at this time. Of course, his question was mainly about Liu E, because only she could solve this problem.
"Don't worry, I have someone replaced it secretly!" Liu E smiled relaxedly at this time. She did not choose to tell Zhao Heng the truth directly, but quietly changed Zhao Heng's tableware. After all, Zhao Heng's confused appearance would not notice it at all.
When Li Zhang heard this, he couldn't help but secretly admire Liu E's intelligence. However, the only one in the Song Dynasty who dared to do this was probably Liu E. If it were Zhao Zhen, he would not have such courage and courage.
"Oh no, Miaoyuan has a golden bowl, and she uses that bowl to drink goat milk every day!" At this time, Zhao Zhen suddenly thought of his sister, and shouted and turned around and ran to Miaoyuan Temple, but suddenly thought of Liu E here, and he couldn't help but stop awkwardly. Instead, Li Zhang ran to Miaoyuan Temple directly, because it was time to have breakfast, and Miaoyuan had to drink some trace of lead later.
"Go!" Liu E saw the different behaviors of Zhao Zhen and Li Zhang, but now she sighed contradictoryly, then waved her hand to let Zhao Zhen leave. In fact, her feelings for Zhao Zhen were very complicated, that is, she hoped that Zhao Zhen would be obedient, and that Zhao Zhen could have his own opinions and dare to express her views. However, Zhao Zhen's performance was more inclined to the former. Can such a person really take on the responsibility of an emperor in the future?
Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen ran all the way and soon arrived at Miaoyuan Temple. During this period, Li Zhang came here a lot, so no one stopped him along the way. Finally, when Li Zhang broke into Miaoyuan's room, he found that Changsheng was placing breakfast for Miaoyuan, and Miaoyuan habitually picked up the bowl of goat milk to prepare to drink.
"Stop!" Li Zhang yelled immediately when he saw this, Miaoyuan's hands trembled, and most of the goat milk in the golden bowl was sprinkled.
"What are you doing? You scared me!" Miao Yuan immediately said angrily when he saw Li Zhang breaking in.
"It's good to sprinkle, Miaoyuan, don't drink it!" At this time, Zhao Zhen also broke in and saw the goat's milk sprinkled on the ground and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother, why do you say that?" Miaoyuan said dissatisfied when he heard Zhao Zhen's words.
"Miaoyuan, you don't know either, but after listening to me, don't use this bowl in the future!" Zhao Zhen walked to Miaoyuan, then took the golden bowl from her and said.
"What does it mean? Why can't you use this bowl?" Miaoyuan was stunned when he heard Zhao Zhen's words.
"This... don't ask, my cousin and I will definitely not harm you!" Zhao Zhen didn't want Miaoyuan to know too much, so he hesitated for a moment and said again.
"You don't need a bowl, but you still have to drink more goat milk. Go and get another bowl for the princess!" Li Zhang also walked forward and said at this time.
Like cow's milk, sheep's milk is rich in a lot of calcium, which can reduce the body's absorption of lead. In addition, Miaoyuan only used a golden bowl, which is probably why she survived. However, even so, she was still affected by lead poisoning at a young age. Not only was she weak, but she was also very low in immunity, and a minor illness could endanger her life.
Changming agreed immediately and then quickly went to get the goat's milk. Miaoyuan still had an unclear expression at this time, but Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen refused to explain. Finally, she asked a few times and had to give up.
In a short while, the new goat milk was sent to Long Life. Li Zhang once again reminded Miaoyuan to drink a bowl of milk every day and eat more fruits and vegetables. In addition, after the illness is cured, try to do more exercise as much as possible, and the source of lead is missing from the golden bowl. Although the lead in her body will still have a certain impact, as time goes by, the lead will be slowly excreted. If you insist on exercise and recuperation, Miaoyuan's body will definitely slowly recover.
After telling Miaoyuan, Li Zhang and Zhao Zhen returned to Jingfu Palace again, but Liu E had already left at this time. Neither of them had eaten or eaten, so Zhao Zhen ordered someone to bring breakfast. They both ate and chatted, mainly about Shui Yuanzi.
"Cousin, do you think Shui Yuanzi deliberately gave lead-containing gold tableware to his father?" Zhao Zhen asked immediately. This question was exactly the same as the question Li Zhang asked Liu E just now.
"Although I can't be sure, I always feel that Shui Yuanzi is not simple. I don't believe that he saved the dead, and he let His Majesty see it. Moreover, his death is full of mystery. Why are there so many crocodiles suddenly appearing in the Bian River? Why was his body not discovered at that time, but was discovered a month later?" Li Zhang frowned at this time.
"Then cousin, can you figure out these things?" Zhao Zhen asked again. In his eyes, Li Zhang seemed to be omnipotent, after all, he was a disciple of a "god man".
Chapter completed!