My father is Jiajing

Chapter 260 The old Taoist priest is messing with people's mentality again

Just when Zhu Zaigui was teasing Si Hua, Huang Jin finally arrived.

Huang Jin, who came over overnight, didn't even close his eyes. He was extremely tired.

After he brought a group of Dongchang men to the magical medicine place, Huang Jin immediately sent someone in to inform Prince Yu.

After Meng Chong received the news of Huang Jin's arrival, he immediately rushed to the courtyard where Zhu Zaigui was, and said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, Eunuch Huang is here."

As soon as Meng Chong shouted, he immediately saw that his prince was pinching Miss Si Hua's chin and teasing her like a little gangster. He immediately lowered his voice and wanted to turn around and leave.

But Zhu Zaigui had already heard Meng Chong's voice, so he had no choice but to let Si Hua go reluctantly, and said with a sly smile: "I will ask Mr. Si Hua for new knowledge later."

Then Zhu Zaigui let go of Si Hua's chin, turned to Meng Chong, and said seriously: "You go to greet him first, I will meet him in the front hall later."

Meng Chong quickly agreed, left the courtyard and went to meet Huang Jin.

Zhu Zaigui turned around and looked at Si Hua again, and said with his arms open, "Change your clothes."

Si Hua blushed as she carefully helped Zhu Zaigui change his clothes.

After he was dressed neatly, Zhu Zaigui left the courtyard and went to the front yard.

At this moment, Huang Jin had also arrived at the front hall. When Zhu Zaigui appeared, Huang Jin immediately bowed and said, "Your servant greets His Majesty."

Zhu Zaiqi looked at Huang Jin, who looked exhausted, and said with concern: "Eunuch Huang, you have worked hard. Please sit down and have a rest."

Huang Jin was touched by Zhu Zaigui's concern and greetings.

Huang Jin said: "Your Majesty, this servant is not tired. This servant came here specially to look for the magic medicine in accordance with the order of the Emperor."

Zhu Zaigui hummed, and without further ado, he directly instructed Meng Chong, "Go and find the two immortals Lei Dezi and Nuo Dezi."

After a while, two senior chemical professionals came hurriedly. Judging from their expressions, they did not delay at all and their attitude was very good.

Zhu Zaiqi introduced: "My two masters, this is the eunuch Huang Jin, the seal holder of the Imperial Household Department and the governor of the Eastern Depot, who is your Majesty's close attendant."

Although the two chemical masters, Lei Dezi and Nuo Dezi, had never seen Huang Jin, they had heard of Huang Jin's name. Now that they suddenly saw the real person, they were immediately excited. Prince Yu really did not lie to them.

The two of them excitedly greeted Huang Jin and said, "Wulian Tianzun, I am honored to meet Eunuch Huang."

Huang Jin also looked at these two Taoist masters who looked unremarkable, and was surprised. How come these two Taoists didn't have the slightest sense of immortality? Instead, they looked like experienced old craftsmen.

However, for someone like Huang Jin, he is no longer the kind of person who judges people by their appearance.

Since these two Taoists have the ability to refine miraculous medicines, they must also have their own unique temperament. This temperament, similar to that of a senior craftsman, should be the unique temperament of these two Taoists.

Huang Jin smiled and returned the greeting: "We have met two immortals."

After greeting, Huang Jin didn't waste any words and asked directly: "I heard that the two immortals have extraordinary skills and have refined a magical medicine that does not exist in the world. I am here today on the order of the Emperor to check it out. If the two immortals can make the magical medicine they have refined really show extraordinary effects, maybe in an instant the two immortals will be able to rise to the top and serve the Emperor, and share the profound avenue with him."

After Lei Dezi and Nuo Dezi heard Huang Jin's words, their eyes turned red with excitement. They had been in the capital for many years and had always lived in Chaotian Temple without the chance to see the emperor.

Last year, the two of them were fortunate to be recommended by Lan Daoxing, which brought them a new opportunity. They got in touch with Prince Yu and got the chance to refine a magical medicine for Emperor Jiajing.

However, the two never dreamed that according to the medicine refining materials and secret recipes provided by Prince Yu, they would actually turn the miraculous medicine into explosives, so that they did not even have the courage to tell the truth.

If Prince Yu hadn't suddenly come yesterday and asked about their progress, this secret would have been hidden for a longer time before it was known to others.

However, what the two did not expect was that Prince Yu not only did not punish them for the crime of refining the magic medicine into explosives, but also rewarded them greatly. This made the two feel like they were in a fairyland, as if they were dreaming.

Now people from the palace have also arrived, and perhaps to fulfill their promise, the two of them were so excited that they almost burst into tears.

Lei Dezi said, "I am extremely delighted to hear your words. However, the magic medicine is very potent, so please wait for a moment. After Brother Nuodezi and I are fully prepared, we will invite you and the prince to witness the power of the magic medicine."

Huang Jin nodded, "Okay, the two immortals go and prepare first." Then Lei Dezi and Nuo Dezi left excitedly. At the same time, Zhu Zaigui and Huang Jin each sent one person to follow the two of them to actually observe their preparations to see if there was any fraud.

After all, this matter was of great importance, and without conclusive information, Huang Jin did not dare to go back and report.

While Lei Dezi and Nuo Dezi were leaving, Zhu Zaigui said to Huang Jin with concern, "Eunuch, please take a rest first. When the two immortals are ready, I will ask Meng Chong to call you."

But Huang Jin couldn't rest yet. He said to Zhu Zaigui, "Your Majesty, I have something important to tell you."

When Zhu Zaiqi heard that Huang Jin had something important to do, he couldn't help but become curious, "What's the important matter, eunuch?"

Huang Jin looked at Zhu Zaigui and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor said that he has no business here and that Your Majesty should handle it. I am here to verify the authenticity of this."

When Zhu Zaiqi heard this, he immediately revealed an expression of disbelief, and his voice couldn't help but rise a few pitches, "What?!"

Huang Jin looked at the shocked Zhu Zaiqi and said again to confirm: "Your Highness, you heard it right. The Emperor asked Your Highness to handle the matter of the Divine Medicine Institute on his own."

Zhu Zaigui still couldn't believe it and said, "Eunuch Huang, did you hear what His Majesty meant? Did you hear it wrongly? If this magic medicine is real, it must be more powerful than gunpowder. I'm sure you know the court's attitude towards gunpowder without me having to explain it to you."

"How can I let this prince handle this on my own? I am still young!"

Huang Jin looked at the tall and strong Zhu Zaigui and added: "Your Majesty, you have already had your coming-of-age ceremony and will be getting married next year. Who dares to say that you are young?"

After hearing this, Zhu Zaigui was completely stunned. I am only fifteen years old now. In which era would he not be considered a baby at this age?
Why can't you be younger?

Zhu Zaigui took a deep breath and confirmed again: "Did Your Majesty really say that?"

Huang Jin hummed, "That's what the Emperor meant."

Zhu Zaigui was puzzled and said, "Think about it carefully, okay? This is nitroglycerin, which is more powerful than gunpowder. How can you be so confident? What if something unexpected happens?"

When Huang Jin heard Zhu Zaigui mention nitroglycerin, he also showed a puzzled expression, "What glycerin did the prince just talk about?"

When Zhu Zaiqi heard Huang Jin's words, he knew that he had let the cat out of the bag, but he still tried to explain, "Nitroglycerin. I also thought of an easy-to-remember name for this magic medicine based on the raw materials used by the two immortals to refine this magic medicine."

Huang Jin suddenly said "Oh" in realization. Although he didn't know how this magic medicine was made, after hearing the name, Huang Jin seemed to understand it. "Your Majesty, this name is really appropriate."

But what’s the use of being appropriate?
Before nitroglycerin was invented, Zhu Zaigui thought about it day and night, but once it was actually invented, Zhu Zaigui was like Ye Gong in the story of Ye Gong who loved dragons, and he didn't dare to touch it at all.

Because he really understood how terrifying this thing was. If it weren't for the era of industrial boom, which ruler would dare to hand over such an important thing to other people's hands so confidently?
Therefore, it was strange that Zhu Zaigui was not panicking. He really couldn't guess what Emperor Jiajing meant.

Is this a temptation? A test? Or trust? A trap?

Zhu Zaigui was confused. It was obvious that in Zhu Zaigui's heart, he had never trusted Emperor Jiajing at all. He always felt that Emperor Jiajing was a cold emperor with lofty ambitions and unfathomable character.

Therefore, no matter what Zhu Zaigui did in the past two years, he actually thought that he had gained freedom and convenience by being extremely cautious and voluntarily handing over the evidence.

Little do they know that how many fathers really plot against their sons?

Although the royal family was ruthless, Emperor Jiajing only had two sons left, especially one who was about to have a baboon, so it was impossible for him to bear any grudge against Zhu Zaigui.

Because Zhu Zaigui has become all his hopes for the future!

From this we can see that Zhu Zaigui's imagination of Emperor Jiajing was simply because he had never met Emperor Jiajing and had never felt Emperor Jiajing's care and love for him, so he had such inertial thinking and thought that emperors were cold-blooded political animals.

In fact, this is a kind of metaphysical thinking influenced by later culture.

But unfortunately, due to the prophecy of "two dragons never meet" and the inherent interpretation and cognition of Emperor Jiajing in later history, Zhu Zaigui was destined to not realize this in time. He could only think that Emperor Jiajing might come up with some more puzzles to mess with people's mentality.

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