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In the afternoon of that day, the people in Chang'an City saw a spectacle that they had never imagined in their lives.

To be honest, Chang'an City was originally the political, economic and cultural center of the entire Northern Dynasty, and it was almost the most prosperous city in the entire Middle Ages.But in today's era when the city is changing and the king's banner is changing, and human life is as low as grass, living at the feet of the emperor is not necessarily a blessing. For decades, the upper echelon of the Northern Dynasty has changed frequently. As long as the natives in the city are a little older, they will always meet them Bloody political volatility.There is no bottom line in the struggle of the elites at the top, and their deadly actions can only be described as appalling.In the treacherous turmoil, Baiyun Canggou is constantly changing, and the people of Chang'an don't know how many situations where the rich and the humble are easier to hear and see. In every sense, they are well-informed and not surprised by changes.Although King Qi's palace change happened suddenly this time, in the eyes of the natives, it was still commonplace and unsurprising. The lonely official of the clan who weeps blood, and the evil son of the former dynasty.

Based on everyone's knowledge, no matter whether the king of Qi is Huairou, who plans to ease the relationship with the previous dynasty, or whether he is iron-blooded, and simply kills him without leaving any room, everyone will not be surprised.And things were not unexpected at the beginning—although the remnants of the previous dynasty gathered in front of the palace gate to openly dance their faces, the guards of Prince Qi's mansion have always stood still, except for driving away many onlookers. What a ruthless method.Probably seeing King Qi's ambiguous attitude, the clan members of Kou Que became more daring, and even entangled in front of the palace gate for a full hour, crying so loudly that it could alarm half of Chang'an.

But at the second quarter of midnight, seeing the sun hanging high and the crowd gathering more and more, the soldiers of Prince Qi's Mansion no longer drove out the crowd of onlookers. Instead, the soldiers guarding the palace gate gradually dispersed. It became empty.Everyone was still puzzled, they couldn't figure out which part of the "empty city plan" was sung, but they heard the door creak open, and the door opened with horseshoes, but seven or eight warriors walked out.

Seeing such a situation, there was an uproar in the crowd immediately. Many people were still watching the news in front of the palace with their necks on their tiptoes. After seeing the horse team, they ran out, and they became a mess in an instant—— The cavalry was mobilized. It was obvious that King Qi couldn't bear to use violence. If he stayed at the scene and was hit by a horse's hoof, it would be a wonderful scene of the nine clans ascending to heaven!All the natives of Chang'an watched the excitement and returned to the excitement. When the situation was about to change, their brains were quite bright—the ones who were not bright had been completely eliminated by previous political events.

However, seeing the onlookers fleeing in all directions, the knights on horseback did not sit still. They did not step on the steps and crawled down the steps crying, and even the clan children who were already limp as a puddle of mud, nor did they take advantage of the chaos to hunt down people who might be hidden by the onlookers. The instigator just slowly took out a bag of white powder from the back of the horse and sprinkled it on the ground.

This white powder is the residue after mixing lime and elixir. After being soaked in water, the alkalinity becomes stronger. The rotten smell of organic matter being eroded is all over the sky. Several onlookers couldn't retreat in time, and they retched again and again after being smoked by the smell. .But before these people covered their noses to avoid the stench, they heard howling on the steps.Those clan disciples who fell in the mud and struggled together with the dust actually managed to get up from the ground, stumbled and rushed towards the horse - unfortunately, their strength was weakened at the end of the crossbow, and they slipped and knelt on the ground after falling halfway, and could only support themselves with their hands. He crawled on his knees, screaming loudly and struggling up the steps.

This movement is really too scary.Immediately there was a second exclamation from the crowd.Exhausting the imagination of the common people, it is estimated that they would not have imagined that the domineering and noble clan dudes in the past would have such weird and weird behaviors. Moreover, the cavalry of Prince Qi's mansion were seven or eight feet away from them, and the two sides did not even touch each other. , Who is this action for?

But before they could understand the situation amidst the exclamation, they heard wailing from the civilians who were watching, and someone squeezed out from the crowd, stumbled and was about to rush towards the horse.The few men and women who were squeezed together by him were taken aback, and instinctively wanted to grab this crazy critic who didn't know what to do.However, when he looked up, he saw that the other party's eyes were bloodshot, and there were two bloody snot hanging out of his nostrils!

This ferocious face was really scary, so the crowd screamed again and again, and immediately gave way to these lunatics.The throats of these crazy batches made loud noises, but they sprinted forward with their limbs thumping and crawling.It's a pity that after the addiction came up, human's sanity was basically destroyed. They could only spin around the ground like headless flies, waving their hands desperately in the air-their fingers were dripping with blood, but their arms were covered with extremely deep bloodstains.It was as if the heart-craving attack just now was unstoppable, even if the skin and flesh were scratched, he couldn't resist the heart-wrenching addiction.Once the withdrawal reaction of this drug comes up, even if there are knights in full armor in front of them, they will rush to such a wave desperately!

But to everyone's surprise, the knights at the door were still sitting upright and motionless, watching the newly sprung poisonous insects scurrying about like flies.Instead, there was a chuckle from behind the palace gate, and Xiang Liang lightly tapped on the earphones, but his expression was rather weird.

"This symptom is interesting." He said thoughtfully, "It's not like traditional addictive drugs such as heroin and ice. The withdrawal reaction manifests as neurological confusion and damage to the cerebral cortex... ...It's a bit like hallucinogenic drugs like ls and d."

Xiang Liang had personally been involved in anti-drug work, so of course his judgment would not be wrong.But Mu Chen listened in a daze, and subconsciously uttered doubts:

"Hallucinogenic drugs? Are they so advanced?"

"I can't say whether it is advanced or not." Xiang Liang said: "Actually, there are a lot of hallucinogenic ingredients in plants, but it is difficult to extract them. But using this kind of medicine to control subordinates is indeed a must. Under the effect of hallucinogens, taking The patient will have an extremely strong dependence and loyalty to the person who provides the drug, and this kind of loyalty is even completely pathological and anti-human..."

He paused.In the actual cases that Xiang Liang came into contact with, this drug is generally used to maintain some indescribable evil groups, so as to enslave the subordinates and maintain absolute control.From this point of view, the emperor's alchemy room is indeed an extremely powerful political weapon, and it can even motivate such useless noble children to such a degree that they are not afraid of life and death...

However, although hallucinogens can control the mind, they also have extremely serious side effects.Xiang Liang blinked his eyes, and then he finally answered the last few sentences slowly:

"—The cause and effect of hallucinogens are completely uncontrollable. This kind of thing is too damaging to the brain. Once it occurs, it is impossible to overcome it by will—after all, under the mental disorder and hyperactivity, it is basically impossible to have anything. 'will'." He said lightly: "Thus, these are estimated to be the bottom of the entire pill control chain. Their inventory is the least, but they are the most corroded by pills. Once they hear the movement from the palace, the pills in the future Supply may not be guaranteed, so it's not surprising to do anything."

After finishing speaking, Xiang Liang raised his eyes and glanced past the distorted faces under the steps. Even if there was mud and blood blocking him, he could still see the hideous and terrifying expression of the drug addict at a glance.Judging from the current situation, it is obvious that the Northern Dynasty emperor's plan to use pills to control his subordinates is not just a few confidants, but almost a broadcasting kind of operation idea of ​​​​spreading a net and sweeping the net. The useless side clans were all involved in being at the mercy of drug addiction, so it is purely unknown how many dark children under the control of the elixir chain in the entire Chang'an city.

But it doesn't matter if you don't know.Xiang Liang's eyes flickered, and he tapped on the earphones to give an order.The knight on the horse immediately grabbed back with his backhand, a handful of lime fluttered and flew towards the rolling people on the ground.This handful of lime instantly poked a hornet's nest, and seven or eight poisonous ghosts screamed and waved their arms in the air, scrambling to snatch the residue of the elixir mixed in the lime.It's a pity that the residue was too little and the distribution was uneven, and they scuffled into a ball in an instant.A few of the more addicted were so anxious and terrified that they had no choice but to lie on the ground and lick the dirt and dust.That urgent and tense appearance is so pitiful that it makes people frown.

However, Xiang Liang saw this look a lot, glanced at it without paying attention, and casually conveyed instructions through the earphones, asking the cavalry to set off quickly, and take the lime mixed with the elixir to patrol around the road in the city. Wait for the rest of the "confidantes" who have been given the elixir by the emperor.

"Since His Majesty has already prepared such good bait for us." He said softly, "Then it's not for nothing, it can't be wasted, right?"

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In general, the elixirs prepared by His Majesty the Emperor are indeed effective and psychic.The six cavalry team just wandered around with the jar of burnt pills, and along the way along the street and even some unexpected corners, people began to jump out, pounced on the cavalry team from all directions.Even though these people hadn't exhausted their physical strength by knocking on the gate in front of the imperial palace, they were quite powerful when they rushed forward.But the knight just dodged the royal horse at will, and then sprinkled a handful of lime on his head.Those loyal ministers and righteous men who rushed over immediately turned around, prostrated themselves on the ground and began to lick the lime residue furiously.

These few actions were quick and swift, and the people around watched helplessly as various people of various colors fell down the long street and licked the ground one after another—many of them were nobles who were powerful in the city—the world view was hit by an unprecedented strong impact—they themselves Xu Tianzi has seen a lot of changes under his feet, but he has never seen such a situation!

The knight on horseback saw these cronies of the emperor kneeling and licking furiously. He neither stopped nor arrested them, and even his attitude did not change at all. He just cleared his throat and announced loudly that these people should report in front of the palace gate immediately after licking the ground. Then he flattered the horse and walked away, continuing to spread the smell of pills all over the city.

——As long as addicts are lured by drugs, even if there are swords, guns, swords and halberds in front of the palace, these people will never have any room for consideration.

As for after arriving at the palace...

King Qi's confidant looked at the handwritten banner (written by Mu Chen) in front of the palace gate "Don't forget the original intention, work hard, and spread anti-drug preaching to the people", and felt a little confused:

"--what?"