Honghui is reborn in Legend of Zhen Huan, I will protect my mother

Yinzhen waited for the elixir made by the Taoist priest with a grim face, and then forced them to take it in front of them. Needless to say, there were all kinds of push and pull in the process. Anyway, with the imperial power in hand, no one could disobey!

"Your Majesty, I have tried it and found that this elixir is indeed a good thing..."

Facing the Taoist's gaze, Yinzhen said with a half-smile, "Really? Su Peisheng, bring it up." If it was really a good thing, why would he be so hesitant when taking the medicine? Did he think he was a fool?

After a while, the young eunuch came in carrying a chicken cage. Looking at the cage again, weren't there two chickens?

"This..." Don't tell them, they actually used poultry to test the expensive elixir? But people are fine after eating it, so I guess there is nothing wrong with the formula!

Unexpectedly, less than half an hour after taking the pill, the two chickens gradually became listless and lost their vitality visibly. After another half an hour, the two chickens died one after the other. Everyone screamed in shock, their eyes filled with fear and indignation.

As the second chicken lost all its breath, several Taoists knelt on the ground and trembled like a sieve, begging for mercy and explaining, "We have no intention of killing you. This elixir is formulated according to a formula that humans can tolerate. It is normal for chickens to not be able to tolerate it. Please have mercy..."

"Yes, I have been taking it for such a long time, and nothing has happened. It's because chickens and birds don't have the fate of becoming immortals!"

Yinzhen's eyes flashed with a hint of coldness as he stared dimly at the "true masters" who had revealed their true colors. The red pill placed aside seemed to be soaked in blood, so he dared not even look at it.

How dare these charlatans say that they have a chance to become immortals? Ha! Is it possible that a chicken or bird could die after taking a pill, but a human could be safe and sound after taking it?

"You still don't repent when death is imminent? Come, get cinnabar, mercury, black lead, red copper, and some chickens and rabbits, and try them on these 'true masters' one by one."

What followed was a large-scale shocking scene. Under the eyes of seven or eight people, none of the chickens and rabbits that had taken cinnabar and other substances survived for more than half an hour. However, not only that, their deaths were as horrifying as they could be. At least Yinzhen was so frightened that he couldn't recover for a long time.

Ah! Fortunately, my eldest son stopped him. Otherwise, let alone living for five or ten years, if I was unlucky, I might die like these chickens and rabbits!

"I didn't know you guys actually had a taste for taking poison, but you only have one life, so you better cherish it!"

Before Yinzhen could start to curse, he saw that all the Taoists were kneeling on the ground and vomiting desperately. Their saliva mixed with the food, and the floor of the Hall of Mental Cultivation was extremely dirty.

"How dare you be so disrespectful in front of the emperor? Do you want to save your life?"

Su Peisheng took two steps at a time and stood in front of Emperor Yongzheng, looking at the mess with disgust, wishing he could drag these people out and beat them to death.

As for Yinzhen himself, his face looked extremely ugly, as if he had swallowed a fly. It should be said that what he saw today broke the limit of his life in all these years. He really wanted to go back to half a day ago and beat to death the self who chose to "show his cards" in the Yangxin Palace!

At this time, a Taoist priest finally came to his senses, knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately to apologize, "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I really didn't know that these were poisonous substances! For thousands of years, cinnabar and other substances have been used to make elixirs... Your Majesty, ignorance is not a crime!"

He knew that elixirs could kill people, but he always thought that there was something wrong with the ratio. How could he have imagined that all the ingredients were highly poisonous?

Yinzhen suppressed the nausea rising from his chest and pretended to be calm, "Oh? Su Peisheng, read it."

Afterwards, Su Peisheng picked up the book "Collection of Scams from Past Dynasties" and read it in a rhythmic manner. He didn't read much, only two pages.

However, to the Taoist's ears, this less than half a quarter of an hour was as torturous as a sea of ​​fire and swords. It was because of the "pear planting technique" and "instant lotus growing technique" that were detailed in every detail that it seemed like the last straw that pushed them into the abyss of despair.

"I have cultivated myself for many years, but you thought I was soft-hearted and easy to fool. How dare you fool me? It seems that I have not killed enough people and have not taught you a lesson!"

"Your Majesty, please spare my life. Please spare me this time. I just wanted to make some money..."

Yinzhen suddenly raised his hand and ordered coldly and ruthlessly: "Take him away and interrogate him thoroughly. Find out who is behind this and catch them all in one fell swoop!"

"Whoo."

When the Taoists fell from grace, the officials who recommended them could not escape either. Not only were they demoted and dismissed from their posts, they were also thrown into prison and interrogated by the Ministry of Justice. This was a typical example of losing more than gaining something.

Under the thorough investigation of the Sticking Rod Office, this so-called "immortal fate" was finally investigated clearly. The Taoists who entered the palace were all swindlers. In order to gain people's trust, they registered in a Taoist temple deep in the mountains. They had the certificates of ordination, but the goods were not what they had advertised, and the people were not the ones who were supposed to be!

As for how these Taoists chose to enter the palace and risk their lives to commit fraud, leaving the gentry and common people who were easy to deceive behind? It can only be said that fate chose them.

The cause of the incident can be traced back to the first few years after Emperor Yongzheng ascended the throne. Although the common people admired him highly, the gentry and bondservants, whose own rights and interests had been greatly damaged, still held a grudge. After being cheated once, they found out the details of this group of scammers. They united together and wanted to take the opportunity to take revenge on the frivolous and willful Emperor Yongzheng.

Of course, this was only the most superficial purpose. The more important thing was that they wanted to use the Taoist priests to influence the Yongzheng Emperor, who could not tolerate any sand in his eyes, so that he could change several policies that were not in their favor, such as "gentry serving as officials and paying taxes as one" and "equalizing the land tax based on the amount of land".

"The Emperor Shengzu Ren was no longer as wise and powerful as he was in his early years. If the current emperor were to become a little more foolish in his pursuit of immortality, then his 'benevolent rule' would surely make a comeback!" These were the original words of a gentry imprisoned in the Tianlao, and they were also his inner voice.

In response, Yinzhen said: You shameless villain, you are dreaming, I will never fulfill your extravagant wishes!

At the end of April, Caishikou was a river of blood. All the masterminds involved were executed, and the rest were exiled to Ningguta, including their families.

This time, many more people were punished than the time when the bannermen were treated as eunuchs, but Honghui did not come out to plead for mercy. The reason was that plotting to murder the monarch was considered treason, and according to reason, all nine generations of the clan should be executed. But now only the mastermind was executed, which was a great favor from the emperor!

By mid-May, the imperial court had launched a large-scale promotion throughout the country of a book titled "A Collection of Scams from Past Dynasties", using storytelling, plays, notices, and all other existing propaganda methods.