HLnovel Chapter 249 Li Shaojun
Chapter 249 Li Shaojun
Live broadcast room
"However, even now, scams are still incredibly difficult to guard against. Our beloved Emperor Pig has fallen for them several times already!!!"
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: Oh no! This is aimed at me!
"Of course, it's still the same topic—seeking immortality and eternal life. Most emperors were eager to pursue this, with Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of Han being the most famous. But here we'll focus on how Piggy got tricked again."
"Generally speaking, if a wise and ambitious emperor is deceived once or twice, he is unlikely to continue to believe in so-called alchemists."
"But to our surprise, our little pig still believes in it, perhaps out of a 'let's give it a try' attitude."
"It is said that one day during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, a Taoist priest named Li Shaojun came to the home of Marquis Tian Wei of Wu'an to drink wine."
"As soon as he sat down, he tried to strike up a conversation with a man in his nineties next to him, gesturing with his hands while mysteriously exclaiming: '
"Oh, it's you! When you were little, I was hunting with your grandfather somewhere. You were only this tall back then!"
“This sounds so real that the old man, perhaps due to his age and confusion, nodded in agreement and even said that he and his grandfather had indeed been to that place.”
"The guests who heard this were all amazed, and many followed suit in praising Li Shaojun. In any case, the legend of Li Shaojun originated from this." [From the Book of Han, Records of Sacrifices to Heaven and Earth]
A certain scholar-official from the Han Dynasty: Didn't anyone express any doubt?
A spoiled young man from the Song Dynasty: So his ultimate goal was to get Emperor Wu of Han to hear about this!?
Big-Handed Liu Zhuzhu (retorting): ...That makes him sound like he's easily fooled!
Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: Hahaha, I've been fooled so many times!
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"Sure enough, it wasn't long before Li Shaojun's reputation spread far and wide, eventually reaching the ears of Emperor Wu of Han through his attendants."
"Although this matter is bizarre, our Piggy Emperor's attitude is that since we've already heard about it, we might as well give it a try and summon him to the palace for an audience."
"So Li Shaojun went to Chang'an and met his target, Emperor Wu of Han. Liu Che himself was probably a little skeptical, so he casually pointed to a bronze artifact and tentatively asked: 'Sir, do you know where this bronze artifact is from?!'"
Li Shaojun replied: "This bronze vessel was placed in the cypress chamber during the tenth year of Duke Huan of Qi's reign."
"Upon hearing this, Liu Che immediately ordered people to examine the bronze vessel to see if it was indeed as he claimed. The results showed that the bronze vessel was indeed a vessel from the time of Duke Huan of Qi."
"This astonished everyone present, who all believed that Young Master Li was truly a deity!"
A spoiled young master from the Song Dynasty: Oh my god! Really?!
A bystander from the Ming Dynasty: So His Majesty the Pig has been swindled out of money and affection again this time!?
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: ...
A skilled farmer from the Tang Dynasty: That sounds so real!
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"Liu Che was overjoyed with Li Shaojun, probably believing his previous statements, so he sincerely wrote to Li Shaojun afterward: asking for the method of immortality."
"He takes sacrificial rites very seriously, personally participating in them. He also started working on the essential alchemy project, and was even invited to travel abroad to the East China Sea!"
"But before Li Shaojun could do anything, his own life was over. So, in reality, Li Shaojun didn't deceive Liu Che about anything, at most it was money!"
"But precisely because he died young, Emperor Wu still believed in him. For example, he publicly stated that Li Shaojun had ascended to heaven."
A bystander in the Ming Dynasty commented: "He died at a very opportune time; otherwise, he would have been wiped out sooner or later after discovering he had been deceived!"
An official from the Tang Dynasty: So it's hard to say whether this person actually existed and was capable!
A farming whiz from the Song Dynasty: Who wouldn't be confused by this?!
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In another timeline, Liu Che was angered by Lin Ke's teasing, but quickly sat back down.
Laugh! Everyone, laugh! Anyway, Lin Ke has already brought up all his old, trivial matters!
He refused to believe that there weren't people in this world who had been scammed multiple times, and that the scammers were the ones in the wrong!
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Back to the live broadcast room.
Lin Ke continued, "From then on, Emperor Wu of Han did not stop his determination to seek immortality. I think that although everyone is laughing at the First Emperor for being deceived by Xu Fu, Piggy is no less so!"
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: (?°?д°?)
"Therefore, many alchemists appeared on the streets of Chang'an. Many of them had heard of Li Shaojun's deeds and wanted to learn from him, to become familiar to Emperor Wu of Han, and thus obtain high-ranking official positions and generous salaries."
Fangshi (goal): To understand Li Shaojun, to become Li Shaojun, and to surpass Li Shaojun!
"Among them was a sorcerer named Shao Weng. Because he looked very young, he would tell everyone he met that he was over two hundred years old, and at the same time claimed that his talent was to bring people back to life through possession."
"And Emperor Wu of Han happened to have this wish, which was a perfect match for him. Here's an explanation of why Emperor Wu of Han had the wish to be resurrected in another's body."
"This brings us to Lady Wang, Emperor Wu of Han's favorite concubine. Just a side note: His Majesty the Pig had quite a few women in his harem!"
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: ? ????...Talk too much!!
"After Lady Wang passed away, Emperor Wu was very sad. At this time, Shao Weng came to him with his [talent] and said: 'Don't worry! I will help Your Majesty summon the soul! Then you will be able to see Lady Wang again.'"
"So Liu Che decided to give it a try and let Shao Weng perform his magic. Perhaps he didn't expect that anyone would dare to deceive the emperor."
"So the young man used a sorcerer to summon Lady Wang, so that they could see each other through a curtain at night, though it's hard to say whether this was Lady Wang or not."
"After all, it was late at night and there was a curtain between them, so it was hard to see clearly. However, none of this prevented Liu Che from trusting Shao Weng and subsequently appointing him as General Wencheng."
"Liu Che then asked Shao Weng how to befriend the immortals. He said he wanted to as well, so Shao Weng told him that the first thing to do was to build a house suitable for the immortals to live in, such as an object with an ethereal aura."
Great Han Chess Player Liu Qi (Itchy Hands): I only recently realized that my child's schoolwork is really too little!
Zhu Baba of the Ming Dynasty: Looks like I've been scammed again!
A farming expert from the Tang Dynasty: How much effort must it have taken to build a house like this!?
A strong farmer from the Ming Dynasty: Hey! I want to tear down my house and rebuild it too! But I don't have the money!
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"Upon hearing Shao Weng's words, Liu Che indicated that he understood and immediately ordered the construction of Ganquan Palace to begin, where statues of gods and other objects were enshrined."
"It's been a year since the Ganquan Palace was completed, and no so-called immortals have descended. As for Shao Weng himself, apart from some kind of soul-summoning magic, he hasn't been seen using anything else. So Liu Che gradually forgot about him."
"So, in order to win back Emperor Wu of Han, this young man devised a plan. He first wrote words on a silk scroll, and then had an ox swallow it."
"After doing all this, he pretended to know nothing and casually told Emperor Wu of Han that the cow's stomach seemed a bit strange, guiding Liu Che to cut open the cow's stomach."
"When Liu Che cut open the ox's stomach, he discovered the silk scroll he had previously hidden. But even if one wants to use tricks to deceive people, shouldn't one first conceal their own tracks? The handwriting on the silk scroll was recognized as Shao Weng's."
"So Emperor Wu of Han was furious, and the matter was exposed, resulting in Shao Weng being executed."
"And didn't he realize this trick looked familiar? Isn't this the same trick used by Chen Sheng and Wu Guang to hide a letter inside a fish's belly?!"
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: !!!
A bystander in the Ming Dynasty: Looks like it's all a setup!
A scion of a prominent family in the Song Dynasty: He didn't have to die, but he had to make a fuss and try to win back the Emperor's favor!
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Upon hearing this, the people in the court understood that the reason they were able to deceive Emperor Wu of Han was because he wanted to live forever!
However, it is unrealistic for a person to have no desires, but those who deceive people's feelings and money are truly despicable!
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