"Toto, I heard that the prime minister wants to return to the Yuan Kingdom." In the candlelight, Timur's red face looked a little dark.

Listening to the voice of Timur Khan, there was a deliberate intention to find fault, and he immediately cheered up to deal with it. was nervous in his heart, but his tone was very indifferent, "Great Khan, the prime minister is so unpopular in the court, he knows very well. This is not the first time that the prime minister wants to return to the Yuan country, he couldn't leave when he was preparing grain and grass before, and now the prime minister has arranged the grain, probably knowing that saying anything in the court will only be more annoying, so he has to go back to the Yuan country. ”

Timur originally thought that Tokhtar would say that he didn't know, but he didn't expect Tokhtar to say that he actually knew, which made Timur a little unsure of which emotion he should choose in his heart. Timur didn't want to see Hao Ren in the court a long time ago, and he didn't have the slightest regret that Hao Ren was leaving. It's just that a lot of dissatisfaction with Hao Ren has accumulated over the past few days, and Timur doesn't want Hao Ren to be so happy.

After thinking for a while, Timur asked Totok, "Toto, does the prime minister look down on me?" ”

Tokhtar asked rhetorically: "Great Khan, do you think that compared with many khanate lords, the prime minister has contributed more or less to the imperial court?" ”

Timur's slender eyes looked a little thin and thick, as his eyes widened. When Tokhtar said that he wanted to go to sea, Hao Ren's risk alone was multiplied by the total number of offerings of the other khans and lords, which surprised Timur himself. The problem was that the other khans and lords didn't point fingers as Hao Ren did, and Timur felt as if he had done something wrong.

"Toto, if you say that, the prime minister still looks down on me." Timur's voice was full of hurt feelings.

"The Great Khan, the heaviest hero of our Mongols, the prime minister paid so many tributes to the Great Khan, does it mean to look down on the Great Khan?"

"Then why did he leave?"

Hearing this question, Toktor's heart, which was already uneasy, became more and more uneasy. Timur Khan is drilling the horns of the bull, so many khans and lords don't do anything, Timur doesn't even mention it, why Hao Ren does more than makes Timur unhappy. This is no longer Timur's favoritism, it's simply that Timur has a heart disease. I always felt that Hao Ren was targeting Timur himself.

Although he felt uneasy, Tokh also felt that Hao Ren was equally responsible. Timur Khan's feeling is right, Hao Ren is targeting Timur many times, always trying to make Timur himself the same as Kublai Khan, how can two different people be exactly the same. It can't all be blamed on Timur Khan's upset, Hao Ren felt that Timur didn't suit his heart, so he slapped his ass and left, and he wouldn't be happy if he changed to Toto. You can go, why don't you make me unhappy?

But Tokhtar knows that he can only get two people who have a knot in each other to separate quickly, and letting them continue to be together will only make things worse. Tokhtar looked at Timur and replied, "Great Khan, I heard that the prime minister wants Hao Kang to succeed him as prime minister. I think the prime minister also knows how to keep a hostage in the imperial court. ”

"Oh?" Timur showed a surprised expression, when he heard about this, he only felt that Hao Ren was very hateful, and he didn't even let go of the position of prime minister. So I didn't think about it from the hostage's point of view. After being reminded of the detachment, Timur suddenly realized. Hao Kang stayed in the imperial court as a prime minister, isn't this a hostage?

Seeing that Timur's expression had improved, Tokhoff continued: "Hao Kang is the prime minister, and the grain and grass that the imperial court wants can also be conveyed to the Yuan Kingdom through Hao Kang. The prime minister will not save some face for his son, and the supply of grain and grass will naturally not be insufficient. ”

"Hmm~~" Timur's voice shifted quite a bit. This is the most common reaction of Timur when he changes his thoughts, and his ears are relieved. In terms of the rigor of doing things, I admire the older generation very much. No matter how unhappy they are, they are unambiguous in their actions. Hao Ren asked Hao Kang to stay as prime minister, which really satisfied the face of every aspect, and also expressed enough kindness. It's great that Timur, the face-loving Khan, can figure this out.

"Great Khan, the prime minister is so unwelcome in the court, it is not a bad thing for him to go back. Hao Kang succeeded as prime minister, and he could appear to be a great khan very good to the prime minister. When the other Khan Kings found out, they would also weigh it in their hearts. Great Khan, Kublai Khan used Hao Ren to scare other khanates from speaking out, and we have to learn such an effective method. ”

"Well...... I see."

When he was gone, Timur felt calm, and most of the feeling he had felt in his throat dissipated as he decomposed. As long as you can get the grain and grass of the Yuan Kingdom, and you don't need to see Hao Ren's face, the court will be comfortable. Next, you can fight with all your might, and when you win, you will naturally raise your eyebrows, so that Hao Ren can understand that Timur is also a Mongolian hero.

As soon as he was about to rest, a waiter came to report, "Great Khan, the prince of Hulan Bal asks to see you." ”

"Let him in." Timur commanded at once.

When the two met, Timur asked Hulan Bale: "Is the medicine refined?" ”

Hulan Bal hurriedly replied: "Great Khan, this furnace requires a lot of gold pills. It is necessary for the birth date of the boy and the girl to match the eight characters in order to achieve the key point of two of the turns. ”

"I've been looking for so long and I haven't found a suitable one?" Timur said unhappily.

"Great Khan, many people here don't know their birthdays. The birth date they use is different from the yin-yang algorithm. The minister really didn't dare to make the slightest mistake. Hulan Bal hurriedly explained.

Listening to Hulan Bale's serious attitude, Timur did not particularly urge. When Hulan Bal saw that he had time, he told him again about the wonders of the 'Nine Turns Golden Pill'. In addition to using many precious ingredients, this elixir also needs to be transformed in accordance with the law of yin and yang and the five elements when refining.

The so-called nine turns are nine changes. First of all, 'nothing' is to make a huge and airtight space, taking the meaning of nothingness. The second turn is to make something out of nothing, and the main raw materials must be mixed at a critical time, sooner rather than later. There can be no mistake in the hour.

After that, the five turns are refined by adding auxiliary materials in the order of the five elements. The wood makes the fire, the wood is warm, the fire lies in it, drills out, so the wood makes a fire; Fire produces earth, so it can burn wood, wood burns into ashes, ash is earth, so fire gives birth to earth; The native gold, the gold dwelling stone is born according to the mountain, the jin run, the soil becomes a mountain, the mountain will be feldspar, and the native is gold; The gold gives birth to water, the air of less yin, moistens the dryness and flows, and the gold is also water, so the mountains and stones are moistened, so the gold is born of water; Those who grow aquatic wood can grow because of moisture, so aquatic wood is also.

In accordance with the principle of wood making fire, fire giving birth to earth, earth producing gold, gold producing water, and water producing wood, the intermediate five-turn refining system is completed. The embryo pill that has been refined through the sevenfold transformation also needs the last two, which is also the most troublesome yin and yang transformation and harmony.

The cathode is born in the yang, and the anode is in the yin. The taker of this nine-turn golden pill is Timur Khan, the one who is the most yang. Therefore, first collect the medicine with the virgin of the pure yin of the eight characters when she is ugly, and place it on the chest to nourish it with the yin temperature of the pure yin virgin. It is sent to the ice furnace before dawn for refining. There is no trace of yang energy at the end. It is precisely because of such a pure yin environment that the yang energy in the medicinal properties is stimulated.

After that, I will find a virgin with eight characters of pure yang to collect the medicine before noon, and refine it with the 'heavenly furnace' at noon. The so-called "heavenly furnace" does not use fire, does not use geothermal heat, but uses the heat of the sun. Only then can the yang energy of the Yang be gathered. Although the last turn is the supreme yang, it can also stimulate the negativity in the pill. The elixir that reconciles and transforms yin and yang to complete the last two transformations gathers nine changes, and can only provide the strongest energy after Timur Khan takes it.

It is also thanks to a Mongol in Hulambal that he actually explained the methods of these alchemists clearly, and Timur had seen a lot as a great khan, and those principles did not require much effort for him to understand. Thinking that the hard work of refining medicine was completely in line with the five elements of yin and yang, Timur was full of expectations for the elixir. He said with some expectation: "Hurry up and find the boy and girl who match the eight characters of the birthday." Don't put it off any longer. ”

"This matter is about the Great Khan, and the minister really does not dare to make the slightest mistake." Hulan Bal replied.

"Alas...... Let's do it as soon as possible. Timur sighed.

Hulan Bal immediately assured Timur that he was doing his best, but that it was now costing too much. Although Timur cursed a few words, he still promised to allocate more money. Hulan Bal immediately assured that he would do it as soon as possible, and after a few more chats, Hulan Bal said: "Great Khan, there is still something to do, and the minister is afraid that it will delay some time." At this time, there was a big war, and the weather was too murderous. The minister tried to find it, but he wanted to wait for the national fortune to start when the fortunes were full after the victory in this battle. I think it will be of great help. After all, this is the method of gathering the aura of heaven and earth, and it will inevitably absorb some national luck. ”

"Hmm...... It's good. "At the mention of war, Timur was distraught. If it can help the luck of the war, it is not the most important thing for this Nine Turns Golden Pill to be a few days earlier or later. But thinking of the war, Timur thought of Prime Minister Hao Ren, and he said with some anger: "Hao Ren wants to return to the Yuan Kingdom, and he really doesn't take this battle to heart." ”

Hearing this, Hulan Bal cautiously inquired about the reason. Timur trusted Hulan Bale very much, so he told Hulan Bale about Hao Ren's departure from the Yuan Kingdom. In the end, Timur couldn't help but mock: "Hao Ren's Yuan cavalry is very powerful, and last time the Empress Dowager sent a thousand Great Khan's troops to help Hao Ren, and Hao Ren won the battle." At this time, he didn't see Hao Ren to send troops to help. ”

After hearing this, Hulan Bal looked shocked, and hurriedly said: "Never, Great Khan! Never! ”

"What's wrong?" Timur was a little surprised.

Hulan Bal said anxiously: "Great Khan, the cavalry of the Yuan State is famous. If they are allowed to enter Beijing, who can cure them? ”

Timur's heart was shocked, he was just talking casually, and he didn't take it seriously at all. At this time, it is the time for the flag army to make contributions, and no matter what, others must not be allowed to come and steal the limelight. But when it comes to the bravery of the Yuan cavalry, Timur does not have the certainty that the banner army can completely defeat the Yuan cavalry.

Although this is not the first time that someone has said that Hao Ren may want to rebel, this time his state of mind made Timur particularly uneasy. He hesitated for a while and asked, "It's time for Hao Ren to return to the Yuan Kingdom?" ”

"Neither." Hulan Bal hurriedly said: "It's just that the Tianzhu barbarians are so vicious, and the casualties of the banner army will not be less. If Prime Minister Hao Ren returned to China, someone usurped him and took advantage of the weakness when the banner army was attacking. Isn't that wonderful? ”

Timur's eyes were round, as if a thin line had been thickened. He suddenly shouted: "You dog thief dare to slander the prime minister!" ”

Hulan Bal immediately knelt down, touched his forehead to the ground, and said humbly: "Great Khan, the minister does not dare to slander the prime minister. The minister was completely for the sake of the Great Khan. At this time, it is better to leave the prime minister in the capital, and then send the prime minister back to the Yuan Kingdom after the big victory. At that time, it also seems that the prime minister has a beginning and an end, and the Great Khan does not owe the prime minister a reputation. A big victory for the flag army is only a matter of time, so why not do such the best of both worlds? ”

Timur's expression changed, and finally he said hatefully: "You dog thief knows how to speak, hurry up and refine the pill, if you can't refine it, I will cut off your dog's head!" Get lost! ”

Hulan Bal immediately got up to say goodbye, and left backwards in fear. In the palace, he walked as fast as flying, and he was frightened when he looked at it. After leaving the palace gate and getting into his carriage, Hulan Bal let out a long sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his face. Although the Nine Turns Golden Pill sounded wonderful, Hulan Bal didn't believe that this thing could really help Timur give birth to an heir. The effectiveness of the pill is the best, and Hulan Bale can naturally rise the boat. If the pill doesn't work, what he said today is to prepare for the future. When the time comes, it will be said that the contributors of the boys and girls have spoken nonsense, or that the warlocks who have calculated the eight characters have miscalculated. Or put the charges on both sides.

Of course, the best thing to do is to drag. There are many reasons that can be delayed, and the reasons mentioned today have already been set for Timur, in case Timur can't stand the long time, and urgently urges it. Hulan Bale can be said to be against the time, and the probability of success is greatly reduced. It really doesn't work, that's Timur's responsibility, not Hulan Bale's own carelessness.

can say so many truths, in addition to the narration of the alchemy Taoist priests of the northern Han people he knows, Hulan Bale himself also bought a lot of books related to the Great Song Dynasty and learned a lot of sayings from them. What made Hulan Bale feel that the most benefited was the article of Zhao Jiaren, an official of the Great Song Dynasty, when he criticized the 'feudal superstition' and 'breaking the four olds', which said that it was like some goods on a ship falling into the water in the wind and waves, and they were about to sink into the water. The wise choice, of course, is to flee the storm immediately. The idea was that since the ship was fine, I might as well put more effort into salvaging the cargo. Praying to God and worshiping Buddha is like this, anyway, it doesn't take much effort, and a lot of tributes have already been paid. Having already invested so much, maybe it is only a little bit away from being fulfilled, and if you worship the gods and Buddhas a few more times, and plead with the gods a few more times, you will be blessed by the gods? In order to save those sunk costs, these people continue to invest. In the middle of the storm, the whole ship sank.

Before learning the theory of 'sunk cost', Hulan Bal only relied on instinctive feelings to operate, and after each success, he was a little uneasy and a little puzzled. Why can't those people understand no matter how they deceive? Is there really some terrible god or demon who can't take care of himself?

After learning the theory, Hulan Balemao suddenly opened up. There are really no gods or evil spirits in the world, and the reason why those people believe in Hulan Bale is only because they believe that what they have been deceived by Hulan Bale has not been lost, and as long as they invest a little more, they can get the good results promised by Hulan Baal.

So procrastination is not a problem, and the more Timur Khan invests, the more he will believe in Hulambal. So what Hulan Bal had to do at this time was to maintain the trust of Timur Khan in Hulan Bal as a loyal vassal. It just so happened that Hao Ren also gave him a chance, anyway, so many people had said that Hao Ren was going to rebel, and Hulan Bal was much better than those people.