Chapter 156

Li Qieyou just said in Milliman's ear, "do you want the fire of victory? I can help you get the top flame."

For Milliman now, this is not stingy at the fatal temptation.

He couldn't believe it. He stared at the young Tang man in front of him. He said he could get the top flame. How could this be possible?

The so-called fire of victory is not only the sky fire, but also the ordinary flame of all levels, plus the flame composition of the sky fire. When the Persians fought, they even sent the fire of victory to the battlefield to boost morale.

But Milliman is like a drowning man at the moment. He wants to hold on to even a straw. Milliman turned his expectant eyes to Li forgetful and waited for his explanation.

Li forgot to worry and smiled: "Sabao, why don't you find a suitable place to talk in detail? You won't talk about it in public?"

Milliman stared at Li forgetful silently for several seconds, as if he wanted to tell whether what he said was true or false.

Finally, the slightest hope in his heart still prevailed. He stretched out his hand and made an invitation gesture. He turned and led Li forgetful and several dandies to the ancestral hall.

The reason why the sacred fire in the fire altar of Yici temple in Liquan square went out inexplicably was naturally caused by the Cheng brothers, weichi twins and Fang Yiai.

Non believers are not allowed to enter the sutian fire altar.

However, as the saying goes, money can make the devil push the mill. With the power of these dandies' families in Chang'an City, it is not difficult to find people who are willing to sell their souls for money, let alone some Sogdians whose faith is not pure.

After promising the temptation of heavy profits to several Sogdians, these Sogdians did not hesitate to act as accomplices to extinguish the sacred fire of Yici temple.

The Cheng brothers and weichi twins had several leather bags made immediately and tied them in the clothes of the Sogdians.

One end of the leather bag opened and came out from the cuffs of the clothes. It was covered by wide clothes, and no one could see any flaws.

After that, vinegar and alkali powder were filled into the skin bag, and then these Sogdians pretended to be devout believers and entered the fire altar to worship and pray to the holy fire.

None of the priests guarding the fire altar noticed that among the Sogdian believers who worshipped and prayed in the fire altar, several secretly pointed their cuffs at the copper tripod burning the holy fire.

The vinegar in the skin bag reacts with alkali powder to continuously generate carbon dioxide gas. These carbon dioxide gases flowed continuously into the bronze tripod from the cuffs of the Sogdians' robes along the outlet of the leather bag.

Carbon dioxide gas is heavier than air. After flowing into the copper tripod, it quickly gathers in the copper tripod, isolating the air required for wood combustion and suffocating the flame.

The carbon dioxide gas is colorless and tasteless, so the priests guarding the fire altar in the Yi Temple naturally have no clue.

When they noticed that the sacred fire in several copper tripods on the fire altar was extinguished one after another, the Sogdian believers who worshipped and prayed in the fire altar also found that the scene was chaotic.

The Sogdians who completed the task slipped out of the ancestral hall one after another taking advantage of the chaos.

All of this was unknown to the gods. In an age when chemical knowledge was almost zero, even if the priests and priests of Zoroastrianism wanted to break their heads, they could not know how the flame was extinguished.

In fact, the Sogdians who acted as internal ghosts were also unclear. They just tied a large skin bag in their robes as ordered. Then, as instructed, he stood by the holy fire and aligned the cuffs of his robe with the holy fire in the bronze tripod.

When the sacred fire in the bronze tripod was extinguished one after another, these Sogdians were also startled. They didn't know what had happened, but vaguely realized that the extinction of the sacred fire should be related to them.

These Sumerians are also beginning to feel afraid. After collecting money from the dandies, they have left Chang'an and gone to the western regions. This matter has become a pending case.

Milliman invited Li Qieyou and others into a quiet room in the Yi temple. He changed his original rebellious attitude, lowered his posture and asked, "little Lang, what do you mean by the holy fire?"

"It's the sky fire. I can help you find the purest sky fire." Li forgot to worry with a smile. He had already figured out how to deceive the Zoroastrian Sabah.

Although Milliman didn't know how the flame was extinguished, he must have something to do with the people in front of him.

But without any evidence, he doesn't even know how the other party operates. It's meaningless to continue to entangle this matter. Now he just wants to find out the truth of what Li forgets to worry about.

"If it's just lightning, I don't seem to need your help." Milliman replied with a trace of reason and a flat tone.

The top holy fire is not so easy to collect. Although it is difficult to collect lightning fire, they can do the same.

The key to the fire of victory lies in the need to collect the holy fire worshipped by all levels of believers. This is a very cumbersome ritual process, which even takes several years.

Li Qieyou smiled and shook his head: "no, I think you are mistaken. The fire of lightning is not a real sky fire, but the real sky fire should come from the sun."

"The sun?"

"Yes, the flame from the sun is the purest flame. Do you want it? I can collect it for you."

Li's forgetful words made Milliman get up and stare at him.

For a long time, Milliman looked serious and asked word by word, "are you sure it's the sky fire from the sun? Little Lang, you think clearly that the consequences of cheating on our Zoroastrianism are very serious!"

Milliman has never heard that the sun and sky fire can be collected, but if it is the sun and sky fire, he is sure that it is definitely the top holy fire, even more rare than the "fire of victory" stipulated in the doctrine.

Li forgot to worry and sniffed: "what's the advantage of lying to you? I will naturally collect the sun and sky fire in front of you."

He naturally has the confidence to collect the so-called "sun sky fire". In fact, isn't it the process of collecting the Olympic flame in the future?

By concentrating the sunlight in the center of the concave mirror, high temperature is generated to ignite the Olympic flame, which is the only way to collect the Olympic flame.

Although Li forgot to worry about the Tang Dynasty and couldn't get any concave mirrors, he also had a way to collect the so-called "solar flame" by similar means.

Even the flame recognized by the Olympic Games in the future, are you afraid you can't deceive this fire worship?

"Then please start quickly. What do you need? We will provide all of them." Milliman believed what Li forgetful said. Li forgetful really couldn't deceive them.

If Li forgets worry and dares to deceive them, Milliman vowed that he would complain to his Majesty the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and even ask all Sogdian businessmen in Chang'an to strike the market and put pressure on the Tang Dynasty.

In control of the trade and business exchanges on the Silk Road, Milliman did not believe that his Majesty the emperor of the Tang Dynasty would not preside over justice for them.

Li forgot to worry but waved his hand: "I can help you collect sky fire naturally, but what can you exchange? I'm not a believer of your Zoroastrianism, and I have no obligation to help you."

"Gold, jewelry, women, whatever you want, I can give you, as long as you can collect the sun and fire." Milliman said arrogantly. For the Sogdians, the problems that can be solved with money are not a problem.

Li forgot his worries and looked at Milliman with a smile: "Sabao, you know what I want. Give me the female slave of the Qin Dynasty in exchange for the sun and fire."

Miriman hesitated again. It was an order from the Persian Zoroastrian temple to turn the Daqin woman into a prostitute. He didn't know whether he should disobey it.

He completely forgot how he regretted not giving the female slave to the dandies when they asked for it.

Seeing miriman's hesitation, Li forgot to worry and said again, "Sabao, Persia is far away from the Tang Dynasty. You can just claim that the female slave died of illness. You know, compared with an insignificant female slave, the sun flame is the only divine thing in all."

Milliman was convinced by Li forgetful worry and nodded: "little Lang, as long as you can really help me collect the sun and sky fire, you can take the female slave and dispose of it at will."

After fooling for a long time, Milliman finally let go, and Li forgot to worry. He couldn't help smiling. No matter how arrogant you may be, it is just a woodlouse who has never seen the world before.

Had it not been for the fear that Milliman would jump over the wall and be bad for Aphrodite, Li forgetful didn't even intend to let him pass so easily.