Chapter 364

In the brazier, the charcoal fire was red, and the cyan flame jumped out of the old height. Everyone only felt a heat wave. In a moment, the whole room was warm.

Burning charcoal for heating was a common thing. However, just when everyone was used to it, a silent disaster suddenly came and took people's lives in silence.

Sun Simiao got up slowly and said with a loud voice, "since the day of heavy snow, the Mexican hospital has received three carbon poisoning incidents. One family was spared, and none of the other two families and eight people were spared."

The hearts of the people suddenly became heavy.

"This is just around Chang'an this year. What about other places in the Tang Dynasty? Over the years? If you add up, how many people will be destroyed by charcoal poison?" Sun Simiao said again.

People suddenly shuddered and felt how heavy the task was.

Hua Yuan continued: "Why is charcoal poison such a disaster? According to the cases collected by doctors, first, burning charcoal for heating is a common thing, and people are not wary at all. Second, charcoal poison is colorless and tasteless, which makes people impossible to prevent. Once it is found that it is already poisoned, nausea and vomiting, limb weakness, and even coma until death. Third, once charcoal poison occurs, everyone in the house is spared , if it is found in time, it will not matter. Once it is found late, there will be no medicine to cure. "

"No medicine to cure!"

People's hearts sank, thinking about the case of carbon poisoning in Chang'an City in recent years. It was very heavy.

Kong Yingda couldn't believe it and said, "even doctors can't help it?"

Hua Yuan shook his head and said, "it can't be said that there is no way at all. The Mexican hospital can also use first aid to alleviate the patients found in time. However, the poisoning is generally too deep. At least for now, there is no medicine to cure. Because doctors don't know where the carbon poison comes from, what it is, and how to detoxify it."

The crowd nodded slowly to cure the disease and root. Only by finding the root of the disease can they cure the disease. Now doctors don't even know how carbon poison occurs. How to treat the disease? Apply the medicine to the case!

Su Lingnong shook his head and said, "charcoal is made of wood. Wood has no toxicity at all, and charcoal is absolutely non-toxic."

Everyone nodded slowly. It's common sense that all wood and charcoal are non-toxic.

Li Shimin also agreed: "since wood charcoal is not toxic, does it emit toxic smoke in the process of charcoal combustion.

Su Lingnong directly denied, "it's impossible. How many people in the world use charcoal for fire? If it was poisonous, it would have been discovered long ago."

Charcoal and wood are farm affairs. Su Lingnong has absolute authority in this regard. In this way, the of wood has been eliminated. Yan shigu picked up a paper and pen and excitedly recorded it.

Shen Hongcai, sitting next to Yan shigu, frowned and said: "Just now I counted that all the cases of charcoal poisoning occurred indoors. It was cold in winter. Most families closed their doors and windows to avoid the cold wind. Is the indoor space narrow and the toxicity caused by charcoal combustion is very slight, which is in a narrow space. Under the condition of sealing, more and more accumulated overnight, and finally poisoned.

As soon as Shen Hongcai said this, everyone in the audience immediately brightened up. It's really possible.

"It's impossible!" Taoist Changsheng shook his head and said.

The people immediately looked at Taoist Changsheng and said to him. Looking at the dark hair of Taoist Changsheng, they couldn't help thinking about it. They all knew what happened in xuandu temple. They didn't expect that the Taoist school would send him this time.

Taoist Changsheng didn't care about these eyes. He said in a positive way: "I used to use charcoal as fuel when I was alchemy. Each alchemy usually lasted ten days and nights, and the space in the alchemy room was also tightly closed. It's not much larger than an ordinary room! I haven't had any problems for more than ten days, let alone just one night.

There was a dead silence, only Yan shigu kept remembering.

For a moment, everyone fell into a bottleneck. Charcoal itself is non-toxic, and it is also non-toxic after combustion. So where does charcoal poison come from.

Merton suddenly got up and said, "when it comes to carbon poison, the boy has a little personal experience, which may be useful."

"In those days, the Mojia village was very poor, and even the Mojia house was not enough. I remember one year, it was very cold in winter, and it was difficult to sleep even with a double-layer cloth quilt," Merton recalled.

When they looked at Merton's young face, it was difficult to understand what was on his mind. I'm afraid that only Merton was born in poverty. Even if others were poor, they were rich and noble. Even if it was a public defeat, Hong was also a large family. There was no problem with food and clothing.

"As a last resort, the boy made a fire in the house to keep warm. On the first day, the boy lit a charcoal fire before going to bed. As a result, he woke up in the middle of the night. When he got up, he saw that the charcoal fire in the stove had already been burned out and had to add another charcoal, so he could sleep until dawn."

When they heard the speech, they suddenly smiled knowingly.

"The next day, the boy learned from his experience and consulted an uncle. Only then did he learn that if he sprinkled a layer of plant ash on the top of the stove, the fire could last for a long time. Even at dawn, the fire would not go out. In order to save charcoal, the boy gladly followed suit, so the next day, the boy was directly carried out with charcoal poison." Merton said playfully.

The crowd burst into laughter.

"Fortunately, he was found early at that time. He was sent to HuaLao medicine shop in time for medical treatment, otherwise you wouldn't see the boy." Merton said.

Hua Yuan nodded and said, "I remember that the people of the whole village were frightened at that time."

"In retrospect, the boy used double charcoal fire on the first day, but I was not poisoned by charcoal. On the contrary, the next day, he only used one charcoal, but the boy was carried out. I think the problem lies in this."

The people were shocked and said, "you mean that the normal burning charcoal is not toxic, and the charcoal fire sprinkled with plant ash has carbon toxicity?"

Merton nodded.

Sun Simiao suddenly said: "indeed, in many cases, families with carbon poisoning do have such similar behavior."

"Plant ash is poisonous?" Su Lingnong wondered.

Merton shook his head and said: is it not that the plant ash is poisonous? But plant ash makes charcoal burn slowly, which produces carbon poison.

"Normal burn-up is non-toxic, slow down burn-up is toxic?" people thought about it and found that it was this possibility.

"It's impossible! How can there be things in the world that are both toxic and non-toxic." Han Zheng shook his head. He was deeply influenced by Legalists and has always insisted that the world is clear about this. How could he think that there would be things so complex.

However, more people believe in Merton's relationship. They are all super intelligent people. Naturally, they can see that if there is no accident, I'm afraid carbon poison is indeed the reason.

Merton said, "it's easy to verify that the charcoal brazier in front of us has been burning for half an hour, but we don't have any symptoms of poisoning at all."

"Now we just need to cover the brazier with plant ash, and we can know it at a try," Merton said.

The crowd nodded. Although they believed Merton's judgment, no one could confirm it unless they witnessed it with their own eyes.