On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, a self-immolated corpse was discovered on Zhuque Street. The deceased did not die from fire, but from the instantaneous pressure overload of heavy mercury in his body, which led to implosion and self-immolation. Only a continuously rotating cicada-patterned gear was left at the scene.
If the backbone of the prosperous Tang Dynasty was a keel made of refined iron and heavy mercury, would you still dare to look directly at the truth behind that prosperity?
