There was a dead silence in the courtyard of the East Palace, only the sound of thunder and rain was intertwined. Although it was noon, it was as dark as dusk, and in the midst of lightning, thunder, wind and rain, no one spoke, and the scene was quiet and strange.

Li Chengqian ran out of the East Palace with a pale face, and saw Xia Hongsheng standing in the crowd at a glance, and ran over with a frightened face: "Brother Sheng'er...... Thunder...... The thunder is killing people! Do you say it's because of ......"

Before Li Chengqian finished speaking, he stopped the car, gasped sharply, and suddenly looked back at the collapsed corner.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, don't panic!" The eldest grandson Wuji walked over, lowered his voice in front of Li Chengqian, and said quickly. Seeing that his uncle was here, Li Chengqian seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, nodded, turned around, and looked fixedly at the corner that had been struck by lightning. It had become a gap, a charred patch.

"Dead minion, stunned to do something! Why don't you go and report to Your Majesty, wait here for someone to smoke you?! Yu Chigong grabbed a yellow door next to him and shouted.

The yellow door was frightened and weak, and hurriedly confessed, and immediately turned around to go to tell Li Shimin, but suddenly heard a voice from behind: "No need, I already know." ”

Everyone was startled, and they hurriedly turned around and bowed, Xia Hongsheng raised his eyes and quietly took a look, only to see Li Shimin's face was black and frightened, and he walked forward past the ministers, staring coldly at the corner of the East Palace that had been struck by lightning.

"Your Majesty! This is a sign of heaven, and please follow the words of your majesty as soon as possible, burn incense and sacrifice, pray to heaven, and issue an edict to calm the wrath of heaven! Where was the group of clan courtiers above the court willing to let go of this opportunity, and immediately came out of the crowd again, Qi Qi said.

For these families. It doesn't matter who is the emperor. What matters is whether this king is able to submit to their control. Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The rise of the scholar gate valve caused the monarch to be in a weak position, and all the activities of the monarch had to rely on the scholar gate valve, which created a situation in which the monarch was weak and the minister was strong. Li Shimin is such an emperor through the ages, so naturally he can't tolerate such a situation. The scholars have always sought a higher political status, and it can be seen from the fact that seven or eight out of ten of the courtiers are from the scholar clan, and the power and prestige of the scholar group have threatened the centralized power of the monarch, so they are bound to become the target of the imperial power. The opposition between the imperial power and the nobles led to the fact that both sides would seize every opportunity to attack each other. Attack the prestige of the other side and establish your own authority.

If Fang Cai was above the court, and more courtiers were holding a wait-and-see attitude, then the lightning strike that happened in front of their eyes just now made most of those neutral courtiers join in persuading the emperor to sin himself. More and more people stood up, Li Shimin didn't say a word, and his face was gloomy as if the sky was covered with black clouds at the moment.

After a long time, Li Shimin waved his hand, took a deep breath, and then said, "Zhongqing's words." I listened. I'll go back and think about it, so let's retreat for the time being. ”

Listening to Li Shimin's attitude that has obviously softened. The group of courtiers showed joy and sent Li Shimin away, and then they also said goodbye to each other and left.

The eldest grandson Wuji glanced at each other, and then walked together in the direction where Li Shimin left.

Xia Hongsheng followed, and Li Chengqian and Xia Hongsheng walked at the back together.

"Brother Sheng'er......" Li Chengqian looked ahead, lowered his voice, and asked quietly: "Brother Sheng'er, did you say that we said that we caught the thunder, so we annoyed Lei Gong?" Otherwise, how could the thunder fall on my East Palace on this day? ”

Xia Hongsheng also lowered his voice: "How is it possible?" Lightning strikes are just natural disasters, and when the weather clears, let me go up to the roof of the building to check and know why the lightning strikes are coming down. Don't panic, this lightning strike is nothing but a big deal except for provoking a bunch of uneducated people to jump out and bark wildly. ”

The ancients didn't know the reason for the lightning, but Xia Hongsheng was nearly full in high school politics and history, if it weren't for the retreat of math and English, it would be a top student! It's just a few buildings that have collapsed, anyway, the old Li family's big business doesn't care about the two small buildings, pity that maid, was struck by lightning, it must have been too close to the building when the thunder came down, and there must have been something on the head. Other than that, it's really not a big deal, and it's so ignorant to associate lightning strikes with the moral behavior of the monarch. It can only be said that it is terrible to be uneducated.

"Can you find out why?!" When Li Chengqian heard Xia Hongsheng's words, he was taken aback and shouted out of his voice.

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly wanted to cover his mouth, but it was already over, and the bigwigs in front of him had already heard it and turned their heads.

Xia Hongsheng put down his hand in disdain, but listened to Wei Chigong look at Xia Hongsheng with disdain, and said: "Little doll, don't make a big deal out there, if even you can find out why the palace was struck by lightning, then what's the use of other people?" Don't talk big, Your Majesty will really let you check it out and see how you end! ”

Xia Hongsheng hurriedly laughed: "Well, that's what the little nephew said, it's just bragging, just bragging......"

When everyone arrived at the Liangyi Palace, they went in after a briefing, Li Shimin was gloomy inside, and when he saw everyone entering, he said: "The palace suffered thunder twice in three days, and this time it also killed people, which is exactly what those people want." Could it be that this is really a mistake in God's view? I don't know what I'm doing that doesn't suit God's will! ”

The ministers looked at each other, not knowing how to reply. The palace was struck twice by lightning in three days, which was too much of a coincidence.

Just when everyone didn't know how to speak, they heard a sudden report from the guards outside, stepped forward to meet Li Shimin, and then said: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yue asked to see him outside His Royal Highness, saying that it was ......."

Li Shimin looked up at the guard: "Qingque? What is the green finch going to do? What did he say? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Yue said that he knew why the East Palace was struck by lightning!" The janissary hesitated for a moment and said to Li Shimin.

"What?" Li Shimin's brows furrowed even harder: "He? What can he know? What a mess for me! Go out and tell him, that I am busy now, and have no time to see him, and let him go to the queen to play. ”

"Yes!" The janissary saluted, turned and was about to walk out of the temple.

"Wait." Li Shimin stopped him again: "Let Qingque come in, let's listen to what he will say." ”

The janissary saluted again and withdrew. Soon, Li Tai's little chubby dun ran into the Liangyi Palace.

"Father!" After Li Tai came in, he respectfully saluted Li Shimin: "The child was at his mother's place, and I heard that the prince's brother's East Palace was struck by lightning, and the child knows why the East Palace was struck by lightning!" ”

"Oh? How does the blue finch know? Li Shimin looked at Li Tai and asked, "Let's talk about it." ”

"Father, yesterday, the child and the prince's brother and the third brother were all playing at Xiahou's house, I heard Xiahou say that it is not a big deal to be able to strike with lightning at all, he can catch the thunder! As a result, thunder sounded as soon as the words fell, and the brothers left quickly with their children, but I didn't expect that the east palace of the prince's brother would fall today! ”

At this moment, Xia Hongsheng swore that it was really not a love child he didn't understand, but he couldn't help but want to push Li Tai to the ground and beat him, beat him hard, and beat him to death!

Everyone looked at Xia Hongsheng, Xia Hongsheng wanted to cry without tears at this time, and a pair of eyes glared at Li Tai with anger, damn, Ya smiled at herself proudly! Xia Hongsheng's teeth itched with hatred, and he hurriedly came out and said, "Eh, Your Majesty, you listen to Weichen'...... explanation"

"Explain the!" Li Shimin slapped on the table: "Okay, you Xia Hongsheng!" I see you're getting impatient! Dare to speak wildly, and be unbelievable! If the prince is affected a little because of your disrespectful words, I will make you unable to eat and walk around! Say, what else are you talking about?! ”

"Well, back to Your Majesty, it's really gone." Xia Hongsheng hurriedly bowed down and said, "The minister said that someone could catch the heavenly thunder, and he didn't say anything else." ”

"Father, the child can testify, there is really nothing to say. And Xiahou also said it casually, and he didn't mean to disrespect the heavens......" Li Chengqian glared at Li Tai and hurriedly stepped forward to say.

"Isn't this disrespectful to God?" Li Shimin was furious, and the fire that had been held back for two days now found a breakthrough and sprinkled it: "Come on, first fork Xia Hongsheng out and take the fifty court canes seriously!" ”

Xia Hongsheng was dumbfounded, and hurriedly shouted: "Your Majesty, don't fight, don't fight!" Chen can really catch the thunder and lightning, really can! Don't fight, if you do, you're going to die! ”

"Your Majesty, on the way here, Xiahou once said that if you wait for a sunny day to go up to the roof of the building to have a look, you can find out the reason for the lightning strike in the palace. The minister watched Xiahou do things, not the kind of person who boasted and bragged, and had no purpose. Why doesn't Your Majesty write down these fifty court scepters for the time being, and listen to what Xia Hou has to say first? At this time, Fang Xuanling walked out and bowed to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin thought for a while, waved his hand, let the guards who came in retreat again, and then asked, "Tell me, why is the palace repeatedly struck by lightning?" ”

"First of all, please let Your Majesty and your Excellency know that this lightning strike was really just an accident, not a sign from heaven. Just like rain and wind, it is just a natural phenomenon and has nothing to do with anyone's morality or behavior. I would like to ask Your Majesty and your Excellency to clarify this point in advance. Xia Hongsheng bowed and replied, "Secondly, the minister can indeed solve the problem of lightning strikes, but he must wait until a sunny day to implement it." Third, the thunder and lightning have really been caught, and the minister has not been unrelenting, and as long as His Majesty gives Weichen some time to prepare, Weichen can also catch the thunder and lightning for His Majesty. ”

"What?!" Everyone was amazed. (To be continued......)