The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were all stunned, after all, the electric light emitted from the hands of people was too bizarre, and it was reasonable that they couldn't react for a while. There was a dead silence in front of the entire Yeting Palace, only the sound of the wind whistling by. Xia Hongsheng removed his almost uncontrollable hand from the metal rod of the Leyden bottle, and the electric light immediately stopped abruptly. Although his hands were numb, Xia Hongsheng's face was not moving, he glanced at the courtiers who were about to jump out, and said, "I said that this heavenly thunder has been caught in the bottle, who still doesn't believe it?" You can come and touch it yourself and try it. ”

This time, no one stood up to speak, the scene that Xia Hongsheng showed just now was too shocking, the electric light in his hand reflected the indifferent smile on Xia Hongsheng's face, like an immortal who fell from the sky, that picture has been deeply engraved into the minds of everyone present, I am afraid it will never be erased.

Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng were still kneeling on the ground, Xia Hongsheng went over and helped the two of them up, and said: "The two Taoist masters can't help it, this is just a thing, where is the immortal art, and I can't afford the big gift of the two Taoist masters." ”

Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng stood up in a daze, but their eyes did not change when they looked at Xia Hongsheng, obviously not believing Xia Hongsheng's words. Xia Hongsheng didn't care about explaining to them at the moment, but raised the Leyden bottle in his hand, inadvertently and quietly disconnected the connection between the metal rod at the mouth of the bottle and the tin foil strip sticking out of the bottle, and then walked in front of Li Shimin, bowed down and raised the bottle in his hand: "Your Majesty, Weichen is fortunate not to be dishonored, in this bottle is the heavenly thunder that he has caught, and he is here to dedicate it to His Majesty." ”

Xia Hongsheng stretched out his hand. Li Shimin hesitated. I don't know if I should pick it up or not. Because the Lord Wang was still lying on the ground next to him and foaming at the mouth.

Where could Xia Hongsheng not see Li Shimin's worries. glanced at Li Shimin with his eyes, knocked his fingers on the bottleneck of the glass bottle, and then handed it to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin immediately understood, and reached out to pinch the section of the bottleneck where the glass was exposed and there was no hanging foil. Xia Hongsheng withdrew his hand, Li Shimin held the bottleneck, and nothing happened.

Li Shimin looked down at the bottle in his hand, and he couldn't see anything unusual.

"Your Majesty! Just now, Lord Wang touched the thunder and caused a lightning strike, and several other adults touched Lord Wang and were also shocked. Your Majesty touched the thunder of the sky. But there is no harm at all, which is enough to prove that His Majesty has the protection of God, and the sky and thunder are not added, how can the king be immoral! Tang Jian reacted extremely quickly, immediately bent down and bowed down, and shouted loudly.

Some officials with active eyes only reacted when they heard Tang Jian say this, and hurriedly bent down deeply together, shouting in unison: "Your Majesty is blessed by the sky, Your Majesty is victorious!" Datang Wansheng! ”

"Your Majesty! Datang Wansheng! Baiguan finally reacted. Then they shouted.

"Your Majesty! Datang Wansheng! In front of the entire Yeting Palace, except for Li Shimin, no one stood up straight, and everyone bowed down and shouted.

Li Shimin was immediately greatly encouraged. His face was flushed with excitement, and he suddenly raised the glass bottle in his hand high above his head.

"Your Majesty! Datang Wansheng! The shouts of the ministers became more fervent, and one after another shouted over the thunder in the sky, and seemed to have scared away the dark clouds overhead, and this rain did not completely fall after all.

The civil and military officials shouted, not only shouting away the thunder above their heads, shouting away the black clouds in the sky, but also repelling those scholars who wanted to take advantage of this opportunity, and drove away the gloom in Li Shimin's heart.

Li Shimin was happy, and Xia Hongsheng was also relieved. finally didn't show a foreign appearance in front of the civil and military officials. Not being electrocuted, this is already a great luck.

The civil and military officials left the palace with surprise, Xia Hongsheng and those bigwigs who were deeply trusted by Li Shimin were left behind, Xia Hongsheng knew that Li Shimin must have many things to ask him.

Everyone followed Li Shimin to the Liangyi Palace, Li Shimin was in a good mood, and after entering, he walked back and forth a few steps, and said to Xia Hongsheng with a very excited expression: "Xia Qing! Xia Qing is really a god! I believe that Xia Qing is really right! ”

"The old minister was also surprised, he didn't expect that Xiahou would really be able to catch the heavenly thunder!" Gao Shilian looked at Xia Hongsheng in surprise and said, "Could it be that Xiahou is really an immortal?" ”

Xia Hongsheng shook his head with a wry smile, then stretched out an arm and pulled up the long cuffs with his other hand, revealing that hand.

Everyone was immediately taken aback, Xia Hongsheng's hand was trembling and trembling. What's even more terrifying is that on the back of Xia Hongsheng's hand, there are some light red veins like spider webs, which meander along Xia Hongsheng's fingers to the tiger's mouth, which looks a little scary.

"Huh? Xia Qing, what's going on with you?! Li Shimin was also taken aback, and hurriedly walked over and asked.

"Electric shock." Xia Hongsheng said, his hand turned over and spread out his palm, revealing a copper key in his palm, and said: "Your Majesty saw the electric light in Weichen's hand just now, in fact, because Weichen's hand hides this copper key, the copper key is metal, and after approaching the metal rod on this bottle, an electric arc was generated between the two, not from Weichen's hand." Weichen grabbed the copper key like this, so he was naturally going to be electrified. But fortunately, there wasn't much thunder and lightning stored in that bottle, and Lord Wang touched it first, and Weichen didn't touch it directly, so it was just that the electric hand was numb. These red veins are traces of electrical injury and will fade on their own after a while. ”

"Struck by lightning?" Everyone was taken aback, and Li Shimin asked in surprise: "Ah? Xia Qing, so the electric light in Xia Qing's hand is not the heavenly thunder that Xia Qing caught?! ”

Xia Hongsheng shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is not an immortal, how can he release heavenly thunder." Thunder and lightning are invisible things, and they cannot be caught. This catch of heavenly thunder, in the final analysis, is just that Wei Chen used the knowledge of some Gewu to introduce some thunder and lightning in the air into this container. ”

After listening to Xia Hongsheng's words, Li Shimin showed a sudden look, sighed, and said: "Xia Qing said before that the way of learning things is like a divine skill. When I saw it today, I realized that what Xia Qing said was indeed true. This is truly wonderful. ”

"Yes, in fact, if you spread it out and understand it, there is nothing magical about it. Metal, water, and these things can conduct electricity, and lightning can travel along these things, while dry wood, leather, glass, and the like don't conduct electricity, and lightning doesn't travel along these things. Therefore, the minister pressed the copper rod on the paper kite, and released the paper kite into the air, and when the lightning was lightning, the electricity could hit the copper rod. The paper kite's thread was wound with iron wires, so the thunder and lightning were carried down the copper rod along the iron wires and into the bottle. The salt water in the bottle and the hanging foil attached to it allow the electricity to be stored in it for a while, and that's it. His Majesty did not touch the threads when he saw the paper kite in his hand, but held a wooden stick and a hand cage made of dry leather in his hand, just to prevent the lightning from coming down the line of the paper kite from reaching Wechen, if that was the case, Wechen was afraid that he would be killed on the spot. Xia Hongsheng bowed to Li Shimin and explained.

"I see!" Li Shimin actually didn't understand anything about it, but he was embarrassed to say that he didn't understand, so he sighed: "Hehe, listening to what Xia Qing said, it made me full of curiosity about this object." ”

"If Your Majesty is interested, then Weichen will tell Your Majesty more in the future. In fact, in our ordinary life, many things are closely related to the object. Xia Hongsheng bowed down with a smile and said, "By the way, Your Majesty, there is one more matter, but it is currently the most important." Although the ministers blocked the mouths of the hundred officials this time, the matter of the palace being struck by lightning was not really resolved. Weichen already has a solution to this matter, but the palace will never have to be struck by lightning in the future. Not only the Imperial Palace, but also taller buildings in the future will no longer have to worry about being struck by lightning. ”

When Li Shimin heard this, his eyes lit up, and he immediately asked eagerly: "Oh? What can Xia Qing do? ”

"Weichen has made a lightning rod with the help of His Royal Highness the Prince, His Royal Highness the King of Shu and King Yue, as long as the lightning rod is placed on the roof, the house can be protected from lightning in the future." Xia Hongsheng said to Li Shimin.

"Lightning rod?" Everyone was stunned and looked at Xia Hongsheng: "What is that?" It's so powerful that it can prevent the house from being struck by lightning?! ”

"When preparing a few days ago, Wechen had already asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to help find a craftsman to make all the items needed to make lightning rods. Nowadays, it is just a matter of putting it together and placing it on top of the house. However, there are still some necessary things, which are quite difficult to do, so they have not yet been made. Xia Hongsheng said to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin immediately said: "Who else does Xia Qing need, but it doesn't matter, I will solve it!" ”

Xia Hongsheng bowed down and said: "Back to Your Majesty, you also need a ceramic with the thickness of your arm, which must be made into the shape of a hollow bamboo tube, and the outside must be wrapped with another layer of wood, and the outside of the wood must be coated with wax to prevent waterproofing." ”

"Good! I will immediately order the overseer to prepare for this! Li Shimin nodded, said, and then turned to Wang De and said: "Wang De, you go with Xia Qing to be a prisoner, Xuan Zhen's oral order, and the people who will be a prisoner need to obey Xia Qing's instructions, and immediately start to do these things that Xia Qing needs, and make them as quickly as possible!" ”

"The old slave obeys!" Wang De bowed, and then walked to Xia Hongsheng's side.

"The thunderstorm has not passed, the sooner this lightning rod is installed, the better, Your Majesty, the minister will go over and explain immediately!" Xia Hongsheng bowed and said.

Li Shimin nodded: "Xia Qing has been going to this palace, but he can't suffer a lightning strike again." This time, Xia Qing has solved such a problem for me again, and I have to think about how to repay Xia Qing! (To be continued......)