Dozens of giant butter candles burned in the Ganlu Hall, and the lights in the hall were brightly lit. Hundreds of eunuchs stood on the left and right according to the squad, obeying the orders of Marquis Li Shimin at any time.

Li Shimin sat on the bed of the arhat in the main hall of Ganlu Hall, holding a yellowed book of the Book of Changes and reading motionlessly.

The candle on his table was very dark because no one had cut his wicks for a long time, and Li Shimin's face was also dark, but Li Shimin and the eunuch standing beside him did not notice it. Only the little eunuch in the distance occasionally looked up and saw that Li Shimin's face was dark, so scared that his heart trembled but did not dare to make any moves, so he made a sound.

There were only the "hoo" burning sounds and some rapid breathing sounds in the hall.

After a while, a faint sound of armor hitting him suddenly came from a distance. Li Shimin suddenly raised his head, slapped the book on the table with a "splash", and looked at the door of the hall with bright eyes.

The footsteps were getting louder and louder, approaching the Ganlu Hall step by step. Li Shimin sat straight and glanced at the sword hanging on the head of the bed from time to time, ready to get up and pluck the sword at any time...

"Read the call to Your Majesty!" Zhang Shigui's voice came from outside the hall.

"What's the matter?" Li Shimin said calmly.

"The General Li Junxian of the Zuowuhou Jung-Law is back."

"Yeah." Li Shimin said calmly, and the eunuchs in the hall breathed a sigh of relief, but Li Shimin's sitting posture did not change at all, and he still stared at the door with bright eyes.

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"My dear Li Junxian, I greet your Majesty!" Li Junxian walked in armor several feet away from Li Shimin and knelt on one knee.

"Flat"

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Junxian stood up, and his armor made a crisp sound of impact. He raised his head to look at the solemn and strict Ganlu Palace and the majestic and solemn Li Shimin quickly lowered his head and dared not look up again.

Li Shimin looked up and down at Li Junxian and said calmly for a while: "What's going on outside?"

Li Junxian could hear that although Li Shimin's tone was calm and anxious, he quickly bowed and said, "I asked Your Majesty, when I took the imperial guards out of the imperial city, there was still thunder everywhere in Chang'an City. When I heard the thunder, I hurriedly took people to check it out, and found that the place where the lightning struck was the main hall of the temple.

Seeing this, I divided my troops to check the temples in various directions and found that the main halls of all temples in Chang'an City were knocked down by lightning."

"Nothing elsewhere except the Main Hall was hit by lightning?" Li Shimin confirmed with a serious expression.

"No."

"Did anyone find suspicious?" Li Shimin remembered Fu Yi's words.

Li Junxian didn't understand what Li Shimin meant, and he couldn't expect anyone to create thunder, so he replied: "Last night, thunder struck Daxingshan Temple, and two monks who were watching incense in the Main Hall were killed. So tonight, the monks in each temple were hiding far away from the Main Hall, and there was no one at all."

After hearing this, Li Shimin knew that asking him was useless, so he slowly stood up and frowned and paced back and forth in the hall. The sound of Li Shimin's "splashing" footsteps sounded in the Ganlu Hall. When Li Junxian and the eunuchs heard it, it was like a drum. His heart was "bang" and he jumped straight on his face but didn't move at all...

Li Shimin thought in his mind that this matter was obviously related to Li Chengqian, the rebellious son, but was it because Li Chengqian instructed the Taoist priest to use the method of nine heavens to thunder, or did Li Chengqian ask the Taoist priest to help him practice the Thunder Pill?

Jiutian Zhenglei was what he heard of, and Leidan was the name he gave him according to Fu Yi's statement.

But no matter which one it is, it is related to the Taoist priest. Li Chengqian had no choice but to find the Taoist priest who helped Li Chengqian first, otherwise he would have to abdicate even if he didn't die.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin stood still and turned to the hall and said, "I will send my will to summon Xue Yi, the head of the Zi Mansion Temple in the Great Court tomorrow, and Li Chunfeng, the doctor of Taichang, to the hall."

"Abide by the order!" The eunuch responded quickly.

Xue Yi was originally a Taoist priest. When he was in the Sui Dynasty, he realized that Emperor Yang of Sui was still the prince, and he secretly told Emperor Yang of Sui that he was very favored after becoming the queen.

After Li Yuan entered Chang'an, Xue Yi told Li Yuan again: You have the idea of ​​an emperor, so he was also very favored during the Wude period.

There was an abnormality in the celestial phenomena in the late Wude period. Fu Yi and Xue Yi both believed that this sign showed that Li Shimin would have the world. Fu Yi reported the matter secretly to Li Yuan. After reporting, all the records were burned to avoid being leaked and caused chaos.

Xue Yi secretly told Li Shimin about this, so Fu Yi's official position remained unchanged during the Zhenguan period, but Xue Yi rose to prominence and became a Taoist priest who Li Shimin trusted more.

After issuing the order, Li Shimin took a deep breath and thought about the matter of going to court in a while. He slowly walked towards the gate of Ganlu Hall, and asked as he walked: "When is it now."

An eunuch replied: "Go back to your Majesty, now at the moment of Yin, the ministers should come to the Grand Inner."

Li Shimin walked directly to the gate of Ganlu Palace without saying a word. He saw Zhang Shigui and a group of imperial guards standing upright and laughed and said, "Thank you all for your hard work. There is no need for a small evil technique like this. You all go and take a break when it is dawn."

Zhang Shigui heard the voice and turned around and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your care. Your Majesty is the position of a minister. Moreover, Your Majesty is the true dragon emperor. It is safer to protect the ministers here by all gods."

Li Shimin smiled when he heard this, walked to Danbao and looked up at the brightly lit palace everywhere, then looked up at the brilliant starry sky, and said for a while: "Zhang Qing's family thought that this dry thunder was really a divine thunder descended from heaven to punish Buddhism for leaking the secrets of heaven?"

The Danbao was quiet. After a while, Li Shimin saw Zhang Shigui not answering and looked back at Zhang Shigui.

Zhang Shigui hurriedly clasped his fists and said, "Don't you dare to say it?"

"Hmm?" Li Shimin was very surprised.

"It involves gods and ghosts. I really dare not think too much about the fetus, for fear that if I think wrongly, I will blame you for your will. Therefore, I only believe in Your Majesty. I will do whatever you want to do to me." Zhang Shigui hurriedly explained.

Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction, then looked at the others and said, "What do you think?"

When he asked the generals, he didn't know how to answer. Only Li Junxian, who was standing at the end, clasped his fists and said, "I don't know if the Buddha had leaked the secrets of heaven. After all, the so-called earth dragon turning over is still a false thing. But if the heaven does not lower the divine thunder, more than 100,000 people on the dragon head will lose their livelihood."

Li Shimin nodded when he heard this. Seeing that the other generals were not speaking, he turned around and looked up at the sky.

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The thunder last night alarmed the entire Chang'an City. In the morning, the ministers looked uneasy, especially when they saw the entire imperial city who were ten years old and ten years old, the ministers who came to the court were extremely nervous.

One by one, they got off the horse outside the Tai Chi Palace, and stood silently at the gate of the palace without saying a word, just waiting for the moment when the palace gate was opened.

As soon as the palace gate was opened, the ministers who did not have to check the rules and regulations would automatically stand in their own position and follow the people in front of them.

In silence, the officials walked into the Tai Chi Hall and saw that Li Shimin had already held high throne and looked at the officials who walked into the ministers majestic.

All the officials bowed neatly without waiting for shouting. Seeing this, Li Shimin raised his hand, and the eunuch standing beside him whispered: "Flat."

All the officials stood up and found their respective seats to sit and wait for Li Shimin to speak.

"Do you all in Chang'an City know what happened in Chang'an City last night?" Li Shimin's voice could not hear the joy and anger.

"After your Majesty, I heard a burst of thunder, and nothing else?" Gao Shilian, as the prime minister, stood up and replied.

Li Shimin knew that all the officials usually returned to their own yard after the taxi. He heard that thunder could not come out to check, so he said directly: "Yes, that sound destroyed the main halls of all the temples in Chang'an."

"ah!"

...

There was a burst of exclamation below. Li Shimin paid attention to seeing a few Grand Secretary of the Chongjiao Palace. Seeing that they were also full of incredible expressions, he turned around and looked at Xue Yi and Li Chunfeng whom he specially summoned.

"What do you think of the two Qing families?"

Li Chunfeng did not dare to say anything at this time, but Xue Yi walked out and said seriously: "I call your Majesty, this is the punishment of the Buddhist monk for the disaster to heaven."

"Why does God punish Buddhism?"

"Interfere in politics." Xue Yi said the reason.

Interfering in politics? Buddhists interfering in politics? Some Confucian scholars and officials became alert one after another.

Li Shimin was unhappy, but he still held his fire and asked, "I heard that Taoist can refine a Thunder Pill when refining alchemy, is this a matter?"

Xue Yi said with a confused look when she heard this, "Your Majesty, I have never heard of the matter of Thunder Pill, but I think those who can refine Thunder Pills will probably have already jumped out of the Three Realms and are no longer in the Five Elements..."

When Li Shimin heard that he was getting further and further, he waved his hand to signal him to stop and asked Li Chunfeng directly: "Does the Li Qing family know about this?"

Li Chunfeng hurriedly stepped out and said, "Reply to the ancient book of Your Majesty, the alchemy furnace was thunderous like thunder, but I have never heard of it before."

Li Shimin waved his hand to signal him to go down after hearing this, then looked at the ministers and said, "What do you think about this?"

"Your Majesty, I think that the Buddhist monks interfere in politics and disasters are hit by the thunder of heaven, the court should order severe punishment according to the will of heaven." Zhu Suiliang hurriedly stood up and said.

Originally, Zhu Suiliang was a minister who Li Shimin trusted very much, but because Zhu Suiliang was close to the East Palace, Li Shimin was a little disliked when he saw him. He said unhappy: "Punishment is a later story. I want to know whether the main hall of Chang'an Temple was hit by thunder?"

The ministers were all confused after hearing Li Shimin's contradictory words. It was because Li Shimin could not be the one who could jump out for Li Chengqian. What should I do if the Buddhists were punished by heaven?

"Your Majesty, the thunder strikes at the office, have never seen him with his own eyes, but I think it would be a false statement for everyone to say this, right?" Zhu Suiliang thought about what Li Chengqian said to Xue Rengui.

Li Shimin felt aroused when he heard this and said, "Okay, don't discuss this matter first, and I will stop the court from taking a look."

As he said that, Li Shimin stood up and asked, "Do you guys have anything else to report?"

Li Shimin acted as if he would immediately disperse the miracle of the thunder strike at the Great Hall. Naturally, those who were not blind would not jump out to report the matter at this time.

But one minister still walked out of the train and saluted Li Shimin and said, "I have something to report."

Li Shimin looked at Jiang Xingben without a look and felt unhappy, but once Jiang Xingben was a master craftsman of the third grade, Li Shimin also knew that he was devoted to studying craftsmanship, so he didn't care about him.

"What's the matter with Jiang?" Li Shimin sat down again.

"I heard from Your Majesty that last month that the Crown Prince dreamed of Qin officials presenting books to His Highness, so I sent someone to Anlu to dig books as shown by His Highness. Sure enough, I dug up a Qin tomb, and there were a thousand Qin bamboo slips in the tomb, which have arrived in the capital-"

"What?" Li Shimin suddenly stood up and interrupted him and asked anxiously: "Jiang Qing family, do you say that the prince dreamed that a Qin Dynasty official presented him with a book. Did you send someone to dig up the Qin bamboo slips? Tell me in detail."

"Abide by the order, Your Majesty is like this..." Jiang Xingben said what Li Chengqian said to him in Longshouyuan that day in the hall.

When Li Shimin and the officials in the palace heard this, they were shocked when they thought that Li Chengqian might be reincarnated by Qin Shihuang.

After a while, Li Shimin suddenly stood up and said, "Where is the book? Take it to me quickly."

Jiang Xingben said in embarrassment: "I heard from Your Majesty that someone was carrying him to court when he came to court. I just thought that these were all presented to His Royal Highness by the Qin Dynasty officials, so I asked someone to send them to the Eastern Palace first. I want to come..."

Li Shimin was so angry that he let out a "hi" sound, shook his sleeves, and dropped his face aside and ignored him.

"Since that's the case, Your Majesty summoned His Royal Highness to the palace." Yang Shidao has always wanted to ease the relationship between Li Shimin and Li Chengqian. Li Chengqian pretended to be sick because of his power being cut off and his discerning eyes in the court could see it.

And at this time, everyone thought that Buddhism must have been punished by heaven. People with a little acumen knew that Xue Yi said that Buddhism's interference in politics was referring to the monk Yuance who jumped out to attack Longshouyuan.

Isn’t it difficult to be punished by heaven for doing this?

Just thinking that Li Chengqian might be the reincarnation of Qin Shihuang, everyone still felt cold in their hearts.
Chapter completed!