In the second year of Zhenguan, July 21. A very important day for many people.

Although he already has many children, Li Shimin's appearance at this time is still like a hairy boy. It's all because the eldest grandson queen entered the delivery room again, and her health has never been good, and every time she gives birth, it is like passing the ghost gate.

Li Chengqian listened to the screams in the delivery room, and felt that the teacher was particularly prescient, and when he heard that A-Niang was going to give birth, he hurriedly stuffed him with a pack of medicine. The teacher said that if the mother has any accidents before and after childbirth, a pack of medicine can stabilize the situation.

Father and son sat down outside the delivery room, their eyes staring at the medicine bag without blinking, as if anyone dared to be a snitch in the palace to steal medicine.

There is a great drought in the Guannai, but if there is a general who sends a message back, it is a matter of urgency. Although the people who were sent to deliver the letter did not know what was written in the letter, they could guess the general contents, and they had been following the general all along, and such a major event as the attack of locusts would inevitably be reported to the fullest.

However, the messengers who came to Chang'an from several places encountered different obstacles this time. Either the horses have problems on the road, or something strange happens along the way. finally rushed to Chang'an, and several people happened to meet at the city gate. After exchanging news, they learned that there was a locust plague in more than one place, and they hurriedly rushed to the palace with a roar.

"There is a locust plague in Jingzhou, Longzhou, and Ningzhou!"

"Locusts have appeared in Fengxiang Mansion and Yuanzhou!"

There are still a few howls in Chang'an City, echoing with these howls.

The little attendants happily divided into groups to pull the grain carts, beating gongs and drums as they walked, shouting: "The Holy Lord is happy to get the ninth son of the emperor, give food to the family of this natural son, everyone come and get the grain!!"

Chang'an was shouted so lively by these two groups of people, and the people's heads turned like rattles, and they didn't know which one to listen to first.

After a while, the fast horse that reported the news disappeared, and the little attendants who distributed the food were silent. I thought I had received a good errand, but as soon as I did it, bad news came along with it.

Although there is no quick response from the inner servants, after all, the people of Chang'an are people who live in the center of power all the year round, and they pondered for a moment before pondering, the news of the locust plague came from the ninth son of the emperor as soon as he was born, could it be that this son was born ominous?

A hundred miles away from Chang'an City, in a hidden wilderness, a few people were watching the locusts eat the grain in the wilderness.

Wu Zhao leaned into Wang Jue's arms, "Teacher, the insects are so annoying, I want to kill them all." ”

"No... It's okay, let's stay a little longer and then go home. Wang Jue hugged Wu Zhao into her arms, trying to ignore the locusts flying and pounced on her, insects and insects were the most annoying......

Wang Xiran moved to Wang Jue's side, trying to help her block some locusts. Meng Xiang sat in front of an oil pot and fried locusts, one by one the locusts were fried until they were charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and then sprinkled with a little fine salt, the taste was not too beautiful.

At this moment, a fast horse galloped over. Cheng Zhi on the horse did not bother to wipe his sweat, he jumped neatly from the horse, and hurriedly walked in the direction where the few people were.

"Teacher, I've let those messengers go, I don't know if the time can be on time, hasn't the senior sister come back yet?"

At the moment when they were talking, Zhou Qi also rode over, "Those few people who reported the news happened to arrive not long after the birth of the ninth son of the emperor. When I left, they were shouting with the people sent by the Holy God to deliver rice. ”

Meng Xiang glanced at the locusts in the pot regretfully, he got up and beckoned the Mo family disciples to carry the pot away, and then looked at the bags of locusts they had just caught, before nodding with satisfaction.

Meng Xiang's series of actions made everyone speechless, Wang Jue coughed lightly and said, "Just now." ”

Several people quickly retreated together, and the disciples of the Mo family picked up torches and threw them on the grain, and the locusts scattered as if they fled in an instant. Looking at the direction in which they fled in a team, it was Chang'an.

Wang Jue looked at the back of the locust legion leaving, and his expression was complicated, "The villages near Chang'an, are you sure that they have all been harvested?"

Wang Xiran was patient, and replied for the nth time: "The people heard that it was your builder, and they were very cooperative. I've checked back and forth many times, and I've done it. ”

That's good! They scattered grain on the wilderness and dragged the army of locusts for two days, in order to give the people time to harvest and give Li Zhi a bad reputation.

Although the locusts had left, Wang Jue still felt uncomfortable. Knowing that it was a psychological effect, she still couldn't help but want to go home and bathe a few more times. Meng Xiang arranged for his disciples to return home with locusts first, and he continued to send a few people to Nanshan with the hundred families, and he was full of curiosity about Wang Jue's divination skills at the moment.

Although there were rumors about the metaphysics of the Hundred Schools of Thought, because he had a wide range of knowledge and knew several masters of metaphysics, Meng Xiang did not take Wang Jue's ability to heart at first.

However, a qiē began to change four days ago.

Cheng Chumo, who has been hanging all day long, found him with a stern face and told the teacher that he had something important to discuss. was so frightened that he thought that he had been punctured by someone doing tricks and feet in the Dong family, but when he went to Nanshan, he saw that Wang Xianbo had prepared divination tools and was waiting for him.

After a dazzling variety of divination, a result that is very unfavorable to them is obtained. The empress's son will be born in four days, and when he grows up, he will compete with Li Chengqian for the throne, and if he himself ascends to the throne, he will have to follow the example of Emperor Wu of Han to honor Confucianism.

Before Wang Jue didn't care about her own interests and promoted the rebirth of the hundred schools, Meng Xiang didn't doubt whether she was lying. Moreover, Wang Jue can even tell the date and approximate time of the child's birth, which can be verified in a few days, if he has no real ability and no strong self-confidence, he would not dare to take such a risk.

So, the Yin people group → Wang Jue, Meng Xiang, and Wang Xiran to discuss it secretly again. In the end, we came up with a preemptive method, and we seized a few opportunities to damage his reputation, so that he would not be able to ascend to the throne in this life unless he rebelled.

Then there were four days of preparation, Cheng Chumo led people to delay the messenger's trip, Zhou Qi was responsible for collecting news in the market, and the Yin people team took food to find a hidden place to intercept the locusts.

A qiē is perfect, and the time is just right. This is a classic case worth bragging about and putting into textbooks for future generations to learn.

Oh, just like sketching, a thing often has its dark side. Compared to the few people who succeeded in the conspiracy and were ready to go back to celebrate, the mood of some people was not so beautiful.

Li Shimin learned that the queen gave birth safely and that his youngest son was also healthy, and he was so happy that his mouth was almost grinning. Although I am afraid that the delivery room is unclean, I can't be close to him. After the eldest grandson queen moved into the dormitory, Li Shimin entered the house as soon as possible to send care.

Li Chengqian also breathed a sigh of relief, not wanting to disturb his father and mother, the little prince stayed outside the hall and waited, planning to wait for his father to leave before going in.

Just then, several messengers came. The little chamberlain had just finished receiving Li Shimin's scattered wealth, and at this moment he suddenly felt that the ingots soap in his pocket was particularly hot. The soap will be returned to you, and you will be able to avoid hurting the innocent ...... later.

The main thing is that every time he has a happy event, he will soon find a bad thing to come to the door, and Li Shimin has a shadow in his heart. Seeing the waiter with a mournful face, standing at the door of the hall and looking at this side in a tangled way, Li Shimin's heart burst out, and he shouted angrily: "What are you doing sneaky?!"

"St. ... Holy Lord, the locust plague in the Guannai!"

"What did you say?!"

The emperor and queen both understood the truth of the drought and locusts, and with Wang Jue's divination words in front of them, they had long been prepared for a locust plague. However, when did you come to the door when you were in a hurry to give birth, and did this locust be a relative of Jieli Khan?

"Two... Jiro ....... Empress Changsun was sweating, and she tried to get up with her hand on the case, but her back fainted as soon as she left the case.

Li Shimin heard a bang next to him, and then looked at the situation of Empress Changsun, and hurriedly ran outside the hall to find the imperial doctor.

Li Chengqian only saw a chamberlain entering the hall in a panic, and he didn't know what was going on, he hesitated to enter the hall at this time, so he had to carefully take the medicine bag to the doctor. Seeing that the other party took the medicine bag and began to take out the medicine to sniff and taste it, Li Chengqian shouted: "Don't study it, hurry up and decoct the medicine!"

Li Shimin heard this roar when he left the palace, and he said secretly: These unconscious people are still thinking about stealing prescriptions at this time, and I will definitely clean them up another day.

The doctor died unjustly, you

Misfortune is not a one-way street, at this time, the locust army that was driven away by Wang Jue came.

Wow Ka Ka, this place is good! Although there is no food, these pavilions and pavilions look very suitable for our army commander's identity. Let's take a few turns to inspect the situation, and then go back to report on it.

There was a buzzing sound, and everyone followed the sound, only to see countless locusts flying in black, and some unstable larvae were still crackling and falling, as if they were encountering a rain of insects.

Screams rang out one after another throughout the palace, and several other small chamberlains ran over to find the imperial doctor, all reporting that XX Niangniang had fainted.

At this time, Li Shimin's heart was extremely depressed, and he yelled at the attendants: "Get out, get out of here!!

Since his accession to the throne, natural disasters* have occurred repeatedly. This time is even worse, the daughter-in-law is in danger, the young son has lost his reputation, and his reputation that he has finally recovered is afraid that he will be questioned again. The locusts happened to arrive today, and it seems that this time they have to make an edict.

Li Shimin wore his hair scattered, his whole person seemed to be crazy, he had tears in his eyes, and shouted viciously to the sky, "If you have any grudges, even if you come to me alone, don't bully my relatives, don't harm my people!"

When Li Chengqian saw his father like this, he also shed tears. He was guarding the mouth of the medicine stove with his hands, only a packet of medicine, but he couldn't let the locusts stain it. The weather was already hot, and the steam emitted by the medicinal soup made his hands hurt hotly.

After Li Shimin vented, he also remembered the medicinal soup. He hurriedly looked back, only to see that the eldest son was looking at him distressedly, and his hands on the medicine jar were swollen and red.

"My son is filial piety!"

Li Chengqian is like a warm current, a kind of strength, and a cardiotonic effect, which makes Li Shimin resolute again.

The officials who came because of the locusts happened to see this scene, and they all sighed that the prince was sincere and filial to the emperor.