Now it is, everything is ready, only the east wind is owed.

In order to ensure that the prayer for rain is not disturbed, it is ...... Zhu Houzhao and Fang Jifan coincidentally chose to keep it a secret.

They quietly began to set up the altar first, and then, Li Chaowen was also invited down the mountain.

In fact, Li Chaowen couldn't think of going down the mountain, because his theft and greed for the property in the Moguan had spread throughout the entire Guanzhong, and the senior brother seemed to have bribed the Daolu Division of the Ministry of Rites at the same time, preparing to completely expel him from the Guan.

Li Chaowen, who was in front of Fang Jifan, was trembling and feeling very unreliable.

He wants to cry, he can't pray for rain, being a Taoist priest is just his profession, but he doesn't believe a word in the Taoist scriptures.

Then Zhu Houzhao personally summoned him, and saw Li Chaowen trembling, he didn't even dare to raise his face, he was hunched, and his face was sallow.

Zhu Houzhao glanced at Fang Jifan suspiciously, frowned and asked, "This ...... Is that the master who is very professional? ”

"Yes, Your Highness, he is a man of the world." Fang Jifan is very sure of authenticity.

Zhu Houzhao stretched out his hand and lifted Li Chaowen's chin, making his face rise, and his brows furrowed deeper and deeper: "Look, it's not like it." ”

Praying for rain is such a thing, but it's a big thing, although something goes wrong, I can recommend responsibility, but I'm the prince, so I can't be too ugly.

Zhu Houzhao looked at Li Chaowen, whose face was sallow and the corners of his mouth trembled, and his heart became more and more unsound, and a pair of clear eyes turned.

"Old Fang, you didn't fool the palace, right?"

"That's what the masters look like." Fang Jifan insisted on continuing to speak with a clear conscience.

In fact, he also felt that Li Chaowen was not very photogenic.

"I ...... I don't pray for rain...... I...... I ......" Li Chaowen trembled violently, then his knees weakened, and he knelt down directly, and immediately hugged Zhu Houzhao's thighs, trembling and begging for mercy.

"Little ...... Trail...... I beg Your Highness, spare Xiaodao's life......"

Zhu Houzhao's brows furrowed deeply, he felt that Fang Jifan was insulting his IQ, his nose wrinkled slightly, revealing an uneasy look, and glanced sideways at Fang Jifan: "Old Fang, this palace feels a little inexplicably panicked in my heart. ”

Fang Jifan also took Li Chaowen's soft egg, and he didn't know what to say for a while, so he finally spread his hands: "Your Highness, this person is here......

Zhu Houzhao: "......"

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The drought for several days has filled the capital with a strange atmosphere.

The recent weirdness of the weather has indeed given many people some more tongues to use to incite them.

As a result, nursery rhymes are everywhere, which is more serious than the sparseness reported to the palace.

On the street, many people are secretly talking about something, and the vast majority of people in this world still believe in the theory of ghosts and gods.

Therefore, Liu Jian is worried about this.

He made a message to Emperor Hongzhi, asking His Majesty not to let Dongchang and Jinyiwei arrest the gossipers.

It's not that those who deceive the crowd with these gossips are not hateful.

It is because the instigators behind it, where can they be easily traced, once the factory guards arrest the 'chaotic party' who misleads the public with fallacies on a large scale, according to past experience, the final result is very likely to be that the chaotic party behind the fanning the flames has already fled, but those ordinary people who talk about it, ignorant children, and finally become chaotic parties!

Once this happens, not only will it not solve the problem, but it may even lead to new problems.

In the cabinet, after noon, Liu Jian took a nap, and then a eunuch hurriedly came: "Liu Gong, it's not good, something happened, Your Majesty urgently summoned Liu Gong and others to go to the warm pavilion quickly." ”

Liu Jian was taken aback, right now, the entire Gyeonggi is full of dry firewood, what is going on?

He was very worried, his face was blue, and he didn't have time to tidy up his clothes, so he hurriedly rushed to the warm pavilion with Li Dongyang and the others.

When he arrived at the Warm Pavilion, Emperor Hongzhi's face was also obviously ugly, and he raised his eyes to look at them, but he was scolding Jinyi Wei Mu Bin.

"Praying for rain? What kind of rain is praying, he is the prince, and the prince is also mixed with the obscene shrine? If this gets out, won't it become a big joke? ”

Hongzhi's gaze was particularly stern, and he glared at Mu Bin fiercely, as if he was going to skin Mu Bin alive.

But Mu Bin was already sweating profusely with fright, and said tremblingly on the ground.

"The minister died, there was no news in advance, but later found a little clue, the minister did not dare to slack off, and immediately inquired, only to find out that His Royal Highness the prince invited a Taoist to pray for ......rain."

Emperor Hongzhi was so angry that he smoked, his eyes widened, and he said angrily.

"It's okay for ordinary people to worship obscenity, he is the prince, the son of me......"

The so-called obscene shrine, in fact, does not have much to do with the meaning of the word, but refers to the temples and Taoist temples that are not officially recognized, generally established spontaneously by the people, some worship the land lord, some dragon lords, and all kinds of unknown gods and ghosts, these things, in all dynasties, are actually strictly forbidden by the imperial court, I am afraid that there are ignorant people, who are deceived by the offerings in these obscene shrines to obtain property, and even incite rebellion.

And the biggest feature of obscenity shrines is often all kinds of activities.

Like what...... Pray for rain......

In the eyes of the imperial court, the official prayer for rain may be called some kind of ritual, nothing more than an activity to communicate with the heavens.

Many unofficial rituals for rain have other intentions.

Emperor Hongzhi was angry that Zhu Houzhao hoped that heavy rain would fall from the sky, which was commendable. But now I actually made a prayer for rain, which is another matter.

Inexplicable, it's simply ridiculous.

The most important thing about praying for rain is that you can't pray nine times out of ten, and if you can't pray for rain, won't it add fuel to the fire? Does it show that the court has immorality, is it a punishment from heaven?

This prince is simply messing around, and he is simply making trouble for himself.

These days, because of the drought and the ignorance of the people, Emperor Hongzhi was already so worried that he forgot to sleep and eat, and at this time he was even more angry with his face turned blue, his chest was stuffy, and the whole person was almost out of breath.

For this matter, Mu Bin didn't dare to hide anything, so he truthfully explained what he knew.

"That Taoist person, called Li Chaowen, Taoist books in Longquan Temple, the minister privately checked his details, his reputation in the Taoist Temple is not good, it is said that he also embezzled the property ......"

Emperor Hongzhi's face suddenly turned a little paler, and even his body trembled slightly.

is another person who is mixed with Taoists, the first emperor is like this, and his own son is also like this......

Emperor Hongzhi only felt at this time that this warlock who refined immortal medicine and the so-called prayer for rain was like a nightmare, and he had been wrapped around his body.

For a moment, he closed his eyes deeply, how could his only son ......

"But...... The minister also found out that the new Bofang successor seems to be ...... is also involved, and he is the mastermind. Mu Bin hesitated, but was still determined to explain honestly.

"What did you say!" Emperor Hongzhi's eyes widened, he looked at Mu Bin coldly, and asked sharply.

Mu Bin was taken aback, outside, he was the ruthless commander of the Jinyi Guard, but here, he was only as docile as a sheep, and said: "What the minister said is that this matter also involves Xinjian Bo." ”

Liu Jian's eyelids jumped, but he saw that the anger on Emperor Hongzhi's face had disappeared a lot, although he still maintained anger on his face, his face was not so terrible.

"Was it planned secretly by Fang Jifan?" Emperor Hongzhi asked meaningfully.

"Yes." Mu Bin nodded heavily.

"Oh." Emperor Hongzhi replied very lightly.

And in this short moment, Emperor Hongzhi's face could no longer see joy and anger, he only nodded lightly, and then said slowly: "This matter will continue to be investigated, and see what kind of ghost they are doing." ”

Mu Bin was stunned, feeling that he had heard it wrong, in fact, when he confessed to Fang Jifan, he was more or less weak-hearted, knowing that once His Majesty learned that someone was behind him to instigate His Highness, this Fang Jifan would definitely die.

But who would have ......

"Minister...... Compliance. Mu Bin responded, but he felt that his back was completely soaked in cold sweat.

This Fang Jifan, what's wrong, why did Your Majesty suddenly change his attitude? Or...... Your Majesty is leading but not triggering......

In any case, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, Mu Bin knows that the change of His Majesty's attitude needs to be pondered.

When Mu Bin withdrew, Emperor Hongzhi sighed deeply in his heart, then raised his eyes, glanced at Liu Jian and the others, and slowly said, "You also have a son." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The three nodded.

Emperor Hongzhi looked at the three of them thoughtfully, and then said.

"You have sons, I have sons, and I only have one son, but why is this rebel so worrying? That's it, don't care about him, let's take a look first, see what they want to do nonsense, I see that they are obviously praying for rain, but in fact, it may be the secret Chen Cang, after all, Fang Jifan is so witty......"

Hearing this, Liu Jian couldn't cry or laugh, but he also nodded thoughtfully, and said very approvingly: "Yes, the minister also thinks that Fang Jifan will not instigate His Highness to really go to pray for rain and other things that don't know what to do." ”

Emperor Hongzhi's face had regained his calm at this moment, but his eyes were still full of worry, and he sighed deeply in his heart, and tapped the case in front of him with his knuckles.

"Zhaoqing waited because the commander of the Jinyi Guard also reported one thing, last night, a small team of Jinyi Guards patrolling the night was attacked and four people died!"

Liu Jian and the others' faces changed drastically, and sure enough, they ...... Something is going to happen.

The rebellious ministers and thieves behind them obviously couldn't bear it anymore, and saw that the court had no next move against the rumors, so they took action.

What they want is for the court to make a big noise, and then lock up the party everywhere, and then take the opportunity to create greater public resentment.

The drought of these months has made many people prefer to believe in ghosts rather than the imperial court.

Liu Jian's face pulled down.

And Emperor Hongzhi also had a solemn expression and looked worried.