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The next day, noon.

"Grandpa Guo, I'll be in the capital soon."

"Okay, hurry up."

Hearing this, Shi Kai asked if he wanted to return to the palace, and after a while, Cheng Yuan firmly said that he would go to the palace.

I heard that Zhu Di was in the Wuying Palace, and intended to inquire about the lightning strike in the Dabaoen Temple, so he hurried to the Wuying Hall to face the saint.

He knew that after the Heavenly Thunder Split Great Bao'en Temple, the palace and Ying Tianfu spread that the current emperor had angered the heavens, so that the heavens had sent down such a terrifying and severe heavenly fire.

The gossip came one after the other.

But Cheng Yuan believes that this matter is strange.

After entering the palace, Yu Zheng asked if he wanted to go with him, and Cheng Yuan thought that the matter of Dabao'en Temple had not yet been dealt with, so he asked the chamberlain to arrange for Yu Zheng to rest.

He reorganized his eight-beam crown.

The number of beams on the crown of the beam was a way for the princes and ministers of the Ming Dynasty to distinguish people of rank.

Male, crown eight beams.

Hou, Bo, crown seven beams.

All add a cage scarf sable cicada, the mink originally hung a mink tail, and then replaced it with a pheasant tail, and the cicada is a gold ornament.

The seven beams of the horse do not use pheasant tails, although Cheng Yuan is a Ming horse, but he still carries the crown of eight beams.

To meet the emperor, you must be neatly dressed.

Seeing Zhu Di, Zhu Di looked at Cheng Yuan worriedly, and said melancholy: "Why the hell, Dabao'en Temple can still be struck by lightning." ”

Zhu Gaochi's hair was a little scattered, with black circles under his eyes, and Jin Youzi, Zheng Ci, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, and Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, stood in the hall, all looking very haggard.

It can be seen that Zhu Di tossed them a lot.

Cheng Yuan didn't speak immediately, after receiving the letter, he rushed back to the capital overnight, and when he returned to Yingtian, he didn't even go back, and went straight to the palace.

If it is about loyalty and dedication, Cheng Yuan himself dares to be the first, and no one is second.

"Cheng Yuan, Da Bao En Temple was built by you, this time you went to Chao Lake, I don't have time to take care of it, I don't blame you, but what do you think of the fact that Da Bao En Temple was struck by lightning."

Zhu Di asked in a deep voice.

"What do you think about this?" Cheng Yuan looked at the other officials: "When the thunder struck the Bao'en Temple,

I'm not in the capital, so you know more than I do. ”

Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, said: "I was there at the time, and I can talk to Guogong." ”

Jin Youzi interjected: "This is the anger of the heavenly father, and it is spread like this in the streets and alleys. What is important at the moment is that the heavens' warnings cannot be ignored, and the ministers have the courage to implore His Majesty to stop the construction of the Great Bao'en Temple.

Then send someone to find out, and if there is nothing else to do, it is not too late to make plans. ”

At first, the civil officials did not approve of Zhu Di's large-scale efforts to build the Great Bao'en Temple, and this lightning split just gave them a handle.

"Your Majesty, Huainanzi fell into the training form, yin and yang are thin for thunder, agitated for electricity, and Wang Chong of the Eastern Han Dynasty also tried his best to refute the nonsense of "thunder is the wrath of heaven" that was popular at that time.

That Wang Chong believes that thunder and lightning are just "one voice and one breath".

The Book of Nanqi? The event recorded in the "Five Elements Chronicles" is that in 490 A.D., the Baolin Temple of Huiji Mountain was struck by lightning, and the Buddha face under the tower was burned by electric fire, and the windows were not different, which can be seen to be a natural phenomenon. ”

Cheng Yuan was loud, and he didn't approve of any immortal Tiangong being angry.

Jin Youzi, a scholar of the Cabinet University, sneered and did not smile: "Zhenguo Gong really reads any miscellaneous books that are not in the stream, and this Wang Chong is just a petty official who is not in the stream."

However, it is extremely normal that Zhenguo Gong does not read Confucian classics and does not know.

The Analects of Confucius requires people to stand up and respect when they encounter thunder and lightning, and even when they are sleeping at night, they must get up, dress well, and sit upright to show their respect. ”

Jin Youzi moved out of the Analects.

Cheng Yuan also brought out the record of similar phenomena by the Song Dynasty scientist Shen Kuo.

"Your Majesty, Shen Kuoyan, the chamberlain Li Shun's family, once struck by a big lightning, in the room west of the main hall of his house, thunder and fire came out of the window, swaying up the eaves, the minister thought it was just a natural disaster.

Moreover, during the Hongwu period, there was also a lightning strike in the hall, and the scholar Jin meant that Emperor Taizu was also angry because of Tiangong? ”

"This ......," Jin Youzi was silent.

Zhu Di glanced at Cheng Yuan and nodded.

Jin Youzi also glanced at Cheng Yuan, not angry.

Cheng Yuan said again: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that this is not just a natural disaster, but also a man-made disaster, and the minister can be sure that someone has done something." But the minister needs to go to the Great Bao'en Temple to have a look before he can make a conclusion. ”

Zhu Di's eyes lit up, and he said: "Man-made disaster, since this is the case, I am accurate, I will give you three days to find out the reason why Dabao'en Temple was struck by lightning." ”

Cheng Yuan shook his head.

"What? Didn't Zhen Guogong say man-made disasters? Shake your head again for now! Jin Youzi asked.

"Scholar Jin is loyal, Cheng Yuan naturally understands, but I don't mean three days, I only need one day to solve it."

Time in a day? You think you are a detective of Jinyiwei, and everyone has some doubts in their hearts.

Cheng Yuan looked at Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, the minister only needs one day, oh yes, Princess Jinhua's grandson Yu Zheng has returned to Beijing with the minister, and Your Majesty can meet him." ”

Every time Cheng Yuan comes back, he can help him get things done.

Zhu Di said: "Well, let Yu Zheng come to see me, and you said that the thunder split main hall is a man-made disaster."

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The queen of heaven, Cheng Yuan you. We must find the reason why the main hall of Da Bao'en Temple was struck by lightning, otherwise I will ask you. ”

Jin Youzi didn't dare to say more, Zhu Di was a napping tiger, he didn't dare to provoke, Zhu Di asked him to do whatever he wanted.

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Outside the Dabao'en Temple, Cheng Yuan looked at the burnt black main hall in front of him, held his chin and said, "This thunder and lightning split is too accurate." ”

After restoring the thunder incident on the day with a word-for-word description of the Xiangwang Zhu Bai, he glanced at Cheng Yuan, hesitated and said:

"Sir, you said that convincing the imperial brother that this is a man-made disaster, the first thing you have to do is to come up with the credentials and make the imperial brother believe that someone can control the thunder and lightning, so can you find the evidence in one day?"

Cheng Yuan was speechless for a while.

King Xiang continued: "Droughts and floods, storms, thunder and lightning, auspicious and auspicious signs, are all warnings from heaven to the people of the world.

From ancient times to the present, the ancients all knew that this was the turn of the earth dragon, the wrath of the heavens, and the Han Emperor Wen was lost because of the disaster of floods and droughts.

Now, the lightning strikes the main hall of Dabao'en Temple, how can Mr. think that it is a man-made disaster, and the time is too tight for a day. ”

Faced with Zhu Bai's questioning, Cheng Yuan only blamed himself for not having time to collect evidence and ran into the palace.

"I'm sure."

King Xiang breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, with your words, this king will be relieved." ”

Zhu Bai was also worried about Cheng Yuan, and he saw Lei turn around and split down with his own eyes...... Thunder bends can only be done when the heavenly prince is angry.

"Do you want Jinyiwei to help you investigate?" Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, said to Cheng Yuan again.

Cheng Yuan shook his head: "This matter, I can do it alone, and please don't let any craftsmen come in tonight or tomorrow."

By the way, before and after the thunder and lightning, UU read the book All the characters who appeared in Daebounji Temple are recalled, as well as the situation around the main hall at that time. ”

Zhu Bai sighed that there were many disasters and difficulties, but Cheng Yuan did not believe in evil, it was possible for thunder and lightning to split the big tree, but it was impossible to split the main hall of the Great Bao'en Temple.

The Tang Dynasty's "Burning Hub" records that during the Han Dynasty, the Bailiang Hall was hit by fire, and a sorcerer suggested that a copper tile in the shape of a fish's tail should be placed on the roof to prevent the fire caused by thunder and lightning.

The fishtail opening tile decoration set on the roof actually doubles as lightning protection, which is the prototype of the modern "lightning rod".

In the Forbidden City of the Ming Dynasty, some spires and conical buildings appeared on the design similar to "lightning rods".

That is, the device composed of the thunder pillar in the treasure roof and the roof truss, the lightning protection method is first received by the treasure top to receive the thunder and lightning, and then the treasure top is connected to the thunder pillar hidden under the glazed tile to direct the current to the ground.

Therefore, unless someone deliberately triggers lightning, the thunder will hit Dabao'en Temple.

But how the thunder and lightning were triggered, Cheng Yuan needs to find out further.

Zhu Bai narrated, and Cheng Yuan looked for evidence in the scorched black main hall.