I am Li Shen and Li Shimin, the free kings of the Tang Dynasty

"Aye, I don't know any magic, it's just a little trick."

"What trick?" Li Chengqian asked anxiously.

"Aye, big brother, the thunder and lightning in the sky were not caused by gods.

It is formed naturally. Tao follows nature, and this applies to everything in this world.

Thunder from the sky is not a bad sign, nor is it a punishment from God, nor is it the anger of God.

The Eastern Palace was destroyed because its palaces were taller than other places in Chang'an City.

So it just happened to be struck by the road."

Li Shen gave a brief explanation.

"But the palace in the imperial palace is not short, right?"

Li Shimin asked.

"This can only be called a coincidence. The palace of the Imperial Palace is high, and the palace of the Eastern Palace is also high. It just happened to hit the Eastern Palace."

Li Shen explained that he also found it strange. The palaces in the imperial palace were also very tall. For example, the Shenlong Hall was taller than the buildings in the East Palace.

Why did the thunder strike the East Palace? Li Shen guessed it was just a coincidence.

"Then tell me how you made the lightning strike these people's homes."

Hearing Li Shen say it was a coincidence, Li Shimin continued to ask.

"It's like this, I got a method from the research institute.

A steel stick was made, thin but hard, and coated with silver.

I had Blade sneak into their homes and insert the steel rod into the highest point of their bedroom ceilings.

It is hard to spot because it is silver.

And no one will pay attention to the roof.

As long as it is a thunderstorm, this steel rod coated with silver on the outside can easily be struck by lightning.

In fact, three other families escaped the disaster last night but were unsuccessful.”

At this point, Li Shen had basically finished speaking, and then drank tea, waiting for Li Shimin and Li Chengqian to absorb it.

The two men fell into deep thought, trying to judge whether what Li Shen said was true.

It's a little hard to believe that a steel rod wrapped in silver can cause thunder.

However, Li Shimin still tended to believe Li Shen, because Li Shen had no need to lie to him, and this kind of thing could be confirmed once it was tested.

But why is this?

"Old Ten, the method you mentioned is simple, but why is it like this?"

After thinking for a moment, Li Shimin asked.

"Aye, I don't know about this either. It was just something the research institute came up with randomly. It's useless."

Li Shen shook his head. He couldn't explain the principle, but he knew that silver was the best conductor of electricity among all metals.

That's why he used silver.

However, the silver stick alone is too soft, and adding other metals also reduces its conductivity.

He considered using copper, but copper is yellow and would glow yellow during the day, making it easy to be seen.

Finally he had a thin steel rod made and coated with silver.

It is not easy to be found and will not be bent by the wind.

Li Shen didn't look like he was lying, so Li Shimin didn't delve into it. After he knew what was going on, he didn't feel any fear.

It's not as mysterious as they think.

"Tenth brother, how do you know that the thunder will definitely strike?"

Li Chengqian asked.

"It's just a matter of luck." Li Shen spread his hands.

"Try your luck?"

This is too ridiculous. It turns out that this thing is not necessarily effective.

"Yes, I just did the front part. I know whether I will be struck by lightning or not.

It's just that the probability is higher.

But I didn't expect the thunder to be so dense last night and so many houses were struck.

It seems that big brother is still blessed with good fortune, may God bless you."

Li Shen clasped his hands together and bowed upwards.

"Forget it, God bless you? You just said it wasn't God's will.

Now you say it is God's blessing, do you believe it or not?"

Li Chengqian rolled his eyes and let you say whatever you want.

"Look at you, brother, am I not praising you?"

"Well, this matter does involve a lot of luck. According to what Lao Shi said, this method is not necessarily successful.

It was really lucky that more than a dozen houses were struck by lightning last night."

Li Shimin concluded.

"Your Majesty, General Li requests an audience."

Wang De is at the door and reports.

"Let him in."

Li Shimin nodded.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Queen, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and Your Royal Highness Prince Ji."

After Li An entered the study, he greeted everyone one by one.

"Well, how was the check?"

Li Shimin nodded and asked.

"Your Majesty, I have found out."

"explain."

"Your Majesty, after investigation by the Hundred Cavalry Division, a total of fourteen families were struck by lightning last night.

Among them, three houses caught fire, but the fire was not serious, including the residence of Duke Zhao. "

"What? The Zhaoguo Mansion is on fire?"

After Li An reported this, Li Shimin asked in shock, and Empress Changsun also looked at Li An worriedly.

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. I also asked the soldiers on patrol of the Imperial Guards. Someone on patrol that day happened to see a bolt of lightning descend from the sky and hit the Duke of Zhao's mansion.

Then there was a huge burst of flames, but the fire was quickly put out, probably because of the heavy rain."

Li An replied quickly.

"Well, go on."

"In addition to the three houses that caught fire, there were two other houses where people died. Two servants died in the mansion of Gao Jifu, the Minister of the Imperial Household.

When the city gates were opened, the servants of the Gao mansion carried the bodies out of the city. It is speculated that they were returned to their families.

There was another family where one person died, and the same thing happened.”

It turned out that Li Shimin sent Li An to investigate these cases of being struck by lightning.

"Well, you go down."

Li Shimin waved his hand and looked at Li Shen:

"Old Ten~~~~"

"Aye, Aye, I am innocent. This has nothing to do with me. I didn't know someone would die."

When Li Shen heard his father draw out the tone when calling his name, he quickly waved his hands to excuse himself.

"Humph, the power of thunder is no joke. Haven't you considered the consequences clearly?"

Li Shimin snorted coldly, but didn't say anything else. For the sake of the greater good, one person's death was nothing.

But he suddenly saw Li Shen winking at him and pouting.

Following the direction of Li Shen's mouth, Li Shimin looked back and found that Empress Zhangsun was frowning.

Li Shimin immediately understood that it was probably because of the lightning-struck stick installed in the Duke of Zhao's mansion.

I just forgot that the Queen is still here, and she also told me the reason why Duke Zhao’s mansion was struck by lightning.

After all, he is the Queen's biological brother. Doesn't doing this mean that he doesn't trust Changsun Wuji?

Li Shimin winked at Li Shen, meaning that you should go and tell him about your own affairs.

Li Shen shook his head slightly and glanced at Li Chengqian, meaning, I'm not going because of him, so you let him go.

Li Chengqian couldn't even go and say anything, because he was his own uncle.

"Snapped!"

"You bastard, how could you do such a heinous thing?

Who told you to do this?

And you even persecuted the Duke of Zhao's Mansion, causing a fire in it.

You are such a rebellious son, you are so lawless."

(Novels are fictional, don’t take them too seriously.

There is no doubt that silver is the best conductor of electricity among metals, along with silver, gold, titanium and copper.

The hit rate is luck, and as for novels, I have great luck.

Some people may ask why it has not been discovered. The first reason is the characteristics of silver, which makes it difficult to detect. The second reason is that not much attention is paid to it.

The swallow's nest on the eaves of my house is now full of little swallows. I don't even know when it was built.

The meeting adjourned. )