Save the Bachelor of Heaven

While Zonghuan was investigating the private money case, Xiang Nan secretly came to the Wanfo Temple in the middle of the night.

At this time, it happened to be cloudy, dark, and the north wind was blowing hard.

Xiang Nan then stood on the roof and took advantage of the north wind to fly a big kite.

Under the strong north wind, the kite quickly rose up and floated into the mid-air.

Xiang Nan passed the kite string through the window and tied it to a newly cast Buddha statue.

After about an hour of burning incense, lightning gradually appeared in the sky and there was loud thunder.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck the kite, and then a strong current flowed into the hall along the kite string woven with iron wire.

Immediately afterwards, a deafening explosion was heard, and the newly cast Buddha statue was smashed to pieces by hundreds of thousands of volts of strong electricity.

As soon as the Buddha statue was broken, the kite lost control and was swept away by the strong wind. It was blown to an unknown place.

After a while, the monks from Wanfo Temple heard the sound, woke up immediately, and rushed to the temple to check. I saw that the newly cast statue of Arhat with Long Eyebrows had been chopped into pieces.

What surprised them was that the statue of the Arhat with Long Eyebrows was not made of copper, but made of clay. It was just painted with a layer of copper powder on the outside.

"Okay, everyone, please exit the hall and don't make any announcement about this matter." Kong Xuan, the host of Wanfo Temple, said.

He saw that the statue of the Arhat with Long Eyebrows was actually made of clay, and he knew that there must be some article in it. If it doesn't go well, big trouble will result, so it must be suppressed first.

Otherwise, if trouble breaks out, I don’t know how many people will be beheaded.

"Oh my god, the Buddha statue is made of clay, not copper. No wonder it attracts thunder! This is a punishment from God!" At this moment, a young monk suddenly shouted.

"I was really struck by lightning, damned by God!" Another monk shouted.

"Exchanging mud for copper, making a fake Buddha! Being struck by lightning, you will be punished by God!" Another monk shouted.

Kong Xuan was stunned, but he didn't expect that the monks would not listen to his orders.

He was about to scold everyone when suddenly his body softened and he fell to the ground.

"Oh, the abbot is so angry!" one person shouted, and the monks immediately became panicked.

…

Another day later, the news that a fake clay Buddha appeared in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple and was punished by heaven and struck by lightning has spread throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.

Therefore, when he went to court, all the ministers submitted memorials one after another, demanding a thorough investigation into the false Buddha.

Li Min and King Zhong looked extremely embarrassed.

In the past, money-making workshops could still avoid ignorance. But he was indeed ordered to supervise the production of the Buddha statue that was involved in the accident this time. Changing the bronze cast to clay sculpture is a sin of deceiving the emperor, and no matter what, it cannot be avoided.

Gao Ming frowned, thinking this was too coincidental.

The court had just begun to suspect Li Min, but in the blink of an eye, the Buddha statue in Wanfo Temple was struck by lightning.

If it's not God's will, it's man-made.

It's just that he couldn't figure out how to control thunder and lightning if it were man-made. Even if those Taoist priests say they know the "Five Thunder Methods", they are just bluffing people.

Therefore, there is a high probability that creation manipulates people. Li Min secretly misappropriated the copper used to cast Buddhas to cast private money, so he was punished by God.

Li Zuo looked at Li Min, his face also livid.

He originally wanted to save Li Yan's life, but now that the officials are furious and public opinion is raging, how can he ignore the law and protect criminals.

"Li Fu, tell me, what's going on?" Li Fu asked coldly.

"I would like to report to Your Majesty that I really don't know anything about it. It should be someone below me who did it. I beg Your Majesty to conduct a detailed investigation and clear my name." Li Min refused to admit it.

He is going to introduce a few scapegoats and use his supervisors and craftsmen to take the blame for himself. As the saying goes, there must be a brave man under a big reward. He believes that as long as the money is in place, there is nothing that cannot be done.

Li Hao sighed when he saw this.

I didn't expect that at this time, he would still be harsh. Does he really think that I have no temper? !

"Minister of the Ministry of Justice~" he said immediately.

Zong Huan, the Minister of Punishment, immediately left the office and knelt down, "I'm here!"

"Go and investigate immediately. Make sure to get to the bottom of this matter." He ordered.

Zong Huan nodded, "I obey my orders!"

…

In the next two days, the case of the fake Buddha in Wanfo Temple spread throughout the capital, causing an uproar.

Zonghuan immediately arrested the supervisors and craftsmen involved in casting the bronze Buddha and imprisoned them, and tortured them in detail.

As the saying goes, under three trees, what can you ask for?

Soon a supervisor came out to take the blame, saying that he had guarded the statue and had stolen it.

When he was ordered to supervise the construction of the Buddha statue, he got the design drawing of the Buddha statue, and asked a craftsman to make an identical one with clay, and then secretly replaced the bronze Buddha statue.

Zong Huan knew what he said was not true.

However, after being beaten for several days, he never changed his story, insisting that he was the one who guarded and stole the Buddha statue and had nothing to do with Li Min. Zong Huan had no choice but to submit this confession.

After Li Hao read this confession, he naturally knew that he was the scapegoat.

But he thought about it carefully and decided to suppress the case.

First of all, Li Min is the son of Prince Zhong and a member of the royal family. And he was hoping that King Zhong would fight with Gao, so it was not good to kill his son at this time;

Secondly, Li Min and Li Chengye have a very good relationship. He was worried that cleaning up Li Min at this time would involve Li Chengye. When the time comes, his position as prince will be hard to secure.

Therefore, he finally concluded that the supervisor was committing theft and was determined to kill him without waiting any time! Li Min failed to supervise the construction of Buddhist statues and was demoted three levels in a row and fined one year's salary!

Seeing such a result, Xiang Nan couldn't help but sigh.

Li Hao was really partial. He wished he could be killed and driven out of the capital as soon as possible.

He treated Li Chengye with all kinds of partiality and love, even if he had already ignored the national law and brought trouble to the government, he still had to be lenient.

They were both father and son from the Tian family, but their treatment was completely different, which made Xiang Nan really uncomfortable.

…

"Uncle, I originally thought that the private money case and the fake Buddha case were so fierce and embarrassing that it would be difficult for Li Fu not to die." Xiang Nan complained to Gao Ming, "I didn't expect that my father only punished me with small punishments and warned me. Demoted three levels and fined for one year, what kind of punishment is this to him?!"

Li Min was the son of Prince Zhong and a member of the royal family, so his official position was not actually important to him. And a one-year salary penalty is even more ridiculous.

He made more than ten thousand yuan by making private money. And his annual salary is only two hundred dollars. Ten thousand dollars is equivalent to his salary for fifty years.

Gao Ming nodded.

He thought that the emperor would favor Li Chengye, so he just wanted to drag Li Fu into the water. But unexpectedly, the emperor didn't even want to kill Li Min.

From this point of view, the emperor was really afraid of the power of the Gao family, that's why he so obviously let go of the Zhongwang family.

In this case, they really have to work harder to bring down Li Chengye and Li Min as soon as possible.

Otherwise, their lives will become increasingly difficult in the future.

"King Yi, don't be disappointed. A thousand-mile embankment breaks into an ant nest. Step by step, water drops penetrate the stone." Gao Ming comforted Xiang Nan, "It is impossible for the Holy One to tolerate the prince endlessly. As long as we continue to exert pressure, one day the emperor will be disgusted with the prince. of."

Xiang Nan nodded, but thought in his heart, he didn't know how long it would take for the emperor to hate the prince.

Gao Ming could wait, but he couldn't afford it. After all, the prince will get married in two months. When the time comes, Qu Xiaofeng will marry and his mission will fail.

"How about giving Li Chengye a [Shadowless Tribulation Finger]?" Xiang Nan couldn't help but think.