"Oh! What happened last night, what time is it now?
Have people started to go out?
Do you already know what the people say?"
Lin Fan asked rhetorically.
this……
The official was stunned. Even if what happened last night was reported, it should have started around noon. At this time, the people had not even gotten up yet.
This man suddenly broke out in cold sweat on his forehead, and many of the officials present looked nervous, and they all prepared corresponding memorials!
It seems that the preparation was too early!
"What do you mean?
Did the common people spread the news last night despite a thunderstorm?"
Lin Fan stared at the man and asked.
"Ahem! Your Highness, what happened last night must have been rumored by the people today. I also inferred based on common sense. These are all inferred by me!"
The official said in a deep voice.
"Haha! Inferred?
You people, just because you have a pen, you dare to talk nonsense and slander people!"
"At the beginning, you inferred that those generals were collaborating with the enemy and treason, right?
Would you be happy if others picked up a pen and made random inferences about you?"
Lin Fan said with a sneer.
hiss!
The officials all took a breath of air-conditioning, and someone stood up and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has taught you that before something happens, no one is allowed to make any inferences!"
"Inference, that is only a possibility. You people are so audacious that you dare to use inference to slander His Highness the Crown Prince. It is not easy for you to be dragged out and beheaded now!"
After being scolded by the officials, those people hurriedly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Your Highness, please forgive me. I will never dare to make any inferences in the future!"
"Your Highness, we all know we were wrong, please forgive me!"
Those people kept begging for mercy. At this time, someone else stood up and said: "Your Highness, these people are hateful, but what they said is indeed true. The prince's residence was struck by lightning!"
The conversation among those people changed and they pointed the finger at Lin Fan again.
Immediately afterwards, someone else said: "This matter is not a trivial matter. His Royal Highness may have offended the gods. It would be inappropriate for him to continue to enjoy the responsibility of supervising the country!"
"Your Majesty, what Mr. Zhang said makes sense. We are not doubting His Highness the Crown Prince's ability, but we are worried that we will offend the gods because of this!"
"Your Majesty, let's do this. Let the Crown Prince go home and rest for a few days. When the matter is over, it won't be too late to return to the court!"
…
hehe!
Lin Fan sneered in his heart, these people actually wanted to take this opportunity to remove themselves from the responsibility of supervising the country. It is estimated that in a short time, they will also remove their position as prince.
"Damn, each of these people is more stupid than the last. Do you think that with such a little trick, I can lose my identity as the prince of the prison country?"
"Okay! Didn't you say that my mansion was struck by lightning?
Tomorrow, I will let your mansion be struck by lightning, and then let’s see how you defend yourself!”
Lin Fan thought in his heart.
Emperor Chongzhen looked at Lin Fan in confusion, not knowing what he was going to do. However, the officials were requesting this matter, and he had to respond.
"Ahem! My dear friends, the things you propose may be big or small. I can't make a decision at the moment. Let's talk about it in a few days!"
Emperor Chongzhen coughed twice and said.
"Your Majesty! This matter cannot be delayed!"
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has suffered the wrath of God. If we continue to let him supervise the country, I am afraid that the Ming Dynasty will also face the wrath of God!"
The officials said one after another.
Lin Fan said in a deep voice: "Haha! It's just that thunder and lightning fell in my mansion. This is a very simple natural phenomenon. Thunder and lightning will also fall in your mansion!"
One person said disdainfully: "Your Highness the Crown Prince! I have been upright and upright throughout my life, and have never corrupted a single tael of silver. If thunder falls on my mansion, I am willing to kill myself on the spot!"
"Haha! Your Highness, what you said is wrong. Not to mention Wei Chen's mansion, even Wei Chen's ancestral tomb has not been struck by lightning!"
"This is absolutely impossible. Your Highness, we are good officials serving the country and the people. We have won the hearts of the people. How could we be struck by lightning?"
Lin Fan looked at this group of people, you must be too confident in yourselves, saying that you are serving the country and the people, I must give you a beating!
"Haha! It seems that you are very confident in your character. Let's make a bet. I'll watch the sky and it will rain heavily in the next few days. By then, I bet there will be thunder falling in your house!"
Lin Fan said with a smile.
"Your Highness, we are not afraid of you for such a bet!"
One person said.
"That's right! If His Royal Highness wants to bet, what is the bet?"
one person asked.
"If I lose the bet, I will no longer supervise the country. If I win the bet, all the property in your family will belong to me, and the mansion will also belong to me!"
Lin Fan said coldly.
"Haha! Your Royal Highness, your mansion has been struck by lightning for so long, do you think you can continue to supervise the country?"
"This bet is a bit small. Your Highness, why don't you do this? If you lose, then you don't want to be the prince anymore. If we lose, our lives will be yours!"
"That's right! If we lose, we will be killed or chopped into pieces, and we will all obey the orders of His Highness the Crown Prince!"
The officials said one after another.
hehe!
Lin Fan sneered in his heart and said: "Okay! Then let's bet!"
hiss!
Emperor Chongzhen was shocked. Is Faner so confident?
How dare you bet your position as the prince? However, you are the emperor. If Fan'er is not the prince, you will give him the throne when the time comes!
If these people want to gamble, let them be!
"Your Majesty, please bear witness to us!"
The officials all looked at Emperor Chongzhen.
Emperor Chongzhen said: "Haha! I will bear witness to this matter for you, so you can go gambling with confidence!"
The officials all knelt on the ground and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"
snort!
The officials who bet with Lin Fan all snorted and stood up, then looked at Lin Fan. This morning's court meeting ended so hastily.
After leaving the court, Lin Fan asked Lin Fu to send one of the iron rods he had customized earlier to each official, and he had people bury them for them!
He also told everyone that if anyone dared to dig out this iron rod privately, their homes would be confiscated and their entire clan would be destroyed.
Those ministers didn't know the usefulness of this iron rod, so they were very disdainful, thinking that Lin Fan was trying to intimidate them.
That night, it rained heavily again!
But in the capital, there was lightning and thunder, and in the homes of those officials who had iron rods set up in their homes, the thunder was like raindrops, crackling down!
When those officials saw such a scene, they were all frightened. Some of them even fainted and cried loudly when they woke up!