Chapter 218: Thunder on Lantern Festival
She believes in gods and Buddhas, and thunder in a dry season is not a good thing.
Bai Qinghuan looked at the sky outside seriously. Silver-purple lightning flashed across the sky and shone into the house through the window, and her face was dyed purple.
What Yun Shiwei said was right. If there was thunder on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, then on the twentieth day of the first lunar month, the beginning of spring, the earth dragon would turn over.
This is the beginning of the disaster.
I just don't know which volcano erupted.
"Mom, it's okay, it will be over in a moment."
"But this year is expected to be a year of disasters. We must restrain our servants and guard our mansion."
After Bai Qinghuan said this, Lu Wanning became even more frightened. Just now, her daughter said she was tired and went into the house, and the next moment, there was thunder.
Qinghuan, does she know something?
He glanced at her with fear and uncertainty, his eyes revealing a questioning look.
Bai Qinghuan nodded implicitly, but didn't say anything else.
Bai Moxuan looked at this and that, and always felt that his mother and sister had a secret that they just didn't tell him.
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The lanterns hanging high on Qilin Street make the whole street look like a colorful flower.
Compared with the usual night markets, today's is extremely lively, with bustling crowds of people jostling each other. Everyone goes out of their homes just to enjoy this once-a-year spectacle.
A little girl stood in front of the lantern stall, her eyes attracted by a red carp lantern.
She tugged at the corner of her mother's clothes, raised her head, and her eyes flashed with anticipation: "Mom, I want this."
Mother touched her head gently and said with a smile, "Okay, our Yun'er has a good eye. This lantern is really beautiful. Mother will buy it for you right away."
As he said this, he reached into his purse to take out the copper coins.
At this moment, there was a sudden explosion in the sky, startling everyone and making them look up.
The copper coin in the woman's hand fell to the ground with a click. She didn't bother to pick it up. She hurriedly picked up her daughter and ran towards home.
The streets were in chaos in an instant. People were panicking and running, shouting, "It's thundering! Run!"
There shouldn't be thunder in this cold winter, and everyone was very confused.
The moon was still high in the night sky, without a trace of dark clouds, and it didn't look like it was going to snow at all.
Someone shouted loudly:
"Thunder in the first month of the year causes piles of graves!"
Then someone echoed:
"There are thunderstorms in the first month of the lunar year and thieves are everywhere!"
These are all old proverbs. One can imagine the fear in the hearts of some elderly people when they shout them out.
Thunder in the first month of the lunar year is extremely unlucky.
The crowd ran in all directions in panic, inevitably bumping into and stumbling into each other.
Fortunately, Chi Ming had made arrangements in advance, and the soldiers from the patrol camp arrived quickly. They evacuated the crowd in an orderly manner, maintained order, and did their utmost to ensure that everyone returned home safely.
Those who set up stalls to sell lanterns looked at the empty streets, and the joy in their hearts disappeared in an instant, and their faces were filled with loss and helplessness.
They spent half a year making lanterns, but they didn't sell a single one. What are they going to do in the future?
But he had no choice but to quickly pack up his stall and go home. If he was struck by lightning, he would lose everything.
In the blink of an eye, the bustling Qilin Street became deserted, leaving only a mess on the ground and shoes that belonged to no one.
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Inside the Palace
Your Majesty, Chi Ming and Chi Yu sat together. A huge thunder roared. Chi Ming's face was puzzled. What Yun Shiwei said came true.
She was not just talking nonsense; she really knew what would happen in the future.
Chi Yu was in a state of anxiety. He paced back and forth in the room, muttering, "What on earth is going on? What happened?"
"It shouldn't be like this. This is the first month of the year."
The emperor was upset by her shaking and stopped her: "Hurry up and sit down, you are making me dizzy!"
Chi Yu had no choice but to sit down.
Looking at Chi Ming, the more I thought about it, the more I felt something was wrong.
"Chi Ming, do you know something?"
Chi Ming told everyone everything he knew, including Bai Qinghuan's speculations about the volcanic eruption and the Year Without Summer.
The emperor was surprised when he heard this and asked, "Are you saying that there will be volcanic eruptions somewhere else soon? There will be earth dragons turning over at the beginning of spring? What should we do?"
Chi Yuyi was also full of doubt and continued, "The earth dragon turned over, it is recorded in history books, and it happens somewhere in the east every year, I know that.
Volcanic eruptions only occur once every few hundred years, and were recorded at the founding of the previous dynasty. ”
It has been at least four hundred years.
Chi Ming now said to Bai Qinghuan that he firmly believed in him.
"Royal sister, have you ever read the historical records of the volcanic eruption four hundred years ago?"
Chi Yu shook his head helplessly and admitted that he had not read much of this kind of records. He just glanced at it at the time and then threw the book out of his mind.
“It’s been too long.”
Chi Ming looked solemn and continued, "After the volcano erupted, volcanic ash filled the sky and blocked out the sun.
As a result, the sunlight is blocked and the light that reaches the ground is very weak, and the temperature this summer will be extremely low.
The crops are almost gone and life is bound to be difficult.
Not only us, but also Nanzhao, Xirong and other small vassal states will face the same dilemma, so food is of vital importance. ”
When Chi Yu heard this, he hurriedly said, "Then let's go grab some food!"
There has been no harvest for a year, and food is the most important thing for people.
Chi Ming replied: "I have already sent someone there."
The emperor also realized the seriousness of the matter: "Send more people, we don't have much time."
"My brother can send more people."
Not only did he arrange his own people to go, he also ordered the merchant caravans belonging to the Ministry of Revenue to buy grain at high prices.
If grain is in the hands of the imperial court, it can also, to a certain extent, reduce the number of unscrupulous merchants who hold on to granaries, wait for the goods to become scarce, and then drive up the price of grain.
"How did you know this in advance? You can even predict natural disasters? Have you become an immortal?"
Chi Ming gave Chi Yu a look of contempt and let her figure it out herself.
"Royal sister, I learned this from Yun Shiwei."
"Yun Shiwei? A member of the Yun family?"
Chi Ming had nothing to hide, so he told him the truth about Yun Shiwei looking for him.
Chi Yuhe and the emperor were like seeing a ghost: "Is she a fairy? Or is she possessed by a ghost?"
That's weird, okay.
This is something I have never heard of or seen before.
"She said it was a precognitive dream she had."
"To predict the future? That's amazing."
"We have to find a way to get more information out of her!"
The emperor was also rubbing his hands together, somewhat excitedly: "If we could know about the major events in the future, wouldn't we be able to seize the initiative? Then conquering Nanzhao and Xirong would be a piece of cake."
"Royal brother and sister, don't worry. Since today's thunder has come true, she will definitely come to the palace to find me tomorrow."
"Yes, she will definitely go, but I don't know what conditions she wants to propose."
She has always known that there is no one in the Yun family who is not greedy.
Then, Chi Yu teased Chi Ming: "Have you ever thought about taking her into the backyard of the palace?"
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