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"Your Majesty, according to Ziyou's memorial, three days later, the plague ghost Tunri appeared in Jiazishuo. This is too unbelievable. Could it be that the Taoist ancestor really gave Ziyou a dream?"

"The old man believes what Ziyou said to a certain extent. Although this matter seems absurd, but based on the old man's understanding of Ziyou, it is impossible for him to play such a joke with His Majesty."

"That's right, although I don't know how the Marquis of Huxian knew that there would be a plague ghost Tunri, but Marquis of Huxian is not a reckless person. Since he dared to submit a memorial to His Majesty, he should be sure."

Several big brothers read the memorial, although they could hardly believe the content, but out of trust in Li Wangyou, they reluctantly believed it.

Li Er was even more silent.

Regarding the so-called Daoist Tuomeng, Li Wangyou has used this excuse to fool Li Er several times. Although he doesn't believe it, he has no choice but to choose to believe it.

What made Li Er speechless was that Li Wangyou had made it very clear to him before that the Xuzhou epidemic was not caused by some evil spirit, but an infectious disease caused by a virus infection.

In the end, it's only been a few days, why did this guy change his name again?

Not only in the memorial, it is repeatedly claimed that the plague ghost is responsible, but also dare to predict that in three days, there will be a plague ghost to swallow the sun.

This is no small thing.

Although Li Wangyou cleverly replaced the Tiangou Eating the Sun with the Plague Ghost Swallowing the Sun, this argument may not be convincing to the public.

"Your Majesty, if what Ziyou said is true, you need to inform the ministers as soon as possible, lest there really be a heavenly dog's eclipse and cause disturbances in the court."

"My minister seconded the proposal. Regardless of whether this matter is true or not, Your Majesty should still inform the world of the memorial of the Marquis of Hu County, so as to reassure the people."

Fang Xuanling twirled his beard, pondered for a while before he said uncertainly: "Your Majesty, in Yichen's opinion, the purpose of Ziyou's move may be the word "burning the corpse."

"Oh? What did Xuanling say?" Li Er was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, according to what Ziyou said before, the epidemic is caused by an invisible virus. If it is true, those sick people who died of the disease may also have a large number of the virus that Ziyou said in their corpses." That's why Ziyou ordered to burn the corpses to prevent the virus from harming the people. But you know, your majesty, it is extremely difficult to get the people to burn the corpses. So Yichen speculates that Ziyou is probably using this to scare people the people, so that they may agree to burn the bodies of those who died of the disease."

Fang Xuanling was worthy of being Li Er's chief adviser, and quickly guessed his true thoughts from Li Wangyou's memorial.

Hearing this, Li Er nodded slightly, agreeing with Fang Xuanling's conjecture.

But the crux of the matter lies in whether what Li Wangyou said in the memorial that three days later, the plague ghost swallowed up the sun in Jiazishuo is true or not.

"Your Majesty, no matter whether this matter is true or not, we can only treat it as true now. Otherwise, if Your Majesty does not inform the courtiers of this matter, if there is a plague ghost swallowing the sun in three days, it will be even more troublesome."

Changsun Wuji's words were also approved by Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui.

Although everyone didn't understand why Li Wangyou dared to be so sure that there would be a solar eclipse three days later, but since Li Wangyou solemnly submitted the memorial, then this matter cannot be regarded as ignorance.

Li Er slightly hesitated: "But if after three days, no Plague Ghost Tunri appears..."

His meaning was very clear, but he was also worried about his disobedient nephew, who would be criticized for this matter.

Fang Xuanling and the others looked at each other, bowed to Li Er and said, "Your Majesty, I think Ziyou should be sure, otherwise how could this memorial be published. If there is no Plague Ghost Tunri appearing in three days, then this matter will not happen." Ziyou can only be responsible for himself. Your Majesty, Ziyou, after all, is now the founding county lord and the deposed emissary of Henan Province, so he should be responsible for his words and deeds."

Li Er hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded in agreement with what Fang Xuanling and the others had said, and ordered someone to summon a group of ministers who accompanied him to Zhengzhou, and read out the memorial presented by Li Wangyou in public.

When the ministers heard that Li Wangyou dared to speak conclusively, saying that the plague ghost Tunri would appear in three days, they were all in an uproar.

Tai Changqing Wang Ying immediately spoke out.

"Your Majesty, Huxian Hou's words are really deceptive! How dare he assert that there will be some plague ghosts swallowing the sun in three days? There is no news about such a major event as a solar eclipse. How do you know? According to the veteran, this is simply nonsense."

The Taishi Bureau in Wang Ying's mouth is the Qin Tianjian of the descendants, who is in charge of observing the sky, calculating the solar terms, and formulating the calendar.

In the Qin and Han Dynasties, it became the Taishi Supervisor. In the early Tang Dynasty, it was renamed the Taishi Bureau.

Predicting solar eclipses is naturally also the responsibility of the Taishi Bureau.

But in the era when astronomy was not yet perfect, it was even more difficult to predict solar eclipses, especially to accurately predict solar eclipses.

The Taishi Bureau did not dare to predict the solar eclipse at will, after all, if the prediction is wrong, it will lose its head.

That's why Li Er was so hesitant about Li Wangyou's memorial.

Although even if Li Wangyou's prediction was wrong, Li Er would not chop off his head, but such punishments as cutting the noble and punishing him with copper are certain.

As for his dethroning envoys from Henan Province, he couldn't do it anymore.

Before Li Er could speak, Yuchi Jingde jumped out first, pointed at Wang Ying's nose and scolded: "How do you know that there won't be a solar eclipse in three days? If there really is a plague ghost swallowing the sun, what should we say?" How dare you make a written statement, if there is a solar eclipse, how about apologizing and resigning?"

"You..." Wang Ying was stunned by Yuchi Jingde's words and didn't know how to reply for a moment. He didn't know whether there would be a solar eclipse in three days, let alone bet his own future with Yuchi Jingde on such a thing.

Li Er patted the armrest of the throne, stood up, and looked around at the officials.

"Okay, don't discuss this matter again. I believe that the Marquis of Huxian County will not joke about this matter. Pass the decree, quickly inform Chang'an of this matter, and announce it to the world, so as to calm the hearts of the people, so as to avoid any troubles caused by Xiaoxiao taking advantage of the epidemic to swallow the sun!" "

Li Er's move can be regarded as supporting Li Wangyou.

If this matter is made public, if the solar eclipse does not appear after three days, it will not only be Li Wangyou who will be criticized.

Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Changsun Wuji looked at each other, but they didn't try to persuade them anymore, they all bowed and agreed.

Three days later, Jiazishuo in April of the fourth year of Zhenguan.

Early in the morning, Li Er changed into plain clothes, hid in the side hall, and began to wait anxiously with the officials...

855 What are you trying to do?

Zhengzhou was on the way, and Li Er, accompanied by Fang Xuanling and several big brothers, waited anxiously in the side hall.

"Ziyou, you bastard, you won't screw things up, right?" Li Er was a little irritable, and after looking up at the sun countless times, he finally couldn't help but speak.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui looked at each other, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, it's still early, so let's wait patiently. I still believe in Ziyou, and won't joke about such things."

"Hey, I hope so." Li Er let out a long sigh, and continued to pace back and forth in the side hall uneasy.

In Yanling County, Xuzhou, after the forbidden army announced that there will be a plague ghost swallowing day today, tens of thousands of people in the city have no intention of doing things, and they all look up at the sun in the sky from time to time.

Many people in the city still choose to believe what Li Wangyou said.

Therefore, he moved out the incense burner from home early, lit the incense candles, and began to bow to the sun in the sky, hoping that when the plague ghost swallowed the sun, he could help the Taoist ancestor.

Outside the city of Yanling, the dandies are all wearing sunglasses, looking at the sun in the sky from time to time.

"Ziyou, you can't make a mistake, right? When will this plague ghost swallow the sun?"

"Yes, Ziyou, this matter is not a joke."

Li Wangyou also wore sunglasses, looked at the sun in the sky, and complained endlessly in his heart.

How the hell does he know when the eclipse will start?

In "Zizhi Tongjian", there is a sentence, "April, Jiazishuo, there is an eclipse." Where did he go to find out the specific solar eclipse start time?