"God's Punishment! It must be God's anger, so he dropped the divine thunder and destroyed the place!" While the crowd was at a loss by the explosion in the casino, Li Xiu suddenly shouted, and his words were like a stone thrown into the lake, which immediately aroused discussion and agreement among countless people. They didn't know what gunpowder was. They watched a huge building instantly destroyed, and they could not think of any other explanation except Tianfu.

"You kid is too immoral. Chai Shao is considered unlucky to meet you!" Ma Master finally understood Li Xiu's intention at this time. He looked at him with a strange look. He really didn't know that Li Xiu had such a sinister side before. It seemed that Chai Shao really made him angry this time.

Hearing Ma Ye's words, Li Xiu just smiled and said nothing. The Tang Dynasty was not like later generations. People in this era had an instinctive awe of the world. Even the emperor was restricted by the theory of "response by heaven and man". Now he guided the destruction of the casino to the punishment of heaven. This will not only accelerate the spread of this matter, but also attract the attention of the court. If the court sends people to investigate, Chai Shao will definitely not escape the blame.

The discussion among the crowd was getting more and more intense. Many people even believed it. At this time, there were expressions of awe on their faces. What's more, some people knelt down on the spot and kowtowed again, even swearing that they would never be gambling again in their lives. This surprised Li Xiu. Although there were only a few of these people, it was a rare merit to be able to use the name of heavenly punishment to wake them up from bad gambling.

The explosion just now attracted many people around him. It was thanks to the large area of ​​the casino. After the explosion of the hall, it did not affect the surrounding houses. However, the loud noise scared many people. At first, they did not dare to approach, but it was not until then that slowly came over. After hearing the discussions of the gamblers, the name of heaven's punishment spread rapidly.

Li Xiu wanted this effect. The spread of rumors was very terrifying. It only took one day to know about this. There will be countless versions of it. In addition, Chai Shao is the owner of this casino behind the scenes. Many people know that the casino is not a legitimate place. As Li Xiu said, countless people lose money here every day, and now they are blown into ruins by "Heavenly Punishment". At that time, the fire will naturally burn on Chai Shao.

"Awesome! It's so amazing. I didn't expect Li Jijiu to have such a plan and ability. I'm really eye-opening!" At this moment, a man with a veil covering his face came over and smiled at Li Xiu. This person was the gambler who had been sitting at the same table as Li Xiu and the others before. However, Li Xiu didn't know him and felt that his voice was very strange, but he didn't expect that the other party would appear again at this time.

"What are you saying? Why don't you understand?" Li Xiu pretended to be stupid and stunned. He could admit in front of Ma Ma that he did it himself without any scruples. Anyway, Ma Ma also participated, but he refused to admit it in front of outsiders, so as not to be caught.

"Haha~, Li Jijiu doesn't have to be so careful, but if I were you, I wouldn't have deliberately taken the holiday and drove out the torch, but directly destroyed the hall full of gamblers. In this way, the gamblers inside will definitely suffer heavy casualties. The court can't cover them even if they want to. Even with Chai Shao's background, they will die in the end!" The gambler who refused to show his true face laughed again. He heard his voice and seemed to be quite old.

"Thank you for your reminder. But don't you feel cold-blooded with your own selfishness?" Li Xiu couldn't help but say with a cold face when he heard this. It was not that he didn't expect this, but that he could not ignore the lives of others in order to achieve his goal.

"Haha, a real man only seeks purpose and does not talk about the result. You are still too young!" The other party shook his head and said, turning around and leaving. From beginning to end, Li Xiu couldn't see the expression on his face clearly, so naturally it was impossible to guess what he thought.

"Uncle Ma, have you recognized this guy's identity?" Li Xiu watched the other party leave, and then asked Ma Master next to him. With Ma Master's knowledge, he might be able to recognize him.

"It's not very sure, but it sounds familiar to him. I should know him." Mr. Ma said slowly at this time. He had not spoken just now, mainly observing the other party's actions, hoping to see some clues from it, but in the end he was unable to recognize the other party's identity.

Li Xiu was also a little disappointed when he heard this, but although this person guessed that the matter was related to him, he could not find any evidence at all, so Li Xiu didn't have to worry. In fact, the reason why he dared to come here so openly was because he firmly believed that no evidence would be found.

In the next day, things were indeed as Li Xiu thought. The explosion in the Dong'an Casino was completely guided to the heavenly punishment, and more and more people firmly believed that it was God who couldn't stand the casino harming so many people, so he issued a warning for heavenly punishment.

Not only ordinary people in the people have the above ideas, but even many officials believe that this is the punishment of heaven. After all, in their opinion, there is no other power in the world that can destroy a tall building in an instant except for heaven.

Among these officials, there was a special group, that is, the censors. These censors had great powers and soon found out the relationship between Dong'an Casino and Chai Shao. Therefore, in the morning court the next day, many censors wrote letters to impeach Chai Shao to indulge gambling and caused the anger of God. Therefore, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, as the son of God, naturally had to understand the will of God and punish Chai Shao severely!

The administration of the Tang Dynasty was still very clear. Most of the people who could become censors were stubborn, and they were all iron-mouthed and bronze-tongued, and they did not fear the powerful. They did not care about their identity. As long as they violated the law, they would follow them all until they fell down. Now Chai Shao is unfortunately the purpose of these censors.

It is precisely because of this that in the following period, Chai Shao was participated by these censors in the court. They even counted the number of people who lost money at Dong'an Casino, and then listed them one by one in the court, making Chai Shao dirty.

At the beginning, Li Yuan wanted to protect Chai Shao. After all, he was also the royal son-in-law. If he couldn't come to Taiwan in this matter, the royal face would be lost. However, the fact of the heavenly punishment this time was too big. The censors all seemed to have taken guns and medicine, chasing Chai Shao closely, and every day there were thick stacks of memorials impeached him.

In the end, even Li Yuan could not protect him, so he had to issue an order to remove Chai Shao from Duke Huo. Chai Shao had just been removed from the position of General of the Right Guard, and now he has lost his title. Fortunately, he also has the title of Princess Consort, which is the title attached to Princess Pingyang. Generally speaking, as long as his marriage to Princess Pingyang is still alive, the title will not be lost, which also makes Chai Shao barely maintain his status as a noble.

"It's so cruel. Those censors were like a group of hungry wolves. They refused to let go of Chai Shao's handle. Some people even asked His Majesty to drive Chai Shao out of Chang'an and never come back. Unfortunately, they were rejected by His Majesty." In the back garden of Li Xiu's house, Ma Ye generously drank a bowl of wine, and then laughed. He had been paying attention to the news about Chai Shao during this period, and came to Li Xiu's place to drink and chat with him every two days.

"Haha, if you can really drive Chai Shao out of Chang'an forever, you will never have to worry about him coming back to take revenge. Unfortunately, Your Majesty will not agree!" Li Xiu also chuckled at this time. Through this period of observation, he had figured out Li Yuan's attitude towards Chai Shao. In general, as long as Chai Shao does not rebel, I'm afraid Li Yuan will not really do anything to him.

"Why, do you think Chai Shao dares to take revenge on you?" Mr. Ma asked in surprise at this time. In his opinion, even if Chai Shao did not fall into a slump after this attack, he might become honest. How can he have the courage to take revenge on Li Xiu?

"Chai Shao will indeed be honest for a while after this blow, but when he recovers, he will definitely hate me even more, so I have to be careful." Li Xiu smiled again. The grudge between him and Chai Shao cannot be resolved, and he cannot be on guard against each other at all times, so it is best to find a way to completely solve this problem.

"What should I do? Only a thousand days of thieves are there, and there is no way to defend against thieves for thousands of days. If Chai Shao's trouble is not solved, you may not sleep well in the future." Mr. Ma couldn't help but worry when he heard this. Thinking about it, it was indeed the reason. With Chai Shao's arrogant personality, after suffering such a big loss this time, I'm afraid he will take revenge on Li Xiu at all costs in the future.

"It's okay, the blow to Chai Shao this time is almost devastating. I guess he will not be able to turn over within three to five years, and during this period, he may not be able to get out of the shadow of the explosion. I'm afraid he will not have the courage to come and cause trouble for me, but it will be difficult to say in the future." What Li Xiu said in his mouth means that when he and Princess Pingyang really got together, it would probably make Chai Shao ignite his ambition to revenge again, and this must be guarded against.

When Ma Ye heard this, he felt that what Li Xiu said made sense, and Li Xiu was able to stay sober, which made him completely relieved. However, at this time, Li Xiu suddenly thought of something and asked again: "Uncle Ma, have you found out his identity when the gambler we met at Dong'an Casino last time?" (To be continued.)

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