Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 580 The man behind the scenes! That incident is over!

Li Shimin's eyes flashed.

Shen Lian's words made him understand immediately.

Shen Lian was certain that the person behind the scenes was currently moving military pay!

This incident almost drove Li Shimin crazy at the time, so how could Li Shimin hesitate?

He said directly: "Let's go, set off immediately!"

As he spoke, he strode out.

At the same time, Li Shimin called the leader of the Qianniu Guard and said, "Immediately seal all the gates of the palace. No one is allowed to enter or leave without my order!"

He was worried that they would be slow, so he simply sealed off the palace first, making it impossible for the person behind the scenes to escape.

Just like this, after leaving the Dali Temple, everyone headed towards the imperial palace in a mighty procession.

Along the way, no one left the main group, and no one had the opportunity to contact others.

Just like that, they soon arrived at the palace gate.

The whole process was very quick.

Shen Lian knew that even if there were accomplices of the man behind the scenes among these officials, there would be no chance for them to pass on the message.

Not to mention, the palace has been sealed off.

In other words, next, as long as his prediction is correct, he can directly catch the person behind the scenes on the spot!

Li Shimin looked at Shen Lian and asked, "Where are you going?"

Everyone also looked at Shen Lian.

Shen Lian didn't hesitate, he just raised his hand, pointed in a direction, and said: "Hanfang Palace!"

"Hanfang Palace?"

Li Shimin was startled.

Changsun Wuji, who was familiar with the situation in the palace, was also stunned.

Changsun Wuji was the elder brother of Empress Changsun, and was also considered a royal relative. He often went to the palace to pay his respects to Empress Changsun, so Changsun Wuji also knew about the Cold Palace and the Hanfang Palace!
However, Hanfang Palace was usually used to punish concubines or royal family members.

Why would Shen Lian ask to go there?

Could it be that the military pay was hidden there?
Changsun Wuji was completely surprised.

Li Shimin also encountered almost the same accident.

However, he only glanced at Shen Lian, and without any nonsense, he said directly: "Let's go to Hanfang Palace!"

Hanfang Palace is located deep in the imperial palace and is a relatively quiet place.

The scenery along the way changes from lush greenery to deserted and cold, and it is difficult to see good views.

It was as if I had come from a place full of vitality to a cold and heartless place.

Officials who came here for the first time felt stressed just by walking this distance.

This gave them a personal experience of the reputation of Hanfang Palace as the cold palace.

It is truly a cold place in the palace.

Soon, Hanfang Palace appeared in everyone's sight.

At this moment, everyone suddenly discovered that the door of Hanfang Palace was wide open.

The door of Hanfang Palace is open!
When seeing this scene, everyone's heart was moved.

They all couldn't help but widen their eyes slightly and looked hard behind the door.

They knew that if Shen Lian's judgment was correct, perhaps the mastermind behind the conspiracy ten years ago, the person behind the frame-up of Bai Yanguan this time, was behind that door at this moment, in Hanfang Palace!

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes and said, "It seems that I came at the right time."

He looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, do you know who will come to Hanfang Palace openly today?"

Although Hanfang Palace is a cold palace, not everyone can come here.

And because it is the cold palace, not everyone can come here.

Anyone who comes here will attract special attention.

After all, who would come to the cold palace for no reason?

Therefore, if you want to avoid attracting extra attention from others and make what you do reasonable, you must do it openly and aboveboard.

There must be a legitimate reason.

It must be something that no one would think deeply about or feel there is a problem with.

And the first thing I considered when I wanted to do all this was Li Shimin's permission!

This can only be done if Li Shimin allows it!
That's why Shen Lian asked Li Shimin whether he knew who would come today.

When Li Shimin came here and saw the open door, his expression became extremely heavy.

He looked at the Hanfang Palace in front of him, not knowing what he was thinking. Facing Shen Lian's question, he was unusually silent.

Everyone present is a smart person.

They are the best at observing people's words and expressions.

So Li Shimin's unusual behavior immediately made them understand something.

That is... Li Shimin definitely knew who would come today.

In other words, at this moment, Li Shimin already knew who the person behind the scenes was.

And this person made Li Shimin very disappointed and sad.

Therefore, the emperor would behave like this at this moment.

Shen Lian did not force Li Shimin. Seeing that Li Shimin was unwilling to say more, he sighed in his heart and walked forward.

As he walked, he said, "Since your majesty is unwilling to say more, let me reveal it to you all."

Having said that, Shen Lian walked towards Hanfang Palace.

When everyone saw this, they looked at each other and then quickly followed.

Fang Xuanling and Zhangsun Wuji followed Li Shimin.

Bai Yanguan and Wei Zheng were beside Shen Lian.

Some of them had to find ways to take care of Li Shimin's emotions.

Some people really want to know the truth and what it is like.

Just like this, they kept walking and soon arrived in front of Hanfang Palace.

Shen Lian took a deep breath and said, "Next, no matter who you see, I hope you can stay calm."

"If this matter is considered a national affair, it is a national affair, but if it is considered a personal matter, it is your Majesty's family affair."

"So, the final decision will depend on your majesty."

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Shen Lian glanced at Li Shimin and said no more.

He put his hands on the door and immediately pushed hard.

Then a creaking sound was heard.

The tightly closed door was suddenly pushed open.

After the door was pushed open, the situation inside the cold palace immediately came into everyone's sight.

I saw a huge lake stretching across the courtyard.

At this moment, there were faint water stains around the lake.

There are several small boats on the lake.

The entire cold palace was very quiet, without any sound at all.

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It was as if there was no one there.

But Shen Lian knew that there must be someone here.

Moreover, there is more than one person.

After Shen Lian's eyes swept across the small boat that shouldn't be there in the lake, the corners of his mouth curled up for me.

He continued walking inside, crossed the bridge, passed through the small garden, and soon arrived in front of the palace.

And standing at the palace gate and looking inside.

Then he saw a man kneeling in the palace, burning incense and chanting Buddha's name, as if he was in self-imprisonment. And this man seemed to have heard footsteps at this moment, and subconsciously turned his head to look.

When he saw Shen Lian and his group, a look of confusion appeared on his face.

Seems quite unexpected.

But he quickly stood up and bowed to Li Shimin: "Brother, why are you here?"

Shen Lian looked at the confused man and smiled.

Fang Xuanling and others all widened their eyes.

They all knew the people in front of them.

This person was none other than...King of Han Li Yuanchang!

King of Han Li Yuanchang!
Li Shimin’s younger brother, of course... is not his biological brother.

But in the royal family, it can be considered a direct bloodline.

He was the younger brother who was personally crowned king by Li Shimin.

His status in the Tang Dynasty was not low.

At this moment, His Royal Highness the King of Han was looking at Li Shimin and others with a confused look on his face, as if he had no idea why they came here.

Fang Xuanling and others looked at Li Yuanchang. At this moment, they felt both surprised and complicated!

According to Shen Lian, he brought them here to catch the person behind the scenes.

And in this cold palace, they only saw Li Yuanchang.

In addition, Shen Lian deduced that the person behind the military pay case was a member of the royal family.

All the clues came together, and the person behind the scenes that Shen Lian mentioned was the King of Han Li Yuanchang in front of him!
However, Li Yuanchang's expression at this moment was extremely confused and ignorant, as if he had no idea why they came here.

Seeing that Li Shimin was unwilling to speak, Shen Lian smiled and said, "Your Highness the Prince of Han, why are you in this cold palace?"

Li Yuanchang was a little embarrassed and said, "I did something wrong and was punished to come here to reflect on myself."

He scratched his head, looking somewhat honest: "It is very embarrassing, I am sorry to have embarrassed you adults."

It was said to be embarrassing, but no one present actually laughed.

They just stared at Li Yuanchang, as if they wanted to see a hole in Li Yuanchang.

Li Yuanchang was stared at by everyone and couldn't help but ask: "My Lords, why are you looking at me like this? Is there something on my face?"

Shen Lian looked at the honest Li Yuanchang and couldn't help but sigh: "Don't worry, Your Highness, there is nothing on your face. They are not looking at Your Highness's face."

"What is that?" Li Yuanchang asked curiously.

Shen Lian said calmly: "They are looking at whether the heart hidden in His Highness's body is red or black."

Brush it.

Shen Lian's words made Li Yuanchang's face change slightly.

Li Yuanchang couldn't help but look at Shen Lian, his face looked a little bad, he said with a little anger: "Sir Shen, what you said is a bit rude."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Your Highness, don't be angry. I have a few questions for you, and I hope you can answer them truthfully."

Li Yuanchang frowned and looked at Shen Lian, only to see that Shen Lian was smiling, looking calm and free and easy, with no intention of dodging at all.

Li Yuanchang secretly glanced at Li Shimin again.

Li Shimin just looked at him calmly without saying a word to Shen Lian.

And the silence of words indicates tacit consent.

Li Yuanchang took a deep breath and said, "Shen Lian, I am a member of the royal family after all and represent the royal family, so I hope you will stop saying these rude words next time, otherwise I will not let you go."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Don't worry, Your Highness the King of Han, what I'm going to say next will just be questions, there won't be any jokes..."

Li Yuanchang waved his hand and said, "You ask."

Shen Lian looked at Li Yuanchang and asked, "May I ask Your Highness the Prince of Han, is there anyone else in Hanfang Palace besides Your Highness?"

Li Yuanchang's eyes flashed, and he said, "I came here alone to reflect on myself, how could there be other people? Should I let them disturb me?"

"Oh? No one else?"

Shen Lian's tone was somewhat unconvincing.

Li Yuanchang looked at Shen Lian with a bad expression and said, "You don't believe what I said?"

Shen Lian nodded and said honestly, "I do not believe it, so please forgive me, Your Highness."

As he spoke, Shen Lian's eyes flashed, and he said directly: "Come here, search!"

The Dali Temple's bailiffs started the search without any hesitation.

Li Yuanchang's face suddenly turned blue and red.

He stared at Shen Lian intently, but there was no sign of nervousness on his face.

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes.

After a while, the bailiff came back and reported: "Sir, no one else was found."

Shen Lian smiled.

He glanced at Li Yuanchang and said, "Your Highness the Prince of Han has a good trick. He has performed a magic trick on us."

Li Yuanchang still played dumb: "I don't understand what Lord Shen means."

"Do not understand?"

Shen Lian smiled as he walked towards the lake: "Then I will also show you what it means to perform a magic trick."

Everyone listened to Shen Lian's words, their eyes were fixed on Shen Lian.

Shen Lian said he wanted to perform a magic trick on a living person.

What does it mean?
They were curious and looked at Shen Lian, wanting to know what Shen Lian was going to do.

Li Yuanchang frowned subconsciously at this moment.

He watched Shen Lian approaching the lake step by step, and his face became a little ugly.

Shen Lian seemed to not care about all this.

He ignored everyone and went straight to the lake.

When Shen Lian visited this lake at night that night, he also went swimming in it.

So he knew very well how cold the lake was.

If you stay in here for a long time, you will get cramps from the cold.

Fortunately, it was daytime now and the sun was shining brightly, so the lake water was much warmer than when he first came here.

Shen Lian boarded a boat, then waved to Han Min and said, "Master Han, can you row a boat?"

Han Min was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly: "I know a little."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble Lord Han to help me."

When Han Min heard this, he realized that Lord Shen was deliberately letting him show off in front of His Majesty.

He was immediately overjoyed.

Han Min boarded the boat without any hesitation.

Then he gripped the oar tightly and asked, "Master Shen, what should we do next?"

Shen Lian said, "The scenery of this lake is so beautiful, Lord Han, why don't you go boating in the lake and enjoy the beautiful scenery?"

"Enjoy the view?"

Han Min was a little dazed. For a moment, he didn't understand what Shen Lian meant.

At this time, he heard Shen Lian say with a smile: "Let's go to the center of the lake and enjoy the scenery in the center of the lake."

Center of the lake?
Han Min then realized that Shen Lian wanted him to row the boat to the center.

He smiled directly and said, "Master Shen, sit tight."

As he spoke, he turned the oars.

The boat suddenly slowly moved towards the center of the lake.

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Master Han's skills are good. This boat is very stable."

Han Min smiled and said, "Lord Shen, you may not know that I was born in the south and have been dealing with water since I was young, so I naturally know how to row a boat."

Shen Lian really didn't know that Han Min was from the south.

Han Min smiled and said, "Lord Shen, you may not know that I was born in the south and have been dealing with water since I was young, so I naturally know how to row a boat."

Shen Lian really didn't know that Han Min was from the south.