Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 660 This puppet!
Tianji took a sip of tea and rolled his eyes again.

Shen Lian looked at Tianji and said, "Let's not talk about Beichen."

"I want to ask you, do you know who the people or forces are besides the two bases of Beidou Society?"

Tianji narrowed his eyes and said, "If even someone as smart as you can't find it, do you think I can?"

Shen Lian said: "I thought it was your companion, or at least someone you know."

Tianji shook his head: "I really don't know."

“I’m actually confused too.”

Tianji said: "In Chang'an City, who has such strong ability that he can find the base of Beidou Society earlier than you and me, and can easily slaughter them?"

"I thought about everyone I knew or had heard of, but no one had this ability."

"unless……"

She looked at Shen Lian and said, "It's Tianquan."

"My dad?"

Shen Lian shook his head: "It can't be him."

"Now that he has been exposed, there is no need for him to continue pretending to be dead. So if he comes to Chang'an, he will definitely meet me."

"It's been so many days, and no one has contacted me, so it definitely can't be him."

Tianji said, "Then I don't know who it is."

"In my opinion, only Tianquan has this skill and ability. Everyone else is a little worse."

Shen Lian leaned back, raised his head, looked at the swaying shadows of the trees, looked through the leaves at the mottled sky, and said, "This person is really mysterious!"

"There are not many people in this world who can keep a secret from both you and me."

Tianji glanced at Shen Lian and said, "You haven't told me yet what Beichen's goal is."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "I thought I changed the subject successfully."

Tianji laughed and said, "Although I'm not as smart as you, I won't be easily led astray by you, right?"

Shen Lian nodded slightly.

He held up his teacup and said, "Officials' meeting."

"Officials' meeting?"

Tianji thought for a moment and said, "A meeting of officials from the Ministry of Personnel?"

Shen Lian looked at him: "You know?"

Tianji nodded: "Don't forget, before the Beidou Society was exposed, I fought with you for a long time."

"So I know a lot about your court."

"The official conference is held by the Ministry of Personnel to brainwash officials from all over the country... a conference for learning. Hundreds of officials attend each conference."

"If Beichen attacks him, once successful, it will be enough to make your Tang Dynasty lose control."

"It seems that the official meeting is in line with Beichen's goals."

Shen Lian said: "Besides, it is difficult to supervise the officials of the official conference at the local level, so it is easy for Beichen to control a few of them. Therefore, this also meets the conditions of having an insider as you said."

"In addition, these officials at the official meeting are all powerless civil servants. If they are trapped by Beichen, they will have no power to resist. It will not be difficult for Beichen to use them as hostages."

Tianji nodded in agreement.

"Moreover, this official conference has been held many times, and the officials are used to it. The protection will not be as strong as the first time. In addition, the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce is held at the same time. The power of Chang'an City will be more inclined to the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce, and the guarding force of the official conference will be even less."

She looked at Shen Lian and said, "The official meeting almost perfectly meets all the conditions I mentioned."

Shen Lian nodded: "Not bad."

Tianji asked: "Did you have any other considerations before?"

Shen Lian said: "Your Majesty's sacrifice to heaven."

"Sacrifice to the heavens..."

Tianji said: "Although the Heavenly Sacrifice takes place every month, it is the Emperor himself who is responsible for the event. The guarding force will not decrease just because it happens so often. Therefore, it is too difficult and risky. It is also difficult for Beichen to place personnel in His Majesty's Imperial Guards."

"If there are only offerings to heaven and a meeting of officials, then it must be a meeting of officials."

Shen Lian said: "I asked Lord Fang and Lord Changsun successively, and their suggestions were that the official meeting and the sacrifice to heaven should be held, and no other large-scale events will happen in the short term."

"That's the officers' meeting!"

Tianji looked at Shen Lian and said, "I fully support your judgment."

Shen Lian smiled.

"You don't support it, but that's how I judge it."

Tianji ignored Shen Lian's words and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

"Does this need to be said?"

Shen Lian raised the corner of his mouth, drank a sip of tea slowly, and said: "Of course, I will prepare everything and wait for you to fall into the trap!"

"I just don't know if Beichen will do it himself this time, or if he will be a puppet again."

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Tianji said: "Unless he has used up all his puppets, he will not show up in person."

"This guy is extremely cautious."

"I fought him many times when I was in the Beidou Society, but I still never saw his true face."

"I doubt if this person is someone I know."

“It’s really too mysterious.”

"So if you hope that he will do it himself, the probability is not high."

Shen Lian nodded in agreement.

……

He and Beichen have fought many times.

But until now, he still doesn't know anything about Beichen's appearance.

However, he did know some clues about Beichen.

He said: "I know Beichen should be quite old. I once found a few white hairs in his hiding place."

"At the same time, I also know that he has six fingers."

"Six fingers?"

Tianji frowned: "Are you sure he has six fingers?"

Shen Lian nodded.

Tianji said: "But when I was in Beidou Club, he clearly only had five fingers. How come I didn't notice that he had six fingers."

"Five fingers?"

Shen Lian and Tian Ji looked at each other.

Both of them saw solemnity in each other's eyes.

Tianji asked: "Is it me who sees the puppet, or is it you who sees the puppet?"

"Or maybe what we see are all puppets!"

"The real Beichen has never shown up from beginning to end!"

The leaders among the smartest people in the world were looking at each other in surprise.

Tianji looked at Shen Lian.

Shen Lian was also looking at Tianji. At this moment, their understanding of Beichen was completely refreshed.

And, I somewhat doubt my own judgment.

Shen Lian looked at Tian Ji and said, "Don't jump to conclusions yet, let's think about it."

Tianji is also a smart man. He naturally knows that he needs to remain absolutely rational and calm at this time.

She said, "Stroke it."

Shen Lian asked: "How many times have you seen Beichen?"

Tianji said: "After Tianquan left Beidouhui, he used his power to push me to Tianji's position."

"After becoming Tianji, Beichen and I have met more often. We can see each other more than ten times every year, which is not a small number."

Shen Lian nodded.

He continued to ask: "In the past ten years, every time you saw Beichen, was Beichen consistent with your memory?"

Tianji understood what Shen Lian meant.

Shen Lian asked this mainly because he wanted to know whether the Beichen that Tianji saw every time was the same Beichen.

Have you ever replaced other people in the meantime?

Tianji frowned and began to think.

But after a moment, she shook her head and said, "I can't remember."

"It was a long time ago. I can't remember it clearly. It happened more than ten years ago."

"But I think even if there are changes, they shouldn't be that big... at least I can't tell."

Shen Lian said disappointedly: "It's only the past ten years, and you can't remember it?"

"Tianji, your memory is too bad."

Tianji: "...Can you remember?"

"Why can't you remember?"

Shen Lian said calmly: "As long as I have experienced and done things, they will be completely stored in my brain. How could I forget them?"

Tianji didn't believe it.

She said, “What was the first thing you said to me when we first met?”

"Tianshu, I really didn't slack off!"

Shen Lian said calmly.

"At that time, the Beidou Society still existed. The Tianshu you replaced became the Tianshu of the Beidou Society, and I also replaced someone else."

"You met me in private, and I imitated that man's tone and spoke to you."

Tianji was stunned.

She stared at Shen Lian with eyes wide open and said, "You actually remember? I had completely forgotten!"

Shen Lian shrugged and said, "I've already said it. I remember it clearly. It's nothing."

"Tell me, are you getting old and your memory is declining?"

Tianji rolled his eyes and said, "Do you think everyone is a monster like you?"

"Just because you can remember it doesn't mean others can do it too."

Shen Lian thought about it, then nodded.

"That's true. Such geniuses are still rare."

Tianji didn't want to bother with Shen Lian anymore. This guy was too shameless.

Shen Lian smiled, easing the atmosphere, and then said: "You didn't find that there was something wrong with Beichen. Did you really not find it, or did you never think that the Beichen you saw might not be his true self, so you didn't observe him carefully and ignored it?"

Tianji thought for a moment, then said, "I haven't observed it carefully..."

"After all, I never thought at that time that Beichen would use puppets when he went to meet the Star Masters of the Beidou Society."

"So, I can't be sure whether that Beichen is the real person."

Shen Lian nodded.

Tianji looked at Shen Lian again and asked, "How do you know for sure that Beichen has six fingers?"

Shen Lian said: "I once found a courtyard in the Beidou Tower of the Beidou Temple in Nanzhao."

“The courtyard retains its original appearance.”

"Then, in the woodshed in the yard, I found a pair of gloves with six fingers on them."

"I suspect that courtyard is where Beichen once lived. Because it is too commemorative, it was moved to the Beidou Tower."

"And later, when I returned to Chang'an and went to look for the clues about the rouge I found in Yuchuntang in Nanzhao, I found a peripheral member of the Beidou Society."

"That member didn't know who his master was, but he had seen that his master had six fingers."

"I suspect that the master he is loyal to is Beichen, because only Beichen would be so secretive and not tell any information to even the people who are loyal to him."

"So, considering all this, I think Beichen has six fingers."

Tianji frowned.

She said: "Your inference actually has some basis."

"So, which one is true? Which one is false? How many secrets does Beichen hide?"

Shen Lian and Tian Ji fell into deep thought again.

The wisdom of the two of them, if not at the top level in this world, is not much different.

But at this moment, even these two extremely smart people were in trouble for a moment.

Shen Lian picked up the teacup and looked at the rustling leaves above his head. He said, "We are a little passive!"

Tianji also nodded: "Beichen's caution and cunning, coupled with his good puppet control method, is really hard to guard against."

"What I'm doubting now is that maybe no one in this world has ever seen Beichen's true appearance. Maybe what we all see are Beichen's puppets."

"It's hard to say where the real Beichen is living happily."

Shen Lian tapped the teacup with his fingers and said, "Now we can be sure of one thing, that is, if Beichen wants to control the puppet, he must be within a ten-kilometer radius."

"wrong."

Shen Lian suddenly shook his head and said, "I have met Xin Yinyuan before. Xin Yinyuan has become Beichen's puppet. Beichen was not in Cuihua Mountain at that time. I can be sure of this."

"That is to say, Beichen now has a completely new method of controlling puppets."

“The distance limit may be useless.”

Tianji frowned and asked, "When did it happen?"

Shen Lian then told Tianji what he encountered in Cuihua Mountain.

After listening to it, Tianji thought for a while and said, "You said that Xin Yinyuan still has some consciousness of his own... This was completely absent in Beichen's previous puppets. Beichen's previous puppets could only be controlled by Beichen himself. If Beichen's attention was diverted, then the puppet really did not take any action."

"So, this is indeed Beichen's new method of controlling puppets, but..."

Tianji said: "I think this new method cannot be used by all puppets. At least so far, I have only heard of Xin Yinyuan."

"Perhaps, the requirements for using this new puppet control method will be very strict, and ordinary people simply cannot achieve it. Therefore, you can be on guard, but don't worry too much."

Shen Lian nodded: "Then, if you meet Beichen in the future, you can first determine whether Beichen is using a new puppet or an old puppet."

"If it is an old puppet, then Beichen is within a ten-kilometer radius."

"And if it's a new puppet... Actually, we don't have to worry about Beichen discovering anything, because I've tried it before. When the distance is too far, although Beichen can control it remotely, he doesn't know what happened to the puppet. As long as we can deal with this puppet, Beichen will be blind."

Tianji's eyes lit up: "So, in other words, although his new puppet is far away, it also has obvious problems?"

Tianji's eyes lit up: "So, in other words, although his new puppet is far away, it also has obvious problems?"