Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Shen Lian nodded.

Tianji said: "If this is the case, then it is certain that Beichen will not turn all the puppets into old puppets. After all, a very important factor in his control of the puppets is that he wants to know what happened."

"But the new puppet has lost this function. Once the puppet encounters an accident, he will be completely in the dark, which does not suit Beichen's cautious nature."

"It seems that Beichen will only use new puppets in special circumstances."

Shen Lian nodded in agreement.

Tianji frowned and said, "But, what's the use of this?"

"Even if we know that Beichen is in Chang'an City now, how can we find him with millions of people in Chang'an City?"

Shen Lian tapped his fingers gently and said, "Beichen doesn't know that I have figured out what he is going to do. Perhaps I can take advantage of this."

Tianji looked at Shen Lian and asked, "How to use it?"

Shen Lian said: "I think we can change our purpose."

"The original purpose was to severely damage the Beidou Society and make Beichen's plan fail."

"But now, I think we need to change our goals."

"To make Beichen's plan fail is of course what we have to do, but the second purpose... I hope that we can find the hiding place of Beichen's real body. Even if we can only take a glimpse of Beichen's real body from a distance, we can know who of us is wrong about Beichen, or whether we are both wrong!"

Shen Lian looked at Tianji and said, "We can't let Beichen hide so deeply anymore. It's time to get him out into the sun and let him get some sun."

Tianji listened to Shen Lian's words and leaned back. Like Shen Lian, she looked up comfortably at the swaying shadows of the trees above her heads.

She said: "It depends on our luck, whether Beichen will use the old puppet or the new one."

Shen Lian said: "There is a 90% chance that it is an old puppet."

"I've already said it before, the new puppet cannot know what this puppet has experienced."

"I think Beichen's action this time is very important to him. After all, Beidou has failed too many times. He really needs a success to help him turn the situation around."

"Plus, he set up so many disguises in the early stages, so a real fight would be worthy of his personal participation."

"And after what happened at Cuihua Mountain, I think Beichen must have sensed the problem with the new puppet... If I discover the new puppet and solve it, Beichen will have no idea what happened."

"I don't believe Beichen can lose this opportunity to understand me when fighting me directly."

"Therefore, considering all factors, the probability that Beichen will use the old puppet is the highest."

When Tianji heard Shen Lian's analysis, she pondered for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

"So, it's probably an old puppet."

"And his control over the old puppet is limited by distance. A ten-mile radius is where he can hide."

Shen Lian said: "Also pay attention. If Beichen wants to hide himself, he will never hide too close. Otherwise, he will be easily affected by an accident. Therefore, within this ten-mile radius, it is also a place closer to the edge."

"I almost found him once. I was ten miles away and discovered where he was hiding."

Tianji thought about it, then she stood up and said, "Wait for me."

As she said this, she entered the room.

Not long after, Tianji came back with a scroll.

She took the teacup off the table and unfolded the scroll.

This is a map of Chang'an City.

Looking at the map, Tianji pointed to the Ministry of Personnel and said, "The official conference is basically held at the Ministry of Personnel. Is this the same this year?"

Shen Lian nodded: "That's right, Zhang Sun Wuji said it's still the Ministry of Personnel."

Tianji took out a pen and said, "Then, with the Ministry of Personnel as the core, the area within a radius of ten miles is this area."

She drew a quick circle.

Tianji looked at the circled area, squinted his eyes, and said, "Beichen will hide in this area, but it's not easy to find it."

Because the Ministry of Personnel is located in the core area of ​​Chang'an City.

Every inch of land around here is valuable.

There are official residences.

There is a courtyard of a wealthy man.

There are lively restaurants.

There are cheerful brothels.

This area has everything and there are a lot of people.

Tianji frowned and said, "There are at least tens of thousands of people living here."

"It's not easy to find him among so many people."

Shen Lian was not surprised at all.

He said: "Given Beichen's caution and cunningness, it is difficult to find him, which fits his personality."

"If we can tell where he is hiding at a glance, Beichen will no longer be Beichen."

Tianji thought about it, then nodded and said, "That's true."

"If it's easy to find his hiding place, I'll doubt whether there's a trap."

She looked at Shen Lian and asked, "How do we find him? Or, where do you think Beichen will hide?"

Shen Lian was not in a hurry to answer Tianji.

Instead, he scanned the map inch by inch.

He is thinking and considering.

Put yourself in Beichen's shoes.

Choose a place that is completely safe, where you can advance or retreat, and where you will definitely not be caught if you want to escape.

So where is this place?
How many places like this are there within a ten-mile radius?
Shen Lian narrowed his eyes.

At this moment, his brain was like a high-speed running CPU.

Spinning madly.

Suddenly.

Shen Lian's eyes suddenly became determined.

He said: "It's difficult to choose where Beichen will hide."

"But I think it won't be difficult to eliminate Beichen's hiding place."

Tianji was stunned for a moment, but being extremely smart, she understood Shen Lian's meaning in an instant.

"Process of elimination?"

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Let's eliminate some of them first."

Shen Lian and Tian Ji are both rare smart people in the world.

So when Shen Lian said that, Tianji immediately understood what Shen Lian meant.

Given Beichen's cunningness, it is very difficult to accurately find out where Beichen is hiding.

However, it is not too difficult to eliminate places where Beichen would definitely not hide.

So, instead of doing the hardest thing, do an easy thing.

The two looked at each other, and then without any hesitation, they began to search.

Shen Lian said directly: "With the Ministry of Personnel as the center, all brothels within a ten-mile radius can be ruled out."

Tianji looked at Shen Lian.

Shen Lian said: "If Beichen wants to control the old puppet, he must devote himself to it."

"So, in this situation, there's no way he's going to let anyone get close to him."

"And if he was in a brothel, it would be very strange if he didn't seek the company of a girl."

“It will be very noticeable.”

"But Beichen would never allow a strange brothel girl to be by his side at that critical moment."

"Therefore, brothels can be ruled out."

Tianji nodded and said, "I agree."

As he spoke, Tianji directly used a brush to draw a cross in the area representing the brothel. The Ministry of Personnel was located in a very luxurious area, so there were three brothels within a ten-mile radius of it.

These three brothels are also among the places with the largest number of people gathered in the entire Chang'an City.

Therefore, eliminating these three brothels can reduce the number of people at once.

Shen Lian thought for a moment and said, "All restaurants are excluded!"

He explained: "First, if you live in a restaurant, you may be disturbed by the waiter and other tenants. Even if you instruct others not to disturb you, this cannot be completely avoided."

"Secondly, the restaurant is an important place for outsiders to live. Beichen cannot be unaware that our court will have very strict management of the restaurant and will keep a close eye on it."

"So there is a certain probability that his check-in will be discovered."

"And in this case, Beichen definitely doesn't want to discover any accidents."

"You know, he didn't even tell the other Star People. In this situation, what he wants is to be absolutely sure."

"Therefore, he doesn't stay in a place like a restaurant where accidents might happen."

Tianji didn't say anything, but directly crossed out the restaurant area.

This is enough to show his support for Shen Lian's judgment.

"Two restaurants... Hey, the number of restaurants is even less than that of brothels."

Tianji chuckled.

Shen Lian said: "The more prosperous the place, the more important the entertainment venues are."

"Besides, brothels also function as restaurants, so the customer base of restaurants here is actually not as good as that of brothels."

"With fewer customers, the number of customers must naturally be smaller, otherwise everyone will not have enough to eat and will starve to death."

Tianji nodded in agreement.

Shen Lian glanced at the map and said, "Stores with busy business can also be excluded."

Tianji explained: "People come and go, and as more people come, more problems will follow."

"There are always some weird people in this world, so no one knows if a weird customer will suddenly appear. If such a person appears and causes a conflict, these stores will attract attention."

"So hiding in a store can certainly help you get more information, but the risk of being exposed is also high."

Shen Lian nodded and said, "I agree."

"And there's a reason for that."

Tianji looked at him.

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Beichen has no shortage of sources of intelligence."

"The Beidou Society under him is enough to help Beichen get any useful intelligence, so he doesn't need to do anything himself to get the information."

"Under such circumstances, he would naturally not take risks."

As he spoke, Shen Lian took out a pen from his bosom and crossed out more than a dozen places.

Seeing Shen Lian cross out, Tianji raised his eyebrows: "Why did you bring a pen with you when you have nothing to do?"

Shen Lian said with a smile: "I like to list the clues I got when I have nothing to do, and then compare them one by one and analyze them."

"So normally, I would always carry a pen with me, in case I suddenly think of something and the lack of a pen would delay my thoughts."

Tianji couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, no one can succeed easily."

Shen Lian looked at the map. At this time, he and Tianji were eliminated one after another.

On the map, some areas have been crossed out, which means they don't need to be considered.

Shen Lian said: "About 30% of the places can be ruled out."

Tianji looked at the map and frowned slightly, saying, "But there are still 70% of the places left, and it is not so easy to rule out these 70% of the places all at once."

Restaurants, brothels, and popular shops.

It is not difficult to eliminate these places.

But the rest of the place is mainly residential.

This kind of place is not so easy to rule out.

Because it is easy to hide people in any house.

It is difficult to find unless you go deep into it.

Shen Lian thought about it and smiled: "It's not completely difficult to rule it out."

“Like here.”

Shen Lian pointed to a place.

Tianji looked over.

Shen Lian said: "Although the houses here are relatively expensive, they are not large mansions. Most of them are rented between neighbors."

"In this kind of house, there are often several families in one yard."

"So, unless all the residents of a courtyard are members of the Beidou Society."

"Otherwise, it would be difficult for Beichen to hide here, because there are so many residents here, and they are all too familiar with each other. Once a stranger comes to someone's house, they will pay attention to it immediately."

Tianji's eyes lit up.

"You're right."

"If that's the case, then we can expel a lot at once."

"Because in Chang'an, where every inch of land is worth a lot of money, besides the princes, nobles, wealthy merchants, there are more ordinary people, and most of the places they live are places like this."

As he spoke, Tianji quickly picked up the pen and crossed out the map.

Area after area was excluded.

Area after area disappeared.

Soon, half of the area disappeared.

Tianji said: "In this case, only 30% is left."

“The area suddenly became much smaller.”

Shen Lian looked at the remaining 30% area, squinted his eyes, and said: "There are not many left, but it is more difficult to eliminate it!"

"The previous ones can be easily eliminated by relying on logic and speculation."

“But the rest requires deeper thinking.”

Tianji nodded: "The remaining areas are mainly mansions of wealthy families."

"This kind of mansion has extremely high walls. Once the gate is closed, no one knows who is inside."

"Besides, in this kind of mansion, the neighbors don't interact too closely and don't visit every day, so it's hard for outsiders to find out if there's someone hiding there."

Shen Lian nodded slightly.

He looked at Tianji and said, "If you were forced to exclude them, which ones would you exclude?"

Tianji thought for a moment and said, "The mansion is located in the middle of a road, so it can be ruled out."

"Beichen must leave a way out for himself. If the mansion is located in the middle, then there is only one way to escape, and it is easy to be surrounded."

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"So, if I were Beichen, I would definitely choose a location close to the intersection."

Shen Lian smiled: "I think so too."

"So we can still rule out some of it."

As he spoke, Shen Lian continued to cross out on the map.

"Now, only 20% is left."

"So we can still rule out some of it."

As he spoke, Shen Lian continued to cross out on the map.

"Now, only 20% is left."

(End of this chapter)