Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Chapter 680 Who denies the title!

"It's the lessons and experiences that I gained from fighting Shen Lian time and time again."

He looked at Tianxuan and said, "You don't know Shen Lian well enough. Or, you have been too successful in other countries before and have never encountered an opponent like Shen Lian."

"Shen Lian is known as the smartest man in the Tang Dynasty. This title is no joke."

"What about the most talented scholar, the most beautiful courtesan... most of those words are just nonsense flattery."

"But Shen Lian is the smartest man. Just ask anyone, whether it's a commoner or a minister in the court, who dares to deny this title?"

"Shen Lian is a true demon with wisdom like a demon, so if you underestimate him, you are wrong from the beginning."

"Besides, I clearly told you to be careful of Shen Lian. I also asked Yu Heng to keep an eye on you and remind you at critical moments to prevent you from looking down on Shen Lian. However, you still looked down on Shen Lian."

Beichen shook his head and said, "You are so arrogant and ignored my words. I am very disappointed."

Tianxuan's whole body trembled.

His face suddenly turned extremely pale.

He couldn't help but take two steps back.

He said: "Beichen, what if this time is an exception!"

"What if it wasn't Shen Lian who guessed my plan this time? What if someone else leaked the information?"

"Don't you have any actual evidence to prove that Shen Lian guessed my plan by his own ability?"

The dagger kept flipping and jumping on Yuheng's slender white fingers. He glanced at Tianxuan, chuckled, and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Beichen was silent for a moment, then said, "There is evidence."

"What!?"

Tianxuan was stunned.

Yuheng also turned his gaze towards Beichen.

Beichen, who was wearing a black robe, sighed again.

He said: "Actually, I came to Chang'an in person this time for my own purpose."

"Besides, I actually didn't expect you to be able to successfully take revenge on the Tang Dynasty."

Tianxuan stared at Beichen with wide eyes.

He didn't understand Beichen's meaning at all.

Beichen continued: "Originally, I was planning to use you to attract the attention of the Tang Dynasty court, to attract Shen Lian's attention, and to let Shen Lian rescue Jingzhao Yin."

"Then, I wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to achieve my goal."

"But the result..."

Beichen shook his head and sighed, "I didn't expect that Shen Lian actually found the hiding place of my real body and almost... caught me."

"Not only did my plan fail, but I almost capsized in the ditch."

"So... you said that Beichen knew my plan in advance, which was even more hidden. Do you think it was difficult for him to guess your purpose?"

Tianxuan was completely stunned.

At this moment, Tianxuan's heart was in turmoil.

His eyes were wide open, and his eyeballs seemed to pop out of his head due to extreme shock.

He said in disbelief: "Beichen, you said... you have other plans."

"And Shen Lian, he actually guessed your plan and ruined it?"

"This...is this true?"

At this time, Yuheng also put away the dagger and looked at Beichen with her beautiful eyes.

Beichen's face was hidden under the hood, so his expression couldn't be seen, but from his tone, one could tell that he was not in a good mood.

He said, "Do you think I need to use myself as a negative example to highlight Shen Lian's wisdom and bravery?"

Tianxuan was suddenly speechless.

Yuheng's eyes flickered slightly, and the corners of his mouth lifted up slightly.

Beichen said: "I thought that with the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce as the first bait, I could attract Shen Lian. With you as the second bait, I could completely attract Shen Lian. Then I could use you to attract Shen Lian and achieve my goal."

"But I didn't expect that I still underestimated Shen Lian."

"Shen Lian not only prepared countermeasures in advance, but also took the opportunity to try to capture my true form."

"If I hadn't noticed the change in plan and immediately left through the secret passage, I might have been caught by Shen Lian."

"So, your plan was guessed by Shen Lian. In my opinion, it's really not surprising at all."

"On the contrary, it would be strange if he didn't guess it!"

"That's why..."

Beichen raised his head.

However, the hood blocked Tianxuan and Yuheng's view of Beichen's eyes.

But at this moment, Beichen only felt his whole body was cold.

It was as if I was being stared at by a tiger, and my hands and feet were cold.

Beichen said slowly: "That's why I asked Yuheng to remind you at the critical moment, so that you would underestimate Shen Lian."

"But in the end, you were too arrogant and presumptuous."

"Shen Lian didn't even come to deal with you specifically, but he let you be wiped out. And until now, you are still doubting Shen Lian's ability and wondering if someone betrayed you."

"Tianxuan, I am very dissatisfied with you."

Hearing Beichen's words, Tianxuan's whole body trembled.

This time.

He couldn't find any more excuses.

After all, Beichen's plan, which was hidden deeper, was discovered and destroyed in advance by Shen Lian.

Then what does my own plan matter?
He lowered his head, his face pale: "I know I was wrong."

"I promise, it won't happen again."

Beichen glanced at him and was silent for a moment.

Then he sighed and said, "You just came back from Nanzhao and don't know the situation in the Tang Dynasty yet, so your failure this time is understandable."

"This time, I will not deprive you of your identity as a star man."

"But if there is a next time, your identity will be given to someone else."

Tianxuan's face suddenly turned pale.

He quickly said: "There will never be a next time!"

Beichen nodded: "All the casualties this time will be borne by you. At the same time, I will fine you 10,000 strings of cash. Tianxuan, do you have any objection?"

Tianxuan quickly shook his head, like a thin wave drum, how could he dare to object.

After Beichen finished speaking, he stopped looking at Tianxuan.

He looked at Yuheng, who had a slim figure and was full of heroic spirit.

"Yuheng, you did a good job this time."

Beichen said: "Although you failed to persuade Tianxuan, you were able to rescue Tianxuan at the critical moment and escape the pursuit of Shen Lian's men. This is a very good thing."

"I'll give you half of the 10,000 strings of cash I fined Tianxuan as a reward for saving his life."

Yu Heng cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Beichen."

Beichen waved his hand.

He retracted his gaze and sighed again: "This time, it's a great opportunity."

"It's a pity that Shen Lian's cleverness is really beyond our control."

"I used two layers of sleight of hand to confuse him, but he saw through them both."

"So I have no complaints about losing to him."

Yuheng said: "But this matter cannot be let go like this."

"The reputation of our Beidou Society has already suffered quite a bit."

Beichen nodded.

He pondered for a moment and said, "Pass the order and have our people hide for the time being and not do anything else." "At the same time, mobilize some people and rush to Chang'an."

Yu Heng's eyes flickered, she looked at Bei Chen and said, "Bei Chen has any other plans?"

Beichen narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "Shen Lian is about to get married. How can our Beidou Club be absent from such an important event?"

after one day.

The Imperial Palace, inside the Purple Palace.

Li Shimin was sitting behind his desk, looking at the handsome young man standing in front of the hall.

He held the teacup, sipped the tea slowly, and said, "This time, the chaos is quite serious."

"The common people watched helplessly as assassins broke into the Jingzhao Yin Yamen, and the hundreds of officials in the Ministry of Personnel were also frightened. Although nothing serious happened in the end, the impact was not small."

Shen Lian, who was wearing a black tiger robe and had a clear and calm look, just smiled and said, "Life is too dull. It's not bad to have something exciting to adjust it occasionally."

Li Shimin put down the teacup and said angrily, "Is this exciting?"

“This is simply going to turn the world upside down.”

"Fortunately you noticed everything in advance and made full preparations, otherwise if any accident happened, you would be in big trouble!"

Li Shimin was not trying to scare Shen Lian.

Shen Lian had already realized the Beidou Society's intentions in advance.

However, he did not directly arrange a large army to garrison and prevent the enemy from attacking. Instead, he allowed the enemy to attack in order to lure out Beichen.

This incident did not cause any major trouble.

Otherwise, if something happened to someone because of this, or if any of those local officials really died, Shen Lian would definitely be reported to the Censorate.

After all, this matter can be avoided.

Even enemies can be scared away directly.

Of course... whether it is from the perspective of Shen Lian or Li Shimin, scaring away the enemy instead of annihilating the enemy is definitely a losing business.

But others don’t care whether the business is losing money.

They only knew that Shen Lian had known about the thief's actions in advance, but did not stop him. Instead, he let the thief act, which eventually led to a disaster. Shen Lian must bear this responsibility!

Fortunately, Shen Lian was smart enough and well prepared.

Therefore, no casualties were caused, and therefore no one participated in Shen Lian.

Li Shimin looked at him and said, "Did you really see Beichen in person this time?"

Shen Lian nodded slightly.

"I have seen Beichen's back and identified his two key features. This is the minimum goal I have achieved."

Li Shimin sighed and said, "You all saw Beichen's back, but he managed to escape. I feel sorry for you."

"This is the closest you have ever been to Beichen since you fought him!"

Shen Lian didn't feel much disappointed.

He was very calm and said, "I considered this situation before I took action."

"Beichen is Beichen after all. If he was so easy to catch, I wouldn't have fought him so many times and still failed to catch him."

"So, my initial hope was to determine the characteristics of Beichen himself to judge whether my previous speculation about Beichen was correct."

"Now that it's confirmed, the trip is worth it."

Li Shimin smiled and said, "You are not greedy."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "It's not that I'm not greedy, but I know my opponent's ability very well, so I don't have high expectations."

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Li Shimin nodded.

He sighed, "You are right to do this. Otherwise, if your mood is affected by this incident, it will be bad."

As he spoke, a smile appeared on Li Shimin's face.

He smiled and said, "No matter what, you still win this game against Beidou Society."

"You crushed the Beidou Society's conspiracy and ensured the smooth running of the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce."

"Wu Shiqi came to me specifically to ask me to reward you, Shen Lian, is there anything you want?"

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Shen Lian shook his head.

"Your Majesty, I have everything I need, so there is no need for you to reward me."

Shen Lian is not being polite.

Li Shimin had already appreciated the mansion.

He also had a title.

The official position can indeed be promoted, but Shen Lian does not want to be promoted.

After all, if he gets promoted again, he will have to leave the Dali Temple.

But he didn't want to leave Dali Temple.

So, he didn't want to be promoted.

Li Shimin had already given a lot of money as rewards before.

Even his beloved daughter, Chang Le, married him.

Therefore, he really doesn't want anything, and he really has nothing to lack.

Li Shimin listened to Shen Lian's words and said, "I have always been clear about rewards and punishments when governing the country. You have made contributions. If I don't reward you, what will other officials think?"

"So, the reward must be given, so don't refuse it."

"As for the reward..."

Li Shimin was really in trouble.

Li Shimin thought for a long time but couldn't think of a suitable reward.

This just gave him a headache.

Looking at Shen Lian, who looked carefree and indifferent to any reward, Li Shimin couldn't help but laugh and scolded: "You are a man without desires. You don't want anything."

"I'm actually having a hard time figuring out what to give you, kid!"

Shen Lian said with a smile: "I asked His Majesty not to give me any reward, but Your Majesty insisted on giving me the reward, and I had no choice. This makes me want to share His Majesty's worries, but I have no way to do it."

Li Shimin couldn't help but look puzzled.

Li Shimin sighed, waved his hand, and said, "Forget it, I won't reward you today. I need to think carefully about what you need."

"When I think of it, I will reward you."

"Don't refuse. If you do, Wu Shiqi and the others will be embarrassed to accept it."

Shen Lian smiled and nodded, "Your Majesty, rest assured. I am the most reasonable person. Your Majesty, please give me whatever you want. If I refuse even one piece, I will lose."

Li Shimin slapped his forehead helplessly.

He looked at Shen Lian and said, "After the Wanbang Chamber of Commerce, there won't be any big events."

"You should also calm down these few days."

"The wedding is only a few days away, please prepare for it for me."

Li Shimin said: "Changle is my most beloved daughter. I don't want anything to go wrong again in Changle's wedding this time."

Upon hearing this, Shen Lian nodded immediately.

He said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I am deeply touched by my daughter Changle's love for me. I will never let her feel wronged."

Li Shimin nodded.

Although Shen Lian sometimes says things that are very irritating.

But Shen Lian is still very reliable in doing things.

Li Shimin nodded.

Although Shen Lian sometimes says things that are very irritating.