Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

Shen Lian's eyes flickered, and he said, "My current status is different from before, but even if you are a lord, without an official position, if it was before, we can't arrest anyone easily."

"But now, His Majesty has given us the power to investigate without any worries! Now that we have evidence, no matter who he is, just arrest him!"

"Your Majesty has already said that I, Shen, can do whatever I want. He has my back. He is just one of the Nine Ministers, not even a Duke. How can he be qualified to restrict me, Shen, from doing anything?"

"and……"

Shen Lian paused and said, "I'm worried that the longer the night, the more trouble there will be. Beichen knows that Zhao Deshun is in our hands, and Zhao Deshun knows about Li Wencheng. If No. 1 wants to give up Li Wencheng, then this clue may be lost..."

"so……"

Shen Lian looked at Sishe and said, "Sishe, please come and inform Xugou immediately and have him mobilize his men to arrest Li Wencheng. I will personally speak to His Majesty."

"You yourself continue to hide in the dark."

"Yes!"

Si Snake did not delay and led his people away directly.

Shen Lian looked up at the azure sky. The sky was azure and the sun was shining brightly, as if all the shadows had disappeared.

But Shen Lian knew that where there was light, there must be shadow.

He narrowed his eyes, thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "Someone come."

An Intelligence Department guard instantly appeared.

This was Li Shimin's assistance to him.

After all, his son really was missing, and he really asked Shen Lian for help, so this guard came to assist Shen Lian.

"grown ups!"

Shen Lian said, "Pass my order to the four gates of Chang'an to set up additional sentries to check the identities of people coming and going! Anyone with an unknown identity, anyone with an evasive look, or anyone suspicious will be arrested and handed over to the Dali Temple for handling!"

"At the same time, immediately send Li Wencheng's portrait to the four city gates, and set up checkpoints at the official roads along the way for secondary inspection."

The guard was stunned when he heard this.

He looked at Shen Lian and asked, "Lord Shen, what is this?"

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes and said, "Beichen is too insidious...so I, Shen, must be on guard."

"If Xu Gou and the others catch him, then we can remove these checkpoints. If they can't catch him, we can still be prepared."

"Yes!"

The guard knew the matter was urgent, so without any delay he turned around and left quickly.

Soon, Shen Lian was the only one left here.

Seeing that he was the only one left, Shen Lian couldn't help but shook his head.

No, I still don’t have enough capable subordinates.

We must find a way to get the hundred-man secret guards out as soon as possible.

Now it only has Zhang He, and it is still short of 99 people.

If that doesn't work... maybe I could consider some historical celebrities?
What are those historical figures who have not yet shown their talents?

Xue Rengui?
Pei Xingjian?
"It's not impossible..."

Shen Lian smiled.

Recruiting historical figures...

This is feasible!

Two hours later.

It was already noon at the Dali Temple.

Shen Lian used this place to handle the case.

He did not give himself a holiday to go home and rest and reunite with his wife. Instead, he used the power given to him by Li Shimin and went directly to the Dali Temple to take charge of everything.

The reason why I don’t rest.

On the one hand, he knew yesterday that something was going to happen later, so he went to bed early, so he was in good spirits and not too tired.

On the other hand, he has to wait for the result of the Dog.

Li Wencheng may be a very key person, and he needs to know the arrest results as soon as possible.

In addition, Li Shimin was still staying in the Dali Temple, and he also wanted to come and talk to Li Shimin about the matters of the Huasheng Temple.

So he has a lot to do.

Fortunately, everything went as he expected.

King Wei Li Tai was found in his room. Li Tai was unconscious after being drugged by a fragrance. The person who hid Li Tai was the first guard who Shen Lian inferred had discovered Li Tai's disappearance.

So this matter was finally resolved without any major incident.

After learning the whole story, Li Shimin affirmed Shen Lian and hurried back to the palace.

After all, as the king of a country, Li Shimin had a lot of state affairs to deal with and he had no time to waste.

However, when he learned that Shen Lian needed to handle a case, he handed over the power to temporarily take charge of the Dali Temple and then returned to the palace.

After Li Shimin left, Shen Lian locked himself in a room in the Dali Temple and ordered that no one was allowed to disturb him unless the Dog came back.

He sat at the table, closed his eyes, and kept all his emotions absolutely calm and rational before slowly opening his eyes.

Then he took out a piece of paper, flattened it, picked up the brush and dipped it in ink, thought for a moment, and then wrote down all the clues he had collected last night.

Suspected to be Beichen, he knows the mystery of the secret passage in Huasheng Temple. He made arrangements in Huasheng Temple several years ago and sent martial monks in. His purpose is unknown.

That’s right, the purpose is unclear!
Although it was Shen Lian who discovered all of Beichen's arrangements this time, it was obvious that these monks would never do this for the purpose of plotting against him.

After all, he was not famous a few years ago and was still a playboy, and he had never competed with Beichen. No matter how powerful Beichen was, he would never have known that he would meet an opponent like him a few years later.

Therefore, Beichen would definitely not have designed those martial monks or even the secret passages in Huasheng Temple to deal with him.

So...what was Beichen's purpose in attacking a temple?

Is it purely a dispute over orthodoxy?
Shen Lian narrowed his eyes, he was not sure.

Maybe there are some secrets in Huasheng Temple that I don’t know about, so when I have time, I might go find Monk Dezhi to talk to him.

Shen Lian continued writing while thinking.

"Yaoguang, he is good at martial arts and has connections with bandits. Maybe he was born a bandit, or became one later! He comes from a certain area and has a high position in the government. He can control the life and death and promotion of no less than two provincial governors. He may be the governor of a province at the highest level."

Shen Lian got a lot of clues from Yaoguang.

If these clues do not yield any results from Li Wencheng, they can also become a line for me to investigate further.

Shen Lian thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "Someone come!"

Chou Niu had been guarding outside the door. When he heard Shen Lian's voice, he hurried in: "Master."

Shen Lian said: "Chuniu, check immediately to see if there is any place that has sent some people here for some reason in the past few days. These people are allowed to carry weapons. Maybe they are escorting some people or some important items! Go quickly!"

"Yes!" Chou Niu quickly turned around and left.

Shen Lian had already made some speculations before, and now he wanted to turn his Twitter into reality.

He said a long time ago that she was not afraid of anyone taking action against her, but was afraid that they would not take action.

And as long as they take action, whether they are willing or not, they will definitely leave clues for themselves.

Now, Yaoguang has left himself a very important clue.

Whether it was the arrival of those bandits or Yaoguang being trapped, Shen Lian could know many secrets.

Shen Lian looked at the paper again.

The names of Zhao Deshun and Li Wencheng were not written down.

These two people, or Li Wencheng, may be able to give himself more surprises.

Afterwards, he wrote down the names of Xue Rengui, Pei Xingjian and others. These historical celebrities must have had their excellences to be able to leave their names in history.

Since no one has discovered their advantages yet, I have no choice but to accept them.

Therefore, it is time to find a way to trick Xun Rengui and the others over here. Our own secret guards need to be formed as soon as possible.

It is impossible to fight against a powerful and mysterious organization like Tiandi Pavilion without sufficient manpower.

After finishing all this, he finally stretched himself. He had summarized everything that needed to be summarized and had made all the necessary plans.

Next, we need to see which side can bloom.

"Master!"

At this moment, a somewhat anxious voice suddenly sounded.

Then, Xu Gou rushed into Qin Zulai's office in a hurry.

Shen Lian glanced at Xu Gou and said, "Didn't you catch anyone?"

Xu Gou was about to speak when he heard Shen Lian's words. He paused for a moment before saying, "Master, do you already know?"

Shen Lian chuckled: "To be frank, I know you better than you do now. How can you hide your expression and your thoughts from me?"

"Dead or escaped?"

"Escaped."

Xu Gou took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "After I received the order from the young master, I led people directly to the Guanglu Temple, because it was already the duty time at that time, and Li Wencheng should be in the Guanglu Temple."

"But when I went to Guanglu Temple, I was told that Li Wencheng was not on duty today."

"So I hurried to Li Wencheng's residence, and then the housekeeper said that Li Wencheng was not feeling well and was resting at home. I wanted to see Li Wencheng, but... "

Shen Lian said: "So the person disappeared?"

Xu Gou nodded: "Yes, the person is missing! The housekeeper was very surprised at the time. He said that in the morning, he was delivering medicine to Li Wencheng."

"At the same time, we also saw a capable servant of Li Wencheng being killed in Li Wencheng's room. The servant was tortured before his death. We asked the coroner to check and found that the time of death was no more than an hour. In other words, the person was killed after the emperor saw Li Wencheng for the last time and before we went to Li's house."

As Shen Lian listened to Xu Gou's words, pictures quickly appeared in his mind.

Xu Gou said with some guilt: "Master, I disappoint you. Master, you finally pried open Zhao Deshun's mouth, but I...but I let Li Wencheng escape."

"Xu Gou, come on, stop making things more serious for yourself. This can't be blamed on you."

Shen Lian waved his hand and said calmly: "This can only be attributed to Li Wencheng. This person is smart and decisive enough. Your speed is not slow... In fact, it is not much slower than the people sent by Beichen. This is already rare."

"Beichen?"

Xu Gou was stunned: "Master, what you mean is... this is Beichen, and Li Wencheng escaped?"

Shen Lian smiled and shook his head: "Xu Gou, you think too highly of Beichen. Beichen could easily poison Yaoguang to death. Do you think he would be so good to Li Wencheng?"

"The truth is the exact opposite of what you think."

"Why?" Xu Gou was puzzled.

Shen Lian said, "You just said that one of Li Wencheng's capable subordinates died in Li Wencheng's room, and this subordinate also had signs of being tortured, right?"

The Dog nodded subconsciously.

"If the person who killed this subordinate was Li Wencheng, Li Wencheng was in a hurry to escape, so there was no reason for him to waste time torturing a subordinate, not to mention... this subordinate was his confidant, why would he torture his subordinate for no reason?"

"Of course, if this subordinate knew that he was going to escape, then he could kill him to silence him, but torture... How can this be justified?"

Xu Gou thought about it, then nodded: "Yes, killing people makes some sense, but torturing them makes no sense."

"In that case, who killed that subordinate and tortured him?"

He was even more puzzled.

Shen Lian glanced at Xu Gou and said calmly, "The person sent by Beichen."

"Beichen?"

Shen Lian said: "Beichen planned to kill me because I captured Zhao Deshun, but he failed! So he knew that I would probably be able to pry open Zhao Deshun's mouth and find out who Li Wencheng is."

"So in order to prevent Li Wencheng from leaking the secret, he sent someone to silence Li Wencheng."

"But who would have thought that the people he sent to silence him didn't find Li Wencheng, because Li Wencheng sensed the danger in advance and had already escaped, so the killer captured Li Wencheng's men and wanted to find out Li Wencheng's whereabouts..."

"That's why you saw the scene where Li Wencheng's confidants were tortured and killed."

After the words fell, Xu Gou suddenly realized.

"This explanation makes perfect sense!"

"Then Master."

Xu Gou looked at Shen Lian: "Did they find out where Li Wencheng is?"

Shen Lian shook his head: "Li Wencheng is a very cautious and smart person. Judging from Lord Wei's reputation for him, he will not leave any clues for people to find him. So the people of Beichen are at least at the same starting line as us now."

"Will Li Wencheng escape?"

"There's no escape."

Shen Lian raised his lips slightly and said, "After you left, I ordered people to seal the four city gates and set up checkpoints along the roads in Chang'an. Li Wencheng will definitely not be able to escape."

After hearing this, Xu Gou finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He looked at Shen Lian and couldn't help but said, "Master, I... I really admire you. Master, did you know that Li Wencheng might do this? You made these preparations in advance, leaving Li Wencheng no chance to escape."

Shen Lian laughed when he heard this: "It's not that we have planned everything, we are just being cautious. After all, we know very well how cunning our enemy is."

"But... no matter how cunning a fox is, it can't escape the hunter's clutches!"

Shen Lian stood up and said, "Let's go."

"But... no matter how cunning a fox is, it can't escape the hunter's clutches!"

Shen Lian stood up and said, "Let's go."

(End of this chapter)