Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

"you……"

Zhang He was so angry that his hair stood up.

At this time, Shen Lian walked up to the Taoist priest, looked at him calmly, and said, "That's enough. I'm your opponent. Stop causing trouble for my men."

The words fell.

The Taoist looked at Shen Lian and chuckled. He said, "You really are very protective of your subordinates... Several of my men have died in your hands. I am just adding to the trouble. Is this unacceptable?"

Shen Lian sat down directly opposite the Taoist, and the two of them faced each other across the chessboard.

He looked at the wrinkles on the man's face and said calmly, "Yaoguang, that guy was poisoned to death by you. Although Xiong Chenglin died at the hands of me, Shen, I did that to free him from his pain. If you want to blame someone, blame that old man from the Yin-Yang family, and that old man was sent by you!"

"As for Old Man Zhang, he has been arrested but is not dead yet!"

"So, if you count them this way, none of your men were killed by me, Shen, personally. Therefore... Beichen, don't you feel guilty for saying this?"

When Beichen heard Shen Lian's words, a rare look of surprise appeared on his weathered face.

He touched his chin, couldn't help but stroked his beard, and said, "Is it really like this?"

After thinking about it carefully, he smiled: "That's true! So, you and I don't have much hatred!"

Shen Lian: "..."

"Of course there is a grudge. You have tried to harm me and kill me many times, and I am a person who holds grudges." Shen Lian said.

When the Taoist heard this, he was neither nervous nor ashamed.

He just smiled lightly, as if he didn't care about the past calculations and the people who died.

He raised his hand, picked up a chess piece, and said, "I heard from Lord Shen that your chess skills seem to be very good. How about... we play a game?"

Shen Lian looked at the Taoist priest, his eyes suddenly sharpened: "With you, or...with your puppet?"

The Taoist didn't look surprised when he heard this. He smiled and said, "Did you find out?"

Shen Lian sneered: "Although I, Shen, have never met you in person, I can infer what kind of person you are based on what you have done. I don't think you will give up resistance like this."

The Taoist laughed, his shoulders shaking, his laughter was low at first, and then it became wild and loud.

The Taoist priest with an immortal look suddenly laughed like this, which inexplicably gave Sishe and others who were accompanying him a strange feeling.

Shen Lian just looked at the person in front of him coldly without saying a word.

After a moment, the laughter stopped abruptly.

The Taoist restrained his smile and looked at Shen Lian, with no trace of a smile on his face.

He said, "Yes, the person in front of you is a puppet. He is a Taoist priest in this Taoist temple, but he and I have some connection. Didn't I write to you before, saying that as long as you solve the case of Huasheng Temple, I will give you a clue to investigate me?"

"He is the clue. Maybe you can find out something about me from him... But this is not an easy task. I don't know if Lord Shen, you..."

He looked into Shen Lian's eyes and said, "Can you find out?"

Shen Lian chuckled and said calmly, "Do you think that with my ability, there is nothing I can't find out?"

"Just hope that the connection between you and him is not that great, otherwise..."

Shen Lian directly picked up a white piece from the chess box and said, "Next time, maybe it won't be me meeting your puppet, but...meeting you in person."

The bright moon is in front of the temple.

Under the big locust tree.

The moon's shadow danced through the leaves and fell on Shen Lian and the Taoist.

Shen Lian looked at the Taoist in front of him with no expression on his face, but he sighed in his heart.

Beichen is too cautious.

Beichen, he did come to Chang'an, but just as he had expected, Beichen came to Chang'an personally to direct everything, but he would not put himself in danger.

Just like myself.

If someone had designed a plan to force Shen Lian to take risks, with Shen Lian's wisdom, he would not put himself in absolute danger or despair.

He will use various methods to eliminate those dangers.

Beichen is also a very smart and extremely insidious person.

What Shen Lian would do is equivalent to what Beichen would do.

So he knew that this time, the best he could do was to find Beichen's puppet or spokesperson, or other clues. It would be extremely difficult to catch Beichen.

Unless everything is an encounter.

It broke out suddenly, leaving Beichen with no chance to prepare.

In other words, I am extremely well prepared.

However, after Beichen knew that he had to use Li Wencheng, it was impossible for him to create an extremely perfect plan. After all, time did not allow it, and many arrangements could not be completed overnight.

Therefore, Shen Lian actually has two plans this time.

One is to lure out the power of Beidou Society in Chang'an and solve as many as possible. This can also be regarded as his revenge for Beichen's previous plot against him.

Make Beichen feel pain.

The other is to look for information related to Beichen, whether it is people or objects.

And now, I have found a puppet of Beichen, and we can play chess together. I also know that I have some connection with him...

It can be said that both goals have been achieved.

So Shen Lian did not feel disappointed. After all, this was what he had thought of before the plan was implemented.

Shen Lian calmed his mind and concentrated on playing chess with Beichen.

Although the person in front of him is Beichen's puppet, his consciousness is Beichen's.

This person's speaking habits, expressions, and even some subtle changes in expression may give Mr. Shen some clues, allowing him to better understand Beichen, and even... be able to infer some information about Beichen.

So Shen Lian didn't treat this as casual chat at all.

Instead, it was regarded as a rare opportunity to collect clues.

The Taoist on the opposite side didn't know whether he had guessed Shen Lian's thoughts or not, and the smile appeared on his face again.

He raised his head, glanced at the silver crescent moon, and said, "Do you believe that there are gods on the moon?"

I believe the moon is full of holes.

Shen Lian complained in his heart.

But on the surface, he said: "In the mythology, it is said that there are fairies on the moon."

"No!"

The Taoist shook his head, his expression actually somewhat pious: "There are fairies on the moon, that's fake, it's used to fool people! There is a god on the moon, he is omniscient and omnipotent, he can show us the way of life! Wherever the moonlight reaches, he is there to save the world and soothe sins."

Shen Lian really wanted to tell Beichen that the moon does not shine. It is actually a mirror, and not a smooth mirror at all. It has a very poor reflective ability.

What you think of as moonlight is actually sunlight reflected from the moon.

wrong.

Shen Lian complained in his heart, and suddenly, he thought of something.

He looked at the Taoist priest and said, "Aren't you a Taoist priest and a believer in the Three Pure Ones?"

Why did you convert to believing in the god on the moon?
Did I believe in the wrong thing?

Beichen's eyes suddenly became clear.

He smiled mysteriously, looked at Shen Lian, and said: "Want to test my true identity? But do you think I will tell you?" "The answer is no! Haha, you want to know? I won't tell you!"

Shen Lian: "..."

You're really asking for a beating!
Shen Lian suddenly wanted to overturn the table.

Beichen's smile faded, and he said, "The world is ignorant. There are not many sober people in this world, and you, Shen Lian, are very special. Although you are not completely sober like me, you are the one closest to sobriety! So Shen Lian, what will happen if you join me, Beidou? I will let you see what the real world is."

Shen Lian: "...I'm sure you don't believe in the Three Pure Ones, but a fucking evil cult!"

Why did he feel that Beichen was a little weird?

Even more weird than that Yin-Yang master who plays tricks on others.

Beichen was still not angry.

He just sighed: "Truth, to a certain extent, is often only in the hands of a few people."

Shen Lian: "..."

Shen Lian felt that Beichen was really mentally ill, and that there seemed to be some problems with his faith.

This is not the kind of thought that a person with normal faith would have.

and……

Looking at what Beichen did, Shen Lian's eyes suddenly narrowed.

He suddenly felt that Beichen seemed more dangerous than he had imagined!
This person is clearly a psychopath, a psychopath with a high IQ.

This kind of person is paranoid and sometimes cannot be understood.

What he wants to do may be incomprehensible to normal people.

But he also has a high IQ and can accomplish things that others cannot understand!
Such people would be extremely dangerous even in later generations.

This is because he is most likely an extremely dangerous person who is antisocial, a high-IQ criminal, and a mentally ill person.

I didn’t expect to meet such a representative guy in ancient times.

Shen Lian couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

"It's not easy for you to live till now!"

“???” Beichen looked confused.

Shen Lian didn't explain. You can't say that it's God's blessing that a lunatic like you didn't kill yourself, right?

He said, "Aren't we going to play chess? How do we play?"

When playing chess, you can judge the other person's character by his or her moves.

It is a tough and vigorous group.

He is still a man of subtle clues and good at strategy.

He has a very long-term vision and can ignore immediate interests for the sake of final victory or defeat.

Still only looking at the immediate interests, and not giving an inch!

Knowing this will give Shen Lian a great understanding of the truly bloody battle between him and Beichen in the future.

"This time, you were the one who initiated the plan, so... of course you will make the first move."

Shen Lian's eyes moved slightly when he heard this.

He plays chess according to the layout on his side, so... does he think that the game is not over yet?
He still thinks he has a chance to turn the tables?

Was it Zhang He who mentioned that drunk and mysterious guy?
But Beichen didn't know that he was there and had a backup plan.

Of course...there is no news about apprentice Di Renjie yet, so we don’t know what the outcome will be.

But Shen Lian believed in his own arrangements and also believed in Di Renjie's abilities.

Although Di Renjie is still young, he is the future prime minister after all. As he has the upper hand, he doesn't think Di Renjie will fail.

He smiled and said, "Okay, then I will take the lead!"

Shen Lian made his move quickly.

Beichen was not vague either. He quickly picked up a black piece and placed it without hesitation.

Shen Lian was also as swift as a rainstorm.

The two of them had almost no time to think, and there was almost no pause. After one person finished making his move, the other quickly followed suit.

The people behind him, including Sishe, were dazzled by what they saw.

Before they could even see where the move was made, the other party quickly followed.

This made Sishe and others fully understand that... the chess game in front of them was not something they could understand at all.

The two people in front of them, Shen Lian and Beichen, are beyond the imagination of people at their level.

That kind of wisdom, that kind of strategy, that kind of planning...

They are all incomparable.

Therefore, they could only watch the two people playing chess in front of them quietly from behind, while carefully guarding their surroundings to prevent any accidents.

Outside the entire Taoist temple, the only sound was the sound of chess pieces falling.

The sound is clear and hits the heart directly.

Just like that, in less than half an incense stick of time, half of the chess pieces on the board had been moved.

At this time, Shen Lian and Beichen seemed to have a tacit understanding and began to slow down.

Beichen glanced at the chessboard and said with a smile, "The plan is very detailed and far-reaching. The first step of the chess piece actually only comes into play at this moment. Shen Lian... you are really scheming."

Shen Lian chuckled when he heard this.

He said: "From the first step, they have been sniping at my chess pieces. It seems that they are only concerned about the present, but at this time, the chess pieces that are sniping me have also begun to connect..."

"Beichen, are you deliberately disguising your personality? Do you want me to think that you are a person who only cares about the present and won't suffer any loss?"

He sneered and raised the corner of his mouth: "If you don't want to win, you can do whatever you want, but if you want to win..."

Shen Lian sneered: "No matter how deep you hide, I can force you out. Playing tricks in front of me, haha... Don't you think you are as funny as a monkey?"

In front of the Haoyue Temple, under the old locust tree.

Under the mottled moonlight, an old man and a young man play chess against each other.

Shen Lian and the Taoist were clearly right in front of Sishe and the others. They could touch them if they stretched out their hands, but Sishe and the others felt a little dazed, as if they were far away in the horizon, unreal and illusory.

It's like being in two worlds.

At this time, Shen Lian and the Taoist priest both focused their eyes on the chessboard, and exchanged sharp words with each other, neither of them giving in.

Because they all know the person opposite them too well.

He knew that if he gave the other party even the slightest bit of leeway, they would definitely seize the opportunity and bully him.

In this extremely dangerous game, a slight advantage of the opponent may lead to the loss of the entire game.

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In this extremely dangerous game, a slight advantage of the opponent may lead to the loss of the entire game.

(End of this chapter)