Datang: Hiding private money, exposed by Xiao Sizi

He said: "Put yourself in their shoes. If Lu Xie insulted your parents, you would also kill Lu Xie! So it is understandable that Shen Lian killed Lu Xie!"

"Of course... Lu Xie is also our partner. I am not saying anything bad about him, but he really did something wrong this time."

"As the saying goes, it is better to resolve a feud than to create one. You are all aware of Shen Lian's power and influence. If Shen Lian can make peace with us and become our partner... I think you should also know how much benefit there is in this."

When everyone listened to Wang Wenru's words, their eyes suddenly lit up.

They subconsciously looked at Wang Wenru.

"So, what Mr. Wang meant is..."

Wang Wenru said calmly: "I will find time to invite Shen Lian over and have a good talk with him. There is not much hatred between us. I will find a way to make peace and even get him to join us."

"As for Lu Xie...if everyone can help to bury him properly and take care of his family, it will be worthwhile for us to be colleagues."

When everyone heard Wang Wenru's words, their eyes suddenly flickered.

Make friends with Shen Lian and make peace with him.

They really didn't expect this possibility.

Compared to Lu Xilai, Shen Lian certainly has more power and status, and can bring them more benefits!
If they could really pull Shen Lian over, what would Lu Xie mean? They could completely forget about this person's existence.

So for a while, many people agreed and thought this was a perfect plan.

Wang Wenru saw this and said, "That's it. I will invite Shen Lian, and then on that day, I will also ask a few of you who can talk to Shen Lian to come together, and we will talk to Shen Lian together."

Someone whispered, "Shen Lian is so arrogant, can he come?"

Wang Wenru raised his lips slightly, and said confidently: "Don't worry, I have a way, he will definitely come."

Everyone felt relieved after hearing this.

After all, this old scoundrel Wang Wenru has never let them down.

Just like that, the meeting that was originally intended to criticize Shen Lian turned directly into a meeting to recruit Shen Lian.

As for Lu Xie?

Who is Lu Xie?

How come we don’t know each other?
Reality... is so cruel.

Death is like the extinguishing of a lamp. What benefit can a dead person bring to them? Of course, it is Shen Lian who has a very high power and status, which makes them more envious.

A quarter of an hour later, the officials left one after another.

Soon, Wang Wenru was the only one left in the hall.

Wang Wenru closed his eyes, and the warm smile on his face disappeared, replaced by an extremely stiff expression.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly spoke: "You heard it all. We will act tomorrow night. I don't care what you do. Just plan it yourself."

In the empty hall, suddenly, a dark shadow appeared in front of Wang Wenru.

There is a crescent moon pattern embroidered on the heart of this black shadow.

"Are you so willing to give it up? Don't you feel bad? After all, it's more than ten years of hard work." A hoarse laugh was heard.

Wang Wenru still didn't open his eyes. His voice was emotionless, as calm as if it came from a puppet: "For Shen Lian, it's worth it."

"Ah."

The black shadow laughed, said no more, and soon disappeared.

Wang Wenru just closed his eyes, giving people the feeling that he had stopped breathing.

…………

The next day, early in the morning.

Dali Temple Yamen.

Shen Lian stretched lazily and just arrived at the Dali Temple to meet Li Wencheng when Xu Gou came to meet him.

"Master, someone sent an invitation to invite you to a banquet."

Shen Lian entered the office, sat down, and asked in surprise, "Who?"

Who would invite me to a banquet at this juncture?
Wei Zheng?

Do not……

Wei Zheng has been worried about grain transportation recently, so why would he care about this?

Besides Wei Zheng, who else could it be? Shen Lian couldn't think of it for a moment.

Xu Gou looked at Shen Lian and said in a deep voice: "The Censor, Wang Wenru."

"Wang Wenru?"

Shen Lian raised his eyebrows.

He said, "But is that Wang Wenru that Li Kuiqing mentioned?"

Xu Gou nodded hurriedly: "That's him, the backbone of Li Kuiqing's faction."

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes and smiled, "This is quite interesting. I haven't even looked for him yet, but he came to look for me."

"Then sir, shall we go?"

Xu Gou said: "The servants in the palace are still waiting for your reply."

Shen Lian thought for a moment and said, "There's nothing to go for. I'm not familiar with him, and this old bastard must be holding back his farts. There's no need to go to his home ground."

Xu Gou was not surprised at all. He nodded and was about to reply.

"Master."

And at this moment, the snake suddenly rushed in.

He looked at Shen Lian and said, "Master, I have found out what you asked me to investigate before."

Shen Lian's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "How is it?"

Sishe said: "We first found the Taoist priests who used to work at Taiji Temple, and then went to the Ministry of Rites to check the registration book that was taken from Taiji Temple when it was banned."

"Then we compared them one by one and found that before the grain and salary case, there were no wandering Taoist priests who had been to Taiji Temple, so there was no one who met the Taoist identity that the young master said."

"but……"

Sishe changed the subject and said, "Although there was no Taoist priest, we did find out that there was a believer who lived in Taiji Temple for half a month during that period."

"His reason was that he had nightmares for a long time and felt that something unclean was haunting him, so he went to Taiji Temple to purify himself. During that time, he often met Wuyazi from Taiji Temple."

Shen Lian's eyes flashed, it didn't matter whether he was a Taoist priest or not.

What’s important is that during that period of time, there were people who didn’t believe in Tai Chi!

And this person is definitely related to Beidou Society and Beichen!

So he hurriedly asked, "Who is that person?" Sishe turned to Shen Lian and said in a deep voice, "The Imperial Censor, Wang Wenru!"

Outside the Dali Temple.

When Shen Lian heard what Xu Gou said, his eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam of light, and he felt that the originally messy threads in his mind were directly connected together at this moment.

Things that were originally unrelated, noisy and confusing, all came together.

The thick fog in front of me suddenly dissipated.

"Wang Wenru, it turned out to be him..."

The corners of Shen Lian's mouth suddenly rose: "But if it's him, then all these things I haven't figured out will make sense."

"It should be him, it really should be him!"

Shen Lian suddenly laughed.

The Dog was completely confused.

He scratched his head, his mind full of questions because of Wang Wenru's shock.

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He looked at Shen Lian and said, "Master, what? That person is Wang Wenru, shouldn't I be surprised?"

"Surprised, why are you surprised?"

Shen Lian chuckled and said, "If it wasn't him, then I really couldn't figure it out, but if it was him, then everything would make sense."

"Ah!" Xu Gou looked confused.

Snake was also a little confused.

Shen Lian was in a good mood, so he explained, "Your Majesty, the matter of letting me take charge of the Dali Temple temporarily did not happen in the past one or two days. I have experienced a lot of things in the meantime."

“But their impeachments have increased in the past one or two days. This is obviously a problem.”

"If they are really dissatisfied, if they are really afraid of me, then they should have reported it immediately after Your Majesty issued the order. In this way, I have not yet established a firm foothold, and they still have a lot of room for maneuver."

"But they didn't do that! This shows that they are very afraid of me, Shen. This fear makes them dare not attack me directly."

The Dog and the Snake thought about it, then nodded in sudden realization.

Shen Lian continued, "And in the past one or two days, they suddenly impeached me and put their ideas into practice. According to what I just said, this is definitely a problem."

"Why didn't I take action at the best time? Instead, I took action when my position was not threatened at all. This obviously doesn't make any sense."

"In addition, they not only wrote a letter of impeachment, but also sent Lu Xie and Li Kuiqing to surround me. This is even more strange. It seems that they are afraid that I, Shen, don't know, and it seems that they are actively sending people to me to kill..."

"This goes against common sense, and I couldn't understand it before."

Shen Lian paused for a moment and said, "Because in my opinion, no matter how stupid someone can be, there should be a limit to how stupid they can be. Lu Xie and Li Kuiqing are really stupid to a degree that I can't even imagine."

"But now, after knowing that the core figure in their faction is Wang Wenru, and that Wang Wenru is related to He Wuyazi, everything has finally become clear to me."

Sishe asked: "So... what does the young master mean?"

Shen Lian chuckled and said, "Don't you understand yet? I've already said that the person next to Wuyazi that day must have a connection with Beidouhui or Beichen."

"Perhaps, Wang Wenru is a member of Beidou Society, or he may be Beichen's subordinate... or..."

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes and said, "Maybe it was Beichen himself. After all, Beichen controlled Wuyazi in those few days."

When the Dog and the Snake heard this, their faces changed.

However, before they could say anything, Shen Lian said, "Don't think about it. If Wang Wenru didn't do these things, then he might really be Beichen himself. After all, no one knows who Beichen is."

"But now, he has done these things, which clearly declares war on me, Shen. That shouldn't be Beichen. Beichen is already hiding from me, so how dare he attract my attention in such a high-profile way."

"However, this Wang Wenru is definitely related to Beichen! Think about it, I, Shen, just made Beichen suffer a great loss, causing Beidou to lose a lot of power, and then Wang Wenru and his men impeached me and sent Lu Xie, a man with a bad temper, to surround me... With the ability of an old scoundrel like me, Wang Wenru, how could I not know what kind of character Lu Xie has?"

"How could I not know that Lu Xie might have crossed my bottom line?"

"So, if nothing unexpected happens, I think... Lu Xie might have expected me to kill him. Killing an official appointed by the imperial court is definitely not a trivial matter. I might be implicated."

"Once the imperial court wants to investigate me, maybe those guys who are ready to make a move will rush over and share my possessions. Then I might not be able to take care of myself, let alone deal with Beichen."

Xu Gou's face changed drastically: "So that's how it is? This Wang Wenru is really sinister and vicious! How can Lu Xie be his confidant? How can he treat his confidant like this?"

Sishe said coldly: "Those guys have no humanity at all. For them, as long as they can achieve their goals, it doesn't matter who they sacrifice."

Xu Gou patted his chest and said thankfully: "Fortunately, His Majesty has withstood everything and did not let the young master be affected at all, otherwise it would be unimaginable!"

"There are many people who are jealous of the young master, but they are afraid of the young master and dare not take action. But once the young master has any accident and they find an opportunity, they will definitely not let it go. At that time, it will be really dangerous."

The Snake and the Dog both looked relieved, but Shen Lian did not react at all.

Even if Li Shimin couldn't handle it, he wouldn't be so upset just because he killed Lu Xie.

No matter how you put it, he is the most awesome crime solver in the Tang Dynasty, so by the same token, he can also be the most awesome criminal.

Even if he killed the person, with his ability, no one would be able to find any evidence or clues to deal with him, so he was really not afraid at all.

However, Li Shimin's action was still better than his own, at least it would have a strong deterrent effect on those forces.

As a result, many people now dare not covet him anymore, and some even take the initiative to show goodwill to him, which saves Shen Lian from wasting his time.

Xu Gou looked at the invitation in his hand and said, "Then Master, should we... still reject them?"

Shen Lian's eyes flickered.

He took the visiting card and said, "It would have been fine if I didn't know about Wang Wenru's situation before, but now that I know, there is no reason for me to let him go."

"Perhaps we can find other clues about Beidou Society or Beichen from Wang Wenru, not to mention... he wants to trick me again. If I don't retaliate, then I am not the kind of person I am, Shen."

Shen Lian said: "Reply to them and tell them that I will be there on time for the banquet tonight."

Xu Gou asked worriedly, "Master, aren't you afraid that he has bad intentions?"

"Xu Gou, be more confident and remove the word 'ma'. That old bastard Wang Wenru must have bad intentions."

Shen Lian said calmly: "But what if he has bad intentions? Do I have good intentions? If he behaves well tonight, it's fine. If he doesn't behave well, I don't mind plotting against them again."

"But you're right, I have to prepare some too."

Shen Lian waved to Si Snake and whispered something in his ear.

After hearing this, Sishe looked at Shen Lian and said, "Master, this... can we have such a big harvest?"

Shen Lian laughed: "It depends on whether Wang Wenru and the others value me. If they think this is a good opportunity, maybe they will get something like this."

"Anyway, go get ready. It never hurts to be more prepared."

"Yes!" Si Snake nodded and left immediately.

Shen Lian stretched lazily and looked out of the window.

It’s a nice day again!
Really looking forward to what happens tonight.

(End of this chapter)