Li Shimin turned to Shen Lian and said calmly: "Recently, a big event happened in the palace, and Shen Zhuangyuan, you are here again, but have you heard anything about it?"
I heard this.
Shen Lian straightened up, looked at Li Shimin, and said with a wry smile: "Yes, a little, but... His Majesty is here, which is not very good for the common people."
"Well? What does this mean?" Li Shimin was confused.
Shen Lian said calmly: "If your Majesty gives the common people some time, you will naturally know the reason."
"Okay, then I will give you time!"
Li Shimin nodded and said, "Is one day enough?"
"No need." Shen Lian smiled and said, "The common people only need half an hour."
Just... half an hour?
Li Shimin was surprised.
They were all wondering if what Shen Lian said was the same thing as the incident where he lost the prince.
He wanted to ask, but the emperor's face prevented him from pursuing it.
The document only takes half an hour and doesn't cost much.
"I'm sure."
Li Shimin nodded.
The voice fell.
Shen Lian had no time to delay, he said directly: "Xugou, call everyone out immediately."
Then he looked at Dezhi and said, "Abbott, take me immediately to where you hide your money."
Everyone didn't know why, but they had long been convinced by Shen Lian, and they didn't resist Shen Lian's orders at all.
Soon, everyone quickly gathered together and walked directly to the place where Dezhi hid the money.
As they walked, they couldn't help but peek at Li Shimin.
Looking at Li Shimin, the majestic Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, it was incredible at this moment that he was walking shoulder to shoulder with Shen Lian.
And what's incredible is that Shen Lian didn't look scared at all, and his whole person was extremely calm.
Like...
It's like two people who know each other well and are like good friends, walking together.
Seeing this, these monks couldn't help but stir up huge waves in their hearts again.
It's true that Shen Lian is giving them a new impression every moment and giving them a huge shock.
Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!
What an identity!
Who dares to walk side by side with the Emperor of Tang Dynasty?
What kind of identity is this Lord Shen? How could he be treated like this by His Majesty?
They looked at Shen Lian and felt that Shen Lian was becoming more mysterious and terrifying.
But Li Shimin and Shen Lian didn't care about those monks.
At this time, the two were talking quietly.
Li Shimin had already explained to Shen Lian the fact that Li Tai had been kidnapped, and also handed the robber's letter to Shen Lian.
After reading the letter, Shen Lian thought for a moment and asked, "Your Majesty, have the guards of the Wei Palace discovered any abnormalities?"
Li Shimin shook his head, "Shen Zhuangyuan, that's why I'm looking for you. There's nothing abnormal. I thought maybe only you can solve it in a short time."
Shen Lian laughed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for caring so much about the people."
"So tonight, may I ask Your Majesty, has anyone ever left the Palace of Prince Wei?"
Li Shimin shook his head again.
Shen Lian looked at Shimin and asked for the third time: "Your Majesty, have you also arranged for guards to protect you secretly? What did they say?"
Li Shimin frowned and said, "They have been secretly protecting Tai'er, but they didn't find anyone entering or leaving Tai'er's room, so...this is what puzzles us the most."
Shen Lian thought for a while and said: "Since they didn't find anyone entering or leaving His Highness King Wei's room, how did they find out that His Highness King Wei was missing?"
Li Shimin said: "It's like this. Someone was guarding Tai'er's room. But at night, suddenly the window of Tai'er's room was opened. The guard walked over and wanted to close the window. He happened to look into the room and found that There was no one on the bed, and he was shocked, so he entered the room and found that Tai'er had really disappeared."
"After that, he shouted quickly and attracted the guards and other guards. Only then did everyone know."
Shen Lian sighed, looked at Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, although it's not a good idea to say it out loud, the common people still said it directly, you have fallen into a trap."
"What?" Li Shimin was stunned.
Shen Lian said: "If the common people are right, His Highness the King of Wei must still be in the Palace of the King of Wei, or even in his room, but I guess... there must be a secret room in his room, or other places where people can be hidden. place."
As for the thief, it is no surprise that he was the first guard to discover that His Highness King Wei was missing."
"What!?"
Li Shimin was completely shocked.
He looked at Shen Lian with wide eyes and said, "Shen Zhuangyuan, are you serious about this?"
Shen Lian shrugged his shoulders and said calmly: "Your Majesty, you have already asked people to search Prince Wei's palace. I can't think of any surprises. Maybe His Highness Prince Wei has been found now, but... His Majesty has left Chang'an, the safest place. , threw himself into a trap and came to this Huasheng Temple, then...the thief's goal was also achieved."
Li Shimin looked at Shen Lian in shock. He was not stupid. When Shen Lian said this, he suddenly realized something.
He said: "You mean...all this was caused by someone deliberately luring the town to Huasheng Temple?"
Shen Lian nodded slightly: "Your Majesty loves your son so much that he has lost his cool."
"Your Majesty, think about it carefully. After the split with Five Surnames and Qiwang, Your Majesty has strengthened the security of the palace. Not even flies can fly out of the Wei Palace, but a big living person is still tied up and left without disturbing anyone. Then, It’s impossible.”
"Not to mention, there are guards watching over you for twelve hours."
"So, as soon as they heard what His Majesty said, the common people knew that His Highness King Wei had not left the Palace of Wei... and because the guards kept watching, only that guard entered the room during this period and confirmed the disappearance of His Highness King Wei. In other words, He is the only one who has the opportunity to contact His Highness King Wei, so... only he can make His Highness King Wei disappear."
"Therefore, taking everything into account, ordinary people can know where His Royal Highness the King of Wei is hidden and who did it without any investigation at all."
"His Majesty……"
Shen Lian looked at Li Shimin and said helplessly: "You have really been deceived."
Li Shimin: "..."
My son-in-law said this subconsciously.
Li Shimin's eyebrows trembled and he said: "I...were my thoughts disturbed by this letter? I didn't think about that for a while."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Shen Lian sighed.
He can also understand Li Shimin.
After all, if his child was lost and the kidnapper left a letter, he might not be able to be so calm right away.
"So now, Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about the safety of His Royal Highness, King Wei. It will definitely be fine."
"It's just His Majesty's safety..."
Shen Lian shrugged his shoulders: "It depends on whether the guy chosen by the grassroots can show his strength. If so, we can counterattack."
"Not powerful..."
Shen Lian said: "Datang is about to change hands."
Shen Lian was really emotional.
This is nothing.
Why doesn't he remember the many disasters recorded in the history books of the Tang Dynasty?
Li Shimin will be dead if he doesn't move.
"Master Shen, we are here."
At this moment, Dezhi suddenly spoke.
Shen Lian paused, raised his head and looked at the room in front of him, took a deep breath, flicked his sleeves, and a sharp light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
He raised his lips and said calmly: "Let's go, the previous moves are all his moves, but the key to chess is back and forth, so next... it's my move.
It's time to start counter-killing a dragon.
This is a Zen room.
It is the Zen room of Abbot Dezhi.
After Dezhi opened the door, Shen Lian was the first to walk in.
He looked around the Zen room, taking in the situation inside the room, and saw that the room was not too big, and was very simple and clean.
There is a futon in the center, a wooden fish in front of the futon, a wooden table and a few chairs nearby.
Apart from that, there is nothing else.
On the contrary, it is in line with what Shen Lian thinks a Zen room should be like when it comes to enlightened monks.
But Shen Lian knew that this was just the surface.
This Zen room has its own secrets.
It is far from as simple as what meets the eye.
He looked at Dezhi and said, "Abbott, do you have a secret passage or a secret room here?"
Others were shocked when they heard this.
Dezhi, on the other hand, didn't react at all. Shen Lian could even deduce such a perfect scam, and guessing that there was a secret room in his room was nothing.
He didn't delay, walked directly to the table, moved the table away, and then pushed the wall behind the table with both hands.
Then I saw that the wall was actually pushed back some distance.
Then a dark passage appeared directly in their sight.
Dezhi was extremely surprised when he saw this scene.
He couldn't help but look at Dezhi and said: "Brother, you...how come you have a secret passage here? When...when did you dig it?"
Dezhi showed a wry smile, shook his head and said, "Junior brother, I did not dig this secret tunnel. I worship Buddha every day. You should understand me. How can I have time to dig any secret tunnels?"
"And... to be honest, I only found out about this secret passage ten days ago."
When Shen Lian heard Dezhi's words, his eyes flashed, and he asked: "But that person told you?"
Others didn't know the existence of the people behind the scenes, so they felt a little baffled when they heard Shen Lian's words.
But Dezhi knew what Shen Lian meant.
He nodded slightly: "Sure enough, nothing can be hidden from Lord Shen. That's right... He also told the poor monk directly about this secret passage that day after the poor monk nodded."
"To be honest, when the poor monk saw that there was such a secret passage in my meditation room, I was shocked. After all, I really didn't know that there was such a place in the poor monk's meditation room."
When Dezhi said these words, he didn't look nervous at all. He was very relaxed, which was completely different from his previous behavior when his identity as a thief was revealed.
Therefore, Shen Lian could tell that Dezhi was not lying.
His eyes narrowed slightly.
Dezhi didn't lie, so there is something to be said about this matter.
In the abbot's Zen room, even the abbot Dezhi didn't know there was this secret passage, but the person behind the scenes did.
This is no longer a case of simply using morality and intelligence.
He is so virtuous and wants to know more about this temple!
So... who is the person behind this scene?
Is he really Beichen?
If so, then Beichen's identity will really become more and more confusing!
The original intelligence said that Beichen and the Taoist priest were related to Guiguzi, but now, if it is really Beichen, it can only prove that Beichen is also related to Huasheng Temple.
A person who is related to Buddhism, Taoism, and the mysterious strategist Guiguzi, the founder of the Guigu Sect...
What is his identity?
Who is it?
The more Shen Lian learned about him, the more he felt that this person was mysterious and scary.
No wonder it can become the most mysterious existence among the Seven Stars!
This person is really scary!
But now is not the time to think about this. There are more important things to do now, which are about life.
So he forced himself to suppress his fast-moving mind and thoughts, temporarily suppressed the matter, and said: "Quickly lead the way!"
The abbot felt a little nervous when he saw that Shen Lian was very serious.
He took a torch and entered the secret passage.
Shen Lian and others quickly followed.
The distance between this secret passage is not too short, and Shen Lian feels that they have now reached the mountain below Huasheng Temple.
As for being able to build such a long secret passage, he was completely convinced that it was definitely not something that De Chi could do.
Not to mention Dezhi, even if everyone in Huasheng Temple participated in the excavation, they would never be able to find such a secret passage in a short period of time.
It was not dug by Dezhi, but the entrance is in the abbot's Zen room. There are only two possibilities.
One was excavated when the temple was built.
One was dug by the previous abbot of unknown generation.
Only these two possibilities would make these monks unclear.
After all, when Buddhism spread to the East, temples were first established and then monks were recruited after having a place to stay.
Therefore, if it was excavated when the temple was built, no one knows about it except the workers or monks at that time.
And if an abbot of a certain generation secretly spends a few years, it is not impossible to complete it.
After everyone walked for about a stick of incense, Dezhi suddenly stopped.
He looked at the stone door in front of him and said, "We're here."
After that, he directly touched the stone wall on one side with his hand, and then pressed hard, and a stone was pressed directly inward.
At the same time, a clicking sound also sounded.
Soon, a slightly empty space appeared in everyone's sight.
This is a space that is not small in area and very high in height, but it is obvious that it has not been specially decorated.
So compared to the secret passage, it looks a lot rougher.
The surrounding areas are obviously mined with tools and have not been repaired.
In front of this space, there are some boxes.
Dezhi pointed to the boxes and said: "The silver I exchanged for stones is all here."
Shen Lian looked at Meng Hu and said, "Xugou, I'd like you to go take a look."
Xu Gou nodded and quickly walked over. He opened the lid and looked inside.
"What?"
Suddenly, an exclamation suddenly sounded.
When everyone heard this, they were all shocked and looked at Xu Gou.
"What's wrong?"
someone asked.
Xu Gou turned his head with a complicated expression. He looked at Dezhi and said, "Abbott, are you lying to us? How can there be a single silver coin here? This box is simply empty."
"What? Impossible!"
When Dezhi heard this, his expression suddenly changed.
He immediately shook his head and said with great certainty: "Now that things have happened, how can a poor monk lie to you? I hid all those silver coins here. It's absolutely true!"