The corners of Shen Lian's mouth raised slightly, and he said meaningfully: "It was Beichen who always dug holes before, and this time I will dig a hole too. It just so happened that Beichen also sent people to hunt down Li Wencheng, so I, Shen... will kill both of them. Catch them all in one fell swoop, men and horses."
"Digbing holes, calculating, coincidentally... I am also very good at it."
Shen Lian changed into casual clothes and left the Dali Temple Yamen directly with Xu Gou.
Xu Gou asked curiously: "Master, you haven't said yet, are we going to go?"
The corners of Shen Lian's lips curled up slightly and he said, "Of course I'm going to find Li Wencheng."
Xu Gou was startled, his eyes widened and he said, "Young... Young Master, do you know where Li Wencheng is?"
Shen Lian smiled softly: "Actually, it's not difficult to determine where he is."
As Shen Lian walked, he explained to Xu Gou: "Xugou, think about it, I have blocked all the gates of the four cities and set up checkpoints on the road out of Chang'an. Anyone whose identity is unknown will be Anyone suspected will be arrested."
"Even if Li Wencheng can disguise himself, what will be his identity after he disguises himself? Then we, the common people of the Tang Dynasty, all have our own identity cards. If we want to go to other places, we must have documents issued by the local government."
"But Li Wencheng fled in a panic. He would never have made these preparations. At least...he wouldn't be able to get these things together in a short period of time."
"So, he must still be in Chang'an City now."
Xu Gou thought for a while, then nodded.
The ancient system is different from that of later generations.
People in ancient times could not just go wherever they wanted. They had to have documents issued by the local government and documents proving their identity.
Otherwise, when you reach some checkpoints, you may be arrested directly due to unknown identity.
Li Wencheng suddenly disappeared this morning. It was obvious that he was in a hurry, so he definitely didn't prepare these things.
"But Chang'an City is so big, how do we know where Li Wencheng is hiding?" Xu Gou continued to ask.
Shen Lian smiled and said, "Just continue reasoning."
"Li Wencheng's status is unusual. Not many people know him. Moreover, he is an official in the court, and the court has a portrait of him. Therefore, if the court wants to arrest him, the portrait will be spread quickly."
"So at that time, his situation will be extremely difficult, so he will not go to inns, restaurants and the like."
"At the same time, in addition to us wanting to arrest him, Tiandi Pavilion also wants to kill him. I guess he has also anticipated this, so there are only two places he can choose."
Xu Gou looked at Shen Lian subconsciously: "Master, which two are they?"
"First."
Shen Lian said: "A certain remote and sparsely populated mansion may have been bought secretly by him to prevent such a thing from happening, or he may have relied on his own power to buy it using others."
"second……"
Shen Lian looked at Xu Gou and said: "It's dark under the lamp, or a place that is easy to be ignored, but where a lot of information can be obtained..."
"That's the beggar's den!"
"Beggars' Den?"
Xu Gou was startled.
"Master, do you mean that he might become a beggar?"
"What? You don't believe that the dignified minister of Guanglu Temple would become a beggar?" Shen Lian said with a smile.
Xu Gou was a little shocked and said: "It's not that I don't believe it, but... I never thought that he would become a beggar."
Shen Lian smiled: "Look, isn't it good? You didn't even think of it, which proves that this choice is very suitable. Moreover, as a beggar, you can run around at will, secretly check the changes in the situation, and you can also Asking for some information from other beggars, who among us or others would take a closer look at what a beggar with a dark face looks like?"
"No, everything is perfect under all circumstances."
Xu Gou thought about it carefully.
Then he couldn't help but sigh and nodded.
Really, when you think about it, being a beggar is indeed perfect.
At least in a short period of time, no one will look for beggars.
After all, there are a lot of beggars in Chang'an City, and they are extremely scattered, and they are all unkempt, so they are not easy to check.
Xu Gou asked: "Then Li Wencheng, will he go to the mansion? Or will he be a beggar?"
Shen Lian smiled and said, "Guess what."
Xu Gou frowned and thought for a while, then looked at Qin Wenyuan and said, "Master, I think the probability of becoming a beggar is higher."
"Why?"
"The young master thinks, if it is a mansion, he will either buy it by himself or with the help of others. No matter who buys it, it must be related to him, and we only need to investigate his social circle and investigate Those houses belonging to households can be traced sooner or later by starting from Yahang, even if there are many houses..."
"Look one by one. As long as he hides there, you can always find him!"
"And now, he knows that we are looking for him, and he can also deduce that Beidou will kill him, so he will never sit still and wait for death, and he will never hide in a place where we can definitely find him as long as we put in the effort."
"So..." Xu Gou looked at Shen Lian cautiously and said, "I don't think he will choose the mansion."
Shen Lian looked at the way Xu Gou looked at him cautiously and eagerly, and couldn't help but smile and said: "What are you afraid of? It doesn't matter whether you infer right or wrong. The main thing is that you can withstand scrutiny. You don't even have confidence in yourself. You don't even have confidence in yourself." If you can’t convince, how can you convince others?”
When Xu Gou heard this, he immediately straightened his back and said, "Master, I believe in my own judgment!"
Shen Lian nodded with satisfaction.
"You are right in inferring that these reasons are all tenable, but at the same time, you still ignored an equally important reason."
"What?" Xu Gou asked hurriedly.
Shen Lian said: "You have to know that Chang'an City is the most dangerous place for Li Wencheng right now. Maybe if you don't pay attention, you will die without a burial place."
"Therefore, hiding... this is not his purpose at all. His only choice is to escape from Chang'an City!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "As for leaving Chang'an City, it is absolutely impossible for him to do it by himself, so he must obtain enough information and contact some people who can help him. Powerful talent!"
"And if he hides in the mansion, he will really become a turtle with no choice but to wait for us or the Beidou Society's killers to come to his door! So...it's not that he doesn't want to hide in the mansion comfortably. , but he has no choice!”
"If he wants to live or escape, he must choose these two paths!"
Xu Gou was completely convinced.
He felt that he had thought carefully enough.
But after hearing his young master Shen Lian's analysis, he realized that the reasons he mentioned before were reasonable, but they were not the most important and the reasons that best supported his point of view.
The reason mentioned by the young master was the reason why Li Wencheng really chose the second path.
He was filled with admiration in his heart, and he was also trying hard to keep up with Shen Lian's footsteps.
He knew that his young master was telling him these things intentionally to give him guidance and cultivate himself.
Today is different from the past.
As a lord, he already has the preliminary rights to build a family.
Shen Lian revealed that he would be responsible for intelligence after Xu Gou was beaten.
In the future, he will have to bear the burden of the entire intelligence agency. It is hard to say how smart Xu Gou is, but at least he must have a certain ability to judge.
"Well, young master, there are at least thousands of beggars in Chang'an City, and they are spread throughout Chang'an City. Where should we find him?"
Xu Gou had questions again.
"Since Li Wencheng is pretending to be a beggar, he will definitely hide his appearance and be careful. It will not be easy for us to find him!"
"Who said it's not easy?"
Shen Lian laughed.
"ah?"
"You, whether you were a shadow guard before, then you followed Uncle Hu, or I have never been in contact with these real low-level people, so you don't know many things..."
Shen Lian said calmly: "Come with me. Before I married my wife, I was a beggar. I know a lot about beggars. I can tell you now where Li Wencheng is."
Xu Gou was puzzled.
How could my young master know where Li Wencheng was?
yes!
His young master had been a beggar, he knew this.
But that wasn’t done in Chang’an City, but somewhere else!
The beggar in Chang'an City, my young master knows nothing about him!
Now there are thousands of beggars in Chang'an City. Where can they find them in such a big place?
He didn't understand, but he still followed Shen Lian obediently.
Soon, the two of them arrived in front of a teahouse.
Shen Lian smiled and said: "Xugou, are you thirsty? Why don't you go up and have a cup of tea?"
Xu Gou shook his head: "I'm not thirsty."
"No, you are very thirsty." Shen Lian said seriously: "Say quickly, you are very thirsty."
Xu Gou: "...I, I'm very thirsty."
"That's right."
Shen Lian took Xu Gou directly to the second floor, chose a seat by the window, and said: "Waiter, a pot of good tea and two plates of side dishes."
"Okay, sir, wait a moment!"
The waiter responded directly.
It didn't take long for the items to be delivered.
Shen Lian picked up the teapot, poured two cups of tea, then picked up a cup of tea, smelled it, and said with a smile: "Although the tea here is not an expensive variety, it still tastes good. Give it a try."
Xu Gou is still confused.
He couldn't help but said: "Master, we... aren't we going to find Li Wencheng? Why are you here to drink tea?"
"I found it, so naturally I have to reward myself." Shen Lian smiled and said.
"What!?"
Xu Gou was immediately stunned.
He was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes widened subconsciously: "Found it? When did you find it?"
How come he doesn't know?
At this moment, he was filled with three major questions in life.
who I am?
Where am I?
What am I doing?
He was obviously inseparable from Shen Lian, but why didn't he know anything?
Could it be that I just lost my memory?
Seeing Xu Gou's confused look, Shen Lian took a sip of tea and then said slowly: "Look out the window, next to the wall."
Xu Gou looked around hurriedly.
I saw a beggar there, lying there holding his stomach. There was some blood on his face, and it looked like he had just been beaten.
"That is?"
"Li Wencheng." Shen Lian said calmly.
"What!?" Xu Gou was startled: "Is he Li Wencheng?"
"this……"
"What? Don't believe it?" Shen Lian laughed.
Xu Gou shook his head: "It's not that I don't believe it, but young master, how do you know it's him? We can't see his face either?"
Shen Lian smiled and said calmly: "Every industry has its own rules."
"Even if you are a beggar, you still have beggars rules."
"Xugou, you have never had formal contact with beggars, so you don't understand them."
"In fact, every beggar, just like us doing business, has his own business scope. For example, on the street we just came to, there were three beggars on that street, and you would never see four at the same time. The beggar appeared there because...that place is the territory of those three beggars."
“One more person means more competition, and everyone may go hungry.”
"And these beggars are all under the jurisdiction of the beggar gang. The beggar gang has allocated their territory. So it seems that the beggars are in a mess, but in fact they manage themselves in a very orderly manner."
This was the first time Xu Gou heard such a statement.
"What does that have to do with Li Wencheng?" he asked.
Shen Lian said calmly: "Li Wencheng pretended to be a beggar today, but he doesn't understand the rules, so he will definitely step into the territory of other beggars. Do you think those beggars are good people?"
"If you go to their territory to grab food, will they agree?"
"So it is normal to be beaten up! Then these beggars will bring Li Wencheng, a new and ignorant colleague, to the Beggar Gang, and the Beggar Gang will teach him how to be a qualified beggar."
"Near here is the headquarters of the Chang'an Beggar Gang. If the Beggar Gang takes Li Wencheng into his home, then Li Wencheng is qualified to beg for food in Chang'an. Otherwise, does he think it's easy to be a beggar?"
"And every new beggar who comes to the Beggar Clan, in order to make them understand the rules, they will give them a show of strength. The result is as you can see."
Shen Lian looked at Li Wencheng who was huddled under the wall with a calm expression, and said: "Be beaten, and then thrown out nearby to see if anyone sees him as pitiful and gives him coins. If so, it means that Li Wencheng is still a bit beggary." If he is qualified, he will be given a place in the future. If not, then Li Wencheng will wait to starve to death or be beaten to death."
Xu Gou was frightened when he heard this.
He couldn't help but said: "Is this... so cruel?"
Is it so cruel to be a beggar?
He really doesn't know.
Shen Lian said lightly: "People will always be so cruel when they live in this world. This is a cruel era."
"Living is always going against nature, always fighting against people, heaven and earth. If you can't fight, you don't deserve to live."
In ancient times, living was really not easy.
The longer Shen Lian stayed, the deeper his understanding became.
It was also at this time that he could feel more and more how rare it was to live a peaceful, hopeful and peaceful life in the future.
It's a pity that too many people live in blessings and don't know the blessings.
"Okay, I'm relieved to see that he's not dead. Let's go."
Shen Lian suddenly stood up.
"Okay, I'm relieved to see that he's not dead. Let's go."