Datang: Longevity for Thousands of Years, Exposed by Xiao Sizi

"The second possibility is their own provocation. According to the intelligence I have obtained, Nanzhao has been captured by Beidou Society, so the envoys sent this time are definitely their people. Even if they are not Star Number holders, they will be their trusted personnel."

"And I have repeatedly made the Beidou Society lose face, so they will definitely want to get back at me. So what else can they say to me other than provoking me and declaring war on me?"

As Shen Lian walked, he lazily said, "So, when they stick their butts up, I know what kind of shit they are going to do. Why should I listen?"

"Listen to their lies? Or listen to their provocative declaration of war? Which one makes sense?"

Du Ruhui and A Bao were speechless for a long time after hearing Shen Lian's words.

They felt that for Shen Lian’s enemies to encounter Shen Lian would be the most frustrating thing in their lives.

Shen Lian had already guessed what those people wanted to do.

And they didn't even have a chance to provoke, because Shen Lian simply didn't listen!
Fortunately, they were on Shen Lian's side, otherwise, it would be really depressing to think about it.

Ah Bao said: "So, this time, Nanzhao Kingdom has a conspiracy?"

Shen Lian sneered, "Which country's envoys come here without conspiracy? Which envoys don't have calculations?"

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"Even the envoys from small countries are all very smart. If they didn't have any calculations, who would travel thousands of miles to the Tang Dynasty? Do they really think that traveling so long and hard is a leisurely thing?"

"So, don't worry about it. Nanzhao has a conspiracy, Tubo has a conspiracy, and Dashi has a conspiracy... Doesn't our Tang Dynasty have a conspiracy?"

"This is just like a game of chess. Each side makes its own moves, but who will have the last laugh depends on their own abilities."

"Unfortunately, I set up the chessboard this time, so their conspiracy can only be carried out on my chessboard. And I like to crack conspiracies the most. I'll watch the show."

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Shen Lian's eyes sparkled, and in those lazy eyes, there finally was a glimmer of expectation.

One hundred and eight countries, one hundred and eight conspiracies and calculations.

One hundred and eight puzzles waiting to be solved.

Just thinking about it makes him excited!

There has been no case that has interested him during this period of time. Now that he has this opportunity, Shen Lian is really happy.

When Du Ruhui saw Shen Lian's eager look, he couldn't help but sigh again.

I am really old!

When he heard so many conspiracies and plots, he felt a headache and instinctively wanted to hide.

But Shen Lian was looking forward to those conspiracies and even placed all of them on his own chessboard. He was truly a bold but confident guy.

At this moment, Du Ruhui was completely relieved.

Let Shen Lian give it a try.

Old guys like him, please don't join in the fun.

Du Ruhui thought about it and decided that he should go find Wei Zheng and the others to remind them not to join in the fun for no reason, so as not to disrupt Shen Lian's deployment.

Since Shen Lian wants to do something big, we old guys should give Shen Lian the stage and the opportunity.

Du Ruhui raised his head, looked at the setting sun, and suddenly laughed: "We are so old, but to be able to see a younger generation like Commander Shen, God really favors us!"
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The next day.

It's just dawn.

Before Shen Lian got up, he heard knocks on the door.

"Sir, it's not good."

Abao's voice rang out outside.

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At this moment!

Shen Lian was woken up, his head a little dazed.

He was confused for a moment, then he put on his clothes and opened the door.

"What's wrong?" Shen Lian asked.

Ah Bao said, "There was an accident. A team of envoys from a certain country was robbed and killed on the way to Chang'an. A total of 120 people were killed."

Envoys, all wiped out!
Shen Lian nodded slightly and yawned, his eyelids still twitching.

He let out a soft "oh", seemingly not surprised, and not as nervous as Xu Gou.

He asked, "Do the other envoys know?"

Ah Bao shook his head: "I don't know for now, but I don't think this news will be kept secret for long. Maybe we'll know it at dawn."

Shen Lian said calmly: "What are you hiding? Tell them first."

"What!?" Abao was stunned.

Shen Lian raised his lips, and the sleepiness in his eyes finally disappeared. He said calmly: "If we don't let them know, how can we cause them to panic?"

"Yesterday was just the first step of my plan."

"Today, the good show is really on."

"alliance?"

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Let's see how you can connect after today!"

When Abao heard Shen Lian's words, a guess suddenly came to his mind, which made him suddenly widen his eyes and look at Shen Lian with surprise on his face.

"Could it be that they were...?"

"Put aside your unreliable guesses."

Before Abao could finish his words, Shen Lian interrupted him as if he had seen through his thoughts.

He said calmly, "Don't think too much. Although I am not surprised and I also want to make use of the demise of these envoys, the deaths of these envoys were not caused by me."

"I wouldn't dig such a hole for the Tang Dynasty."

Abao hurriedly looked at Shen Lian.

As Shen Lian turned around and went back to wash up, he said, "There is no absolutely perfect crime in this world. As long as a crime is committed, there will definitely be traces left behind."

"Even if I am Shen Lian, if I want to do something, it will not be without any trace. This is impossible. And now I am not sure whether there are any of these envoys who are as good at reasoning as I am. So before testing their abilities, I will not take any risks."

"Otherwise, it would be like shooting oneself in the foot. As the host country, the Tang Dynasty killed the envoy team midway. Once this matter is made public, you can imagine what kind of trouble it will bring to the Tang Dynasty."

"If that happens, the advantage I have worked so hard to build up will be gone, and it may even bring about a catastrophic disaster, so..."

Shen Lian wiped his face and said calmly, "Do you think I would be so stupid as to leave such a huge hidden danger to the Tang Dynasty just to eliminate an envoy from a small country? I'm not that stupid, am I?"

"If you want to kill someone, I have ten thousand ways to kill him with a borrowed knife. Do you want to do it yourself?"

Shen Lian shook his head and said disdainfully: "Too low-end!"

After hearing this, Abao didn't know how to express his feelings.

The entire envoy team, more than a hundred people, was wiped out, not a single one was left alive.

Such a horrific case.

As a result, in front of my own parents, I am despised and looked down upon, and even regarded as low-end!
This... Abao couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the adults are so awesome!
Shen Lian put on her clothes and walked out of the house.

Said: "Let's go, take me to the scene. Also... send someone to spread the news in the post station to let the envoys know what happened. At the same time, tell Zhao Hai not to comment on the matter. If there is anything, just push it onto me. Everything will be discussed after I return."

Abao nodded quickly.

Without any hesitation, he ordered his men to pass Shen Lian's order to the post station. Then he and Shen Lian and others quickly left Chang'an City and headed towards the scene of the crime.

It was around noon when Shen Lian and his team arrived at the crime scene.

This place is not far from Chang'an. It takes half a day to travel there. With the strength of a horse, it is less than 300 miles.

It is a little farther than Mount Taiji, but it does not leave the territory of Mount Taiji.

Taiji Mountain is not just one mountain, but a general term for a group of mountains.

Some of the previous cases, as well as the Tai Chi Hall and other places, were all located in Tai Chi Mountain near Chang'an.

"!!!"

"!!!"

A voice suddenly sounded from behind Qin Ziyi, which frightened Qin Ziyi so much that his hair stood on end.

Moreover, there were hundreds of corpses in front of him, and many of them died with their eyes open, staring at him with their big eyes.

Suddenly a sound was heard, which almost scared Qin Ziyi.

"who!"

Qin Ziyi had just said half of his words when he saw that it was Shen Lian standing behind him. He swallowed the other half of the words back into his stomach with difficulty.

"Go on. It's so uncomfortable to stop talking halfway. Come on, finish your sentence and let me hear what our Qin Shaoqing has to say." Shen Lian looked at Qin Ziyi with the side of his eyes.

"Cough cough."

Qin Ziyi coughed and said with a smile: "Commander Shen, why are you here?"

He said, "Qin Shaoqing, let's get down to business. What exactly is going on?"

Qin Shaoqing heard this and said seriously, "The people who were killed were the envoys from Bolü."

"After examination, the coroner found that the crime occurred shortly after dark yesterday. A total of 120 people in Bolü were killed, and no one survived."

"We checked the wounds on these corpses and found that their wounds were not consistent. Some were knife wounds, and some were sword wounds. It can be seen that they were attacked by many enemies."

"There were traces of fighting at the scene. There must have been a fight at the time, but the enemy was too powerful. The Bolor envoys were completely unable to resist. In the end, some of the Bolor guards tried to escape in despair, but they were still caught by the killers and could not escape."

Qin Ziyi pointed to the hillside in the distance and said, "That's the last dead person we found, and the one who escaped the farthest."

Shen Lian nodded slightly.

Qin Ziyi has been the Shaoqing of Dali Temple for a long time and has rich experience. His judgment of the scene is still reliable.

Shen Lian thought for a moment and asked, "Qin Shaoqing, are there any other bodies at the scene?"

Qin Ziyi understood what Shen Lian meant. He shook his head and said, "No, there are only the bodies of the Bolor envoys. No other bodies have been found."

Shen Lian took a look at the corpses and weapons, and saw that they were stained with blood. It was obvious that many of their enemies were also injured.

With so many people in Bolü, it is not impossible that no enemy can be killed.

Therefore, it seems that after killing the Bolor envoys, the enemy took away the bodies of their own side, fearing that they would be discovered by the imperial court and their identities would be confirmed.

"Taking away the bodies means that the enemies must have clear characteristics, so that we can determine their identities when we see them, or at least have some guesses."

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes slightly, and his mind began to connect the clues he had obtained so far.

"As for the speed of the Bolor envoys, even I am not sure. I only know that the Bolor envoys will arrive in the next few days, but I am not sure when, let alone when they will arrive here."

"But it was just getting dark yesterday. The Boluo envoys definitely wouldn't want to stay in the wilderness at that time, so... they were most likely planning to walk at night and reach Chang'an as soon as possible. This means that the Boluo envoys were ambushed here, rather than being raided while resting here!"

"Being ambushed and being raided are two completely different situations. Being ambushed can only mean one thing."

Shen Lian's eyes flickered: "That is, the perpetrator knew all about Bolü's actions, so he was able to ambush here in advance, and wiped out the Bolü envoys in one fell swoop in this place where there was no village or shop!"

"Then who is so familiar with the actions of the Bolor envoys?"

"Why did he... kill all the envoys from Bolor? What was his purpose?"

Shen Lian didn't think that the perpetrator was trying to help him stir up trouble in the alliance of nations.

So, what is he doing it for?

Who is the murderer?

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes slightly, and he suddenly felt that this time, there were still many secrets hidden in the tribute from all nations!
In addition to wanting to get a piece of the pie from the Tang Dynasty, those countries also had other ideas.

This is even more interesting.

Shen Lian was really interested. He really wanted to know which old friend was so cooperative with him. Just when he was about to muddy the waters, he took action.

When he finds out the truth, he will definitely go and thank this old friend.

I just hope that this guy won’t be frightened by the truth about himself, that would be bad…
"Commander Shen, by the way, I have some clues here."

At this time, Qin Ziyi suddenly spoke.

Shen Lian looked at Qin Ziyi, who said hurriedly, "Commander Shen scared me just now. I almost forgot to tell you that before Commander Shen came, I found a lot of badges here."

"Badge, what badge?"

Qin Ziyi hurriedly took out a bunch of badges from his pocket and said, "These are them."

Shen Lian took the badges, looked at them carefully, and a gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes.

"The Tibetan wolf is exterminated?"

"The Great God of Cookery Mission?"

"Nanzhao Daganlang?"

Looking at these badges representing identity, Shen Lian began to think.

The Tubo Langmie, the Great Food God Envoys, and the Nanzhao Daganlang are all secret guard organizations of various countries.

He knows too much about this information.

However, this is the first contact.

Although it was the first time they came into contact, Shen Lian had some understanding of these secret guard organizations thanks to the Jinyiwei's intelligence agency.

Seeing these badges now means you are not completely clueless.

Qin Ziyi gave Shen Lian more than a dozen badges, with the most being from Tubo Langmie, Dashi Shentuan and Nanzhao Daganlang.

Others that only have one piece include Tiele Horse Envoy, Goguryeo Soul Catching Palace, and Japanese Ninja Village.

A total of six national secret guard organization badges appeared here at the same time.

What do these badges represent?

Did the killers leave it there on purpose? Or was it an accident?

(End of this chapter)