please don't believe me

Water town, Zhizhou Liang Hongtian mansion.

Because it was getting late, it was not easy for Prince Tan to lead his troops directly to the Yamen of the state government, so he went straight to the resting place.Although there is a post station in the state, how could Liang Hongtian miss this opportunity to get close to the prince?He had already sent someone to receive guidance at the gate of the city, so as not to let these distinguished guests go astray.Then Zhizhou took his men and lined up at the gate to welcome Prince Tan's arrival.If it wasn't for hearing that Prince Tan was cold-faced and difficult to get along with Hades, maybe he would be able to lead people to stand directly at the gate of the city.

These people stood outside the door, no matter how tall, short, fat or thin, they all looked neat when they put on their official uniforms.

The team of chariots and horses stopped in front of the gate, Prince Tan got off his horse, and Liang Hongtian immediately went up to meet him.The two of them said some innocuous official talk, and this was considered a greeting.Prince Tan waved again, and immediately a guard took a low stool and placed it in front of the carriage a few steps away, reciting "Welcome to the Imperial Teacher".

The driver opened the curtain, and saw a man bowing out of the carriage and standing at the front of the carriage.Dressed in a white robe and a deep robe, with a whiskered crown, his appearance is as beautiful as a fairy.When he got out of the car, his movements were smooth and smooth; he glanced over, his eyes indifferent and detached.

Of course Liang Hongtian knew that this dynasty still enshrined the national teacher.It's just that this mysterious Taoist has lived in Huaqing Temple for a long time, and Liang Hongtian has only been to Beijing to report on his work a few times, so he has never seen his true face.When I mentioned it occasionally, I always thought it was a fairy-like old man.Looking at it now, he is actually so much younger than imagined, and his gestures are so graceful that people can't take their eyes off them.

Liang Hongtian is a potbellied old man staring at the handsome and elegant young man in a daze, but the picture of Fan Guoshi's detached aura is slightly weaker, which makes people want to be distorted.Prince Tan narrowed his eyes, and said in a cold tone, "Lord Liang."

Liang Hongtian just came back to his senses, his scalp numb from the stare of Prince Tan, and hurriedly bowed to apologize: "I didn't know that the national teacher would also stay here, so I was far away. Be more tolerant, more tolerant..."

Dai Bowen glanced at him lightly, but didn't speak.

Prince Tan said: "The Yancang case in the water town has been squeezed for too long, and His Majesty was worried, so he sent me to supervise it within a limited time. The Master of the State Teacher has a clever plan, and he is here to help us find out the strange joints. We must not neglect it."

"Yes, yes..." Liang Hongtian repeated her voice, and raised her hand sideways, "Prince Tan please, National Teacher please."

Prince Tan also waved his hand at Dai Bowen: "National teacher please."

Dai Bowen still didn't speak, but he bowed slightly with a wave of the dust, clearly asking Prince Tan to go first.So Prince Tan took a step ahead, and Dai Bowen was only half a step behind him, almost walking side by side, and the group stepped into Zhizhou's mansion.

The scenery inside the mansion is different from that of the two rows of official uniforms outside the gate. In addition to some retainers who have no official position, there are also some female relatives and servants standing on both sides of the vestibule path.Dai Bowen glanced at the group of Yingying and Yanyan, and he had some guesses about Liang Hong's plan for Prince Tan.Not to mention anything else, how can it be unintentional to put a group of cute and cute girls in front of them, and they are all dressed in red and green so eye-catching?

Arriving at the main hall, incense and refreshments are ready.Liang Hongtian's mind is not slow, and his subordinates are also clear-cut. Originally, there was only one chief seat, but when he entered the door, there were already two.Prince Tan and the State Teacher were seated, and Liang Hongtian's group also sat separately. Prince Tan's guards stood behind the Prince and the State Teacher, and the rest did not enter the hall.

The judge nodded, and a group of women walked in with tea.With the colorful colors, Dai Bowen saw at a glance that there were several girls who were waiting by the roadside, the first two dressed up were particularly conspicuous.If it wasn't for a cold and noble national teacher who suddenly appeared, the smiles of these girls would be even brighter.

Liang Hongtian was introducing the people seated in the hall one by one, paused, and then began to introduce the two girls who served tea to the front.When Dai Bowen heard it, he almost laughed out loud.Not for anything else, just because these two little girls are Liang Hongtian's own daughters, and one of them is the eldest daughter of the wife of the main house.

If it weren't for the wrong time, place and people, Dai Bowen really wanted to pat Prince Tan on the shoulder and laugh out loud—he is now having to serve tea from his first daughter—Sima Zhao's heart!

How could Prince Tan not know what Dai Bowen could see?It's just that he has a cold personality, even if he doesn't do anything, the little girls who meet him for the first time dare not approach him the most easily.Seeing that he didn't show any mercy even to the [-] girls, the officials looked at each other for a while, and then began to gossip.Most of the things they pick are funny things about government affairs, they can throw topics to Prince Tan, and they can also justify themselves when the other party ignores them, which can be described as a good offensive and defensive.

After finally passing the tea break, Liang Hongtian led the distinguished guests to the restaurant.Along the way, Liang Hongtian was afraid of neglecting the national teacher who had been silent all the time, so he kept apologizing: "Because I didn't know the national teacher's arrival, the vegetarian food was prepared in a hurry tonight, so please forgive me. However, I will make all the preparations tomorrow. I won't let the national teacher settle down again..."

Dai Bowen nodded in agreement, his expression was neither salty nor dull, and he didn't know what emotion he was in, but he seemed to be able to see through people when he stared at them.Liang Hongtian really didn't know what he was doing here, so he turned around half a circle and ran to Prince Tan and said, "Your Highness is tired all the way, so I don't dare to bother you today. But the official has already ordered someone to prepare a reception banquet, and it will be arranged tomorrow. Tonight, I hope His Highness will appreciate it."

Prince Tan didn't say whether to answer or not, but said coldly: "The investigation will start tomorrow, so it may not be free."

As soon as Liang Hongtian heard this, he had room for it, and hurriedly said: "Of course it will not take up the prince's investigation time. Just hold a banquet at my mansion, and the guests will be these officials, or add one or two relatives to my family. I will never let you worry about it."

Prince Tan pondered for a while, then turned his head and asked Dai Bowen: "What do you think of the teacher?"

Liang Hong added: "I also invite the national teacher to honor me."

Dai Bowen glanced at Prince Tan, and instantly understood what the other party meant. He nodded, and spoke in front of Liang Hongtian for the first time: "It's disrespectful."

"His Royal Highness wants me to go to the banquet..." Dai Bowen threw the account book on the pile of books, "What is the plan?"

This is the archives office of the state government office in Shuixiang, and part of it is now requisitioned as a storage place for the materials of the Yancang Case.On the first day of the case investigation, Prince Tan and the national teacher had to come here to have a look.However, according to the information and speculation given by Prince Tan, the official salt disguised as the shipwreck had been smuggled away long ago, and quickly sold to the pre-prepared private salt channel.Even if it piles up for a while, in the six months when the progress of the investigation becomes more and more stagnant, it is enough to reduce the inventory significantly and disappear at the more distant and detailed sales end.

In other words, the current account books related to these official salts are useless at all.

Sitting at the desk, Prince Tan flipped through another account book, and glanced at him when he heard the words: "The national teacher is so good at predicting things, why don't you guess?"

"Let me guess? OK." Dai Bowen took the account book from Prince Tan's hand, bowed and looked into his eyes, "Look at me."

Prince Tan took a look, and the other party's light brown eyes seemed to be shining, and the intention contained in it was not as bright as the surface.He tilted his head, stood up from his chair, and answered the question directly: "I need to find the account books."

Dai Bowen took two steps back, and patted the stack of books beside him: "Account books?"

Prince Tan paced to the side: "Account book for smuggling salt."

This guy is hiding a lot of things.Dai Bowen raised an eyebrow behind Prince Tan: "It seems that the prince has a direction?"

Prince Tan turned his back on him and did not answer.

Dai Bowen's mind turned: "...the ones I have recited? Do you suspect the Zhizhou family of the water town?"

Prince Tan said, "I don't doubt it."

"Oh... I used the wrong tone." Dai Bowen smiled, "His Royal Highness thinks it is the Zhizhou family of the water town."

Prince Tan was too lazy to chat nonsense with him, and said directly: "If it is indeed Liang Hongtian who did it, no, even if it wasn't Liang Hongtian, he probably cannot escape the responsibility. The whereabouts of the account book of smuggling salt is not in Liang Hongtian's hands. It is also within his grasp. As long as the ledger is found, it is basically time to close the case."

It's so easy to say.Dai Bowen replied: "It seems that Prince Tan has a plan?"

Prince Tan turned around and said, "Without evidence, Liang Hongtian cannot be directly arrested and interrogated. Even you can't use your means."

Dai Bowen really wanted to lazily lean on the pile of books and say "so?", but the situation didn't match, so he could only reply lightly: "Oh..."

Prince Tan said again: "The hare in the Jingfu cave cannot be caught. Only when it comes out to move around can it enter the hunter's sight."

Dai Bowen squinted his eyes and understood: "His Royal Highness wants...to let them transfer the account books?"

Prince Tan didn't answer directly, but said: "The surveillance is in place, as long as there is any change..."

"However, Mr. Liang may not be unexpected about the prince's arrangement." Dai Bowen said, "The more it gets to this time, the more you can't act rashly. After all, it has been hidden like this for half a year."

"Yes." Prince Tan readily admitted this time, and walked in front of Dai Bowen again, "So, please trouble the national teacher."

"Me?" Dai Bowen frowned, "His Royal Highness means... you want me to force them to transfer the ledger?"

Prince Tan nodded.

Dai Bowen squinted his eyes: "Your Highness, I don't think I ran so far with you, just to be a scary display."

Prince Tan sneered: "If you can really scare people, it's not in vain to run so far."

Dai Bowen stared at him: "Your Highness, I'm participating in the hidden treasure pattern. Don't count on me for the salt warehouse case in the water town."

"Then I have a piece of news here, and the national teacher may be more interested." Prince Tan stood very close, and his voice was lowered for threats or secrecy, "Shuicang official salt trafficking has always been safe, but Liang Hongtian has suddenly There are frequent actions, not only suspected of using the public for personal gain, but also colluding with the traitor Xu Chang... Tell me, why is this?"

Dai Bowen said: "Why, he wants to rebel?"

"Leaving aside the rebellion. If he provides a large amount of money to the rebel Xu Chang and others, he must want to benefit from it." Prince Tan induced, "You have seen the situation of this group of rebels. The only one that Liang Hongtian would like is..."

Dai Bowen continued: "The treasure map."

Prince Tan took a step back.

"It's the same as the truth." Dai Bowen is not easy to be fooled, "Is this based on real evidence, or is it just the conjecture of His Royal Highness?"

Prince Tan looked at him: "It is said that there is a piece of debris scattered in the south of the Yangtze River. If Liang Hongtian has mastered it, then it is not surprising that he picked up Xu Chang and others in order to collect other pieces. Is it true or not? If Liang Hongtian is brought to justice, the country will It’s fine for the teacher to ask him directly.”

Dai Bowen smiled suddenly: "I understand."

It's a rumor, but the Prince's expression probably has something to do with it!