please don't believe me

The reception banquet arranged by the magistrate of the water town, no matter how simple he said it, was still a feast of delicacies and feasts that could be seen with the naked eye.Dai Bowen suspected that if he hadn't been there, Liang Hongtian's youngest daughter would have leaned on Prince Tan's body long ago.

Although it's about the same now.Others were surrounded by attendants who served meals—the State Division Office arranged for a man to avoid suspicion—only Prince Tan was surrounded by the daughter of the master's family.

Although the little girl is well-behaved, this scene is still too much fun, and the number of times Dai Bowen sees Prince Tan has increased significantly.

Fortunately, before Prince Tan broke out, Dai Bowen had to start working.

An attendant walked up to Liang Hongtian and whispered something in his ear. Liang Hongtian nodded, then turned to Dai Bowen and said, "National Teacher, everything you want is ready, I wonder if you want to..."

Dai Bowen nodded and said, "Distribute it to everyone."

The attendant carried a tray and distributed pens, paper and a thick envelope to everyone present, even Prince Tan received a copy.

Dai Bowen glanced at the people who were all focused, and said slowly: "I can't drink and eat meat, I can only add to the fun."

What he said was too incompatible with the ecstatic personality, causing everyone to look at him in surprise.However, the next words of the national teacher are even more confusing: "Everyone here is the key to assisting in the investigation. When we meet for the first time, you may not understand why I participated in it. I came here by order, and I should do my best. Now this is also a way for me to Everyone is a little relieved."

"The national teacher's words are serious." Liang Hongtian took a look at Prince Tan's face, and continued, "You are willing to let us open our eyes. I am waiting for a blessing."

Dai Bowen replied: "It's just for fun, Mr. Liang doesn't need to be too polite. You don't need to be nervous, just treat it as a drinking order."

That's the way it is said, but who really dares to drink like crazy?Everyone had no choice but to show the state of literati's entertainment, and the support was not too lively.Although it was tiring to maintain such a cautious state at the wind reception banquet, the other party was a national teacher after all, and the prince next to him had no objection, so who would dare to say anything else?

The "game" begins.

"First of all, I will cover my eyes first." Dai Bowen took out a black silk scarf, tied it around the back of his head, and then turned around, "...and temporarily turn my back to everyone, sorry I’m just making sure I don’t see everyone’s actions.”

Prince Tan glanced at it, put down the wine glass, and straightened the pen and paper, as if to cooperate.With this movement, he led the others to quickly put down the wine cups.

"Everyone can write a question on paper, please finish it in one sentence." Dai Bowen began to guide everyone's actions, "After writing, fold it in an envelope and seal it, so that no one else can see it. Please put it in the letter Write a name representing everyone on the cover. Those who want to remain anonymous can also write a name that only you know.

"After you finish writing, please put the envelope in the box. Don't tell anyone what you wrote. Please tell me after you have finished writing and putting away."

Everyone is a scholar, except for the time to think about the problem, the speed of writing is quite fast.When Prince Tan's envelope was thrown in, others' envelopes were also handed over to the waiter, and they were thrown into a small copper box on a desk in the center of the hall.

Half a quarter of an hour later, Prince Tan took a glance and said, "Everything is fine."

"I'm sorry." Dai Bowen took off the silk scarf and turned around.He directed the waiter around him to bring the small copper box over, and explained in the process: "There is an envelope in the copper box, and there are questions from everyone in the envelope. Now, except for you, no one knows what is inside."

The copper box was placed by his hand.

"Everyone may have heard that during the reign of the late emperor, my master once prayed for rain from the northwest." Dai Bowen put his hand on the lid of the copper box, "I grew up and practiced in Huaqing Temple since I was a child. He doesn't have the talent of a master, but his hard work pays off, and he can be regarded as able to practice some spells.

"Let me confirm with you again: I haven't met you before, and I don't even know the names of some of you here. But it doesn't matter, my spells can see through everything."

Most of the people here are dubious, and a few officials are nodding slightly, but they don't know that this is all a lie.Not only the so-called "skill" is false, but also the seemingly "unknown people present" statement is also false.The "important points" identified by Prince Tan are all present, and Dai Bowen can connect these faces with their lives as long as he hears their names once.

"I will guess what question it is, whose question it is...and the answer without opening the envelope." Dai Bowen put the box on Prince Tan's desk next to him, "To show fairness, please Prince Tan Draw an envelope."

Prince Tan glanced at him, then opened the copper box with his own hands, and took out a letter from it.He turned it upside down and looked at it himself, but couldn't see what was written inside.

Dai Bowen looked at him sideways: "Show me the side with the name."

Prince Tan had no intention of handing it over to the waiter, and directly showed the words on the envelope to the waiter.

"'Shanxi Layman'."

Dai Bowen read out the number above.This number is elegant, but the way of writing is slightly deviated.The structure of the characters is relatively smooth and smooth, but there are sharper strokes between the strokes from time to time, which makes the characters tend to have two fonts when they are closed and taken apart.

Names, characters, and numbers are what people write most, and they may look completely different from other things the person usually writes.But it is this gradually developed and stereotyped vocabulary that will reflect the characteristics of people.

However, this technique is not needed now, because the material of "Shanxi Layman" is within the range that Dai Bowen has recited.

Dai Bowen put on a show for a while, and said, "Linqi was born in 30 years old, from An County, a water town, and was elected at the age of 32..."

He memorized the information of this "Shanxi layman" in detail or not. Needless to say, most of the people present were already surprised.Some of them know who "Shanxi Layman" is, and they also know that what the national teacher said is very accurate; some people know "Shanxi Layman", but not all national teachers know it all; I can't figure out the number.

The most surprised one was of course the "Shanxi Layman" himself.It was the first time he met the national teacher and the prince with everyone yesterday evening, and he was not even introduced by Liang Zhizhou.Now the national teacher, who is still considered a stranger, talks about his deeds with countless treasures, some even more so than his parents and relatives, how can he not be shocked?

And after the national teacher said a few words, his eyes were already fixed on him.Looking at the calm eyes of the national teacher, he suddenly understood that the national teacher already understood that he was a "Shanxi layman".

Dai Bowen saw that the other party's expression changed from extreme shock to relaxation, and he raised his hand: "'Shanxi Layman', am I right?"

The middle-aged man stood up, bowed his head and bowed: "It's not bad, the national teacher is really a god."

what is this.Dai Bowen laughed secretly in his heart, even if he himself believed it, others might not believe it too.After all, as long as you want to check what you say, you can still know it.Especially Prince Tan, who was randomly checking his endorsement, it would be a shame not to be laughed at by such a trick.

Starting now is the real means.

The real name—or, more precisely, the real number—means that the person has nothing to hide, and the peaceful and correct handwriting represents peace of mind when writing.Although he was surprised when he was called out, he tended to be calm when called out.All this gave Dai Bowen a direction.

"In your envelope, you wrote a realistic but unimportant issue."

The man was startled: "...Yes."

"This question is related to you..." Dai Bowen's eyes fell on the man, and he said slowly, "It's not related."

This heavy panting caused Prince Tan to glance at the national teacher in a blink of an eye.

The man replied: "Indeed."

Dai Bowen looked at him for a moment, then suddenly said, "It's related to me."

The man opened his eyes wide suddenly, but before he could speak, Dai Bowen continued: "You probably just want to test me, maybe you think it doesn't matter if my spells are effective or not..."

He picked up the letter from Prince Tan's desk, and held it up with his name facing outward.

"Your question is—what is the national teacher's daily hobby?"

"Shanxi Layman" blurted out: "Yes!"

Everyone was in an uproar, and even Prince Tan immediately turned his head to look over.Dai Bowen handed the envelope to Prince Tan, and the surprised and suspicious Yan Wang opened the envelope, took out the paper inside and opened it.

With just one glance, he said, "Indeed."

The acknowledgment of the two people made the people present no longer have any doubts about whether the national teacher was right.If Dai Bowen was a bit like a country bluffing stick when he memorized the materials before, he immediately stood out when he guessed the question correctly, like a god.No country magic stick will challenge people's impromptu thoughts, because the stuff is too detailed, sudden, and arbitrary; It's like a miracle.

The national teacher was sitting in the reception banquet, the aroma of wine filled the air and the lights were brightly lit.However, this seemingly indifferent person from outside the world has the ability to "see the world" and can see through people's hearts at a glance.

Everyone's astonishment made them forget that the matter was not over yet, but they didn't pay attention, Prince Tan would not forget.He folded the paper back into the envelope and asked casually, "Master, what's your answer?"

"My hobby?" Dai Bowen glanced sideways at the other party, "Same as 'Shanxi Jushi', playing chess."

The word "playing chess" did not appear in the description of "Shanxi Layman" before, and now that it is said, he can't care about whether the national teacher has this hobby, he just thinks about admiration.

When Dai Bowen's gaze left Prince Tan, Prince Tan's gaze turned to him again.

play chess?Prince Tan thought to himself, on such a long journey, he has never seen him ask for a chessboard, who is he to lie to?

The "miracle" continues.

In this letter, the weight of the strokes is inconsistent, the font size is different, and the space arrangement is uneven.

"This question shows this person's confusion, and the question is related to his future... It's you, your name is 'Wang Qing'."

The man stood up: "Yes."

Wang Qing, official of the Salt Transport, the second son of the governor of Linjiang Wang.family……

"Your question is - what is your future career?"

"Yes... Wang is ashamed."

"The destiny cannot be peeked at. But you have always had something in your heart. As long as you persist, you may not be unable to get what you want. It's just that the Yancang case is a catastrophe. If you fail, everything will go wrong in the future."

"Remember the teachings of the national teacher!"

Another one.Oh... I know the name, and when I glanced at it, the other party immediately smiled shyly.

"Your question is... who gave you your hairpin?"

"The answer is your wife. The husband and wife are harmonious and the children are prosperous."

"Your question is, what is your baby's baby name. Look into my eyes, your baby's baby name is... Yue'er."

"Your problem is..."

All the envelopes were pulled out by Prince Tam himself.Most of Dai Bowen read it directly, but there were two letters kept on the table.When Dai Bowen said the last letter, Prince Tan fumbled for a while, and finally handed the envelope to him.

Dai Bowen smiled when he saw the name on the seal.He picked up the two letters that were on the table together, and lifted up the three letters at the same time, so that those who sat close could clearly see the words on them.

"These three, 'Fang Zhongren', 'Listening to the Rain Through the Window' and 'Nian'...all asked the same question."

These three are code names that no one here has ever heard of. Everyone is at a loss and can't figure it out, let alone try to guess the problems inside.

Dai Bowen was unambiguous: "Their question--whether the truth of the Yancang case in the water town can be found out?"

Prince Tan's prediction was right, everyone present couldn't get away with it.As soon as these words came out, there was a moment of panic on everyone's faces.Dai Bowen glanced at it calmly, and had already confirmed the three people who wrote the letter.

He signaled the attendant to move the copper box to his desk, and when he looked over, he met Prince Tan for three seconds, then turned away.

As soon as the three letters were put inside, the lid of the copper box closed with a "bang".

"This case will definitely be settled!"