please don't believe me

"The account book is in Zhou Xinfang's hands!"

As soon as the guards opened the door, Dai Bowen quickly walked into the reference room of the yamen.There is still the smell of wooden materials accumulated over time. Prince Tan sat alone at the desk and flipped through something. Hearing this, he raised his head and glanced at him.

"Find someone to monitor Zhou Xinfang." Dai Bowen went straight to the side of the coffee table, poured a cup of tea for himself, and raised his eyebrows after taking two sips, "...It's strong tea again. It's good to rest for a while."

Prince Tan threw the folder in his hand on the table: "You came here just to talk nonsense?"

Just as Dai Bowen took another sip of tea, he turned around holding his teacup: "There is indeed an account book, but Liang Hong Tianguang knows that the account book is in Zhou Xinfang's hands, but he doesn't know where Zhou Xinfang is hiding it. After I mention it, he will definitely warn you." Zhou Xinfang. Right now they are all working in the yamen, and they can talk to each other at any time. Maybe the prince has already reacted to me in the few minutes of talking with me..."

In the corridor before, Dai Bowen and Liang Hongtian said so many things, whether true or false, or factual or guesswork, they were all for the foreshadowing. "Whistleblower" - "man-made shipwreck revealed" - "stolen official salt" - "hidden by lawbreakers", except for the first item, the others are nothing but subjective speculation.However, this kind of gradual guidance finally converges on the so-called "key".

Yes, before Dai Bowen said those two words, Liang Hongtian had subconsciously thought of that "key".As long as he knows, he will react involuntarily and avoid it.

So when Dai Bowen and Liang Hongtian mentioned the word "account book", Liang Hongtian wrinkled his nose and the corners of his mouth instantly, and then recovered quickly.

To this, Dai Bowen responded with a subtle triumphant smile.

Enter the topic, then it is much simpler.Dai Bowen took the speculation about the location of the "account book" as the topic, said that he was going to help find the target, and asked Liang Hongtian for any suggestions.

For example, when asked where to go to investigate, Liang Hongtian's reaction was not surprising; however, when it came to targeting people, Liang Hongtian's reaction was smaller than before.

The more people want to hide, the more abnormal they will be.

For another example, when talking about the more trusted characters around certain people, Dai Bowen gave an example of "like Judge Zhou next to Mr. Liang".Liang Hongtian bowed his head again, repeating "Yes" with a lighter tone than before.

However, Dai Bowen couldn't explain all these things one by one.He took another sip and put the teacup on the coffee table: "Is it clear enough?"

"The cow chews the peony." Prince Tan glanced at the teacup and said again, "I just want you to force Liang Hongtian to panic, not to impose your tricks on Liang Hongtian right now. Threats will disrupt our plans. .”

"If the prince still wants to preach to me, just sit down." Dai Bowen sat on the chair closest to the desk, picked up the whisk and stroked it, "Anyway, I don't have anything to do now, so I can chat with you for a while." Not impossible."

Prince Tan was silent for a while, and said: "Long-distance attack, manpower is limited, Liang Hongtian, Zhou Xinfang and others have already arranged surveillance around them. The national teacher insists on increasing the manpower around Zhou Xinfang, if other people take advantage of the loophole due to weak supervision... ..."

"Stop." Dai Bowen flicked his whisk, "His Royal Highness is far-sighted, and will definitely be able to judge the importance more than me. Since you have already made arrangements, I will wait for the good news."

Prince Tan took a deep look at him, finally stood up, and said as he walked towards the door: "The national master's magic power is boundless, you'd better pray that you didn't stab the basket."

Looking at the man's back, Dai Bowen sneered silently; poured himself another cup of tea, and took a slow sip.

——Don’t disturb your pace, how long will it take for this slow rhythm to gather up the fragments.

[Task reminder: There are still 109 days before the mission deadline. 】

"I know that the account book is in Zhou Xinfang's hands, I know Tao Chuan's contacts, and I have a list of the deceased, what more news do I need..." Dai Bowen sat in the room rather bored, seemingly taking a seat, but in fact The analysis of the case turned in his mind.In his opinion, Prince Tan's efficiency is astonishingly high, and it is really impossible that there are so many clues and nothing happens.

Judging from his few past experiences...

"Help me again!" Dai Bowen rubbed his fingers.The possibility of Prince Tan doing this is indeed not small. Basically, this guy just slips on the road without saying hello when he needs it, and has a cold face when he doesn't need it.

A little more biased, it can be called self-willed.It's just that when he judged the feasibility of other people's opinions, most of them made the right choice, so he didn't lose his reputation for conceit.

However, even if Dai Bowen tried to treat him, he didn't plan to use it yet.

Because Prince Tan...has a problem.

Not about the case, but Prince Tam himself.During Dai Bowen's relationship with him, although one is the cold-faced Yama and the other is the high-cold national teacher, there are many opportunities to communicate.Dai Bowen discovered some strange things about him, such as language patterns.

Language is the basis of information exchange, which generates links and weaves a network into a society; from this perspective, language can almost be the origin of human civilization.The more cultured people are, the easier it is to fall into the trap of language.

Although Prince Tan doesn't talk much about himself, his speech gradually leaks some personal information.Dai Bowen captures and analyzes information very quickly, which has become a trick that has become a habit.But it was this kind of conjecture that he was familiar with that caused Dai Bowen to have some doubts.

This person's way of expression... seems to be very different.

What Dai Bowen noticed was that Prince Tan's words revealed that he had received "Western education".

This West definitely does not exist in the world he is currently in.It comes from the world where Dai Bowen was originally located, and specifically refers to some economically developed regions.Dai Bowen classified according to the usual method, and even fixed this kind of education in the U area, which pays more attention to culture, instead of the more open A area.

This feature is not obvious in Dai Bowen's original world.At that time, information channels were developed, and various cultures were more or less integrated. Even people who had never been abroad could acquire some Westernized characteristics.However, in this world, such characteristics that transcend the times and cultures should not appear in any case.

It is true that it is impossible for Prince Tan to have spoken a foreign language, nor has he mentioned anything beyond this era, but his speaking rhythm, word order, and tone all show that subtle sense of disobedience.When people of the whole age use similar expressions to speak, Prince Tan appears extremely abrupt.

Of course, this "obtrusiveness" is only obvious in Dai Bowen's eyes, because only he is familiar with the "world view" presented by Prince Tan.

Having said so much, the translation in human terms is roughly like this: Prince Tan may also be a host.

Prince Tan was caught by Dai Bowen's "little braid", but Dai Bowen was not sure if the other party caught him.Occasionally, he will deliberately show some westernized behavior characteristics, but Prince Tan doesn't react much - in his eyes, once the national teacher has any abnormal behavior, it is the beginning of a trap, and he must be vigilant!

With Prince Tan's IQ, Dai Bowen really didn't believe that his actions would be ignored.Either the host is so sophisticated that the abnormal response is too subtle - which is unlikely - or... the guy is partially hypnotized.

Dai Bowen thought: Maybe he temporarily forgot that he was a host, that this was just a mission, and really thought he was a prince who worked for the emperor.

Well, then you can't rush up and shake him and say, "Can't you just match up and get it done quickly", sorry.

When Dai Bowen began to guess what Prince Tan's mission was, the other party finally sent him good news.

"Case closed!"

Ever since Zhou Xinfang disappeared... oh no, Zhou Xinfang was secretly arrested, and she confessed directly under the pressure of the prince without using the means of going to the imperial tutor.With his move, the account books, related parties, and participating organizations all collapsed.In addition, Cui Yu'an's whistleblower indirectly led to the discovery of some offline accounts and their salt sales account books. Even if Zhou Xinfang's main account books are all password records, it is easy to unlock the password after checking the offline and offline accounts.

Prince Tan didn't talk much to Dai Bowen for nearly ten days in a row, and the case was basically closed when they met again. Dai Bowen didn't even bother to complain about this kind of behavior that was almost like crossing the river and tearing down the bridge.

"So, I haven't seen Liang Hongtian since yesterday, and it's not a coincidence that I couldn't run into each other." Dai Bowen said, "Arrested?"

Before Prince Tan came to tell the case, he thought about many kinds of reactions from the other party, but he did not expect such a calm question and answer.As soon as he changed his mind, he thought of what the national teacher wanted to do.

"……really."

"Then congratulate Prince Tan for his victory in this battle." Dai Bowen thought silently, he still wanted me to intimidate people, so he stopped playing with me halfway through, "I don't know what else the prince wants to do?"

Prince Tan saw that he was blatantly pretending to be stupid, so he didn't go around in circles, and said directly: "I will trouble the national teacher about the treasure map."

Dai Bowen raised his eyebrows: "With this tone, hasn't His Highness asked about the treasure map?"

Prince Tan's answer was actually very natural: "It's just because you performed well before."

Dai Bowen was choked for a while by this natural tone, but it was really rare to hear the compliment from the cold-faced Hades, and he couldn't take Joe anymore: "Didn't the others recruit? They didn't say anything?"

Prince Tan was silent for a while, and said: "His cronies and family members don't know about this."

Dai Bowen said: "That is to say, only Liang Hongtian himself knows? The Yancang case has been exposed, and he still chooses to keep silent?"

Prince Tan said: "He insisted that he didn't know about it."

Dai Bowen squinted his eyes: "Boldly ask, based on Liang Hongtian's crime, what is the approximate punishment?"

Prince Tan thought for a while, then said coldly: "Then it depends on whether it is the Yancang case in the water town...or the collusion with the rebels."

In short, it is certain that the wife and children will be separated and the family will be destroyed.

"He himself is doomed to be a treasure without destiny. If he wants to leave it to future generations, but the people around him don't know about it, it's useless for him to keep this secret. However, he still insists that he doesn't know, usually for two reasons. "Dai Bowen said, "Either he really doesn't know...or he has a backhand that he hasn't found yet, for example, a child who has something to do with it..."

Prince Tan glanced at him, as if to say, "It's up to you."

Dai Bowen straightened himself out, then turned around and picked up the whisk: "Let's go."

Seeing his straightforward reaction, Prince Tan was taken aback for a moment: "...do you need to prepare anything?"

"Ready?" Dai Bowen smiled, "As long as the prince leaves me a living person who can hear me."

Prince Tan looked at his smiling face and raised his chin with a whisk in his hand, and suddenly remembered the night when he interrogated Xu Chang.

In the dark, dirty, and brightly lit prison, a foreigner in a white robe and a deep robe suddenly appeared.That pair of smokeless eyes can see through almost everything about the silent person.

"National teacher, please!"

"Prince Tan please!"