please don't believe me

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"Treasure Map" quest, the remaining days of the main quest.

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Imperial City, Huaqing Temple.

According to the instructions of the national teacher, the little boy Lingshui stood guard in front of the closed door.But after all, he was still young and lacked concentration, and the warm wind in the afternoon made him drowsy.

Dai Bowen was alone in the room. The scriptures on the case table were stacked aside, the map slightly shorter than the width of the table was placed underneath, and three light and transparent papers were either stacked or placed on top of each other.

There are various triangular symbols and curved lines on the paper, which are exactly the reproduced images of the clues in the first three chapters of "Treasure Map".However, neither the emperor nor Prince Tan knew the existence of these sheets of paper, after all, they were only drawn by Dai Bowen himself.

Prince Tan is not the only one who can recite patterns, isn't he?

The third piece seems to be able to be combined with the second piece - if Prince Tan's previous conjecture is correct - they will not overlap, and it seems that they still have a similar terrain.Dai Bowen assumed that the tip of the triangle is a mountain and the curve is a river, and compared the map to find possible places.

Even if he is not familiar with the map of this dynasty without the emperor and Prince Tan, but with the superb feature extraction skills in hand, he has no reason to be blind while looking for it.

"right here……"

Dai Bowen stopped the movement of the overlapping fragments, reconfirmed the meaning of each symbol one by one, then took a look at the first "curve graph" and placed it on the right side of the overlapping graph.

"Treasure maps...it can't be that there are only maps but no markings." Dai Bowen murmured to himself, but there were indeed no special signs on these three maps.The only explanation is that the key point comes from the fourth fragment.

Of course, with a single "graph" it is possible to delineate where the treasure lies.However, according to the technology of this era, finding secret treasures in such a large area is tantamount to finding a needle in a haystack.

The time ratio is matched with the ratio of tasks, and the progress is not bad. The problem is that there is nowhere to find the clues of the fourth film.

"Perhaps it's not nowhere to be found..."

Sitting on the chair, Dai Bowen began to think about the meeting with the emperor when he returned to the palace—they hadn't seen each other since then.

Long Yan cannot be looked directly at, and at the same time, people who can ascend to the throne of God are definitely good at disguising. These two points have brought great obstacles to Dai Bowen's identification.However, the last time he met the emperor, the other party was in a much more relaxed state, which provided Dai Bowen with good material for comparison.

Dai Bowen recalled all the words, tones, movements and expressions he could think of, and eliminated wandering and uncertain interference items, and finally came to a seemingly reasonable conclusion.

The emperor... is his evaluation negative?

This is not good news.Not just because it was negative, but because the emperor began to formally judge him.In fact, according to past memories and previous communications, the emperor didn't really take him very seriously.After all, a person from outside, no one has no money, and he lives in the deep palace all day long without communicating with outsiders. How could the emperor spend energy on him?Even when Dai Bowen proposed to add the treasure pattern under the pretext of "dreaming about a treasure map", didn't the emperor think that he was just like his master, with some extraordinary abilities that were different from ordinary people, so he agreed casually?

The emperor at that time still felt that Prince Tan was in charge of this matter, and he would never give the national teacher any chance to cause trouble.

However, when the search for the treasure map went smoothly, the case of the Yancang in the water town came to light, and the rebel was stabbed in another hideout, the emperor actually began to be dissatisfied with him.

Dai Bowen is not stupid, he understands that this kind of "dissatisfaction" should actually be counted as fear.

This is a common problem of superiors, or instinctive vigilance.When the emperor invited him to go to the water town with Prince Tan in the imperial study, similar emotions actually appeared in his words.Prince Tan, on the other hand, directly and coldly warned him, "Don't use this on me."

Once this kind of prevention starts, it cannot be stopped due to the effect of the suspect stealing the axe.Dai Bowen is actually not willing to do this, but time is running out, and the suspicious people are all saw-mouthed gourds one by one. If he doesn't ask, when will the answer surface?

This question led to him being selectively forgotten by the emperor in the Huaqing Temple under the premise that everything went smoothly.A national teacher can be wise, quick-witted, and even insight into the secrets of heaven, but he just can't read minds.

No one can touch the emperor's heart.

The majestic "National Teacher" is now only placed and dealt with, which already shows the emperor's tolerance for Huaqing Temple.

There is still a gap, so don't let your previous efforts go to waste.Dai Bowen looked at the display on the task panel, and quickly thought about countermeasures in his mind.He doesn't want to do it again, even if he still holds the right to go back to the specified time axis once, who knows if he can meet such a capable actionist as Prince Tan next time?

Oh... Speaking of Prince Tan, Dai Bowen used to think that it was too miserable for the host to carry three cases by himself, but now he felt that it was unreasonable for him to be unable to complete the task with all the internal and external conditions and the emperor's trust.

Dai Bowen fiddled with his fingers with the token for investigating the case, and suddenly showed a sly smile about to play a prank.

——Prince Tan is going so smoothly, why don't you come and help yourself?

The emperor was afraid of the matter of the national teacher, so he covered it up, and Dai Bowen pretended to be confused.As for Prince Tan, he might have seen it, so what?

Dai Bowen sent several letters in succession, and finally brought up the name of "investigating the case by order" and asked to meet Prince Tan.

Prince Tan was almost suffocated by his annoyance.The emperor's words imply that the national teacher is just joining in the fun, so there is no need to let him interfere.In fact, Prince Tan would not have looked for him if it was not necessary.In the end, the emperor didn't take back the token and asked him to come to the door again. Prince Tan really didn't know who to blame.

Of course, Dai Bowen first invited the prince to come to Huaqing Temple, but if the prince didn't come, Dai Bowen proposed to visit the mansion again.He is an outsider, in fact, the palace doesn't care much about him going out.As for the emperor who has been paying attention to him recently, when he finds out about Prince Peng, who is he to suspect?

Tamin Prince's Mansion, study room.

Dai Bowen's question was quite straightforward: "Does Your Highness have any news about the fourth treasure map fragment?"

Prince Tan was choked by this unprepared question, and subconsciously replied: "Not at all."

Dai Bowen looked at him: "Oh, has something been done?"

Prince Tan put the teacup heavily: "Master, I seem to have told you, don't put your tricks on me."

Dai Bowen's fingers slowly turned the teacup: "Your Highness, I was ordered to assist in the investigation, even if I can't do much, can't you let me know?"

"You still don't want to contribute?" Prince Tan sneered, "Master, don't be joking. If it weren't for you, maybe I would still be unable to move an inch as the rebel Xu Chang."

These words obviously have to be listened to in reverse, Dai Bowen thought for a while, and decided to use a ladder to build a bridge: "So, Your Highness is willing to let me have a look at the fourth shard, isn't it?"

Prince Tan's heart sank, knowing that the other party believed that the fourth treasure map had already been obtained.In fact, it has indeed arrived.

More precisely, the fourth shard should count as the first.Before the emperor ordered Prince Tan to explore the "treasure pattern", this fragment had been presented to the emperor by the vassal state of the dynasty.It was precisely because of this move that the emperor ordered Prince Tan to secretly investigate this object, thus kicking off the "treasure pattern" prelude.

Before the emperor got the third treasure map, he never mentioned the location of the last one to Prince Tan.For the emperor, Prince Tan is the only reliable brother now...but not completely reliable.When Prince Tan did send all the fragments of the treasure map he had obtained to the emperor's case, the emperor told him that the treasure map could come to an end for now.

Prince Tan did not know the existence of the fourth treasure map until this time.

"The national teacher shouldn't come to the palace to ask about this." Prince Tan said, "The national teacher should ask whoever has the picture."

This tone... Dai Bowen put down his teacup: "The fourth treasure map fragment has been found? Why didn't anyone inform me?"

Prince Tan squinted at him, but did not answer.

Dai Bowen probed again: "Why, I was ordered to investigate the case, and I have worked together with His Highness the Prince for several months. The first three fragments are not credited, but also hard work. The Prince has seen the treasure map, so I don't see it? "

Of these three sentences, the first sentence brings the relationship between the two closer, suggesting that he let go of his guard; the second sentence seems to be about Dai Bowen himself, but in fact, after the subject is omitted, it can also secretly echo Prince Tan’s thoughts; the last sentence, is an "assumption".

In general, it is used for two-stage judgment.The first stage is "Whether Prince Tan has seen the fourth fragment?" The second stage is "Whether Prince Tan's search for the treasure pattern is progressing smoothly?"

Prince Tan just picked up the teacup, swiped the lid, and sipped slowly.

"Your Highness..." Dai Bowen understood, and locked his eyes on Prince Tan, "Could it be that you haven't seen the fourth picture?"

Prince Tan lowered his eyes, looked at the tea set in his hand, and said suddenly: "Knowing too much may not be a good thing."

Dai Bowen squinted his eyes slightly and stared at the other party, as if he wanted to see the implication of the cold warning.Coincidentally, Prince Tan put the tea set again, and when he turned sideways, his eyes met and then staggered.

Dai Bowen frowned secretly.Judging from the previous conversation, the fourth fragment is in the hands of the emperor, why not show it to Prince Tan?Since Prince Tan can investigate the rebels, he is logically the emperor's most trusted right-hand man. In the end, isn't he asked to hunt for treasures? Isn't it superfluous to hide the fourth one?

Perhaps... it was to isolate the "National Teacher".

The two cases of rebels and Yancang caused Dai Bowen and Prince Tan to approach quickly.The emperor temporarily cooled down the treasure pattern, probably to isolate his scruples first, and then let Prince Tan go alone to make a final decision!

Crossing the river and demolishing bridges, the two brothers played really well.

"I haven't gotten the news of the fourth treasure map for many days. I thought it was because I had no clues and my whereabouts were lost. Unexpectedly, it was because I didn't want to 'know' too much..." Dai Bowen did not give up easily people.The left and right are just Zhang Liangji and the wall ladder. The emperor knew which one was the most suitable for the raft, and he knew it too.

He raised his hand and casually brushed off his robe, his tone was emotional and mocking, at first it sounded like a joke: "I never thought that the prince would be implicated by me, and he also couldn't see the secret of the fourth fragment."

Prince Tan glanced at his pretentious posture, and said, "National teacher be careful."

Is Dai Bowen the kind of person who shuts up after being warned to "speak cautiously"?no.

His "negotiations" are about to begin.