"So, don't think that you can't completely deal with them now, just...if I gave you the same amount of time, I believe you would have destroyed the Beidou Society long ago!"

"So, don't be anxious, take your time, we have plenty of time."

Shen Lian knew that Li Shimin was specifically trying to comfort him.

He chuckled and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I won't get into a dead end."

"Then the Beidou Club won't be able to be free for long."

Li Shimin smiled and nodded. He admired Shen Lian's confidence.

Li Shimin looked at Shen Lian and said, "It seems that all the goals of your trip to Nanzhao have been successfully completed."

Shen Lian nodded slightly.

He said: "I can't say it's complete. Although it was said that the Beidou Society's stronghold was destroyed, it did not cause real heavy damage to the Beidou Society."

Li Shimin said: "For the Beidou Society, a well-run stronghold is far more important than some subordinates. After all, without this stronghold, what he will lose will be money, power and a steady stream of intelligence."

"So, you said you didn't cause serious damage to the Beidou Society, but I feel that the Beidou Society must be very distressed now."

Shen Lian smiled and said, "Your Majesty is very good at comforting people."

Li Shimin rolled his eyes at Shen Lian: "I am telling the truth."

Shen Lian felt warm in his heart.

He felt that he was lucky to be born in Li Shimin's era.

Because there is no emperor more enlightened than Li Shimin in this world.

Tolerant and broad, embracing all rivers, the Zhenguan era of the Tang Dynasty was the most comfortable for him, a traveler.

Because of the openness and tolerance here, some places are even more outstanding than those of later generations.

Li Shimin looked at Shen Lian and said: "Don't be too busy after you come back. There is Chu Suiliang in Dali Temple. I think he is really capable. With him here, he can take some of the pressure off of you."

"You should rest first and relieve your fatigue."

Shen Lian smiled and said: "Your Majesty, you are still advising your ministers to be lazy. Is this appropriate?"

Li Shimin said calmly: "Of course I won't say this to other ministers. I give them salaries. If they dare to be lazy and eat without food, I will never spare them."

"But you are different. You are my son-in-law, we are a family, and I have watched you grow up. Naturally, I treat you differently from others."

Li Shiming made no secret of his special feelings for Shen Lian.

Shen Lian deserves special treatment from him.

Shen Lian took a deep breath, and then said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for doting on me."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "I am also a human being, so naturally I can differentiate between close friends and distant friends."

He looked at Shen Lian and said, "I heard that you met the most mysterious Tianquan of the Beidou Society in Nanzhao?"

Shen Lian's eyes flashed.

He said: "Your Majesty also has spies in Nanzhao?"

Li Shimin didn't hide anything. He said: "I can't leave Chang'an easily, but I have to control the general situation of the world and not be blinded by others. Naturally, I need some special methods."

Although this did not clearly answer Shen Lian's question.

But it can be regarded as a direct reply to Shen Lian.

He does have an insider in Nanzhao.

Moreover, there was a complete intelligence network, which allowed Li Shimin to know some things about Nanzhao.

Shen Lian's eyes flickered, and he said to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty asked Tian Quan specifically. Does this mean that... Your Majesty also knows Tian Quan's identity?"

When Li Shimin saw Shen Lian looking at him with questioning eyes, he suddenly laughed.

He said: "If I told you that I really thought your father was dead at first and was still sad for a long time, would you believe it?"

"I believe."

Shen Lian nodded.

Li Shimin was startled for a moment: "Do you really believe in me?"

Of course Shen Lian didn't believe in Li Shimin that much.

Li Shimin obviously knew that Tianquan was his father, but he kept it secret from him.

He didn't tell himself until he met his father.

This was clearly an appointment with his father, but he deliberately kept it from himself. How could he trust Li Shimin?

However, Shen Lian came to the conclusion based on reasonable inference.

When his father faked his death, Beidou would definitely pay special attention to it, and even used various methods to investigate.

If Li Shimin knew that his father was not dead and revealed the details in a wrong way, he might be discovered by Beidou!

Shen Lian had no doubt that Beichen had this ability.

Therefore, in order to really hide it from Beichen, my father would not let Li Shimin know immediately.

Therefore, there is a high probability... that Beichen almost believed that his father had really had an accident, so his father secretly contacted Li Shimin and told Li Shimin the truth.

Then this pair of monarchs and ministers deceived the world and have kept it secret to this day.

Shen Lian looked at Li Shimin and asked, "Your Majesty, does he know what my father is doing now?"

Li Shimin shook his head and said: "At that time, I really thought your father was really dead. I was very sad for a while. After all, my foundation was still shallow at that time. There were not many people I could trust, and even fewer were willing to die for me."

"Therefore, I personally ordered people to bury your father's body in a rich burial, and also began to take care of you, hoping to raise you on your father's behalf."

"Originally there was no problem with all this."

"But suddenly one day, your father showed up. At that time, I almost thought that your father had committed suicide."

"Later, your father explained it to me. He told me that he had an enemy, and he was a very powerful enemy. That time I was attacked, it was his enemy who did it."

"If he doesn't cheat his death, there will be a lot of things going on in the future. Not only will I be in danger, but you, as his only heir and relative, will be even more in danger."

"So he had to fake his death."

Shen Lian nodded.

These things are consistent with what dad said.

Shen Lian can also understand.

Indeed, with the power of Beichen and Beidou Society, there would really be some dangers when Li Shimin had not yet secured his throne.

Li Shimin continued: "I understand you and trust your father. After all, your father has been protecting me since he was very young. For this reason, I agreed to your father's fake death."

"Your father said that his enemy is very cunning and powerful. He cannot appear easily and must hide for a period of time."

"So, your father entrusted you to me, but he didn't let me take you to the palace to take care of you. He asked me to send someone secretly to protect you. As long as you don't get hurt, the rest, he said, let you let nature take its course.

growth."

"I thought you were too young at the time. It would be too cruel to have you as the only child in that empty house."

"But your father said that is the best result. If I let everyone know that I am too good to you, then your father's enemies will think that you have the opportunity to threaten him in the future because of me. By then, you may have

Greater danger!"

"Only when you stand alone, as if no one cares about you, will you be safe, making him feel that you are not a big threat, and based on your situation, he can determine whether your father is really dead or fake.

"

"I thought about it again and again, and finally accepted your father's request. I feel that your father knows you best and cares about you more than I do. But since he said so, there must be a reason why he must do this."

Shen Lian finally understood.

How come a five or six year old child has never been adopted and taken care of?

Logically speaking, my father was a shadow guard at the time, and he had many brothers who lived and died with him.

There won't be anyone to help him take care of the orphans.

Now it seems that it is all dad’s decision!

But he doesn't blame his father either.

If Li Shimin really took him to the palace, the environment in the palace would be so depressing and dull, just like entering a cage, and Shen Lian wouldn't be able to stand it.

Li Shimin said: "After that, I never saw your father again, but we did have contact occasionally."

"His codename is Tianquan. In fact, your father secretly passed on some information about the Beidou Society to me. However, at that time, your father did not explicitly name the Beidou Society. He just called it 'that force'.

So until you solved the Beidou Society and the Beidou Society showed up with a code name, I didn't know that the force you were talking about was the Beidou Society."

……………………

Li Shimin no longer has anything to hide from Shen Lian.

He told the whole story of the future.

After finishing speaking, he looked at Shen Lian and said: "Before you set off to Nanzhao, I was a little worried. After all, Nanzhao is not the Tang Dynasty. What if you encounter danger there, so I went through secret channels
To be continued...