Changsun recalled that his decision to go to Tianjiao City was indeed a bit hasty.
Without conducting a detailed investigation into Tianjiao City, he went there alone with only an address that he didn't know was true or false. This was quite inconsistent with Changsun's cautious behavior.
"If I hadn't met Senior Brother Feng Tianxiao by chance at that time, maybe that trip would have been in vain..."
"It should be said that when I met Senior Brother Feng Tianxiao by chance, it was probably the trap you had laid for me in advance."
The eldest grandson looked at Liu Bowen, who just smiled and drank tea without responding.
Changsun's words were not a question, but an almost certainty.
When there was no response from Liu Bowen, Changsun did not continue to ask, but continued: "With Feng Tianxiao as my guide, I successfully found Fan Yuantao's old house, and then I was even more "lucky" to find Fan Yuantao's notes. "
Liu Bowen interrupted: "I didn't know about Fan Yuantao's notes before. You were lucky to find his notes..."
"That notebook almost cost me everything..."
Changsun nodded. Fan Yuantao's notes revealed a lot of information, the most critical of which was the "him" who pointed the way for him in the darkness.
"But unfortunately, for some unknown reason, Fan Yuantao did not identify "him" in the diary. "
The eldest grandson took over Liu Bowen's words and said.
But at this moment, Changsun had a trace of curiosity, so he asked: "If I guessed correctly, your plan was to let Feng Tianxiao be the guide to guide me to Fan Yuantao's old house, and then by "coincidence" I discovered the black man's house. Traces of the Clothed Man? "
"Is that man in black Li Xinming?"
Liu Bowen's silence was regarded as acquiescence.
Changsun continued to ask: "If the diary finally reveals the identity of "him", how should you continue your game? Let Feng Tianxiao kill me and silence me? "
Liu Bowen looked at his eldest grandson with a smile. He didn't look like he was looking at the pieces in his own chess game, but rather like he was looking at the chess players playing against him.
"Changsun, you have to understand that the biggest difference between playing chess with others and talking with yourself is that every chess piece has many variables. Even the most skilled chess players have moments when they have "ultimate plans", not to mention how limited the chess board is. , the world is so big... As a planner, you cannot account for the variables in the world, it is enough to be able to grasp the "general trend". "
There was a lot of information in Liu Bowen's words. Changsun could not fully understand it, but he could understand the general idea.
Given the character of the eldest grandson, even if the identity of "him" is specified in the diary, the eldest grandson will definitely go to the Tiansend Secret Realm to find out what happened, and everything that happens after that will definitely still be part of his plan.
This is what Liu Bowen calls the "general trend."
Liu Bowen then asked: "When did you start to doubt me? After Yun Xuezhi and Wu Dakui informed you after the dream ended?"
Changsun tried his best to keep his inner calm when discussing with Liu Bowen, but when Liu Bowen mentioned Yun Xuezhi and Wu Dakui, a trace of sadness could not be suppressed in his eyes.
"After the dream ended... Dean Wu and Dean Yun were on the verge of extinction... and they didn't leave any message for me..."
After Changsun was silent for a moment, he put away his sadness and regained his composure.
"After escaping from the secret realm, I reviewed the entire situation and found that I still made some mistakes..."
"Since we all believe that Fan Yuantao had an accomplice in the No. 1 Mine incident, it is very likely that this accomplice was in the No. 1 Mine at that time. But I neglected to check the personnel registration of the No. 1 Mine at the time of the incident..."
"Until I remembered that "he" mentioned repeatedly in Fan Yuantao's diary was a member of the working group of the college. The first time the two met was the time when the college sent a working group..."
"So I repeatedly looked through the list of work teams sent by the college in those years, and coincidentally, when the accident occurred in Mine No. 1, a work team from the college also arrived...I then checked the suspicious people one by one..."
"Anything gained?"
Liu Bowen did not panic at all, but asked softly.
Changsun shook his head, "Not only did I gain nothing, but it also led me to a fork in the road, and I couldn't continue the investigation for a while."
Liu Bowen didn't seem surprised by this.
"But I found the business trip list of the school teachers when the No. 1 mine accident occurred from the teaching staff...I discovered you, and you also went to Blazing City..."
"I was very surprised at the time. I took out the registration list of Mine No. 1 personnel that I had found before, and found that you were not included in it..."
"But by coincidence, the teacher who provided me with the business trip list of the Faculty Office was the same person who processed your business trip application. He clearly remembered that you also went to Mine No. 1 at that time..."
"It took me a while to investigate this matter, but fortunately, I finally got the result."
"It turns out that you were traveling to Mine No. 1 with the working group... At the same time, I also figured out why you were not included in the working group list every time..."
I don’t know if the eldest grandson said he was tired, or if what he said next was too important. The eldest grandson actually stopped at the critical moment, picked up the teacup and drank.
But at this time, Liu Bowen actually took the call directly and told the reason himself.
"Because I follow the working group and do the copywriting work of sorting out inspection reports. One of the tasks is personnel registration..."
"So you can eliminate yourself from the list every time and become a transparent person!"
The eldest grandson let out his exclamation as he followed the heat of the tea.
It can be seen from these reasonings that what Liu Bowen did was planned a long time ago.
Liu Bowen's eyes revealed his high recognition of Changsun's meticulous thinking and meticulous investigation ability.
Changsun, on the other hand, was surprised that Liu Bowen could remain calm up to this point, and even directly "admit it" at a critical moment.
Liu Bowen leaned back on the back of the seat and said in a calm tone: "But, these alone still cannot prove that I am the mastermind behind all this."
The eldest grandson nodded. What he just said can only prove two things.
First, the "him" in Fan Yuantao's diary is most likely Liu Bowen.
Second, Liu Bowen was probably Fan Yuantao's accomplice in the No. 1 Mine incident.
But Liu Bowen is only suspicious of the above two points.
The key to the incident in Mine No. 1 is the spiritual weapon of the deceased clan, the spiritual object space. The complexity of this spiritual object's space is beyond the reach of even Dean Wu, let alone Liu Bowen, who is just an elder of the Sutra Pavilion. .
The eldest grandson stood up, walked to Liu Bowen's desk, took out the "General History of Kyushu" from the pile of books on his right, and slowly opened it.
"In the Tang Dynasty calendar, in the 22nd year of Emperor Yaozong's reign, civil strife broke out during the royal family's autumn hunt (the details are unknown). Prince Tang was punished for improper handling of the civil strife and poor escort. Afterwards, Prince Tang visited the Southern Region in the name of King Zhennan. ...But everyone with a discerning eye knows that Prince Tang was exiled to the Southern Region and became a hostage of the Tang Dynasty in the Southern Region...The eldest princess also escaped into Buddhism after the Autumn Hunting and lived in Qu'an Temple without ever being born..."
The eldest grandson placed the opened "General History of Kyushu" in front of Liu Bowen. This page recorded the "Autumn Hunting Rebellion" in the history of the Tang Dynasty.
"No one in the world knows what happened during the Qiu Shou Rebellion. They only know that after that, Prince Tang left, the eldest princess disappeared, and even the Imperial Master disappeared... But I think the knowledgeable Elder Liu should know that at that time What happened..."
What Changsun stated was part of the follow-up to the autumn hunting game he experienced in his dream.
At this time, Liu Bowen's expression showed a hint of solemnity for the first time.
"How did you suspect me? Qinglong told you?"
Changsun shook his head and said, "Senior Qinglong doesn't know your identity either. He only told me that if you want to trap Dean Wu and Dean Yun in a dream, then this person must have an intersection with Dean Wu, and In the third dream, it was this person’s body that I entered..."
Immediately afterwards, Changsun suddenly said something unrelated.
"Speaking of which, it is Tang Xiaoyi's credit that Elder Liu and I got to know each other..."
"Xiaoyi once told me that Prince Tang would often go to the Sutra Pavilion to hold talks with Elder Liu, and you became Xiaoyi's enlightenment instructor in the formation."
"Tang Yuyan once told me that when Prince Tang was exiled to the Southern Region, there were no guards along the way. The only people traveling with them were Dean Wu and..."
"Elder Liu!"
When the eldest grandson said this, Liu Bowen not only lost his previous solemnity, but there was a hint of relief in his eyes.
He didn't expect that Changsun could put together so many clues to cast doubt on him. Some of them were even just a few unintentional words from people at the time, and Changsun actually wrote them down.
However, what made him even more unexpected was that Changsun's reasoning was not over yet.
"These were all my suspicions when I entered your room. It was only now that I was clearly convinced that you were the murderer behind the scenes!"
"oh?"
"In the third dream, I entered your body. Although you deleted your own will, some of your body's habits are still there. For example..."
"You can write with both hands. Like just now, when you are writing seriously and I hand you tea, you will naturally hand the pen to your left hand, switch to your left hand and write without stopping..."
It was the moment just now that made the eldest grandson confirm that Liu Bowen was "him" in the third dream.
In the third dream, the eldest grandson also experienced that moment.
At that time, he and Yun Xuezhi and others were deducing the Tang Huaian case. When writing the case, Chen Tian, who was waiting at the side, handed him a cup of tea.
Changsun's reaction at that time was exactly the same as Liu Bowen's.
Now it seems that it is not that the eldest grandson became a double-hander, but that the eldest grandson "inherited" certain instincts of Liu Bowen's body.
Changsun's subtle reasoning had to be said to be brilliant, and even a shrewd layout veteran like Liu Bowen couldn't help but praise it.
"After so many years of planning, I didn't expect that in the end I would be defeated by these trivial details..."
Liu Bowen laughed at himself and shook his head.
"In my hometown, we call this..."
"details make a difference."
