Life in siheyuan era

Zhang Limin made a subjective error. In his mind, Shen Lanbo's strategies were second only to his own, but he overlooked a fact.

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Shen Lanbo's sixth sense was definitely not as good as Shen Lanyin's, and more importantly, he had never seen Prince Rui, lacking a basis for deduction.

But Shen Lanyin had seen Prince Rui and was someone Shen Lanbo absolutely trusted, so it was necessary to ask for her opinion.

Hearing Shen Lanbo ask for her opinion, Shen Lanyin pondered for a moment, then looked up at Zhou Zhiyuan and said her opinion calmly: "Prince Rui should have come on her own. The reason is that she wanted to take Zhiyuan back with her, so she probably wouldn't lie."

She had to use a calm tone when saying this to show her indifference.

And Zhou Zhiyuan immediately said: "I refused without hesitation at the time."

He expressed his devotion to the relationship, but Shen Lanyin immediately retorted: "That's because Prince Rui didn't take off her helmet."

He overlooked the psychology of women, who don't allow the existence of a woman more beautiful than them, which is a taboo, and it's even more taboo coming from Zhou Zhiyuan.

Shen Lanyin immediately retorted: "Who's more beautiful than me? Prince Rui, Han Xue, He Yushui? Or Lou Xiao'e?"

These words mentioned several names, with Lou Xiao'e purely added to make the number seem larger.

And Zhou Zhiyuan realized again that he had said the wrong thing. His "Speaking Acumen Artifact" had not yet reached its full potential.

But using the "Speaking Acumen Artifact" at this time was difficult because Shen Lanbo was staring at him.

He couldn't help at this time, unaware that he was a third wheel. Some things couldn't be said in front of his future brother-in-law; this was his last bit of dignity.

So he blinked, sending a coded message, and simultaneously quickly activated his artifact.

And Shen Lanyin, seeing him blink, immediately turned to look at Shen Lanbo, seeing him cover his ears and close his eyes, then turned to look at Zhou Zhiyuan, hearing him say in a low voice: "In my heart, there is only one most beautiful woman in this world, and no second can take her place."

Hearing these words, the corners of Shen Lanyin's mouth slightly turned up, but then immediately flattened, and she said in a low voice: "Listen to her words and observe her actions."

Zhou Zhiyuan immediately replied: "Please watch my performance."

"What if your performance isn't good?"

"Beat me, scold me, just don't leave me. I can't live without you."

"Dream on. If your performance isn't good, I'll stay far away from you."

"If you leave me, I'll become a Taoist priest and retreat to the mountains, far from the mortal world."

"Weren't you going to be a monk?"

"Being bald is too ugly."

"Are you two done yet?"

Shen Lanbo's low shout interrupted their discussion, and Zhou Zhiyuan immediately said: "Please continue your analysis, Great Detective Lanyin."

Shen Lanyin then said: "I think the idea of Prince Rui having a companion can be ruled out. Besides the reasons mentioned above, another reason is that Prince Rui is of noble birth and would not be sent out to perform a mission."

"And if she wanted to sneak out, she wouldn't find a companion. No one would dare to take such responsibility. She must proceed in secret and prevent others from discovering her or being betrayed by a companion, leading to failure."

Shen Lanyin completely denied the idea of Prince Rui having a companion, and then rejected another hypothesis, "The other hypothesis has a big loophole. If there were a similar person to be tracked, it wouldn't be Prince Rui chasing alone."

"The person who dared to defect must possess great strength. Prince Rui is no match. It shouldn't be the case that Prince Rui was unconscious and the defector took the opportunity to leave the Yin Formation. If that were the case, the defector would kill Prince Rui immediately. How could the defector feel at ease if this threat wasn't eliminated?"

After eliminating these two hypotheses, she was about to state her own, "Imagine that three hundred years ago, a spacecraft crashed into the Yin Formation, causing Li Zicheng's treasure and its guardians to fall into it. In the chaos, someone from this spacecraft walked out of the Yin Formation and took away some high technology."

"I don't know what form he has continued in for more than three hundred years, but this hypothesis can incorporate all the discoveries."

After Shen Lanyin finished her analysis, Shen Lanbo looked at Zhou Zhiyuan, and Zhou Zhiyuan immediately said: "I completely agree with Lanyin's analysis. We didn't think of that."

Hearing him speak, a gentle smile appeared on Shen Lanyin's face, and her pair of eyes revealed autumn ripples to him.

But Shen Lanbo lowered his eyes and carefully analyzed it, then slowly asked: "When Prince Rui activated the closed passage, was the target of the tracking definitely that copper ball?"

Asking this question, Zhou Zhiyuan, who had already used the "Speaking Acumen Artifact," immediately replied: "I didn't pay attention to what Prince Rui said at the time."

This answer made Shen Lanyin happy, and she gladly replied: "Prince Rui did say that. She had been tracking this copper ball, adjusting it three times before activating the closed passage, and then she didn't change the direction. She said that the closed passage was just a transport tool and wouldn't be so accurate in pinpointing."

"Do you believe it?"

Shen Lanbo asked a crucial question. On this point, Zhou Zhiyuan wasn't sure, but Shen Lanyin could confidently reply: "Based on my sixth sense, I believe..." Saying this, she looked at Zhou Zhiyuan, and didn't say the next sentence.

And Shen Lanbo nodded slightly, slowly saying: "This matter is simple, but also complicated. The simple part is that Gu Chengliang is a descendant of that person, and he's acting; and the complicated part is that Gu Chengliang is just a scapegoat."

"The occurrence of the Fangshan incident let this person or his descendants know that people from that world had come. They were afraid of being discovered by us and afraid of being captured back, so there was only one way: find a scapegoat."

"But there's a problem here. Using this method might fool us, but how would they fool their own kind?"

"There are also two questions. According to Lanyin's deduction, only one person came out at the time. I know the reason for the deduction. If there were two people, there would have been some movement in the past three hundred years. But was he the only one who entered the Yin Formation? If not, where is the other person? Could they be left in the extremely cold place in the Yin Formation?"

"Speaking of this question, we can't help but mention the second question. The mutton fat jade is extremely cold and should have been placed in the extremely cold place for more than three hundred years. This location should be the core of the Yin Formation. Could Prince Rui's crash make it fly out of the Yin Formation?"

"Could there be a possibility that two people came three hundred years ago, one of whom walked out of the Yin Formation, and the other was trapped in the Yin Formation."

"And their escape was recorded in that world's data. Prince Rui, being young and impulsive, saw this data and wanted to capture them and bring them back, so she acted without authorization and came to find them. The crash into the Yin Formation caused a chaos, and the other person took the opportunity to throw out the mutton fat jade as a locator."

Saying this, Shen Lanbo suddenly stopped, then sighed and said: "If this deduction is correct, the people of that world must have extremely long lifespans, so the person who came out should still be alive, so it's not Gu Chengliang."

"And the second possibility is that Prince Rui didn't leave. Although that person threw out the mutton fat jade for positioning, they didn't dare to activate the closed passage. He and Prince Rui might be playing hide-and-seek in the Yin Formation at this time."

Shen Lanbo made this deduction, and the pair of gentle, autumn-water-like phoenix eyes immediately began to freeze over.

Zhou Zhiyuan was wondering, "What does this have to do with me?"

But then he heard Shen Lanbo say: "Thinking too much is meaningless. Let's start by investigating the relationship between Gu Chengliang and Wu Shan."

He didn't want to speculate any further. Thinking about it, all kinds of speculations made people feel incredible.

This matter did feel incredible, but investigators have to use the most direct method to find out the truth.

Shen Lanbo decided to temporarily put aside Gu Chengliang and directly investigate Wu Shan.

Zhou Zhiyuan agreed with this method, but he didn't agree with Shen Lanbo personally going, "We'll be exposed."

Shen Lanbo nodded, then said seriously: "Did I say now? We'll act according to plan after we catch them all in one go. You misunderstood."

Shen Lanbo had a characteristic: his sophistry was always correct.

And at this time, Zhou Zhiyuan generally wouldn't refute him. As long as the result was correct, the process didn't matter.

But Shen Lanyin was unhappy, first calling him "Mr. Always Right..." and then seriously asking: "Do you ever make mistakes?"

But Shen Lanbo wouldn't answer this question. Changing the subject was the best way, a trick he was very skilled at.