Oriole Line

A play directed by himself. "Wen Ji said, "I guess Da Sima may have been drugged before going to bed, so he was unaware when the assassination incident broke out. "

Pu Chen nodded: "If that's the case, Uncle Cai's suspicion is even greater. Only he has the chance to prescribe the medicine to Father before he goes to bed."

"Find someone to test it and you'll know." Wen Ji said.

Pu Chen pondered for a moment and said, "I'll arrange what you do. I want to know now, how did you get caught?" He looked at Wen Ji, "If it's just a play directed and acted by Uncle Cai himself, why don't you Can't get out of your body?"

"Hmph." Wen Ji snorted softly, "That's your father's personal guards who are eager to protect the lord. After Cai Bo came out and shouted 'Da Sima was assassinated', he sent his personal guards out of the house to find the assassin, who knows that your father is the most confidant Several of the personal guards didn’t believe that the assassin had left the mansion, so they searched the mansion first. Their skills are all equal to ten, and my skills are not as good as others. They found out that even though I escaped for a few days by chance, I was finally arrested.” When Wen Ji said this With a cold face, it seems that he is sulking himself.

Tang Yu thought of Xiang Hu's search and arrest in Jiankang City for a few days, and he wanted to catch the assassin out of the sky, so he couldn't help laughing: "When I met General Xiang Hu Xiang, it was naturally difficult to escape, and I happened to be hit by a fake assassin like you. , hahahahaha."

Pu Chen hooked the corners of his mouth slightly, but soon noticed that Wen Ji's ears seemed to be red, and coughed lightly on purpose, Tang Yu shut his mouth wisely.

"Okay, let's get back to business, since we know that the assassin is Cai Bo, how do we break the situation?" Pu Chen said seriously.

Wen Ji replied lightly: "Uncle Cai is a member of your family, so you have to deal with it yourself, and it's not up to me, an outsider, to comment."

Pu Chen stared at Wen Ji: "The condition we agreed on is that you help me catch the real assassin. Cai Bo is at best a knife, and the person behind him is my target." Pu Chen shook the teacup in his hand, " After all, you are the assassin who intends to kill my father, you don't think I can let you go so easily, do you?"

Wen Ji bit his lips: "The situation in Jiankang is complicated, and this matter is difficult to handle."

"Oh? Then you mean, although it's not easy to do, it's still possible?" Pu Chen accurately grasped the implication of Wen Ji's words.

Wen Ji didn't answer, but turned to look at the misty rain outside the bed cabin.

Pu Chen came up with a plan: "Tang Yu, call Mr. Qi over!"

"Why is this, Major General?" Sure enough, when Qi Dai was mentioned, Wen Ji immediately panicked, "Brother Sijun has nothing to do with this matter, why did the Major General lure him into the game?"

Pu Chen said: "He begged me to let you go, but you didn't want to do anything for me, so I had to tell him that I need him to help me if I want to let you go out. He values ​​you very much, so I don't think he would disagree."

Wen Ji took a deep breath: "Okay, I'll help you find the real culprit behind the scenes. Please stop embarrassing Brother Sijun, Major General."

Pu Chen nodded with a smile, and winked at Tang Yu, the boat docked, and Tang Yu got out of the cabin obediently.

"Okay, now we can talk about it." Pu Chen leaned back, very relaxed, "How to break the situation?"

Wen Ji said fiercely: "It's very simple, use me as bait to catch the person behind the scenes."

Crack, clap, Pu Chen clapped his palms and said with a smile, "I've been waiting for your words."

Wen Ji gritted his teeth secretly, it turned out that he had already figured it out, and just waited for himself to jump into this trap!Cai Bo only knew that Xiang Hu found Wen Ji when he searched the general's mansion, but he didn't know what Wen Ji did or saw that night.During this process, Cai Bo may contact the people behind the scenes, so as long as he voluntarily agrees to be bait, I believe that the people behind the scenes will show his feet sooner or later.

"Hmph, then I need to trouble the Major General to take care of me as a bait. In the General's Mansion, I am unarmed, so it would be easy for Uncle Cai to attack me." Wen Ji snorted coldly.

"Of course, from today onwards, you will be my personal guard, accompanying Tang Yu. Only if you are alive, can this plan work."

"After it's done, you will definitely let me go?" Wen Ji confirmed again and again.

"My dignified young master of the Pu family, I keep my word." Pu Chen said simply.

"Okay." The two clapped their hands together.

After a long time, there was a sound of horseshoes from far and near outside the cabin, Pu Chen said: "Go out and have a look, Mr. Qi is here."

A stern look suddenly flashed in Wen Ji's eyes, as if he had changed into a different person: "Didn't you say you wouldn't lure him into the game?"

Pu Chen was slightly startled. He didn't expect this boy to become so fierce in an instant, so he had to explain: "Don't get me wrong, I asked Tang Yu to call him to say goodbye to you. He has been waiting for your news and wants to see you On the one hand, he will return to Guangling only after confirming that you are safe."

Only then did Wen Ji relax a little, and quickly left the cabin.Pu Chen couldn't be bothered to go out, so he leaned against the window and saw Tang Yu leading a carriage parked on the shore, and a young man in white got out of the carriage, it was Qi Dai, and he hurriedly walked towards Wen Ji said cordially, "Ah Ji, Ah Ji!"

Seeing Wen Ji's rare smile, Pu Chen smiled so beautifully, it was completely different from the way he was planning and calculating in the cabin just now.Pu Chen watched the two say goodbye in the rain, feeling a burst of unexplained irritability.He waited for a quarter of an hour, Qi Dai was still clinging to Wen Ji's hand and didn't know what to order, so Pu Chen got off the boat and coughed lightly.Qi Dai let go of Wen Ji and saluted, "Thank you, Young General."

Pu Chen waved his hand: "You don't need to thank me."

Wen Ji hurriedly said: "After the matter is completed, I will go back to Guangling Academy, brother Sijun don't have to worry about it."

Qi Dai nodded, and said goodbye to Wen Ji solemnly, and the carriage drove away bit by bit in the mist and rain.

After Qi Dai left, Pu Chen suddenly said, "Wen Ji, since you are my bodyguard now, you can't use such a casual name. Since your surname is Wen, and you have both civil and military skills, I will give you a name." Wentao', take the meaning of Wentao and Wulue."

Tang Yu next to him clapped his hands and said, "This name is good, like the name of a nobleman."

Wen Ji frowned, and said angrily, "...as ordered."

10, 10.

On the way back to the General's Mansion, the rain gradually stopped, and as soon as he reached the door, Uncle Cai came over and said, "Shang Shuling has returned from the palace, received His Majesty's order, and is waiting for the young master to discuss in the front hall."

"Oh? Uncle, what did you say?" Pu Chen untied his rain hat and raised his eyebrows.

Cai Bo lowered his eyebrows and answered indifferently, but his eyes fell on Wen Tao who was following behind him, and he said with a look of surprise: "Young master, isn't this..." He hesitated to speak.

Pu Chen said: "That's right, it was Xiang Hu who caught him that day. I have already interrogated him. Although he was in the general's residence all night that day, he was not the assassin. He is very skilled, so I will accept him as the assassin." guard." Pu Chen pretended to be careless, but he paid attention to Cai Bo's reaction out of the corner of his eyes.Sure enough, Cai Bo's cheeks twitched unnaturally when he heard the words "I've been in the General's Mansion all night".When Pu Chen raised his eyes, he happened to meet Wen Tao's understanding glance.

"Then...in that case, how about this old servant arrange a room for Mr. Wen, next door to Mr. Tang?"

Just as Pu Chen was about to agree, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and said: "No need, Wen Tao's swordsmanship is outstanding, far surpassing Tang Yu, so just be my personal bodyguard, and there is no need to arrange another room."

As soon as these words came out, Wen Tao was horrified, and Cai Bo was also very surprised.Pu Chen pretended to explain: "My father was killed by the assassin because he didn't have a personal bodyguard. I must not repeat the same mistake."

Cai Bo hurriedly said: "Yes... the young master's concern is, it's just..."

"Okay, there is no need to make other arrangements for this matter, let's go to the front hall." Pu Chen interrupted Cai Bo, and led Tang Yu and Wen Tao to the front hall.

"Huh, the young master is partial." As soon as he walked to the corridor, Tang Yu muttered, "I have been with the young master for so long, and the young master won't let me be his personal guard."

Pu Chen snorted, "Don't complain if your skills are inferior to others."

"Who said that my skills are inferior to others, and I have never fought before."

Pu Chen stopped and pointed at Wen Tao: "You don't even need to hit him. With Xiang Hu's skill, it took him several days to catch him. It's not enough to hit you."

Tang Yu curled his lips, and said in a strange way: "I only hear the newcomers laugh, and don't hear the old ones cry."

This made Wen Tao's face a little uncomfortable, but it was inconvenient for him to discuss with Tang Yu in detail the content of the secret discussion between him and Pu Chen in the cabin.Pu Chen patted Tang Yu's shoulder: "I feel sorry for you for not letting you be a personal bodyguard. The bodyguard has to stand by all night. You can't bear this hardship."

After all, Tang Yu was still a young man, sleepy, and he was relieved a lot when he heard this.On the contrary, Wen Tao glanced over, making Pu Chen very uncomfortable.

After a while, several people had arrived in the front hall.Pu Xuanzhi held the imperial edict in his hand, and his expression was not good.Seeing Pu Chen, he straightened his face and said, "I heard from Uncle Cai that you went out for a horse race today?"

"That's right." Pu Chen said.

"Is this your filial piety as a son of man?" Pu Xuanzhi snorted coldly, "Da Sima's bones are not yet cold, what do you say you should do everything yourself, obey the decline, send grief, and in the end, take a few personal guards out for a horse race ! Today in the court, I heard others talking about Pu’s family’s laziness in education, and that the great Sima has no successors!”

"It's not up to others to intervene in our Pu family's affairs." Pu Chen's expression was haughty.

Pu Xuanzhi held a breath in his chest, although he was superior to Pu Chen in terms of seniority, but he was a side branch after all, the outsiders in Pu Chen's words might include him.He said harshly: "Accept the order!"

Pu Chen had seen him holding the edict long ago, knelt down politely and said, "Pu Chen accepts the edict."

"Your Majesty's decree says that Da Sima has made outstanding achievements, and it is appropriate to perform the national funeral. I have been ill and weak for a long time, and the king of Chu will preside over the national funeral in the Chaoyang Palace in one month."

National mourning...Chaoyang Palace...Chu King...