Oriole Line

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Numerous messages exploded in Pu Chen's mind one by one. It seems that the King of Chu couldn't wait any longer. He had to find out the real murderer behind the assassination of Pu Yang as soon as possible.Pu Chen silently accepted the imperial edict, and Pu Xuanzhi said: "Since Your Majesty has decided to hold a national funeral, you don't have to worry about the funeral ceremony anymore. The people in the palace will make arrangements for it. You have to prepare well in the past few days. funeral rites."

Being unable to preside over the funeral of his own father may mean that it is difficult to successfully inherit Puyang's military power and official title.First they sent Pu Xuanzhi, and now they simply hold a national funeral in the palace, they have been trying to evade him from the beginning to the end.He must reverse this passive situation, otherwise, his trip to Jiankang will be in vain, and it may even bring disaster to Pu Shi.Pu Chen ground his teeth secretly, and said in a deep voice, "Yes."

It was already night after coming out of the front hall, and Pu Chen's air pressure was so low that Tang Yu didn't dare to interrupt.When he was about to walk into the room, Pu Chen stopped and waved to Tang Yu: "Go and rest first, I will stay alone for a while." Tang Yu didn't want to serve the young master whose air pressure was so low at the moment, so he slipped away quickly.Wen Tao also made a gesture to follow Tang Yu, but Pu Chen stopped him: "Come back."

Wen Tao was slandering Pu Chen for clearly saying that he would stay alone for a while, so why is he not considered a human being?Pu Chen said: "You are the personal guard, you will never leave, come in with me."

Wen Tao looked around from the corner of his eyes, there were still many servants in the yard, it was hard to guarantee that they were not Cai Bo's eyes and ears, so he had to pretend to lower his eyebrows and follow Pu Chen into the room.

As soon as the door was closed, before Wen Tao could open his mouth, Pu Chen had already said first, "Let me be your personal bodyguard. Firstly, I want to protect you and make it difficult for Cai Bo to attack you; secondly, I promote you as my personal bodyguard just because I just know you." Wei, Uncle Cai must be suspicious, and once he becomes suspicious, he will definitely leak his feet."

The two reasons are reasonable, and Wen Tao couldn't find anything to refute, so he could only answer one sullenly: "Yes."

"However..." Pu Chen looked at Wen Tao and continued, "After all, you have the heart to kill my father, I have to guard against it. You are my personal bodyguard in name, but once you enter my room, you must remove everything Bladed weapon."

Wen Tao sarcastically said: "Then if there really is an assassin someday, I won't be able to protect you."

"It's not time for you to protect me yet." Pu Chen replied, but he didn't seem to be thinking about this matter at all. He poured a cup of tea and tapped his fingers on the desk.

Wen Tao stood by, seeing the anxious look in Pu Chen's eyes, thinking that it must be related to the imperial decree of Pu Xuan's leader just now.Although he has nothing to do with the Pu family, he did a lot of research on the disadvantages of the aristocratic family when he was in Guangling Academy.He used to think that the so-called aristocratic family was doing everything possible to occupy the people's land and control the government in order to strengthen the family's interests.I don't want to really fall into this political situation now, only to find out that there are many involuntary things in the family.The Pu family in Jinyang is already a powerful family in Nanjing, with a large army in their hands, and a certain amount of power in the court, but once Pu Yang died, he immediately fell into crisis.The emperor was critically ill, and it was unclear whether the imperial edict to hold a national funeral was actually written by His Majesty or the King of Chu.If it came from the king of Chu, Pu Yang had clearly opposed the establishment of the king of Chu as the prince several times before, the king of Chu must hold a grudge, and he would not let Pu's family off easily.Pu Chen is here alone, with a bright future ahead. If he makes a mistake, he will be convicted, and Pu's power will be lost, or his life will be lost. At that time, it is difficult to guarantee that Pu's power will be torn apart in an instant.

"Less... young master."

"It's fine if you're not used to it, just don't forget it in front of people." Pu Chen frowned.

"Well, the current situation in Jiankang is unclear. If it's really not possible, you might as well go back to Wuchang directly, at least you can keep Pu's 10,000+ soldiers and horses." Wen Tao opened his mouth. He didn't know why he gave such a suggestion. The agreement with Pu Chen is to find out who killed Pu Yang.But now, from Pu Chen's point of view, the safest way is not to intervene in the situation in Jiankang, and to preserve Pu's troops. Sit firmly in the position of Great Sima and Great Governor.

Pu Chen's eyes were burning, and his expression seemed to be burning with fire: "I don't want to be a minister of power." He paused every word. "That's right. Now that I'm back in Wuchang, Mrs. Pu is watching from the sidelines, holding 10,000+ soldiers and horses. No matter who is in power at that time, I dare not underestimate Mrs. Pu. Due to the situation, I may still be named Da Sima. But if this is the case, Mrs. Pu What is the difference between the Wang family of Langya and the Xie family of Chenjun in the last years of the Jing Dynasty? It is just that they are using the name of assisting the court to seek private interests of the family. Nanjing is already in a corner of peace, and they are still fighting endlessly. Dou, even my father, who guarded one side of the humerus, was killed. I have 10,000+ heavy soldiers. As a son of man, I cannot find out the truth of my father's murder. What's the point of winning the title of Da Sima? When will the tens of thousands of hectares of land taken by Beiyan be recaptured, and when will the tens of thousands of people who have been displaced in Beiyan be sheltered!"

Wen Tao was moved by what he said, especially when Pu Chen said that he wanted to regain the lost land that fell to Bei Yan and protect those displaced people, Wen Tao clenched his fists. , a question that has been pondered countless times in Guangling Academy.Why did Tangtang Jingchao fall into such a situation?Why is Nan Jing, who is already in peace, still drunk on money and busy with internal strife?He once thought that killing Pu Yang, the most powerful official, would solve the problem. He didn't kill Pu Yang, but Pu Yang died.Although Pu Yang died, the government of Qingming did not come back, even before Pu Yang's bones were cold, there was a group of vultures waiting to carve up the power left by Pu Yang.

Wen Tao seemed to have made up his mind: "I will help you find the murderer behind the murder of Da Sima."

"You promised during the day." Pu Chen said.

"I will not only help you find the mastermind behind the scenes, but also help you get back the power that belongs to the Pu family." Wen Tao said in a deep voice.

"Oh?" Pu Chen looked puzzled, "Qi Dai said that you are well versed in the evils of the family, and you hate powerful officials the most, why did you change your nature?"

Wen Tao clenched his fists tightly: "I don't know how to solve the family's problems. But your father's monstrous power, rather than falling into other people's hands, it is better to be in your hands."

"Why?" Pu Chen stared at Wen Tao.

Wen Tao looked back: "Because you are a better choice."

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The two looked at each other for a while, feeling a little awkward for no reason, Pu Chen looked away, as if casually said: "It's late at night, let's go to bed, there are still many things to do tomorrow."

"Shouldn't I stand by all night?" Wen Tao wondered.

Pu Chen waved his hand: "It's just a fake. You can't even carry a weapon, and it's useless to stand overnight."

"Then... where will I be placed?" Wen Tao felt a little uncomfortable when he said this.A huge room with only one bed.

"I asked Tang Yu to come over, he knows where the bed is." After finishing speaking, Pu Chen was about to go to the door.

"Don't." Wen Tao stopped him, "There are Cai Bo's eyes and ears outside, since I came in with you, and I'm your personal bodyguard, won't you tell Tang Yu to make the bed?"

Pu Chen thought it made sense, but there was no better way, so he paced around the room.

Wen Tao searched the room, and sure enough, he found a few extra beds in the closet in the inner room. He made a floor bed by himself, and when he was about to lie down, Pu Chen glanced at him and said, "Come closer to the brazier, It's cold on the ground, and you're still hurt."

Wen Tao glanced at it, and saw that the brazier was next to Pu Chen's bed, so he had to move the floor bed there.In the candlelight, the corners of Pu Chen's mouth seemed to be upturned.

It was night, and Pu Chen slept very restlessly.Pu Chen lost his mother since he was a child, and had been sleeping alone for more than twenty years. Suddenly, a large living person was sleeping not far from him, and Pu Chen felt uncomfortable.On the contrary, Wen Tao slept well. When he was in Guangling Academy, because he was not from a great family, he could only live in the children's room of Datongpu as a low-ranking child.But he has always been a very light sleeper, and was awakened by the sound of turning over in the middle of the night. He guessed that Pu Chen turned over in the middle of the night, so he didn't make a sound.As a result, the time for a stick of incense passed, Pu Chen turned back and forth several times, Wen Tao couldn't help humming: "Hey, you didn't fall asleep?"

Seeing being exposed, Pu Chen sighed: "There are too many things, I can't sleep."

Wen Tao obediently said "Oh", and both of them fell into silence.

After some time, Pu Chen said, "If there is no family, will the world really become better?"

Pu Chen himself didn't know why he would talk about this with Wen Tao, whom he had just met not long ago.Probably because Wen Tao said that he would help him win his father's power, but Wen Tao is the person who most disapproves of the big family controlling the government, but for some reason, he most wants to know Wen Tao's real opinion on the family.

Wen Tao was dumbfounded. Not long ago, he was so sure. He naively thought that after eradicating the family, the power would be transferred to the central government, and the emperor could truly control the military and political power.But he was wrong. When one family falls, another family will stand up and seize power.Just like Pu Yang is dead, even if this monstrous power is not in Pu Chen's hands, it will never be returned to the emperor.There will be Qi family, Pu family offshoots, or other aristocratic families to fight for.

Seeing that Wen Tao didn't speak, Pu Chen said slowly: "My father left a 10,000+ army in Wuchang. This army was brought out by us Pu family bit by bit since the end of the Jing Dynasty. At first There were only a few thousand people in Jinyang. At that time, the barbarians in Yizhou rebelled, and the road to Yizhou was long and rugged, and the imperial court had no soldiers to send, so they had to issue an edict to quell the chaos in Yizhou and take Yizhou herdsmen. My father I brought these thousands of people all the way from Jinyang to