Oriole Line

From years ago, the letter paper should be very old, and the handwriting should also be dim.But this stack of letter paper is almost the same as the handwriting, so it should be made recently.If so, it must be forged. "

Pu Chen obviously saw this too, but fell into deep thought for a moment: "However, Cai Bo and Qi Chen's collusion was witnessed by our people, and it is not a fake."

"Perhaps, they did collude, but not before, but recently." Wen Tao said.

"Or maybe, he was trying to make me think they were in collusion." In the candlelight, a cold light flashed in Pu Chen's eyes.

The two gasped, but they were both thinking about such a possibility in their minds.If Cai Bo left these letters to make Pu Chen think that he had colluded with the Qi family long ago, then what is his real purpose?After thinking for a while, the two sighed at the same time. In any case, Cai Bo, Qi Chen, and King Chu are all dead. Even if they still have doubts in their hearts, it is difficult to find the answer.

"At least, it is certain that the Qi family gathered the imperial army to rebel. For the rest, we will investigate slowly later." Pu Chen put away the letter and said.

Wen Tao nodded, and took the floor mat in the inner room as usual, halfway through it, he suddenly realized something, and blurted out, "Hey, Uncle Cai is gone, we don't have to act."

Pu Chen was also awakened suddenly by this sentence.For so many days, they are used to living together in the same room. Every time it is time to go to bed, Wen Tao spreads the floor on the floor. The first person Pu Chen sees before falling asleep and after waking up is Wen Tao. He was lying there, just like the civet cat he brought back from Xikou Lane.He knows that Wen Tao likes cleanliness, that Wen Tao sleeps lightly, that Wen Tao eats a lot when he is hungry, and that Wen Tao sleeps very well, always tucking his limbs under the quilt and revealing his head.

For more than a month, when meeting outsiders, especially Pu Xuanzhi and Cai Bo, Pu Chen always deliberately showed that he was very close to Wen Tao, putting his arms around his shoulders, embracing his waist, his words and deeds were frivolous, A ridiculous young master who is ignorant of common affairs and willful and willful.But now, both Pu Xuanzhi and Cai Bo are dead, and they don't have to act anymore.

Pu Chen let out a "hmm", and he didn't feel the relief he imagined. On the contrary, he felt a breath in his chest.

"Then, I'll live next door to Tang Yu tomorrow." Wen Tao seemed to be talking to himself.

"No need." Pu Chen blurted out.

"Ah?" Wen Tao looked at Pu Chen suspiciously.

Pu Chen didn't know why he objected, so he could only make up a random reason: "I have to clean up a room again, it's troublesome."

"No trouble..." Wen Tao hummed softly.

Pu Chen blew out the candle in one breath and said, "Go to sleep, we will talk about it tomorrow."

Wen Tao's eyes couldn't adapt to the darkness all of a sudden, and he muttered: "I can't see it, the floor hasn't been paved yet."

"Don't make the bed, sleep on the bed." Pu Chen grabbed Wen Tao's waist in the dark, pulled him onto his bed, and pushed him to the depths of the bed, just like the performance in front of Xiang Hu that time. In that way, he gently helped Wen Tao take off his outer robe, and took his brocade quilt to cover him.He took the quilt and covered it again, and lay down on the outside.In the boundless darkness, Pu Chen said softly: "They all thought that we slept together every night, and you made me dizzy."

The bed was so big that even if two people slept on it, there was still a lot of distance between them.

"If I knew this bed was more than enough for two people, I wouldn't have to lay the floor every day." Wen Tao glanced at Pu Chen, whose back was turned to him, and said.

"Oh?" Pu Chen's voice was full of teasing, "Are you planning to share the bed with me every night, and implement this Jiankang rumor?"

Indeed, as Pu Chen said, the entire Jiankang people thought that they shared the same bed every night and were very close.In fact, it was the first time that they really slept in the same bed tonight, and even so, they were definitely not sharing the same bed as outsiders thought.Wen Tao defended: "I was talking about the past. It was acted out in the past. The more similar the act, the less they guard against you, and the easier it is for us to find out the truth about your father's assassination."

"But I never said that I need you to act." The teasing in Pu Chen's tone suddenly disappeared.

Wen Tao paused, and said slowly: "That time when you went out in the middle of the night and let me sleep on your bed, and was bumped into by General Xiang Hu the next day, I knew the role I should play. Didn't you say you needed to I act, but if I don't act, how can I help you find the truth, and how can I help you regain Pu's military power?"

"Then you can complete the agreement between us and go back to Guangling Academy."

Wen Tao thought for a while, but still let out a "hmm." from deep in his throat.

"You are really good at acting and extremely smart." Pu Chen's voice was suddenly a little cold.

"Each each other."

long silence.

They have been working together for such a long time. Today, when Pu Chen was fighting with the Imperial Army in the Chaoyang Palace, Pu Chen even had the illusion that Wen Tao was really his personal bodyguard. They could rely on each other in desperate situations and never betray each other.However, now that all the dust has settled, they have become strangers again.Although Pu Chen is in a high position, he knows very well that Wen Tao is not his personal guard, not even his subordinates. He is willing to cooperate with him in acting, to cooperate with him, and to accomplish the same goal. him, to be free.

In the darkness, Wen Tao seemed to hear a sentence, but he was so sleepy that he even suspected that it was just a dream.

He seemed to hear Pu Chen sigh: "What if I didn't play it?"

When Wen Tao woke up the next day, Pu Chen was no longer there.He dressed neatly, and saw Tang Yu as soon as he left the yard.

"Where's the young master?" Wen Tao asked.

Tang Yu looked at him, and complained in his voice: "Why did you sleep so deeply? You didn't hear the death knell this morning? If the young master didn't stop me, I would have woken you up long ago."

"Death knell?" Wen Tao woke up suddenly, "Who is it? Could it be..." An ominous premonition surged in his heart.

"It's the emperor..." Tang Yu said, "It is said that he died of a sudden illness last night, and the young master has already entered the palace."

There was a huge change in the Chaoyang Palace yesterday, and the emperor Zhou Shao suddenly died of a sudden illness in the evening. Isn't this too coincidental?Wen Tao was full of doubts.Although the emperor Zhou Shao has been complaining of illness for several months, and the government has long been unable to take care of it, but his death at this juncture really makes people think deeply.

"A country cannot be without a king for a day, so the prince has already succeeded to the throne." Wen Tao said.

Tang Yu nodded: "The enthronement edict was issued together with the death knell."

Wen Tao looked in the direction of Miyagi, and a small haze enveloped his heart in an instant.

25, 25.

Ten days later, the enthronement ceremony was completed, and the crown prince Zhou Yan ascended the throne with the title of Taiping.

One month later, the emperor Zhou Yan held the highest-standard national funeral for the late emperor Zhou Shao and Da Sima Puyang.Zhou Shao was the first son of heaven to be buried in the imperial mausoleum in Nanjing, with the posthumous title of Emperor Yuan, while Pu Yang was conferred the title of Duke of Jia, and he was also the first courtier in Nanjing to be buried in the imperial mausoleum.

Pu Chen made great contributions in rescuing the Chaoyang palace. In addition to the original hussar general and governor, he was additionally promoted to the rank of Da Sima, ranking among the three princes. After the national funeral, he will continue to be stationed in Wuchang.So far, Pu Chen in his early twenties has fully inherited the foundation laid by Pu Yang in his half-life as a soldier.Ye Chi, the commander of the southern army, was also promoted to the commander of the imperial army because of his meritorious service in saving Jia. He merged the southern army and the northern army, and commanded the defense of Miyagi and Jiankang.

As for the Qi family, Zhou Ya, King of Chu, Qi Chen, and Qi Yan were charged with treason, and the noble concubine Qi lost her virtue as a concubine and was deprived of her title and could not be buried in the imperial tomb.All of a sudden, the mighty Guangling Qi clan was wiped out, and the members of the Qi clan above the imperial court were either implicated or relegated, while some ministers of the northern noble families who were not reused were promoted one by one, especially those who came from the Xie clan of Chenjun. For Xie Kun.Because of Xie Kun's generous words in the Chaoyang Palace and his actions to protect the emperor when the rebels invaded, he was made prime minister and ranked among the three princes.

After Nanjing Chaotang underwent a reshuffle, it was back on the right track.

After the national funeral, Pu Chen was busy handing over Jiankang's defense with Ye Chi. He retreated the [-] Wuchang army he brought back to Stone City.After finishing his work on the last day, it was already late at night when Pu Chen returned to the General's Mansion.For more than a month, he has been very busy, going in and out of Miyagi almost every day, and most of the personal guards with him are Tang Yu.Wen Tao, who was rumored to have a fierce fight with Pu's young master before, seldom appeared by his side.Scholars in Jiankang also rumored that the young master of the Pu family is not a thing in the pool after all, how could he indulge in such trivial matters after being promoted to the chief minister.

In fact, Wen Tao did not lose Pu Chen's favor as Jiankang rumored. On the contrary, since the night of the palace change, he has slept with Pu Chen every night with peace of mind.It was often late at night when Pu Chen returned to the General’s Mansion, and Wen Tao was already fast asleep on the inside of the bed. Several times, the civet cat that Wen Tao brought back from Xikou Lane also jumped onto his bed. I really don't want to curl myself up on Puchen's bed like a foreign cat.Pu Chen sighed, and wanted to catch the cat and put it on the ground, but as soon as the tiger's mouth touched the cat's neck, it snorted in pain, as if it had been abused by the sky.Pu Chen was afraid that it would wake Wen Tao up, so he had no choice but to push the whole thing into the bed, and he lay on the outermost side of the bed.Sometimes I can't help laughing at myself, it's my own bed, it's a very spacious bed, how can I be reduced to the treatment of being on the side of the bed?

This night was Puchen's last night in Jiankang, and he had some inexplicable emotions in his heart.He took off his boots and robe, and just covered the quilt when Wen Tao's voice