Oriole Line

The more he leaned toward Pu Chen, Wen Tao stopped insisting.Half an hour later, Beiyan's personal guards in the entire prefect's mansion, including the prefect Gao You who surrendered to Beiyan, were all executed.The five thousand Beiyan cavalry outside the city got the news from inside the city and fled back to Beiyan overnight.

After a night of fighting, when the morning sun gradually rose, Liangzhou had been regained by Nanjing.

After receiving the exact news of the Beiyan cavalry's retreat, Pu Chen completely let go of his worries.He had planned for the worst. If the Beiyan cavalry were desperate and attacked the city with [-] cavalry, he must immediately prepare a plan to defend the city.Fortunately, the death of King Huben dealt a serious blow to Beiyan, and they finally chose to retreat without a leader.

Pu Chen turned and walked towards the couch. Wen Tao on the couch had just fallen asleep, his bloody clothes had been changed, his left hand was wrapped with a bandage, which Pu Chen personally helped him just now.Wen Tao said it's okay, it doesn't matter, but Pu Chen's eyes are sharp, Wen Tao's left hand has a deep wound, if he doesn't heal the wound carefully, it may affect his holding the sword in the future.

Why doesn't this person care about himself at all!Seeing Wen Tao fell asleep, Pu Chen couldn't help feeling an unknown fire.Although they did divide the work at that time, Wen Tao assassinated King Huben, and he and Lei Xiong won the armory, but he clearly promised that if the assassination did not go well, he would try to delay the time and wait for Pu Chen to come to meet him. How could he be so forceful?Looking at Wen Tao's wound, Pu Chen didn't dare to think about the scene at that time. When he thought about it, he felt the evil fire rushing up all over his body. He didn't know whether to get angry at Wen Tao who didn't take his life as his life or at himself. .After all, I said it myself before the plan, you wait for me, what did you wait for?Not only did I fail to respond to Wen Tao in time to kill King Huben, but I almost asked Wen Tao to fight again in the fight with the guards. I was really, really fucking useless!

Pu Chen had never felt such a sense of frustration, he even wanted to slap himself, but when he turned his head and saw Wen Tao's open neckline still had the whip marks from Jiankang, the surging sense of frustration instantly turned into A surge of guilt.He has been proud and talented since he was a child, and he has never regretted anything, but he has never regretted what he has done like today, regretting so much that he is willing to bear Pu Shi's ten lashes in exchange for someone who got to know Wen Tao again Chance, if he could get to know him again, he would never, never do anything to hurt him again.

35, 35.

Jiankang, Wanquan Palace.

Emperor Zhou Yan received the military newspaper from Da Sima Puchen, and was reading it carefully. At first, he didn't express anything, but when he read the second half of the paragraph, his brows became more and more tight, and the hostility in his eyes became more and more obvious.Ye Chi, the commander-in-chief of the imperial army, watched Zhou Yan's expression, and asked tentatively, "Why, Puchen didn't take Liangzhou?"

"Hmph, not only did I win it, but I also took it beautifully, with almost no loss." Zhou Yan hissed.

"Oh?" Ye Chi said, "Liangzhou City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and Pu Chen didn't lose any troops?"

"It is said that one of his personal guards sneaked into Liangzhou City and assassinated King Huben, and he took the armory from outside. Liangzhou City was taken without a fight."

"His subordinates are so skilled?" Ye Chi was shocked, "King Huben is the number one under Harilel's command. How can Puchen's mere personal guard kill him?"

The shadow in Zhou Yan's eyes deepened: "This is still the second. Puchen's Shangshu this time is to cut off the prefects of the four prefectures of Liangzhou, Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Yuzhou, and let the state herds unify the military and political power. He It is clearly stated that the surrender of Liangzhou to Beiyan this time is the fault of Gao You, the prefect. The four states are Nanjing's barrier against Beiyan, and the military and government cannot be separated."

"What? Back then, it was because Pu Yang led the prefects of the four prefectures and was so powerful that the late emperor personally appointed the prefects of the four prefectures in order to separate power. If the prefects of the four prefectures were cut off, wouldn't the four prefectures be Pu Chen's? Is it in your pocket?"

Zhou Yan gritted his teeth and sneered: "If there was no incident in Liangzhou this time, I would never have agreed to Pu Chen's request. But this time, that Gao You secretly communicated with Beiyan and handed over Liangzhou to Beiyan. If it weren't for Pu Chen's efforts to turn the tide, Liangzhou would have been the territory of Beiyan at this moment. He won such a feat, and he didn't want other rewards, but only wanted to cut off the prefect of the four states, so that the four states could work together and fight together. Beiyan, how can I refuse this!" Zhou Yan was so out of breath that he picked up a teacup on the desk and smashed it to pieces on the ground.

"Your Majesty, Pu Chen has 10,000+ troops in his hands, which is several times as many as the Jiankang Imperial Army. If he rebels, we will have little power to defend him." Ye Chi said.

Did Zhou Yan not know what Ye Chi said?Pu's 10,000+ soldiers and horses and the monstrous power that ruled the four states have become a thorn in the throat of the late emperor since the founding of Nanjing.Now, this thorn has come to Zhou Yan again, how can he feel at ease?Zhou Yan thought for a moment, then gradually relaxed his frown and said, "Hmph, didn't he want to fight Beiyan? Harry strangled his brother to death, so he will definitely not let it go. I approved his memorial this time, I want to see if the prefect has been cut and he has his way, whether he can repel Bei Yan. If he repels it, it's fine. Dismiss him from the post of governor of the four states. I would like to know how much he can pass on to his own father!"

On the official road in Liangzhou, a column of soldiers and horses of the Pu family is marching towards Wuchang.

Liangzhou has been settled, and Lei Xiong has reorganized Liangzhou's military defense with the post of captain. Twenty thousand Liangzhou garrisons are guarding various fortresses in Liangzhou. attack.It was inconvenient for Pu Chen to stay in Liangzhou for too long, so he returned to Wuchang with a small group of people brought out from Wuchang that day. Of course, there were two more people in this group, and one Tang Yu was riding a horse. At the front of the line, there is another one, of course Wen Tao, who was ordered by Pu Chen to ride in the carriage, and at the moment he is being thrown upside down in the carriage.

"Hey, I just said it would be better to ride a horse." Wen Tao, who was curled up in the carriage, stroked his stomach with a pale face.

At the same time, Pu Chen, who was sitting in the car, felt no discomfort, but rejected Wen Tao's request for the third time: "Your hand injury is still not healed, and you can't hold the reins."

"I can use my right hand." Wen Tao argued.

"You're not used to your right hand." Pu Chen retorted again.In fact, ever since Wen Tao was injured when he assassinated King Huben, Pu Chen felt full of apology every time he saw him, but after Wen Tao woke up, Pu Chen didn't know how to treat him. Yes, he doesn't know how to accommodate others.What's more, after a few days of rest, Wen Tao vigorously helped Tang Yu and Xiang Hu settle Liangzhou's military affairs. There is nothing to do with Wen Tao.

Just like at this time, Wen Tao, who had been refuted several times by Pu Chen, finally showed his stubborn side, and muttered in a low voice: "I'm not your personal guard."

This sentence is simply Pu Chen's rebellion!After the Chaoyangmen incident was settled in Jiankang that day, it was because of the agreement between them that Wen Tao was no longer his personal guard, and Wen Tao left without any regrets. reason.Later, when Liangzhou rebelled, Pu Chen was the first to think of Wen Tao. He thought that with his temperament, he would never refuse this kind of family and country righteousness. Who knows that after waiting for more than ten days without replying, he met Wen Tao unexpectedly in Liangzhou City. to him.They worked together to solve the crisis in Liangzhou, and now they are back in Wuchang, and Pu Chen became inexplicably irritable again.After all, he has never had such a sense of worrying about gains and losses towards Tang Yu and Xiang Hu. After all, they are all members of the Pu family. He has always rewarded or punished them from the heart, because he knows very well that no matter what, None of them will leave Pu's.But Wen Tao is different. Although he comes from a poor family, he is not from the Pu family. They cooperated twice because of chance, but what happened after the two times?What if he proposes to return to Guangling again?Licking his face and making him his own bodyguard?In the military camp in Wuchang, being Pu Chen's bodyguard might be a supreme honor, but with his literary talents and his status as a student of Guangling Academy, why must he be his bodyguard?

As soon as Wen Tao's words came out, Pu Chen really choked. Pu Chen said coldly: "Yes, you are not my personal guard of the Pu family. Now that this matter is over, are you going back to Guangling again?"

Now it was Wen Tao's turn to choke. He, who had suggested riding a horse from time to time just now, suddenly became quiet, and his drooping eyelids looked a little bit wronged.Before he left Guangling, he had already parted ways with Qi Dai, and he couldn't go back to Guangling, Wuchang... He didn't know if Pu Chen would accept him, he had long heard that Pu Chen had a lot of talents, especially generals.He killed King Huben in Liangzhou, and immediately assisted in rectifying military affairs as soon as he recovered from his injury. Although it was for the righteousness of his family and country, he also wanted Pu Chen to see his abilities. All he has is his own flesh and blood to prove that he is worthy of being a member of Pu Shi's subordinates.

Back to Guangling, what is this?Is it Puchen's eviction order?Wen Tao's already overwhelmed stomach felt like being pressed down by a boulder.He has been extremely talented since he was a child, and he is proficient in both literature and martial arts. The only weakness is his birth.If Qi Dai hadn't cherished his talents, he might never have been able to enter the Guangling Academy given his humble status. Now that he met Pu Chen, he had decided to follow him in his heart, but if Pu Chen had no intention of accepting him, he would Here is just redundant, it is better to find a future elsewhere.

Thinking of this, he unconsciously clenched his left hand into a fist, and only realized that he touched the wound when he clenched it tightly. He snorted lightly without paying attention, but Pu Chen immediately asked nervously, "What's wrong? Is the wound open?"

Wen Tao shook his head.Puchen didn't believe it,