Oriole Line

Just about to come and see, I suddenly heard Tang Yu say outside the carriage: "Patriarch, His Majesty's order has arrived, please come out to receive the order."

"Stop!" Pu Chen got out of the car solemnly, and respectfully accepted the imperial edict sent by Jiankang.

Sure enough, Zhou Yan agreed to Pu Chen's request to remove the prefect of the four states.He had wanted to do this for a long time.The prefects of the four prefectures are directly appointed by Jiankang, and they are usually civil servants from Jiankang who do not understand the military affairs. They have many constraints on Pu, especially during the war with Beiyan. , In fact, it acts as Jiankang's eyeliner.When Pu Yang was alive, he wanted to replace these eunuchs many times, but Jiankang never let go. It was not until this time that the eunuch they sent sent Beiyan down, and such a big mess happened, and the matter was considered complete.The four states were finally completely in Pu's hands, and he could fight against Beiyan wholeheartedly.Pu Chen took a deep breath.

"Da Sima, Your Majesty ordered that the warrior who assassinated King Huben this time was courageous and scheming, and His Majesty appreciates it very much. His Majesty heard that this person did not seem to be a member of the Pu family. If it is true, His Majesty intends to promote this person as an imperial guard, and the Sa family will take him personally. Jiankang." The eunuch who came to deliver the imperial decree added this sentence, and said to Pu Chen, "Is this warrior in the team now?"

Pu Chen's heart was flustered for a moment, but he showed a calm look on his face, but his eyebrows moved slightly, and he bowed and said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, Long En. It's just that this person is Pu's personal guard. If he enters the Pu family, he will Waiter Wanwang understands that it is inconvenient to serve in the imperial court. If Commander Ye is short of people, when Pu returns to Wuchang, he will count a group of people and send them to Jiankang."

"Oh?" said the eunuch, "Sajia heard that the warrior was met by Da Sima in Liangzhou, not from the Pu family."

"Chang Shi's words are wrong." Pu Chen explained, "This person has long been taken under Pu's tent, and has always been Pu's personal bodyguard. That day when Pu was in Jiankang to help His Majesty put down the rebellion of the King of Chu, this person This person is already Pumou's right-hand man. If it is someone else, His Majesty will definitely give up his love if he takes a fancy to Pumou, but this person is indispensable to Pumou, and I hope that your majesty will understand him."

The eunuch rolled his eyes and said: "If that's the case, then the Sa family is being rude. The Sa family will return to the palace and will relay this statement to His Majesty."

Pu Chen bowed again and said, "Thank you, Chang Shi."

Wen Tao, who was not far away, heard their conversation clearly in the carriage. At first, he began to consider finding another way out. Hearing this, the corner of his mouth finally twitched into a slight smile. From then on, my personal guard, I really Is his bodyguard already?

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After returning to the car, Pu Chen felt a little embarrassed facing Wen Tao, but he felt a sense of joy that he had never felt before, as if something he had always wanted finally fell into his hands safely. .There is no longer any reason to keep Wen Tao by his side so grandiosely as a personal guard. The corners of his mouth could not restrain a slight upturn, but he pretended to be calm and said: "You have heard what I just said, and I have no other choice, so you follow me Let's go back to Wuchang."

Wen Tao let out a soft "oh", then said after a pause, "You didn't say you'd accept me as your bodyguard before."

"Huh?" Pu Chen raised his eyebrows, "You don't want to be my personal guard, but want to go to Jiankang to be the imperial guard?"

"Of course not." Wen Tao denied it flatly, he didn't want to go to Jiankang to deal with those courtiers at all.He suddenly remembered the conversation he had with Qi Dai when he left Guangling, and hurriedly told Pu Chen that the man in black he met in Jiankang Xikou Lane was actually Ye Chi.

Pu Chen frowned, thought for a moment, and said: "In this way, everything makes sense. The letters that Cai Bo finally showed in the Chaoyang Palace in collusion with Qi Chen were forged, and the people he really secretly communicated with... ...is His Majesty."

"So, the person who killed your father and enemy was actually His Majesty." Wen Tao whispered.

Pu Chen frowned tightly. To be honest, it's not that he hadn't considered this possibility. It's just that Pu Yang died at the hands of Zhou Yan, rather than at the hands of Zhou Yan. In such a vortex, Zhou Yan died. Yan, Zhou Ya, Pu Yang, and even the late emperor Zhou Shao, who is innocent?

"Do you think that the death of the first emperor is also related to your majesty? Once the Qi family was exterminated, the first emperor..." Wen Tao said softly.

Pu Chen naturally also suspected that the second day after the Chaoyang Palace change, the late emperor Zhou Shao passed away, and the court was in chaos, with a lot of waste waiting to be done. Cai Bo colluded and used the Pu family to kill the Qi family. The death of the late emperor is really suspicious.

Pu Chen sighed lightly: "As a subject, it is not good to speculate on things without evidence."

Wen Tao didn't speak, he thought of Qi Dai, he should be in Jiankang right now, I don't know what else he can find out.

A few days later, Pu Chen returned to Wuchang.This time, Pu Chen fought beautifully in the battle to regain Liangzhou, and the whole Wuchang was filled with joy. Even Mr. Wei changed his strict attitude and treated Pu Chen a lot more leniently.However, the good-looking young man brought back by Pu Chen confused him a bit. Pu Chen said that this was his personal guard, which was different from other personal guards and needed to be arranged in his own yard.

Mr. Wei is surprised, Pu Chen's personal guards have been famous since Puyang, and they all recruit people with the strongest martial arts skills and the most flexible personalities, but the title of personal guards has never been given before. I don't know why Pu Chen specially gave this Juveniles are treated like this.

Just as Mr. Wei expressed his doubts, Pu Chen just said indifferently: "He is very skilled in martial arts, and he assassinated King Huben."

"In this way, he can be promoted to his position in the personal guard." Mr. Wei suggested, "Such rewards and punishments are clearly defined, and it also appears that the Patriarch is fair."

"No need." Pu Chen refuted decisively, "Being able to accompany me is to value him."

Mr. Wei was powerless to object, so he had to slightly change the layout of Pu Chen's courtyard, and arranged Wen Tao's residence inside.Fortunately, Pu Chen's yard is large, and it is more than enough to arrange Wen Tao's residence in the side room.

That night, the Dudu Mansion in Wuchang was brightly lit, and the banquet continued until midnight.Because the mourning period was over, Pu Chen no longer banned alcohol, and got very drunk with the soldiers under his tent.Wen Tao's drinking capacity is light, and his injury has not fully healed, so he went back to rest before the hour of the day.He slept for a while, and suddenly heard the sound of the door opening. Although Wen Tao was still a little dizzy, he managed to open his eyes, and saw a black figure flashing in from the door.

Wen Tao was startled, and shouted, "Who?"

The black shadow seemed to stagnate, then took two steps crookedly, and fell directly to the ground.

Wen Tao quickly took his saber, lit a candle and saw that it was Pu Chen!His eyes were closed tightly, his body smelled of alcohol, and he muttered: "Drink, drink!"

Wen Tao was embarrassed, pushed him and said, "Hey, hey."

The people on the ground have no intention of waking up.

Wen Tao had no choice but to increase the volume and call out to him: "Patriarch, this is the side room, and your room is in the main room. Wake up."

Still no response.

Wen Tao was speechless, so he could only think of calling Tang Yu over and moving Pu Chen to his own room.It was early summer at this time, and when the door was opened, a gust of hot wind hit, and the cicadas on the tree screamed.Wen Tao sighed, and walked to the corner gate in the courtyard. Tang Yu and the others lived in the yard outside the corner gate. As a result, Wen Tao pushed the door, it broke down, and the courtyard door was locked.He vaguely remembered that Tang Yu told him during the day that the owner's yard was closed every day at Zi Shi and opened at Mao Shi. Now that Zi Shi had passed, he didn't know where to find the unlocker.

Sighing, he walked back to the room, and when he looked up, he caught a glimpse of the summer midnight, the stars were shining and the clouds were moving.With a thought in his mind, Wen Tao opened the door.As a result, when he returned to the room, he found that Pu Chen was no longer on the ground, and had fallen asleep on Wen Tao's bed grandly at some point.Wen Tao was completely speechless now, he himself was extremely sleepy, but judging by Pu Chen's appearance, he was in a deep sleep, and it was impossible to wake him up.He was at a loss as to what to do, when he suddenly heard a "meow meow", Wen Tao followed the sound and found that the civet cat he had rescued in Jiankang was at the door.The civet cat was much rounder, stretched its waist at this moment, jumped in nimbly, and rubbed against Wen Tao's leg affectionately.

Just as Wen Tao was about to pick up the cat, who knew that the cat had already walked to the bed in three or two steps, jumped up, and bent itself into a circle at Pu Chen's feet very skillfully, as if about to sleep.Seeing that Wen Tao didn't move, the civet cat barked at Wen Tao a few times, with an impatient expression on his face, as if to say, "Aren't you stupid if you have a bed and don't sleep?"

Wen Tao never thought that one day he would be ridiculed by a cat. He glanced at the bed, and found that Pu Chen slept on the inside, which was indeed enough for a person to sleep on.The overwhelming drowsiness combined with the civet cat's mocking expression finally made Wen Tao make up his mind. Forget it, it's not the first time he and Pu Chen slept on the same bed.He blew out the candle and fell asleep on the outside of the bed. The moment he lay down, his calf just touched the civet cat's furry body, which made it howl in dissatisfaction.Wen Tao had no choice but to bear the drowsiness and moved out to give the cat a seat.In the darkness, a hand reached out to encircle him, and a voice came over.

"Taotao, don't move."

Naturally it was Pu Chen's voice, but the voice was so soft that it was like talking in sleep, making it impossible to guess whether the speaker was dreaming or awake.And, Taotao, who is Taotao?

Wen Tao was full of doubts, and asked softly, "Are you calling me?"

After waiting for a long time, there was no answer, only Pu Chen's breathing became longer and longer, and Wen Tao finally fell asleep.

On the second day, Tang Yu, who was extremely anxious when he didn't see the shadow of his patriarch in the main room, was shocked when he saw the side room with the door open.On a bed that is not very spacious, there are actually two people sleeping, oh, plus a cat.Wen Tao sleeps on the bed obediently