Oriole Line

On the roof, two glazed tiles were uncovered and looked down.

They had naturally searched this apse just now, but found nothing, so they were all the more focused at this moment.After entering the hall, the woman walked to a corner, pressed the wall lightly, and there was a rumbling sound, and a downward staircase appeared directly.

It turned out to be a dungeon!Pu Chen and Wen Tao suddenly realized.They waited in place for a quarter of an hour, and the woman came out of the basement after a while, and went back after instructing the guards a few words.

After the woman left, Pu Chen sighed, "I was careless. Luoyang's imperial palace is naturally complex. In the years of the Seven Kings' Rebellion, there were frequent mutinies and assassinations. Naturally, many secret rooms and tunnels were built to prepare for escape."

"Put Dai Wang in the dungeon, which is safe and can deceive people. After all, the Nanjing mission also came with generals. If Dai Wang is forcibly robbed, Bei Yan will undoubtedly be passive." Wen Tao analyzed it, and then said, "Who is that woman? Why did she visit Dai Wang late at night?"

Pu Chen said: "The female family members living in this Luoyang Palace are all the wives and concubines of the Great Shanyu. That woman has a beautiful appearance and gorgeous clothes. She must have a high status. If there is no accident, she should be the Yan family of the Great Shanyu. Taotao, what do you have?" As everyone knows, Beiyan doesn't have so many rules of monarchs, ministers and concubines, even a woman can participate in state affairs if she becomes a member of the Yan clan if she has a plan, it is unknown whether this woman is going to interrogate brother Junwei."

Wen Tao said thoughtfully: "Although this woman is beautifully made up, she should be in her thirties. I heard that Wulu Shanyu has just passed the age of weak crown, how can his Yan clan be so much older than him? "

"Beiyan was originally a branch of the Huns. Don't you hear that their father married their mother after their death, and their brother married their wife after their death? Khalil died not long ago, and I am afraid that there are many widows left behind. As long as it is not Wulu Shanyu's own mother, he You can marry to be your own Yan family."

"Huh~" Wen Tao didn't know much about Beiyan after all, and frowned in disgust at such customs.

Pu Chen poked him: "I don't see you caring about anything else, but here is a beautiful woman who will watch carefully."

"If something goes wrong, there must be a demon." Wen Tao is serious.

"Time is running out, hurry up and find Dai Wang. He is imprisoned inside. It may not be easy for us to rescue him tonight, but we need to question him face to face about what happened that day." Pu Chen urged.

Wen Tao nodded: "I'm going to deal with those guards. I brought Mixiang, just go to the door and knock them down. At this time, there is no need to take people's lives, so as not to cause complications. You can also bring some Mixiang in, inside The guard martial arts should be stronger."

"You must be careful." There was a trace of worry in Pu Chen's eyes.

Wen Tao lowered his face and said, "If you do this again, you won't believe me. Even a few Beiyan guards can't handle it. Do you think I'm useless?"

Pu Chen was startled, and put on a hippie smile and said, "Of course it's to tease you. How could those Beiyan people have moved you? Once you mastered your lightness kung fu, didn't you just go out of Luoyang Palace in one go? "

"I'm talking nonsense again." Wen Yan obviously relaxed a lot, turned over and walked towards the door.Here, Pu Chen quietly entered the back hall, pressed the hidden compartment on the wall according to the gourd painting, and a staircase leading to the dungeon appeared in front of Pu Chen.Pu Chen didn't dare to waste time and walked down quickly.This dungeon consists of several stone rooms, when they heard someone coming, some guards shouted in Jie dialect: "Who?"

Pu Chen had already made preparations and took out the mist. After a while, the Beiyan guards all fell down.Pu Chen looked forward along the stone room, and saw a cell in the innermost cell, where a person was imprisoned, who was the king of Dai, because he was also intoxicated by the incense, and was unconscious at the moment.

Pu Chen leaped forward and quickly put the antidote on the tip of Dai Wang's nose. After Dai Wang woke up, he saw an unknown man dressed in night clothes in front of him, and asked vigilantly, "Who are you?"

"It's me, I've changed my face."

"Brother Yi Xing?" Zhou Yu heard Pu Chen's voice, and said strangely, "Why are you here?"

"Come to save you. I don't have much time. The time for the drug is only one stick of incense. The guards patrolling outside will come in at any time. I'm afraid I won't be able to rescue you today, but I must see you and understand the truth behind Wulu Shanyu's stabbing." situation."

Zhou Yu was imprisoned here for a few days, thinking that he would never see the light of day again before Nan Jing sent a new envoy, but he did not expect to see Pu Chen in the dungeon, he said anxiously: "It was the emperor who sent you here Is it?"

Pu Chen shook his head: "Your Majesty sent a thank you minister, and he will arrive in two days. I came here by myself, so I don't worry."

"Xie Xiang..." Zhou Yu's face darkened instantly, and he muttered: "He was actually sent..."

"Brother Junwei, after today, this place must be more strictly guarded, and I will never come in to see you again. What happened to Wulu Shanyu's death?"

Zhou Yu realized that this might be the only chance for them to meet before Prime Minister Xie presided over the overall situation, so he hurriedly said clearly: "First, I didn't kill anyone. Second, I don't know how people die. I thought about it for several days. , didn’t even think of any flaws.”

"Oh?" Pu Chen wondered, "If they do it themselves, wouldn't it be easy?"

Zhou Yu shook his head: "Wulu Shanyu and I are congenial and have a good relationship. He is proficient in Chinese and especially advocates our etiquette. He doesn't have Haril's military achievements and ambitions, but he cares about the people of Beiyan and doesn't want to die again. Let's go to war. After our covenant is drawn up, we will drink at Lichun Terrace from Shenshi in the afternoon to midnight in the evening."

"Is there anyone serving beside you?"

"At the beginning, there were Beiyan's maid and my personal guards. Later, we chatted speculatively and involved military matters, so we shunned them. They all stood guard at the gate of Lichun Terrace."

"Lichun Terrace? It sounds like the name of a high platform." Pu Chen pondered.

"Exactly, this is a high platform in the southeast corner of Luoyang Palace. There is only one exit, which can be reached from the main entrance. Not only Beiyan's guards, but also my own personal guards. All night, they testified that no one entered or exited the exit. Therefore, the next morning, after Wulu Shanyu was found assassinated, I couldn't argue with it. "Zhou Yu frowned tightly.

"Is it possible that the assassin flew to Lichun Terrace with lightness kung fu and then assassinated? Wen Tao and I came here with lightness kung fu."

Zhou Yu shook his head: "Wucheng Palace is low and there are not many guards, so you can come in. And Lichun Terrace is the tallest building in Luoyang Palace, and it is difficult for an assassin to go up no matter how good his lightness skills are. There are many guards on that day. Anyone approaching the high platform must be very eye-catching, and it is absolutely impossible to avoid everyone's eyes and ears."

Pu Chen pondered for a moment and said, "I'll check later. One last thing, who is the girl from Beiyan who came to see you just now?"

"That one is the famous Da Yan family. She was Haril's Da Yan family. Because of her unparalleled beauty and extraordinary strategy, she became the Wulu Shanyu's Da Yan family. Just now, she came to convey the truth about Zuo Xian. What the king meant, I want me to confess my crimes before the new mission from Nanjing arrives, and stop being stubborn." Zhou Yu sneered, "How can I be manipulated by her, the majestic Prince of Nanjing!"

"Why do you need her to convey the meaning of King Zuo Xian?"

"Hmph." Zhou Yu sneered, "Wulu Shanyu has no parents and children, and his brothers are not well-known. The next Grand Chanyu will probably be the Zuo Xianwang. It is said that he has long coveted the beauty of the Da Yan clan. The first thing I will do when I go to the Great Chanyu is probably to marry this Da Yan clan."

"Hehe, the great Chanyu of flowing water, the Da Yan clan of iron." Pu Chen shook his head, "What is the origin of this Da Yan clan?"

Zhou Yu thought about it for a moment and said: "During the whole process of our peace talks, she was the only Yan family present. The banquet was also like a fish in water. I don't know her origin. She speaks Jie dialect. Presumably she came from the nobles of Beiyan. The head full of jewelry is not too much for a woman from the Central Plains."

Pu Chen nodded and said: "I know the general situation. The key to your cell must not be on the body of these lying guards, right?"

Zhou Yu shook his head: "King Zuoxian locked me here himself, and only he has the key."

Pu Chen sighed: "So, I really can't rescue you tonight, I will investigate the details of Wulu Shanyu's assassination when I go back, I must not let brother Junwei suffer such injustice."

Zhou Yu stretched out his hands from the iron prison to hold Pu Chen and said, "Brother Yixing's righteousness is deeply in my heart. If you hadn't come, I don't know what kind of deal Xie Xianghui will make with the Beiyan people." After Zhou Yu finished speaking, his eyes appeared Show a trace of grief and indignation.For so many years, he kept a low profile and only wanted to protect himself. The only time he was passionate was to send troops to Luzhou to defeat Beiyan. As a result, this time brought him to where he is now.

"Take care." Pu Chen said, and quickly left the dungeon.

62, 62.

Back at the residence, it was already midnight.Pu Chen and Wen Tao lay down facing each other, with their clothes on.A few spring thunders sounded outside the window, and the spring rain fell continuously. I don't know how many people are tossing and turning in Luoyang Palace today.In the darkness, Pu Chen pulled Wen Tao towards him, and Wen Tao's breathing was light and steady.Pu Chen thought of Wen Tao's new injury on his left arm tonight, and sighed softly, feeling that since Wen Tao got to know him, he had never been hurt, major or minor, so could it be that he was really the reincarnation of a evil star?Pu Chen didn't believe in evil, and held onto Wen Tao's bandaged wound. Wen Tao snorted softly in his sleep, as if he was in pain. Pu Chen loosened his fingers, but he was reluctant to let him go completely, so he relaxed all night. hold him firmly.For the first time, Puchen felt that sometimes he didn't have to hold on to something tightly to feel at ease. At this moment, they didn't hold each other to death like they did in Wuchang, but they seemed more at ease in their hearts.

On the second day, the spring rain stopped in the middle of the night, and the whole Luoyang Palace was damp and cold, filled with a sense of laziness.Guarded Shangyang last night