Oriole Line

A palm stopped Pu Chen's words: "Brother Yi Xing and Brother Wen Tao's kindness, I appreciate it. However, now that I am a dead person, how dare I bother you to take me in?"

Pu Chen was shocked: "Brother Junwei, you..."

However, Wen Tao heard the meaning behind the words, pushed Pu Chen lightly, and asked Zhou Yu, "Brother Jun Wei already has a place in his heart?"

Zhou Yu nodded: "I'm going back to Luzhou."

Just as Pu Chen wanted to refute, Zhou Yu seemed to have expected it, and explained: "Brother Yi Xing, listen to me. I am a dead person now. If I follow you to Wuchang, it will not benefit you at all. On the contrary, if someone If you see through your identities, you will be killed. Going back to Luzhou seems to be a dangerous move, but it is actually a turning point. I brought out the Luzhou Army alone. Everyone in the Luzhou Army was not me. I can trust all the boasting here. Since Brother Huang thinks that I died in Beiyan, he probably will send someone to take over Luzhou soon. If I don’t go back, I will give Luzhou to others.”

"But, if you show up in Luzhou, won't your identity be exposed?" Pu Chen said.

Zhou Yu laughed: "You are only allowed to come to Luoyang in disguise, and I am not allowed to return to Luzhou with a different identity?"

Pu Chen came to a sudden: "Brother Junwei is going back to clean up the old rivers and mountains!"

Zhou Yu smiled without saying a word.As he said, the Luzhou Army and even the entire Luzhou Mansion were built by Zhou Yu himself, and his foundation there is not insignificant.His identity cannot be revealed, but in the whole world, the most difficult place to reveal his identity is Luzhou.As long as he makes some arrangements to let the most trustworthy people know his identity, he can have excellent asylum in Luzhou.At that time, no matter who takes over Luzhou, as long as Zhou Yu is there, he can easily lift that person up and control the entire Luzhou army secretly.When the time is right, he only needs to get rid of the puppet sent by Jiankang, raise his arms and shout, and he will be able to transform back into a refugee commander with tens of thousands of Luzhou troops.

"So, I will send a team of personal guards to send Brother Junwei to Luzhou. If necessary, just send a letter to Wuchang at any time."

Zhou Yu held Pu Chen's hand and said: "Since our covenant has been established, I will not say more words of thanks. When we arrive in Yuzhou, give me a car and a team of people, and we will go our separate ways. When we arrive in Luzhou Anding When I get down, I will contact Brother Yixing. What we are planning is a big deal, so we must make a decision before we act."

Pu Chen nodded solemnly.

67, 67.

Taiping four years, Wuchang.Three years have passed since the Luoyang League.

Wen Tao's birthday is in April.In previous years, no matter how busy Pu Chen was with his military affairs, he would always prepare Wen Tao’s birthday gifts. Sometimes it was an isolated historical book that he painstakingly collected, and sometimes it was an exquisite small hand stove for Wen Tao’s winter use. It was always early in the morning on his birthday. Put it next to his bed without much explanation.

On this day, before dawn, Wen Tao felt the people around him get up, so he squinted his eyes and yawned, "Why did you wake up so early?"

Putting on his middle coat, Pu Chen picked up Wen Tao and said softly, "Get up, I'll take you somewhere."

Wen Tao was so sleepy that he complained, "It's my birthday anyway, let me sleep a little longer."

Pu Chen didn't explain much, knowing that he was sleepy, silently helped him get dressed.When leaving the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, it was still dark, Pu Chen led the Wu Qing Lie Ma, and galloped away with Wen Tao.

After walking for about two hours, the sky was bright, Wen Tao was completely awake, and the morning breeze was still a little chilly. They were already on the mountain road, far away from Wuchang.

"Where are you going?" Wen Tao was weak.

Seeing that he had regained some energy, Pu Chen took out dry food from his bosom to feed him: "It's almost there."

Wen Tao saw that Pu Chen was quite unusual today. He always brought a few personal guards with him when he came out on weekdays, but this time he went out so far early in the morning, but he didn't even bring Tang Yu with him.The two followed the mountain road all the way up, and when they reached the middle of the mountain, the mountain road became more and more rugged. Pu Chen pulled Wen Tao off the horse, and after walking a few miles, a courtyard appeared in front of him.This is by no means a farmyard in the mountains, but white walls and blue tiles, full of thought and sophistication, especially the clusters of fiery red rhododendrons in the front and back of the yard, which are blooming brilliantly, as if they are about to burn. It is particularly dazzling in the mountains and forests.

Pu Chen kept silent and took Wen Tao to the courtyard.There are several clumps of pruning bamboos planted in the courtyard, upon closer inspection, those green bamboos with brown spots are actually Xiangfei bamboos.It is rumored that the second concubine of Emperor Shun was sick because of Emperor Shun's southern tour, and she shed tears in the bamboo forest, and this Xiangfei bamboo was born.

Wen Tao followed Pu Chen to the main hall, and saw a portrait of a woman hanging on the hall, that woman is graceful and graceful, with sorrow in her eyes, she really is a peerless beauty.Wen Tao looked up at the woman's face, feeling an indescribably familiar feeling.Pu Chen did not know when he had already lit a stick of incense and handed it to Wen Tao. He also lit one himself, and bowed three times to the woman's portrait. Wen Tao saw that he was so solemn, so he bowed three times too.

Pu Chen shook Wen Tao's hand and said to the portrait: "Mother, this is Wen Tao, I brought him to see you."

Mother?Wen Tao was startled, and carefully looked at the woman's eyebrows and eyes, she did have some resemblance to Pu Chen, this woman turned out to be Pu Chen's mother, Jiang Ji, the most famous beauty in the world back then.

After the two worshiped, they sat on the stone steps at the gate of the courtyard, the birds in the forest chirped, and the breeze blew through the bamboo leaves, making a rustling sound.

"In the ancestral hall in Wuchang, I saw your mother's tablet." Wen Tao said softly.

"My mother doesn't like Wuchang. After my father married her, she lived here most of the time."

Wen Tao was surprised, the world has said that Pu Yang is infatuated, and it has always been a good story that he waited for Jiang Ji to embrace the beauty for half his life.The once young man finally became the number one general in Nanjing, had his own governor's mansion in Wuchang, and married the beauty of his dreams. The world thought that they had a deep affection. Could it be that this is not the case?

Pu Chen shook his head secretly, and said with a light smile: "My mother first married the Yuan family in Ruyang. Mother's relationship, I didn't do it myself."

"So, your mother has always known that it was her husband-killer who she married later."

Pu Chen nodded: "My mother passed away when I was very young. When I was a little older, I kept looking for my mother's room in the Dudu Mansion, but I couldn't find it, so I pestered my father to ask. Father He doted on me since childhood, but he never paid attention to me about this matter. When I was a teenager, he brought me here and told me about my mother. It turned out that after my father married my mother, my mother I was stimulated by the extermination of the family, and wanted to kill myself several times. Every time I heard the sound of military training in Wuchang, I would have nightmares. Later, my father built a small courtyard for her here, and my mother's illness improved. No matter how busy my father is with military affairs, Every day, I have to ride a horse for several hours to accompany my mother here, and I have to go back to Wuchang before dawn. In his heart, he only hopes that my mother will be safe and happy, and that the past will be gradually forgotten. However, my mother still let go soon after giving birth to me. Humanity is gone."

"Your father is very affectionate, but you can't force the matter of fate." Wen Tao stood up, walked between the lush bamboos, stroked the spots on the bamboos, and said, "Did your father plant this bamboo?"

Pu Chen shook his head: "My father is a rough man, how can he have such thoughts. At that time, only Cai Bo and a few maids brought by his mother were here to serve my mother. The azaleas and Xiangfei bamboos were all planted by my mother. Over the years, they have also grown. It's so high."

"Concubine Xiang is shedding tears, and the cuckoo is crying blood. Your mother is probably not happy here." The wind in the forest blew Wen Tao's long hair loose. He came out in a hurry today and did not wear a crown, only a ribbon It was tied loosely, and the half-worn light blue robes he was wearing moved with the wind.

With a thought in his mind, Pu Chen leaped up, held Wen Tao's waist, lifted his breath, and swept across the bamboo forest with light kung fu, all he could see was a piece of green in spring and April, deep and shallow, only his mother planted it herself before she was alive. The cuckoos were in full bloom, although it was the cuckoos crying blood, but they were so red, I didn't feel sad, I just felt bursts of fire-like enthusiasm burning in my heart.

Pu Chen raised his breath suddenly, and then suddenly fell down. The unprepared Wen Tao fell and sat in the rhododendron bushes. Among the flower fields.The breeze was blowing, and the sun was shining on people, so they idly refused to get up.Pu Chen said: "I know my mother is not happy marrying my father, but I am afraid that she will be lonely, so I brought you to see her. I have never brought anyone here, but if she is alive, she must want to see you very much." "Pu Chen raised his head, the sun was a bit dazzling, and when he closed his eyes, it seemed like there were balls of fire in front of him.

Wen Tao smiled, propping his head with his hands: "Are you taking me to see my parents?"

Pu Chen raised his eyes and looked at him: "When we assist Dai Wang to accomplish the great cause, I will take you to the imperial mausoleum to meet my father."

It has been three years since the alliance of Luoyang and Dai Wangyi.In the past three years, Pu Chen has been busy making up for the troops lost in the Battle of Beiyan. Nian secretly held the military power in Luzhou in his own hands, and Zhou Yan has been busy with one thing in the past few years, moving the capital.

"The imperial mausoleum in Jiankang will probably also be moved to Luoyang." Wen Tao said, "Are you going to do it for the ceremony of moving the capital next month?"

Among the flower fields, Wen Tao's voice is very soft, and he is the only one who can say this earth-shattering event as sweetly as sweet words between lovers.

Pu Chen straightened his mind, put his hands behind his head and said: "In terms of military strength, I have 15 in my hand, and 4 to [-] in Daiwang's place. In the past two years, Zhou Yan recruited troops on a large scale in order to move the capital.