Oriole Line

Less infected with Pu Chen and Wen Tao, just as they were about to perform the rituals of a monarch and his ministers, Zhou Yu interrupted: "These vain rituals will be avoided, and I finally expect you to come!" He rubbed his hands and carried Pu Chen and Wen Tao to the palace. Nei Yin said, "You are living in the palace these few days, I have made arrangements, so you don't have to be bound by me."

Zhou Yu took the two of them to a side hall not far away, which was clean and cheap.Zhou Yu asked his servant to serve tea to Pu Chen and Wen Tao, which shows their closeness.

"Great Sima has helped me a lot this time!" As soon as they sat down, Zhou Yu laughed, "If Da Sima hadn't followed the family's order to occupy the land so strictly, those ministers in my court would not know where to find him. How many reasons do you have to prevaricate me?"

"The aristocratic family's occupation of the people's land is a serious illness of the Jing Dynasty. This time, it is a big deal for His Majesty to find the right time to return the land to the people. Minister, it's just a matter of little effort. Besides..." Pu Chen glanced at Wen Tao, "This time, the division of land within the clan Everything is Wen Tao's concern, and the minister can rest easy in Wuchang."

"Oh? Brother Wen Tao, Wu You has the merit of fighting the enemy, and Wen You has the talent to rule the country. After all, he came from Guangling Academy." Zhou Yu smiled slightly, and said to Pu Chen, "I am envious of the great talents under Da Sima's command. Very, unlike me, I worry about no one to use every day."

"But I heard that there was a lot of bloody competition in the court for the vacancies of the eunuchs who were withdrawn from the five states in Jiangbei," Pu Chen said.

Zhou Yu waved his hand: "It doesn't matter if you don't mention it. Those people just want to change the way to recommend the children of the family so that they can fight for power in the court."

Pu Chen teased: "Your Majesty, the courtiers, discarded it like a shoe, and the people in the courtier's house, Your Majesty always misses it."

Zhou Yu laughed: "They are all members of the Grand Sima Club, and the people under his command are all equal to one in martial arts and martial arts. Besides, serving the Grand Sima is also serving the court."

Pu Chen didn't answer, and took a sip of tea.This time he came to Luoyang to report on his duties, and he really wanted to rearrange some of his troops.It's not that he has no ideas in Jiangbei Wuzhou. However, he wants to take the lead in this matter. It's up to Pu Chen to decide who to send out and who to keep. For example... Glancing at Wen Tao beside him, he saw that he was holding the teacup upright with a slightly stiff body, without the laziness that he usually slanted in his study.For example, Wen Tao, no one can move, not even Zhou Yu, he can only decide for himself.

"Your Majesty! Commander Han and General Xiang have a dispute!" Pu Chen was still thinking, when a forbidden army suddenly came to report, Pu Chen said excitedly: "Xiang Hu?"

Previously, Xiang Hu was ordered by Pu Chen to deal with the follow-up matters of Luoyang Palace's Secret Road, so the matter was kept secret, and he only said that Xiang Hu was sent by Da Sima to help train the forbidden army.After Zhou Yu entered the Luoyang Palace, he replaced a group of forbidden army leaders.Ye Chi, the original commander, had died, and Zhou Yu promoted Han Ji, the general of the Luzhou Army, as the leader of the imperial army.Han Ji was born as a refugee and his family was poor, so he would inevitably be looked down upon by the aristocratic families in the court, but Zhou Yu just took a fancy to him. Yu's absolute devotion to his duty made Zhou Yu rest assured that he would hand over the entire Forbidden Army to him.

This is not the first time Zhou Yu has heard of the conflict between Xiang Hu and Han Ji in the past few months.Zhou Yu had been secretly dealing with the matter of Luoyang Palace's secret way for a long time. Pu Chen sent Xiang Hu here with good intentions, but from the bottom of his heart, Zhou Yu didn't want Xiang Hu to intervene more, but it's inconvenient to say these words, just Han Ji can bear the burden of hard work.He still had a pleasant expression on his face and said: "General Xiang is a guest from afar, and I passed on my instructions to make Commander Han take the overall situation first." Then he said to Puchen, "The Great Sima laughed at me, Han Ji's temper Straight, I offended General Xiang, Da Sima Haihan."

It is not a trivial matter to have a conflict with the commander-in-chief of the Forbidden Army, Pu Chen got up: "I will go and have a look."

Zhou Yu still wanted to see the courtiers, so he didn't go with him. The servant brought Pu Chen and Wen Tao to Longguang Gate, and from a distance, he saw Xiang Hu and his men and the Imperial Army were facing each other in front of Longguang Gate.The commander of the imperial army, Han Ji, was dressed in a military uniform, but about thirty, not tall, with a dark complexion. He said sharply: "Longguangmen is an important place in the interior, and all personnel must have a pass. General Xiang brought it privately." People come in and out once or twice. How can you be presumptuous in the big land!"

Xiang Hu sneered and said: "Your grandpa, when I was guarding Luoyang Palace, your boy's hair hadn't grown yet! I was ordered by Da Sima and His Majesty to go to the palace to do business. You come here every now and then to find fault. Are you impatient? Already!"

"Shut up!" Pu Chen shouted after hearing this.

Xiang Hu was startled, he didn't expect his Patriarch to appear in front of him, Xiang Hu's face was dusty and grim, but he still didn't intend to admit his mistake.

The servant on one side conveyed the oracle: "Your Majesty, General Xiang is a guest from afar, so Commander Han should focus on the overall situation." As soon as he said this, Han Ji's face turned ashen, and Xiang Hu and his men were on their toes. High-spirited, he let out a heavy "hum".

Pu Chen looked around coldly, guessed the general idea in his heart, thought for a moment and said to Han Ji: "Commander Han has worked hard." After saying that, he took Xiang Hu back to his residence in the palace.

As soon as the palace door was closed, Pu Chen said in a deep voice, "What's going on?"

Xiang Hu was full of grievances and said: "Patriarch, this secret road in Luoyang Palace was ordered by the Patriarch, and the last general brought his brothers here. Who knows, that kid surnamed Han didn't appreciate it at all, and made a lot of troubles in and out of Luoyang Palace. Breaking things, identity verification, and day and night certificates, it’s clear that we don’t want us to get involved. If that’s the case, we’ll just go back to Wuchang, why bother here!”

Pu Chen said: "After all, Da Nei is an important place. You are not the forbidden army, and the secret way is extremely secretive. Han Ji should be careful. If you are in his position, why not?"

"Hmph, forget about others, who are we? We are the ones who helped His Majesty win the country! The change of Renzi back then, if it weren't for our Wuchang soldiers and horses, how could it be possible... "

"General Xiang!" Wen Tao interrupted Xiang Hu, shaking his head at him.

Pu Chen lowered his head, unable to discern his expression.Is what Xiang Hu said not the truth?In the change of Renzi back then, he contributed more, and it was Pu Chen who almost died in the palace.But the imperial court is not a rivers and lakes, and people who don't contribute a lot are in line with the status and detachment.He has a good personal relationship with Zhou Yu, but after all, Zhou Yu is a king, he is a minister, and there is a difference between a king and a minister.No matter how close Zhou Yu treats him, the important land in the big family is still Han Ji's territory. Xiang Hu's temperament, how can he be willing to be inferior to others, and he is still such a poor boy?Maybe Zhou Yu didn't care too much about sending Xiang Hu here by himself, and he didn't even want his people to intervene.Zhou Yu lives in Luoyang Palace all day, so he knows Luoyang Palace like the back of his hand, isn't it as good as himself?In the end, it was because I did something wrong, and I still regarded Zhou Yu as a friend in my heart, not the king.

After a long time, Pu Chen said: "General Xiang has also worked hard. Since the map of the secret road has been handed in long ago, come back to Wuchang with us in the next year."

85, 85.

After Xiang Hu left, Pu Chen was still stroking the teacup, as if covering his hands, but in fact the tea in the cup was already cold.There were no palace servants in this side hall, and Pu Chen's personal guards were also shunned. Wen Tao did it himself, brought a kettle over, and quietly poured hot water into Pu Chen's teacup.

Pu Chen was ignorant, until his fingertips felt a prickly pain before he blurted out: "It's hot."

Wen Tao chuckled: "I don't know which goose is still covering its hands when the water is completely cold."

Pu Chen looked down and smiled himself, but the smile was a bit bitter, sticking to his face, making people feel sad instead of happy.

Wen Tao raised his eyebrows exaggeratedly on purpose.

Wen Tao is never like this usually, but Pu Chen didn't hold back in an instant, and said with a smile: "Taotao, how come your eyebrows are still not the same height?"

"Then how high do you think it should be?" Wen Tao knelt down, took Pu Chen's hand, pressed it on his eyebrows, and asked him to give instructions.

Pu Chen touched Wen Tao's warm forehead with his fingertips that had just been scalded, and felt a burst of ironing inexplicably. He stroked Wen Tao's forehead hair, his fingertips passed through his hair, but his eyes drifted out of the window.As the New Year approached, lead-black clouds pressed down low, and Pu Chen said without thinking: "It's going to snow."

Life in the palace was not rushed, and Pu Chen reported to Zhou Yu in the afternoon every day to discuss the military arrangements for the five Jiangbei states in the next year.On this day, Zhou Yu's interest was exceptionally high for some reason, before the application time, he stopped Pu Chen and said, "Let's talk about it tomorrow. Tonight I will have dinner at Lijing Terrace, you and Wen Tao come together, oh, Sijun is also here, just me and you guys, let's have a good drink, and we won't go home until we're drunk!"

Speaking of Lijing Terrace, Pu Chen was startled, this is the place where Zhou Yu was framed to kill Wulu Shanyu that day.Zhou Yu saw the unnatural expression on his face, so he laughed and said, "Don't worry, Lijingtai has the best view in the whole Luoyang Palace. Yesterday I killed a good deer in Shanglin Garden, and it was marinated in the imperial dining room. Alright, today we roasted and ate with wine."

Pu Chen also became interested when he heard it: "That's a good thing, I'll ask His Majesty for a few more glasses of imperial wine then."

At the time of You, the sky began to snow, and the palace people carried Pu Chen and Wen Tao to Lijing Terrace in sedan chairs.When Pu Chen and Wen Tao arrived, Zhou Yu was already waiting there, changed into light golden casual clothes, had already had two drinks by himself, his face was flushed, and he said brightly, "Brother Yixing, Brother Wentao, sit down quickly."

The two sat down according to their words, and saw that this was the deepest part of the Lijing Terrace. The door connected to the balcony was closed at the moment, the curtain was hung, the floor was covered with felt, and there was a brazier inside the palace, which was warm. Like spring.There is a grill in the middle, and the palace people have grilled slices of venison on it, and the overflowing aroma filled the whole palace.There is a picture in front of several people