Sun Xiu lay on the bed, and the coughing never stopped in the inner hall.

When Zhang Bu and Pu Yangxing walked into the inner hall with their heads down, the emperor's eyes even had tears in their eyes.

He wanted to say something, but he coughed violently.

Zhang Bu and Pu Yangxing didn't dare to speak, but just stood silently aside, listening to the violent coughing.

I don't know how long this cough lasted, anyway, Sun Xiu was tortured almost half to death, and when he looked at the two ministers in front of him, his eyes were a little sluggish.

His voice also lost its power, and it seemed that it had lost its usual power in an instant.

Sun Xiu didn't dare to breathe heavily, his throat was red, densely covered with scratches, and he was almost bleeding.

He looked at the two henchmen in front of him and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to last long. ”

Zhang Bu was shocked and hurriedly bowed, "Your Majesty!" Don't speak like that! ”

Sun Xiu shook his head, "It's okay, the pain has reached the point where it is now, and death is not so terrible."

They didn't know how badly Sun Xiu was tossed, the constant pain almost destroyed Sun Xiu's will, so that the emperor couldn't help but go crazy, and even wanted to use a knife to cut his throat, but he collapsed to this point.

At this moment, he was no longer afraid of death.

Death is more acceptable than such a disease.

He looked at the two people in front of him and said, "Until now, I have nothing to worry about, only my crown prince, I want to entrust to you. ”

Pu Yangxing originally wanted to talk about his son, but when he saw the emperor's appearance, he had no choice but to suppress the matter, with tears in his eyes, and looked at the emperor affectionately.

Sun Xiu asked him to go and call the crown prince over.

Sun Xiu's eldest son, Sun Zhen, is not yet eight years old this year, and she is still a doll.

He doesn't even have an official name at the moment, just a nickname called Jiao.

Sun Ju was brought here by the eunuchs, and stood aside a little timidly, not daring to approach.

He looked very much like Sun Xiu, but he was too young, and he didn't dare to talk much in front of outsiders, and he didn't even dare to get close to Sun Xiu, but he just hid behind the eunuch.

Sun Xiu frowned, and said solemnly: "Sun Xiu! Why don't you worship when you see your elders?! ”

Zhang Bu was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this sentence was for himself, and he hurriedly pulled Puyang to get up and salute the prince.

Sun Ying was also very careful to greet Zhang Bu and Puyang Xingxing.

Sun Xiu pointed to his son and said very seriously: "Zhang Qing, Pu Yangqing, I have always regarded you as my arms, and now I have little time, I want to entrust this child to you, I hope you can assist him with your heart, resist Cao thief outside, and appease your subjects internally."

Zhang Bu had originally sworn a poisonous oath, so naturally he didn't say anything, and Pu Yangxing hurriedly swore: "I will definitely obey His Majesty's orders, assist the prince with all my might, and never violate the oath!" ”

Seeing that the two were so resolute, Sun Xiu finally breathed a sigh of relief, asked the prince to take him away, and then motioned for them to come forward.

Sun Xiu opened his mouth and said: "In the past few days, I have heard that the ministers are walking around with the clan, thinking about it, they are dissatisfied with the prince, in the future, if you want to support the prince, they will definitely not be easy to comply, Pu Yangqing, I am ready to use you as the prime minister, the general leader of the temple and the government, and assist in suppressing the ministers, if there is anyone who disobeys, you will punish him and remove him." ”

Sun Xiu looked at Zhang Bu on the side again.

"General Zhang, you are still the governor of the Central Army, I will add you to the post of Zhongshu, you two are each other's inside, you can assist the prince In addition, I will also explain to the queen, and the queen will give orders for you"

Sun Xiu slowly talked about the many arrangements in the future.

The two listened very carefully.

It wasn't until Sun Xiu began to cough violently again that he waved helplessly and motioned for the two to leave.

When the two of them walked out of the palace, their hearts were a little heavy.

Their own abilities are not too outstanding, and their status today is entirely because of Sun Xiu's favor, but now that Sun Xiu is gone, what should they do?

The two glanced at each other, each had a lot to say, and the two tacitly got into the car and walked towards Zhang Bu's mansion.

Sitting in the carriage, both of them were thinking, but did not speak.

Returning to the mansion, entering the study, and closing the door, Pu Yangxing finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"If we can assist the prince in his success, then the Wu Kingdom will really be our final say!"

It can be seen that Pu Yangxing still has some ideas.

But Zhang Bu shook his head, "Don't think about it, it's impossible, the ministers won't allow us to grasp the overall situation so easily In their eyes, we come from a humble background and have no merit, although I have military power in name, but if it really fights, the private soldiers of the big clan are not weak."

"When the time comes, let alone being a minister, even your life may have to be put into it!"

After all, Puyangxing, who is prone to fever, Zhang Bu is still very calm.

The big clan of Wu State is not like Wei State can only stumble on you, the big clan here has a private army, Zhang Bu is sure, but if he wants to become a powerful minister, then the big clan will unite, wipe out his entire clan, and then choose an excellent person to inherit.

With Zhang Bu's explanation, Pu Yangxing's mind calmed down.

What Zhang Bu said also has some truth.

Sun Xiu's reign in Wu was not long, and the foundation of Zhang Bu and Puyangxing was also weak, and they had not had time to cultivate their own henchmen and their cronies, and their power was still relatively weak.

If you want to follow Sun Xiu's orders, with the help of the crown prince, the queen and the ministers, it may be the two of them who are unlucky in the end.

The crown prince may be fine, and the queen will not have anyone to deal with it, and in the end, the two of them will be dragged out to punish the crime.

Thinking of this, both of them forgot the oath they had made to Sun Xiu.

Pu Yangxing licked his lips, and then said, "Then what should I do?" Do you want to defect to Fan Shen? ”

Fan Shennai is the leader of Jiangdong celebrities at this moment, and he is not loved because he has repeatedly contradicted the emperor, but his reputation inside and outside the temple is very huge, and the ministers support him very much.

Zhang Bu pondered for a moment before he said: "You can't rush to defect, after all, you are not the same kind of people, if you go to them without defense, you may be killed." ”

The two discussed countermeasures and thought of various methods, but they all felt that it was inappropriate.

Pu Yangxing felt that he had become a eunuch eunuch at this moment!

All power is because of the emperor, and once the emperor falls, he finds that he has no power in the temple.

How is this good?

The current situation is quite unfavorable to them, and there are still achievements in the DPRK and China, Fan Shen, Meng Zong, Ding Gu, Lou Xuan, He Shao and others, and Lu Kang, Ding Feng, Wei Miao, Wu Yan and other generations outside.

But not one of them was close to them.

Zhang Bu and Pu Yangxing offended almost all the ministers who could be offended after becoming favored ministers, which was extremely unfavorable to them.

While the two of them were pondering, a servant suddenly opened his mouth softly outside the door.

The two immediately stopped talking, and Zhang Bu cautiously walked to the door, "What's wrong?" ”

"My lord, there are guests who want to see you."

Zhang Bu narrowed his eyes, "Who is it?" ”

"It's Zuo Dianjun Wan Yu."

Pu Yangxing was furious, and he scolded: "What villain dares to disturb? Fork it out for me! ”

Zhang Bu stretched out his hand to stop him, Pu Yangxing and Zhang Bu are actually from a big clan, but the gap between their big clan and the rest of the big clan is a bit big, Zhang Bu's clan has hardly ever produced two thousand stones, and has been circling in the county all the time, almost falling to Haoqiang, and Pu Yangxing is an outsider, he is a Chen Liu clan, and his position in Jiangdong is very embarrassing.

But unlike Zhang Bu, his father served as two thousand stones, and his clan father was called Puyang Min!

This person is a great Confucian in the late Han Dynasty, who once had many disciples and has extremely high attainments in the classics, so Puyangxing's background is much better than Zhang Bu's.

Zhang Bu stopped the servant, he turned to look at Pu Yangxing, and said, "Since this person dares to come and ask to see, maybe he really has something important to tell me, and let's meet him first." ”

Soon, the servant brought an ordinary scribe to them.

This person's appearance is very ordinary, and his figure is even more average, although it does not reach the point where Zhong Hui has to pull out to fight the military stick after a glance, but there is still great resistance to climbing up.

Wan Yu hurriedly bowed and met the two big men in front of him.

But Pu Yangxing looked at him with some disdain.

"What's the matter with you?"

Pu Yangxing asked directly.

Wan Yu hurriedly said: "Not long ago, I got a treasure from Shang Jia, I heard that it is the jade of Yongliang, and I specially came to present it to General Zhang. ”

Zhang Bu smiled, took the other party's gift, just looked at it casually, and then accepted it.

Pu Yangxing was still a little displeased, but for the sake of Zhang Bu's face, he didn't continue to embarrass him.

Zhang Bu said calmly: "Puyang Gong is not an outsider, if you have anything, just tell me." ”

Only then did Wan Yu speak: "Duke Zhang, Duke Puyang, I heard that His Majesty has set up a prince and wants to let the virtuous prince assist."

He took a deep breath and said quickly: "It's just that I thought that the crown prince was young, and the current state of Wu had external enemies and internal troubles, and the young son of heaven inherited the throne, but I was afraid that it would be inappropriate!" ”

"I know a person, he is talented and learned, very decisive in doing things, very much the appearance of the original King of Changsha Huan, he is very studious, obeys the law, never dares to do anything beyond the rules, is a person, loyal, good, is the best person to inherit the throne of the Son of Heaven!"

"Bold!!"

Before he could finish speaking, Pu Yangxing interrupted him angrily.

"For the major events in the world, is it your turn for a small official to make a big deal out here?"

Zhang Bu glanced at Pu Yangxing, signaled him not to be angry, and then asked, "Then who is this person you are talking about?" ”

Wan Yu raised his head and said very confidently:

"Wucheng Hou Sun Hao!"