The snowflakes were still falling in the night, but not as strong as they had been an hour ago.

Chen Renhai realized that Fang Cai's words might affect the guards who were resting, so he stopped his words and whispered to the council room.

Pu Mu said with a smile: "It's been less than a day since I returned to Beijing, and it's still snowy outside. Brother Chen returned against the wind and snow, and he couldn't wait to tell Pu that there was a happy event. Where does this joy come from?"

"I think the prince of Dingnan heard that we waited for the case to return, and the prince heard that the emperor had rewarded Brother Pu, so he rewarded Brother Pu with some money?" Guo Yu said.

Duan Gan said treacherously: "Looking at what Brother Chen said, I'm afraid it's not just about rewarding money, I think it's the daughter of a prince and minister who fell in love with Brother Pu, so he asked Brother Chen to be a matchmaker first?"

"Brother Duan thinks he wants to marry, right? Tell me, which woman did you fall in love with?" Long Xiang Tiandao.

Pu Mu said: "Everyone-let's listen to what Brother Chen said first...... Brother Chen, what happy events do you have to tell Pu?"

Chen Renhai wanted to speak and stopped, thought for a while, and then said: "The righteous daughter of Yuwen Shangshu of the Criminal Department admires Brother Pu, and she will ask someone to be a matchmaker in the near future." ”

Pu Mu said: "Brother Chen, why don't you tell me about this Yuwen daughter first?"

"I'm afraid it's not appropriate for me to talk to Brother Pu about this, anyway, someone will come to talk to you about the matchmaker. Chen Renhai said.

Duan Gan said treacherously: "It seems that Brother Pu wants to see this daughter?"

"Pu has no parents and elders, and has been raised by Shaolin masters since he was a child.

The rest of the people did not reply.

Long Xiangtian packed up the dishes and chopsticks and returned to the barracks to rest. Guo Yu said: "Why haven't Brother Li and Brother Wang returned yet? Today, the three of us are on duty at the Moon Dragon Pavilion at night, why haven't these two returned?"

Bai Yang got up and said, "Brother Pu, if this matter is done in the future." In the future, I would like to invite my brothers to drink the wedding wine—" With that, Poplar returned to the barracks.

At this time, the first shift of guards on the night patrol returned to the Yuelong Pavilion, Guo Yu happened to meet him, and the guards resting in the barracks got up to take over, and a group of people arrived in the hall. Guo Yuzheng and the guard leader were asking about the situation of the night patrol in the past few days, and Chen Renhai, Pu Mu, and Duan Gan were still in the conference hall upstairs.

Chen Renhai said: "Brother Pu, the righteous daughter of Yuwen Shangshu is none other than the 'Shadow Demon' Yan Yu who you rescued a long time ago. ”

The other two were taken aback, Duan Gan was speechless for a while, and Pu Mu asked, "How did Yan Yu become the righteous daughter of Yuwen Shangshu?"

Chen Renhai told the two of them the whole story, and Pu Mu thought for a while before saying, "Hey...... The matter ...... It's so hard—"

"How can it be difficult? If Brother Pu likes it, he agrees, if he doesn't, then it's just that. Chen Renhai said.

"This Yan Yu has adapted to the capital, and her life has taken a turn since that night in Tianxiangyuan. met such a good person as the princess, and she is where she is now. It's just what she did, to be honest, I know ......" Pu Mu shook his head with a wry smile.

Chen Renhai got up and said, "This matter still needs Brother Pu to think carefully......" Chen Renhai didn't finish his words, and got up and went back to the barracks.

Duan Gan sighed: "Brother Pu, you still need to think twice about this matter. I have treated Yan Yu, she ...... She's ......"

Pu Mu stopped Duan Gan's treacherous words and said, "I understand what Brother Duan means, let me think about this matter-"

The wind and snow were heavy and the palace was quiet. It was a little cold tonight, and the guards who patrolled the palace were a little shivering, even if they wore thick enough leather jackets and had enough internal strength to warm up, they still couldn't completely dispel the cold.

The snow stopped at the fourth watch, and the guards of the palace guards breathed a sigh of relief, and the snow stopped and the chill was not so heavy, at least in their consciousness.

The palace was still the same as before, and not long after the commanders in the Moon Dragon Pavilion returned, the guards changed their way of patrolling again.

On this day, Pu Mu was consulting the classics of the rivers and lakes in the middle of the chronicles, and Jin Wen and Nie Yang of the Picket Division sent the files of the corruption case of the Ministry of Rites, as well as the important cases recorded in the Three Gangs of the Five Lakes - after the case was solved, the newly promoted governor of the emperor was the Zhao Governor of Xiangyang. After Governor Zhao took office, the Chamber of Commerce involved in the Five Lakes Three Gangs was punished according to the law, and the things done by the Three Lakes and Three Lakes were recorded, and he sent someone to the Criminal Department, which reviewed it and then sorted it out and backed it up and sent it to the Ouchi Picket Division, which reviewed the backup and then handed it over to the Yuelong Pavilion.

Seeing that this matter was dealt with by Governor Zhao's mansion, Pu Mu was overjoyed, but there was still no trace of the shopkeeper, which made Pu Mu a little suspicious, but fortunately, the matter of the three gangs was over, and he was still too happy and worried.

Duan Gan returned from outside, arrived at the center of Zhishi, and said, "I went to the Elixir Division today, and I want to take a few medicines. With that, he placed a few packets of medicine on the table. Pu Mu looked at Duan Gan and wondered, "What kind of medicine is this?"

"This medicine is for you, I heard that Zuo Xiang came to you yesterday and told you about Yan Yu. You were ambiguous and didn't answer, only said that you wanted to meet Miss Yan, this medicine is a medicine that can diagnose and treat her symptoms, if you really become a family, this medicine ......"

Pu Mu smiled: "Brother Duan is thoughtful, and I will leave the medicine." In any case, I will send it to Miss Yan. ”

Duan Gan went to the medicine building and said, "Today, I will go to dry some of the medicinal materials in the medicine building, and some of the medicines still need to see some sunlight, otherwise the effect of the medicine will be reduced, and if it is used, the effect will not be good." ”

Pu Mu nodded and said, "Brother Duan, please take care of yourself-" With that, he began to read the dossier on the three gangs again.

The guards who patrol the palace have returned, and they are handing over to the guards who have taken over. Chen Renhai also entered the door at this time, and after exchanging a few sentences with the chief of the guard, he went straight to the center of Zhishi, Pu Mu saw Chen Renhai coming and said, "Where did Brother Chen go?"

Chen Renhai took out a letter and handed it to Pu Mu, saying, "Brother Pu, the letter that Miss Yan entrusted me to you——"

Pu Mu picked up the envelope, and saw that the envelope was written "Commander Pu personally opened", and there was still some elegant fragrance on the envelope, "Did Miss Yan give it to Brother Chen in private?"

"She personally delivered it to me, in fact, I already knew that Miss Yan had admiration for Brother Pu, and I thought it was related to Brother Pu's timely rescue in Tianxiangyuan that night. Chen Renhai said.

Pu Mu said: "Rescue...... How can it be said to be admiration, it should be said to be gratitude. After that, Pu Mu closed all the files and books, picked up the letter, and said, "I think I'd better find a place to read this letter." ”

Chen Renhai said: "Brother Pu is at his own convenience, I am on duty here." ”

In this way, Pu Mu returned to the barracks, and there were no guards in the barracks - there were no guards in the barracks during the day, and the guards only came here to rest when they patrolled the palace at night, and they usually lived in other places, of course, most of the guards still needed to patrol the palace, and only one or two guards could rest.

There was no one in the barracks, Pu Mu opened the envelope, only to see that the letter read:

Commander Pu Mu, see the letter like a meeting.

It has been more than three months since the encounter at Longbi Pass, and when I first met the commander, I was in danger because of the design of the commander of each matter, and Yan Yu apologized deeply here. Under the siege of Tianxiangyuan, the commander risked death to save him from the fire and water regardless of the previous suspicions, this move is to repay the grievances with virtue, Yan Yu deeply felt the righteousness of the commander, so he thanked him again.

For ten years in the rivers and lakes, the fate is ill-fated: before the year of the golden hairpin, he was involved in the affairs of the rivers and lakes, and treated people with sincerity at the beginning, but people's hearts were unpredictable, and he was deceived because of his actions, and he was trapped in the land of fireworks for a long time. The rivers and lakes are sinister, so they only serve the letter of the side door, treat all things with evil, seductive with charming faces, and deceive with self-cultivation shadow puppets, so that the cycle begins again and again, and I don't know how much spring and autumn it is.

The extremes of things must be opposed, and people will establish heaven and earth by their measurements. The degree of giving reached the bottom in Longbi Pass, so he was at a loss and wanted to defect. The commander is a handsome man in the rivers and lakes, a new upstart in the court, although Yan Yu has been devoted to the leader, but he was a fireworks woman, and he was an enemy of the commander in the past;

Yan Yu paused.

Pu Mu read the letter and knew that this letter was what Yan Yu said about the past, and it was some heartfelt words. Pu Mu really didn't have much impression of Yan Yu, but he still remembered that he escaped from the encirclement of Longbi Pass, and then rescued Yan Yu in Tianxiang Garden. He admitted that in Tianxiangyuan, he was indeed a little anxious when he saw Yan Yu injured, but he didn't know if it was emotion.

People like Yan Yu are not afraid of being as cold as ice, but of the warm face of the spring breeze. Because her heart has always been in the middle of winter, she has long been adapted to living in such a cold place, not that she likes it, but she has adapted to it, because she is used to the middle of winter, so she looks forward to the warm spring unattainable. It's not that she didn't try to get out of this situation, but she never found a way out, until Shen Lie's words on the night of Longbi Pass made her change qualitatively since then, and she forcibly walked out of a road, which may not lead to a warm spring, and the worst outcome is tantamount to her death in her own environment.

So her affection for Pu Mu began on the night of Tianxiangyuan, and Pu Mu did not let her fall into the worst ending. The kindness of the Nanwang family, especially the innocence of the princess, made her feel that her warm spring should come. She didn't expect her to be a blessing in disguise, so she began to dream of something she had never dreamed of before—she had felt that she could no longer be involved in emotional matters, but now she felt that she was like ordinary people, and that she should have a chance.

Pu Mu naturally doesn't know this, he has never been kind to the love field, his age and the place where he used to be didn't understand this. He tried to figure it out, but he didn't know how he could figure out the meaning of the letter before him, who had not yet figured out many things in the past two months.

He walked out of the barracks, and Chen Renhai was looking at the rotation chart under the hall. Seeing that Pu Mu had gone downstairs, Chen Renhai said, "Brother Pu has finished reading the letter, what do you think?"

"I think twice about it. Pu Mu said.

"Brother Pu, the prince's intention is very clear, he has regarded Miss Yan as his own relative, and the princess is even more so. Zuo Xiang has already said that he has accepted this matter after thinking about it. You know, Zuo Xiang also knows about Miss Yan. Chen Renhai said.

Pu Mu said: "What does Brother Chen mean by this?"

"I want to say that it is not only the intention of the prince, but also the commander of the inner house, and if he wants to get married, I am afraid that the prince will ask the emperor about his intentions. If the emperor gives him a marriage at that time, Brother Pu will probably think about it in vain......" Chen Renhai said.

Even so, some things that should be understood still need to be figured out, otherwise even if you get married, your life will be confused. Pu Mu said.

At this time, a group of eunuchs came outside the Yuelong Pavilion, and the inner attendant headed by Zhang Gonggong said: "Pass on the Empress Dowager's message, please ask Commander Pu to Yongning Palace for questioning." ”

Pu Mu replied and said, "Thank you father-in-law for passing on the word, dare to ask the father-in-law what the Empress Dowager has to say about Pu to the harem?"

Zhang Gonggong said: "The old slave doesn't know about this matter, but Commander Pu will know when he arrives." ”

"Okay, please wait a while, Pu still needs to change his official uniform-" Pu Mu said.

Zhang Gonggong said: "Good ...... Commander Pu, please. ”

When he was young, Pu Mu put on an official uniform embroidered with gold silk, changed into a jet-black belt inlaid with gold edges, and went to Yongning Palace with his father-in-law.

After entering the inner gate, I tossed and turned for nearly a quarter of an hour, and crossed a stone bridge, under which there was a sinkhole, the water was relatively turbulent, and there was some unmelted snow at the water's edge.

Pu Mu glanced under the stone bridge, looking a little strange, and said fairly: "Commander Pu...... Yongning Palace is just ahead—"

"Oh, good. Father-in-law Zhang led the way in front of him-" Pu Mu said.

Gonggong Zhang and his entourage then took Pu Mu across the stone bridge and walked into a courtyard, and the palace standing on the left was Yongning Palace.

"Commander Pu, please wait, the Queen Mother has been a little cold recently, and she is still resting on the bed. The old slave still needs to go to report to the Queen Mother. "Zhang Gong is fair.

Pu Mu said: "I'm tired of Father-in-law Zhang-"

Gonggong Zhang entered the palace, and when he was young, he went out and said, "Commander Pu, please come in." After that, Gonggong Zhang turned his head to the eunuchs outside the door and said, "Wait here, if anyone comes here, they will say that the Queen Mother is not a guest-"

When the eunuchs replied, they stood guard at the door. Gonggong Zhang led Pu Mu into Yongning Palace.

The queen mother was dressed heavily, the soup in her hand was just warm, and the fire in the hall was burning just right, and the hall was very warm at this time. When Pu Mu saw the Queen Mother, he bowed and bowed, and the Queen Mother signaled to be exempt, and then invited Pu Mu to sit on the guest chair. The Queen Mother said: "Commander Pu, the mourning family heard that you first came out of the palace to handle the case, so you showed your skills and returned to Beijing, the mourning family is pleased that Commander Pu and other commanders can serve the court so well, and please ask Commander Pu to inform the commanders of the congratulations of the mourning family." After that, the mourning family will reward you. ”

Pu Mu said: "Weichen represents all the internal commanders, thank you for the praise of the Queen Mother." I don't know what the Queen Mother ordered when Zhao Weichen came today?"

"Ahem...... cough ......" The Queen Mother coughed a few times, put her hand in front of her forehead, and the palace maid next to her immediately stepped forward to stroke the chest of the Queen Mother, and massaged the top of her head and neck for the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother motioned to the palace maids to step back and said, "Hey...... Old body bones...... It's too cold this winter...... The mourning family is most afraid of this winter, and the bones of the body are getting worse and worse, so I want to come ......"

"The Queen Mother is blessed with all the blessings, her body will only become tougher, and her spirit will only become more ......and more strong," Pu Mu said.

The Queen Mother smiled: "Commander Pu doesn't need to flatter the mourning family, you people in the rivers and lakes know about the mourning family, and the mourning family and you will get straight to the point." Today, the commander of Zhao Pu came, and there was indeed something. First, it is to inform Commander Pu that although the road ahead is difficult, Commander Pu has already made a choice, so he no longer needs to have any scruples. I think someone has also told you that doing things in the palace needs to be restrained, and I am afraid that there is some gap with the way of your rivers and lakes, but the rivers and lakes of the court themselves are compatible and mutually exclusive, and this point of mourning needs to be remembered by Commander Pu. When the mourning family was still the queen, there were people in this great inner who lost the poisonous hands of the demons in the rivers and lakes because of the morality of the rivers and lakes, and this matter hurt not only themselves, but also their descendants and descendants. On that day's assessment, Commander Pu released people, which is a moral trend, but this is only a test in the palace. The mourning family also knew that when Zhu was handling the case in Dongting, there were some disputes with the palace attendants, and this matter was also caused by your morality. Here in the mourning family personally, I admire the integrity of your commanders very much, but Commander Pu needs to know that you are doing things for the court and working for the emperor, and the most important thing to have is not morality, but to obey orders. ”

Pu Mu said: "Thank you for the teachings of the Queen Mother, Weichen must remember what the Queen Mother said." With that, Pu Mu knelt down and saluted. The Queen Mother said: "There is no need to be like this, today's mourning family is talking to Commander Pu, these etiquettes are exempted first." ”

The Queen Mother continued: "Recently, King Dingnan went to the palace to ask for peace with the mourning family, and asked for a marriage for the daughter of Yuwen Shangshu of the Criminal Department. The woman admired Commander Pu, and this man had seen a family mourner, but it was rare for a woman's family to propose a family matter to a man. However, Commander Pu is very intelligent, dignified and both civil and military, and it is common for the daughter of an official family to look at him. Commander Pu came to ask Commander Pu about this matter. ”

"Wechen doesn't know about this daughter, and he wants to think about it again. Pu Mu said.

The Queen Mother said: "It was said that this marriage matter is the decision of the elders. Commander Pu is an upstart in the imperial court, and he has traveled to the rivers and lakes, and he asked Commander Pu what he thought about his family. The mourning family knows that you and other people in the rivers and lakes may not like this kind of matchmaker's words, but this marriage and life are probably not as good as a fairy couple like you in the rivers and lakes. At that time, there was a female general who pursued this kind of love, although she found Ruyi Langjun, but what ended up in the end? Only an orphan was left at home, and the words of the mourning family were experienced by the eyes of the mourning family. This marriage match, just to live, and the emotions after that can be raised. ”

Pu Mu didn't reply, and the Queen Mother continued: "Ahem...... Cough...... Commander Pu, if you want to see that girl, the mourning family will arrange for you. ”

Pu Mu said: "So...... Thank you, Queen Mother. ”

The Queen Mother said: "What I said today with Commander Pu is these two things, by the way, and Commander Pu still needs to know that the quality of the people in the palace is not so easy to judge." In the future, Commander Pu will need to think more about acting in this palace—"

Thank you to the Queen Mother for informing you, and Weichen will retire. Pu Mu said.

The Queen Mother was ready to get up and said, "Commander Pu is going to be busy with the affairs of this big house......" The palace maids heard the Queen Mother calling people in the back room, so they immediately went to the hall and carried the Queen Mother into the back room, waiting for the Queen Mother to lie down.

Pu Mu walked out of the gate of Yongning Palace under the guidance of Gonggong Zhang, and walked to the main street, Gonggong Zhang said to Pu Mu: "Commander Pu, you have to remember what the Queen Mother said today." ”

"Thank you father-in-law for reminding me. Pu Mu said.

"What the old slave said that day was no joke, Concubine Ning has not forgotten what she is waiting for, Concubine Ning has become pregnant again in the past few days, and she is pregnant with a dragon fetus. The queen mother and the emperor are even more treasures...... "Zhang Gong is fair."

Pu Mu said: "What my father-in-law said Pu will keep in my heart." It's just that the prisoners ordered by Concubine Ning have already been done by Pu, and if they want to be redeemed, they can't do it. ”

Gonggong Zhang did not reply, he has been in the palace for so many years, and among the various people he has seen, only this person will answer like this after hearing such words - he understands that this person in front of him will not make changes, even if the Queen Mother has ordered him to say so much today, he will only fight in contradictions, either escape or ......