(16) Imprisonment
"Presumptuous! Who taught you these gossip! Cao Teng was also angry in his heart, but he was very heartbroken, and he never thought that Ai'er would say this to him.
It turned out that Cao Song wanted to go out to find Zhao Yan to play during the banquet, although the emperor issued an order not to let people follow, but Cao Song took advantage of his father to talk with a cadre of internal servants, and slipped out of the door because of his small size and no one noticed.
I went to relieve my hand first, and then wandered around in the courtyard but couldn't find Zhao Yan, only heard someone whispering behind the rockery, heard Zhao Yan's voice, just wanted to say hello but heard a man's voice, I was shocked, and I eavesdropped behind the rockery, he was afraid of being found and didn't dare to get too close, so the two couldn't hear the content clearly. But I only heard the voice that was the young emperor who had just been at the banquet, and I wondered how the emperor could be with Sister Yan.
Then I heard the emperor scolding "General, Liang Ji" "Hey, isn't that General Liang who is very good with his father?" "Cao Song has been in Cao's Mansion for a long time, and he knows who Liang Ji is, but he only heard the emperor talk about those Liang Ji's crimes, which really made Cao Song grit his teeth when he heard it, just because Cao Song was young, and no one mentioned these dirty things in the officialdom and court to him, and he felt that this Liang Ji was the worst person in the world.
Listening to it, I found that the two of them didn't talk about it, but they talked about "entering the palace", "Who wants to enter the palace?" Is it Sister Yan? Cao Song was shocked. But I heard the words "like" again, "Could it be that Sister Yan has long been familiar with the emperor?" Thinking of this, Cao Song felt a trace of sourness in his heart, and he didn't know why. Later, when I heard "my woman", my heart was shocked, as if I had been hit in the chest by an iron fist, and tears were left from the corners of my eyes, and then I understood what "entering the palace" meant before.
He has been studying with Zhao Yan for half a year, playing, tasting food, wearing new clothes, and Zhao Yan gave him sachets, the two don't know how many happy years they spent together, until this time Cao Song found that he had an indescribable attachment to Zhao Yan, and there was a feeling that the heart of his beloved thing was torn apart, although he has always regarded Zhao Yan as a sister, Zhao Yan also cherished him like a younger brother, but then Cao Song realized how much he liked Zhao Yan! "Sister Yan!" Cao Song choked up and called Zhao Yan in his heart.
"Sister Yan, doesn't she like me, doesn't she want Song'er? Why did she enter the palace with the emperor? Why not in Cao Fuzhong? She is afraid of Liang Ji's bad guy, her father is good with Liang Ji, and she also thinks that her father is also a bad guy? Think Song'er is also a bad person? Are you going to leave Song'er? Song'er is not a bad person, Song'er likes Sister Yan! Song'er wants to treat Sister Yan well! It must be because of Liang Ji, it must be because of Daddy! I'm going to find Daddy...... Let him stop ...... with that Liang Ji" The young man did not have the love of men and women, and he didn't know that Liu Zhi and Zhao Yan were in love, Cao Song only thought that everything was because of his father and Liang Ji, at this time, his heartache and suspicion were mixed, where could he still listen to those two people, so he went to find Cao Teng desperately.
At that time, Cao Fu saw that Cao Song also went and did not return, he was worried and afraid that he would disturb the holy drive, so he looked for Cao Song near the mansion, and sure enough, he saw Cao Song coming over angrily and said that he wanted to see his father, Cao Fu saw that Cao Song was wrong, and did not dare to let him go to Cao Teng, so he took Cao Song to his house and did not let him come out, so Emperor Huan did not see the two when he left the house.
The old man and the young man were in the side room, Cao Song also calmed down, but asked Cao Fu about Liang Ji, and asked him if he bullied the people and was cruel and unkind, Cao Fu wondered if Cao Song never liked to listen to these things before, but now in order to drag the little young master and wait until the emperor leaves, besides, the young master is older, and it is time for Cao Song to know some things about the court, so he talked about what Liang Ji did in 1510.
"Sister Yan, what they said is really true......" Cao Song muttered in his mouth when he heard what Cao Fu said, but he was extremely uncomfortable in his heart.
After the emperor left, Cao Song questioned Cao Teng with great anger......
"Sir! Little master, he ......" After Cao Fu finished telling Cao Song, he only went out of the house to get some water, and saw that Cao Song was gone, and said in his heart, "It's not good, it must be coming to the master again!" ”
hurriedly ran to the study, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard the conversation between his father and son, and when he heard Cao Song say Liang Ji's words, his heart was empty, and he heard Cao Teng say, "Who taught you these rumors." Cao Teng saw Cao Fu like this, snorted, knowing that this was said by the old housekeeper, and thinking of Liang Ji's evil deeds, Cao Song was not wrong, sighed and said, "Cao Fu, you take the young master out, let him calm down......"
"Yes, master, you can rest......" Cao Song has never had such a relationship with Cao Teng, Shicai is just unable to suppress his grief and anger, so he is so rude, it is late, and it is inconvenient to tell his father about it again, so he was pulled out of the door by Cao Fu.
"Young master, the master and that Liang Ji are not what you think......" On the way, Cao Fu told Cao Song about the past ten years ago, and at this time, Cao Teng was sighing in the study while recalling the past......
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Emperor Yonghe of Han Shun four years, 139 A.D., it was Cao Teng who had just accepted Cao Song as a righteous son, and hurried back to Beijing, who knew that as soon as he arrived at the gate of Luoyang, he was stopped by the soldiers, Cao Teng took out the waist card, showing his identity as a regular servant, who knew that the soldier took the waist card and looked at it and said, "Cao Teng, the middle servant, is you, the eldest brother, handed over to you." ”
The soldier defending the city turned to the four people and said, seeing that these four people were wearing trapper uniforms and carrying knives at their waists, they said to Cao Teng, "We are the government office of the Imperial Commander's Mansion, and we are ordered by the emperor's holy decree to arrest Cao Teng, the permanent attendant of the Imperial Palace." ”
Cao Teng was shocked in his heart, thinking that he had not committed any crime, at this time, he came back from his hometown just now, and he didn't know what he was doing, but these people were the princes of the Tingwei Mansion, and he didn't seem to be fake, so he asked, "I don't know what crime I committed?" ”
"I don't know, I'll know when you see Lord Tingwei." Cao Teng no longer distinguished, although he knew that he had been wronged, he knew that he could not resist, and he thought that when he saw Tingwei, he would be taken away by these four people.
Cao Teng followed the four people around the city, but he didn't see them take the right path, turning around, it was getting late, and he couldn't see the path he was taking, only to know that he finally entered a small door, and when he entered the door, he saw that the palace rooms were very familiar, but he didn't know where he went.
After walking for a while, he came to a palace room, and when he entered, he found that the palace room had been converted into a prison, and a servant opened one of the prison doors and locked Cao Teng inside. Cao Teng was puzzled when he entered the small door, and when he entered this palace, he knew that this was definitely not the Tingwei Mansion, so he shouted, "I want to see Tingwei Wu Xiong, Wu?" Father and son, I want to see the emperor! Who knew that the yacha had already locked the prison door, sneered at Cao Teng, didn't speak, and walked out of the palace with the three people, and the only remaining Cao Teng was still screaming in prison.
"Brother Cao, is that you? Are you also ......? Just as Cao Teng was shouting, he heard a person in another prison not far away talking to him.
"You're Meng Ben!?" Cao Teng was a little familiar with the voice when he listened carefully, and then he heard that it was Meng Ben, the middle attendant who was waiting beside Emperor Shun with him.
"It's me, Brother Cao, why are you caught here? I was brought here by some servants when I was playing money with those little yellow doors, Brother Cao, didn't you go back to your hometown? It turned out that this Meng Ben was also brought here for unknown reasons, and he couldn't say anything, so Cao Teng told Meng Ben how he was caught here.
"Big brother, who do you see being locked up next to you?" Meng Ben pointed to a cell next to Cao Teng.
Cao Teng looked to the side, only to find that there was still a person in the cell next to him, this person was in his fifties, without saying a word, his eyes were only wide, looking ahead in a daze, sighing from time to time, ignoring Cao Teng and Meng Ben.
"Mo is not General Liang Shangliang!? How about you? Cao Tenglian looked at Meng Ben, Meng Ben nodded and indicated that Cao Teng was Liang Shang, and said, "General Liang was locked up here without saying a word, just sighed......"
Liang Shang, is the father of Liang Ji, with the identity of a relative first to be Langzhong, and then because his daughter and sister entered the palace as the concubine of Emperor Shun, he was promoted to the servant, and then his daughter was canonized as the queen and was crowned Jinwu, this person is really different from his son, Liang Ji is arrogant, but he is extremely loyal and respectful.
Emperor Shun wanted to seal Liang Ji as a marquis, but Liang Shang was humble and did not accept, and then named Liang Shang as a general, but Liang Shang became ill and did not go to the court, until Emperor Shun sent too often to send the seal to the Liang Shang Mansion to accept, and then more humble and gentle, only said that his general was because of his status as a relative, and tried his best to promote talents for the imperial court. In the event of a disaster, the rice harvested by the family will be used to help the people, and it is only said that it is the emperor's kindness; It also restricts family members and relatives from using their power to do wrong.
Although Cao Teng has only seen Liang Shang in the court, and has no personal friendship, he has long revered this high-position, but virtuous and respectful general in his heart, but Emperor Shun strictly forbids his relatives to collude with eunuchs, both of them are respectful people, and they have no chance to meet in private.
After pondering for a moment, I heard Cao Teng say loudly to Liang Shang, "General Liang, we have all been framed so far, and it doesn't matter if Meng Ben and I die, do you want to see the Han family fall into the hands of traitors!?" He said this sadly, but he saw Liang Shang slowly turn his head and look at Cao Teng.