Liang Shang only glanced at Cao Teng, then turned his head and sighed in a low voice.

"Do you know where this is, the General?" Cao Teng saw that Liang Shang had a reaction and continued to ask.

Liang Shang still didn't answer him, but Meng Ben over there said, "This is still in the inner courtyard of the palace!" ”

"Oh? How do you know? Cao Tengqi said and looked at Meng Ben.

"I was escorted by them and didn't go far to get here, and I came here by mistake when I entered the palace when I was a child, and this was originally Hancui Palace." Meng Ben said.

"What! Hancui Palace! Cao Teng exclaimed, this Hancui Palace was originally the dormitory of a concubine when Emperor Ming, because of the crime of witchcraft was imprisoned in the palace by Emperor Ming, and it became a cold palace, and because of the remoteness, almost no one came here again, and he was afraid of getting bad luck, but he didn't know when he was changed to a prison.

At this time, Cao Teng remembered that it was no wonder that the style of this palace room looked familiar, and it was quite similar to those palaces in the palace, knowing this, Cao Teng felt that this matter was wrong, and suddenly remembered one thing, and was shocked into a cold sweat, and said to Meng Ben, "When I arrived at the city gate, I was detained by the four people, saying that I was going to the Tingwei Mansion, but now I am in this cold palace. This sentence seems to be said to Meng Ben, but it is said to Liang Shang around him.

"The saint once said that since the time of Emperor Ming, the relatives of the Ma, Dou and Deng families have interfered in politics, but only General Liang is loyal, obedient and courteous, and selects talents for the imperial court, and cares about the people. Cao Teng said again, but these words were obviously said to Liang Shang.

Liang Shang was a little moved, and turned to Cao Teng and said, "Who are you?" How do you know this "Persuading Farmers"? "This piece was presented to Emperor Shun by Liang Shangmi, just because the article talks about the private occupation of land by the powerful, which has a greater impact, and only Emperor Shun knows, how can this person know in front of him.

"General, the villain's name is Cao Teng." Cao Teng said calmly.

"What! You are Cao Teng, the regular servant! "Cao Teng often accompanies Emperor Shun, but only in the palace and the imperial study, and other permanent servants are responsible for meeting ministers and passing decrees, so Liang Shang has never seen Cao Teng a few times but has already heard of it.

Liang Shang heard that this Cao Teng accompanied Emperor Shun to study when he was five years old, until he ascended the throne to the present, this person is different from other chamberlains, does not love power and is not greedy for money, although he is a big celebrity around the emperor, but he is not arrogant and domineering, respectful and modest, and not in front of the emperor, in front of the person, the same as the inside, can also promote meritocracy, some people impeached him, but he persuaded Emperor Shun to reuse that person, it is really different.

One of them is a relative, the other is a eunuch, these two groups have always been spurned by scholars, but the two of them were praised by hundreds of officials, and at this time they were both in prison, and they actually had some sympathy for each other.

Liang Shang knew that life and death were uncertain at this time, and he knew that Cao Teng was a person, so he also put down the shelf, "Brother Cao Xian, you were framed, but I saw the holy decree, I was in the mansion, two chamberlains came to my mansion late at night and said that the saint edicted me to enter the palace, I went to the palace, but I did not see the saint, but the two chamberlains showed me the holy decree, saying that I rebelled and was ready to set up a new emperor, I only knew that I was wronged, but I thought about it, will the emperor see that the Liang family is powerful, and like the Dou family and the Deng family back then, he will kill me Liang Shang before my Liang family is full-fledged, I will be convicted of rebellion, Your Majesty wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die......" At this time, Liang Shang's voice seemed to be mournful.

"The villain's ruined body, how can the general deign to call me 'virtuous brother'!" Cao Teng saw Liang Shang call himself a "virtuous brother", and he was both surprised and happy in his heart, and said, "No, the saint said a month ago that he would reward the general, and it will never be like this!" Cao Teng said decisively.

Liang Shang thought of the two of them passing the decree late at night, and they didn't see the emperor, and they also felt strange in their hearts at this time, but they had a preconceived idea before, so they suspected that the emperor was going to get rid of the Liang family, so his heart was like ashes, and he didn't think much about it; I also thought that if the emperor wanted to condemn himself, he would also need to be imprisoned by the court lieutenant, which was not in accordance with the etiquette law, but it was inappropriate; There are also emperors of previous dynasties who are weak, and they either need to use their relatives to suppress eunuchs, or they need to use eunuchs to suppress their relatives.

"Hey, virtuous brother, the foolish brother only values his character to people, not his background, those dignitaries want me to call him 'virtuous brother' is not worthy, now our lives are in danger, how can there be any 'general'? If you look down on the foolish brother and the virtuous brother no matter how humble you are, according to your meaning, this is not the emperor's intention, then the holy decree is false? Liang Shang waved his hand.

Cao Teng didn't shirk anymore, and just wanted to say more, but four people entered outside the door, and said with a smile at Liang Shang and the three of them, "I didn't expect that the general and Cao Changshi are also quite familiar, and you also have a companion when you go to Huangquan together, so very good, very good." He burst out laughing.

"Zhang Kui, Yu Zheng, it's really you two traitorous villains!" Cao Teng recognized the two at a glance before he saw them, these two people were also the emperor's attendants, these two people were previously found by him to "eat" with the palace maid, and reported to the emperor, the emperor asked Cao Teng to dispose of it, Cao Teng killed the palace maid with a cane, and beat the two of them with fifty boards each, and the two of them held a grudge.

Zhang Kui and Yu Zheng also secretly reported to Emperor Shun a month ago, saying that Liang Shang, Cao Teng, and Meng Ben contacted the kings to prepare to abolish the emperor and set up another one, where did Emperor Shun believe it, laughed it off, and reprimanded the two but told Cao Teng, but Liang Shang didn't know about it, and Cao Teng told Liang Shang about it.

"General Ben has no grievances with you, why did you set up this poisonous plan to harm me!" Liang Shang glared at the two of them angrily after knowing the reason, and blood seemed to drip from his eyes.

"Don't blame the general, the two of us are also taking people's money and eliminating disasters for others, I hope the general will not trouble the two of us when he goes to the underworld, haha." The two laughed insidiously.

Cao Teng looked at the two of them so presumptuous, thinking that there must be big people behind these two people, and shouted, "If you hurt the general, will the queen and the noble lady let you go, and the emperor will spare you?" ”

But they still saw that the two of them were quite unimpressed and fearless, which confirmed Cao Teng's conjecture.

"Alright, it's not too early, let's go on the road!" The man named Yu Zheng said impatiently, and the three of them found that the two people following the two were holding a wine jug and three wine glasses, and they wanted to come to contain poisonous wine.

"Wait, you say that the Holy One will punish our sins, and I haven't seen the Holy Decree yet, where is the Holy Purpose?" Cao Teng wanted to delay for some time, so he asked the holy decree.

"You really don't die in the heart of the Yellow River, this is the holy decree, 'There is a holy decree, the general Liang Shang, the middle and often serve Cao Teng and Meng Ben, conspire to rebel, and do the act of abolition, the crime cannot be punished, but read the merits of the first time such as you, give poisonous wine, raze the three clans, and admire this', Cao Teng, take a look, and let you understand your death!" But it was Zhang Kui who took out the holy decree and handed it to Cao Teng and the others to show them.

Cao Teng saw that it was indeed a holy decree, but he didn't know how these two people got it, and thought about how to delay it any longer, so he said, "In this case, then bring it!" Cao Teng's words were awe-inspiring, and he didn't seem to be afraid.

"What?" Zhang Kui and the others also asked in a daze.

"The emperor's token!" Cao Teng said coldly.

"Hahahaha, I don't know what token I need to kill the general." The two looked at each other and laughed.

"It's not for the general, it's for me!" Saying that, Cao Teng took out a jade pendant from his arms, crystal green, not ordinary at a glance, and then said, "This is a jade pendant given to me by Your Majesty, saying that if you want to kill me, this jade can avoid death, if Your Majesty really wants to kill me, you need to take another piece of the same jade, and the other piece is in Your Majesty's place, bring it!" Cao Teng stretched out his hand to ask the two for it.

Zhang Kui and Yu Zheng didn't know that there was this, Zhang Kui had seen Emperor Shun seem to really have such a piece of jade, and he was a little overwhelmed, "Big brother, this person just wants to delay time, I don't want to fall for him, besides, this is not a real holy decree between the two of us......" But it was a reminder from the side, the last sentence was only heard by Zhang Kui, Zhang Kui felt confused, and snorted, "Give wine, please!" "I don't want to spend any more time with Cao Teng.

"Your Majesty, the minister has been wronged! I only hope that the next minister will serve His Majesty again! Liang Shang saw that it was impossible to escape this doom at this time, and he couldn't help shouting.

"Your Majesty, help!" But it was Meng Ben who shouted from the side, and Cao Teng only sighed to himself......

But said that Emperor Shun was busy with business this day, and wanted to pass on the edict to Liang Shang, but he said that he had been edicted into the palace late at night, and he was not surprised, and he was not there to find Meng Ben, and he felt bad, so he asked the regular servant Li She to look for it in the palace, but Li She was the old man in the palace.

"Bold! Two castrations! Eat the bear's heart and tiger guts! Just as the three of them were sitting and waiting to die, a person appeared at the door, wearing a dragon robe, it was Emperor Shun, and that sound only made Zhang Kui and Yu Zheng scatter their souls, and the wine glass fell to the ground.

"The general's family are all my relatives, Cao Teng and Meng Ben are all people I like, I want to see who dares to kill them except me!" The roar caused the four to fall to their knees, their farts and urine.

Liang Shang and Cao Teng glanced at each other, their hearts were in their stomachs, and their lives were saved......