In the room, a depressed and frightened Shang Ping was sitting on a chair trembling, looking at the things on the bookcase without saying a word. [with _ dream]ā

What should he do?

No, what do they want him to do?

Shang Ping's stiff brain finally began to move, and the other party handed over the things to him, and it was definitely not for him to destroy.

Threaten him?

But the person disappeared, leaving only one sentence, and then thinking that the only sentence was still limited by time, Shang Ping was unwilling and had to think about the worst result.

The other party didn't want to threaten him, otherwise it would be best to come to the door in person, and no matter how bad it was, it wouldn't disappear.

Even the other party's target is not him, otherwise he wouldn't have given this thing to him.

Shang Ping felt remorse and hatred for a while, that person was obviously aimed at the Zhao family, he was seduced by the Zhao Jie brothers, this time he didn't want to do it, they repeatedly asked and persuaded him to agree.

obviously said that it would be foolproof, but he didn't even know that he had been targeted earlier.

Shang Ping shrank in the small world of the study, but Changping outside the door was worried, and couldn't help knocking on the door and said, "Master, do you want to have lunch?" ”

Shang Ping came back from a break at noon, and he didn't even eat lunch.

Usually he would have lunch first, then lean back on the couch and close his eyes for a while before going to the office.

This sound broke Shang Ping's idea of whitewashing the peace, he raised his head and glanced at the sun outside, and said bitterly: "Send the food." ”

He shook his hands to pretend to be the evidence he had poured out, his eyes were red and swollen, and he had no choice.

Although Shang Ping is stupid, he has not read a lot of books, and he has checked the law in this area since the first time he cooperated with Zhao Jie in smuggling, and knows what will happen to him and his family.

He was only smuggling tea, silk and porcelain, and he was exiled at most, and if he could come up with some money to atone for his crimes, he might be dismissed.

But this time he was bewitched by Zhao Sheng, and there were iron and grain among the goods, these two are war preparations, they can be smuggling, or they can be collaborating with the enemy, but even if the former is convicted, it will implicate his family.

In order to investigate whether there is a suspicion of collaborating with the enemy, the whole family will be dragged to prison, and the others are okay, the old lady is old, she must not be able to stand it, and Mingjie, he has just come out, if he is implicated in it, I am afraid that my career will be ruined in the future.

If Mingjie has no future, even if the Shang family falls, how will he go to see his ancestors and ancestors in the future?

Shang Ping locked the things in the cupboard, numbly waiting for Changping to serve him food, and now there is only one way to crack it.

It was as promised by the person who handed him the evidence, that he personally surrendered and denounced him, so that the old lady and Mingjie could be spared the pain of imprisonment.

Changping saw that the old man was holding the meal, but the tears were falling down one by one, he was so frightened that his heart trembled, and he knelt on the ground with a "plop" and asked, "Master, what's wrong with you?" ”

Shang Ping tugged at the corners of his mouth and asked, "The second master hasn't come back yet?" ”

"No," Changping said worriedly, "Is something wrong with the second master?" ”

Shang Ping shook his head, clenched his chopsticks and said: "Go and write a letter and tell him to pay attention to safety, since he is with the four princes, he must listen to the words of the four princes and be loyal to the country in the future." ”

Changping looked at the old man in shock, how can the old man be like this, how can it be a little like explaining the future?

But, but why is this, it's clear that people are fine this morning.

Chang Ping's gaze couldn't help but drift to the drawer of the bookcase......

Shang Ping couldn't swallow, put down the dishes and chopsticks and said: "You and Chang'an stay at home, if your uncle comes there, you will say that I went out of the city to visit friends, and I may not come back after a while." ”

Changping asked nervously, "Where is the old man going?" ”

Shang Ping took a deep breath and said, "I have something to do, so you don't care about it, and keep a good home with Chang'an." ”

Speaking of this, he looked up at him, stared at him and said, "Remember, no matter who comes, you have to say that I went out to visit friends, especially from my uncle's side, you know?" ”

Shang Ping got up and said, "Let's go, go and prepare the horse, I should go to the yamen." ”

Changping immediately said: "Master, eat a little more, otherwise your stomach will not be able to stand it." ”

Shang Ping glanced down at the fairly sumptuous meal on the table, shook his head and said, "Forget it, I don't have an appetite." ”

He opened the drawer, took out the bag, and sent Changping away, and told him to prepare the horse, and then turned around and went to the bookshelf to find a box, and took out the contents and stuffed them into the bag.

Working with the Zhao Jie brothers, he was not unprepared.

He believed that Zhao Jie was the same, this was originally a handle between each other to prevent the other party from going back on his word, but he didn't expect it to be used for this purpose in the end.

Shang Ping took the things and went to the imperial city, the six yamen were all in the imperial city, and when he arrived at the gate of the Ministry of Works, Shang Ping paused, glanced at the Ministry of Works, and continued to fight horses.

After the official department, and then the household department, I went directly to the palace gate.

Shang Ping handed a sign to see the emperor for the fourth time in his life, the first time was when his eldest brother died in a fight, he handed a sign and begged the emperor to be the master of the Shang family; The second time was when the title of the Shang family was delayed, and he handed a sign to ask to see the emperor; The third time was when he handed over the sign to the palace after inheriting the knighthood and thanked him.

After that, he never handed the sign to the palace, and naturally he couldn't see the emperor as a member of the Ministry of Labor, so he asked to see him as the viscount of the Shang family.

Because of the rarity, not only the emperor was surprised, but also the person who took the sign was surprised, but when he saw him standing aside respectfully waiting for the summons, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly handed the message inside.

Generally speaking, it is not a matter of urgency, and if you want to see Your Majesty, you have to hand over the sign at least one day in advance, and if you want to see the sign on the same day, you will either have a very high status, or the matter is very urgent.

And Shang Ping's credibility in this regard is not bad, and the official on duty flipped through the records and reported it.

The emperor didn't know Shangping, a member of the Ministry of Labor, but he knew Shang Ping of the Suzhou Shang family, knew that he was his viscount, thought about it, just finished taking a nap, and his spirit was not concentrated enough, so he could listen to what he wanted to say.

So Shang Ping was put in.

Shang Ping didn't expect it to be so soon, he also thought that it would be good to be able to enter the palace.

Now it was early, he didn't feel happy, but felt that the knife on his neck had taken a step down, he walked in tremblingly, and as soon as he arrived at the Qinzheng Palace, he knelt and couldn't move—frightened!

When the emperor saw him lying on the ground and not speaking, he said curiously: "Shang Aiqing, didn't I let you get up?" ”

This is not the Ming and Qing dynasties, the courtiers have to stand or kneel back to the emperor's words, now the status between the monarch and the minister is not so high, most of the time the ministers to His Majesty to bow, you have to be willing to kneel on the line, it can be said that you advocate Zhou etiquette.

But generally His Majesty will also be very polite to his courtiers, most of them will give them a seat, everyone will sit to discuss political affairs, and they may also stand, but there are really few times when they kneel to reply.

After hesitating for a while, he still trembled and took out the paper bag from his arms, raised it above his head and said, "Your Majesty, the minister surrenders and asks Your Majesty for forgiveness." ”

"Turn yourself in?" When the emperor saw that he was frightened like this, he couldn't help but smile and ask, "What did Shang Aiqing do?" ”

gestured slightly, and asked Gonggong Liu to pick up the things.

Knowing that at this time, Emperor Liang was still thinking about whether Shang Ping had caused some trouble to ask him for forgiveness, and such a thing had not happened.

Emperor Liang is known for his good temper, and the courtiers under him are corrupt, and the clever ones will take advantage of the Dali Temple to take the initiative to surrender when they come to the door, as long as they can return the greedy money and fine some money, the emperor will most likely exempt him from punishment, and most of them will be dismissed.

Generally, it does not involve human life, and there is no harsh administration, Emperor Liang can endure it.

So he thought that this was also the case with Shang Ping.

But as soon as he opened the paper bag, he knew that he was thinking less.

The emperor's face became more and more heavy, and Gonggong Liu quietly took a small step back, lowered his head to reduce his sense of presence as much as possible, and Shang Ping, who was lying on the ground, felt this overwhelming coercion, and his body couldn't help but tremble.

Emperor Liang's eyes were on fire, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he saw him like this, and he couldn't help but be so angry that he threw the things in his hand directly on him, and scolded: "You are so bold, how do you know that you are afraid at this time?" Why don't you know that you are afraid when you collude with foreign enemies? ”

"Your Majesty, the minister didn't know that the Zhao family would collude with foreign enemies," Shang Ping lay on the ground and said: "At first, the minister only thought it was an ordinary business, but later he knew that it was too late to cooperate with the Liao people." ”

Shang Ping cried bitterly and said: "The minister was confused, he failed to rein in the precipice after knowing about it, but followed the Zhao Jie brothers to continue smuggling, but he was just holding a fluke mentality, thinking that the court would not find out, but who knew that not long ago Zhao Sheng said that he was urging the goods over there and took a sum of money from the minister." ”

"The minister didn't care at first, thinking that it was still the silk and satin, tea and porcelain that were traded, but not long ago I learned that it was iron and grain," Shang Ping pushed the matter away, crying: "No matter how ignorant the minister is, he knows that these two things can never get out of the customs, so he feels that something is wrong, and after careful inquiry, he found that their so-called Liao merchants also have problems, and the minister is panicked." ”

Shang Ping shook his body and raised his head, snot and tears flowed down his face: "Your Majesty, no matter how confused the minister is, he will not do anything to collaborate with the enemy and betray the country, so after getting the news, he thought about it again and again, and decided to surrender himself, begging His Majesty for forgiveness, begging His Majesty for forgiveness, and the minister no longer dared." ”

Emperor Liang felt as if a fire was burning in his heart, you have cooperated for so many years, and now you have found out that there is a problem with the Liao merchants you are cooperating with, is this when he is a fool?

But now is not the time to ask him for the blame, he remembered the eight-hundred-mile expedited letter from Jiangling again, it turned out that Zhao Jie really collaborated with the enemy and committed treason.

At this time, the situation in Jiangling is undecided, and the news must not be leaked, and now there is not only a large number of troops from the Chu State over there, but his son is still there.

If Zhao Jie is forced to be in a hurry, what if he kidnaps the fourth child, among his four sons, the fourth child can be used now.

He didn't want to, he just wanted to set up a prince here, and another one was ruined over there, thinking of the second child who had been destroyed, the emperor was speechless with a painful point at Shang Ping.