Give you a spring

Qi Zheng rushed to the coffin shop in a hurry, and when he opened the door, he saw the unconscious boss on the road, and Ping Wei who was sitting on a chair a foot away, looking through the brochures in his spare time.

"Are you all right?" He walked in, quickly closed the door, blocking the sight of curious onlookers, and asked in a low voice.

Pingwei found some gauze in the shop, bandaged the knife wound on his shoulder, and replied calmly, "It's okay."

Qi Zheng looked at him worriedly, "But your lips are very white."

"He put poison on this sword," Ping Wei casually looked at the dagger that was thrown on the table next to him. He was kicked into the bottom of the cabinet by the boss before, and he found it.

Qi Zheng was horrified, and raised his voice, "Xiaguan will take you to the doctor immediately!"

"It doesn't matter, I can last for a while," Ping Wei said, "This poison is mild in nature, and the purpose is just to make me lose my mobility in a short time."

He said it lightly, but Qi Zheng was terrified when he heard it, the coffin shop was in a mess, blood can be seen everywhere, one can imagine how fierce the fight between the two was just now.He suppressed his anxiety and asked calmly, "In a short time?"

"I am more resistant to drugs," Ping Wei explained casually. After sitting for so long, he recovered a little bit, jumped up from the chair, kicked the man in the aisle, and looked at Qi Zheng, "He said he was His Majesty's people."

"Your Majesty sent this person to kill you?" Qi Zheng was shocked and his face turned pale.

Ping Wei raised his eyes and glanced at him, the murderous aura aroused by the boss before had not completely receded, and there was a chill in his gaze towards Qi Zheng, Master Qi shivered a little, feeling that His Highness is a little dangerous now, As if he was a different person, he asked softly, "Does Your Highness know this person?"

"On the surface, he is the owner of the coffin shop, but he is secretly related to the black market. As long as you have enough money, you can buy the news you want from him." Looking into Qi Zheng's eyes, "Yes, I know him."

Although the other party was smiling, there was no smile in his eyes.

Lord Qi asked again, "Before...you were related to people in the black market?"

"I am one of them," Ping Wei said generously.

"Does Your Majesty know about your work in the black market?"

"know."

Qi Zheng lowered his eyes, "Then this person said that he was sent by His Majesty, it may be true."

Pingwei said "hmm", got up and gave him the booklet, "This is something I asked him to help check yesterday, take a look."

He was a little dizzy now, probably because the effects of the medicine had begun to take hold. He grabbed the table next to him, looked at him, and tried to come over to support him, "Are you all right? Your Highness."

"It's okay." Ping Wei's face was as pale as paper, and he said softly, "Did you come alone? There are still arrests."

"Bring two arresters over here."

"Then you stay here for a while, I'll go back first..."

Qi Zheng nodded, "Do you need me to have a policeman take you back?"

"No need," Ping Wei bit his tongue, regained some clarity, and walked steadily to the door, "I'll just go back by myself."

With that said, he opened the door and walked out.

"..." Qi Zheng looked sideways at the re-closed door, and after a long time he turned back to the man, his eyes turned fierce in an instant.

Pingwei got on his horse and rode all the way back to the other courtyard. On the surface, he looked no different from ordinary people, but the actual effect of the medicine was violent in his body. The hand holding the horse rope was clenched into a fist. Lowering her eyes slightly, she let out a sigh of relief after seeing her other courtyard.

However, as soon as he got off the horse, a group of soldiers had already ambushed nearby and surrounded him.

Ping Wei's brows and eyes are full of hostility. Affected by the drug, his mood is extremely unstable now, and he looks up at the opposite side with displeasure.

"Who told you to come?"

The soldiers didn't speak, they all held a spear in their hands and approached Pingwei.

"Don't force me to take action," Ping Wei warned without moving.

——He was really in a mess today. First, he was stabbed and punched in the coffin shop, and then he was ambushed in front of his own house.

However, those soldiers didn't respond to his words. Seeing that Ping Wei was not cooperating, they immediately aimed their spears at him.

Ping slightly lowered his face, entangled with those people.

It has to be said that even though his steps are frivolous and his breathing is unstable, his strength should not be underestimated.However, the strength of one person is no match for many. After a quarter of an hour, the soldiers lost three of them, and the subjugation was weak. The opponent lost his will and fell into a coma on the ground.

Waking up again is in the Hall of Concentricity.

Ping Wei opened his eyes and was confused for a while, then sat up abruptly, recognized where he was and then raised his head to look up to the high place - indeed he saw the emperor.

Emperor Chong sat on the dragon chair and stared at him thoughtfully.

The two looked at each other.

Ping Wei subconsciously frowned.

The imposing emperor stood up from the dragon chair, walked in front of him, and said with a cold face, "I thought it would take you more than two hours to wake up."

"How long has the minister been asleep?"

"Half an hour, maybe not at all."

"If you want to see me, why don't you just send someone over?" Ping Wei stood up, straightened her crumpled clothes, and said calmly.

He thought he must look very bad now. He had fought with the coffin shop owner earlier, his hair crown was crooked, and his tied long hair was messy. He was pale and sweaty because of the poisoning, and his shoulders were still wrapped in gauze.

"Isn't it sent?" Chongdi said, "Aren't those soldiers the ones I sent here?"

“…”

"Xie Xu, you are too sharp." Emperor Chong looked at him for a while, and said every word, "Whether it is a prince or a courtier, I don't need a person with such strength."

"How do you know?" Ping Wei asked.

"Haven't you been investigating for two days?" Emperor Chong asked without answering, "Tell me, why do you think I want to kill you?"

Ping Wei looked up at him, and said slowly, "Didn't Your Majesty bribe the coffin shop owner and attribute the reason to the love of his children? Gu Jing is your courtier, but he is also spying on Concubine Ming. Fornication gave birth to such a rebellious son like me," paused, "isn't it?"

Emperor Chong didn't know if he wanted to provoke himself on purpose, but he was indeed a little displeased by his words, his brows were a little angry, and he said, "Do you believe what you said?"

"I don't believe it," Ping Wei said without hesitation.

"The real thing should be that you are afraid of Gu Jing. Although he has always been by your side and helped you win the throne, the emperor's family has never had any brotherhood. Maybe there used to be, but when you sit on that dragon chair, the rest There is only suspicion."

"You want to get rid of him, and it just so happens that Meng Xihe also wants to do something to Gu Jing. His daughter Meng Jiuxi is also a concubine in the harem. He is very greedy. He wants to get rid of a Ming concubine while bringing down Gu Jing. That's okay. Let the concubine position be vacant, and let my daughter take the position."

"Next?" Emperor Chong listened to him.

"I think he took advantage of Gu Jing's opportunity to enter the palace, drugged him, secretly sent him to Huaqing Palace, and knocked out Concubine Ming in advance, pretending that the two had an affair, and then arranged for the maid to inform His Majesty you."

Pingwei said calmly.

"Why is it an illusion? Can't it be true?" Emperor Chong said with a half-smile, "Didn't Qi Zheng steal a few volumes from the Library Pavilion that day and take them back? .”

"If it's true, why am I still standing here," Ping Wei said softly, without a hint of a smile on his face, "If I didn't bleed the blood of the royal family, you would still let me be the prince and live in peace Standing in front of you?"

"Oh?" Emperor Chong raised his eyebrows, "Why do you think I let you come back?"

"Get rid of Xie Shi."

"Then why not Lian Zheng?"

"Isn't there a queen behind him? The Jiang family has always been very powerful when the first emperor was there, and it is still the same today."

Emperor Chong snorted coldly, "You can see clearly."

Ping Wei looked at him, "Your Majesty, I'm not interested in the throne."

"You have said it many times," Chongdi said.

"But you still don't believe it," Emperor Chong used him to get rid of Xie Shi, and then shot him again, in order to keep occupying the dragon chair and prevent anyone from taking it. Xie Lianzheng, he thought that if Lianzheng If he wanted to finish every job without mistakes like this again, Chongdi might have to take action against him.

But if he defends himself, he will eventually be buried in the ground, and what will be left of the lonely family in the end.

Ping Wei didn't want to be an emperor because he knew how lonely he would be after sitting in that seat. If he was in fear every day and everyone was on guard, what good would it do if he made himself betrayed?

If you talk about power, can you do what you want if you have power?

Ever since Pingwei came to the capital and couldn't save Li Huanyi, he knew that some things cannot be forced, they are all destined.

He looked at the emperor on the opposite side, and there was no expression on the other side's face.

"You shouldn't be so sharp," Chongdi said after a long time, "I know that Concubine Ming secretly sent you out of the palace and kept hiding in Yu'an. I wanted to let you go and let you live there all the time, but," he said After a pause, "You shouldn't be connected with the black market, or you shouldn't kill those people."

"The Yamen has already sentenced you. It has nothing to do with you whether they are guilty or not. How can you, a commoner, decide the life and death of others? It is not you who can control the life and death of others, but I!"

Emperor Chong raised his voice and reprimanded.

Pingwei was stunned, and murmured in a low voice, "So there's another reason...."

"Shouldn't you have thought of this when you did those things? Xie Xu, I can bear it once or twice. You have had more than 30 cases, large and small, over the years. How can I tolerate you? You are In challenging the imperial power, I can no longer remain silent."

Emperor Chong was a little excited, said.

"..." Ping Wei looked at him and asked, "Did you always know about those people?"

"I know, everything you do, every person you kill is very clear."

"Then don't you want to help them? I have thought about killing everyone. Those are the people who deserve to be killed. The crimes they committed are enough to kill them. Why are some acquitted and some sentenced to prison Two or three years? What about those innocent people who suffered? Who will give them an account? Take You Buqing as an example. His brother beat Fu Lewen but was released due to insufficient evidence. Is this reasonable? Fu Lewen’s injuries can’t be proved ?”

"It's obvious that there is a problem with the law and that the officials are corrupt. Why don't you go to trouble with them, but attack me instead?"

Ping Wei spoke extremely fast and was aggressive.

"Presumptuous!" Emperor Chong yelled violently, as if he had been stabbed in his foot, and looked at him with a ferocious face, "Do you know who you are talking to?!"

"I know," Ping Wei's expression remained unchanged, "it's just that there are still things to say."

Emperor Chong narrowed his eyes, "Xie Xu, you may not know that your house is now surrounded by me. If you dare to offend me again, I will kill all of you."

Offended, Pingwei smiled lightly. It turned out that Emperor Chong knew that he was wrong in those things. He softened his voice, "What do you want to do, Your Majesty?"

"If you were Gu Jing, you probably wouldn't even be qualified to say that," Emperor Chong said coldly.

Ping Wei didn't answer, just raised her eyes to meet him.

Emperor Chong looked at his face that resembled Shen Qingru, took out a folder from his arms and threw it over.

"A few days ago, someone came to report a plague outbreak in Yu'an and Yuzhou. You should go and have a look."

Ping Wei was stunned, his face turned pale, "What did you say?"

Emperor Chong was impatient, "You don't know how to read?"

Ping Wei opened the booklet, glanced at it, "...how did this happen?"

"There was a drought in Yuzhou last year, and plague is prone to occur."

"..." Ping Wei almost didn't grasp the booklet in his hand, "Yu An is next door to Yuzhou, so the infection came from there... When did it happen?"

Emperor Chong glanced at him, "Ten days ago."

so long!Pingwei was shocked, and Emperor Chong frowned, "It's already very fast. As soon as the officials of Yuzhou and Yu'an found something wrong, they immediately sent a letter to Linjing. The road is far away, and this is already the fastest speed."

"..." Ping Wei took a deep breath, "I will leave tomorrow."

Emperor Chong looked at his haggard face, and wanted to let him go in two days before setting off, but he nodded after hearing this, "Yes".

"The minister will take advantage of this plague and never return to Beijing," Ping Wei said with a sense of current affairs.

Emperor Chong stared fixedly at him.

"I'm afraid of death, and I'm not interested in imperial power. I hope His Majesty will let me go."

"What about your beautiful ideals? Didn't you say you want to change the world?" Emperor Chong asked.

Pingwei looked at him, wanting to say that it is not just the world that needs to be changed, he said blankly, "What do you want me to do? I said I want to be a courtier, and you won't let me do what I can. I am not interested in the throne, if you don’t believe me, what should I do? You asked me to solve the plague, don’t you just want me to die?”

Among all the plagues, the plague is the most terrifying. Not only is it highly contagious, but it is also the most deadly. It can be said that as long as you are infected, you will die in all likelihood.And if it is not handled well, a small town or a city will often be destroyed.

He didn't know why Emperor Chongdi didn't want to kill him in Linjing City, maybe he couldn't find a reason to do it, but didn't he just shot at those soldiers, and injured several of them.Perhaps Emperor Chong had other considerations, but Pingwei was tired, he tried his best to help the other party solve so many things, and in the end he still had to die.

How to put it, he felt that he and that Gu Jing shared the same disease.

Chongdi said, "You are my son after all."

Ping Wei did not speak.

"But if you don't come back, I won't stop you."

Ping Wei twitched the corner of his mouth, "Then thank Your Majesty."

He grabbed the folder in his hand, turned and left resolutely.

Standing behind him, Emperor Chong suddenly remembered many things.

Many years ago, Gu Jing, who often came to the mansion to play with him, and Concubine Ming, who met him in Yu'an Township, once said with affection on his face that he loved his queen deeply. These people have left a lot in his life. For a long time, draw a stroke of thick ink.

But later, they all resolutely chose to leave because of their own unfeeling.

There has to be some sacrifice, he thought.

In order to stand at the top of power, he has nothing to give up.

"Come on," he called out while standing in the empty hall.

"Your Majesty," Eunuch Tang bent over and trotted over.

"Go and tell Shen Qingru that if I didn't kill her son, I can... make up for the mistakes I made back then." Emperor Chong left the words and strode out of the Hall of Concentric Hearts.

In order to get rid of Gu Jing back then, he allowed Meng Xihe to prescribe drugs to Concubine Ming and Concubine Ming, fabricating the unnecessary charges of having an affair between the two of them. Although he knew in his heart that Gu Jing had never done anything to Concubine Ming, he still Released false news to the outside world that the two were having an affair, this act broke Concubine Ming's heart.

He let Ping Wei go today because of Concubine Ming's sake.

Eunuch Tang responded, raised his eyes and quietly looked at the man walking towards the light, and sighed complicatedly in his heart.