Ningdu is a thousand-year-old ancient capital, a place where streets and markets in the world are interconnected, and the strongest fortress in the world.

There are 11 streets in the north and south of the city, and 14 streets in the east and west, criss-crossing the outer city of the imperial capital into 110 squares. Fengqi Garden is the royal forbidden garden, occupying two squares, and is actually 108 squares. The whole city has the central Hongque Street as the central axis.

, the outer city is divided into two parts: east and west. There are 55 squares in the east, except for the two squares occupied by Fengqi Garden, which is actually 53 squares; and there are 55 squares in the west. Basically, the east and west sides are symmetrical, equal to each other, and the left and right sides are the same.

There is Jingzhao Prefecture in the Imperial City, and Wannian County and Tai'an County are under its jurisdiction. The two counties are bounded by Hongque Street, and the east side is under the management of Wannian County, which has jurisdiction over 53 squares and Jiadong City.

At dusk, Pingkang Winery, an old restaurant built along the river, is famous for its home-brewed peach blossom wine.

The evening was a bit sultry, and the small restaurant was packed with seats. Those without seats were leaning against the railings. The small restaurant was like a steamer.

Out of nowhere walked out a young man wearing a green robe, tall and tall, with long hair shawl, handsome and elegant, a personable and elegant young man.

With a "pop!", the noisy wine shop immediately became quiet.

Xingmu clapped his hands, the storyteller's temperament changed, and he raised his voice and said: "Let's continue our conversation from last time. Last time, we talked about Cui Dan, a disciple of Lianxi, who used shameless means to seize the power of Mr. Lianxi and emptied the six tribes. His crime

If true, you should be punished!"

"Since Cui Dan won the power, his power has spread across the country. He has imitated the joke of the Qin Dynasty when he called a deer a horse. Today, the princes and nobles in the world are even more deceived. I, Daning, are in danger..."

In the early morning, two black figures rushed to the imperial capital in Shangbing City. Outside the north gate of the imperial capital, many officials were waiting obediently for Cui Dan. Looking at the official robes on his body, many ministers with real power, and a beautiful carriage stopped there.

At the North City Gate, countless soldiers surrounded the chariot, their heads lowered, and the atmosphere was solemn and awe-inspiring.

There was a young man who seemed to be no more than 20 years old. He was a high-spirited young man. He was very curious about the car and wanted to go up and touch it. His eyes were filled with ambition instead of awe.

There was a row of officials on both sides. They quickly pulled the young man's hand back and said with a look of shock: "You don't want your life? That's the imperial master's chariot. If you move again, I will have to cut off your hand!"

Just as he said that, Cui Dan and Wu Sheng came out of the air.

Dressed in white clothes and fluttering gently, Cui Dan returned to his original appearance as a young man from an aristocratic family. If not different, then there was only a hint of unnoticeable strategizing, which could also be called a city mansion.

Several officials knelt down and said, "Young man, I would like to pay my respects to the Imperial Master."

The young man looked left and right before still half-kneeling down.

Cui Dan smiled and said nothing, and waved his hands gently, and then all the princes in the court stood up cautiously.

Cui Dan stepped forward in person, gentle yet awe-inspiring, stretched out his hand and said softly: "My child, would you like to ride with me in the chariot?"

The young man was a little shocked at this time. What's more, Cui Dan always shocked the young man's heart and soul intentionally or unintentionally. Even if Cui Dan fell into a bad situation, it was not something that ordinary people could resist.

All the gentlemen looked at each other, not knowing what to do.

Cui Dan chuckled and said: "Come on, kid!"

The young man looked left and right for help, but the other officials were leaning forward, not daring to look up, let alone help a young man they had never met.

The young man's mind sank, and then he had to carefully board the carriage.

The carriage slowly entered the imperial capital.

At this time, the storyteller was still talking endlessly about how Cui Dan sought power and was accused of deceiving his master and destroying his ancestors. The former emperor of the Ning Dynasty, perhaps because the Qingshi of the Ning Dynasty was too decadent to leave the name of the previous dynasty, so he had to say that Ning

The writing style of the historians of the Ning Dynasty was excellent. Even if they were illiterate, they would open their eyes wide and become furious if anything had anything to do with the previous emperor of Qin! Not to mention that seven out of ten civil servants in the Ning Dynasty's court would feel pain in writing.

After criticizing Cui Dan, Cui Dan gradually lost the support of the people in the imperial capital over time.

"Hey, Mr. Lin, I heard that Cui Dan was going straight into the Imperial City from the North City Gate and happened to pass by our wine shop. Why don't you just take my heavy sword of 100 kilograms and put it in the busiest East Market for him?

I scraped it off one by one!"

The storyteller in the hall smiled slightly and said: "Our Ning Dynasty will definitely be prosperous if we have a talent like Butcher Song. Brother Song, I don't know how to drink, but what I said today has touched my heart. I have to respect you even if you don't respect me today!"

The strong man then laughed loudly and drank the strong wine in his hand.

The sound of horse hooves sounded slowly. The carriage was inlaid with gold and silver, so it was extremely heavy. This is why the horses of the princes and nobles were so short-lived. They had long lost their glory of having tumbling hooves and flying long manes.

The carriage drove slowly through the streets, the horses' hooves stamped hard, their noses roared, a puff of white breath came out, and they made a long neighing sound.

Cui Dan gently opened the curtain, and in front of it was a wine shop that brewed peach blossom wine.

Cui Dan looked at it coldly. The momentum was in vain. The whole wine shop was like a steamer, and it suddenly became quiet. Now it was like falling into an ice cave.

After a while, Cui Dan turned around and chuckled: "Nothing, nothing, just talk about yourselves."

The second-rank official on the side just turned around and said in a low voice: "Emperor Master, I will drive them away right now."

"Wait a minute," Cui Dan waved his hand to repel the official, "Stay back!"

"Young man, please obey the emperor's master."

Cui Dan got out of the car slowly and said with a gentle face: "You must be the famous Mr. Lin. You have such literary talent at a young age. You are really the new star of our Ning Dynasty's literary world."

The storyteller ignored Cui Dan and looked at the entire wine shop and the entire street. There was already silence.

Just now he said coldly: "I'm just a commoner, not worthy of the emperor's admiration."

Cui Dan smiled and waved his hand, "You are really humble when you say that you are a commoner. Look, everyone in this world wants to kill me, but who really dares to kill me? They are afraid of me, afraid of me

, you are a weak scholar, a stinky scholar with a clean sleeve, and you are not worthy of fighting with me."

The storyteller stayed in the hall in a daze for a long time.

Cui Dan was still minding his own business and said: "Thousands of years ago, in the age of gods, the emperor was respected like a puppet, and the kings fought in chaos. For four hundred years, countless talented people fell into disgrace. Those who came to power only increased their killings. You say that the Emperor of Qin is fatuous.

Without justice, Changping massacred more than 400,000 soldiers. Since the Emperor of Qin came to the throne, the world seems to have become more war-torn, ruining the destiny of heaven and making the world panic. But if the Qin Dynasty retreats, countless princes will appear in the world.

Will the war have to be delayed for more than four hundred years, and the world will be leveled with slaughter for ten years, or should we be compassionate once and mourn for a hundred years?"

The storyteller retorted: "If Emperor Qin did not aspire to unify the world and take great good as his mission, wouldn't the world have a better ending?"

Cui Dan smiled and waved his hand and said: "You don't understand this world, and you don't understand the control of misty gods. Let's not talk about it for the moment. I have often heard about you these days. I heard that several great scholars in Bailu Cave have praised you as a great person.

Ning’s literary world is emerging. I took a look at it today and found it to be really good. How about sharing a seat with me?"

The storyteller frowned, gave everyone in the restaurant a dark look, and then boarded the carriage.

"I don't know, what advice does the Imperial Master have for the common people?"

"Of course we will discuss what you said, what is a loyal minister, a traitorous minister, and a powerful minister!"

"Oh, a loyal minister is one who is loyal and righteous, and a minister who has clear arms is a loyal minister; a minister who is unfaithful and unjust, seeks national wealth and harms the world, deceives the superiors and deceives the subordinates and controls the court, is a treacherous minister, has power over the government and the public, and has no regard for etiquette and law-abiding, is a powerful minister!"

Cui Dan stroked his beard and said, "What you said is true, but you are wrong after all."

"There are three ministers in this world: loyal to the king, loyal to the country, and loyal to me!"

The storyteller heard this and was furious: "Arrogant!"

Cui Dan shrugged his shoulders and said: "You say I am a treacherous minister, but I have betrayed my country and sought glory and harmed the world? It is true that I am a powerful minister. It is true that the two masters and apprentices control the court and have no ethics. It is just that I left

It’s just that others won’t understand it.”

"But if you want to be a loyal minister, who should you be loyal to and what?"

"Of course I am loyal to the emperor and the country!"

"Loyalty to the emperor and country cannot be confused with each other."

Then Cui Dan paused and said: "Be loyal to the emperor but not loyal to the country. If your majesty's son breaks the law, what should you do?"

The storyteller thought for a while and said: "Daning's law, the prince who breaks the law is guilty of the same crime as the common people!"

Cui Dan chuckled, "The laws of Daning were created by His Majesty. In this world, the imperial power is the most powerful. You are a loyal minister to the world. It stands to reason that such people will not live long."

"Why don't I give you a trick, pick out one of the condemned prisoners, kill him, and relieve His Majesty's worries, even if it harms the people, it is nothing more than this. This is a loyal minister. It may be said that such a person will live a long time, but it will only be left in history.

The name really doesn’t look good.”

"I'll give you another example. If you want you to die, you have to die. If you want to eat the flesh and blood of your descendants, and drink the blood of your descendants, you must do this. You must be a prostrate emperor. This is what you call a "subordinate"!"

The storyteller said in a deep voice: "Tiger poison cannot eat its seeds!"

"After some time, you won't think so."

"Both of them contain the word "loyalty". What do you mean by a loyal minister?"

After finishing his words, the storyteller lowered his head in deep thought and remained silent.

"Hey, do you know why there is such a thing as emperor's art? Everything has a neutrality. In the emperor's mind, it is a check and balance. If there are too many loyal kings, the world will inevitably perish. If there are too many loyal to the world, where is the majesty of the emperor? So will the dynasty.

Destruction. The emperor of Qing Dynasty seemed to be close to the people, but in fact the majesty of the emperor was indispensable. How the Emperor of Zhou died, not only the destiny, but also the god-like majesty among the ignorant people was destroyed. People who are loyal to the emperor are indispensable, and people who are loyal to the country are indispensable!

"

"Then who are you?"

Cui Dan pondered for a while and said: "It's been so long that I don't even know it myself."

"It seems that I should be regarded as a loyal minister to the world." Cui Dan looked at Piaomiao with deep eyes.

"Worship me as your teacher, and I will help you become the leader of all officials. Don't you also have great talents? I am the only one who can help you. In this world, you can only fulfill your ambitions by becoming a powerful minister!"

"I would rather die than crawl on your knees!"

Cui Dan sighed deeply, looked sad and miserable, and waved his hand.

The officials following the chariot immediately understood and quickly signaled to the soldiers beside them to take down the storyteller.

The storyteller's expression did not change, but he said angrily: "You bunch of young people! Even if I become a ghost in the future, I won't let you go!"

Cui Dan sighed, there might be another corpse in the moat of the imperial capital.
To be continued...