The sages are the sages of the void, the virtues of the virtues are the virtues of the void, the first loyalty and loyalty are not loyal, the first benevolence and benevolence are not benevolent, and the saints are not benevolent after the people.

------------ "The Book of the Emperor of Man - Unkind and Benevolent"

Nanyang County, winter.

This is the ancestral land of the ancient snake clan, and was occupied by the fox clan, after which the emperor defeated the king of the southern fox and occupied Nanyang, the emperor relied on Nanyang as the foundation of the hegemony to dominate the world for the last time, but at this moment, Nanyang County has become the capital of the Chu State, the population and wealth of Nanyang County are far above Runan County, the big county of the world, Luoyang, Chang'an, Nanyang Er, as the third most populous county in the world, but because the terrain is too flat and there are no dangerous mountains and rivers to rely on, it is not suitable for the capital, but Chu Jun Yang Suxuan thinks that the emperor can dominate the world with Nanyang, and he can do the same。

The two carriages marched slowly and stopped at the gate of the Nanyang Governance Office, the curtain of the carriage in front was lifted, and a small head poked its head out to watch, it was Xiao Meng'er. Looking at the towering city wall in front of her, Xiao Meng'er was surprised: "It's so high, it's much higher than the city wall I've seen in other places before." ”

"What is this, Xiao Meng'er, you haven't been to Luoyang and Chang'an, where the city walls are higher. "The starry sky's knowledge is still much higher than that of Xiao Meng'er, a child.

Just as everyone was about to enter the city, a woman in red came out of the city on a fierce horse, and several Chu soldiers who watched the city gate knelt down and said, "I've seen the eldest princess." ”

It turned out that this woman was Yang Qin, the eldest daughter of Yang Suxuan, the emperor of Chu State, and Yang Qin seemed to have encountered something happy, so that the soldiers got up and looked at something outside the city.

Not long after, I saw the military flag not far away, the sound of horses' hooves was endless, and a knight in the military array took the lead in coming forward to report: "The general of the East defeated the Runan Jingluo Wangqiu in Yingchuan, and captured more than 1,000 enemy heads. ”

According to the rules, in order to prevent the soldiers from mutiny, the army could not enter the city, so after instructing the adjutant general to bring the soldiers back to the barracks, Dongfang Yu rode his white horse to the city gate, Yang Qin saw Dongfang Yu and wanted to hug, but was dodged by Dongfang Yu.

"Your Highness, there are a lot of people here, please respect yourself!" Dongfang Yu said solemnly.

Yang Qin pursed his lips and entered the city with Dongfang Yu to meet the emperor, and only then did Dao Sheng speak: "This little general, the old man also wants to meet His Majesty the emperor, can you go with you." ”

"Who are you?" Dongfang Yu wondered.

"The family teacher is a scholar of Luoyang Library Pavilion, Mr. Daosheng. The starry sky on the side was extremely proud when he talked about his teacher.

"It turned out to be an old gentleman, it was Yu who was clumsy, please come with Yu to see Your Majesty. Dongfang Yu said in an apologetic tone.

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In the main hall, the emperor first praised Dongfang Yu and rewarded him, and then Dongfang Yu retreated, seeing Dongfang Yu retreating, Yang Qin also bowed and retreated.

At this time, the emperor looked at Dao Sheng and said respectfully: "Mr. Dacai, what is the country of widows and widows in today's view, and what is the country of widows?"

Dao Sheng saluted and said: "The vast sea is brilliant, not virtuous and bright." ”

The emperor smiled and continued to ask: "The widow governs the country with benevolence, retires with virtue, disciplines the ministers with loyalty, and sues the people with virtue, this can be described as a holy king?"

Dao Sheng replied: "The sages are the sages of all the void, the first virtues are the virtues of the vanity, the first loyalty and loyalty are therefore disloyal, the first benevolence and benevolence are therefore not benevolent, and the saints are not benevolent after the people." ”

The emperor frowned and said, "What do you mean?"

Dao Sheng patiently explained: " Take the virtuous as the benchmark, then the people of the world will disguise themselves as virtuous in order to be praised as virtuous, and the real virtuous will be buried, with morality as the benchmark, the people of the world will disguise themselves as virtuous in order to be praised as virtuous people, then the truly virtuous people will be forgotten, so, with loyalty as a consideration, loyalty will disappear, with benevolence and righteousness as the standard, benevolence and righteousness will disappear, the ancient sages will never set any standards, but often put their own interests behind the people, do not compete with the people, sages never care whether they have benevolence or not, but they are recognized as benevolent people。 ”

The emperor breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at Dao Sheng, and felt more and more interesting, so he smiled and said: "Although the widow does not agree with Mr. such a statement, but the great talent of Mr. has already seen it, and in three days, please ask Mr. to go hunting in the dense forest with the widow." ”

"The grass people should go there. Daosheng saluted.

In the evening, a young official received everyone, this person's name is Liu Xianyu, only in his early twenties, he has just become an envoy in Nanyang, and he is also young and promising, Liu Xianyu has idealism, and wants to investigate the corrupt officials and corrupt officials in the entire Nanyang and even the entire Chu State, and then bring them to justice, perhaps it is because of his enthusiasm that he can be entrusted with important tasks at such an age.

(Note: According to the procurator, the official position established by Yang Suxuan of Chu Jun to supervise the officials and magnates and deal with complex cases was not until the establishment of the celebrant supervisor later, which made the power of the procurator gradually null and void)

Falling asleep, Little Meng'er entered the phantom world again.

I saw that the girl I saw last time was arguing with Chen Song, and the two seemed to have a good relationship, although they were fighting, they were very restrained.

"It's my incompetence, it's my incompetence that hurts you. Chen Song blamed himself.

The girl was silent for a moment. Then he said indifferently: "In the future, you and I will break off our righteousness." ”

Then there is the scene where the girl is elected to the harem and becomes the empress of Emperor Ling of the Great Zhou.

Immediately, when the picture turns to the girl waiting for the emperor in the harem, the phantom world is shattered again.

The next morning, as soon as Xiao Meng'er and the others got up, they heard that Liu Xianyu had gone out early to investigate the truth of the arms theft case.

"Armament theft?" Xiao Meng'er wondered.

"Yesterday, when General Dongfang Yu thoroughly inspected the armament depot, he found that the depot was empty, and I don't know who stole it. The servant sent by the emperor to serve the people replied.

Outside the barracks, Liu Xianyu's assistant said to Liu Xianyu: "It's that person, and all the evidence and speculation we collected finally fell on that person." ”

Liu Xianyu said calmly: "Well, take him back first and see if you can interrogate any valuable information." ”

In the dungeon, Liu Xianyu said to the tired official in front of him: "Say it, you don't dare to do such a thing as a small quartermaster of arms theft, who is the mastermind behind you?"

Although the quartermaster was chained all over, he was still extremely arrogant: "Haha, Liu Xianyu, you can only show off with me as a small envoy, of course I have the mastermind behind the scenes, but even if I say it, do you dare to arrest it?"

Liu Xianyu said angrily: "Hmph, do you think that the king of Dachu can't rule you?"

However, the quartermaster laughed: "Wang Fa? Do you know what Wang Fa is? Wang Fa is the law of his Yang family! Liu Xianyu, you can't kill me, someone will come to protect me." ”

Liu Xianyu's assistant was furious, and when he was about to teach the other party a lesson, he saw the dungeon guard outside shouting, "Greetings to Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess." ”

Liu Xianyu saw Yang Qin coming in, and he quickly knelt on the ground: "Minister, Liu Xianyu, I have seen His Highness." ”

The eldest princess looked at Liu Xianyu, and then said with a smile: "Liu Zhaocha caught the person who embezzled armaments so quickly, it is really powerful, but this person dares to embezzle armaments, General Dongfang Yu is extremely angry, and now he wants to personally interrogate this scum, can this palace be allowed to take this person away?"

Although he was asking, his tone was extremely domineering, and he didn't give Liu Xianyu a choice to oppose at all. But Liu Xianyu still said firmly: "This case has been handled by us according to the judge, Your Highness, please go back." ”

"Liu Xianyu, you, look down on this palace?" said the eldest princess with an ugly face.

"Minister, don't dare, but the law of the country is the law of the country, and since this person has been tried by us as a judge, I don't bother His Highness. Although Liu Xianyu still knelt down to maintain his courtesy, his tone was very firm.

"Hmph!" Yang Qin snorted coldly and left.

Seeing Yang Qin leaving, Liu Xianyu shouted loudly: "Congratulations to Your Highness." ”

When Liu Xianyu left, a jailer came to the quartermaster, and when he saw the jailer, the quartermaster said excitedly: "When will the lord come to save me?"

However, the jailer said: "It's impossible for you, my lord hopes that you can die, so that Liu Xianyu's clue will be broken." ”

"You, since you don't want to save me, then I'll confess, I can't be better, don't think about it!" said the quartermaster in despair.

However, the jailer sneered and stabbed the dagger into the quartermaster's heart, and when Liu Xianyu rushed back when he heard the news, the jailer said: "Lord Liu, that person has been insulting the adult without holding back, and the villain was angry for a while, and accidentally stabbed him to death when he scuffled, please forgive me." ”

In fact, Liu Xianyu had vaguely guessed that this arms theft case was actually directed and acted by the general Dongfang Yu, and the eldest princess Yang Qin must have also participated in it, but he had no evidence, all this was just his own speculation.