The soldier suddenly raised his spear. The farmer carrying the firewood was startled and hurriedly shouted in broken Chu dialect: "Spare your life!"
After several migrations by the Han Dynasty to enrich the population of Guanzhong, you can encounter basically any accent in Guanzhong. And because of Lingcheng, a new group of people have recently arrived, and the laws of the Han Dynasty are different from those of the Qin Dynasty.
Da Qin, you will be arrested if you don't stay at home and wander around, let alone leave your hometown.
However, Xiao He's new law does not prohibit people from moving or going out. If they feel that they cannot survive here, they can report and go to live in other areas. People can go out for a walk, or they can gather in two or three people to chat, but
They couldn't get together to drink, and they didn't have to worry about the vicious Qin officials coming to arrest them. After all, they were all Han officials now.
The soldiers around the palace did not embarrass the peasant in front of him, but solemnly reminded him: "If you want to go to the south of the city, you must take a detour. You cannot pass through here!"
"ah?"
The farmer didn't seem to understand what he said, and looked at the soldier blankly. The soldier had to turn around and shouted: "Qing? Are you from Chudi? Come here! He doesn't understand!"
At this moment, the gate of the palace in the distance slowly opened, and three carriages came out one after another.
The soldiers saluted hurriedly, and the farmer was so frightened that he fell to the ground.
Liu Chang stood on the second car and loudly asked Shang Fanling beside him, "Is it really as tough as you say?"
"Of course it's true. Hasn't your Majesty already seen that sharp sword? Why do you still have to see it in person?"
“Seeing is believing!”
As Liu Chang said, the carriage slowly passed by the soldiers. After seeing off the carriage, the soldier stood up and was about to talk to the farmer beside him, but then he realized that the farmer had disappeared.
Perhaps they were scared away by the king's carriage, so the soldiers continued to patrol the surrounding area.
Chen Tao lowered his head, carrying firewood on his back, and followed the carriage from a distance.
He stared closely at the arrogant kid sitting on the carriage, squinting his eyes and walking very fast, not like a farmer at all.
The carriage was going faster and faster. He was carrying firewood and couldn't catch up, so he secretly placed the firewood in front of a house and moved forward lightly.
When he was panting and chasing all the way to the city gate, he happened to see the carriage being interrogated. The little guy was yelling at the soldier guarding the gate. What he was yelling was not heard clearly by Chen Tao.
He just looked very fierce, and the soldiers' faces turned red at what he said.
He lowered his head and walked towards the city gate from the other side.
Immediately, a soldier stopped him, checked his identity, and asked him why he left the city.
Knowing that he was out cutting firewood, the soldier did not give him any trouble. He just asked him to come back early and then let him go out after registering.
After leaving the city, Chen Tao walked a lot and saw no one around, so he blew a whistle.
In a moment, four or five people appeared next to him, all dressed as farmers, with axes on their waists and fierce faces.
"Brother, is there something wrong?"
"The opportunity has finally come... God has not failed me. That Zhuzi is finally leaving the city, but he is riding a carriage and there are many people around him. We can't catch up. So, tell the other brothers and let them spread out in Chang'an.
On various roads, he pretends to be chopping firewood... If he is seen, he will be notified in time. This time, we will definitely succeed."
"The king humiliated his ministers and died. The master died in the hands of this prince, but we have been unable to take revenge... Nowadays, martial law is no longer in all parts of Chang'an... The new law has created opportunities for us, and we can no longer endure the humiliation.
, we must kill him to avenge our lord!"
"only!"
Everyone agreed, and Chen Tao said again: "After today, regardless of whether things succeed or not, brothers who have never encountered this Shuzi must quickly return to the Chu land. Now that we are in danger, we have repaid the Lord's kindness and there is no need to try again."
"only!"
Everyone dispersed in a hurry, and Chen Tao himself continued to move forward slowly without looking back. At this moment, a carriage suddenly passed by. The man was still sitting on the carriage, talking to the attendant beside him, and also
Holding his hand and speaking with tears streaming down his face, Chen Tao only heard a few words of "people of the Tang Dynasty" before the carriage disappeared in front of him, and he hurriedly chased after him.
Although Chen Tao was not slow, he was still not as fast as the carriage, and he could no longer see the carriage's position clearly.
Halfway through the carriage, Liu Chang squinted his eyes and suddenly said: "Mr. Duan! I want to get off the bus..."
Shang Fanling looked at him and saw King Tang holding the lanyard, and understood what he meant, so he ordered the car to stop. Liu Chang grabbed the lanyard and walked into the grass nearby. Several attendants were waiting not far away.
Then they started talking in a low voice.
"Your Majesty may seem naughty, but he is actually very smart."
"Yes, the fan he designed really works. The sword can easily split armor... It's just too heavy. If it were made into armor, it would probably kill the soldiers..."
"What are you talking about... How can a general not wear armor?"
Several people were chatting when someone suddenly asked: "Why doesn't the king come out yet?"
"King?"
"King?!"
Several attendants rushed in, but when they came in, Liu Chang had already disappeared without a trace.
"Go find it quickly!!!"
Everyone was busy.
At this moment, Liu Chang was walking on the small road with a smile. The strategy Luan Bu said was indeed feasible. Well, it should be this small road, right? Liu Chang recalled Luan Bu's words and looked around to make sure that he was not going the wrong way.
.
Chen Tao, who had chased all the way from Chang'an, was out of breath. In order to catch up with the carriage, he chose a shortcut, that is, a small road, and chased him all the way here. Just when he bent down and was about to rest, he seemed to see a familiar figure.
silhouette.
Chen Tao hurriedly rubbed his eyes, yes, it was that Zhuzi!! Alone!! There were no guards around him!!
Chen Tao was immediately overjoyed, hurriedly took off the ax, held it in his hand, and slowly approached.
The man looked sneaky, looking left and right, holding a stone in his hand, and then burrowed into a bush and disappeared.
Chen Tao was shocked and hurriedly chased after him. When he jumped over a high ground, he saw the vertical pillar again. In front of the high ground was an earth wall. The earth wall was very long. Looking from both sides, he could hardly see it.
At the end, the pillar had piled a lot of stones under the wall. At this moment, he was stepping on the stones, grabbing the wall with both hands, climbing up the wall with all his strength, and climbed in.
This guy's body is quite flexible!
Chen Tao thought, then sneaked close to the earthen wall, looked around, and hesitated a little. He didn't know where this was. Since the master was killed, they ran out of Chang'an to avoid pursuit and only recently came back. However,
Such a good opportunity, Chen Tao gritted his teeth, hung the ax on his waist, grabbed the wall with both hands, climbed over the wall and jumped into it.
Chen Tao jumped into the earth wall and suddenly raised his head to search for the figure of Zhu Zi.
Within the earthen wall, hundreds of fully armed soldiers were staring at Chen Tao in amazement. The man stood in front of Chen Tao with his hands on his hips, looking at him in surprise at this moment.
Chen Tao looked at these people blankly, and the two sides fell into a strange silence, just looking at each other.
"There is an assassin!!"
Soon, someone among the soldiers yelled, and immediately, the soldiers rushed forward like flying. In just a moment, before Chen Tao even had time to take out his ax, he was pressed to the ground by these soldiers, and his whole body was tied like a rice dumpling.
Just like that, he was thrown in front of Liu Chang.
"Your Majesty, capture an assassin and please punish me, Your Majesty!"
Chen Tao hurriedly shouted: "I'm just a farmer here to cut firewood! I'm not an assassin! I'm wronged!!"
The leading soldier stared at him and said coldly: "How can a farmer have the courage and skill like you? You have calluses on your fingers and you are a good crossbowman. Although you speak Qi language, you are not proficient in Qi language.
And people in Qi don’t talk about chopping firewood, they talk about gathering firewood... You disguised your identity and followed the king of Tang. You have such skills and even used a bow and crossbow. How dare you say that you are not an assassin??"
Chen Tao was stunned and speechless as he looked at the soldier.
The same was true for Liu Chang. He looked at the soldier and said, "How do you know?"
"Your Majesty, you don't know. When I fought with Taizu, I was responsible for catching spies..."
Liu Chang grinned, Taiwei Zhou is a good person, he can handle it! He said he was selecting elites, and indeed a group of elites were selected. Look at these soldiers, in the whole of Chang'an, who else has such mighty soldiers?
Liu Chang then looked at Chen Tao, looking very angry.
"You thief! I just called me the Prince of Tang, and you interrupted me! You deserve to die!!"
Chen Tao gritted his teeth and said, "I cannot avenge my lord. I have no face to live in this world, and I will let you kill me."
"Revenge? Who are you??"
Liu Chang stepped on his chest and asked condescendingly.