But this old man was really interesting. After arriving in the capital, he directly asked the soldiers guarding the city, "Excuse me, where is the palace of Prince Chu?"
The soldier looked at him. He was wearing coarse cloth clothes, with his trousers rolled up to reveal his ankles. He had a pair of black cotton shoes, which were stained with a lot of dust. It could be seen that he had been dusty all the way, and the back was severely worn. His heels were almost touching the ground. He was carrying a baggage.
His hands were clasped in his sleeve pockets, his back was slightly hunched, and his gray hair was very dirty, as if he could shake out the dust from his head if he shook it.
His face was also dirty. I don't know if it was dust or just because he was so dark. The traces of time could be clearly seen in the corners of his eyes. He looked at the soldiers guarding the city, half to please and half to be humble.
"Who are you? What are you doing in Prince Chu's Mansion?" The soldiers guarding the city were on guard. King Qi of Jingzhao Mansion had issued an order that anyone who entered the city to look for the prince must be interrogated. Although this old man seemed harmless,
Strength, but you still have to ask.
Then I saw the old man smiling and said: "I am a visitor from the south. I heard that the prince's head is worth a million taels of gold. I came here specially to get the prince's head in exchange for gold and flowers. Please tell me where the Prince of Chu's palace is.
The young man has obtained the bounty gold and distributed some of it among the soldiers to drink and drink."
As soon as these words came out, the city gate guards were all on guard. They pulled out their swords and pointed them at the guests from the south.
When the guests from the south saw this, they were a little stunned, shook their heads, and said with some disappointment: "It seems that you won't tell."
The general held his sword and slashed at him. He drew the sword quickly. He thought he would definitely be able to hurt the old man. However, he did not expect that the sword cut down, but it was all in vain. Where was the visitor from the south in front of him? The generals looked around and searched again.
There was no trace of him, as if he had suddenly evaporated from his eyes.
Everyone came back to their senses and said hurriedly: "Hurry up and report the news to Prince Chu's Mansion!"
One of the guards led the horse out and headed towards the Prince of Chu's Mansion without his life.
However, the guests from the south had already arrived at the gate of Prince Chu's Mansion. Obviously the gatekeeper didn't say anything, but the people would.
He knocked on the door of Prince Chu's Mansion. The concierge came out, looked at the guests from the south, and asked, "Old man, who are you looking for?"
The guest from the south was still humble and polite, "May I ask if His Royal Highness is in the mansion?"
The porter was startled for a moment, "Are you looking for His Royal Highness? What can you do?"
The visitor from the south handed over his hand and said, "I have something important to do with the prince, I hope you can introduce me to him!"
The concierge's expression changed slightly when he heard this. Just then Tang Yang came over and asked, "What's the matter?"
The concierge said: "This old man said that he wanted to see His Highness the Crown Prince for something urgent. He said it was a matter of life and death."
Tang Yang raised his hands to the visitor from the south and said, "Old man, what is a life-threatening matter? You can tell me the same thing. I am a retainer of the Prince of Chu's Mansion, and His Highness the Crown Prince is not in the Mansion at the moment."
"Are you not here? Can you go in and ask for a glass of water? I came all the way to Beijing, traveled thousands of miles, didn't bring any money, and didn't even take a sip of tea."
The concierge smiled and said: "Old man, where did you come to Beijing? How can you die of thirst after traveling a thousand miles without drinking water?"
"I'm thirsty, but it won't hurt my life." The southern guest said, patting the dust on his body. Tang Yang suddenly felt a burst of dust rising in front of his eyes, and the person in front of him disappeared.