When they arrived at the city guard's mansion, Chen Qin stepped out of the carriage under the protection of Yang Zhaozhong and others.
He imitated the way he remembered the third prince walking, deliberately making his royal status more believable.
Even though he was a bit funny, he still held his head high and never lost his dignity.
Chu Yangwei said: "Your Highness, my father invites you to come into the house for a chat."
Chen Qin's eyes were still cold: "Why, the city guard didn't come to greet me personally?"
"No, the Desert Dynasty sent troops to invade last month, and my father's old injury relapsed. He is now lying on the bed, unable to move, so I have to trouble His Highness to enter the house in person."
It was made clear that Chu Tang did not want to greet his substitute in person.
But at least he gave him an excuse, and Chen Qin didn't care much about it, so he got off the road and said, "Okay, take me to see the Lord of the City of Xia Chu."
"Yes! Your Highness, please come with me."
The group of people walked through the corridor of the mansion and came to the backyard.
"Everyone, please stop. My father is recovering from his injuries in the hospital. It is not convenient to see too many people. Only His Highness King Qin can enter the hospital."
Yang Zhaozhong immediately said: "We are ordered to take care of His Highness's safety, how can we leave?"
Chen Qin waved his hand: "No problem. Chu Chengshou is an important minister of our Dayong and is loyal and loyal. There will be no problem. Since he is sick and it is inconvenient to disturb him, then I will go in by myself."
Chen Qin gave a few people a reassuring look and followed Chu Yangwei into Chu Tang's courtyard.
"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness!"
Seeing the two people walking away, Yang Zhaozhong frowned: "If His Highness is unable to deal with Chu Tang and loses his life, what should we do?"
Lu Fengnan smiled: "Brother Yang is worrying too much."
Zuo Wende, who was usually very dull, suddenly spoke: "Brother Lu seems to have great confidence in His Highness."
"It's not that I have confidence in him. If he can't even pass the Chu-Tang test, what else can you expect him to do?"
After hearing this, several people nodded.
Chen Qin followed Chu Yangwei to a house with a simple appearance.
"My father is inside. Your Highness, please come in."
"good."
Chu Yangwei opened the door and Chen Qin followed him in.
Chen Qin walked into Chu Tang's bedroom, and Chu Yangwei closed the door behind him.
"What do you mean?"
"Okay, it's just the four of us here, stop pretending."
Chu Yangwei swaggered to the table and poured himself a cup of hot tea.
There were two people sitting at the table.
The middle-aged man sitting in the middle has eyebrows like knife wings, eyes like flint, face like black iron, and body like a green mountain. A majestic posture, not angry but majestic.
Chen Qin immediately realized that this was the city guard of Zhanfeng City, Chu Tang.
The woman sitting on the right wears a golden tiger helmet, unicorn armor, and phoenix-headed shoes. Because I have lived in the desert frontier for a long time, my skin is not fair, but it is very firm. She has a pretty and handsome appearance, and a proud look in her eyes.
It seems that she is the fiancée of the third prince who broke off their engagement, Chu Luoling.
Chen Qin was even more disdainful of the third prince.
He actually turned against the emperor's important ministers because of his personal preferences. Even if such a person succeeds in ascending the throne, he will most likely be a dim-witted king who cannot see or hear.
It's time for me, my substitute, to take charge of the overall situation!
Chu Tang asked: "What's your name?"
They are all sensible people. The identity of Chen Qin, the substitute, cannot be concealed, so he simply stops pretending.
"Chen Qin."
"It's a coincidence that you have the same name as the third prince. What did you do originally?"
Chen Qin did not shy away from it: "Begging on the streets of the capital."
As soon as these words came out, Chu Yangwei, who was drinking tea, was stunned for a moment, and Chu Tang also narrowed his eyes slightly.
Is Chen Qin really a beggar? !
They didn't doubt Chen Qin's identity.
It is not difficult to find out Chen Qin’s experience of begging in the capital. Chu Tang already knew this from his ears and eyes.
They were surprised that a beggar could talk confidently about his begging experience in front of the city guard.
No timidity, no shrinking, just calmness.
This kind of courage is not possessed by ordinary beggars at all.
Chu Tang also wanted to test him again to see whether he was a born extraordinary Qilinzi or a shameless brat.
Then he continued to ask: "Don't you feel ashamed of your experience as a beggar?"
Chen Qin smiled scornfully: "The people don't have enough to eat or wear, and there are people begging on the streets of the capital. It's the officials and ministers who should be ashamed, and they are relatives of the emperor. I am an ordinary commoner, and I have no control over everything. Why should I do it for you?" Are you ashamed of begging?"
A rhetorical question, pride comes from itself.
At this time, Chu Tang and the other three were completely shocked by Chen Qin.
No one thought that a beggar substitute randomly found by the third prince would have such a character!
The third prince died, but this son survived. Isn't it God's will? !
Chu Tang lowered his eyebrows and thought for a moment, then said slowly: "Chen Qin, you are more like a prince than the third prince."
"Then please, sir, treat Chen with the same attitude as you would treat a prince."
Chu Luoling snorted softly: "Little beggar, my father is so polite, do you really think of yourself as a prince?"
Chen Qin stood with his hands behind his hands: "If it's a bit obvious, it's better to clarify it first."
"As the third prince, I can rely on Chu Chengshou to survive from the poisonous queen. Support me, the bloodline of the late emperor, who is qualified to inherit the throne. If you oppose the poisonous queen and the new emperor, you will have a good reputation."
"If I were not the third prince, you Zhanfeng City would have lost its legal principles and you must respect the new emperor. If the new emperor who has ascended the throne now issued an edict asking you to go to the capital of Chu and Tang Dynasty, would you go or not? If you go, you will lose your life. , If you don’t go, you are rebelling.”
"So, Chu Chengshou, you can't live without me, the third prince."
Chen Qin calmly analyzed word for word and broke down the obvious things. The purpose is to tell Chu Tang that he understands the pros and cons, so as to prevent the Chu family from always trying to take advantage of him.
You have the power and I have the reputation, and no one can live without the other.
It is Chen Qin's basic aspiration that everyone should be treated as equals.
Chu Tang nodded: "I didn't expect that you have already understood this matter clearly."
"If I couldn't understand, why would I come to Zhanfeng City?"
"Indeed. I thought you would go south to find Shen Zhe."
"Chu Chengshou, you are looking down on me."
Chu Tang laughed out loud: "You are just a beggar. How could I know you were like this before I met you?"
"So, Chu Chengshou agreed to cooperate with me?"
"You are right, I actually have no better choice."
"Okay, thank you Chu Chengshou."
From then on, Chen Qin knew that the cooperation with Chu and Tang had been reached, and he should be able to take refuge in Zhanfeng City with peace of mind in a short time.
"You, a beggar, are really evil."
"It makes sense. But I don't think this is evil. This should be called destiny and luck. Maybe God thinks that I should not just be a beggar, so he gave me this opportunity to reach the sky in one step."
Chu Tang was noncommittal and continued: "In your opinion, what should we do next?"
As the late emperor's confidant guarding the important town, it was impossible for Chu Tang not to know what to do next.
Chen Qin immediately saw that this was a further test of himself.
Chu Tang has real power in his hands, but he is just a mere decoration, and he will have to hang out under Chu Tang for a while.
In order to gain a more important position in Chu Tang's heart and improve his utilization value, he had to answer seriously.
"The first thing is, of course, to publicize it with great fanfare, saying that the third prince was being hunted in the capital and fled to your Zhanfeng City."
"Oh? Why?"
"Many people now suspect that the third prince died in the capital. If City Lord Chu sees me and does not send out the news immediately, then if it is later, it may arouse others' suspicion, and my identity as the third prince will not be stable."
"Okay, I'll let someone arrange this. What's next?"
Chen Qin glanced at Chu Luoling, who was looking at him with a pair of charming eyes, and said: "The next step is to resume the engagement and let me get married to the daughter of the city guard."
Chu Luoling burst into laughter upon hearing this: "You little beggar, is it your turn to say this?!"
Chen Qin shrugged: "It's not my turn to say it. Does that mean you say it, girl? I don't care anyway. When we get married, it doesn't matter who comes to propose it."
Chu Luoling gritted her teeth and said, "What if I don't want to marry you?"
"Not marrying?" Chen Qin shook his head and smiled bitterly: "A prince in trouble turns to his fiancée whose engagement has been broken off, and still refuses to marry her? Either this prince is mentally ill, or it means that he is not a prince."
"However, no matter what the reason is, the originally wavering power of the Dayong Dynasty will turn towards the Poison Queen."
Chen Qin's eyes were clear and without any evil thoughts, he said solemnly:
"Unfortunately, Miss Chu, you and I have no choice in this matter."
