Qi Xiaogong did not get the news of Dr. Chong'er's defection until the next day, and he immediately sent a light army to chase after him, but when the pursuers saw Chong'er and his party, their vehicle had already driven out of the Qi border.

Chong'er's first stop when he left Qi was Cao Guo, and Cao Gonggong placed them in a post house, the room was clean and comfortable, and the servants served them very well. People felt that Cao Ren's attitude was quite friendly, and they couldn't help but relax their vigilance. But what happened next was not what everyone expected.

It turned out that the physical condition of Chong Er was not very good when he was a child, and the ribs on both sides of him were glued together to form a complete "fan"; However, this situation was called "Yuwaki" in ancient times, and it was the appearance of the legendary saint.

Cao Gonggong is not only curious, but also very fond of pranks. He had always wanted to see with his own eyes how that sacred rib was different from ordinary people.

Heavy Ear was soaking in a large tub at this time, already drowsy, while the attendants were doing their own things in their rooms. Cao Gonggong and a few friends changed into ordinary people's clothes and patiently ambushed nearby for a long time.

Someone sent a signal, and Cao Gonggong quietly entered the door with a few people, crept up to the second floor, and came to the door of the bath room with bated breath. The door was broken down suddenly, and two burly attendants ran over, grabbed Heavy Ear's upper arms from the left and right, and pulled him out of the tub.

Heavy ears screamed and struggled incessantly; Cao Gonggong stared, touched his ribs intently, and sighed: "It's really peculiar, it's really ironclad!" ”

Cao Gonggong turned around and went out after satisfying his curiosity, and as soon as the two big men let go, they fell into the bathtub with heavy ears. Several people fled from the post house in a hurry, and Chong'er, who was shocked, angry and humiliated, immediately jumped out of the bathtub and called the entourage over.

There was a doctor in Cao Guo named Xi Chengjiao, and his wife was a very perceptive person. When Chong'er and his party entered the inn, she happened to be nearby. She went back to her husband and said, "I have observed the manners of the Childe's entourage, and they all seem to be people who can take on the affairs of the state. The entourage takes on major affairs, and the son will inevitably return to the country to seize the throne; If the prince can return to the country and seize the throne, he will definitely be able to dominate the princes. Dominate the princes and crusade rudely, and the Cao State will suffer first. Have you made some plans for your family? ”

He also had a premonition that Cao Bo's hooliganism would definitely bring disaster to the country, so he took a large food box and a precious jade bi to visit Chong'er. Heavy Ear sat in the right seat, looking awe-inspiring, and his followers glared angrily at him. He offered the jade food, but Chong'er just accepted the food box, returned the jade to the jade, thanked him and sent him out.

The group left Cao on the same day and arrived in Song a few days later.

The Song Kingdom had just experienced the Battle of Hong, and the whole country was in mourning. The severe injury finally cured Song Xianggong's abnormal brain, but it was also about to take his life.

Song Xianggong invited Chong'er to the sickbed, and there were also Prince Song and Wang Chen. Xianggong said: "The widow has offended the great country, so he will die soon." Although the widow is dead, the national disaster is not over; Therefore, the widow entrusted the Song State to the Jin State, please look at the thin face of the ancestor Weizi and the Song monarchs of the past dynasties serving the Son of Heaven, and don't make the Song State become a vassal of Chu Man! ”

Chong'er solemnly made a promise to Song Xianggong, saying that once the Song State was invaded by the Chu State, the Jin army would never sit idly by. When parting, Song Xianggong gave him twenty carriages according to the treatment given by the Qi people.

Chong'er left the Song Kingdom in April, and Song Xianggong died in May.

The procession marched west from the Song kingdom and arrived at Zheng a few days later. Zheng Wengong never disdained to deal with lowly exiles, and he did not allow Chong'er to enter Xinzheng, nor did he allow him to pass through the road.

Uncle Zhan, the eldest doctor, advised him: "I heard that whatever is opened by heaven, people will not be able to change. Jin Gongzi has three major visions, perhaps the heavens are about to open him. First, as the old saying goes: 'Men and women have the same surname, and they are not born.' 'Jin Gongzi's mother was Ji, but he became the only one left among the brothers; Second, God disturbed the Jin Kingdom, so that the Jin prince had the opportunity to return to the country and seize power; Third, there are more than three national-level figures in the same industry to follow, which is enough to achieve great things. Jin and Zheng are brothers, and their children should be treated with courtesy, let alone the people who are about to be opened by God? ”

Zheng Wengong said: "If the widow treats the exiles all over the world with courtesy, how can he have time to work in the harem? ”

Shu Zhan said again: "If you can't be courteous to Jin Gongzi, then kill him!" Don't put Jeongkook in danger of extinction in the future. ”

Zheng Wengong didn't even have the interest in killing Chong'er, and laughed at him and said that he couldn't kill what the heavens were about to open.

Due to the impassability of the road ahead, Chong'er turned south and went straight to the state of Chu.

A group of people crossed several rivers and came to the foot of Fangcheng Mountain, and after Fangcheng Mountain was the ancient Chu land that Chong'er once longed for. The procession marched across a vast plain, with hazy mountains in the distance; Large paddy fields have been cultivated on the plains, and the paddy fields are full of farmers working in the fields.

Chong'er frowned and said, "The Chu people are really hard, why don't people drain the water and then do farm work?" Xu Chen said: "It is a rice unique to the south, and it cannot survive for more than five days in the dry field." ”

When the peasants saw this strange procession, they waved their hands, and the officials who supervised the fields ran to them and asked them this and that; The people were very helpful and not only gave them food but also provided them with accommodation.

Chong'er said: "A country based on agriculture will not be a fierce country, and the people will not be friendly and there should be tyrannical kings. ”

A few days later, the team arrived on the outskirts of Yingdu. The vastness of the capital of Chu is admirable, but the height of the city walls is astonishing, and people can see the ordinary buildings inside, not to mention the magnificent palace, from outside the city. It was felt that the walls were no higher than the courtyard walls of a small lord's house. Wei Li and Dian Jie ridiculed the Chu people, saying that they only wanted to occupy more space, but they did not have the strength to build the city wall higher

Xu Chen explained that this was the special and self-confidence of the Chu State, because the Chu people believed that no enemy could or dared to invade the capital of the Chu State, so Yingdu did not need tall walls at all.

"Of course," Xu Chen added, "forty years ago, the Pakistani army attacked the city of Yingdu. However, the situation was special, and there were rebels within the Chu State to deal with it. ”