Nobody paid attention to Tan Xiao.
The man in the hat urged his companions, "There are no vines in the room, but these people are asleep just like the soldiers outside. This suggests that the cause of the sleep might not only be the vines. Everyone, stay sharp and split up to search for the sword—the quicker the better. We shouldn't stay in this place for long."
Having said that, they spontaneously formed small groups of two or three and began to search everywhere.
Tan Xiao stood next to the sleeping Minister, spaced out for a while, scratched his head, and then also began to search.
The task was to find the King's sword, not sleeping people; there was no need to make a big fuss over this.
Tan Xiao searched the banquet hall but found nothing.
The man in the hat's group made no progress either.
