Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Chu Mo nodded: "In that case, let them come over in the afternoon. I have to go out to find some people."

The two of them acted separately. Li Zhen asked people to send invitations to various families, while Chu Mo asked the waiter to clear the entire restaurant and start decorating it according to his requirements, preparing to receive various aristocratic families.

And he went out.

Before the time came, people from all the major families came to the restaurant in an endless stream.

This time, not only the heads of several aristocratic families came, but also some princes and nobles.

They were all invited by Cheng Yaojin and Hou Junji.

Both of them had heard about what happened last night. When Chu Mo found them, he wanted their help in bidding.

At first, neither of them wanted to offend the big families, let alone the person behind Chu Mo, so they tried to shirk everything.

But Chu Mo moved them with just one sentence, that is, he promised to give each person 5000 shi of grain as reward afterwards.

At this time, if Chu Mo took some gold and silver treasures or something, he might not be able to impress them.

But if they can come up with food, let alone asking them to call their friends to join in the fun, even asking them to help raise the price, that's not impossible.

Of course, they definitely wouldn't have the guts to confront any of the big families head-on.

After everyone chatted at the door for a while, when Shen Shi arrived, the door to Shiweitian slowly opened.

As soon as they entered the lobby, everyone discovered that the layout of Shiweitian had changed drastically.

I saw a simple stage set up with tables and chairs in the middle, and all the surrounding areas were covered with curtains, dividing them into small rooms, and there was a boy standing at the door of each room.

Seeing everyone coming in, the servants gathered around and started looking for their guests with various playing cards in their hands.

The heads of several aristocratic families were invited to private rooms on the second floor, while the princes and nobles were arranged in the partitions on the first floor.

After everyone sat down, the door to their room or compartment was closed. They could only hear the sounds outside, but could not see the scene outside at all.

Seeing that the guests were all seated, Chu Mo walked to the middle stage, smiled at them and began to introduce today's rules.

This time the grain is sold by auction, and the one with the highest price gets it.

Today, all guests only need to hand over their prices to the waiter at the door. They are not allowed to shout or reveal their identities. Violators will be directly treated as abstainers.

Of course, the auctioneer on the stage will leave enough time for everyone to think and will not let everyone miss the opportunity.

After listening to Chu Mo's introduction, everyone felt a little incredible. They had never heard of such a thing, let alone seen it.

As for the many princes and nobles downstairs who were originally attracted by Cheng Yaojin to watch the excitement, seeing this situation, they instantly made a calculation in their minds.

Some people looked towards the second floor with sneers.

Although they didn't know which room the major families were in, it didn't affect their dislike for the families at all.

Chu Mo had specifically sought out Cheng Yaojin and Hou Junji before, just to ask them to help him find a group of people who were resentful of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.

The two of them had been working in the court for many years and were very familiar with these things. After hearing Chu Mo offer 5000 stones of grain, they agreed without saying a word.

However, what everyone did not expect was that when the auction was about to begin, several more people came in outside the gate.

The leader was a man with graying hair and extraordinary martial prowess, and to the right of the man was a beautiful woman in her forties.

To the left of the man was Li Shimin, who Chu Mo had always mistaken for the captain of the Forbidden Army.

Fortunately, all the rooms were blocked at this moment, and the scene outside could not be seen. Otherwise, the major aristocratic families would definitely scold Li Shimin bloody.

This old scumbag must be uneasy and kind-hearted when he comes here this time.

Li Zhen did not expect that her father and mother would come, and she did not expect that Li Shimin, the emperor, would come disguised as a guard commander and was about to come forward to greet him.

But Zhang Chuchen, the red-faced girl, stopped her directly with her eyes.

Today at noon, she and Li Jing were planning to take a nap after lunch as usual.

Unexpectedly, Li Shimin suddenly came to the door wearing the clothes of a guard commander and said he would take them to join in the fun.

Naturally, the two of them were disobedient, so they followed Li Shimin to a teahouse opposite Shiweitian. They didn't walk in until the arrangements were made.

The guards maintaining order at the door were all seconded from the Duke Wei's Mansion. When they saw their master coming in, they did not dare to stop him.

Chu Mo didn't know the situation and thought that the three people were just late, so he waved his hand and asked the waiter to take them aside and sit down.

But before the waiter could move, the girl Hong Fu came to Chu Mo first and looked him up and down.

When Chu Mo was about to run away, he asked: "Are you Chu Mo?"

Chu Mo nodded, and then asked slightly angrily: "Who are you? Don't you know you are late? You are still whining here."

Hong Funu was stunned for a moment, then raised her hand to teach Chu Mo a lesson.

Li Er on the side had a sudden thought. If this slap goes down, how many people will be able to walk out of this restaurant standing today?

Thinking of Yang Hongyu and the cold spear, Li Shimin hurriedly blocked Hong Funu's hand and said, "Don't do it. Brother Chu and I are old acquaintances. He..."

Before he finished speaking, Chu Mo's harsh words came over: "Who are you? Who is your old acquaintance? Please don't mistake your relatives."

Li Shimin's forehead is covered with black lines. It seems that you are the one who mistakenly recognizes your relatives.

Li Zhen, who was on the side, saw that something was wrong, and immediately walked up, hugged Hong Funu's arm, and said to Chu Mo: "Brother Chu, this is a family act, you must not be rude."

When he heard that it was Li Zhen's mother, Chu Mo was stunned for a moment, and then immediately handed over his hands and said: "Young man is Wu Zang, please don't take offense to this sister."

When Hong Fu girl heard Chu Mo call her sister, she immediately giggled, and then rolled her eyes at her daughter: "Is this the friend you made? She has a slippery tone and is not a good thing at first glance."

Being scolded in front of him, Chu Mo rubbed his nose in embarrassment and said: "Since they are Brother Li's family, the three of them will follow me to the private room on the second floor."

Hongfu Nu looked at Chu Mo strangely, then looked at Li Shimin who was also extremely embarrassed and asked, "You really don't know each other?"

Only then did Chu Mo take a closer look at Li Shimin and found that he was the guard who had helped him take away Cheng Chumo.

Immediately he happily patted Li Shimin on the shoulder: "Brother, it's you. I'm really sorry. I didn't look well just now and didn't recognize you. Wouldn't you mind?"