Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

When Chu Mo and Yang Paifeng arrived at the city gate, they saw Zhang San and Li Si walking towards them.

Chu Mo was stunned for a moment, then stepped forward and gave Zhang San a light kick:

"Are you two scourges dead?"

Zhang San and Li Si were also very happy to see Chu Mo: "Sir, I delayed your important business yesterday, please punish me."

Chu Mo waved his hand: "As long as everything is fine, what's going on with you two?"

So Zhang San and Li Si told the matter.

It turned out that the two of them received orders from Chu Mo and went to search for rescue.

Unexpectedly, he was attacked on the way, knocked unconscious and thrown into a smelly ditch.

It wasn't until the night curfew that he was seen by a passing watchman and he was rescued.

They and their group were originally planning to go to Shiweitian to find Chu Mo to accuse him. Now that Chu Mo is here, they don't need to make another trip.

Chu Mo took the 200 taels of silver from Yang Paifeng and threw it to Zhang San: "There are 200 taels here. You guys can keep 50 taels for yourselves, which can be regarded as yesterday's reward."

"The other 150 taels should be sent to Zhou Xiaohai and the others for me, saying that they are pensions for those brothers. Tell them that if those brothers from yesterday are in trouble at home in the future, they can go to Shiweitian to find me. .”

Zhang San responded and left with Li Si.

Chu Mo looked at the crowd and saw that Jia Quan and his party were not there, and then asked, "Where are Jia Quan's bunch of bastards?"

Wang Wu and Zhao Liu shook their heads: "Sir, since you arranged for them to see Ma Yuanyi yesterday, we have not seen them again."

Chu Mo nodded and said to Wang Wu: "Take those brothers from yesterday and help me kidnap those people. There are some accounts that need to be settled."

When Wang Wu and Zhao Liu heard this, they immediately nodded and led their men to arrest the people.

Chu Mo was bored waiting at the city gate, so he climbed up the city wall and observed the victims outside.

Since people from the aristocratic family bought 50 shi of grain from Chu Mo two days ago, all of this grain has been handed over to Li Shimin.

Li Shimin has already arranged manpower to help the victims. Therefore, although there are still huge crowds of victims outside the city, the situation has improved a lot. There are no corpses or people who have fainted from hunger lying on the roadside.

Not long after, Chu Mo saw Wang Wu and Zhao Liu coming back dejectedly.

"What's wrong with you? Didn't you find anyone?"

Chu Mo asked doubtfully.

"Sir, the man has been found, but we can't catch him." Wang Wu replied unwillingly.

"How do you say this? Could it be that Jia Quan fell into someone else's lap?"

Wang Wu and Zhao Liu looked at each other, and then said: "Yes, sir, when we found them, they were with Wang Junkuo, the general of the left army."

"He has now joined Wang Junkuo's command, and he will transfer the military registration documents soon."

"Oh, what you are saying is that his military registration documents are still hanging with me?"

Wang Wu and Zhao Liu nodded: "Yes, sir."

Chu Mo snorted coldly: "If that's the case, then if they didn't show up today, are they considered deserters?"

Several people were stunned for a moment, and then Wang Wu said: "Sir, according to the law, if you can't hit the number, you will get twenty strokes."

Chu Mo snorted: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's go and arrest them."

Several people looked troubled again: "Sir, Wang Junkuo is a third-rank official. If we just go to the door like this, we are afraid that we will be like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth, right?"

Chu Mo thought for a while and said: "Okay, you guys will find someone to keep an eye on Jia Quan and the others. As long as they leave Wang Junkuo's side, I will tie them up directly."

After Wang Wu and Zhao Liu heard this, they immediately left with the people.

Chu Mo came here this time, firstly because he thought Zhang San and Li Si were killed and came here to give him a pension, and secondly because he wanted to settle accounts with Jia Quan and the others.

Now that Zhang San and Li Si are not dead, Jia Quan and the others have hid with Wang Junkuo again. There is nothing they can do for the time being, so they have to go home first.

As soon as he walked into the door of Shiweitian, shopkeeper Liu came out and said, "Uncle, you are finally back."

When Chu Mo saw him like that, he knew something was not going well, so he asked, "Is there someone who doesn't want to come to the banquet?"

Shopkeeper Liu said with a bitter look on his face: "It's not someone, but several aristocratic families who want to raise food and don't have time to attend the banquet at the moment."

"Raising food? Didn't they just get 50 shi of food? Why do they still need so much food?"

Shopkeeper Liu shook his head and said nothing.

Yang Paifeng on the side looked like he was hesitant to speak.

But when Chu Mo's eyes met hers, the little girl quickly lowered her head.

Seeing this, Chu Mo thought for a moment and said, "Wait a minute, I'll ask the lady to see if she knows."

When he came to Yang Hongyu's room and saw that her complexion was much better than yesterday, Chu Mo felt relieved:

"Madam, do you know why several famous families need to raise large amounts of food?"

Yang Hongyu half-leaned on the bed and glanced at Chu Mo with a pale face: "It's not because of you."

As he spoke, he told what happened the night before.

Chu Mo was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that his wife would be so ferocious, and she would directly come to the door to rescue him.

No wonder that little girl Yang Paifeng was always hesitant to speak after she came back. It turned out to be her wife who was frightened by the gag order.

"Madam, then why are you telling me this now?"

Yang Hongyu rolled her eyes at Chu Mo: "The situation is critical now. If you don't know the situation and are messing around, I'm worried that something will happen to you."

Chu Mo chuckled, and then told Yang Hongyu to have a good rest and he had his own plans.

Back at the restaurant, Chu Mo called Shopkeeper Liu again: "Go and tell those people from the aristocratic families that if any family doesn't agree to come to the banquet the day after tomorrow, my wife will come to ask them for payment the night after tomorrow."

Although he didn't know what his uncle meant by collecting money, shopkeeper Liu didn't dare to ask in detail.

Now that the eldest lady is seriously injured, her uncle has the final say on everything she wants to eat. She has already offended her uncle before, so she might as well keep her tail between her legs now.

Seeing Shopkeeper Liu getting ready to go out, Chu Mo hurriedly called him back: "Don't be anxious yet. We'll go find them again in the evening."

"You should spread the word to me now and say that I am preparing a big deal, which can change the whole world..."

Before he finished speaking, shopkeeper Liu hurriedly said: "Uncle, if you want to rebel, now is not the time. Although the thief Li Er has just ascended the throne, the Tang Dynasty has strong soldiers and horses, and the world has just been calmed down, so it is not appropriate to use weapons again."

Chu Mo glanced at Shopkeeper Liu with complicated eyes, "What the hell, what does this old guy think about every day? Is it anything related to the world, except rebellion?"