Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

"Mr. Chu County, we have no ill intentions towards you. We are waiting here just to get to know you in advance."

The bandit leader rolled his eyes and said it casually.

"Oh, you don't have any ill intentions towards us? Are you going to rob us as soon as we meet? If we were defeated before, then I wonder what you, a bandit, are going to do to us?"

"Also, are you waiting for me here? We don't know each other. Just wait for me. If you say you have no conspiracy, why do you keep saying that the people's livelihood in Lingnan Road is difficult and the standing army is sparse?"

Chu Mo mercilessly exposed the bandit leader's plan and looked at him coldly.

Seeing that his plan was discovered by Chu Mo, the bandit leader laughed awkwardly, and then said seriously:

"Since the Chu County man already knows my plan, well, I'm not going to hide it anymore."

"My name is Lu Tuoding, and I am a descendant of Lu Zikuo, the former governor of Dingzhou in the Chen Dynasty. After my grandfather was surrounded and killed by the army of the old thief Zhou Fashang, the elders of the clan took the clan members to hide their names and live in seclusion in the mountains and forests."

"Some time ago, I heard that a capable person was coming to Lingnan Road, so I started to make friends with him."

"It's just that what Lv didn't expect was that not only was Mr. Chu not as hospitable as rumored, but some of his methods were even inconsistent with his identity. This really made Lv a little disappointed."

After saying that, Lu Tuoding lowered his head with a look of regret.

Chu Mo rolled his eyes, raised the knife, stabbed the opponent's thigh with a dagger and cursed:

"What the hell, you don't need to judge what kind of person I am. You just said you wanted to be friends with me because you never beat my guards and were captured by me."

"If today, I am defeated and fall into your hands, then tell me, how are you going to treat me?"

Lu Tuoding was screamed by Chu Mo's sudden stabbing. After hearing Chu Mo's words, he hurriedly retorted:

"Chu Mo, it's not what we want. In this world of Lingnan Road, only big fists have the right to speak. If I don't show my fist, how can I make friends with you?"

"Oh, compared to fists, right? Then your fists are smaller than mine now. According to your words, you are not worthy of my friendship?"

With that said, he pulled out the dagger from his thigh, put it on Lu Tuoding's neck again and said:

"Give me a reason not to kill you."

Feeling the coldness on his neck, Lu Tuoding knew that he had made a mistake today and had fallen into the opponent's hands.

Taking a deep breath, gritting his teeth and suppressing the pain in his thigh, Lu Tuoding looked at Chu Mo and said:

"I am a native here. I know the environment and power distribution here very well. I can provide you with all the information you need."

After hearing what the other party said, Chu Mo looked Lu Tuoding up and down, then nodded, took back the dagger and said:

"If what you say is true, then I don't mind sparing you a life."

As he said that, he turned to look at Yang Paifeng aside and said:

"Bring a pen and paper over here and ask him to draw a map of the distribution of forces around him."

Yang Paifeng was stunned for a moment, then said with a sad face:

"Uncle, where can we get paper and pen in this wilderness?"

"Aren't you and I pretending to be scholars and bookboys traveling around? How could we not bring someone to eat?"

Yang Paifeng curled his lips and said disdainfully: "Uncle, you said it yourself, we are fake. If the fake can be the same as the real one, then why are we pretending?"

Well. . .That makes sense.

"But, if we pretend to be scholars and don't even have the most basic equipment, can we still be called scholars?"

"Uncle, don't you have a few books in your package? Aren't they considered props? Besides, this idea was all yours. You didn't prepare all the things yourself. Now you blame me. How can you? That’s the truth.”

Yang Paifeng stared at Chu Mo with great dissatisfaction.

"I..." Chu Mo was speechless for a moment.

He thought that he would have to rely on this girl to protect him for the rest of the journey. If he offended the little girl at this time, he would probably suffer a lot for the rest of the journey.

People had to lower their heads under the eaves and gritted their teeth. Chu Mo instantly transferred the anger in his heart to Lu Tuoding.

"Lao Lu, you heard it too. I don't have pen, ink, paper or inkstone here, so I won't need you for the time being."

"It's okay, Master Chu. I can wait. I can draw the map for you at any time when it's convenient for you."

Chu Mo glanced at the five bandits who were tied up next to him, shook his head at Lu Tuoding and said:

"No, if you want a map, I can just ask someone for it later."

"To me now, you are not only useless, but even a burden. Therefore, in order that you will not come to retaliate against me in the future, I am ready to eradicate the root cause."

After hearing the words "cutting the grass and eradicating the roots," Lu Tuoding's pupils opened slightly and he looked at Chu Mo in disbelief.

When he saw the other party raising the dagger again, he shouted without thinking:

"Chu Mo, I have a way. I have a way to draw the map now. Give me a little time."

Hearing what the other party said, Chu Mo stopped holding the dagger in his hand, looked at Lu Tuoding in a warning manner and said:

"Do you know the consequences of cheating on me?"

Lu Tuoding nodded hurriedly: "I know, I know. Don't worry, Mr. Chu. If I say there is a way, there will be a way."

Seeing that the other party was so determined, Chu Mo nodded, and then motioned to a secret guard on the side.

The secret guard quickly untied the rope from Lu Tuoding's body, and then everyone looked at him with burning eyes, wanting to see what method the other party was going to use to draw the map.

After Lu Tuoding was loosened, he moved his body a little, then looked at Chu Mo and said sheepishly:

"Master Chu, can you please help me find a piece of cloth/"

"No, we agreed to draw the map, what do you want the cloth to be? Besides, in this wilderness, where can I get you a piece of cloth?"

Chu Mo did not hesitate and refused directly.

Lu Tuoding sighed, and finally reluctantly unbuttoned his clothes, then took off his underwear and spread it on the ground.

Seeing the other party acting like this, everyone instantly understood that he wanted to use it as a drawing paper.

Then, Lu Tuoding gritted his teeth again, and then, under the surprised eyes of everyone, he stretched out his index finger and dipped it into the wound on his thigh, and then used his own blood as ink and his clothes as paper to draw a map.

Seeing the other party acting like this, Chu Mo not only didn't dare to move at all, but even became more vigilant.

For such a ruthless person, I am absolutely inferior to him.

If the other party wants to get close to him, he must have some unknown purpose.

Even Chu Mo doubted how much of the map Lu Tuoding was drawing was true and how false?