Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

As soon as he heard that Chu Mo had been rescued, Cheng Yaojin immediately became angry.

He grabbed the collar with this and shouted:

"Did you see clearly who rescued him? Which direction did they run to?"

Shopkeeper Yang was grabbed by Cheng Yaojin. He was so frightened that he trembled all over. He pointed at the backyard and said:

"There were five of those people in total, and they all had their faces covered. The little old man didn't see their faces clearly. They climbed over the wall and ran away from there."

Without waiting for Cheng Yaojin's instructions, the guards around him immediately rushed towards the wall in a swarm.

Not long after, a guard rushed in in a hurry.

"My lord, some messy footprints were found at the wall. The two brothers who were on guard outside were all knocked down. Apart from some blood stains, there are no other clues outside. According to our investigation, the other party is probably coming from The roof slipped away quietly.”

After hearing the report from his men, Cheng Yaojin waved his hand and asked the other party to continue exploring.

Then he looked at Shopkeeper Yang and asked:

"How long after the other party left did you go out to report the letter? Also, where is the servant in charge of serving tea now?"

Shopkeeper Yang answered tremblingly:

"Sir, as soon as your two guards were unconscious, the little old man immediately went over to check, and then ran out to report to you."

"you're lying."

Cheng Yaojin stared at his big copper bell-like eyes and shouted angrily, then he picked up an iron fist as big as a casserole and smashed a table to pieces with one punch.

"You old man, if you don't tell the truth, I will tear you alive."

Looking at the debris on the ground, Shopkeeper Yang was so frightened that he was shaking like chaff. He lay on the ground and kept kowtowing and begging for mercy:

"Your Majesty, everything the little old man said is true."

"Hmph," Cheng Yaojin snorted angrily, then pointed at the two unconscious guards and said:

"You said that after the two of them were unconscious, you immediately went out to look for me. Then let me ask you, why was Chu Mo able to quietly knock out the two of them but leave you alone? Is this because he was afraid? I didn’t know he ran away, so why did he ask you to inform me?”

"Or maybe you were originally with Chu Mo, and now you stay here specifically to delay."

When shopkeeper Yang heard what Cheng Yaojin said, he was immediately frightened.

Soon, he reacted and kowtowed again:

"My lord, you are wronged. Even if you are a little man with a hundred courages, I would not dare to deceive you with others."

"Haha, is that right? Then tell me, why did Chu Mo just let you go? Also, where is the boy serving tea before?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a guard hurried in and said:

"My lord, we found the servant in the tea room next door. He was knocked unconscious and stuffed into a cupboard."

Upon hearing the guard's report, Cheng Yaojin frowned.

"You wake the person up and bring him to me."

Not long after, the Sanxizi who served tea before was woken up and brought over.

Seeing so many people present, shopkeeper Yang was still kneeling on the ground, kowtowing, and his head was already broken.

Sanxizi was immediately frightened and fell to her knees.

Cheng Yaojin glanced at Sanxizi coldly and asked:

"Did you serve the tea before?"

Upon hearing the question, Sanxizi waved her hands and said:

"No sir, I just made the tea, but before I could send it over, I was knocked unconscious. I don't remember what happened after that."

Hearing San Xizi's words, Cheng Yaojin's frown suddenly tightened.

At this time, two low groans came from the side.

Turning around, he saw that the two guards who were originally responsible for guarding Chu Mo had woken up.

Seeing this, Cheng Yaojin immediately walked over, looked at the two guards and asked:

"What happened just now? Who knocked you unconscious."

When the two guards heard Cheng Yaojin's question and there were many people in the room, they immediately knew that something was wrong.

Quickly return to:

"Mr. Guo, after the two of us had a cup of tea just now, we didn't know anyone else."

Hearing that someone had indeed drugged the tea, Cheng Yaojin glared at the two of them angrily, then pointed at Sanxizi and asked:

"Did he serve the tea?"

After the two guards saw Sanxizi's appearance clearly, they immediately nodded and said:

"Yes, yes, this servant served us tea. We also passed out after drinking his tea."

When Sanxizi heard this, he immediately shouted injustice:

"Sir, you can't frame me. I never brought you tea."

When Cheng Yaojin heard San Xizi's cry of injustice, his anger suddenly jumped up. Just as he was about to speak, he heard shopkeeper Yang on the side mutter:

"The art of disguise, it must be the art of disguise. It's over now."

Although shopkeeper Yang's voice was very low, with Cheng Yaojin's ear, he could hear it very clearly.

He stepped forward and lifted up Shopkeeper Yang who was lying on the ground, and then shouted:

"You tell me clearly about the disguise technique, otherwise, I will have your whole family buried with you."

Although shopkeeper Yang was trembling with fear, he still managed to explain the matter clearly.

"Sir, the Sanxizi who served us tea before must have been impersonated by someone else. The real Sanxizi had long been knocked unconscious and stuffed into the cupboard."

When Cheng Yaojin heard this, his eyes quickly moved and he connected everything. In an instant, he understood everything.

With an angry roar, he said to the surrounding guards:

"We have all been fooled by that boy Chu Mo. He spread suspicion here, disguised himself as Sanxizi and drugged people, and specially left shopkeeper Yang alone in order to make me suspicious, and then put shopkeeper Yang on Looking for clues is just to confuse things and delay us.”

"Give me the order to close all city gates, block all intersections, and check door to door. That kid won't be able to run very far."

Upon hearing Cheng Yaojin's order, the surrounding guards looked embarrassed and no one took action.

When Cheng Yaojin saw this, he shouted angrily:

"Why, you dare not even listen to my orders?"

A guard who was close to Cheng Yaojin hurriedly stepped forward and whispered in his ear:

"My lord, with the few manpower we have, I'm afraid we can't control the situation."

When Cheng Yaojin heard this, he was about to get angry, but suddenly remembered that what the other party said was not unreasonable.

Even if I have a full attack, I only have less than 3000 people. I can also mobilize a lot of people in the city defense camp. It is more than enough to seal off the entire city of Zhengzhou, but don't forget that there are hundreds of thousands of refugees outside the city.

According to the huge mobility of refugees, not to mention that I can't stir up any trouble if I spread out. Even if I can completely control it, Chu Mo is not a dead person. By the time I finish my search, the other party will probably have fled back to Lingnan. .