Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

Look at the information that was presented.

Li Shimin instantly remembered the scene where Chu Mo deliberately broke the decorative copper pipes in the private room in front of him in front of him.

Originally, I thought about waiting for a while and sending someone to check the use of those copper pipes.

But now it seems that without looking up, those copper pipes must not have appeared suddenly, and their function must not be as simple as decoration.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin immediately ordered Qianniu Guard to conduct a thorough investigation of all shops decorated with copper pipes in Chang'an City.

After the order was given, in an instant, the entire Chang'an City imperial army and police officers were like sharks smelling the smell of blood, and began to search frantically.

Less than two hours later, Li Shimin received the report.

When he saw the secret report, it said that these copper pipes were not decorations at all, but equipment for monitoring.

In the entire city of Chang'an, no less than 100 wine shops, teahouses, and even brothels, which are places with high mobility of people and excellent privacy, are basically all equipped with this kind of copper pipes.

After reading the secret report, Li Shimin felt a chill rising from the soles of his feet, heading straight towards his Tianling Cap.

What made his hair stand on end was that, according to the shop owners and clerks, this arrangement had been in place for several months.

And the people who arranged these means were the Chu family chain trading houses that had been providing a steady stream of money to the court and their own internal funds.

If Li Shimin was skeptical about everything Chu Mo said before, now he is convinced.

As for whether Chu Mo is dead now, Li Shimin no longer cares.

If Chu Mo died, it would be the best thing for the Tang Dynasty to be less of a scourge. Even if he hadn't died, after this explosion, it would be absolutely impossible for him to stay in Chang'an.

As for the mastermind behind the explosion, Li Shimin also shifted the target of suspicion away from Chu Mo and placed it directly on Chu Xin.

As Li Shimin issued the order to thoroughly investigate the Chu family chain, the eager Imperial Guards, Qianniu Guards, and police officers from all over Chang'an City all rushed into each Chu family store and took out the contents inside. Check them one by one.

As the cleanup progressed, everyone soon discovered that large amounts of charcoal, nitrate and sulfur were stored in all the shops.

If one store stocks these things, no one will care, but if every store has these things, it is a bit unreasonable.

This is not a Taoist temple. You have prepared so many things. Is it possible that all of you are thinking about making elixirs?

Regarding these charcoal, nitrate and sulfur, everyone in the shop, from the shopkeeper to the clerk, all had the same opinion. They bluntly said that they did not know and had never bought these things at all.

There is no record of purchasing these items in the store's ledger.

There are various indications that these things must be very important, so they must be secretly concealed.

Therefore, when Li Shimin saw the memorial presented below, he immediately ordered the personnel in these shops to be interrogated strictly to find out the use of these things.

After a lot of trouble, several of the guys finally confessed.

These people were all arranged by Chu Mo in advance for Chu Ruowan.

They told the interrogators that these items were used to make explosives. Not only that, they also provided a warehouse where Chu's chain of stores stored explosives.

However, when Qianniuwei followed the address they provided and rushed to the door of the warehouse, they happened to see the entire warehouse turned into ruins with a rumbling explosion and the light of the sky.

Looking at the information in his hand, Li Shimin finally began to look squarely at Chu Xin.

You know, when I ordered the search, the entire city of Chang'an was sealed off. Except for those who participated in the search, there was no chance to go out.

And the other party was able to blow up the entire warehouse before Qian Niuwei, which showed that he also had hidden secrets on his side.

In the past, I always thought that everything Chu Mo said was scaremongering, trying to sow discord between herself and Chu Xin, and to cut off her own financial path.

But now it seems that things are not as simple as I thought.

Chu Xin not only secretly developed power in Chang'an City, but also extended her hand to herself, and both of them have reached a certain scale.

What made Li Shimin even more angry was Chu Xin's helper.

If Chu Xin developed such power just by being a businessman, even Li Shimin would not believe it.

And to say that this helper may even be the person who really controls Chu Xin, then the answer is ready to come out.

Although Li Shimin now believes that Chu Xin and Li Chengqian conspired to seize Henan Road, if he wants to believe that Chu Xin has the ambition to plot the world, then he would rather believe that Chu Xin was in cahoots with Li Chengqian.

Li Shimin's face gradually became serious as he looked at the reports handed over one after another on the desk.

During this period, since Li Chengqian broke his leg, he had seemingly broken away from the court and spent all day drinking in the prince's mansion.

The only one he could take action with was Hou Junji, whom he had arranged for him before.

But now the investigation has revealed that the officials who have an affair with the Prince's Mansion and have secretly sworn to him account for [-]% of the entire court.

Don't underestimate this mere 100%. You must know that even he, the Emperor, cannot guarantee that his ministers will support him [-]% and have no objections.

Looking at the report in his hand, Li Shimin took a deep breath. Instead of notifying the ministers to come for discussion, he directly called Xiao Lizi and asked him to order someone to deliver the message to Li Chengqian who was far away in Zhengzhou, asking him to set off immediately and return to Chang'an. .

In addition, Qian Niuwei was asked to study the charcoal, nitrate and sulfur that he had searched before. He also wanted to find a way to create powerful explosives.

Finally, Li Xiaogong, the leader of the Forbidden Army, was asked to mobilize the Left Guard Army, ready to go to Luoyang to quell the rebellion at any time.

Just when Li Shimin woke up and turned around, preparing to use the knife on Chu Xin, Chu Mo was lying leisurely on Cui Yingying's lap, listening to the other party's report.

When he heard that Li Shimin was preparing to recall Li Chengqian and mobilize the left guard army to counter the rebellion, he suddenly sat up, shocking Cui Yingying.

"How many people are there in the Left Guard Army? Li Shimin only sent one Left Guard Army to fight. Isn't that a sheep entering a tiger's mouth and delivering food to the opponent?"

"No, Li Er is still too young and can't see Xin clearly. He is really underestimating the enemy."

With that said, Chu Mo called Chu Ruowan directly and said:

"The gift last night was too light, so I have to prepare a big gift tonight."