Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

When he thought that Li Shimin would soon be defeated and return, and that Chu Xin and Li Chengqian might take advantage of this opportunity to attack Chang'an, Chu Mo immediately became uneasy.

He immediately stopped all operations of the two banks and asked Chu Ruowan and Cui Yingying to send all their forces to investigate the progress of the war in Henan Province.

In addition, he also asked the two chambers of commerce to start shrinking their strength. Once news of the defeat from the front came, Chu Mo planned to lead people to run away.

After doing all this, Chu Mo began to collect all supplies around Chang'an.

But what he didn't expect was that during this period of time, he was busy integrating the surrounding merchants, but the imperial court was not resting either.

Before they took action, they had already collected all the surrounding materials.

What Chu Mo didn't expect even more was that all the supplies and food supplies that Li Shimin had this time were actually obtained by wiping out Chu's trading company.

Especially in the several secret warehouses of Chu's Trading Company, there are not only mountains of various materials, but also countless grains and grass accumulated by Chu Xin during this period.

Originally, Chu Xin planned to use the food and grass to supply her army when she attacked Chang'an in the future, but now it was all taken advantage of by Li Shimin.

When he heard the news, Chu Mo jumped up immediately. Damn it, he had been working hard for so long, and he was actually taken advantage of by Li Er.

Chu Mo felt a little uncomfortable when he thought that there were so many supplies in front of him without him knowing it.

When you are in a bad mood, you naturally need to find someone to vent your anger on.

As a result, Wan Shitong, one of the principals in Chang'an, was pulled out by Chu Mo again.

When Wan Shitong heard that Chu Mo wanted to see him, he immediately realized that this was probably his last chance.

So, the first time he saw Chu Mo, he started crying and begging.

Facing Wan Shitong's pleas, Chu Mo remained unmoved at all. Instead, he took out the list and stronghold locations that the other party had previously told him:

"Lao Wan, I always thought I was kind enough to you. Even though you betrayed me, I was still prepared to give you a chance. But I originally wanted to give my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines in the ditch."

"You said that you would rather give my family's things to an outsider like Li Shimin, but you don't want me, your master's brother, to take over. Do you have a loyal servant like you?"

After hearing Chu Mo's words, Wan Shitong immediately realized what Chu Mo wanted to do when he came to him this time.

So he hurriedly defended:

"My eldest son, I am definitely not the kind of person who cheats and cheats. Then you also know that what I told you before is all true, and every piece of it can be verified."

"It's just that you also know that there are too many things to explain, and it is inevitable that there will be omissions. Please give me another chance, and the little one will definitely complete the omissions."

"Oh, really, okay, I'll give you one last chance. If there are any more omissions, then I can make up for it with you."

After speaking, he threw the booklet in his hand directly to Wan Shitong:

"You thought better of it this time."

Wan Shitong took the booklet and rummaged through it carefully.

Not long after, he asked Chu Mo for paper and pen, and quickly wrote out a long list and handed it to Chu Mo.

"Eldest Young Master, everything is here. Please take a look at it."

Chu Mo took the book and flipped through it casually, then handed it to Cui Yingying and said:

"Look, he told the truth this time."

Cui Yingying took the booklet and read it carefully.

Then he shook his head at Chu Mo.

Chu Mo immediately said to the secret guard beside him:

"Come here, this guy is dishonest. Hang it up at the door and let him sober up."

Upon hearing this, the secret guard held Wan Shitong directly and walked out the door without saying a word.

Wan Shitong did not expect that Chu Mo would not be satisfied with so many things he had revealed, thinking that the other party might be deceiving him.

So he hurriedly shouted:

"My eldest son, I have told you everything I know. You can't do this to me."

"Haha, is it true? Did you really write down everything you know? But why do I not believe it so much? Moreover, what you wrote above is not the same as what I know?"

"You guy, if I don't give you some clues, it seems you won't tell the truth."

With that said, he waved his hand and asked the secret guard to quickly carry the person out.

The secret guard obeyed the order, dragged Wan Shitong and hung him directly in the yard.

Since the Spring Festival had just passed and the weather hadn't warmed up yet, Wan Shitong hung on the tree for a while to give instructions, and he was so cold that tears and snot flowed from his nose.

Not only that, the secret guard also thoughtfully brought various punishments and placed them directly in front of Wan Shitong, allowing him to choose.

Seeing that the other party didn't seem to be trying to scare him, Wan Shitong immediately became anxious and shouted into the room:

"My eldest son, I have told you everything I know. You can't break your promise like this."

Before Chu Mo could speak, the secret guard on the side took out a small book from his arms, opened a page at random, waved it in front of Wan Shitong and said:

"According to my interview, I learned that you have at least several warehouses and underground banks around Chang'an City that you have not informed us about, and you have not disclosed the hiding place of the shadow. From this, it can be seen that what you told us is basically Something inconsequential.”

After saying that, he directly picked up a long whip full of barbs, dipped it in a wooden bucket filled with salt water, and then greeted Wan Shitong.

Wan Shitong was thinking about the meaning of the other party's words, when he suddenly suffered this blow, and suddenly started to cry for father and mother in pain.

"Young Master, I know I was wrong. I remembered it and asked you to have mercy."

However, Chu Mo ignored the other party at all and just asked the secret guard to continue interrogating him. As long as he found something useful in the interrogation, his salary would be doubled this month.

The secret guards began to interrogate even more diligently.

After a while, Wan Shitong could no longer stand the interrogation and began to narrate the information he had hidden.

I thought that Chu Mo would let him go, but unexpectedly, it would have been better not to mention this. Once he did, it further proved the fact that he deliberately concealed it, giving Chu Mo more excuses to torture himself.

After an afternoon of large-scale scouting, Wan Shitong not only revealed all the information he knew about Chu Xin, but also revealed everything about his eighteenth generation ancestor.

Through Wan Shitong's explanation, Chu Mo also immediately figured out all the power Chu Xin had hidden in Chang'an City.

So, that night, they united with the five surnames, the seven lords, and their influence in the government, and began to clear these strongholds overnight.

Due to Li Shimin's previous actions against Chu's Trading Company, the staff of Chu's Trading Company had been greatly reduced, and now everyone was no different from a frightened bird.