Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

"Stop it, stop it for me."

When the city gate man saw this, he hurriedly shouted.

Hearing the shout, everyone voluntarily gave way to the passage and let the gatekeeper pass.

"Yang Dafu, who is a lowly city gatekeeper in Leizhou City, pays homage to your lord."

Seeing Chu Mo, Yang Dafu hurriedly raised his hands and saluted.

Chu Mo couldn't help but feel a little angry when he saw that the fat guy in front of him, with disheveled clothes and red marks on his face and neck, was the gatekeeper of the inner city.

You know, I was once a city gatekeeper. Although I was not very active at work at that time, I was not as shameful as this guy. He came out disheveled.

But he didn't want to think about it. He brought people here in the middle of the night, looking like he was going to attack the city, and got people out of bed. Is this what a person can do?

"Are you the city gatekeeper here? Then all the affairs at the gate of the inner city are under your control?"

Yang Dafu wiped the sweat on his forehead, nodded respectfully and said:

"Yes, sir. I don't know what your instructions are if you come late at night?"

"I don't take the instructions seriously. I'm just here to get back my belongings that were seized by you a few days ago."

When he heard that the other party was here to get something, Yang Dafu's heart skipped a beat.

When Chu Mo entered the city a few days ago, the soldiers at the city gate indeed seized all Chu Mo's things.

He was also one of the participants in this matter, and after the items were seized, they were immediately sent to the Yang family.

But now the Yang family, even if they want to return the things, they don't know where they are buried under the ruins.

Looking at the 5000 soldiers standing neatly behind Chu Mo without making a sound, Yang Dafu suddenly felt a little thirsty.

If I tell the truth to the city lord at this time, I wonder if the other party will leave my whole body in the end?

"Sir... Your Majesty, I really don't know anything about the seizure of your property."

"How about, my lord, please wait a moment, and after I find out the cause of the matter, I will send all the property and all relevant personnel to your residence, and leave it to your disposal. What do you think of it?"

"No matter what, you devoured my Chu Mo's belongings and just thought of finding a few random people to take the blame. Why, do you really think that I, Chu Mo, are easy to bully?"

When Zhang Chenggui heard Chu Mo's words, he immediately pulled out the saber from his waist and shouted:

"If you dare to embezzle the Lord's property, do you think you have the guts, or are you all tired of living?"

When the soldiers behind him saw that their officers had drawn their swords, they immediately raised their muskets and aimed them at Yang Dafu and the soldiers in the inner city.

Yang Dafu was so frightened that he almost fainted at being pointed at so many dark guns.

"Sir, if you have something to say, if you have something to say, this is all a misunderstanding. Please give us a chance to correct our mistakes."

After saying that, he seemed worried that Chu Mo would be dissatisfied and continued:

"Sir, we cannot clear out the property that was previously seized in the middle of the night. So, sir, you can bring the receipt issued to you by the soldier on duty, and we will double the amount... no, three times. According to the triple compensation, I wonder if you, your lord, can be lenient?"

Yang Dafu looked at Chu Mo's increasingly gloomy expression and suddenly began to speak incoherently.

In fact, the reason why Chu Mo looked ugly was because the other party asked to see the receipt.

Just kidding, can I not keep track of how much wealth I have brought here?

The entire convoy and all the belongings combined will not exceed 10 taels. Even if the 10 taels are tripled, it will only be 3 taels, which is not enough to pay the reward of the army soldiers. What is the use of asking for it?

Thinking of this, Chu Mo said coldly:

"Why, according to you, without proof, I can't get those things back?"

"You still want to be greedy for the things that belong to me, the majestic Lord of Leizhou City? You really think I'm easy to bully."

As he said that, he stared at Yang Dafu with an angry look.

Yang Dafu is also a smart man. When Chu Mo said this, he knew that the other party was not satisfied with his compensation.

He waved his hands hurriedly and said:

"No sir, I'm just worried that there are some rare treasures among your items. I'm afraid that my subordinates don't know the goods and give you wrong valuations."

Hearing what Yang Dafu said, Chu Mo glanced at him with great appreciation, and then nodded:

"Indeed, you are right. There are many rare and rare treasures among my belongings, but your subordinates, who look down on others, directly regarded them as rags."

"In this way, I won't embarrass you and just return my belongings intact to me. In addition, I will compensate me 80 million taels of silver. Our affairs will be settled in this way."

Hearing that the other party asked for 80 million taels of silver, Yang Dafu was so frightened that he almost sat down on the ground.

You know, even though he is the gatekeeper of the inner city, everyone is always polite to him.

But the inner city has an awkward position in Leizhou City.

Although everyone envied him, he couldn't get much profit.

People from the outer city want to enter the inner city without special passes. Even if they are themselves, they would never dare to let people in at will.

As for the people living in the inner city, they all have great backgrounds and hold important positions just like me. Sometimes I have to go up and fawn over them in order to get some profit from them. That's not the case. The electric light in the pit—are you looking for death?

Or he is a skilled craftsman. If he dares to reach out to them, his head will probably move immediately.

Although I am also a member of the Yang family, and I have made a lot of benefits when I was in Chang'an before, it is really a bit of a stretch to have to spend so much money all at once.

Seeing that Yang Dafu had been hesitant, Chu Mo had no intention of spending any more time with him.

Immediately he said to Chu Ruowan behind him:

"It seems that this guy is not ready to resolve this matter peacefully. In this case, you send a few secret guards and 1000 soldiers to raid his home and see if my things are there."

"If he is here, then bring him back directly. If he is not here, then take all his property as compensation."

Before Chu Ruowan could take the order, Yang Dafu became anxious:

"My lord, I am unjust. Even my subordinates have not touched your things."

"Oh, you didn't touch my things? Then where are they now? If you can't name the owner, then I will sacrifice the flag to you."

Yang Dafu originally wanted to take charge of the matter by himself, cover up for the Yang family, and be a favor.

But Chu Mo wanted too much. If he paid this unjust money and they didn't recognize it later, where would he be able to reason with him?