Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

However, to everyone's surprise, Li Shimin did not summon the ministers, but only asked Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Xiao Yu and other ministers to meet with them, inform them of the truth, and asked them to block the news and prepare for war as soon as possible.

After being told the truth by Li Shimin, this group of veterans also understood the importance and urgency of the matter. No one stood up to object or interfere. After leaving the imperial study, they began to seize the time to arrange various matters.

Chu Mo didn't know that the game he had set had been triggered by Cui Yingying in advance.

The benefits that Cui Yingying originally wanted to gain from it were also cut off.

At this time, he was staring at Yang Ying in front of him with an ugly expression.

After a day and night of exploration and interviews, his secret guards not only failed to find out who was responsible for the destruction of Yangjia Village, but those sent out suffered heavy casualties.

If Yang Ying hadn't noticed something was wrong and took action in time, none of the secret guards who were investigating would have come back alive.

And even if Yang Ying took action in person, he could not catch anyone alive from the opponent's hands.

The other party not only hid poison in his mouth, but once captured, he would just take the poison and kill himself without saying a word.

Just catch them and remove their jaws, but as long as half an hour passes, the prisoners will automatically die of poison for no reason.

Even if Yang Ying tried her best, she could not save these people.

The only answer obtained is that these people may have taken some kind of poison in advance. As long as the antidote is not taken within the specified time, they will die from the poison.

The other party's unpredictable methods make Chu Mo and others extremely troublesome.

It's just that he can't find out who the enemy is behind the scenes, but the person is clearly right in front of him, but he can't do anything about them. It's really frustrating.

In the end, Chu Mo had no choice but to send two brothers, Hui Ming and Huise, to conduct a secret investigation, hoping to find some useful information.

And he once again sent secret guards to Lingnan to deliver a message to Yang Hongyu.

This time, he used the channels of his own secret guards, instead of relying on the help of others like before.

He wanted Yang Hongyu to know that the entire Tang Dynasty was now targeting Lingnan Road and Yang Hongyu.

He wanted the other party to come to Chang'an as soon as possible and turn the place upside down with endless anger.

After the arranger finished delivering the news, Chu Mo frowned again.

Although there is currently no clue about the affairs of Yangjiacun, the people around him from Duke Wei's Mansion want to make arrangements as soon as possible.

According to the information sent back by the secret guards, not long after he left Chang'an, Li Shimin directly issued an order to block off the main roads and strictly check the people passing by. Anyone who found suspicious people would be arrested and imprisoned.

They also dispatched a large number of troops and began to search for them. Once discovered, they were killed on the spot.

Faced with such a severe blockade and raids, it was obviously impossible to send so many people away quietly.

In desperation, Chu Mo could only find another way out.

After some discussion with Hong Funu and others, they finally decided to let the secret guards go to a nearby market to buy some daily necessities in public, and then hide in the mountains and forests to temporarily avoid arrest.

He also sent a team of troops to pretend that he and his party had escaped Chang'an.

Not only that, Chu Mo also asked the secret guard to send a message to Li Junxian, who was far away in Goguryeo, to stop his attack on Dazhou and negotiate peace with Chu Xin, giving the other party a chance to breathe.

He transferred the main force to the coastal area of ​​​​the Tang Dynasty, joined forces with Li Jing, and acted as if he was going to invade on a large scale, so as to contain Li Shimin's main army, so that Da Zhou felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and tried to see if he could provoke a fight between the two sides. war between.

After arranging all this, Chu Mo asked Hongfu Nu to lead a group of people and go directly into the mountain forest to hide. He took Yang Ying, disguised as his grandfather and grandson, and sneaked into Chang'an City again.

Although the situation in Chang'an City is tense now, there is a murderous atmosphere everywhere, and almost no one is allowed in or out.

But for people like Chu Mo who enter the city, they are not too strict.

The guard guarding the gate simply checked the route for the two of them, checked their identities, and then let them in easily.

Of course, this time Chu Mo would definitely not dare to enter through the Mingde Gate. This time he chose to enter through the Anhua Gate.

After entering Chang'an City, Chu Mo did not act casually. Instead, he randomly found an inn in Chongrenfang next to Pingkangfang and stayed at it, and then slowly waited for the news.

According to Yang Ying's report, Chu Ruowan will arrive in Chang'an in the near future. By then, he can restart the dark network that he set up before and figure out the layout and power distribution of all parties, so that he can quickly control the overall situation.

After making the plan, Chu Mo stayed quietly in the inn for three days.

During this period, Yang Ying would occasionally go out to inquire about information and find out how fast Chu Ruowan and the others were traveling.

During these three days, the entire Tang Dynasty was also very lively.

First, the prince's residence was raided and Prince Li Chengqian was demoted.

Immediately afterwards, Li Shimin issued an order to recruit a large number of troops, as if he was going to fight to the death with Da Zhou.

To everyone's surprise, such a decision that shook the country was only hindered by a small wave of insignificant courtiers. Most of the courtiers were in full agreement with Li Shimin's decision.

However, Qiwang, who had been rumored to be at odds with the imperial court, did not get in trouble this time and directly announced that he would fully support the royal family.

Not only that, Buddhism, which had been suppressed by the imperial court five years ago and could not breathe, stood up at the right time and announced its full support for the Tang Dynasty's Northern Expedition, vowing to destroy the Great Zhou Dynasty and regain the north.

And these news are just smoke bombs released by the court.

According to the news returned by Yang Ying, Li Shimin's real purpose turned out to be Yang Hongyu from Lingnan and his army scattered along the coast, disguised as pirates.

When he got the news, Chu Mo was so angry that he almost vomited blood on the spot.

You can know that the pirates along the coast are in your hands. Except for the secret guards you brought and the personal guards assigned by Li Jing, the entire Tang Dynasty does not exceed one hand.

In Chang'an City, only myself, Hongfu Nu and Cui Yingying knew about it.

He and Hongfu Nu knew the importance of the matter and would definitely not reveal the news.

And both of them knew in their hearts that they and Yang Hongyu were absolutely on the same page. If they didn't kill Chu Mo immediately when they met, it would be regarded as nostalgia for their old friendship.

Now that Li Shimin has mixed Chu Mo's power with Yang Hongyu's Lingnan Road, there is only one possibility, that is, Cui Yingying broke the news, and Cui Yingying betrayed Chu Mo again.