Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

For some reason, Chu Mo felt like he didn't really want Yang Hongyu to know about his time alone with Li Zhenying last night.

So he rolled his eyes, pretended to be confused, looked around, and said doubtfully:

"Was there anyone with me last night? Why don't I remember? Did I drink too much and forget?"

Seeing Chu Mo like this, Yang Hongyu thought that the other party should have finished talking to Li Zhenying last night and stayed here because it was too late.

Besides Chu Mo, Li Zhenying was not seen around, so he believed Chu Mo.

"I thought you were drinking with Master Li. Since it's not the case, forget it."

"Oh, you're talking about Li Zhen. I asked him to drink with me last night, but for some reason, he beat me up and ran away. I was also beaten by him for no reason, so I became depressed. Drinking alone.”

With that said, Chu Mo opened his sleeves and showed the bruises on them to Yang Hongyu.

Yang Hongyu didn't doubt that he was there, thinking that Li Zhenying was embarrassed that Chu Mo still didn't know the identity of the other party. When the other party got angry, it was not an exaggeration to beat him up.

When she thought that after today, she would lose a competitor, a smile appeared on Yang Hongyu's face and she said:

"Since people have objections to you, then you should have less contact with each other in the future. It's getting late, so get ready to hit the road now."

After saying that, he pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and ran directly towards the village entrance, leaving only a piece of dust for Chu Mo.

By the time Chu Mo arrived at the entrance of the village, a group of people had already prepared, and he was the only one waiting for him.

Seeing Chu Mo coming, everyone started to say hello.

Commander Bai also came over immediately and said:

"Master, everything is ready. Our team is already waiting on the official road. Once you leave the village, you can meet them on the official road."

Chu Mo nodded, got on the carriage directly, waved his hand and shouted: "Let's go."

Afterwards, the group of people started to set off under the courtesy of the village chief.

In the distance, on a small hillside, Li Zhenying looked at the motorcade driving away, sighed softly, and then got on a carriage.

Afterwards, the carriage drove in the opposite direction of Chu Mo and his party.

At the same time, Queen Changsun and a group of ministers, who had just returned to Chang'an City after dealing with the collapse of the city wall, heard that Prince Li Chengqian's leg was broken by Chu Mo in Shiweitian.

In an instant, she felt her eyes go dark, and there was a feeling of dizziness.

Fortunately, the palace maid next to him was prepared and hurriedly supported him, so he didn't fall.

After a while, Empress Changsun said to the eunuch who reported the news with a livid face:

"The Imperial Medical Office is ordered to make every effort to treat His Highness the Crown Prince. All the medicinal materials needed can be taken by oneself."

"Also, arrest Chu Mo immediately and put him in jail..."

Then he thought for a while and continued: "Just imprison him temporarily, and we will deal with it after His Majesty the Emperor returns to Beijing."

The eunuch looked at Empress Changsun with a troubled expression and said:

"Empress, when something happened to His Highness the Crown Prince last night, Qianniuwei sent people to Shiweitian, but the entire Shiweitian building was already empty, and Chu Mo's whereabouts are unknown."

Upon hearing that Chu Mo had run away, Queen Changsun's first reaction was to order a city-wide search.

Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly remembered that he seemed to have only received half of the grain he traded yesterday.

Thinking of this, Queen Changsun immediately shouted to several officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs behind her:

"Did you get the remaining food after you came back yesterday?"

Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you. Finally, an older official stepped forward and saluted:

"Reporting to the Queen, yesterday after I left with you to take out the warehouse, the city wall suddenly collapsed on the road. We walked with the Queen the whole time, and no one went to hand over the food."

When she heard that the remaining food had not yet been received, Queen Changsun's body trembled again, and then her whole body instantly became sluggish.

The maid on the side saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to help.

Empress Changsun waved her hand, refused the palace maid's support, and sighed:

"Come on, it's time and destiny. The matter of Chu Mo will be handled by Your Majesty for the time being. Now, you and others will go to Lu Guogong's Mansion and hand over the food matter with Fourth Young Master Li as soon as possible."

The eunuch on the side listened and immediately became anxious: "Queen, you have to make the decision for His Highness the Crown Prince. His Highness the Crown Prince's legs were broken by Chu Mo himself."

Empress Changsun looked at the eunuch coldly and said, "Do I still need your advice when doing things in this palace?"

"Come here, drag this ignorant thing down and kill it with a cane."

"In addition, send Qianniu Guards to search for information about Chu Mo with all our strength. As long as we find the person, I will let Your Majesty handle the rest."

After the eunuch was dragged down wailing, no one dared to step forward to touch Empress Changsun's brow.

Soon, the whereabouts of Chu Mo and his party were reported.

When I heard that the other party was heading to Lingnan with 2000 guards, 8000 young men and thousands of material convoys.

Empress Changsun's whole body trembled with anger.

If before, she only regarded Chu Mo as a powerful businessman, now, in her eyes, Chu Mo is a powerful man with a lot of troops.

If His Majesty the Emperor had not brought most of the troops in Chang'an City to the front line, a mere few thousand people would not be worth mentioning in her eyes.

But now, the city of Chang'an is empty, and the city walls have collapsed due to unknown reasons. Some forces and merchants have also become very dissatisfied with a series of measures in the past few days, and are starting to make plans.

If another large army is sent to encircle Chu Mo at this time, someone may take advantage of Chang'an City and break into it.

Thinking of this, Empress Changsun sighed helplessly, and then said to the Ministry of War officials on the side:

"Quickly report all the recent events to Your Majesty, down to the smallest details, and ask Your Majesty to make a decision."

When the officials around him heard this, they were all stunned, and then they said:

"Queen, you must not do this. Your Majesty is going on a personal expedition, and the fate is unpredictable. If you inform Your Majesty of the matter now, it may distract Your Majesty. Why don't you suppress the matter first, and wait for His Majesty's triumphant return? Making a decision."

"Yes, Queen, your Majesty is currently working hard to deal with the Turks. If we are distracted by the affairs of Chang'an and delay the military flight, then we will become the sinners of the Tang Dynasty."

. . . . . .

Everyone was talking, trying to impress Queen Changsun and let her take back her fame.

But Queen Changsun seemed determined to report the matter directly to Li Shimin.

In the end, the officials had no choice but to act according to Queen Changsun's wishes.

But when delivering the memorial, the officials took a trick and directly changed the urgent report into a general memorial.

As a result, the urgent report that could have arrived in a few days was delayed on the road for more than half a month before it was delivered to Li Shimin.