Travel to the early Tang Dynasty and become a salted fish

As soon as Cheng Yaojin went out, he went straight to Li Chengqian's residence.

After meeting Li Chengqian, Cheng Yaojin said directly:

"Your Highness, I have just received the exact news that Chu Mo has left Zhengzhou and returned to Lingnan."

Li Chengqian had just sent the written memorial to Chang'an according to Hou Junji's instructions, when he saw Cheng Yaojin coming to the door, and he couldn't help but feel guilty.

Now when I heard the other party say that Chu Mo had run away, with such an eager and determined attitude, my heart suddenly skipped a beat, and I hurriedly asked:

"Gong Lu, where did you get this news? Also, Chu Mo ran away. How long did he run away? Where did he go from?"

Cheng Yaojin lied without hesitation and said:

"His Royal Highness, in order to prevent Chu Mo from escaping, I placed a few spies around him. I have been unable to contact him in the past few days, but just now, they risked their lives to send a reply."

"The letter said that Chu Mo had already escaped from the city on the day you arrived. According to my human detection, the other party was divided into three waves."

"One wave goes to Lingnan by land, and the other wave goes down the river, directly to Yangzhou, and then from Suzhou to Lingnan by sea."

"As for this third wave..."

Cheng Yaojin paused for a moment, then sighed and said:

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I don't have enough manpower, so I temporarily lost track of them. I only know that they went north."

Li Chengqian and Hou Junji looked at each other. The information Cheng Yaojin said was similar to what he had guessed before, and it should not seem like a lie.

But they could understand that Chu Mo took the land route and the water route, but they couldn't understand why Chu Mo wanted to go north.

Thinking of this, Hou Junji coughed, looked at Cheng Yaojin and said:

"Gong Lu, you said that your people risked their lives to send a message back. Do you want us to take a look at the letter in your hand? So we can find some clues in it?"

Cheng Yaojin glanced at Hou Junji, smiled awkwardly and said:

"That Xiao Hou, I was worried that my subordinate's identity would be exposed, so I burned it as soon as I read the letter. If you want to read it, wait until next time, the next time they send a letter, I will let you Eye addiction."

When Hou Junji heard that the other party had burned the letter and now dared to laugh at him, he stood up in anger and wanted to argue with Cheng Yaojin.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Li Chengqian on the side hurriedly shouted:

"Don't argue for now. Everyone is gathered here to arrest Chu Mo. Why bother arguing over trivial matters."

As he said that, he cast a warning look at Hou Junji:

Cheng Yaojin, an old man, will be punished soon. What do you have to argue with him now?

Hou Junji never really wanted to quarrel with Cheng Yaojin. The reason for this was just to show off in front of Li Chengqian.

Now that he saw the other party stopping him, he immediately gave him a knowing look.

Cheng Yaojin was a little surprised when he saw that Hou Junji suddenly stopped. At the same time, he immediately came to his senses.

"Your Highness, now that Chu Mo has escaped from here, should we find a way to continue the pursuit? Or should we just let him return to Lingnan?"

Li Chengqian paced back and forth for a while, and then he said:

"We must chase Chu Mo, but now we don't know which way the other party has taken. So, Duke Lu, you should stay in Zhengzhou City for the time being and take charge of disaster relief matters."

"General Hou and I divided our forces into two groups. General Hou will lead his men and continue to pursue Chu Mo based on the intelligence you have obtained."

"And I will continue to carry out my father's order and go to Luoyang City to find out whether Chu Xin has any intentions of rebellion."

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, Cheng Yaojin had no objection. He came here to fool the two of them and let them leave here as soon as possible.

Now that his goal was achieved, he naturally couldn't stay for a long time, so he said goodbye to the two of them and left.

After Cheng Yaojin left, Hou Junji hurriedly approached Li Chengqian and said:

"Your Highness, I think Lu Guogong has a special purpose in coming here. I am afraid that the other party has united with Chu Mo to deceive us."

Li Chengqian shook his head slightly, narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Hou Junji:

"It's true that Cheng Yaojin has his own Xiao Jiujiu, but he will never cooperate with Chu Mo to deceive us."

"Not only that, even Cheng Yaojin wants to catch Chu Mo more than us."

Hou Junji was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he said doubtfully:

"Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"

Li Chengqian snorted and said:

"The news that Chu Mo came to Zhengzhou was released by Cheng Yaojin, and it was Cheng Yaojin who put Chu Mo under house arrest in Zhengzhou City."

"The hatred between the two of them has been forged for a long time. It is not an exaggeration to say that they will never stop fighting."

"Before, Cheng Yaojin took the initiative and there was no need to cooperate with Chu Mo. Now that Chu Mo has escaped, Cheng Yaojin is already passive. According to Chu Mo's unyielding temper, it is absolutely impossible for the two of them to cooperate."

"So I believe that what Cheng Yaojin just said is [-]% true. As for the remaining [-]%..."

A flash of disdain flashed in Li Chengqian's eyes:

"The remaining [-]% is probably because Cheng Yaojin wanted to get something from Chu Mo, or he had some other purpose, so he didn't tell us the whole truth."

After Hou Junji listened to Li Chengqian's words, he was silent for a long time and then asked:

"Then Your Highness, should we continue to pursue Chu Mo and Cheng Yaojin as planned? Or should we divide our forces into two groups as you just said?"

Li Chengqian glanced at Hou Junji and asked in confusion:

"Is there any conflict between our two plans?"

"Chu Mo is going to be arrested, we have to deal with Cheng Yaojin, and I'm definitely going to see Chu Xin as well."

"But Your Highness, if we divide our troops, will we be short of manpower?"

The corners of Li Chengqian's mouth curved:

"General Hou, you don't have to worry about this. After taking me to see Chu Xin, not only will the manpower not be reduced, but it will even increase."

After saying that, without waiting for Hou Junji to ask further questions, he directly changed the subject and said:

"Your top priority now is to block the canal, and then send people to search for Chu Mo's traces along the way. Remember, if you find someone, don't rush to arrest him. Pass the news back first, and I will lead people there afterwards."

After saying that, he waved his hand and asked Hou Jun to gather.

As soon as Hou Junji left, an unusually handsome little Taoist boy walked out from behind the screen in the room.

"Your Highness, this person is pretending to be confused and understands. He obviously has ulterior motives."

Seeing the little Taoist boy, Li Chengqian hurriedly took two steps forward, took his hand and said:

"Congratulations, you are right. Hou Junji is very ambitious. He really has an ulterior motive for coming to my side."

"But so what, as long as Gu Rihou conquers the world and sits in that position, he can still make waves."