In the afternoon of this day, Zheng Mi, who was patrolling in the south of the city, suddenly received a report from his subordinates, saying that someone was looking for him.

"Looking for me?" Zheng Mi's brows furrowed.

"Yes, I said that I went to the Yamen first, and then I didn't find the adults to find this place again," replied the chief, "and the carriage was stopped at the intersection over there, so let me see if the adults are free now......

"Return the carriage, the whole city is under martial law today, which family's prince and grandson have eaten the bear's heart and leopard gall and are messing around here!" Zheng Mi flicked his sleeves, "Where is the carriage?" ”

"Palace...... in the palace. The chief replied.

Zheng Mi's brows furrowed even tighter, and he didn't talk nonsense, striding quickly in the direction pointed by the chief.

Sure enough, at the door of the shop with the door closed on the corner of the street, there was a carriage in the palace parked there, Zheng Mi forcibly suppressed the boredom in his heart, but there was still a clear disgust on his face.

After the dispute over the lake, he had an instinctive disgust at all the news coming from the palace.

However, after taking a few steps forward, Zheng Mi suddenly saw a familiar figure on the other side of the carriage.

"Boling?"

Bai Ling turned around and saluted with a smile, "Lord Zheng." ”

Zheng Mi looked left and right, there were no other big people left and right, only a few lower-ranking palace people were waiting near Bai Ling, who seemed to be entourages all the way.

"Why are you here? Just yourself? ”

"Hmm." Bai Ling nodded, "I begged Gonggong Yuan to send a carriage and let me come to see Master Zheng now, I have something to look for you." ”

"Oops, don't come out and walk around during this time!" Zheng Mi locked his eyebrows and lowered his voice, "This is for your safety!" ”

Bai Ling smiled, "Gonggong Yuan told me that you must not come out at night, and you can be a little accommodating during the day......

"What's the matter?"

"I want to ask Master Zheng, have all the children you rescued from the lake last time found their homes now?"

This question was asked suddenly, which made Zheng Mi pause, and he thought for a while, "Seven of the twenty-seven children have already been sent away, all of them are under the age of five. ”

"That is, there are twenty-two?"

"Yes," Zheng Mi nodded, "The main people who want to raise children are looking forward to the children being small, and it will take time for the people below to review the background." ”

"Where are the rest of the children?"

"This time is in another's room in the Teaching Workshop Division." Zheng Mi replied.

"Ahh Bai Ling sighed softly, "It's still on the side of the Teaching Division......"

Zheng Mi spread his hands and said, "It's just that I live there temporarily, I can't lock them all in the yamen...... What, you're here for these kids? ”

Bai Ling nodded, she took another step closer to Zheng Mi's side, and whispered a summary of Yuan Zhen's conversation with herself last night.

"Wait until next spring?" Zheng Mi laughed very lightly, "I'm afraid that by the beginning of spring next year, there will be other overall situations to take into account......

"I think so." Bai Ling said in a low voice, "That's why I'm here to find Master Zheng today...... Because I need a favor from Master Zheng. ”

"What do you want me to do?"

"Since martial law is going to be imposed during this time, there will definitely be no one who wants to adopt a child coming to the door, can Lord Zheng send these twenty-two little girls to Lanzi and give them to me?"

Zheng Mi was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "You...... What do you want these children to do in the blue brand? ”

"I'll take them to do something." Bai Ling replied calmly, "I have already handed over the excerpt to the emperor at noon, and it just so happens that there are no guests in Baihuaya during this time, and I am ......also idle here."

"Wait, wait......" Zheng Mi couldn't react a little, "What exactly are you going to take them for?" ”

"Chorus." Bai Ling replied, "The children's chorus." ”

……

From this day on, everyone who entered Pingjing City through the city gate, whether it was a merchant, an official, a farmer, or a craftsman, was first detained at the corner of the city gate.

A large number of officers and soldiers patrolled the streets, and among them, countless brocade guards passed through them, and they escorted those who had entered the city home in batches, in a two-to-one number.

Every time he goes to a household, Jinyiwei will ask the people living in this household to come out and identify them, to see if they really recognize who the returnee outside is, and the identity is right, so let the traveler go home, and then immediately tell where the family is, how many people are in the family, and what exactly do they do...... All are registered.

However, not every escort goes so smoothly.

Among the group of people who entered the city, a small number of them were always in a hurry, unable to tell where their home was, could not find a single family of friends and relatives who knew them well, and even lied about the information they entered when they entered the city.

Without exception, all of them were killed or arrested on the spot by the Jinyi guards and the patrolling guards, and the dead were searched and dragged away, and they were taken alive to be interrogated in a newly built prison in the south of the city.

In just half a day and one night, the government arrested more than a dozen suspected informants from the old department of the Ange.

Late at night, the cabinet was on duty, and a courier came in quickly.

A moment later, Zhang Shouzhong went to Sun Beiji with the envelope, and during this time, except for a regular meeting with the six departments and the Shangshu every morning, they had basically moved their homes here.

Sun Beiji glanced at the letter that had been opened in Zhang Shouzhong's hand, and immediately understood what he meant, "Where is the emperor?" ”

"The emperor is also hurrying back, and he should be in Jiangzhou in two days." Zhang Shouzhong said softly, "According to this progress, there may not be a need to wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival, and in seven or eight days, the emperor will be able to rush back with the vanguard." ”

"That's fast." Sun Beiji breathed a sigh of relief slightly, "How are the troops of the various city gates deployed now?" ”

"Four of the sixteen gates have been sealed, and the rest are each garrisoned by eight hundred elite soldiers, and the north gate has more people, one thousand eight hundred." Zhang Shouzhong said softly, "There are still two thousand mobile troops in the city, and once there is a change, they can respond quickly. ”

Sun Beiji blinked and pushed a piece of paper on the table to Zhang Shouzhong's side.

"This is ......" Zhang Shouzhong stretched out his hand to pick it up, and when he saw the handwriting, he frowned slightly, "Hengyuan-kun?" ”

Sun Beiji nodded.

"Hengyuan Jun guessed that most of the rebels would come from the south, not from the north." Sun Beiji said slowly.

"South?" Zhang Shouzhong's brows furrowed even tighter, "But we are in Yuezhou to the south, and we have never heard much about the activity of bandits." ”

Zhang Shouzhong glanced at the paper, turned it over and looked at the back, there were no other clues on this piece of paper except for the words "the enemy is in the south".

"Elder Ge thinks...... Is his word still credible? Zhang Shouzhong asked in a low voice.

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