Those cities are not small cities on the northern border, but several cities not far from the capital.

To do such a thing under their own noses, those officials are very bold.

"In addition, after those officials were greedy for silver, it seems that I only kept a part of the silver in my own hands, and a large amount of silver was sent to the capital by them."

"As for which families it was sent to, we haven't found out yet."

The subordinates who came to report arched their hands at Chen Mu, and Chen Mu nodded silently.

He also expected that this would be the case, and these county officials who dared to do whatever they wanted had backers behind them.

Chen Mu groaned slightly, thinking that there was nothing important in the past few days.

The cultivation of farmland in the small southern towns was watched by the adults of the Ministry of Agriculture, and the construction of factories and government offices and trade roads was watched by the adults of the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Industry.

As for the revision of the book, he also handed it over to the chief scholar of the academy to keep an eye on, and at this glance, it seemed that there was really nothing to be planned.

Although after the trade route is opened, it is also necessary to arrange caravans and large logistics agencies as soon as possible.

However, now that the weather is freezing cold, the speed of opening up trade routes has slowed down a lot, and most of them will not be completely opened until the beginning of spring next year.

He just needs to wait for the beginning of spring next year to arrange these matters.

"Why don't you go out and take a walk?"

Chen Mu muttered in a low voice, and Meng Qing, who was sitting on the edge of the couch reading a book, straightened up, and looked at Chen Mu expectantly.

Chen Mu just muttered, turned his head and saw Meng Qing's appearance, he paused on his face, and then smiled helplessly.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......"

Meng Qing smiled and came to Chen Mu's face, blinking her eyes slyly with a look of anticipation.

Chen Mu sighed, understood what the other party meant, and shook his head helplessly.

"This time I went to a few small cities not far from the capital, and when I came back, we couldn't leave the palace again, the weather was getting colder and colder, and it was easy to encounter danger when going out."

"And you're pregnant."

Meng Qing responded again and again.

Indeed, as time went on, her belly became more and more visible.

When she came back from outside the palace, she wanted to leave the palace, and the people in the palace would not let her.

The next time I go out of the palace, I'm afraid I will have to wait until the child is born and I have recuperated myself.

Chen Mu asked Lord Ye to make arrangements, although Lord Ye was a little hesitant, but seeing that Chen Mu insisted, Meng Qing looked expectant again, he sighed helplessly, and finally started to plan.

After he made arrangements, early the next morning, Chen Mu and Meng Qing left the palace and prepared to go to the small cities not far from the capital to have a look.

It only took two or three days to get to those small towns.

Staying in the city, Chen Mu got out of the carriage and looked around.

The city was not as deserted as the ones she had been to before, and there were still people walking in the streets.

But most of those people were thinly clothed, and because of the sudden cold, their faces were blue and their steps were extremely fast.

It can be seen that he doesn't want to go out either.

But in order to buy food or other supplies, I had to leave home.

A few people even trotted all the way home, Chen Mu sighed leisurely, he arrived at the city, which happened to be the city where the supervisors took people to settle down.

Before coming, Chen Mu had already sent someone to deliver news to those adults, so as soon as they settled in the city, those adults took the initiative to come to the door.

There was a knock on the door of the inn, Chen Muying said yes, and the young man and woman stepped into the room.

In the superintendent's office, there are not only male officials who have just entered the palace, but also several female officials.

Several people bowed down in front of Chen Mu, and were about to kneel, when Chen Mu asked someone to stop them.

"It's not in the palace, you don't have to have so many false courtesies, I've investigated the situation in these cities."

"In addition to taking advantage of these methods to covet the people's money, those officials have done other excessive things."

When several officials overseeing the government heard this, they glanced at each other.

One of the female officers frowned, nodded, and spoke slowly.

"I have noticed the anomaly, but I can't be sure whether the anomaly was done by the county magistrate in the city, and I am not sure if it is harmful to the people."

What does this mean?

Chen Mu frowned, and when the adults saw this, they took a step forward and arched their hands, revealing the situation they had recently inquired about.

The matter is very simple, in the past few days, several academies have been established in these cities to recruit female disciples.

Soon after entering the academy, female disciples will be taken out of the academy by the academy's bachelors.

"But as far as I know, after those female disciples were taken out of the city by them, there was no news, and the academy often changed bachelors."

"We sensed that something was wrong, so we sent someone to sneak into the academy to check it out, and found that the bachelors in the academy didn't look like bachelors, but looked like ......."

The female official who took the initiative to speak hesitated, Chen Mu raised her eyes when she saw this, and the other officials stepped forward and said.

"Looks like a bandit."

Brigand? That's interesting.

"Didn't the local prefectural order investigate the matter thoroughly?"

The crowd shook their heads.

"No, not only did we not investigate this matter thoroughly, but we also noticed that there was a middle-aged man who claimed to be a bachelor and had a relationship with the master of the county government."

"And that middle-aged man also looks like a bandit."

Chen Mu nodded thoughtfully, this matter was probably strange, and he gave an order to several adults, asking them to investigate this matter thoroughly as soon as possible.

Seeing this, several adults bowed.

It's still too slow to let only a few adults who oversee the government investigate.

Chen Mu gave an order to Lord Ye and his subordinates, and the speed of the secret guards in the palace was even faster.

However, the truth of the matter has been found out in half a day, and those so-called bachelors are indeed not bachelors, and they are indeed bandits.

They came from the cottages in the surrounding cities, and they cooperated with the county magistrate to take those women to the Qinglou of the city.

"It's a big city Qinglou again, and since it is forbidden to open gambling houses, these officials have put their minds on these things."

Chen Mu snorted coldly, Lord Ye bowed, and Chen Mu thought about it for a while.

"In this way, let's send someone to Dacheng to check the situation first, and find out what happened to the women who were sent to the Qinglou in Dacheng."

"Then collect evidence and arrest the officials involved in the matter."

"And, of course, the bandits who claim to be Bachelors."

Lord Ye responded with a peace voice, and there was also a academy that had just been opened in their city, although those women were inexplicably taken to the big city, which made the people in the city have a lot of doubts in their hearts.

However, there were too few academies that only recruited female disciples, and some people in the city wanted to send their daughters to study, so they could only send women to those newly opened academies.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, early tomorrow morning, I'll go to that academy with you to have a look."

Meng Qing took the initiative to propose on the side.