imperial psychologist

Chapter 623 The Enemy Is in the South
In the afternoon of this day, Zheng Mi, who was patrolling in the south of the city, suddenly received a report from his subordinates that someone was looking for him.

"Looking for me?" Zheng Mi frowned.

"That's right, I said I went to the Yamen first, and then found here after I didn't find the lord," the official replied, "The carriage was stopped at the intersection over there, let me see if the lord is there now. null……"

"Return the carriage, the whole city is under martial law today, which family's grandson is messing around here again!" Zheng Mi flicked his sleeves, "Where is the carriage?"

"In the palace...in the palace." The chief official replied.

Zheng Mi frowned even tighter, he didn't talk nonsense, and strode quickly towards the direction pointed by the official.

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

After the dispute at the Hu brand, he had an instinctive distaste for all the news from the palace.

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

"Burling?"

Bo Ling turned around and saluted with a smile, "Master Zheng."

Zheng Mi looked left and right, and there were no other big figures on the left and right, only a few low-ranking palace servants were waiting near Bai Ling, as if they were entourages along the way.

"Why are you here? Just yourself?"

"Yes." Bo Ling nodded, "I begged Eunuch Yuan to send a carriage, and let me come to see Mr. Zheng now. I have something to ask you."

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

Bo Ling smiled, "Eunuch Yuan told me that you must never come out at night, and you can accommodate a little during the day..."

"what's up?"

"I want to ask Mr. Zheng, those children who were rescued by you from the Huzi shop last time, have they all found their homes now?"

This question was asked so suddenly that Zheng Mi paused, and he thought for a while, "Seven of the 29 children have been sent away, and they are all under the age of five."

"That is, there are 22 more?"

"Yes," Zheng Mi nodded, "The main folks who want to adopt a child hope that the child will be small, and it will take time for the people below to review the background."

"Where are the rest of the children?"

"During this time, I was in another laundry room of the Jiaofang Division." Zheng Mi replied.

"Ah." Bo Ling sighed softly, "It's still at the Jiaofang Division..."

Zheng Mi spread his hands and said, "It's just living there temporarily, I can't lock them all in the yamen... What, you are here for these children?"

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

"Wait until next year's spring?" Zheng Mi smiled lightly, "I'm afraid that when next year's spring comes, there will be other big issues to attend to..."

"I think so too." Bo Ling whispered, "So I came to Mr. Zheng today... because I need Mr. Zheng to do me a favor."

"What do you want me to do?"

"Since martial law is being enforced during this period, there will certainly be no one who wants to adopt a child. Can Mr. Zheng send these 22 little girls to Lan Zihao and give them to me?"

Zheng Mi was stunned for a moment, and then asked after a while, "You...why do you want these children to enter Lanzihao?"

"I'm here to take them to do some things." Bo Ling replied calmly, "I have already handed over the booklet to be presented to the emperor to Eunuch Yuan at noon. It just so happens that there are no guests in Baihuaya during this time, so I am free here... ..."

"Wait, wait..." Zheng Mi was a little overwhelmed, "What exactly are you planning to do with them?"

"Chorus," Burling replied, "Children's chorus."

……

From this day onwards, everyone who entered Pingjing through the city gate—whether they were merchants, officials, farmers, or craftsmen—were all detained at the corner of the city gate.

A large number of officers and soldiers patrolled the streets, and among them, there were countless brocade guards walking through them. They escorted those who entered the city home in batches with a ratio of two to one.

Every time they come to a household, Jin Yiwei will ask the people living in this household to come out and identify them, to see if they really recognize who the returning person outside is, and if the identity matches, then let the traveler go home, and then immediately put this family home Where, how many people are in the family, what do they do...all are registered in the register.

However, not every escort has gone so smoothly.

Among the people who entered the city, a small number have been hesitating, unable to tell where their homes are, and can't find a friend or relative who is familiar with them. They even lied about the information they entered when they entered the city. , walked halfway, seeing that the lie was about to be exposed, so he forced to run.

Without exception, this small group of people were all killed or captured on the spot by the escorted Jinyiwei and patrolling personal guards. Those who were dead were searched and dragged away, and those who were alive were taken to the newly built prison in the south of the city for interrogation.

In just half a day and one night, the government arrested a dozen or so suspected informants who had met with An Ge's old department.

In the middle of the night, when the cabinet was on duty, an urgent courier came in quickly.

A while later, Zhang Shouzhong took the envelope and went to Sun Beiji. During this time, apart from going to Liubu every morning to hold a regular meeting with the ministers, they basically moved their family here.

Sun Beiji glanced at the opened letter in Zhang Shouzhong's hand, and immediately understood the purpose of his visit, "Where is the emperor?"

"The emperor is also rushing back, and he should arrive at Jiangzhou in two days." Zhang Shouzhong said softly, "According to this progress, maybe we don't have to wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival. In seven or eight days, the emperor will be able to bring the vanguard back. gone."

"It's really fast." Sun Beiji breathed a sigh of relief, "How are the troops deployed at each city gate now?"

"Currently, four small gates of the sixteen city gates have been sealed. The rest are guarded by 800 elite soldiers. The north gate has more people, [-], [-] people." Zhang Shouzhong said softly, "There are still [-] soldiers in the city. The mobile force, once there is a change, can respond quickly."

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

"This is..." Zhang Shouzhong reached out to pick it up, and when he saw the handwriting, he frowned slightly, "Mr. Hengyuan?"

Sun Beiji nodded.

"Mr. Hengyuan guesses that the rebels will come from the south, not the north." Sun Beiji said slowly.

"South?" Zhang Shouzhong frowned even tighter, "But we are south of Yuezhou, and we haven't heard much about bandits being active."

Zhang Shouzhong glanced at the paper, then turned it over and looked at the back. Apart from the words "The enemy is in the south", there were no other clues on this paper.

"Elder Ge thinks...is his words credible?" Zhang Shouzhong asked in a low voice.

(End of this chapter)