Yiman touched his reddish neck and sat on the chair.Zhou Yu looked calm and sat back down, but the tips of his ears were very red.

"Lu Bo, what's the matter?"

Lu Bo chuckled and walked in, "Mr. Jiang Lu just sent a message, saying that the relationship between students and literati has not been peaceful recently. Perhaps it was affected by the Spring Branch New Policy. Many students from merchant families have dropped out of school. .”

As autumn approaches, this situation is not good.

The prince was pushing forward with the New Deal, while the emperor was hiding behind it. Once the gap between the poor students and the aristocratic students widened after the Qiu Dynasty, the Spring Branch New Deal would not be able to wait until it was effective.

The first step to delay the war is to divert the attention of these literati. The fundamental thing is to improve Chunke's New Deal.

Yiman glanced at Zhou Yu and rapped his knuckles on the table twice, "Lu Bo, please wait outside the door. I have something to ask Zhou Yu."

"Yes."

Seeing Lu Bo exiting, Yiman walked to Zhou Yu and asked, "Have you done any research on the abduction of women from various places?"

Zhou Yu nodded, "There is indeed an investigation."

There was an imperceptible smile on Yiman's lips, "I guess it has nothing to do with the officials in the DPRK, right?"

“How come you see?”

"If there is no one to support you, who would dare to commit such a big case across state lines? Even if someone is bold, they already have someone to rely on. Even if it is a noble family, there are people in the noble family who are officials."

Zhou Yu helped Yi Man trim his hair, "It was indeed done by officials in the court."

Yiman was about to ask if he knew who it was, but then he closed his mouth.

She can't rely on him more and more, and she can find out these things.

evening
Yiman looked at the folding paper that Song Guo brought back from the East Palace and sighed.

Sure enough, there were people who were plundering people on a large scale in various states, but because the methods of plundering were different and the number of people was different, there was no connection between Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment at all.

Yiman immediately wrote his conjecture into a letter and attached the solution.The next day, the silk was handed over to Lu and brought to the palace to the prince.

The prince immediately got in touch with the military cronies stationed near Pingzi. The military cronies led a small number of troops to investigate in the mountains next to Zizi County, and sure enough they found a temple in the mountains.

There are more than [-] gangsters imprisoning more than a dozen women in the temple. They usually rely on these women to win over the wealthy men nearby who come to have fun in the name of offering incense. They use these women for their own entertainment when no one is around.

After the woman was tortured until she was about to die, she would then apply gold powder and pose like a living Buddha, using her faith to defraud poor people nearby.

Every one or two months, a new group of people is replaced.

After being rescued by officers and soldiers, most of the women were already in a daze. Even if they were awake, they had half committed suicide. Very few of them could survive.

Because the prince's cronies handled the matter secretly, the matter was not made public.Instead, it was sent to the capital in the form of a secret message, while arranging manpower to send the bandits to the capital.

Yiman gritted his teeth as he looked at the memorial in his hand, his fingers trembling, and he slammed the letter onto the table.

"Princess, what's wrong?" Yiman took a deep breath, took a sip of tea to regain his mood, pulled out the second letter, and handed it to Song Guo, "You can read it yourself."

Song Guo's face twisted with anger after reading it, and she clutched the letter tightly, "Princess, why don't you kill these gangsters?"

Yiman sat behind the desk and closed his eyes, "This should not be an isolated case, there should be others in other places. Since it has not been exposed at this time, we should take the opportunity to start a rebellion together and save them all. The gangster still has many things to do. Explain it, so we have to spare his life."

The biggest fear now is that someone will know the news, silence the gangsters, and then hide similar dens in various places. That would be bad.

Pinecone's eyes filled with tears, "Princess, we must save those poor girls."

Yiman responded, and Ji Lan walked in with refreshments, "Princess, you are tired, let's have something to eat."

Ji Lan has been recovering for a while, and probably still has scars, which he has been covering up with his hair.His temperament became colder and his actions became more thorough.

Yiman had already told Song Guo to spend more time with Ji Lan, but now it seems that Ji Lan has not changed and knows what he is doing.

After Ji Lan read the letter, his emotions fluctuated greatly in his eyes, but it was only reflected on his face.

"Princess, do you have any countermeasures?"

Yiman nodded, "Brother Huang will summon the heads of various departments of the Criminal Department early tomorrow morning, and I will be in charge of this investigation operation in various places. After the general location is found and the gangsters are interrogated, they will be handed over to the Ministry of War to send troops together."

"Princess, do you still have concerns?"

Yiman frowned slightly and said, "There are too many concerns. One is that the news will be leaked, but this matter requires a large number of manpower. The other is that the officials behind this matter have no clue yet. What if he is hiding in the Ministry of Justice or the Ministry of War? , even among the prince’s subordinate officials, they fell short of success. The third is the safety and follow-up of the abducted women in various places - there are too many concerns, and this matter may not be handled well. "

Ji Lan took a step forward and said, "Princess, if you are worried about the lives of women from all over the world after being rescued, I may be able to do my part."

Seeing Yiman frowning and not speaking, Ji Lan took a deep breath and said, "This slave is willing to go to various places to enlighten women who still have the belief in survival. And as the princess's envoy, she will supervise the follow-up government offices in various places. , try to ensure the life of the trapped woman."

Yiman's expression turned cold, "Do you know that what you said has exceeded your authority?"

Ji Lan knelt down and kowtowed, "I know that the eldest princess is worried about me, but only this slave can understand the trapped woman. I am willing to contribute a small amount of power to contribute to the eldest princess's achievements in the court."

Yiman stood up and turned his back to Ji Lan, "You said it could be anywhere from a few months to a few years at most. It requires continuous travel across states and counties, and your body cannot bear it. My achievements do not require sacrificing you."

Ji Lan kowtowed deeply again and stood up, "Princess, when I knew what Miss Cheng wanted to do, I admired her very much. Now I also want to give it a try and help more people. I'm just afraid that there will be too few around the princess. People will not get used to it, so they will have to ask Pinecone from now on."

Song Guo had been stunned, and now she fully understood what Ji Lan meant. She rushed to Ji Lan and saved her arm, "Sister Ji Lan, Ji Lan, you can't do this. I won't let you go, you will be tired." Damn it. And you won’t get used to working with grown men. I won’t let you go.”

Ji Lan grabbed Song Guo's hand with a gentle expression, "Don't be a child. I will choose some more maids to put beside you before I leave. From now on, the princess will rely on you."

After saying that, he let go of Ji Lan's hand and kowtowed deeply to Yiman's back.

Yiman pinched his fingers and continued to bleed, and said in a steady voice, "Then you go, bring more people from the princess's house, and then go to Bai Yi to lead ten guards. Come with me tomorrow morning People from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple will set off."

"Yes, I will take the princess' orders." (End of this chapter)

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