The beloved baby has a space

Chapter 784 Searching for Students

Since the lives of the people in Fengming City were at stake, Ayu did not hesitate to ask Tuanzi for help.

Using the favorability rating that Tuanzi measured for her, she directly circled those with low favorability ratings.

Then the list of personnel was handed over to Qin Huai.

“Brother Ayou, many of these people are hostile towards me,” Ayu said.

Qin Huai immediately understood and led a group of people, together with the prefect's men, to conduct a thorough investigation of these people, both openly and secretly.

More than thirty spies were uncovered, the most senior of whom was actually the wet nurse of the prefect's wife, who lived in the prefect's mansion!

The prefect broke out in a cold sweat.

Putting aside the fact that this was a huge dereliction of duty, his wife's wet nurse was actually colluding with the rebels. If he hadn't been careful, his entire family would have been implicated.

What's even more frightening is that he did a good job in his post. Although the court sometimes offered him a low salary and the conditions were tough, he remained loyal at heart.

The more loyal he is, the more dangerous he is; who knows what terrible things that wet nurse might do?

The more he thought about it, the more alarmed he became. Before Ayu could even approach him, he said directly, "Inspector Wang, I have made a grave oversight in this matter. Once this is over, I will report the truth to the court without any deception or shirking of responsibility."

Ayu nodded: "I would like to trouble you, Prefect, to cooperate with us and deal with the rebels on the other side."

As for whether the prefect should surrender himself, that's his business and not within the scope of Ayu and the others' jurisdiction on this trip.

Having uncovered the traitor within Fengming City, General Hua said, "Ayu, Xiao Qin, you've been busy these past few days. Go and rest first, and I'll handle the rest."

There are also complicated relationships behind the spies. General Hua is impatient to deal with them, and the prefect has volunteered to take charge.

In addition, a group of rebel soldiers hiding in the city have fled out of fear of punishment, and General Hua has sent men to pursue them. At this time, the most important thing to deal with is the group of rebels on the other side of the river. The Third Prince is dead, the spies have been eliminated, and the rebels have lost their support. We can just attack them directly.

Fighting this kind of direct battle was General Hua's forte, so he naturally agreed.

We can't keep having the two kids do all the work.

"Alright, then I'll trouble General Hua." Ayu didn't stand on ceremony with him.

It's all because Tuanzi has come up with a new task.

[Honey, a new quest has been discovered.]

[Rescue the abducted students from Fengming City.]

[Task Time Limit: One Month]

[Task Reward: Academic Aura]

What is the "academic halo"?

Tuanzi sifted through the lengthy instruction manual for the "academic superstar halo," condensed its meaning, and told it to Ayu.

[This means that students will have a good impression of you, which will be very beneficial for promoting the girls' academy.]

It can be said that as long as she has this academic star aura, any business that Ayu wants to start related to the academy will directly gain the approval of students all over the world.

This halo effect is also growth-oriented; the more intelligent and capable Ayu becomes, the more trust the students will have in her.

Moreover, this is not a local halo, but a global halo, meaning that as long as someone has a student status, whether officially recognized or self-proclaimed, they will be affected by this halo.

Ayu's eyes widened: "This is amazing!"

She is now increasingly realizing that establishing a girls' academy is not as difficult as she imagined; the difficulty lies in what the women should learn.

If you learn needlework or traditional female virtues, there won't be much resistance.

If they were to learn the same things as today's students, or even compete with them for examination slots, the obstacles they would encounter would be immense.

Tuanzi once said: "Let alone establishing a girls' academy now, according to my calculations, even if the social customs of this country become extremely open in the future, a thousand or two thousand years from now, there will still be countless voices of opposition if we want women to stand in the position that men are in today." Ayu knew, of course, that this would be very difficult. The most difficult thing was not that the men would disagree, but that a group of women with deeply ingrained ideas would not agree.

They are used to being dependent, used to serving the whole family, young and old, but now they are expected to stand out and face the storms of life, taking responsibility for their own future.

They were afraid and dared not step out. Nor did they dare let other women step out.

Because once someone steps out, there will be comparisons, and they will appear incompetent, which might force them to go out as well.

Ayu can't worry about that now.

"Were those students captured by the rebels? How can I rescue them?" Ayu asked.

【This mission is very vague, and I haven't found any clues.】Tuanzi was a little annoyed. This mission was something it had dug out, mainly because the reward was very special, and it had specially chosen it for Ayu.

What's infuriating is that this time all the clues are very vague.

There were no specific details regarding who the students to be rescued were, how many there were, where they were located, how to rescue them, or what constituted rescue.

The only thing known was their identity—students of Fengming City.

The dumpling roared at the source space from afar.

It must be the source space's doing!
The source space habitually blocks the nonsense of the dumpling.

Ayu had guessed some of it; perhaps Tuanzi's superiors didn't want her to exploit any more loopholes, so they imposed restrictions.

While she was thinking, Qin Huai was sewing clothes for her.

A few days ago, one of her favorite dresses got torn, and Qin Huai, fearing that there might be spies among the embroiderers here, offered to mend it for her.

I only managed to find some free time today.

When the clothes were delivered, I noticed that Ayu seemed troubled, so I asked, "Why are you unhappy?"

Ayu then said, "I had a dream yesterday. A student who claimed to be from Fengming City asked me for help, saying that they were in trouble, but he spoke ambiguously, so I couldn't figure it out."

Qin Huai didn't ask her how she could believe the dream was real, nor did he ask whether it was a dream or not. He simply continued to analyze along with what Ayu said.

"The clue you have so far is that they are students from Fengming City?"

Ayu: "Mm."

"Okay, I understand." Qin Huai put down the clothes, told Ayu to wait for him to have lunch together, and then went out.

Before lunch, Qin Huai returned, carrying a thick booklet in his hand.

He placed the booklet in front of Ayu: "This is the list of students I asked the governor for. I selected the students from Fengming City, and then filtered out some who were definitely not dangerous. The rest are these."

Students from the villages, towns, and counties under the jurisdiction of Fengming City were not included; only students from within the city who were recorded were included.

Because of the recent unrest in Fengming City, some students have unclear information, so the list is longer than usual.

Ayu was very happy: "Brother Ayou, that's exactly what I wanted to do. Thank you so much. Let's review the list again today."

Qin Huai's eyes were also filled with smiles.

The guards, hidden in the shadows, saw two people huddled together at the desk, analyzing the list of students.

Every now and then, someone would come in from outside, bringing new survey results; they were all people verifying the information of the students.

It wasn't until late at night, when Chi Jia brought two large bowls of soup from the kitchen, that A Yu's lazy voice could be heard.

"Finally, we've found a clue!"

Qin Huai smoothed her disheveled hair and gestured for Chi Jia to bring in the soup.

"It's getting late. I haven't had a proper meal today. I'll have some soup first. After a bath, I'll take a nap and then set off to investigate tomorrow."