The most distinguished guest in the building today was Madam Zhang. She was somewhat bewildered and surprised to see the girls changing their outfits as they came in and out.
"Mrs. Zhang."
The courtesan slowly gave her a curtsy, and Madam Liu, being a woman of experience, chuckled from behind.
"I was shortsighted. Look at these girls, they don't seem afraid at all. That's what women from our border town should be like!"
“The city is now teeming with Xiongnu, especially on the main street. The most important thing right now is to get rid of them.”
He Yi and Huo Xiaolong were brought over to live together at Fengyue Tower early on. The little dumpling held his mother in each hand and dared not let go.
"Chariots, use chariots to clear them out."
Huo Xiaolong's chariot was covered in spikes, which could be manually pulled to unleash spears. It also had crossbow mechanisms at the rear and was protected by iron shields. However, the girls from Fengyue Tower were going to fight on the front lines, and there weren't enough people to push the chariot. These ladies were far weaker than the men.
“Aunt Cen, Scarface and his brother have brought their families.”
In the backyard of Fengyue Tower, a group of thugs, their faces stained with blood, ran to the tower protecting their families. Along the way, they had killed several Xiongnu, and each of them had some minor injuries.
"Sister-in-law!" Scarface said to He Yi.
"I'll leave my wife and mother with you for now." After saying that, the man kowtowed to He Yi and Cen's mother.
Scarface's daughter-in-law, Fuping, was about to give birth; her belly was frighteningly large. The woman's hand trembled as she touched her husband's face; she knew.
Although her husband was a scoundrel, he never did anything immoral. If it weren't for his family and mother, he would have joined the army with the Huo family men long ago.
Scarface knelt down, pressed his face against Floating Duckweed's belly, and whispered...
"Don't bother your mother, understand?"
The woman's tears fell on his face, and the scarred man smiled, taking her hand and saying...
"I have to..."
"Go away!" Floating duckweed interrupted him before he could finish speaking.
When it comes to national and familial righteousness, no one can stand idly by and do nothing, even if it means mutual destruction and a fight to the death!
"I'll wait for you to come back. If you don't come back, I'll take the children with me to find you."
The man nodded and turned to leave without saying anything more.
"Uncle Scarface!" Huo Xiaolong called out to the man who was about to lead his underlings to fight to the death.
These thugs were either only children or the most pampered in their families, so they weren't considered for military service. But now that Pingyang County was in trouble, these men who had previously collected protection money wanted to go out and fulfill their promises.
"come over!"
Huo Xiaolong ran to his backyard and lifted the white cloth, revealing rows of chariots underneath.
"You push the chariots out, starting from the main road, and force the Xiongnu out!"
Ever since the tank was completed, Scarface and his gang had been envious, borrowing it from Huo Xiaolong many times to push around and enjoy it. However, he, as the uncle, had no idea that the boy had done so much.
I'd estimate there are forty or fifty of them.
"good!"
As the girls from the brothel were comforting the ladies, a rapid knock came at the main gate.
"It's Young Master Zhou's servant," Ah Cai said after peeking through the crack in the door.
Madam Zhou was also present today. She took Zhihua's hand and let the servant in. The servant was covered in blood, it was hard to tell if it was his own or someone else's. He entered and saw Madam Zhou kneeling down, saying...
“Madam, the young master and master have gone to the city wall. They asked me to tell you that if they don’t come back… you should take the money from home and move to another place to live.”
"And there's Miss Zhihua. My young master said that meeting you in this life is his good fortune, and if he can't come back, he'll let you find someone else..."
There should have been much more to say, but the servant didn't remember it all, only these few most important sentences.
"To hell with Zhou Ning'an!" Zhihua cursed for the first time, holding a jade pen with red lines in her hand, the girl appearing extremely agitated.
The girls now understand somewhat what Madam Ye meant by the evil nature of this thing.
Zhiyin was stunned by her sister's voice. Her sister's upbringing had become ingrained in her, and even when she ended up in a brothel, she had never shown such an expression.
"Oh dear, Ala Zhihua is angry~" Liu Xu whispered from the side.
"To risk everything for a beautiful woman?"
"What beauty? That's a hero!"
The girls joked and teased, but their hands didn't stop; they were adjusting each other's armor. Judging from this, Zhihua couldn't stay in the brothel any longer. Oh well, they'd go with her.
"Are you going too?" Miao Cuifang asked, pushing through the crowd to Liu Xu's side.
"Um"
The young man raised his hand and brushed it past her ear, causing the girl a slight sting.
"What's wrong, Master?"
"It's alright, your master will go with you."
"Okay!"
The Gu of Life and Death, bound together by life and death.
When the mother Gu dies, the son Gu follows.
Miao Cuifang looked at the girl who was going to climb the city wall with her sisters. If she were gone, he would go with her.
She died, and he perished.
The offspring Gu will be affected by the mother Gu, but the mother Gu will not.
"What are you doing following me? Your leg is just healed! Go back now!"
"..."
Lu Wangji would never go against Mantuo. The man pushed the wheelchair back into the house, saying he'd go again later. He wanted to use his legs as little as possible now, as Doctor Gu had advised him.
"Madam Ye, Sect Leader Zhan, I entrust Fengyue Tower to you!"
Cen Ang clasped his hands in a salute to the two women. Among them were ladies who were going to the city wall with them, and a lady who was too weak to even kill a chicken and wanted to stay at the brothel. Therefore, the brothel had to leave someone to guard it.
"Don't worry! I live, they live! I'll live as long as I'm at the brothel!"
"Thank you both!"
—Bang! The back door made a sound.
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