After hearing what Xiaoying said, some people hesitated.
They quietly withdrew from the crowd. Compared with these hesitant people, those who signed up thought of the painful days at home and were even more determined and would not be shaken.
There are still many people going to find Xiaoying.
After three days at the city gate, Chen Wei and his companions had gathered more than 2,800 people, but were still short of more than 100.
That afternoon.
The chief eunuch came to the martial arts hall again.
This time, he actually brought a hundred capable and intelligent women to Shen Wei: "Miss Shen, the emperor has ordered that you must do your best when you go to the northern border this time."
"Well, the emperor has ordered that one hundred women with martial arts experience be carefully selected for you. They will definitely be able to help you."
Upon hearing this, Chen Wei immediately expressed his gratitude: "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, Eunuch, for your advice."
As he said this, he stuffed another ingot of silver into the father-in-law's hand.
After the father-in-law left the martial arts hall with a happy smile on his face, everyone surrounded him.
Xiaoying smiled, but within that smile was more helplessness and bitterness: "That's good, Weiwei, this time enough is enough!"
"Should we hand in the consent form now?"
Chen Wei shook his head and looked at the sky which was half red. The fiery clouds were so gorgeous.
She said slowly, "Tomorrow is the gathering day. I'll hand it over when they arrive."
Chen Wei thought that he would give them one last chance to regret tomorrow, because this trip to the North was a life-or-death experience, and they should have the opportunity to think twice before acting.
Because of this, Chen Wei has not yet submitted the signed consent form to the government.
Hearing this.
Xiaoying was silent and she sighed softly.
She looked toward the high courtyard wall and wondered, "They should all be here, right?" They had been so determined when they signed up.
But at the same time.
In various places in the capital, there were fierce arguments about the conscription of soldiers at the city gates.
Some girls were locked up in the woodshed by their parents. Regardless of their daughters’ pleading, they said angrily outside the door:
"Whatever the official consent letter is, you signed it privately. We, your parents, didn't agree to it."
"Besides, you've already been engaged. Do you think the government is going to forcefully take your daughter away from you?"
"We have already received the gift money, ten taels of silver!"
"These ten taels of silver are enough for your brother to marry. Anyway, I will never agree to you going to that damn Xiongnu land."
The woman locked in the woodshed was startled.
Then she suddenly realized what was happening, and with both fear and anger, she protested to her parents outside through the crack in the door.
"What marriage?"
"Could it be that sickly ghost from the next village? No! I don't want to marry him. I'd rather go to the Xiongnu."
There was only a thin gap in the door, and I couldn't see my parents. I could hear their footsteps leaving outside.
The woman banged on the wooden door to try to get her parents' attention.
“Pah!!”
"Dad, Mom, he has killed several women. I don't want to marry him."
"Is money all you care about? Did you give birth to me just because I can bring you money? Why do you only see my younger brother?"
The father's voice snarled from a distance, and he sneered, "You're a sickly wretch, that's what I taught you. Sure enough, now that you've grown wings, you want to abandon your parents."
"You should listen to those foolish women in the future. Did you see with your own eyes how the young master of the Wang family killed those wives?"
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