After they regret their whole lives, I will never die in the training ground
Chapter 369 Recruitment
But now she only felt disgust towards her father and even laughed involuntarily.
It turns out that the person who is placed in a high position by people in the underworld is just like this.
At the same time, she also felt a little ridiculous about her previous actions.
The world she had always longed for, and had been in danger several times because of it, turned out to be nothing more than this.
I was so funny in the past. If any of these things had not been prevented by some strange coincidence, who would I be like now? In short, it would not be very good.
If I were to talk about the only lucky thing that happened to me during my childish rebellion...
"Obviously, your father has a strong ability to save himself. You don't need to worry about it at all."
It was clearly a very calm tone, but she heard a sarcastic tone in it. Could it be that the senior would also speak like this?
This doesn't seem like a senior at all. He's probably just amusing himself.
"puff."
The joke wasn't very funny, but the way the senior looked at me secretly was quite funny.
She always said that she wanted to be a heroic female knight, but in fact she had no idea what her direction was.
She just thought that kind of life must be wonderful, so she did it.
Although it is nice to be thanked by others, troubles also come one after another. In short, there are more things that go wrong.
Afterwards, she was completely pushed around by Ping Tianjiao, making her feel the suffocation she had at home again.
But every time she showed some sign of leaving, there would be more people kneeling on the ground, with those eyes of retention, expectation, and hope... She couldn't refuse.
"Just do what you want, I'll always be with you."
A warm feeling surged in Shang Hongxiu's heart. Although her senior said so, she didn't understand what she wanted to do.
The more they do, the more powerless they feel. Recently, the imperial court has begun to send troops to encircle and suppress the "Pingtian Sect", and their activities have therefore come to a halt.
When they returned to the city, they saw soldiers coming and going on the streets, conscripting able-bodied men from every household. It seemed that the city lord who was guarding the city was determined to fight to the death.
"Don't run!"
"Sir, I only have this one son. Please let him go." The old woman begged bitterly.
"The Lord of the City has issued an order that anyone over the age of 17 must wear armor and carry weapons to protect the people in the city. No one is exempted."
Then he turned to the man he had just captured and said, “Boy, you don’t want the demons to break into the city and eat your mother alive, do you?
"And the city lord said that anyone who joins the army will be given two coins to support their family."
To put it bluntly, it is the money to buy your life.
The captured man's eyes were full of fear. He glanced at his skinny old mother and realized that he was starving. If the monsters attacked, he would die anyway, so he might as well die with a full stomach.
"I'll go with you."
Several people watched all this silently. Seeing that the man agreed with a firm face, someone couldn't help but sigh: "It seems that there are many brave people. The city lord has not abandoned the city and fled yet. He is a good official."
Shang Hongxiu just watched silently. Compared with those people she heard along the way who surrendered in exchange for wealth without encountering the monsters, the city lord here even gave money to recruit soldiers. He could be considered a good official indeed.
Bai Qingge yawned, "It doesn't make any difference, it's just using other people's lives to exchange for their own future. But this guy only cares about reputation, so it doesn't matter."
She had long been accustomed to Bai Qingge's remarks.
The senior doesn’t seem to be in a good mood towards anyone except himself, but it’s understandable, after all, the senior is also a demon.
But soon her attitude changed.
It's still the same group of people, but the target of "recruitment" has become a slightly wealthy man.
"Sir, please wait a moment. My son is a cripple. He can hardly walk, let alone fight. I'm sorry to trouble you to make the trip. Thank you for your hard work." A fat man dressed in brocade squeezed in front of his fat son, took out a bag of silver and handed it to the leading official as if to please him.
Looking at the big bag of silver, the officer's eyes showed some movement. He looked around to make sure that no colleagues he was against were paying attention to him, and then quietly put the bag of money into his sleeve.
"Well, the city lord did give an order to only take in healthy people. The streets are in chaos, so go back quickly." Finally, the officer kindly reminded them.
This absurd scene happened on a street, not even more than 10 meters away from the mother and son. Shang Hongxiu pursed her lips slightly and said nothing.
But something even more absurd happened in the next second.
"The Lord of the City has issued an order that all men aged seventeen and over must join the army."
The fat man was dumbfounded. He had only walked less than 10 meters away, why did another wave of people come?
"Well, sir, my son is a cripple, and I have already explained this to the lord just now." The fat man looked back, but there was no trace of the group of people just now.
In this chaotic world, it is possible to save a small amount of money. The fat man is not a fool. He immediately realized that this was probably aimed at him.
"What sir? Take me away. I see you are not even fifty. Come, take me away as well."
The fat man who was being held up was dumbfounded. Okay, his appetite is even bigger. Do you think he is easy to bully?
The fat man stiffened his neck and said, "I have paid the membership fee and am Mr. Zhang's guest."
He just raised his eyebrows and turned to look at the person next to him.
"Sir, it is Mr. Zhang from the west of the city. He bought a nominal position as the chief clerk from the city lord."
He nodded in understanding, and then said to the fat man: "What Sir Zhang, Sir Li, I don't know them, take them all away."
If it was someone under the care of the chief clerk, he naturally wouldn't dare to touch him. But if it was just a nominal chief clerk, the city lord had personally said that everyone should be treated equally. This was clearly an attempt to slaughter a fat sheep.
The city lord takes the lion's share, so these petty officials can also make some money from it.
In the end, the fat man was released because he paid the "disability fee", but before he could get far, he was targeted by another group of people.
The man who just praised the city lord spat with gritted teeth, "What the hell."
This absurd scene made Shang Hongxiu want to laugh. They didn't even do the robbery behind people's backs. They just caught someone and grabbed him. It looked like they wouldn't stop until they got all the money.
And strictly speaking, this can also be regarded as the emperor's feet. Shang Hongxiu was stunned.
Yes, why haven’t we seen any reinforcements coming from under the emperor’s feet yet?
At this moment, she suddenly understood what her senior had just said: for fame and for profit, so that's how it is.
She thought the officials here were better, but it turned out that all crows are black.
"Master, since your father is not here, should we leave here?"
The cries of children, the pleas of the elderly, the curses of those who were forcibly taken away... Seeing the chaotic streets and thinking of the man-eating monsters, Shang Hongxiu's eyes darkened.
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