In Feiye City's new district.
Large numbers of Imperial Army soldiers were going door to door, driving out every broad-built woman.
Women with unusually broad builds generally looked different from ordinary people, making them easy to remember.
The Imperial Army could practically catch one with every grab.
Wei Chun was brought out as well, standing in a line with more than a dozen other sturdy women, with no idea what was happening.
Her heart was filled with unease, but there was nothing she could do.
At such a time, one woman had been hidden by her family. The Imperial Army swarmed in, forcibly dragged her out, and even beat up her family, leaving them badly injured.
They were all ordinary poor folk. If an injury could not heal in a day, that meant losing a day's wages and food money.
Then the burden of the household would fall upon the others. Their lives would grow even harder, and exhaustion might make them sick and collapse. In such a vicious cycle, an entire family could very well crumble completely.
"Eight in East District Ten here."
"Five in South District Two here."
"Let's go. Take them back to the Inner City and report first."
The soldiers hurriedly checked their numbers against one another.
All these women were to be hauled to the City Guard Manor in the Inner City, where that beggar would identify them one by one. Then they would find out which broad-built woman had often gone to meet Old Master Zhuang.
The soldiers chattered endlessly about the recent developments, completely unaware that some unknown changes had already taken place at the Hongyan Tower headquarters above their heads.
By the street, a prison cart used to transport criminals stood waiting. The broad-built women who had been found were shoved into