The arrogant imperial concubine arrives, the favorite of the regent

Yun Mujiu's face was covered with a solemn expression, and he continued, "Currently, you are training assistants, and I haven't recruited anyone suitable to be a killer."

"The growth cycle of training a group of killers is too long. I can't wait."

She needed a group of assassins who were loyal to her as soon as possible. Although Ye Xiaohan suggested to transfer the Ye Mansion's secret guards to her, she still declined. What she wanted was a group of assassins who were completely loyal to her, not those transferred from Ye Xiaohan's men, even though Ye Xiaohan's men were very reliable...

Suixi and Fusang's expressions also became solemn.

Sui Xi said: "What the princess said makes sense. Generally speaking, it takes time to train a group of capable subordinates. If you train secret guards, it will take even more time and energy."

Fuso nodded, "Generally, when powerful people train secret guards, they usually start training them from a very young age, so that they can better train loyal secret guards."

Yun Mujiu pondered, and suddenly an idea popped up in his mind. So looking for a "semi-finished product" should be the most appropriate.

She clapped her hands, "Shadow Six."

The next moment, a dark shadow flashed and stood firmly in front of Yun Mujiu: "Princess!"

Yun Mujiu asked: "What ideas or suggestions do you have about recruiting people?"

Ying Liu thought about it seriously, "Princess, if you want to keep some people who know martial arts to work around you, in addition to recruiting a group of people who know nothing and training them from scratch, you can also recruit some people who have a certain foundation in martial arts, and then spend some time and effort to continue training them."

"That's exactly what I was thinking." Yun Mujiu held up his chin. "However, if we recruit people with a basic martial arts background, we need to carefully investigate their backgrounds and origins, so as not to recruit people with ulterior motives, which would cause more trouble in the future."

Fusang said to Yun Mujiu: "Princess, please be careful. I am afraid there are treacherous people involved."

"Well, I'll be careful."

"I can recruit a group of people with a solid foundation in martial arts, and then sign a death contract with them." Yun Mujiu looked at Ying Liu, "Do you know where I can recruit such people?"

"The underground human trafficking market in Beijing."

"Oh?" Yun Mujiu was slightly surprised. "Is the human trafficking market divided into the open and the private?"

"Yes, Princess."

Ying Liu recalled and replied: "The open market for human traffickers is just ordinary domestic servants. The underground market is full of all kinds of transactions, including warriors, singers and dancers, and other people with various skills."

"There, as long as someone buys these specially trained people, they can sign a death contract with them. Those warriors are contracted according to the death contract, and the master does not need to pay them wages, just give them food." Ying Liu finished the sentence in one breath without changing his expression. He hadn't spoken such a long speech for a long time!

Yun Mujiu continued, “It seems that how they will be treated depends entirely on the new owner’s wishes.”

Shadow Six replied, "Yes."

Suixi suddenly took two steps towards Yun Mujiu and said, "Princess, I have been to an underground trading market before."

Yun Mujiu was surprised that Suixi had such an experience. From what she knew about Suixi's past events, Suixi had always been wandering around alone, trying his best to support himself.

Suixi faced everyone's curious gazes and recalled: "When I was eight years old, I was walking alone on the street when I was knocked unconscious by a group of people and taken away. When I woke up, I found myself in a dark little room."

"I heard people talking about me outside, saying that they would sell me to traders in the underground market as a slave. Then the traders would make me learn martial arts with other children, and when we are in our teens, we would be officially sold."

"Luckily I woke up early, and they didn't worry too much about a skinny little boy like me. I sneaked out by myself in the evening."

"I went out and found that there was an underground market nearby. There were many people in luxurious clothes selecting slaves. There were all kinds of slaves, many of whom were teenage male and female warriors."

After Suixi finished telling his story, everyone present calmed down for a while.

Yun Mujiu thought for a moment and said, "Suixi, I'll send you, Fu Qian, and Qingxiu to select warriors. Are you willing?"

"Of course I am willing!" Suixi replied decisively.

Yun Mujiu said again: "Qingxiu, I will give you some silver notes. You take the money and go with Fu Qian Suixi to pick the people. I will also send two Night Palace secret guards to go with you. Let them assess the strength of those warriors and decide whether to buy them or not."

Haruhide and the others nodded, "Understood."

Yun Mujiu added: "As for the locations of underground human trafficking markets, Qingxiu and Wang Gui are familiar with the areas in central Beijing. You can find out a few more reliable markets in advance and then go there."

Everyone expressed their understanding and looked at Yun Mujiu with admiration in their eyes.

...

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

A series of neat and loud voices echoed above the Yefu martial arts training ground.

Hundreds of soldiers performed standard boxing moves one after another, shouting continuously.

On the high platform, Ye Xiaohan stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the soldiers who were training seriously below the stage.

The soldiers were fighting with the boxing style taught by Professor Yun Mujiu. In the past few days, they not only learned military boxing, but also learned grappling and fighting techniques.

Yun Mujiu would go to teach the soldiers regularly when he was free in the mansion, and Ye Xiaohan would also watch.

In order to improve teaching efficiency and allow more soldiers to learn practical close combat techniques, Yun Mujiu proposed to compile the martial arts moves she taught into a book for people to circulate and study.

Ye Xiaohan selected a few soldiers who were good at painting, and asked them to draw Professor Yun Mujiu's martial arts moves one by one and write down the key points of the movements next to them. Finally, he bound all the drawings into a book and then made more copies.

Newly produced martial arts books will not be distributed to everyone, as that would be a waste.

Ye Xiaohan divided the classes into small groups, and selected a leader from every 100 people. The leader managed the martial arts books, and if the soldiers wanted to read the books in detail, they could borrow the books. Usually, the leader would also be responsible for training the soldiers to practice martial arts, so that everyone could learn the essentials of the movements.

Some martial arts books were kept inside the Ye Mansion for the soldiers in the mansion to study, while some were spread out of the mansion for the soldiers outside the mansion to study.

The afternoon sun was hot and dazzling, but the soldiers were still practicing martial arts seriously without any slackness.

Wei Bai hurried over and saluted Ye Xiaohan.

"Your Majesty, I have found out..."

Ye Xiaohan's brows tightened, he looked up at the soldiers in training, then stepped down from the platform.

Wei Bai immediately followed, "Your Majesty, should I talk now or go back to the study?"

"Wait a minute..."