The second step is to not be afraid of death.

Zhao Yuanqing asked them, "Are you afraid of death?"

The 17 women said in unison, "Don't be afraid!"

Although Zhao Yuanqing didn't say what he was going to do, everyone felt that this was a good opportunity for them and no one wanted to give up.

"Okay, then jump down from that tree."

In front of the military camp, there is a poplar tree, about ten meters high. When you stand on the top of the tree and look down, you will feel a little dizzy.

These women went over to try one by one. Fan Shiyi Niang was very skilled and she also wanted to show off her skills in front of Zhao Yuanqing. She picked up a woman, ran forward a few steps, jumped onto a low branch, then jumped to a high place and put the woman down.

Zhao Yuanqing was satisfied. She did have some skills. Just relying on her amazing lightness skills, she could easily go down to the yard and kill people. No wonder she could survive to the end.

Fan Shiyi Niang jumped down, and when she spread her arms, she looked like a wild goose in the sky, light and beautiful.

She yelled to the woman, "Okay, jump down!"

The woman looked down and saw several round heads under the dense branches and leaves. The people looked much smaller and the ground seemed so hard. If she jumped down, would she die?

She hesitated.

"Jump quickly!"

After a long moment, the woman hesitantly shouted, "I...I don't dare!"

Fan Shiyi Niang said in time, "Sir, this can only be tried once, and it must be done when she is completely unprepared. This is the person's true reaction. When she is caught while performing a mission in the future, this will be her reaction.

If she wasn't afraid of death, she wouldn't betray you and die bravely. If she was afraid of death, she would definitely betray you."

Zhao Yuanqing understood what she meant. Those who were afraid of death could not do this job. Not only would they not only fail to complete the job but also sell out their master. Only a warrior like Jing Ke who assassinated the King of Qin could do this job.

"Change to the second one."

"Yes."

The woman was taken down and replaced by a second one, but the second one was also no match. He was also afraid of death and didn't dare to jump.

The third one was an old woman. After listening to it, she closed her eyes and jumped down. It looked like she was tired of living.

She thought she was dead, but unexpectedly, there was no hard soil underneath. When she was close to the ground, a net rose up and caught her.

If they were useful people, how could Zhao Yuanqing let them die?

Following this method, only nine of the seventeen people were left, including three old women and six young women.

Zhao Yuanqing called them into the house and asked, "Are you willing to work for me?"

One person said boldly, "Please explain clearly, sir."

"You are all official prostitutes. I am rescuing you now, but I am only saving you from the torture you once had. However, after I send you back to the Qinzhou Official Prostitute Agency, you will still have to receive customers after you recover.

If you work for me, you won't have to be a courtesan anymore."

The nine people said without hesitation, "We are willing to work for you!"

"Alright! What I want you to do is learn some skills based on your individual abilities. When I need you in the future, you can lurk around someone and spy on them for me, or even kill them. Do you dare?"

The nine women were all excited, "We dare! Sir, we dare!"

"Sir, we have already died once, so there is nothing to be afraid of."

"Okay, next, I'll find someone to teach you some skills, and you just wait for instructions."

"So, sir, where are our families?"

"Don't worry, I will find another place for your family members to stay. I won't let them stay in the official brothel anymore."

"Yes, thank you sir."

Zhao Yuanqing didn't know whether they were trustworthy, but conversely, they didn't know whether Zhao Yuanqing was trustworthy.

Therefore, taking care of their families and making them feel at ease is, in turn, taking their families as hostages to control them.

Although Zhao Yuanqing is a princess, she only has control over some resources and is essentially no different from these women. They are all like duckweed, drifting in this world. They are confined to a small space and their fate is in the hands of men.

Zhao Yuanqing wanted to give it a try to see if she could use these women to gain some strength for herself so that she could compete with those men and fight against fate.

She gave these women opportunities and wanted to see if they could break free from the shackles of fate and have a different life.

Zhao Yuanqing ordered someone to take them downstairs, and after they had tidied up, they could study under Fan Shiyi Niang.

Fan Shiyi Niang is very professional and divides these nine women into different types:

"Sir, those three old ladies can act as maids and be sent by the traffickers to ambush the target.

Those six young ones are no longer virgins, and they are all good-looking. They can be trained well and killed for love in the future."

Zhao Yuanqing nodded, "Okay."

Fan Shiyi Niang performed well, so Zhao Yuanqing decided to use her. Among the people she trusted most now, were Meng Jiu, Wen Qian and others, all of whom she brought from the princess's mansion.

But others can only use it based on instinct. No one can investigate Fan Shiyi Niang's background, and no one can check and balance her, so she can only use it and see.

In this case, we can only use some common methods to win people's hearts, that is, giving money.

Zhao Yuanqing asked Fan Shiyi Niang, "How do you charge? For example, how much silver for killing someone? Or what kind of reward?"

"We have dozens of taels of silver, and even hundreds of taels. Please give as much as you like."

"What's the biggest reward you've ever received?"

"I once killed a man for a client, and that man gave me eight hundred taels of silver. That was the most I ever received."

"Eight hundred taels?"

Zhao Yuanqing took out two silver notes and said, "This is two thousand taels. Take it first. I will reward you later based on your performance."

"Yes, thank you sir."

Fan Shiyi Niang was very happy. People in their line of work were walking on the edge of a knife and taking such huge risks. A big reason for this was to make money to live, so Zhao Yuanqing's move was very much to her liking.

Moreover, Zhao Yuanqing was very generous and gave the money as soon as he said it, which was much better than some employers in the past who wanted to default on their debts.

Out of gratitude, Fan Shiyi Niang decided to teach those girls well and let them do good things for the adults.

She added, "Sir, establishing an assassin organization is not something the court allows, so there are some taboos."

"What taboo?"

“They usually take a name for a killer organization, and then leave a secret code when they kill someone, letting everyone know and acting as a deterrent.

Moreover, the leader of a killer organization usually wears a mask and never reveals his true face."

Zhao Yuanqing nodded. "Okay, thank you for reminding me. If there is anything inappropriate in the future, please feel free to bring it up."

"Yes."

Fan Shiyi Niang went out, and Zhao Yuanqing was in deep thought, what is the name of this organization?

She looked at the row of red houses outside. A red lantern was hung at each door. When the wind blew, the red lanterns swayed. They looked seductive and attractive, but they were floating, just like a woman's life.

Let’s call this killer organization the Red Lantern Cult. Like the red lotus fire, it burns away all the evils in this world.

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