Wei carried the military consent forms to the witness table in a sealed folder. Several signatures had been copied from enlistment pages and attached to orders describing lifespan transfer as voluntary cultivation.
“I approved two of these before checking whether the soldiers had agreed,” Wei said. “Later I found the falsification and delayed reporting it while I tried to protect my unit.”
A former soldier pointed to her name. “I never signed this transfer.”
Wei looked at the page. “The handwriting came from a separate roster. I signed the return.”
He did not blame the clerk who copied it. The order had come from a superior, but Wei had still approved it without checking the signature. The clerk entered both the false consent and Wei’s part in the approval.
The soldier placed her enlistment page beside the transfer form. The handwriting matched, but the date and purpose differed. Wei confirmed he had accepted the packet without comparing them. The clerk stamped both sheets and asked whether her name could appear in the public record.
“My name, yes. My family address stays sealed.”
The chair agreed. The soldier gave the clerk her roster page and watched him place it in the private sleeve.
