Chapter 234 The Real Manipulator

Hu Xiner understood clearly what Mother Lu meant.

It’s not that Lu’s mother doesn’t want revenge, but she is conflicted because she doesn’t want her relatives to be in danger again.

But after a brief moment of emotion, Jiang Yao thought she was weak and angrily said, "Sister, you are too naive. Even if we tolerate it, others may not let us go!"

Mother Lu knew this very well, but she still held a glimmer of hope in her heart.

She twirled the Buddhist beads in her hand and said slowly, "As long as we don't threaten them, we'll be fine. We must have been implicated by the Lu family before. A lot of the suffering we endured was caused by that Lu!"

She hated Father Lu and was no longer willing to call him by his name.

Jiang Yao sneered, "Stop deceiving yourself! The current situation is that they have already forged a blood feud with us. It's better to take the initiative than to be a lamb to be slaughtered."

Mother Lu couldn't help but take two steps forward: "Yaoyao, are you really going to persist in your delusion?"

"Sister, if you don't dare, just continue to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures as usual, and don't bother me!"

Jiang Yao turned away, no longer looking at Lu's mother. "They say that practicing Buddhism cultivates one's afterlife, but my hands are already stained with blood. Sooner or later, I will go to hell. I don't care if I kill a few more people. If I die, just recite the sutras for me a few more times!"

After she finished speaking, she turned and left, slamming the door behind her.

There was a loud bang of the door closing, and Mother Lu stood there in a daze.

Hu Xin'er hurriedly chased after him: "Aunt, wait a minute! What do you mean your hands are covered in blood?"

Until now, she had never heard of Jiang Yao killing anyone!

Jiang Yao stopped and glanced at her sideways: "Why, are you going to lobby for my sister too?"

"No, I just want to figure out some things." Hu Xiner still felt that Jiang Yao was shrouded in many mysteries.

She could never let Jiang Yao leave. After all, if she left, no one would be able to find her again.

Jiang Yao chuckled briefly, "What kind of people do you think go to brothels? Sometimes they overdo it, and a few of them are bound to die."

"So, you really opened Chunfengzui?" Hu Xin'er felt a chill run down her spine. "Then what happened to the people inside Chunfengzui after it closed down?"

Originally, with Feng Ge's experience as a reference, she thought that the people inside still had a way to survive.

However, according to Jiang Yao's current description, many of those abducted boys may have already...

"What do you think?" Jiang Yao asked back, "Why? You can't bear it?"

Hu Xin'er said solemnly, "Although I support Mu Qing's revenge, I don't want to see our road to revenge paved with the lives of innocent people!"

"Then you just stay in the Lu Mansion and wait for me to collect your bodies." Jiang Yao swung her sleeves fiercely and hit Hu Xiner's arm.

Hu Xin'er held her tightly: "Aunt, there are many ways to deal with the prince. It doesn't have to be this way!"

Jiang Yao scoffed, "You're as naive as my sister. You can't even begin to imagine the dangers of fighting the current crown prince! You're thinking too simply!"

Hu Xin'er said seriously, "To seek revenge, all you need is money, power, and connections! Since you're able to run Chun Feng Zui and train spies, it shows you're quite capable. Why can't you choose another path?"

"Even if we choose another path, what difference will it make from now?" Jiang Yao shook her head, laughing at her foolishness and hypocrisy. "The sin of killing has already been committed. Why bother trying to find another path?"

"That's different, aunt!" Hu Xin'er hardened her heart and told Mu Qing about how he was almost abducted.

I thought Jiang Yao would be terrified, but she stubbornly said, "That incident is over. I will definitely protect you from now on and won't let you get hurt!"

"But those are human lives. They are other people's children. Their parents will suffer for the rest of their lives because of this!"

Hu Xiner tried hard to persuade Jiang Yao. She thought of the boys she had seen in the Luo family's cellar before, and the boys' families running around crying in pain and expressing their gratitude to her.

If revenge must come at the cost of the destruction of tens of millions of families, then even if Lu's mother and Mu Qing are avenged, they will never be happy for the rest of their lives!

Therefore, she must persuade Jiang Yao!

Jiang Yao didn't want to hear these words. She frowned and said, "If you feel burdened, then let me do it! Anyway, I've killed so many people. Retribution will come sooner or later."

Hu Xin'er grabbed Jiang Yao even harder. "Aunt, you didn't have a choice before, but now that we're all working together as a family, we're sure we can find a better solution!"

Jiang Yao said irritably, "Why do you think the Lu family can overthrow the Crown Prince through righteous means?"

Hu Xin'er analyzed: "Why not? The Lu family has students and old friends. Mu Qing can become an official, I can make money, and you can run those..."

"I've already said that I didn't build Chunfengzui on my own!" Jiang Yao said coldly, "In other words, I don't have any abilities, at least not as powerful as you think."

Hu Xin'er was stunned: "Who helped you? The Taoist priest?"

Jiang Yao sighed and talked about the old days.

"Before I met that person, my life was very difficult. I was hiding from people and barely looked like a human being."

It was not until the tragedy of the Lu family occurred that she sent Mu Qing, whose face had been changed, back to the Lu family.

At that time, she was determined to find out the murderer behind the scenes and seek revenge, but she was alone and powerless.

My sister has already lost a son and is on the verge of a mental breakdown.

Mu Qing experienced inhuman pain and lost his memory.

Jiang Yao didn't want to involve them, but at this moment, a mysterious person contacted her.

"I don't know why that mysterious man found me," Jiang Yao recalled. "He asked me if I wanted revenge, and then he helped me establish Chunfengzui."

What happened next was just as Hu Xiner knew.

Chunfengzui made a lot of money, and the people behind it also taught Jiang Yao to use male prostitutes to act as spies in the homes of high-ranking officials and wealthy people.

Buying and selling information is secondary. What is more important is that by utilizing this relationship, Chunfengzui's power has become increasingly solid, and he has almost infiltrated all the wealthy classes in the capital.

It is precisely because of this that it was able to openly build such a luxurious and dissolute place under the imperial city without being discovered by anyone.

If the situation in the entire capital city is likened to a chess game, then it can be said that the mysterious person is the real manipulator in this game!

Hu Xin'er frowned as she heard this: "Aunt, don't you think this is a little weird?"