Chapter 960 The Sound of the Wind

The Prince of Luo looked at him with a complicated expression. He thought that Xu Da was either foolish or clever, sometimes coming up with brilliant but bad ideas. He also thought that Xu Da was smart, but now he was making a foolish mistake.

"We're just guiding her. If Lin is willing to avenge Hongtao and takes the initiative, there's nothing we can do about it, right?"

The Prince of Luo's eyes flickered slightly, revealing a deeper meaning.

"Aren't you being a little too mean?"

Xu Da examined his conscience; he couldn't do this to his cousin.

If anything unexpected happens, his mother's punishment won't be as simple as just breaking his legs. For coming up with such a terrible idea and harming Lin Yuesha, his mother will definitely throw him into the Wenjun Tower to work as a prostitute.

This was just his mother's punishment. Good heavens, at least show some mercy! If it were Qi Heng, Xu Da took a deep breath; he couldn't even imagine it.

"You can't always live in Qi Heng's shadow."

The Prince of Luo continued his persuasion, arguing that the only way to kill the Prince of Zhenbei was through women; there was no other way.

They couldn't find anyone as intelligent and pragmatic as Lin Yuesha among their subordinates, so sending someone dull and unassuming would only alert the enemy and be detrimental to their side.

The plan was simply to place Lin Yuesha next to the Prince of Zhenbei and then find an opportunity to take action, not to let her solve the problem single-handedly.

"Let's work together and face difficulties together."

Luo Wang spoke eloquently, but as a good brother, Xu Da saw through Luo Wang's true nature at a glance.

Scamming people is scamming people, but to come up with a bunch of shameless excuses is even more shameless than shameless.

"Do you have any other ideas?"

When the Prince of Luo saw that Xu Da was unhappy, he was not in a hurry, but patiently communicated with Xu Da.

"No."

After much thought, Xu Da concluded that what the King of Luo said made some sense, but this still presented many dangers and uncertainties.

"Uncle, cousin, the prawns are ready."

Lin Yuesha brought out the tray and sat down to one side. She had vaguely heard the two discussing how to assassinate the Prince of Zhenbei.

“Cousin, what Young Master Luo means is that the Prince of Zhenbei is very wary, and can only make trouble with the women around him.”

Xu Da ate the grilled prawns he had been dreaming of and readily betrayed the Prince of Luo.

Luo Wang had a mouthful of meat stuck in his throat, and after coughing for a long time, he finally said, "Lin girl, don't listen to Xu Da's nonsense, it's not true!"

They had agreed that they were the ones guiding Lin Yuesha to willingly fall into the trap, but now Xu Da has betrayed them, and Luo Wang is caught in the middle, now accused of instigating it.

Even Qi Heng's uncle, the mastermind behind it all, will die a horrible death!

"Let me think about it."

Lin Yuesha rested her chin on her hand, her brows furrowed. The method was feasible, but there were also many problems.

If she were to take action, how would she infiltrate the Prince of Zhenbei's inner circle?

Granny Xiao and Hongliu were acquaintances of hers, but since they were servants, it was unlikely that they would help her assassinate her master.

Besides, Lin Yuesha was wearing a mask; she now had Yun Duo's face.

“Lin girl, listen to your uncle. Your uncle doesn’t want to push you into a fire pit.”

To clear his name, Luo Wang kept explaining, "We have a well-hidden person by Zhenbei Wang's side who can protect you and keep you safe."

The man who killed Luo Wang had been buried for a long time; he was a maid named Hongchou.

"What?"

Lin Yuesha slapped the table, startling Prince Luo.

Feeling guilty, he knew he had to explain himself. If Lin Yuesha complained to Qi Heng, he wouldn't be able to bear the consequences.

"Hongchou, a rather robust maid."

Lin Yuesha remembered that she had met Hongchou before. Hongchou was strong, quiet, and didn't cause trouble. Lin Yuesha had a pretty good impression of Hongchou.

"It's her."

Luo Wang nodded, but Hongchou had been running errands and doing odd jobs, making it difficult for her to get close to Zhenbei Wang. She still needed someone to help her.

If Lin Yuesha is in danger, Hongchou can definitely get her out safely, and their group will meet her.

There are only two problems at hand: first, how to get Lin Yuesha to the Prince of Zhenbei's side without being noticed; and second, whether Lin Yuesha dares to kill someone.

Both questions are difficult.

"Uncle, I dare."

Lin Yuesha was determined. Although this went against her previous education, this was the Great Qi Dynasty, not the modern world, and the rules were different.

Too many innocent girls have been persecuted and died tragically. The scumbag Zhenbei Wang should have met his end long ago. Lin Yuesha is determined to avenge her sisters.

As for the first point, Lin Yuesha also had her own ideas.

"The Wei family is searching everywhere for beautiful young girls. I sent Bai Ying to investigate, and most of them are scattered around Yingcheng and the northern region."

Wandering the streets waiting to be captured by the Wei family is like waiting for a rabbit to run into a tree stump, which is highly impractical.

Lin Yuesha inquired further and learned that there was a brothel in Yingcheng owned by the Wei family.

The Wei family selects beautiful young women from the brothel to present to the Prince of Zhenbei, and with Yun Duo's face, she is sure to stand out.

"We can create a fake identity that the Wei family can't detect."

Lin Yuesha pointed at Xu Da and said, "Set my background as a girl with a tragic background, who has no parents and only a gambling-addicted older brother."

The rest of the plot is simple: Xu Da owes money to the gambling house and faces the crisis of having his hand chopped off. In desperation, he has no choice but to take advantage of a beautiful young woman and sell her into a brothel.

There was a gambling den belonging to the Wei family in Yingcheng. Xu Da went there to gamble a few times, which at least prevented the Wei family from suspecting anything.

"I'm playing that gambling addict boss?"

Xu Da pointed to himself. His face was quite prominent and easily recognized by the Wei family. Instead of sending the others, it would be better to send Prince Luo.

"No, you're more suitable."

Prince Luo casually passed the buck to Xu Da, saying, "Do you remember last time at Wenjun Tower, you were all made up, and Madam Xu almost didn't recognize you..."

Xu Da: ...

The Prince of Luo snatched the bamboo shoots—why bring up something you shouldn't have said?

Xu Da covered his face; he never wanted to mention Wen Junlou's tragic fate again in his lifetime.

"I'll make the next arrangements after I contact Hongchou."

The King of Luo gave his approval, believing that this step was feasible.

The next day, Prince Luo brought back news that Prince Zhenbei had been acting very strangely lately, abusing young girls every night to vent his anger. In just a few days, more than a dozen women brought in by the Wei family had died.

The number of young girls' corpses in the mass graves was increasing day by day, and word was already circulating in Yingcheng.

The rampant abduction of young girls has already caused panic among the people. In response, the Wei family changed their strategy and found people in the surrounding villages. They used the pretext of recruitment to deceive these girls into working as maids in the Zhenbei Prince's mansion. There were nannies to teach them manners and make them new clothes. The girls were told that as long as they worked for the Zhenbei Prince, they would have meat to eat three times a day. If they gained the prince's favor, they might be able to bring their families to prosperity in the future.

Most of those girls came from poor families and thought they could earn money to supplement their family income, so they were very enthusiastic and had no idea that they were about to step into the abyss of hell.

"The longer we wait, the more things might go wrong. Let's not wait any longer."

Lin Yuesha gritted her teeth. With the death of the Prince of Zhenbei, Qi Heng would be safer in the prefectural city.

She moved the bracelet containing the silver needles, which could save her life in a critical moment.