mtlumby2d Chapter 322: One plan fails and another one comes up
Chapter 322: One plan fails and another one comes up
Under the watchful eyes of Zhu Kang and the other two, Yao Yao, like a thief, kept looking back and observing her surroundings as she hurried along, and soon arrived at the city gate.
The soldier keeping watch grew anxious and asked in a low voice, "Battalion Commander, what is she doing out of the city? Is the liaison point not in the city, or is Deputy Factory Director Wang mistaken? Is this girl just after the Deputy Factory Director's good looks, and has no other intentions?"
Zhu Kang rolled his eyes speechlessly. "You're lusting after the deputy factory director's beauty? Do you even listen to what you're saying? Does our deputy factory director even have that kind of beauty?"
Zhu Kang explained, “It’s normal for the liaison point to be set up outside the city. If it were me, I wouldn’t dare to set it up inside the city either. The reason is simple: our deputy factory director is, after all, the county magistrate’s clerk. Anyone who tries to scheme against him will have to bear the risk of being exposed and arrested.”
"If the contact point is placed inside the city, once the government discovers it and sends troops to surround it, there will be nowhere to escape. But it's different outside the city. The roads are wide open, so even if it is exposed and surrounded, you can take the opportunity to escape or even break out by force. So now you know why, right?"
The soldier suddenly realized, "I understand now, so he's afraid of dying."
Zhu Kang slapped him on the back of the head, then led the two of them out of the city with Yao Yao.
He was only focused on Yao Yao and ignored what was behind him. As soon as he stepped out of the city gate, two sentries quickly chased after him, and soon two more sentries appeared.
One group of sentries was dispatched by Luo Tong to keep an eye on Yao Yao, but who sent the other group?
It seems that Luo Tong isn't the only force eyeing the steel mill; things are getting more and more interesting.
Meanwhile, Yao Yao didn't dare to linger after leaving the city and quickened her pace. In just a quarter of an hour, she arrived near a house and saw two young men sweeping in the yard. Relieved, she hurried to the yard.
These two weren't actually sweeping the yard; they were using it as an excuse to keep watch. As soon as they saw Yao Yao coming, they opened the gate and invited her in.
Yao Yao went straight to the main room upon entering the courtyard. She found Luo Tong and Luo Cheng there and quickly bowed, saying, "This servant greets Master."
Luo Tong hurriedly asked, "How's the situation? Did you take it down?"
Yao Yao said hesitantly, "I don't know either. His behavior is a bit strange, not what I expected."
Luo Tong frowned and said, "Tell me in detail what happened after you met, without omitting a single word."
Yao Yao didn't dare to be negligent and began to tell the story, thinking and adding as she went, afraid of missing anything.
He spoke with great emotion, but Luo Tong's face grew increasingly gloomy as he listened. After finishing, he gritted his teeth and said, "He wants to take over Jingzhou and even wants to see Guan Xing's horse trample the Qilian Mountains. This Wang Bin has quite the ambition."
He could understand taking Jingzhou, but wasn't it a bit presumptuous of him to say he was going to trample the Qilian Mountains?
You should know that the Qilian Mountains are located west of the Yellow River within Liangzhou. That's where Huo Qubing conquered the area. Your Guan family army can't even get out of Jiangdong, yet you want to fight your way to the Qilian Mountains?
Luo Cheng asked cautiously, "So what do we do now? Should we take the next step?"
Luo Tong shook his head and said, "No need. The plan has failed. We were betting that Wang Bin had never seen a beautiful woman before and would pounce on Yao Yao like a lecher. But what happened? After seeing Yao Yao, Wang Bin didn't rush around. Instead, he kept pulling at her. Why? He must have been using the pulling to weigh the pros and cons. Once a man starts weighing the pros and cons, he is unlikely to be moved by beauty again."
Beauty is certainly tempting, but it is truly worthless in the face of power. Apart from fools like Lü Bu, few people would give up their future for beauty.
Moreover, the greatest impact of beauty is the first moment of meeting. Yao Yao failed to attract Wang Bin at the first sight. Once Wang Bin regained his senses and became accustomed to her beauty, it would be extremely difficult to lure her in.
This is similar to how you might be intimidated by Wang Bin's appearance when you first meet him, but you'll grow to like him after seeing him more often. Regardless of whether someone is beautiful or ugly, they'll just look the same after a while.
Therefore, Luo Tong was convinced that the plan had failed. Continuing to use beauty to seduce people would not only be meaningless, but would also easily lead to his own downfall. So the plan had to be changed.
"what?"
Before Luo Cheng could speak, Yao Yao became anxious and said incredulously, "Master, are you saying that Wang Bin wasn't seduced by me, but was just acting with me the whole time? Then he still..."
Thinking of the scene of their passionate encounter in the woodshed last night, Yao Yao felt nauseous, as if she had swallowed a fly. She had only been with Wang Bin to complete her mission...
So you're telling me Wang Bin didn't take the bait at all?
What about all my efforts last night? Was I just wasted on by that ugly, short guy?
Luo Tong looked up and glared at her fiercely, which startled Yao Yao so much that she quickly lowered her head. She moved her lips, wanting to say something, but before she could open her mouth, the door was pushed open and a young man entered and bowed, saying, "Master, something bad has happened. Someone was tailing Yao Yao on her way back. The person tailing her is Zhu Kang, the battalion commander of the garrison at the steel mill."
Luo Tong's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly asked, "Are you sure it's Zhu Kang?"
The young man gritted his teeth and said, "It's certain. It was this man who led the troops to attack the family manor that day. My brother was killed by this man while covering me. Damn Zhu Kang, I'll recognize him even if he turns to ashes."
Luo Tong smiled bitterly: "It seems we were right. Wang Bin was messing around with Yao Yao in the woodshed last night to lull us into a false sense of security. He went to the steel mill first this morning instead of the county government to lull us into a false sense of security. As soon as he entered the steel mill, he sent Zhu Kang to follow Yao Yao, hoping to find us. It is clear that the honey trap has completely failed."
Luo Cheng chimed in, "Damn Wang Bin, since he won't listen to reason, then don't blame us for being impolite. I suggest we execute the second plan: kidnap Wang Bin on his way back to the county government from the steel mill, and at the same time send people into the school to kidnap Wang Bin's son. With a two-pronged approach, no matter who we catch, we'll win."
“Wang Bin has four sons and two daughters, but the first three sons and two daughters died before the age of ten due to various accidents. His wife suffered a massive hemorrhage when giving birth to their youngest son due to her advanced age, and died of illness less than two years after giving birth. So the youngest son at the school is Wang Bin’s only son. If we tie this kid up, we are not afraid that Wang Bin will not submit.”
Luo Tong pondered, "Kidnapping Wang Bin's son is indeed feasible, but the problem is that since Wang Bin has seen through our plan, how could he not care about his son's safety? If I'm not mistaken, the school has probably already strengthened its precautions."
"Yeah, kidnapping. Why does it have to be Wang Bin's son? Can't we kidnap someone else, like Feng Tiezhu's family? We need blacksmiths, the iron-making technology from the steel mill. Kidnapping Feng Tiezhu is clearly better than kidnapping Wang Bin. What does Wang Bin know about technology? Right?"
Luo Cheng frowned and said, "That's true, but Feng Tiezhu and his two sons live in the factory, and his family has moved into the city. Moreover, there are heavy guards in the mansion, so our people can't get in at all. To put it simply, the Feng family has more troops than Cheng Li's personal guards. If we're going to kidnap the Feng family, we might as well just kidnap that old man Cheng Li."
Luo Tong's face darkened again. Damn Guan Xing, his protection of the Feng family is really airtight. Did you know all along that I would come to kidnap him and deliberately guard against me?
Luo Tong gritted his teeth and said, "So what if the Feng family is heavily guarded? Does that mean the Feng family will just stay at home and never go out?"
Upon hearing this, Luo Cheng suddenly remembered something and excitedly said, "I remember now! Feng Tiezhu's second son, Feng Fei, seems to have just had a son. Feng Fei's father-in-law has also been invited into the city by Guan Xing for protection, but he doesn't live with the Feng family. He lives about two or three miles away. And tomorrow or the day after tomorrow seems to be Feng Fei's father-in-law's fiftieth birthday. Feng Fei's wife will definitely take the child to celebrate her father's birthday. If we kidnap Feng Fei's wife and child on the way..."
Luo Tong was overjoyed and quickly said, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's immediately find out the date of Feng Fei's father-in-law's birthday, and then we'll openly kidnap Wang Bin and his son while secretly kidnapping Feng Fei's wife and children. If we manage to get one of them, we'll win."
"And retreat quickly. Since Zhu Kang has followed us, the main force of the Han army is probably here soon. Hurry up, let's get over the wall and leave."