NFBE Chapter 660: Prepare to Take Action
Chapter 660: Prepare to Take Action
"So many people, they can't just disappear for no reason."
"Who says otherwise? I repeatedly told them the other day not to go out and wander around if they don't have anything to do."
But that rebellious son wouldn't listen and eventually ran away secretly.
At this time, everyone was trying their best to avoid that murderous god. They were all afraid their own rebellious son would fall into his hands.
"I've searched almost every place I could think of, but there's still no news. I've already questioned the people guarding the city gates."
After those rebellious sons left the city, they never returned. Therefore, I think the probability of them falling into the hands of that killing god is still very high.
I'm just afraid that those rebellious sons might say or do things they shouldn't in front of that god of death.
That guy is ruthless and vindictive; I'm worried he'll take it out on those rebellious sons.
Prefect Qiu, with a somber face and eyes closed, pinched the space between his eyebrows and said in a low voice:
"It seems everyone is worried about the wrong thing. The issue now is not whether these rebellious sons can survive."
The real question is whether any of our families can survive. Which one can withstand the investigation of that murderous god?
It would be a small matter if he killed those rebellious sons; the real fear is that he might use them as a starting point to target our entire family.
After hearing this, the others fell silent. "Yes, we were so worried about those rebellious sons that we forgot to consider what would happen if they fell into the hands of that killing god."
"No, this is bad. My unfilial son has never suffered any hardship. It would be very easy to get anything out of him."
“Our unfilial son is just like that; he’s really going to cause trouble. Shouldn’t we take some effective measures? After all, it’s always better to strike first than to strike later.”
"Yes, yes, that's how it should be. We should start preparing as soon as possible. Your Excellency, you are the most senior person here, so please make this decision."
"I will do as you instruct. We can't afford to lose big for small gains. We can't afford to gamble," said the head of the Liu family.
In reality, these families aren't a monolithic entity; sometimes they compete, and sometimes they help each other.
If one family accidentally falls, the others can immediately pounce on it and take it all.
However, they are united in some everyday matters, and there are too many interests and entanglements involved, so there is a concern that they have no choice but to do so.
In short, things here are complicated.
Overall, the current balance is neither particularly good nor fair, but it is the most satisfactory result in terms of relative terms.
They don't want to disrupt this balance at the moment.
"You make a good point. You have a lot of sons, so it doesn't matter if one dies. But my Qi family only has this one son."
This is the only son I've had after giving birth to 14 daughters.
"I don't care what you say, I will definitely save my son, and I will do everything in my power to save him," Old Master Qi said angrily.
In his heart, he cursed the other family heads as old scoundrels who had no humanity. If he had several sons to choose from, he wouldn't have needed to act like this.
"How do you suggest we save him? We've searched the entire area outside the city, but we still can't find them."
They also sent people to search the mountains where they often hunted, but they couldn't find it.
I think you'd better wake up. Their most likely fate is with that killing god.
Shen Ruyi hid by the side window and listened to the people's noisy and nonsensical discussion.
In the end, they decided on a condition that if there was still no news by nightfall the next day, they would take action against her, the Queen of the East Sea.
Although they don't have many soldiers, they have bandits. It's much more cost-effective to support bandits than to support soldiers.
Not only could bandits be self-sufficient, but they could also return tributes and even help with some dirty work.
Its name doesn't sound very good, but it's incredibly useful, and the more you use it, the better you get at it.
This time, let's use these bandits to pay tribute to the King of the East Sea.
It was a worthy death.
Those bandits had done too many dirty deeds for them, which was definitely leverage. If these people were caught, they would all die.
Let's take this opportunity to make use of waste materials in order to achieve our ultimate goal.
This can be considered one of the few times that these companies have worked together to jointly strangle the enemy.
The reason for choosing tomorrow is twofold: firstly, to see if their rebellious sons have truly fallen into the hands of that murderous god.
On the other hand, some time must be allowed for them to notify people to come and carry out this annihilation plan.
After all, only the dead can keep secrets. They couldn't afford to gamble, nor did they want to die, so they could only let the King of the East Sea, that god of death, die.
If the King of the East Sea dies, everything will end with his death.
With the bodies of these bandits as evidence, they can be exonerated and cleared of all charges.
After the discussion ended, everyone clasped their hands in farewell and left.
After listening to all the plans and intentions, Shen Ruyi and Yiren quietly withdrew.
"Sister Yiren, go to the camp outside the city and tell them that the plan has changed."
"We'll keep the matter of those young masters in our hands a secret for now. Let them decide what to do as the situation unfolds. We'll catch the big fish tomorrow night."
"Okay, are you sure you can do it yourself?"
"It will definitely work. I'm in the shadows while they're in the open, so don't worry."
After Yi Ren left, Shen Ruyi found her way to Prefect Qiu's inner study.
He saw a beautiful woman lying in Magistrate Qiu's arms, calling out for her son again and again.
"My lord, you must save our child! He is your most beloved child. You can't just abandon him!"
If something happens to him, I won't live either, sir..."
The speaker was the aunt of the prefect's third son, who was also a beauty given to the prefect by his superior.
Ever since this Concubine Lian was brought into the mansion, she has been showered with favor, and this continues to this day.
Aunt Lian hadn't really cared about her son staying out all night, because he was used to it.
In any case, no one in Jiakang City dares to mess with her son.
Although her son was born out of wedlock, his daily life was no less comfortable than that of the legitimate son.
She had just received news that her son was missing, so she came to the master's study crying and asking what had happened.
At first, Prefect Qiu tried to hide it, fearing that his beloved concubine would not be able to bear it. But when he realized he could no longer hide it, he finally admitted it.
He felt sorry for Lianniang, who was crying in his arms with tears streaming down her face, and he also personally doted on their son, Bin'er, as he raised him.
He was more heartbroken than anyone else, but no matter how heartbroken he was, he couldn't let it overshadow the future of the Qiu family.
He could only hold the woman in his arms and gently comfort her, his eyes filled with an inscrutable expression.
He had waited specifically for news from the inner courtyard, but he never expected that it would eventually reach Lian Niang's ears.
These people deserve to die.
But he only thought about it briefly; he had more important things to do right now.
There's no time to deal with these trivial matters in the back of the house right now.
They could only leave it at that, and with a sigh and a feeling of guilt, they accompanied Aunt Lian back to the inner courtyard.
I hope Lianniang won't blame him for being heartless; he had no choice.