Xue Lingjun's beautiful eyes flickered. "Who else do you want to kill?" she asked softly.
Hu Xiaotian said, "If a Buddha stands in my way, I'll kill the Buddha. If a god stands in my way, I'll kill the god!"
Xue Lingjun burst into giggles, shaking like a flowering branch in the wind. Only after a while did she stop laughing. "Why don't we kill Yan Dongsheng?"
Hu Xiaotian said, "Yan Dongsheng is just a useless fool. Whether we kill him makes little difference to us. The truly clever approach is to make him afraid, to make him waver about joining forces with Xue Daohong."
Xue Lingjun said, "I knew you had plenty of devilish ideas."
Hu Xiaotian said, "I can fool other people, but not you, Sister Jun."
Just then, Steward Xiao Lizhi walked toward the Waterside Pavilion, and the two stopped talking.
Xiao Lizhi came before Hu Xiaotian and reported, "Master, Young Master Zou Yong has arrived."
Hu Xiaotian and Xue Lingjun exchanged smiles. Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrived. Hu Xiaotian said, "Show him in."
After Xiao Lizhi left, Xue Lingjun said, "Do you need me to probe him thoroughly?"
Hu Xiaotian smiled. "Are you planning to seduce him, Sister Jun?"
Xue Lingjun sighed. "I'm old now, and my beauty has faded. I can't even tempt you, much less a handsome, elegant young gentleman like Zou Yong."
At that, Hu Xiaotian shook his head like a pellet drum. "You couldn't be more wrong. You can't judge a man by appearances alone. This world is full of silver-looking spearheads made of pewter. What matters is whether they work!"
Xue Lingjun bit her lip, her alluring eyes so moist they seemed about to drip. "That sounds very nice, but how do I know you aren't a pewter