Defective

" Will this work, My lord?" Payton asked as he looked at the old man who was snapping and growling in the cell. He had no trouble bringing him to the Song mansion but the bottom line was, will their plan work? 

Situ Xun turned to look at Payton with a smile which did not reach his eyes as he said in a calm voice,  " And why do you think that it will not work? With how stupid the plan which the young master Song came up with and the many loopholes within it, I am sure it will be rather easy for us to ascertain that he makes a move."