Peerless Heiress - Chapter 107
Meng Tai's face turned ashen, his handsome features contorted with rage. He clenched his fists and roared, "Where's the tunnel map? Bring it here!" How could she know about the tunnel and escape? Even he wasn't entirely sure.
Meng Tai's suspicious gaze swept over the person in front of him with a sinister look.
The man was the steward of this manor, in charge of all matters concerning it. He was now trembling as he presented the map. Upon seeing his master's gaze, his face paled, and he kowtowed in terror, crying, "Master, spare me! Master, spare me!... Ah!..."
Meng Tai didn't even glance at the person on the ground, only coldly snorting, "Drag him out and feed him to the dogs!"
No one uttered a sound. The two men bent down and dragged the supervisor's mangled body away.
The next second, Meng Tai also disappeared behind a rockery.
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Qingyan and Sanchi wandered around in the tunnel for a long time, but they couldn't get out. They were getting anxious.
The footsteps behind him were always impossible to shake off completely, along with Meng Tai's sinister threats.
Qingyan knew that he wanted to find out their location, so she strictly forbade Sanchi from making a sound. However, all the exits from the tunnel to the outside were blocked.
Meng Tai was determined to make it impossible for them to escape. Either they would stall in the tunnel until he caught them, or they would sneak out and escape through the manor above. However, the manor was likely heavily guarded by now; there was no way they could possibly escape with just a few of them!
Qingyan sighed. "The Four Eccentrics of Huaicheng, why are they all weak scholars? It would be good if even one of them was obsessed with martial arts."
Chapter 236: Hostages
"My beauty, you can't escape, come out now." Meng Tai's voice kept ringing out in a jumble. This tunnel area had relatively few changes, with only a few tunnels. Meng Tai was very clever. Although he couldn't find it immediately, he could always keep up with it. At the same time, he closed the other tunnels, slowly narrowing down the search area.
After half a day of turmoil, all four were exhausted. Hearing Meng Tai's voice growing closer, Qing Yan felt truly trapped. She wasn't afraid of being captured again; she could always find another chance to escape. However, these three had come to rescue her. Having traveled with Meng Tai these past few days, she had witnessed his ruthlessness firsthand. If these three fell into his hands, they would have no chance of survival.
Thinking about it, she glared angrily at Yuan Yuan. It was all his fault for wandering around and causing everyone to be exposed prematurely in order to save him. Otherwise, wouldn't it have been easier to just slip away quietly?
Yuan Yuan looked completely innocent. After being glared at fiercely by Qing Yan, he was somewhat confused and gave a silly smile.
Frustration—
Aaaaaaahh ...
With a loud "whoosh," a wall suddenly opened, revealing Meng Tai standing there with a cold smile, even though the sound was still some distance away.
The four were shocked and all stood up.
"You're cheating!" Yuan Yuan shouted. "How could you do this?"
Qingyan rubbed her forehead.
Meng Tai laughed triumphantly, "Cheating? Hehehe, if I don't use this method, how long will I have to play hide-and-seek with you? My beauty, you can't escape now, come here quickly." As he spoke, he smugly beckoned to Qing Yan.
"Okay." Qingyan smiled sweetly and walked gracefully toward him.
Meng Tai's face suddenly turned wary, and he said sternly, "Wait, don't come any closer. Show me your hand."
Qingyan winked, covered her mouth and laughed, lazily spread her hands out, flipped them over, and blinked, "Is it done?"
"On your body."
"On your body?" Qingyan turned around, patted herself all over, and smiled as she looked back. "Should I take off my outer garment and show it to you?"
Meng Tai's eyes lit up, revealing a lecherous expression. He wanted to nod, but after glancing at the people behind Qing Yan, he swallowed hard and shook his head. "Never mind, no need. You can come over here."
Qingyan smiled and walked slowly, when suddenly she screamed and fell to the ground. Several people rushed over from behind, and Jin Ling shouted anxiously, "What happened? What happened?"
Qingyan looked pained. "I twisted my ankle."
Meng Tai looked at Qing Yan with suspicion, his hand halfway out before he withdrew it. "Don't try anything funny. I won't fall for your tricks again. Get up, do you hear me!"
Enraged, Qingyan rolled up her trouser leg, revealing her swollen, red ankle, which looked particularly shocking against the backdrop of her fair skin. Tears welled in Qingyan's eyes from the pain. "Is this some kind of trick? Look at this! Is this some kind of trick?" she roared.
Meng Tai, suspicious, left immediately. The beauty, with tears streaming down her face, appeared even more alluring and captivating. He couldn't help but be moved and stepped forward, squatting down and reaching out to embrace her.
Before he could even touch Qingyan's body, a white powder suddenly appeared before his eyes, and he smelled a strange odor. He knew something was wrong, but it was too late. He collapsed to the ground with a thud.
Qingyan jumped up with joy and winked at Meng Tai, "Young Master Meng's concern is just in time, so you know that my foot isn't so easy to sprain."
As he spoke, he reached out and touched it, and the redness and swelling on his ankle immediately subsided. Meng Taizhi was so angry that his heart ached.
Qingyan ignored him and turned to the stunned Sanchi with a smile, "Stop spacing out, quickly go find a rope, this person is our hostage now."
Chapter 237: The Spy
“A… hostage? What hostage?” Yuan Yuan stammered, pointing at Meng Tai. When he saw Meng Tai’s face contorted with rage, he was startled and quickly withdrew his hand as if afraid of being bitten.
Qingyan smiled and kicked Meng Tai before saying, "The so-called hostage means that if his men dare not let us go, I will kill them."
Yuan Yuan waved his hand frantically, "You can't kill people, killing is wrong."
Qingyan rolled her eyes and said decisively, "Fine, I won't kill him. I'll keep him alive to kill you."
Yuan Yuan shrank back and immediately fell silent.
"Master, the rope is here." Jin Ling and Huang Yan pulled out a thin rope from somewhere. The rope was white and covered with some kind of dirty powder.
Qingyan frowned. "Tie them up properly, and remember to tie them tight, but don't tie their feet too tightly. Leave a small section of rope between their legs."
"Why leave a small section?" Yuan Yuan couldn't contain his curiosity again.
"Ben, let him walk, but not run away." Qingyan gave him a flick on the forehead.
“Yes, my master is the most thoughtful.” Jin Ling said proudly.