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108: Chapter Kidnapping
"Hu Changqing, look, I told you it would be easy as long as this old lady made a move," Lian Chilu said mockingly to Hu Changqing, a hint of disdain on her lips.
Hu Changqing merely frowned slightly upon hearing this, uncharacteristically refraining from retort.
He picked up the wine vessel on the table, and with a gentle flick of his right pinky finger, white powder hidden in the nail gap fell into the vessel.
Meng Yunfan and Meng Yunxuan's argument grew more and more heated, completely oblivious to Hu Changqing's unusual actions.
Lian Chilu watched from the side, secretly pleased, a smug smile playing on her lips, yet she deliberately feigned concern:
"If the two Young Masters were to harm their harmony over this, this servant girl would feel heartbroken."
Meng Yunfan and Meng Yunxuan's faces turned red with anger upon hearing this, arguing even more fiercely.
Meng Yunfan slammed the table:
"Second Brother, I am the Meng Family's eldest son, ranked first in the Family.
In terms of status, position, and strength, I am superior to you!
If Miss Luo Luo is willing, as a younger brother, you should yield to me first."
Meng Yunxuan was not to be outdone:
"Elder Brother!
Listen to what you're saying.
What's so great about you?
You're just a bit older than me, that's all.
In the Chen Family, I yield to you in everything, but not this time."
Hu Changqing smiled falsely, picked up the wine vessel in his hand, filled the cups of Meng Yunfan and Meng Yunxuan with fine wine, and said:
"Two brothers, there's no need to argue like this.
It is Luo Luo's good fortune to be so favored by the two brothers, but if because of her, you two brothers become estranged, it would be somewhat counterproductive.
Come, come, have a sip of spirit wine first."
Meng Yunfan and Meng Yunxuan both snorted coldly, without any guard, picked up the wine cups handed by Hu Changqing and drank them down.
Just as Meng Yunfan was about to put down the wine cup in his hand, a sudden dizzying sensation of the world turning upside down instantly struck.
"This... what's going on?"
He looked up and saw Hu Changqing's sinister smile, which seemed both a smile and not a smile, and instantly realized that Hu Changqing had poisoned the wine just now.
He immediately put his finger on his Storage Pouch, took out a transmission talisman from it, and prepared to activate it, but at this moment, Meng Yunfan's limbs went weak, and the scene before his eyes gradually blurred.
He couldn't muster even a single bit of the spiritual energy in his body, let alone activate the Spirit Talisman in his hand.
"You... what have you... done..." Meng Yunfan barely supported himself, looking angrily at Hu Changqing and Lian Chilu, but found that he couldn't even stand steadily and fell straight to the ground.
Meng Yunxuan also fell victim, collapsing to the side, his consciousness gradually fading.
Seeing that the two were affected by the drug, Hu Changqing kicked away the transmission talisman tightly clenched in Meng Yunfan's hand, a ferocious expression on his face.
"Hmph, two fools, knowing that your Chen Family disciples all have transmission talismans, I was prepared for you long ago, otherwise why would I waste time and go to such great lengths to act with you?"
At this time, Lian Chilu also put away her pitiful appearance, her eyes filled with disgust:
"You think you can marry me?
You don't even weigh yourselves.
Do you really think this old lady has never seen the world and is willing to serve you two pieces of trash?"
Hu Changqing clapped his hands.
Several companions flew out from the dense forest in the distance and landed in the pavilion.
"Haha, it still has to be Miss Lian.
These two good-for-nothings were actually so easily taken down."
The burly man's face showed joy.
The others also nodded in agreement.
After all, in their plan B, kidnapping the Meng Family's younger generation was a very important part, and now this part was mostly completed.
"Alright, this is not the time for chatting.
Old Woman He Qian, Du Old, these two are entrusted to you for transfer," Hu Changqing impatiently interrupted the others' flattery of Lian Chilu and instructed.
"Yes, Hu Daoist friend, rest assured.
Leave this matter to us, you can be at ease.
With the Stillness Gu bestowed by the Guardian, it won't be so easy for the Meng Family to find us."
Old Woman He Qian nodded, took out two dark Gu worms from a sachet hanging from her waist, and stuffed them into the mouths of Meng Yunfan and Meng Yunxuan.
As soon as the Stillness Gu entered the stomachs of the two, a point of absorption seemed to appear in their bodies, suppressing their auras to the extreme.
At this time, the lively Meng Family banquet was coming to an end.
Meng Changyi, having drunk a few extra cups of spirit wine, was already three parts drunk.
At this moment, he held Chen Jiancang's hand and informed Chen Jiancang about Meng Qingwan's situation.
Only now did Chen Jiancang know that Meng Qingwan's experience was somewhat similar to his own; both her parents had died in accidents.
Originally, Chen Jiancang had thought that either Meng Changyi or Meng Changxiu was Meng Qingwan's father, but now he knew he was mistaken.
At this moment, looking at the lovely and charming Meng Qingwan beside him, a strong desire to protect her arose from the bottom of Chen Jiancang's heart.
"Uncle, rest assured, I will not let Qingwan suffer."
In the distance, Meng Changxiu looked at Chen Jiancang's statement with satisfaction, but because of the previous matter, it was not easy to communicate deeply with Chen Jiancang.
He planned to let the younger generation get closer to Chen Jiancang.
He looked up and scanned the banquet and found that Meng Yunfan and Meng Yunxuan were not present.
Meng Changxiu frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure in his expression, and beckoned.
A Meng Family servant who was waiting in the distance quickly came forward.
"Yunfan and Yunxuan are not here to accompany the distinguished guests, where did they go?"
"Reporting to the Family Head, Young Master Yunfan and Young Master Yunxuan were called out of the mountain gate by Young Master Hu, who was a guest in the Family a few days ago.
It has been about half an hour."
Meng Changxiu's heart sank upon hearing this.
"What?"
An uneasy feeling immediately arose in Meng Changxiu's heart.
He knew deeply that Hu Changqing was by no means a good person, and having been humiliated in the Meng Family today, his calling out the two juniors was definitely with ill intentions.
He instantly released his spiritual sense, sweeping over the Meng Family territory, but found no trace of Meng Yunfan and Meng Yunxuan, not even a hint of their aura.
"Not good."
The bad premonition in Meng Changxiu's heart grew stronger and stronger.
He dared not delay for a moment, and hurriedly found the slightly tipsy Meng Changyi and informed him of the matter.
Meng Changyi's drunkenness sobered up instantly upon hearing this, his eyes becoming sharp:
"Not good, this kid surnamed Hu definitely has bad intentions.
Yunfan and Yunxuan are young and inexperienced, unaware of the dangers of the cultivation world, and must have fallen into a trap."
"Uncle, the most urgent task is to find the two brothers first," Chen Jiancang suggested from the side.
"Yes, yes, yes."
Although the Meng Family is a Foundation Establishment Family, its Foundation is shallow, and it has risen for a short time.
The younger generation of the Family is not prosperous, currently only a few dozen people.
Although Meng Yunfan and Meng Yunxuan have poor Aptitude, they are both the sons of the Family Head Meng Changxiu and must not have any accidents.
Meng Changyi quickly gathered all the Meng Family elites and tracked in the direction Hu Changqing and others had left.
Meng Changxiu, on the other hand, summoned a Flying Sword from his storage bag and sped off first in the direction Meng Yunfan and Meng Yunxuan had left to search.
Meng Changxiu, a Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator, covered the dense forest below with his powerful spiritual sense, trying to find any clue, and quickly found the pavilion in the dense forest.
At this time, the pavilion was already empty of people.