Chapter 672 Shen Wantang Disappears

After Shen Mingxuan finished speaking, she saw that Shen Wantang did not react, nor did Gu Qianhan. Neither of them responded to her.

She bit her lip, took a box from the maid, and handed it to Shen Wantang: "This is a wedding gift from my older sister to my younger sister and brother-in-law. It's just a small token of my appreciation. I hope my younger sister and brother-in-law won't find it too stingy."

Shen Wantang gestured to Du Juan, who then stepped forward to take the box and retreated to the back.

"Thank you for your kindness, sister. However, shouldn't you make room so I can see my father? I only heard he was sick, but I didn't expect it to be so serious. It seems he's already unconscious."

Madam Qi immediately stepped forward and pulled Shen Mingxuan away: "Tang'er, your sister didn't mean to block you. It's just that your father looks a bit frightening now, and she was afraid of scaring you and the second young master!"

Then, she stepped forward and pulled Chen Wantang: "Come here, come here. Don't you know medicine? Quickly help your father see what's wrong with him. The medicine the doctor prescribed is not working at all."

Shen Wantang avoided her hand and walked to the bedside.

Shen Guannian lay on the bed, his face ashen, his eyes closed, and medicine stains on the corners of his mouth, appearing completely unconscious.

Shen Wantang lifted the corner of the quilt, took out his arm, and was about to take his pulse when the bluestone bricks under her feet suddenly moved. She was startled and was about to leave, but it was too late.

Suddenly a large hole appeared in the ground, and she fell through it.

And among those who fell with her was the Qi family, who was closest to her.

In the instant of the fall, Shen Wantang heard Gu Qianhan's angry voice and Shen Mingxuan's panicked voice.

"Ah Tang!"

"Mother!"

But soon, she could neither hear nor see anything.

Because the opening closed immediately the moment she fell.

The cave wasn't deep, and Shen Wantang's fall wasn't serious. The cave was pitch black, and she couldn't see anything clearly, but she clearly heard a joyful voice say, "Tang'er, I've finally waited for you!"

Immediately afterwards, she was pulled into someone's arms.

"Xiao Qingyuan?!"

Shen Wantang kicked him without hesitation, sending him flying. Just as she was about to kick him a second time in the dark, she was hit hard on the back of the head.

Before she fainted, she heard Xiao Qingyuan shout angrily, "You old hag, surnamed Qi, why did you hit her!"

She then completely lost consciousness.

Qi threw away the blue bricks she had prepared in the cave and said awkwardly, "Young Master, don't be angry. I was just afraid she would hit you. Look, she's fainted now, so it's easier for you to take her away. She won't make a fuss or shout, so Gu Qianhan won't find out."

Xiao Qingyuan picked up Shen Wantang and didn't have time to say much to Madam Qi. He just angrily said, "If anything happens to Tang'er, you won't have a good life either!"

Then, he hurriedly went out through another hole.

Qi crawled out using both hands and feet, saying as she went, "Young Master, don't forget what you promised me. You must take good care of my two sons!"

Xiao Qingyuan ignored her and left with Shen Wantang.

At this moment, on the ground, Gu Qianhan had already ordered people to start chiseling the bluestone brick.

His movements were undeniably swift, but he was still a step too late. The bluestone blocking the cave entrance was unusually thick, and by the time his men broke through it, Xiao Qingyuan had already vanished with Shen Wantang.

Gu Qianhan's face was so gloomy it looked like it was going to rain. He walked out of the cave and found that he had arrived outside the Shen Mansion. He saw Qi Shi standing to the side, looking disheveled.

The entire cave was newly dug, clearly waiting for Shen Wantang to return. Taking advantage of Shen Guannian's serious illness and bedridden state, they lured her to stand on that blue stone, and Qi Shi was the one responsible for leading Shen Wantang there.

No one but Xiao Qingyuan could do something like this!

However, Gu Qianhan did not go to the Ning Prince's Mansion to demand the person immediately. Although Xiao Qingyuan was not very smart, he was not stupid enough to take the person back to the Ning Prince's Mansion at this moment.

He ordered his men, "Search! He took Ah Tang with him; he couldn't have gone far, he must be somewhere nearby!"

"yes!"

However, this search took a whole day.

He did not find Shen Wantang as easily as he had thought.

Xiao Qingyuan came prepared this time, clearly having already planned his escape route and gone into hiding.

Night was falling.

The main hall of the Shen family.

Gu Qianhan stood with his hands behind his back, his face as cold as ice.

Below, a large group of people knelt down. Even the half-dead Shen Guannian was woken up by being splashed with cold water and forced to kneel on the ground.

Gu Qianhan's cold voice rang out: "A few ants dare to scheme against A-Tang, dare to scheme against me? It seems I didn't hit you hard enough last time, so you are fearless and even dare to act with Xiao Qingyuan to help him steal A-Tang."

Shen Guannian, looking frail and sickly, said weakly, "Second Young Master, please be reasonable. I'm so sick I can't even get out of bed. How could I help Prince Xiao put on an act? I don't know anything! Please let me go. Finding Tang'er is the most important thing right now!"

Gu Qianhan said coldly, "There's an underground passage dug in that house, and you didn't know? Men, beat him until he tells the truth!"

Instead of dragging the man out, his men slapped him repeatedly, one hand on each side, right in front of everyone in the room.

A scream suddenly rang out, sending chills down everyone's spines and making their hearts tremble.

Gu Qianhan knew from Shen Guannian's loud and painful scream that he was not sick at all!

But at this moment, he was no longer in the mood to investigate whether Shen Guannian was truly ill or faking it.

Even though Shen Guannian had been beaten beyond recognition, he still refused to admit that he was Xiao Qingyuan's accomplice. Perhaps he knew that even if he admitted it, he would not have a good ending, so he simply refused to admit it.

Gu Qianhan then looked at Madam Qi: "What conditions did Xiao Qingyuan promise you that made you go to such lengths to help him, even at the risk of your life?"

When Madam Qi saw that Shen Guannian had been beaten half to death, she was so frightened that she trembled all over.

She originally thought she had acted flawlessly this time, after all, in order to clear her name, she had fallen into the hole with Shen Wantang and landed hard.

Unexpectedly, Gu Qianhan saw through her trick at a glance. He even guessed that Xiao Qingyuan had promised her a benefit!

She was terrified, her voice trembling: "Second, Second Young Master, this has nothing to do with me, it really has nothing to do with me!"

"You, you, you know that I was locked in the woodshed because I cheated on the master. I was only released this morning!"

"I had no idea there was a secret cave in the house, otherwise, otherwise I wouldn't have fallen in, right? Right?"