After giving some instructions, Dongfang Mian returned to her residence. Not long after, someone came to inform her to attend the evening banquet. Dongfang Mian refused several times with an impatient look on her face, but finally went along because she could not refuse any longer.
When the banquet arrived, the group of poison masters discovered that although it was supposed to be a thank-you banquet for them, the head of the Shi family and even the eldest elders were not present. The banquet was hosted by a few elders and protectors who were ranked lower.
Not long after Dongfang Mian sat down, the Great Protector took the opportunity of refilling her wine to come to her side and ask her if she had thought of a way to rescue the young master.
Because the Great Protector always gave Dongfang Mian the feeling that his stance was not very firm, and because there were many people and lots of gossips around, Dongfang Mian didn't say much. He just took the opportunity of drinking to say, "If the Great Protector is not feeling well, it would be best to go back and rest early."
Upon hearing this, the Grand Protector's heart stirred. Before long, he excused himself, claiming to be unwell, and left the scene early. This action further angered the poison masters, who felt that the Shi family did not value them at all.
After the Grand Protector left, the dissatisfied Poison Masters did not cool down the atmosphere. Instead, they showered the elders and protectors who had accompanied them with praise, making the few people who usually had no status feel like they were floating on air.
Then, under the pretext of exchanging poison techniques, the poison masters gradually became close friends with the elders and protectors, putting their arms around each other and calling each other brothers. After a few rounds of drinks, the elders and protectors of the Shi family had completely abandoned their status as the head of the family. They were all flushed and boasted about their heroic deeds to the poison masters, who naturally cheered them on enthusiastically.
Later, as it grew late, Dongfang Mian, using the excuse that girls shouldn't stay up too late, took all the female poisoners away, leaving most of the male poisoners to continue drinking.
After the women left, the conversation became more open, with all sorts of risqué jokes being told. Some, emboldened by alcohol, even challenged each other to a contest of poisons and techniques, creating a chaotic scene.
When they woke up the next morning, the elders and protectors of the Shi family could not remember what had happened, but they knew that they were finished.
It turns out that in the latter half of last night, large quantities of poisons escaped from the banquet hall and disappeared into every corner of the Shi family. Many clansmen were poisoned while still asleep. When the Shi family head was furious and sent people to investigate, he discovered that the elders and protectors he had sent to watch over these poison masters were already lying on the ground with the poison masters, unconscious from drinking.
Originally, the head of the Shi family was going to teach these poison masters a lesson, but when they woke up and found that their poisons were gone, they got some audacity and started demanding that the Shi family compensate them. They even threatened to spread the details of the Shi family's ancestral worship if they didn't get their compensation.
Even if the head of the Shi family had murderous intent, he wouldn't dare kill so many poison masters at once, especially since a small number of female poison masters who had left the scene early with Dongfang Mian were not involved in this matter.
Just as the head of the Shi family was contemplating whether to take the risk of killing them all to silence them, Dongfang Mian stepped forward and reasoned with the poison masters, finally persuading them that as long as they were compensated for the value of the poisons, they would swear not to reveal the ancestral worship ceremony.
With no better option, the Shi family head had no choice but to reluctantly agree to the exorbitant compensation demands from the poison masters.
The drug addicts, beaming with smiles, swore to the heavens that they would never reveal the Shi family's ancestral worship ceremony, and each oath was more vehement than the last.
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