As soon as Meng Xianchen said this, the faces of Mr. Meng and Jiang Ranran turned pale in an instant, not much better than Gu Tingchen lying on the bed.
"I didn't expect them to move so quickly." Mr. Meng said solemnly.
Jiang Ranran was even more anxious, like an ant on a hot pan. She was so anxious that she was spinning around in circles, blaming herself: "It's all my fault. I really shouldn't have run around just now. If it weren't for me, they wouldn't have found this place for a while."
"Now is not the time to blame yourself, find a solution quickly!" Meng Xianchen hurriedly interrupted Jiang Ranran's self-blame.
"We are surrounded, what else can we do?" Jiang Ranran was about to cry. At this moment, she could only hold Gu Tingchen tightly. No matter what happened, she would not let go of Gu Tingchen's hand.
Mr. Meng listened, a look of determination flashing across his eyes, "Find someone to lift Gu Tingchen up, and we'll leave through the secret passage."
"Secret passage? There is a secret passage in this villa?" Meng Xianchen stared at Old Man Meng in disbelief. At this moment, he was not even sure how many things this old man was hiding from him that he didn't know?
Old Master Meng nodded, his face slightly solemn. "Yes, but I haven't left in years, so I don't know if it still works. I don't know if the entrance and exit are sealed. I can only take a risk. At worst, I can hide in there."
"Then why are you still standing there? Let's go now!" Meng Xianchen pulled Gu Tingchen up from the bed and carried him firmly on his back, with no intention of letting the servants come to lift him.
Seeing this, Mr. Meng couldn't help but feel distressed, "Are you okay?"
"Father, don't waste time, let's go quickly." Meng Xianchen said without hesitation.
Seeing his resolute determination, Mr. Meng nodded and said with determination: "Then you all follow me. We won't take any servants with us and will go straight into the secret passage!"
So, Meng Xianchen carried Gu Tingchen on his back, led Jiang Ranran, and walked towards the rockery in the back garden with Old Man Meng.
Coming to a rockery, Mr. Meng pulled away the plants wrapped around it and carefully felt for something.
"Everyone with the surname Meng, come out! Don't think I don't know that you are all hiding here!" Outside the villa, a very loud voice of a loudspeaker rang out. It was Meng Zhen's voice.
Meng Xianchen and Jiang Ranran looked at each other, and no one spoke.
"Are you pretending to be a coward? Okay, I'll lead my men in now!" Meng Zhen suddenly became ruthless and gave an order to his men to rush into the manor in a mighty manner.
The next second, both Meng Xianchen and Old Man Meng heard a loud noise.
That was Meng Zhen rushing in with his men.
The servants in the manor were fighting against them, but it was obvious that they were no match for this group of people.
"Meng Xianchen, and that old man, both of you, come out! And Jiang Ranran, don't think I don't know that you are here too!" Meng Zhen's roar continued. Their men were numerous and powerful, and they had already divided their actions. Some of them entered the villa and searched door to door for people, while some of them rushed to the back garden.
Seeing that he was about to be discovered, Mr. Meng couldn't help but speed up his movements.
Just as they were all anxiously listening to the footsteps approaching rapidly behind them, suddenly, the rockery in front of Mr. Meng made a "click" sound, and the rapid groping movements of Mr. Meng's hands also stopped.
"Found it!" Mr. Meng's eyes suddenly lit up.
The next second, I saw the rockery slowly open a door, and there was a dark hole inside.
"Hurry up, go in!" Old Master Meng stepped aside and let Meng Xianchen carry Gu Tingchen and Jiang Ranran into the secret passage first. He followed closely behind and pressed on the wall. Soon, the door of the rockery was closed again.
Shortly after the door closed, Jiang Ranran and the others heard the voices of their men talking outside the rockery.
Old Master Meng raised his index finger, signaling Meng Xianchen and Jiang Ranran to keep quiet and not move.
They listened quietly to the sounds outside the rockery and couldn't help holding their breath.
"Search carefully! Don't miss any hiding places!" the leader ordered. Then, rustling sounds could be heard from all directions, as they searched everywhere for people.
"I seemed to hear someone talking in here just now, how come it disappeared in the blink of an eye?" The leader said puzzledly. Obviously, when he just came in, he heard the tail end of Mr. Meng urging Jiang Ranran and Meng Xianchen.
Mr. Meng and Jiang Ranran looked at each other, too nervous to speak.
"Boss, I've looked, but there's no one."
"I've looked here too, but there's nothing."
The subordinates reported this one after another, and these words made Meng Xianchen and Old Man Meng feel a little relieved.
They have no way of finding this place for the time being.
"Damn it, they got away. Let's go back and tell the boss." The man said angrily.
Then, the sound of the mighty footsteps gradually faded away, and Jiang Ranran and the others breathed a sigh of relief.
"We can go now." Mr. Meng said, taking out a lighter from the wall and lighting a candle. The light of the candle was dim, and it was obvious that it was an old candle.
The secret passage was covered with dust, and every step raised thick dust. Jiang Ranran only felt an itch in his nose.
"Mr. Meng, where does this secret passage lead to?" Jiang Ranran covered her mouth and nose and asked curiously.
Old Master Meng smiled helplessly, "That's a long way to go. We can walk through this secret passage for three days and three nights. When we come out, we will be in the mountains west of the city."
"So far? How did you come up with the idea of building this secret passage?" Jiang Ranran was extremely shocked and couldn't help but think, if they walked for three days and three nights, wouldn't they have nothing to eat?
Old Master Meng nodded and suddenly smiled. "You may not know this yet, but every manor of the Meng family has a secret passage like this, not just this one. We just happened to use it today."
Jiang Ranran couldn't help but sigh in her heart, Mr. Meng is really far-sighted.
I didn’t expect that the secret passage built so many years ago would be useful today.
"What should we do if we have no food for three days and three nights?" Jiang Ranran still asked his doubts. It was pitch black here. Not only food, but also water and light source were all problems.
But unexpectedly, Mr. Meng smiled as if he had been prepared for this. "There's a warehouse here. When we get there, we can naturally take the things out of the warehouse."
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