really.

The three clan elders thanked Ye Fu profusely and sent people to their private treasuries and the Gu family's public treasury to bring back many valuable items as a token of their gratitude.

Ye Fu accepted them with a smile, and then handed them all to Qin Sheng.

Facing the surprised and suspicious gazes of the Gu family, Ye Fu did not hide anything this time and introduced with a smile: "I haven't had a chance to say it yet, Qin Sheng, my little apprentice who has been closed off from school."

Not only the elders of the Gu family, but also Qin Zheng, Gu Dongyuan, Gu Yanping and others were so shocked that they almost fell to the ground.

Ye Fu was still smiling.

As if he had just thought of something, he turned to look at Elder Gu and said, "By the way, there's something else I need your help with, Elder Gu."

Elder Gu felt as if he were floating on clouds, and upon hearing this, he quickly said, "Lord Ye, you flatter me. Please just tell me what you need to say."

Ye Fu then recounted how Cheng Rang lost his lineage's guardian successor position in a martial arts contest with Yu Chi Feng, and how Qin Sheng then beat up Yu Chi Feng, and how they agreed to a rematch at this martial arts tournament.

Finally, he said, "We guardians generally don't participate in the martial arts tournaments within the realm, so my little apprentice will have to participate under the name of the Gu family. I'll have to trouble the elder to add her name to the Gu family's list of participants."

Tomorrow is the start of the martial arts tournament, and it's already this late. Logically, we shouldn't add any more people at the last minute. However, the elder nodded without hesitation: "It's a small matter. I'll have someone take care of it in a bit."

Logically, this kind of thing should be handled by Gu Xiyuan, the clan leader, but right now...

The elder paused, finally remembering the purpose of their visit.

Her gaze swept across the room, then looked at the courtyard outside, before turning to Gu Yanping with a hint of confusion: "Yanping, where's your third uncle? We've been here for so long, why haven't we seen him?"

Before Gu Yanping could reply, Gu Changyu saw that the elder had finally remembered his grandfather and was so excited that he burst into tears. He immediately knelt down in front of him, saying, "Three elders, you must do justice for my grandfather!"

Since Gu Changyu had already knelt down, Gu Changyi could no longer stand. So she took the hand of the maid beside her and slowly knelt down, her beautiful eyes filled with tears, and choked out, "Please, three elders, save my grandfather."

The elder frowned: "What exactly happened?"

Gu Changyu's face showed resentment. He pointed in the direction of Qin Sheng and the others and said viciously, "It was them! They must have used a treacherous scheme to harm my grandfather!"

“After Aunt Ming’s family returned the day before yesterday, Grandpa came to the clan head’s courtyard with them. Since then, Grandpa has never shown his face at home again!”

"Not only Grandpa, but also Fifth Grandpa and all of Grandpa's attendants, none of them have shown up!"

“I asked the servants who are responsible for sweeping outside the clan chief’s courtyard, and they all said they hadn’t seen Grandpa or anyone else come out, so they must have detained Grandpa!”

Gu Changyu affirmed.

Logically speaking, this is impossible.

This is the Gu family's territory, especially since this place is also where the clan chief's courtyard is located.

Others may not know, but Gu Changyu does.

His grandfather had stationed over a hundred bodyguards in this courtyard, all of whom possessed martial arts skills at the fifth level or higher.

Even with the combined influence of Gu Yanping and Gu Changxuan within the Gu family, it would be impossible for Gu Yueming and her group to detain Gu Xiyuan and Gu Zhongyuan without anyone noticing.

But the fact remains that the person cannot be found.

In the past two days, apart from the clan head's courtyard which was guarded by people sent by Gu Yanping, Gu Changyu and Gu Changyi searched the entire Gu family but could not find Gu Xiyuan and his party.

There's no one here right now.

This only proves that the person has truly disappeared.

The most likely explanation is that they were detained by Gu Yanping and his group.

If Gu Changyu had previously worried that he might be overthinking things, he no longer felt that way.

Changyu's gaze swept over Ye Fu, who was sitting high in the main seat. He was wary of the guardian's superior status and dared not speak directly, but he still said in a roundabout way: "Changyu is not worried about anything else, but he is worried that some people will take advantage of their power to act arrogantly in the Gu family and make a mess of my Gu family."

"Some people" glanced at him, then kicked him away.

After Gu Changyu landed back on the ground looking completely bewildered, Qin Sheng said calmly, "No need to rely on your power. I can hit you whenever I want."

Not only was Gu Changyu stunned, but even the three clan elders were stunned.

But when he came to his senses, anger welled up inside him.

The elder patriarch slammed his hand on the table and shouted sternly, "Insolence!"

Gu Changyi's eyes flickered, and she immediately got up from the ground, walked a few steps to Gu Changyu's side, and then her tears wouldn't stop.

She took out a handkerchief from her bosom and wiped the blood from the corner of Gu Changyu's mouth. As if she couldn't hold back any longer, she turned to look at Qin Sheng.

"Cousin Sheng, my brother only said one sentence, how could you be so cruel?"

"Last time he went with Fifth Grandfather to the Qin family to pick you up, he came back covered in injuries and it took him more than a month to recover. He had just fully recovered when he was beaten up again..."

Gu Changyi couldn't continue speaking and began to sob softly.

The three elders were thoroughly enraged, but they still retained some reason.

In front of Ye Fu, they didn't dare to lay a hand on his closed-door disciple, so they just stared coldly at Qin Sheng and questioned, "Qin Sheng, do you have anything else to say?"

Qin Sheng said "Oh," and then replied, "That's all."

She usually moves her feet instead of her mouth, but now that she's moving her feet, what else is there to say?

All their anger was vented into the cotton ball. The three clan elders' faces were stiff, and they could only glare at Qin Sheng, trying to force her to say a few more words.

Qin Sheng would never go along with them.

Not only did things not go smoothly, but she also took a few steps back, grabbed her younger brother, leaned on his shoulder, and closed her eyes to rest.

She got up at six o'clock yesterday and was busy until four o'clock this morning before she got to sleep for a little over two hours. She also exhausted a lot of mental energy, so she doesn't have the energy to deal with these people right now.

With so many people around, let her parents, uncles, and cousins ​​handle it.

She sleeps her own way.

The clan elders were so angry they couldn't speak.

Just as Gu Yanping was hesitating whether to politely ask Ye Fu to leave so they could handle their family matters, he finally found an opportunity to speak.

He walked through the crowd to the three elders, his gentle demeanor replaced by a cold sternness, and said, "Don't make things difficult for Sheng Sheng. I detained her, and she's locked up right now in the dungeon in this courtyard."

The three elders had already considered many possibilities on their way here, after being begged by Gu Changyu and Gu Changyi.

I wondered if Gu Xiyuan had gone somewhere into seclusion to cultivate.

They had also considered that Gu Xiyuan might have had something come up and taken people out, but no one had noticed.

He even wondered if Gu Dongyuan was dying, which was why Gu Xiyuan was staying by his side.

The only thing I never expected was that Gu Yanping and his group would actually have such audacity as to detain Gu Xiyuan, the head of the family!

What I didn't expect was that he not only detained people, but also dared to say it directly in front of so many people!

They all stared at him blankly, speechless for a moment.