Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

Chapter 572

Gong Yuanzheng looked at Gong Zishang's departing back and heard what she had just said to her brother, then he immediately ran up to her. The two started arguing about Gong Yuanzheng's young age.

Gong Shangjiao looked at Gong Zishang and Gong Yuanzheng, who were making noise like little children, and followed them with a headache.

The guards from Jiao Palace who came to meet him informed Gong Shangjiao of everything that had happened recently at the palace gate.

After Gong Shangjiao learned about the series of events that Gong Ziyu had caused during the time they were away, the slight smile on his face instantly turned ashen.

"What an idiot Gong Ziyu is! He actually believed Wufeng's assassin!" Gong Shangjiao lowered his voice, fearing that he would be heard by Gong Yuanzheng who was still arguing with Gong Zishang in front.

Gong Shangjiao knew Gong Yuanzheng's character too well. He was a man who could not tolerate even a grain of sand in his eyes and liked to show all his words on his face. If he knew about Gong Ziyu's affairs, he would probably not even need to go to the Elders' Council. He would rush to the dungeon and give Gong Ziyu a bowl of poison to finish him off.

"Who else knows about this?" Gong Shangjiao now only hopes that Gong Ziyu's affairs have not been widely publicized.

The guard whispered beside Gong Shangjiao, "Young Master Yu's incident has become too serious. Although Young Master Xie intended to conceal it for Young Master Yu, some guards still knew about it."

Gong Shangjiao walked while thinking, "Have the elders known about this?"

Gong Shangjiao now feels that the most important thing is whether the three elders in the Council of Elders who have always favored Gong Ziyu know about the cooperation between Gong Ziyu and Wufeng.

The guard shook his head. "Young Master Xie sealed off Yu Palace after the incident and secretly sent people to silence those who knew about it. The elders are still unaware of this matter."

Gong Shangjiao nodded. "Where is Gong Ziyu now? And where are those guards who were silenced?"

The guard looked around and said softly, "Young Master Yu has been imprisoned in Yu Palace. All the guards and servants in Yu Palace have been assigned to other places. As for the guards who knew about it, they were assigned tasks under different names. They should be on their way to Wufeng's stronghold now."

Gong Shangjiao heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Xie Yuchen's arrangement. "I understand! As for Young Master Xie, when Jin Fu comes back later, have him get some things from my private vault and send them over!"

After receiving the order, the guard turned and walked towards the palace gate.

Gong Shangjiao quickly caught up with the two people in front.

The three of them walked all the way to the gate of the Elders' Council. When Gong Zishang saw the three words "Elders' Council", he seemed to suddenly remember something and his face changed drastically.

Gong Yuanzheng pretended to be nothing and continued to ask Gong Zishang, "Sister, why did your face change so drastically? Is it because you left the palace without permission with the guards? Are you afraid that the elders will punish you by making you kneel down and copy the family rules?"

Gong Zishang rolled his eyes at Gong Yuanzheng, but he was secretly glad in his heart that Gong Yuanzheng didn't know about Gong Ziyu's situation, otherwise Gong Ziyu would have no chance of survival. This day next year will be Gong Ziyu's memorial day!

Gong Shangjiao was also worried about Gong Yuanzheng, but after hearing what Gong Yuanzheng said, he breathed a sigh of relief just like Gong Zishang.

The three of them walked into the Elders' Court together, and saw that except for Elder Xue, the other two elders were all in the hall.

"Elder Yue, Elder Hua! We are back after clearing out Wu Feng!"

Gong Shangjiao stood in front, Gong Yuanzheng and Gong Zishang stood one step behind him respectively.

"We have all heard it from the guards! This is a big event for the palace! It is also a big event for the martial arts world!" Elder Hua learned the good news of Wu Feng's death from the guards who came to report early in the morning, and the smile on his face has not faded.

Gong Shangjiao didn't directly mention Gong Ziyu's matter, but instead laid some groundwork. "I wonder where Elder Xue is? But what's wrong? Why not let Brother Yuanzheng take a look at Elder Xue?"

When Elder Hua and Elder Yue heard Gong Shangjiao mention Elder Xue, their faces changed. Elder Xue was still locked in his room. After all, Elder Xue had a bad temper and didn't know how to adapt.

"Elder Xue caught a cold before and is now bedridden! But it's not a big deal. Elder Yue has already taken his pulse and prescribed medicine for him!" Elder Hua actually didn't want to mention Elder Xue.

Elder Xue was too stubborn, always using the rules of the older generation to discipline others, but being lenient towards himself and those he protected. Elder Hua's only son had been punished by Elder Xue before, even though it was a minor matter, but Elder Xue had made a big deal out of it.

After that incident, Elder Hua had a knot in his heart. Although he often scolded his only son on weekdays, no matter how disappointed he was with him, he was the only trace of his beloved wife left after all!

Gong Shangjiao didn't come for Elder Xue at all. The most important thing was Young Master Yugong, who was of the same lineage as Wufeng.

"Elder Hua, Elder Yue. There is something I don't know whether Shangjiao should tell you!" Gong Shangjiao looked at Elder Yue and Elder Hua with some embarrassment.

Elder Hua looked at Gong Shangjiao who was in a dilemma. This was the first time he encountered something that Gong Shangjiao was unsure about, and he was quite interested.

"Shang Jiao, have you encountered any difficult problems? Don't handle it alone. Just tell me if you have any difficulties. Although Elder Yue and I are older, we are people with some experience after all. Maybe we can give you some advice!" Elder Hua was in a good mood. After all, Wu Feng was killed, which was a gratifying thing, so he didn't care so much about Elder Xue's affairs.

Gong Shangjiao stood before Elder Hua and Elder Yue. Behind them, Gong Yuanzheng and Gong Zishang exchanged glances and, in unison, quietly took a step back. Just then, a small bottle suddenly fell from Gong Yuanzheng's sleeve. Quickly grabbing it, he quickly thrust it into Gong Zishang's arms, winking at her to take the pills out of the bottle for future use.

Gong Shangjiao took a deep breath, as if he had made a great decision, closed his eyes tightly, then suddenly opened them and said through gritted teeth: "This matter concerns Gong Ziyu! Shangjiao really dare not hide it from the two elders!"

It turned out that when Elder Hua and Elder Yue were taken to the back mountain by Hua Yu, Gong Ziyu took the opportunity to join forces with Yun Weishan and Wu Feng behind her to form a joint internal and external attack.

Fortunately, Hua Yu was careful and let Xie Yuchen stay in Zheng Palace. She also arranged a team of guards to be on standby near Zheng Palace just in case.

The result was just as Hua Yu and Xie Yuchen had predicted. Gong Ziyu took advantage of the absence of the decision-makers at the palace gates to launch a rebellion. Fortunately, Xie Yuchen acted in time and joined forces with Gong Zishang to capture all the assassins who had entered the palace through the secret passage at the corner of the city wall.

Yun Weishan was imprisoned by Gong Zishang, who crippled her martial arts, gave her a muscle softening powder, and imprisoned her in a dungeon. Gong Zishang ultimately spared some respect for Gong Ziyu, claiming to be threatened by Yun Weishan. However, she ultimately made a grave mistake and was imprisoned in the Yu Palace, awaiting the return of Master Jiao, who would discuss her fate with the elders.

Gong Shangjiao only knew about Gong Ziyu's affairs through oral accounts from the guards who had experienced the incident, so he was not very clear about the specific circumstances.

"Reporting to Elder Hua and Elder Yue, Yun Weishan's previous identity was different! This woman is the daughter of Wufeng leader Dianzhu, the young master of Wufeng!" Gong Shangjiao first informed Elder Yue and Elder Hua of Yun Weishan's identity.

"What! Why haven't we found out before!" Elder Yue and Elder Hua were shocked at Yun Weishan's true identity!

Gong Shangjiao didn't just talk about this one thing. After Elder Yue and Elder Hua calmed down, he continued to reveal a major event, "There is another matter, which concerns Gong Ziyu, the Sword Master of the Palace Gate, and Yun Weishan, the wife chosen by Gong Ziyu."

After Elder Hua and Elder Yue looked at each other, the things about Gong Ziyu had become vague in their minds. After all, after Elder Yue took Gong Ziyu's pulse, he diagnosed that he had hysteria and he was locked up in Yu Palace for recuperation.

Suddenly, Gong Shangjiao turned his attention to Gong Ziyu.

Elder Hua's face was as gloomy as water, and he stared at Gong Shangjiao intently, his eyes filled with anger that seemed to be about to burst out. His face was ashen, and his lips were tightly pursed, obviously filled with resentment and dissatisfaction towards Gong Shangjiao.

However, despite the resentment in his heart, Elder Hua also understood that he could not easily convict Gong Ziyu without solid evidence. After all, Gong Ziyu was now a blade wielder, and although the tattoo on his back had lost its practical significance, he was still the leader of the Gong Sect in name only.

Elder Hua adjusted his mood a little, then leaned forward slightly and asked in a calm tone: "What exactly did Gong Ziyu do? We just came back from the back mountain and don't know what happened in the front mountain." He deliberately avoided the question of why they came back from the back mountain, as if he was a little embarrassed to talk about it.

Upon seeing this, Gong Shangjiao hurriedly bowed to the two elders and then recounted what had happened in detail.

"Gong Ziyu knew from the beginning that Yun Weishan's true identity was the daughter of Wufeng's leader Dianzhu, and that Yun Weishan was also the young master of Wufeng!"

"But Gong Ziyu still chose to cooperate with Yun Weishan!"

"Gong Ziyu followed Yun Weishan's advice and swallowed the pill that disguised his illness in order to lower our guard against them!"

"Later, we did exactly as they expected, and simply locked Gong Ziyu in the Yu Palace to let him recuperate! But unexpectedly, this played into their hands! They took advantage of our unpreparedness and, through Yun Weishan, used the identity of Young Master Wu Feng to secretly contact the Wu Feng assassin lurking in the palace gates!"

"They even collaborated with the Untouchable Assassins from the Old Dust Valley who sneaked into the palace gate through a secret passage. They tried to take advantage of the fact that the palace gate was unguarded and capture it in one fell swoop. Fortunately, Young Master Xie noticed it in time and prevented the palace gate from repeating the mistakes of ten years ago and recreating that horrific tragedy!" There was a hint of relief in Gong Shangjiao's voice, but more of it was anger towards Gong Ziyu and Yun Weishan.

After hearing what Gong Shangjiao said, Elder Hua's heart suddenly tightened. His first reaction was that Gong Shangjiao had lost patience with Gong Ziyu and was actually planning to use such despicable means to pull Gong Ziyu down from the position of holding the blade.

However, Elder Hua changed his mind and thought that although Gong Shangjiao was indeed quite impatient with Gong Ziyu's succession to the position of swordsman, he knew very well that Gong Shangjiao had always been upright and would never disdain to use such despicable means.

Just as Elder Hua was pondering this, Gong Shangjiao glanced at Elder Hua, who was sitting at the head of the group, and continued, "I know this matter is extremely important, and I also heard about it from the guards who experienced it firsthand after returning to the palace! However, the eldest lady is the person involved in this matter. If the elders don't believe what I say, they can go and ask her directly!"

After saying that, Gong Shangjiao turned his body slightly and cleverly shifted the topic to Gong Zishang.

Gong Zishang's eyes widened upon hearing this, her face filled with disbelief. She had never expected that Gong Shangjiao would turn the conversation to her at this moment.

Elder Hua looked at Gong Zishang, as if he wanted to get a different answer from him. "Zishang, tell me! What exactly happened? How come Elder Yue and I just went back to the back mountain, and such a big thing happened in the front mountain!"

However, when she felt the sharp gazes of Elder Hua and Elder Yue, Gong Zishang could only bite the bullet and slowly walk forward.

"Reporting to Elder Hua, Gong Ziyu did indeed cooperate with Yun Weishan to let the assassin outside the palace gate in through the secret passage. If Jin Fan, who was beside Gong Ziyu, hadn't secretly told me, perhaps we would have really experienced the tragedy of ten years ago again!"

Gong Zishang could no longer defend Gong Ziyu at this point. If before this, the two elders and Gong Zishang could barely understand Gong Ziyu being deceived by Yun Weishan, then when they learned that Gong Ziyu had actually known Yun Weishan's true identity for a long time, but deliberately concealed it and even actively cooperated with him, Elder Yue and Elder Hua were shocked beyond words.

"This...how is this possible?" Elder Hua widened his eyes and looked at Gong Zishang in disbelief, his hands trembling slightly due to excessive shock.

Seeing this, Elder Yue hurriedly reached out to support Elder Hua, fearing he would lose his balance and fall to the ground. Gong Yuanzheng rushed forward without hesitation, quickly pulled out a pill he had prepared, and stuffed it into Elder Hua's mouth.

After Elder Hua swallowed the pill, Gong Yuanzheng's expression turned awful. Veins bulged on his forehead, clearly fuming with rage. "Gong Ziyu, that idiot!" he cursed, gritting his teeth. "He'd actually chosen to court disaster! He's simply courting his own death!"

Before he finished speaking, Gong Yuanzheng suddenly flicked his sleeves, turned around and walked out of the Elders' Council. Judging from his posture, it was obvious that he was going to immediately capture Gong Ziyu and Yun Weishan and question them clearly.

Elders Hua and Yue were extremely anxious upon seeing this, but they could do nothing. They knew Gong Yuanzheng had always been the little patriarch of the palace, with a domineering and lawless personality. He basically wouldn't listen to anyone except Gong Shangjiao.

Therefore, the two could only look to Gong Shangjiao for help, hoping that he could come forward to stop Gong Yuanzheng. After all, in this situation, only Gong Shangjiao might be able to persuade this impulsive brother.