Chapter 1658: There must be a conspiracy!

Seeing Ye Chen suddenly kneel on one knee, these loyal old subordinates of Ye Changying from back then stepped forward to help him up, one by one already in tears.

Among them, an elderly man said with tears, "Young Master, this must not be! We are all your servants, how can we receive such a great gift from you!"

Ye Chen said firmly, "You are all my father's old subordinates. Being able to appear here today is a kindness to my Ye family. Ye Chen is extremely grateful!"

The old man hurriedly said, "Young Master, this is what we should do! Actually, when something happened to Young Master Changying back then, we servants failed to do our best by his side, which was our dereliction of duty! For so many years, there hasn't been a day we haven't blamed ourselves. Now that you have finally returned, it can be considered giving us a chance to make up for our mistakes!"

Ye Chen sighed, "You are too modest!"

Immediately, he looked at Dean Zhang of the welfare home and said respectfully, "Dean Zhang, how have you been lately?"

Dean Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and bowed respectfully, "Thanks to the Young Master's concern, I've been doing well lately. It's just that for so many years, I had to hide my identity from you for special reasons. Please forgive me, Young Master."

Ye Chen cupped his hands, "Dean Zhang, you are too modest. I know you have been protecting me in the dark. You have worked hard for so many years."

After finishing, Ye Chen looked at everyone and said sincerely, "Uncles, you have all worked hard!"

The old man from before hurriedly said, "Young Master, this is our duty!"

Dean Zhang also said, "That's right, Young Master! This is our duty. Most of our lives were given by Young Master Changying. Young Master, don't worry. If the people from the Cataclysmic Front kill their way up, they must step over our corpses first!"

Ye Chen hurriedly said, "Everyone, there's no need for that! For today's matter, I want to solve it face-to-face with Wan Pojun of the Cataclysmic Front. You uncles just need to guard the gate here and don't let other idle people enter the mountain. As for the people from the Cataclysmic Front, please be sure to let them in, don't stop them at all."

"How can this be!" The old man from before said anxiously, "Young Master, we came here today to fight to the death with the Cataclysmic Front!"

Tang Sihai hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Everyone, listen to me first! Chen Young Master has absolute certainty in dealing with that Wan Pojun. Don't spoil the Young Master's good deeds. So when the people from the Cataclysmic Front come, just let them go up the mountain!"

Everyone was shocked.

Several people stepped forward to confirm with Tang Sihai repeatedly.

Tang Sihai was very certain every time, which made everyone have to accept this order.

They didn't know if Ye Chen really had the certainty to deal with Wan Pojun, but since Ye Chen and Tang Sihai had confirmed it several times, they could only do as told.

Seeing that he had persuaded them, Ye Chen cupped his hands to everyone again and said, "Thank you for guarding here, I'll go up the mountain first."

After speaking, Ye Chen sat back in Tang Sihai's car and continued to drive to the top of the mountain.

Ye Chen drove up the mountain, feeling a lot of emotions.

This was his second time on Mount Ye Ling, and it was of great significance to him.

At this very moment, at the top of the mountain, the direct members of the Yanjing Ye family had all arrived.

Besides them, Hong Wu, Chen Zekai, and Helena had also arrived.

However, the more than seven hundred branch members of the Ye family who were originally scheduled to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony had almost all run away last night.

The only one left was Ye Zhongquan's younger brother, Ye Zhongzhuo.

And Ye Zhongzhuo's children and grandchildren had also fled Yanjing overnight early yesterday morning and returned to North America.

As for the other hundreds of people, they had also run home under the stars.

They knew that the Cataclysmic Front was only targeting the Yanjing Ye family this time, and it had nothing to do with their branch members.

In this situation, how could they stay and share the disaster with the Ye family?

Ye Chen got out of the car and asked coldly, "Wasn't it said yesterday that more than seven hundred Ye family members from all over the world would come to participate in this ancestor worship ceremony? Why are they all gone now?"

Ye Zhongquan said embarrassedly, "Chen'er, as the saying goes, when disaster strikes, everyone flies apart. They know that we can't escape this disaster, so it's only human nature for them to leave overnight."

Ye Chen hummed and said indifferently, "Who has that big list from yesterday? Bring it to me."

Uncle Ye Changkong walked up somewhat depressed and handed a thick roster to Ye Chen, saying sullenly, "Here! See for yourself."

Ye Chen threw the roster directly to Ye Changkong and said coldly, "Notify everyone on this list who should have come but didn't immediately! If they don't appear within an hour, they will have to kneel from the foot of the mountain to the top tomorrow to atone for their sins!"

Ye Changkong was so angry he didn't know what to say. Ye Feng, who was on the side, said dejectedly, "Ye Chen, that's enough... stop acting cool, it's meaningless. Wan Pojun is coming in another hour. We're all going to die, and you're still here talking big. What's the point?"

Ye Chen looked at him with a frown and questioned, "What? Have you not had enough slaps from yesterday?"

Ye Feng stepped back in fear and said sullenly, "Fine, fine, fine! I'll shut up! Anyway, it's only an hour left. I'm waiting here to see how you deal with Wan Pojun!"

Ye Chen didn't bother to pay attention to him, turned to look at Ye Changkong, and said indifferently, "Notify them one by one immediately!"

Ye Changkong had no choice but to take out his phone and dial them one by one.

After dialing dozens of calls in a row, none of them could get through.

Ye Changkong spread his hands helplessly, "There's no way, they all turned off their phones. I believe they won't turn them on until tomorrow."

"Good." Ye Chen nodded expressionlessly and said, "Then wait and see these seven hundred people lining up to kowtow up the mountain tomorrow."

At this time, Gu Yanzhong drove up after talking to Ye Changying's old subordinates at the foot of the mountain.

As soon as the car stopped, the Gu family of three got out, and the Ye family members were all stunned.

Ye Zhongquan was the most surprised and asked Gu Yanzhong in a daze, "Yanzhong... you... why are you here?"

Gu Yanzhong walked up and said respectfully, "Old Master Ye, Changying was my big brother, and Chen'er is my future son-in-law! How could I not come for such an important matter!"

Ye Zhongquan's eyes were slightly red, and he sighed, "Yanzhong... you are sentimental and righteous, and I appreciate your kindness! But this kind of thing is not a joke. I advise you to take your wife and children back quickly! No matter what, the Ye family cannot drag you into the water!"

Gu Yanzhong said firmly, "Old Master Ye, what are you saying! You know my character, Old Master Ye. Before this matter is resolved today, I will never leave Mount Ye Ling!"

Ye Zhongquan wanted to say something, but hesitated for a moment, and finally it only turned into a sigh, "Hey! Yanzhong! You are a good man! Changying didn't misjudge you!"

The Ye family members were all somewhat sullen. Ye Changkong felt very depressed. He and his son had been ignored by the Old Master since yesterday. Now even Gu Yanzhong could get his praise, which made him even more unhappy. Looking at Gu Yanzhong, he couldn't help complaining, "Gu Yanzhong, you are the head of the Gu family with hundreds of billions in assets. If you really want to help, why didn't you bring any helpers? Just the three of you, what can you help with?"

Gu Yanzhong said seriously, "Big Brother Changkong, I originally wanted to bring all the Gu family servants up, but that would cause trouble for Chen'er, so I won't paint a snake and add feet."

Ye Changkong curled his lips and said disdainfully, "Trouble? Now the least thing to fear is trouble! The Cataclysmic Front is coming up at eight o'clock. I really want to see how you deal with it with so few people."

Ye Zhongquan glared at him and was about to scold him, when Tang Sihai received a report from the walkie-talkie and ran to Ye Chen, "Young Master, the people at the foot of the mountain said that several cars insisted on coming up the mountain, and they said they were your people, surnamed He."

Ye Chen nodded and said, "They are indeed my people, let them come up."

"Okay!" Tang Sihai immediately picked up the walkie-talkie and said, "Let them come up!"

The Ye family members were all surprised. They didn't expect Ye Chen to have found helpers.

At this time, Ye Hao whispered to Ye Changyun and others beside him, "I don't know what kind of helpers this Ye Chen can find!"

Ye Feng said with a dark face, "What reliable helpers can he find? I think they're just like Hong Wu and Chen Zekai, just a few bumpkins from Jin Ling!" ===== CHAPTER 1659 =====