Inquirer of Teyvat

Chapter 407 Undercurrent
As one of the seven stars of Tianquan, Ningguang understands the importance of education and public opinion among intellectuals.

If Tongwen Academy is run by someone with ulterior motives, then Liyue's future education will go astray.
And the intellectuals who have been taught in these crooked ways are potential dangers one by one.

"Ye Lan, I need you to investigate all the current senior gentlemen of Tongwen Academy to see how they stand now, who is close to us and who doesn't like us, I need to know all these."

"You want to support a new dean among them?" Ye Lan understood what Ning Guang meant.

Ning Guang remained calm and looked at Ye Lan: "Maybe, I will still investigate in the General Affairs Department to see if there is any suitable person. No matter what the background of the next dean, as long as he stands by our side OK."

As he said that, Ningguang remembered another thing, and continued to Yelan: "By the way, Uncle Tian's health is getting worse and worse. He decided to start the selection of Tianshu Star in advance, and told me that he hopes you can help me with the test." , I agreed, and remember to meet Uncle Tian later.”

"Okay, then I'll go right away." Ye Lan nodded and walked out.

After Yelan left, Baiwen came back.

Staring at Baiwen: "Baiwen, help me re-plan the itinerary. I need to go to the funeral of the old dean in person."

Baiwen nodded immediately: "Okay, I will go to Xiangshengtang to inquire about the specific time in a while, and resubmit it to you after planning."

Ding Guang nodded, did not continue to speak, and lowered his head again to approve other documents.

As Tianquan star, she is really busy.
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Liyue·Feiyunpo·Northern Bank.

In the room where Wang Daoyi once came,

Pantalone took over the latest intelligence list from the fools' intelligence personnel.

Take a casual look,
There was a gleam of light in Pantalone's eyes, as if he saw something interesting.

"The old man is dead? Oh, finally dead."

Pantalone showed a happy smile,

Then he looked at the intelligence officers of the Fools in front of him, and said, "Since the position of dean of Tongwen Academy is vacant, the penetration of Liyue will also be accelerated."

"Go and investigate, Tongwen Academy, who is interested in that position, but it is difficult to get the support of Seven Stars, or willing to cooperate with us for a win-win situation."

"Find him, touch him, and finally, absorb him."

The fool intelligence officer in front of Pantalone nodded, he understood the meaning of the executive officer very well.

This is not the first time they have done this kind of [raising a dog].
Before, they bought a man named Zhiyi, that guy was even a candidate for Tianshu, one of the seven stars.

Even such a high-ranking person may be bought by them,

Then, with a mere Tongwen Academy, it is hard to believe that there is no one who is willing to cooperate with them.

On the main seat, Pantalone looked at the expressions of his subordinates, his eyes turned cold, he saw that his subordinates didn't care about Tongwen Academy,
"Heh, are you thinking that a mere Tongwen Academy can be done casually?" Pantalone's tone was slightly chilly, "Let me tell you, Tongwen Academy is the most important part of Liyue's cultural heritage. The mouthpiece of Yue’s mainstream comes from this. Liyue’s large and small booksellers, and many newspaper offices are all funded by Tongwen Academy, so if you mess up this matter, haha, you can go to Xumi to find Dotorre , I heard that he is short of men."

Upon hearing Pantalone's words, the fools below immediately broke out in cold sweat,

He really doesn't care much about Tongwen Academy. In his opinion, compared with Tongwen Academy, it is more important to promote that Liyue man named Zhiyi to become a Tianshu star recently.

However, now that Pantalone is threatening him with death, he has to turn most of his energy to Tongwen Academy.

That's right, for most other executives, working under the doctor is basically announcing death.

Although he is now working under Pantalone, and it is not a good job, but compared to the doctor's indifference, Pantalone, a capitalist, at least knows the value of labor.

Determined to transfer the future work content to Tongwen Academy, the intelligence officers of the Fools nodded to Pantalone: ​​"Please rest assured, Sir [Rich Man], I will complete the infiltration of Tongwen Academy as soon as possible and establish our own. mouthpiece."

Pantalone nodded: "That's good. Also, be careful of the lady in the General Affairs Department. Her eyes are always staring at us."

Pantalone was talking about Yelan. As Ningguang's best partner, the war between Yelan and Pantalone never ended after Pantalone became the leader of Liyue.

No, it should be said that since Ye Lan started to do intelligence work, she has been fighting people like Pantalone.

"Please don't worry, as long as the situation like last time does not happen, the people from the General Affairs Department will definitely not be able to win against us." The Intelligence Officer of the Fools said confidently.

Pantalone nodded slightly: "That's good. As for the situation last time, don't worry, no one will break the rules of the game again."

During the Mengde Liyue cooperation banquet last time, Wang Daoyi helped Yelan destroy a secret warehouse of the Fools, and the Fools suffered heavy losses that time.

Not only was a large amount of precious materials lost, but even a secret list was lost, and a large number of partners excavated in Liyue were lost.

It can be said that all the work of the intelligence department of the Fools for nearly a year has been lost.

This is still a direct loss, and the indirect loss is even more numerous.

But now, Pantalone knows that Wang Daoyi was warned by the Ice Queen, so he will naturally promise his subordinates that such a situation will not happen again.

"However, you don't go to Huyan. If others don't make a move, you will provoke them yourself." Finally, Pantalone still issued a warning.

The Fools intelligence officer nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course, after that one came back, except for a very small number of normal diplomats, the other Fools have already retreated from Chihuyan."

Regarding Wang Daoyi, the current attitude of the Fools is very strange,
Some fools were left behind by the young master, and their attitude towards Wang Daoyi showed a trace of closeness in awe, because when the young master was the envoy of the solstice, Wang Daoyi and the young master did get closer. Wang Daoyi, the young master, and Zhong Li The three of them often ate and listened to plays together, which led to many fools left behind by the young master, who even thought that Wang Daoyi was a friendly army.

Among the fools left behind by the doctor, many of them treat Wang Daoyi with respect and closeness. They have been ordered by the doctor to tell Wang Daoyi what Wang Dao wants to ask. There is no need to hide anything, so in this part From the point of view of fools, although Wang Daoyi is not his own person on the surface, he is at least half of his own person inside.

The last part, which is currently the most numerous fools in Liyue, is the fools led by [Rich Man] Pantalone. Their attitude towards Wang Daoyi is disgust and respect.

The disgust is that they clearly know that Wang Daoyi is an enemy, and they keep a respectful distance because this enemy is too powerful to be defeated at all, so they can only keep a respectful distance.

So when Wang Daoyi appeared in Chihuyan, the fools took back all the intelligence personnel who had spread in Chihuyan, leaving only the normal diplomatic envoys as the basic source of intelligence.

They were really afraid that Wang Dao would clean them up.

After all, being dealt with for spying on a great being is not considered breaking the rules of the game.

"That's good. For that guy, don't hang out in front of him, and just pretend that he doesn't exist. Okay, you can go to work. Also, how is Yusupov's progress?"

"The progress is very good. That person named Zhiyi is very obedient. Moreover, he poisoned his teacher in front of us. From now on, he can only obey us obediently."

"That's good, take the seat of Tianshu Star first, how to control the Liyue Seven Stars little by little, oh, Morax, since you can't see me, then I will take away your precious Liyue first, so, You can always see me."

Thinking of the god who would rather retire and walk the birds than to look at him, the chill in Pantalone's eyes grew stronger.

The intelligence officers of the Fools shuddered a little, feeling that they had to slip away.

"Then, my lord, I'm going down to do things now."

Pantalone restrained the chill in his eyes, and glanced at him expressionlessly: "Well, go down and bring me good news as soon as possible."

"Yes, my lord."
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Pastoral Hall,

Yan Fei took Jiu Qiren and ended the conversation with Walnut,

"So, will the old dean's funeral be held in seven days?"

Hu Tao nodded: "Yes, although the normal process of passing away is small burial, funeral, funeral, coffin, wake, large funeral, and finally the funeral and burial, as well as the death ceremony."

"But the old dean doesn't have any family members anymore, and he doesn't need to report or go to the funeral, so he skipped these two most time-consuming links. Now he has completed the small coffin and is stopping the coffin, and several gentlemen of the academy are willing to help The old dean kept the spirit, so seven days later, the old dean will be officially buried and the death ceremony will be held."

Hu Tao explained a few words to Yan Fei and Jiu Qiren,

Jiu Qiren didn't know much about Liyue's funeral customs, so he didn't speak, but stood aside and listened to the conversation between Yanfei and Hutao,

After hearing Hu Tao's words, Yan Fei felt a little strange,
"Is there a gentleman in the academy to guard the spirit of the old dean?"

Wake up is usually done by family members or heirs, and outsiders rarely get involved.

Hu Tao nodded carelessly: "The old dean has no relatives, so the gentlemen of the academy say that they are the last relatives of the old dean, so they should guard the old dean's spirit."

"Is that so?" Yan Fei murmured, but she didn't continue to ask, but nodded to Hu Tao, "Okay, I know, the old dean is the elder of all of us, and I am also taken care of. Now, more Sorry to bother Hall Master Hu."

"Hey, don't bother, don't bother, helping people to rest in peace, sending people to death is the responsibility of our Xiangsheng Hall. Besides, Daoyi and the gentlemen of the academy have said that if you have any difficulties, you can find them and they will solve them. You Don't worry, I will let the old headmaster go away with peace of mind."

Everyone is still a little unaccustomed to Hall Master Hu's carelessness in matters of life and death,
But Yanfei and Jiuqiren both caught a name - Daoyi.

Yan Fei couldn't help asking: "Dao Yi has also been here?"

"Ah? Eh, Dao came here a day or three ago." Hall Master Hu said carelessly, without any intention of keeping it secret.

In Hu Tao's view, this past life was originally entrusted by the old director Wang Daoyi to the Past Life Hall.

Whether it is the gentlemen of the academy, Yan Fei and Jiu Qiren, or others,

Wang Daoyi was the old dean's final client and the one who placed the order for this death.

"Three days ago?" Yan Fei's eyes became more suspicious,
She was a little confused, the old dean just left today, why Wang Dao came to place the order a day or three ago.

However, she did not suspect that Wang Daoyi had done something bad. Yan Fei only guessed that there might be some secret communication between the old dean and Wang Daoyi.

Jiu Qiren and Yan Fei also had the same doubts, but she didn't show it, but deduced it silently, and came up with a conjecture similar to Yan Fei's. There may be some secrets between Wang Daoyi and the old dean.

After chatting with Hu Tao for a while about the old dean's death, Yan Fei and Jiu Qiren left.

After the two girls left,

Hu Tao turned around and looked towards a corner of the Hall of Rebirth, showing a hint of vigilance:
"I said, big sister of the General Affairs Department, I have nothing to offend you in the Hall of Rebirth, right? This is the first time you have come to my place to investigate? I hope that the Liyue Seven Stars will affect the work of the Pastoral Hall."

The blue light flickered, and Ye Lan appeared where Hu Tao was looking.

"Array?" Ye Lan asked curiously,

She has absolute confidence in her concealment skills, but Hu Tao can see through her concealment at a glance, which is obviously not a normal situation.

"Of course, didn't Ningguang give you any information? I don't know how many rune formations have been inscribed by the hall masters in the past hall, just to prevent people from sneaking in here and doing some small things." Hu Tao nodded and explained. Ye Lan's question.

The Hall of Resurrection was initially used as a healer to eliminate the plague on the land of Liyue, and later evolved into an institution that guards the balance of the boundary between life and death.
Inside the Hall of Rebirth, the remnants of the past hall masters are hidden. These things are more or less dangerous, such as the goma stick, which is the magic weapon and weapon of the past hall masters.

As for dangerous items like the Goma Staff, there are actually quite a few inside the Hall of Resurrection.

Therefore, there are formations everywhere in the area of ​​Xiangshengtang, not to mention Yelan is coming, even if Mandrill is coming, Hu Tao can also detect it,

Perhaps, this is also the reason why Zhongli chose the Hall of Retirement as his retirement place.

Because the Hall of Past and Present is mysterious enough, even if a young guest who knows everything about the past and present appears in the Hall of Past and Present, it will appear normal.

After answering Ye Lan's doubts, Hu Tao's plum blossom eyes began to become dangerous.
She clasped her right hand back, and a fiery cane appeared in her hand: "Eldest sister of the General Affairs Department, if you can't give me an explanation, even if you sneak into the Hall of Death, even if you are a member of the General Affairs Department, I have to teach you a lesson. "

Holding the stick of Goma, Hu Tao looked at Ye Lan, a chill gradually appeared in her eyes,

Walnut welcomes anyone to come and consult with Shengtang, but sneaking in like this is absolutely not allowed!
Although she knew that Yelan was from the General Affairs Department and that Yelan served Ningguang, Hu Tao still showed hostility towards Yelan.
After all, although Xiangshengtang obeyed Qixing's management on the surface, and even Hutao was grounded by Ningguang, but that didn't touch the bottom line.

And spying on the secrets of the Hall of Rebirth, this is the bottom line.

Seeing that Hu Tao was about to make a move, Yelan waved her hands again and again: "Stop, I came here this time to see you on business. Just now, there were outsiders around, so I just hid myself. It wasn't on purpose."

In fact, Yelan's force is not afraid of Hu Tao, but she really wants to test the bottom line of Xiangshengtang, but she is not ready to really tear herself apart with Xiangshengtang.

As one of Liyue's oldest inheritances, Qi Xing said that he didn't want to master it, but that was impossible.
Think about it, in order to make a handed down magic weapon for Wang Daoyi, how much power Qixing used,

In the Hall of Rebirth, only Hu Tao was holding one blatantly in his hand. It is conceivable that there is a big secret in the Hall of Rebirth.

Of course, as for the treasure handed down from generation to generation, in fact Ye Lan also has one in her hand, but it was her own chance.

"Huh? Tell me, come to me for something. The Hall of Rebirth is just the Hall of Resurrection. If it's something big, I can't help you." Hu Tao looked at Yelan and said, but the goma stick in her hand was still flickering slightly. The red light is the brilliance of the unruly fire in this handed down walking stick.

"I'm here for the gentlemen of the academy." Ye Lan said.

Hu Tao was a little disbelieving: "Oh~ they are keeping vigil for the old dean. If you have nothing serious, I can't let you in to disturb it."

Ye Lan waved her hand and explained to Hu Tao: "No, I don't need to look for them, I just came to look for you. I hope you can give me a list of them."

"Huh? Is the Department of General Affairs even going to investigate who kept the old dean's wake?" Hu Tao was curious.

"No, it's about the selection of the next academy dean. I'm just collecting various information."

"So that's the case." Hu Tao nodded, and put away the goma stick in her hand. She wanted to warn the people in the General Affairs Department not to keep staring at the Hall of Resurrection, but she didn't really want to fight.

"Okay, since it's about the academy, wait a moment, I'll compile a document for you, you wait here a moment, don't wander around." Hu Tao warned again.

"Don't worry." Ye Lan nodded.

Hu Tao left, leaving Yelan here alone.

Looking at the closed door of the Hall of Past and Death,

Ye Lan sighed slightly in her heart: "It seems that the temptation to the Hall of Past Life will be temporarily reduced. This Hall Master Hu looks unreliable, but in fact he is very careful, not as unreliable as he appears on the surface."

"Besides, it seems that there is a big secret in the Hall of Resurrection. There is also that Zhongli Keqing. After investigating for so long, I can't find out his origin. It's really mysterious."

"Forget it, let's check it later. At present, we should first solve the problem of the selection of the dean of the academy. In addition, Uncle Tian will not be able to delay it for long. The selection of Tianshu Star is probably more difficult."

Leaning on the doorpost of Xiangsheng Hall, Ye Lan thought about things in her heart, and found that she had more and more things to do.

(End of this chapter)