As one of the Seven Stars, Ningguang understands the importance of education and intellectual public opinion.

If Tongwen Academy is run by people with ulterior motives, then Liyue's future education will go down the wrong path.

And the intellectuals who have been taught in these crooked paths are one potential danger after another.

"Yelan, I need you to investigate all the current senior gentlemen of the Tongwen Academy, to see what their current position is, who is close to us, and who is not like us, I want to know all of this."

"You're going to prop up a new dean among them?" Yelan understood what Ningguang meant.

Ningguang remained silent and looked at Yelan: "Perhaps, I will also investigate in the General Affairs Department to see if there is a suitable person, no matter what the next dean is from, he just needs to be on our side." ”

Saying that, Ningguang remembered another thing, and continued to Yelan: "By the way, Uncle Tian's body is getting worse and worse, he decided to start the selection of Tianshu Star in advance, and told me that he hoped you could help take the test, I agreed, and remember to go and dock with Uncle Tian when I turn around." ”

"Okay, then I'll go." Yelan nodded and walked out.

After Yelan left, Baiwen returned.

Ningguang looked at Baiwen: "Baiwen, help me replan my itinerary, I need to go over to the old dean's funeral in person." ”

Baiwen immediately nodded: "Okay, I'll go to the Xiangsheng Hall to consult the specific time in a while, and resubmit it to you after planning." ”

Ningguang nodded, did not continue to speak, and lowered his head again to start approving other documents.

As a celestial star, she is really busy.

——

Liyue, Crimson Cloud, Northland Bank.

In the room where Wang Daoyi once came,

Pantarone took over the latest list of information from the Fatui intelligence officers.

Feel free to take a look,

There was a twinkle in Pantarone's eyes, as if he had seen something interesting.

"The old man is dead? Heh, finally dead. ”

Pantarone smiled happily,

Then he looked at the Fatui intelligence officer in front of him and said, "Now that the position of the head of the Tongwen Academy is vacant, the infiltration of Liyue will also be accelerated. ”

"Let's investigate, who is interested in that position, but it is difficult to get the support of Seven Stars, or those who are willing to cooperate with us for a win-win situation."

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

The Fatui intelligence officer in front of Pantarone nodded, he knew the executive very well.

It's not the first time they've done this kind of [dog] thing.

Before, they bribed a person named Zhiyi, that guy, and even a candidate for one of the seven stars, Tianshuxing.

Even people in such high positions can be bought by them,

Then, with just one Tongwen Academy, I don't believe that there is no one who is willing to cooperate with them.

On the main seat, Pantarone looked at the expressions of his subordinates, his eyes were slightly cold, and he saw that his subordinates did not care about the Tongwen Academy.

"Heh, are you thinking that just a Tongwen academy can be done casually?" Pantarone's tone chilled slightly, "Let me tell you, the Tongwen Academy is the most important part of Liyue's cultural heritage, and the mainstream mouthpiece of Liyue comes from this, and the booksellers and newspapers in Liyue all have funding from the Tongwen Academy, so if you mess up this matter, haha, you should go to Sumeru and find Dotorre, I heard that he is quite short of people." ”

As soon as Pantarone's words were heard, the Fatui below immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

He really didn't pay much attention to the Tongwen Academy, and in his opinion, it was more important for him to push the Liyue man named Zhiyi to ascend to the Tianshu Star than the Tongwen Academy.

However, now that Pantarone had threatened him with death, he would have to turn most of his energies to the Homo Academy.

That's right, for most of the other executives, going to work under the Doctor is basically a declaration of death.

Although he is now working under Pantarone, it is not a good job, but Pantarone, a capitalist, at least knows the value of labor more than the doctor's disregard for anything.

Determined to transfer the content of the future work to the Tongwen Academy, the intelligence officer of the Fatui nodded at Pantarone: "Please rest assured, Lord [Rich], I will complete the infiltration of the Tongwen Academy as soon as possible and establish our own mouthpiece." ”

Pantarone nodded: "Very well, besides, be careful of the lady of the General Affairs Department, her eyes are always on us." ”

Pantarone is talking about Yelan, as Ningguang's best partner, the war between Yelan and Pantarone has never ended since Pantarone was in charge of Liyue.

No, it should be said that after Yelan started doing intelligence work, she has been fighting against people like Pantarone.

"Please rest assured, as long as the situation does not occur last time, the people in the General Affairs Department will definitely not be able to win against us." The Fatui intelligence officer said confidently.

Pantarone 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 last Liyue Collaboration Banquet in Mondstadt, Wang Daoyi helped Yelan destroy a secret Fatui warehouse, and the Fatui suffered heavy losses this time.

Not only was a large amount of precious material lost, but even a hidden list was lost, and a large number of collaborators were unearthed in Liyue.

It can be said that almost a year of work of the Fatui intelligence department has been lost.

This is still a direct loss, and the indirect losses are countless.

And now, Pantarone knew that Wang Daoyi had been warned by the Ice Empress, so he naturally assured his subordinates that that such a situation would not occur again.

"However, you don't go to eat Tiger Rock less, other people's families don't make a move, and you yourself will provoke others." In the end, Pantarone gave a word of warning.

The Fatui intelligence officer nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course, after that person came back, except for a very few normal diplomats, the rest of the Fatui had already retreated from the Tiger Eating Rock. ”

For Wang Daoyi, the current attitude of the Fatui is very strange,

Some of the Fatui were left by Gongzi, and their attitude towards Wang Daoyi was a trace of closeness in awe, because when Gongzi was the envoy of the solstice, Wang Daoyi and Gongzi did get closer, Wang Daoyi, Gongzi, and Zhongli often ate together and listened to plays, which led to many Fatui left by Gongzi, and they even thought that Wang Daoyi was a friendly army.

Among the Fatui left by the doctor, many of them have a close attitude towards Wang Daoyi with respect, they have been instructed by the doctor, Wang Daoyi wants to ask something, he will tell Wang Daoyi something, there is no need to hide it at all, so in the eyes of this part of the Fatui, although Wang Daoyi is not his own person on the surface, he is at least half of his own person inside.

The last part, and by far the largest part of Liyue, is the Fatui led by the rich Pantarone, and their attitude towards Wang Daoyi is disgust, and they stay away.

The disgust is that they clearly know that Wang Daoyi is an enemy, and the reason for staying away is that this enemy is too strong to defeat at all, so they can only stay away.

Therefore, when Wang Daoyi appeared in Eating Tiger Rock, the Fatui took back all the intelligence personnel scattered in Eating Tiger Rock, leaving only normal diplomatic envoys as the basic source of intelligence.

They were really afraid that Wang Dao would clean them all up as soon as he made a move.

After all, being disposed of for peeking at a great being is not a game-breaker.

"That's good, for that guy, don't hang around in front of him, and also treat him as if he doesn't exist, okay, you go down to work, besides, how is the progress on Yusupov's side?"

"The progress is very good, the man named Zhiyi is very obedient, and besides, he poisoned his teacher in front of us, and in the future, he can only obediently listen to us."

"That's good, take the position of the Celestial Pivot Star first, how to control the Seven Stars of Liyue little by little, heh, Morax, since you can't see me, then I'll take your cherished Liyue first, so that you can always see me."

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

The Fatui intelligence officer shuddered, feeling like he had to slip away.

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

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

"Yes, sir."

——

Hall of the Dead,

Yanfei took Kuki Shinobu and ended the conversation with Hu Tao,

"So, will the old dean's funeral take place in seven days?"

Hu Tao nodded: "Yes, although the normal process of death is a small funeral, a funeral, a funeral, a funeral, a funeral, and finally a funeral and burial, as well as a death ceremony." ”

"But the old dean no longer has any family, and there is no need to report the funeral and run for the funeral, so skipping the two most time-consuming links, now the small burial has been completed and the spirit is being suspended, and several gentlemen of the academy are also willing to keep the spirit for the old dean, so seven days later, the old dean will be officially buried and hold a death ceremony."

Hu Tao explained a few words to Yanfei and Kuki Shinobu,

Kuki Shinobu 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 Hu Tao.

And Yanfei listened to Hu Tao's words, and suddenly felt a little strange,

"Is there a gentleman in the academy who came to keep a vigil for the old dean?"

Wakes are generally done by family members or heirs, and outsiders are rarely involved.

Hu Tao nodded with a big grin: "Does the old dean have no relatives, so the gentlemen of the academy said that they are the last relatives of the old dean, so they should keep a vigil for the old dean." ”

"Is that so" Yanfei muttered, 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 quite taken care of, and now, I have a lot of trouble with Master Hu." ”

"Hey, don't bother, don't bother, help people rest in peace, send people to death, it's our responsibility to die, besides, Dao Yi and the gentlemen of the academy have said, if there is any difficulty, look for them, they will solve it, don't worry, I will let the old dean go in peace."

Everyone is still a little unaccustomed to Master Hu's big arrogance in the matter of life and death,

But both Yanfei and Kuki Shinobu have captured a name - Daoichi.

Yanfei couldn't help but ask, "Dao Yi has also been here?" ”

"Huh? Hey, I came here a day or three ago. "Master Hu was very arrogant, and he didn't mean to keep it secret at all.

In Hu Tao's view, this death was originally entrusted by the old dean to Wang Daoyi to the Death Hall.

Whether it's the gentlemen of the academy, or Yanfei and Kuki Shinobu, or others,

Wang Daoyi is the last client of the old dean, and he is the one who placed the order for this death.

"Three days ago?" There were more doubts in Yanfei's eyes,

She was a little confused, the old dean only left today, why Wang Dao came to place an order a day or three ago.

However, she didn't suspect that Wang Daoyi had done something bad, Yanfei just guessed that there might be some secret exchanges between the old dean and Wang Daoyi.

Jiuqi Shinobu and Yanfei also had the same doubts, but she didn't show it, but silently deduced it, and came up with a conjecture similar to Yanfei, between Wang Daoyi and the old dean, I'm afraid there are some secrets.

After chatting with Hu Tao for a while about the old dean's death, Yanfei and Kuki Shinobu said goodbye.

After the two girls left,

Hu Tao turned to look at a corner of the Xiangsheng Hall, revealing a hint of caution:

"I said, eldest sister of the General Affairs Department, there is nothing wrong with you in my Death Hall, how many times have you come to my place to investigate? The Hall of the Dead is the Hall of the Dead, and it is not interested in the affairs of the Seven Stars of Liyue, nor does it want the Seven Stars of Liyue to affect the work of the Seven Stars of the Dead Hall. ”

A blue shimmer flickered, and Yelan appeared where Hu Tao's gaze was looking.

"Formation?" Yelan asked curiously,

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

"Of course, didn't Ningguang give you information? Within the scope of the Hall of the Afterlife, I don't know how many rune formations have been inscribed by the hall masters of the past dynasties, just to prevent someone from sneaking in here and doing some small things. Hu Tao nodded and explained Yelan's question.

Originally served as a healer of plagues on the land of Liyue, the Hall of the Dead evolved into an institution that guarded the balance between life and death.

Inside the Hall of the Dead, there are hidden remnants of the hall masters of the past dynasties, and these things are more or less dangerous, such as the staff of Goma, which is the magic weapon and weapon of the hall masters of the past dynasties.

And dangerous items like the Staff of Goma, there are actually quite a few inside the Afterlife Hall.

Therefore, there are formations everywhere in the afterlife hall, not to mention that Yelan is coming, even if Xiao is coming, Hu Tao can also detect it,

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

Because the Hall of the Dead is mysterious enough, even if a young guest who is familiar with everything in the past and present appears in the Hall of the Afterlife, it will seem normal.

After answering Yelan's doubts, Hu Tao's plum blossom eyes began to be dangerous,

With a backhand grip on her right hand, a blazing cane appeared in her hand: "Eldest sister of the General Affairs Division, if you can't give me an explanation, even if you sneak into the Afterlife Hall, even if you are a member of the General Affairs Division, I have to teach you a lesson." ”

Holding the staff of Goma, Hu Tao looked at Yelan, and a chill gradually appeared in his eyes,

Hu Tao welcomes anyone to come to the consultation business of the Shoshodo, but it is absolutely not possible to sneak in like this!

Although he knew that Yelan was a person from the General Affairs Department, and he also knew that Yelan served Ningguang, Hu Tao still showed hostility towards Yelan.

After all, although the Afterlife Hall superficially obeyed the management of the Seven Stars, and even Hu Tao was grounded by Ningguang, it didn't touch the bottom line.

And to spy on the secrets of the Afterlife, this is the bottom line.

Seeing that Hu Tao was about to make a move, Yelan waved her hand again and again: "Stop, I came here this time to find you to have something to do, there was an outsider just now, so I hid my figure, not intentionally." ”

In fact, Yelan's force is not afraid of Hu Tao, but she does have the heart to test the bottom line of the Afterlife, but she is not ready to really tear her face with the Afterlife.

As one of Liyue's oldest traditions, the Seven Stars said that if they didn't want to master it, it would be impossible.

Think about it, in order to make a heirloom artifact for Wang Daoyi, how much power did Seven Stars use,

And in the Hall of the Dead, Hu Tao alone is blatantly holding a piece, it is conceivable that the Hall of the Dead has a big secret.

Of course, there is an heirloom treasure, in fact, Yelan also has one in her hand, but it is her own opportunity.

"Huh? Say, come to me for something, the Afterlife Hall is just the Afterlife Hall, if it's a big deal, I can't help. Hu Tao looked at Yelan and said, but the staff of Goma in his hand still shimmered with a faint red light, which was the brilliance of the unruly fire in this heirloom staff.

"I'm here for the gentlemen of the Academy." Yelan said.

Hu Tao was a little unconvinced: "Oh~ They are keeping a vigil for the old dean, if you don't have anything serious, I can't let you in and disturb you." ”

Yelan waved her hand and explained to Hu Tao: "No, I don't have to look for them, I'm just here for you, I hope you can give me a list of them." ”

"Huh? Does the Department of General Affairs even have to investigate who gave the old dean a wake? "Hu Tao is curious.

"No, it's about the selection of the next college headmaster, I'm just collecting all kinds of different information."

"I see." Hu Tao nodded, and put away the staff of Goma in his hand, originally to warn the people of the General Affairs Department not to keep an eye on the Afterlife, but he didn't really want to fight.

"Okay, since it's a matter of the academy, then you wait, I'll sort out a document for you, you wait here, don't walk around." Hu Tao admonished again.

"Don't worry." Yelan nodded.

Hu Tao left, leaving Yelan here alone.

looked at the closed door of the Hall of the Dead,

Yelan sighed slightly in her heart: "It seems that the temptation of the Afterlife Hall should be temporarily reduced, this Hu Hall Master looks unreliable, but in fact he is also very careful, not as unreliable as it seems." ”

"And it seems that there is really a big secret in the Afterlife Hall, and that Zhongli Keqing, after investigating for so long, he can't find out his origin, it's really mysterious."

"Forget it, let's check it later, for now, let's solve the problem of the selection of the dean of the academy first, in addition, Uncle Tian's side won't be delayed for long, and the selection of Tianshu Star is estimated to be more difficult."

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

(End of chapter)