I chatted with the scholars for a while, and learned about the current situation of some students and gentlemen in the college.

Wang Daoyi waved the two away and left them alone in the gazebo.

"At present, there are two aspects of information, one is that the Fatui are collecting information about the students, so it seems that they are ready to do something on the students' side, and perhaps, after they confirm the attitude of most of the students, the students in the academy will be encouraged by them to take the initiative to participate in the selection of the dean."

"The people of the Fatui are one mile and one away, and they can control the choices of the students, unless the Seven Stars use their power to parachute a dean down, otherwise the people they support are very likely to be elected to the position."

"But if the Seven Stars use their power to parachute one over, then the atmosphere of the academy will definitely deteriorate, and at that time, the Fatui can also achieve the goal of destroying the cultural inheritance."

"Not true. This purpose, I'm afraid, is Pantarone's own, tsk, the twisted imperial kitchen, it's terrible. ”

Wang Daoyi fully understands Pantarone, and since this guy has targeted the Tongwen Academy, he may have the intention of tampering with the Liyue civilization.

Since the emperor is unwilling to look at him, then he distorts the things that the emperor cherishes, and he should not be the distorted emperor kitchen, this is the blackened emperor kitchen.

"Therefore, the most important thing is to thwart the actions of the Fatui without using force or force, and to choose a gentleman with a firm position to become the new dean."

"So. Who is the most suitable of the four gentlemen? ”

Leaning on the pillar of the gazebo, Wang Daoyi thought silently.

The four gentlemen have their own characteristics, except for one Mr. Yan Ming who has been in contact with the Fatui, the other three gentlemen seem to be very clean and self-conscious, and they seem to be able to be used as targets.

However, Wang Daoyi was still a little curious about that Mr. Yan Ming,

It was he who took the money and let the Solstice students in, helping the Fatui to complete their plan.

It was the three million Mora in his hands that disappeared, but the old dean did not punish him.

This series of information seems to be telling Wang Daoyi that Mr. Yan Ming is not simple, and he has a very important secret.

"Before the old dean left, he didn't tell me anything about the academy, that is, in the old dean's opinion, the academy can operate normally without him, so who will be responsible for the operation of the school?"

"Is it Mr. Shi Jing, who is liked by students, or Mr. Jian Zhen, who is in charge of the internal affairs of the college."

"Or is it Mr. Feng Yuan, who controls the external passage of the academy, or is it the mysterious Mr. Yan Ming?"

"Heh, no matter who it is, among these four people, there must be someone left by the old dean, and this person is the person that the old dean thinks can stabilize the operation of the academy, or even two of them, three of them, or. All of them. ”

For the old dean, Wang Daoyi trusts the other party's wisdom very much, a person who has lived for a thousand years, even a stupid person, should see through a lot of things,

Not to mention that the old dean can't be a stupid person,

Since the other party did not tell Wang Daoyi anything about the academy, it means that the other party had already made all preparations before he died.

Shi Jing, Jian Zhen, Feng Yuan, Yan Ming.

Among the four most outstanding gentlemen in the academy, there must be someone left by the old dean who can be trusted.

Wang Daoyi's brain suddenly flashed, an inexplicable meaning appeared in his eyes, and then a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Perhaps. The old dean has seen farther than anyone else. ”

He suddenly remembered, old dean, but the patron of time.

If the old dean predicted what would happen after his death,

Then Mr. Yan Ming's doubts seem to be explained.

With a hint of a smile, Wang Daoyi disappeared into the gazebo.

Crimson Cloud Slope - Death Hall.

Several gentlemen helped each other out of the hall of the dead,

Behind them was Hu Tao.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the wake is over, and the rest of the matter will be handed over to our Afterlife Hall, you just need to wait for the final funeral and come back to see the old dean for the last time."

Hu Tao said to several gentlemen,

The gentlemen bowed their hands to Hu Tao: "Then please Hu Tang Master." ”

"Well said, well said." Hu Tao also gave his hand back.

After seeing the gentlemen leave, Hu Tao shook his head slightly, and then returned to the Hall of the Dead.

At night,

The gentlemen said goodbye to each other: "Fellow students, it's not early, let's go home and rest first, and then go back to the academy tomorrow." ”

"Then we'll talk about it tomorrow."

The gentlemen dispersed and went home.

And Shi Jing, Jian Zhen, Feng Yuan, and Yan Ming, the four gentlemen on the list, did not go home separately, but reunited together and walked towards the academy.

"Three, the old dean has left, but the academy can't be left without a master, we still have to choose one person to deal with the prying eyes of the seven stars and those outsiders."

"What Brother Shi Jing said is that before the old dean left, he entrusted the academy to us, so we can't let the old dean down."

"Alas, you have seen the vigil of the past two days, the old dean has just left, and those few people have come out of their minds, I'm worried., just that, Yan Ming, what's going on over there."

"It's been a long time since those outsiders had contact with me since the last incident, but now that the academy has undergone a big change, they will definitely find me soon."

"Cooperate with the thief, I have wronged you, Brother Yan Ming."

"It's not a grievance, those people entertained me with delicious food and drink, and they weren't abused." Yan Ming shook his head, but there was still some frustration in his eyes, obviously, Yan Ming, who had received an orthodox education, was very disgusted with such things as cooperating with the Fatui, but now he had to wronged himself for the sake of the big plan.

The group talked to each other and walked towards the academy on the silent night road.

After they left, a figure emerged from the shadows on the side of the road, it was Wang Daoyi.

"Sure enough, these four gentlemen are all people left behind by the old dean, if the Seven Stars and the Fatui don't interfere, these four people can completely control the academy."

"However, the cooperation between Yan Ming and the Fatui was actually planned by themselves, it seems that when the Fatui were planning the Academy, the people of the Academy were also planning the Fatui."

"In their chat just now, it seems that they are also full of vigilance against the Seven Stars, so in today's game, there is another camp belonging to the academy."

Seven Stars, Academy, Fools,

The three-way entanglement is the real situation of this game.

"However, now that I'm intervening, the game won't be able to be played the way you want it to."

Wang Dao's eyes flowed with light, feeling that he had found something interesting, and then his figure flashed and dissipated in place.

late at night

Yan Ming and a few classmates ended the discussion and returned to their dormitory alone.

As one of the most important gentlemen in the college, he has his own dormitory in the college, which can facilitate his rest.

But this time, Yan Ming opened the door and immediately saw a handsome young man sitting at his desk, flipping through his teaching copy.

"Ah, Mr. Yan Ming is back, I take the liberty to visit, I hope you don't mind."

The young man closed the manuscript in his hand, then stood up, and seemed to take a step, but it appeared in front of Yan Ming like a streamer.

Seeing this miraculous scene, Yan Ming's expression changed, and he gave up the choice of calling for help.

With the speed that the other party showed, he hadn't even shouted out before the other party could kill him.

"If you don't tell yourself, it's a bit rude for you to enter my house and flip through my manuscripts."

Yan Ming stepped back as quietly as possible,

Wang Daoyi shook his head slightly: "Sir, don't be afraid, I have no malicious intent, otherwise you would have been lying on the ground a long time ago." ”

"The main reason for my trip is to ask Mr. a question, what did the old dean say to you, and then what are you going to do?"

Wang Daoyi took a few steps forward and asked Yan Ming, and there seemed to be some compulsion in his words.

Yan Ming's expression was cold, he thought quickly in his mind, his eyes looked at Wang Daoyi, and then he suddenly said, "You are a person from the Seven Stars?" ”

"Oh? Why? Wang Daoyi looked at him with interest, but there was a dangerous light in his eyes, and it seemed that he would hunt him down in the next moment.

Yan Ming's face did not change, his face was calm, he looked at Wang Daoyi, and then shook his head slightly: "Because those outsiders will not be so polite, they want to buy the gentleman of the academy, before we clearly refuse, or in other words, before we lose hope of recruiting us, those outsiders will be polite to us." ”

"And the academy has a special status in Liyue, and I think it's possible that someone with only seven stars will sneak into my dormitory. As soon as the old dean left, you can't wait to take the academy back? ”

Yan Ming's voice was a little unwilling, but more bitter.

In Liyue's thousands of years of development,

Although the Seven Stars of Liyue are nominally the existence of the Emperor to rule Liyue, everyone should listen to the Seven Stars.

But this is not the case.

You see, even the General Affairs Department directly under Seven Stars has developed an institution like the Vault, not to mention other institutions.

Liyue has seven stars and eight gates, many chambers of commerce, a hall of the dead that walks in the narrow line of life and death, a academy that teaches and educates people to inherit civilization, and many ancient Fangshi families.

These people, in addition to the Seven Stars and Eight Sects, there are not many forces that can be mobilized by the Seven Stars.

Therefore, in Yan Ming's opinion, Wang Daoyi was sent by Seven Stars, probably to threaten or persuade him to obey Seven Stars.

Yan Ming was unwilling because the academy had been operating independently for thousands of years, but now it was going to return to the rule of the Seven Stars in their hands, which might lead to a trend of political influence on academic development.

Yan Ming was bitter because if the Seven Stars really used their power to subdue the Academy, then they could only accept it, and as for cooperating with the Fatui against the Seven Stars, the gentlemen of the Academy had never thought about it.

In their plan, they want to use the Fatui to educate the students, let them know that sometimes, bad people will disguise themselves as good people.

As a result, halfway through the plan, the old dean passed away.

So the gentlemen revised their plan again, wanting to introduce the variable of the Fatui and let the Seven Stars transfer the pressure on the academy to the Fatui.

Then the academy can try to maintain itself as much as possible in the game between the Seven Stars and the Fatui.

In this way, the Seven Stars could not directly intervene in the academy with the intervention of the Fatui.

After all, when there is a foreign enemy, you still forcibly suppress your own people, it will be too bad for character.

Therefore, bringing in the Fatui, balancing the Seven Stars, and then negotiating with the Seven Stars to deal with the appointment of the next dean is the plan of the Academy.

It's a pity that the arrival of Wang Daoyi made this plan impossible to continue.

Yan Ming looked at Wang Daoyi, his eyes were dead, and he felt that the academy was about to lose its academic stance of 'neutrality and objectivity'.

The corners of Wang Daoyi's mouth twitched, then he glanced at Yan Ming speechlessly, stretched out his hand and grabbed the person, and dragged him back to the room.

I don't care about being seen, but it's better to hide it so that I can have the joy of playing detective games.

"I'm afraid you're thinking a little too much, although I also have some cooperation with Ningguang, but I'm not her person."

"I'm here to find out what the current situation of the academy is, and in addition, to thwart Pantarone's conspiracy."

Wang Daoyi said to Yan Ming with a feeling of playing games and talking to NPCs.

Yan Ming was a little confused, it seemed that things were a little different from what he thought,

He hesitated for a while, looked at Wang Daoyi, and asked, "So, you're not from the Seven Stars?" ”

"Of course, didn't I say that. I have a collaboration with Ningguang, but I'm not one of hers. Wang Daoyi nodded seriously and answered Yan Ming's question again.

"Then you're not a Fatui either?"

Wang Daoyi pursed his lips: "Mr. Yan Ming, although you are not an in-service teacher, but you are also a teacher, can you not be obedient and missed, I just said before, I am here to deal with the Fatui." ”

Yan Ming nodded, then recovered his expression, with a hint of vigilance in his eyes, and looked at Wang Daoyi again: "Neither a person from the Seven Stars nor a person from the Fatuida, so who are you?" ”

In Yan Ming's opinion, the affairs of the academy involve the Seven Stars and the Fatui, and there should be no outsiders in the game.

"My name is Wang Daoyi, have you heard of it?"

"Wang Daoyi, Wang Daoyi" Yan Ming felt a little familiar, and then a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, "Wang Daoyi!" It's you! ”

The name Wang Daoyi may not be special among ordinary people in Liyue, or even very ordinary, and everyone hears it, and at most they praise the name for a bit of charm.

But in the middle and upper echelons of Liyue, the name is terrifying.

Whether it is the battle between Tianheng Mountain and the Fatui executives,

The battle between Qingce Zhuang and the remnants of the demon god,

Even later in the Lonely Cloud Pavilion, he killed the whirlpool Yu Wei and took over.

These things, people in the middle and high-level have more or less heard about them,

also got a name that could not be offended - Wang Daoyi.

Of course, as one of the four great gentlemen of the Tongwen Academy, Yan Ming knew a little more.

For example, the relationship between Wang Daoyi and the old dean.

"I'm very sorry, Your Excellency Wang Daoyi, I was rude before, if I knew that you were coming, I should sweep the couch to greet you."

Saying that, Yan Ming was suddenly stunned for a moment, he remembered that Wang Daoyi did not come to the door normally, he slipped into his room, and he was afraid that he would not be able to sweep the couch to greet him.

"It seems that you know a lot of things about me, so I won't be verbose, I want you to cooperate with me in one thing."

Wang Daoyi looked at Yan Ming and said,

After following the four gentlemen all the way, Wang Daoyi basically confirmed that none of the four gentlemen had any problems, and the wake-up was for them to test the other gentlemen.

Yan Ming's contact with the Fatui was itself a ploy of Mr. Academy.

This also proves that the people chosen by the old dean have no problem, are loyal and worthy of trust.

However, Wang Daoyi's purpose is not to confirm the quality of these gentlemen, his purpose is to teach the Fatui a lesson.

"You say, I will cooperate." Yan Ming nodded very directly.

Wang Daoyi was a little uncomfortable, this changed from preferring to die unyieldingly, to being condescending and respectful, and there was a sense of separation.

"Don't you want to ask me what I want you to do first?" Wang Daoyi asked,

Yan Ming shook his head: "No, you may not know, before the old dean died, he told the four of us, 'In the future, the four of you must support each other in order to protect the academy, if you encounter something that cannot be solved, go to Wang Daoyi, and he will help you once." This is the old dean's last words, so if the old dean is willing to believe you, I naturally will not doubt it. ”

Wang Daoyi frowned, not that he didn't believe Yan Ming's words,

If the other party can't lie in front of him, then it means that the last words are true.

But. Wang Daoyi never promised to help the academy anything, where did the old dean get the confidence to say that Wang Daoyi would help once.

After thinking about it, Wang Daoyi finally shook his head slightly,

According to his temperament, if there is really any big trouble in the academy, and these people ask for it, then for the sake of the old dean's face, he will really help once.

After one time, the favor runs out.

In this way, the old dean guessed Wang Daoyi thoroughly.

"Well, in that case, then you're welcome."

"Since your previous plan was to introduce the Fatui, attract the attention of the Seven Stars, and protect the academy in the cracks, then, now the plan is modified, you can still contact the Fatui, this time, we will set up a big set for the Fatui."

"I don't have an opinion on this, but, over there of Seven Stars" Yan Ming looked at Wang Daoyi, revealing a little hesitation in his words.

"Heh, you have lived in the academy for a long time, how long has it been since you had a positive communication with the Seven Stars?" Wang Daoyi scoffed, and then spoke, "As long as you stand firm and defend Liyue's interests, Seven Stars will not embarrass you." ”

"To put it mildly, the Hall of the Dead, the Secret Vault, the Fangshi Family, and even the major chambers of commerce, there are so many forces that are out of the control of the Seven Stars, do you see that the Seven Stars have expressed the meaning that they must be completely controlled?"

"Although the contemporary Tianquan is a woman, her aura is so vast that even the immortals who don't like her have to admit that you have done a lot of what you don't have, in fact, you just need to go to Ningguang and inform Ningguang of your position and requests, and Ningguang will give you a good answer."

Regarding the operation of the gentlemen of the academy, Wang Daoyi can only say that these people think too much, and misjudge the seven stars as the unfavorable party to the academy.

In fact, Wang Daoyi understands that Ningguang does have a strong desire for power, but Ningguang's desire for power comes from her love for Liyue.

She pursued power for the sake of Liyue, not for dictatorship.

Ningguang sent Yelan to investigate the academy, but he was only afraid that there would be problems with the next successor of the academy.

At the same time, I did not receive a friendly message from the college.

That's why Yelan made the move to let Yelan investigate the academy.

Therefore, as long as the academy assures the Seven Stars that it is willing to be consistent with the Seven Stars on major issues of right and wrong, it will ensure that the inheritance of culture will not be altered and distorted.

Then, who the next dean is, Seven Stars doesn't care at all.

(End of chapter)