Appearing at the door of the side hall was Gan Yu, secretary of Yuehai Hall, who had an elegant and elegant temperament. Behind her were Ye Lan, who looked cold, as well as the confused Traveler and Paimeng.
Yingmei was chatting about her adventures with Yelan, but Gan Yu, who looked tired, hurried into the Yiyan Palace hall with a large pile of documents. The hem of his clothes embroidered with light black auspicious cloud patterns swayed with the movement, just like the ancient times of Liyue. Popular ink painting.
Gan Yu naturally saw Traveler and Yelan in the hall. After a brief exchange of greetings, Miss Yeyang accurately pulled out a thin piece of paper from the pile of documents in her arms and stuffed it into Yelan's hand.
Before Paimon could put his curious little head closer, Ye Lan quickly scanned the words on the note, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared. After nodding towards Gan Yu, he led everyone directly towards where Ning Guang and Zhong Li were. Go to the side hall.
Ning Guang's three secretaries were able to stop Ye Lan, who had a mysterious job, but they could not stop Gan Yu.
After all, Gan Yu's qualifications are decades longer than the wood used to build Yiyan Palace. In the eyes of many staff of the General Affairs Department, Gan Yu does not need extra attention no matter where he appears in Yujing Terrace.
Gan Yu's position as secretary is also quite stable. Even after the Yujingtai was turned upside down, many Liyue families prepared to join forces to challenge Ningguang's authority, but no force dared to propose removing Gan Yu from his position in public.
The reason is also very simple. Miss Gan Yu, who seems gentle and shy, has mastered all the information on the seven stars and eight gates of Liyue for thousands of years, and is involved in countless interest disputes. Even the most despicable bloodthirsty merchants must be wary of her. .
Although Gan Yu's character has the characteristics of an immortal who is indifferent, distant and ignorant of worldly affairs, except for a few people with simple minds, almost everyone keeps away from him.
This also makes Miss Yeyang often have the illusion that she is an inhuman thing.
At this moment, Gan Yu seemed to have rushed over in a hurry. His face was red and he was still breathing. The moment he saw Zhongli, his pink-purple pupils shrank first, and then he saluted casually, with a very respectful attitude.
Zhongli nodded to her, as if he didn't mean to say hello too much.
However, Ningguang keenly discovered that the etiquette performed by Gan Yu to Zhongli was the etiquette used by Liyue to greet his elders in ancient times. The gesture was just right, not too attentive, and did not appear to be indifferent.
But before Ningguang could think about it, Gan Yu walked up to her in a few steps and said with a very serious expression:
"Miss Ningguang, Huishan Hall, Yinyuan Hall, Shenglu Hall and many Liyue aristocratic families held a dinner in the Golden House. Representatives of all aristocratic families and business circles... have been invited to attend..."
Ningguang was originally observing Zhongli's actions sideways, but after listening to Gan Yu's report, he turned his gaze away, and the coldness in his eyes made people shudder.
"What did you say?"
Ning Guang stood up solemnly, even forgetting to maintain the elegant demeanor that Tianquan Star should have, and Gan Yu's tone was equally cold. She already had the blood of Qilin, and with the chill in her tone, her voice was as cold as a deep valley orchid. .
"The dinner party that you did not approve three days ago was held as scheduled according to the plan reported by Yinyuan Hall. Supervisor Ning Lan sent an invitation letter belonging to Seven Stars and a banquet badge."
Ning Guang and Gan Yu's expressions were extremely bad. They didn't even have time to explain to Zhong Li and the traveler what happened, so they looked at Ye Lan, who had the same serious expression next to them.
"Ningguang, this banquet is more than what it seems."
"The Fool Executives [Rich Man] have arrived in Liyue, but Yinyuan Hall is secretly planning a non-official banquet at this time. Huishan Hall and Shenglu Hall happily went to the banquet without receiving Qixing's notice, and the banquet venue was chosen in Such an important place as the Golden House..."
Ye Lan gently rotated the aqua blue bracelet on her wrist, her eyes lowered, and she was trying to persuade Ning Guang to act cautiously.
At this time, Ningguang was extremely angry and smiled, but Zhongli already understood the reason for Ningguang's anger. He glanced at the still confused Traveler and Paimon, and sighed as if as a reminder:
"Liyue has just experienced the death of the emperor, and it is a troubled time. The merchants who are mainly engaged in mining disobey orders and dispatch workers to gather illegally... It seems that they are dissatisfied with Lord Tianquan's policy?"
Zhongli's prompt was simple and straightforward. The traveler quickly figured out the key and quietly looked at Ningguang, whose face was as sinking as water.
Not only did Yin Yuan Hall fail to terminate the banquet preparations according to Ning Guang's advice, they even sent out an invitation letter and brooch to Liyue Qixing in an extremely presumptuous manner, as if they were planning to establish their own business.
The deeper meaning of this banquet was obvious.
"Mr. Zhongli is right..."
Ning Guang looked at Zhong Li with complicated eyes, and opened his mouth slightly as if he wanted to ask something, but in the end he just nodded.
She was a person who was good at weighing the pros and cons. Seeing that questioning Zhongli's identity was no longer an option, she simply gave up.
"But it's better for these traitors with different intentions to get together, so that I don't have to go and find them one by one."
"Gan Yu, please inform Keqing. After all the participants enter the venue, ask her to lead the Beiying Qianyan Army to block all entrances and exits of the Golden House. Don't let anyone go."
"Ye Lan, disguise yourself and go to the banquet with me to find out what the purpose of this banquet is."
Ningguang gave orders extremely forcefully, but after turning his attention back to Zhongli and the traveler, he returned to his elegant and dignified appearance.
"Mr. Zhongli, I was very inspired by my conversation with you today, but unfortunately I have something important to do and cannot send you far away. I will visit you in person someday to thank you for your teachings."
"If you... encounter any problems or inconveniences in Liyue Port, please feel free to let me know and allow me to do my best."
Ningguang used words carefully and greeted Zhongli according to the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers, but Zhongli just shook his head with a calm face and casually pointed out that Ningguang's etiquette was too solemn.
"I'm just a guest, how can I be treated with such courtesy from Master Tianquan?"
"Since Lord Tianquan still has official business to attend to, I won't bother you anymore with the travelers."
Zhong Li stood up and said goodbye to Ning Guang. His waistcoat almost didn't cover him, and now he just wanted to leave Yiyan Palace quickly to avoid further trouble.
But Paimon sneaked up to Zhongli and poked Mr. Keqing on the back.
"Hey, Zhongli, do you really feel safe letting the wealthy Ningguang woman and... uh, this Miss Yelan go to such a banquet with obviously bad intentions?"
Paimon didn't understand what the riddles they were playing at first, but after the traveler explained in a low voice, and knowing the cause and consequences of the incident, she suddenly pretended to be upright and flew to Zhongli's side to urge him.
"And, and... there's a banquet! There must be a lot of delicious food."
Little Paimon's thoughts were too easy to guess. The traveler helplessly held his forehead and quickly raised his hand to pull Paimon back.
Hearing the explanation of emergency food, Ning Guang was silent for a moment, then a smile appeared on his lips. He took out invitations and badges belonging to the Seven Stars, took out three of them and handed them to the expectant little Paimon.
"Except for me and Ke Qing, the rest of the Seven Stars are unable to return to Liyue due to official business."
"There may be some twists and turns during the banquet, but with the traveler's ability to repel the Whirlpool Demon God, it will be fine."
There were only two people, Traveler and Paimon, but Ningguang took out three invitations. Ye Lan, Ningguang, Traveler and others looked at Zhongli with a stiff face at the same time, and the meaning was self-evident.
"It is Zhong's honor to share this banquet with you all..."
"Wow! Zhongli, you are so kind!"
Everyone could detect the helplessness in Mr. Zhong's tone. Only Paimeng jumped towards Zhongli in surprise after hearing his promise.
There was a lot of noise in the Yiyan Palace, and at this moment, Famas had passed through the relatively intact road on Feiyun Slope and entered the gate of the North Country Bank again. (End of chapter)
