A farce-like celebration party ended.
But Lin Feng's matter is not over yet.
When reporting on work earlier, Pantalone invited him to have a chat after the banquet.
this will.
He was already waiting at the palace gate.
He did not care about other people's emotions at all, and said bluntly: "I guess you didn't eat well at this celebration banquet. How about we go to Beiguo Bank to have a little gathering with me?"
Lin Feng touched his belly.
readily agreed.
This celebration banquet is indeed not a place to have a good meal.
Everyone was noisy.
Even if trouble doesn't hit you, you can still watch the show, but if trouble hits you, you'll be full of energy.
How is it possible to eat well!
It's a pity that I'm only eighteen years old, it's the time when I'm growing up.
So the two left talking and laughing all the way.
Arecino, who was walking behind, was seen clenching his teeth and his face became increasingly gloomy.
[Hearth House] is for her.
Just like private property.
Now the biggest gem in his property has been taken away.
How could she bear this tone?
"After I return, I will immediately remove Troy Schnetzovich as the commander of the [Hearth House] operation and remove his right to mobilize all agents."
Arecino thought so.
But now that Lin Feng has been officially recognized by the Queen, she has no other good solution but to start from this aspect.
As for the deal the two discussed earlier.
Arecino had given up all hope.
Now Lin Feng's status is slightly above his own, and he has also won the support of the fourth executive officer, plus Dadalia and Pantalone, two idiots who are obstructing him.
Therefore, it is almost impossible to get such a bad guy to fulfill that unfair deal.
"Damn thing!"
After Lin Feng and Pantalone disappeared, Arecino murmured in a low voice and set off to return to the Hearth House.
I just don’t know who she was scolding just now.
Northland Bank Headquarters.
In Pantalone's spacious and bright office, a table full of Liyue dishes was placed.
The ones used on the table are not the knives and forks that people in Zhidong are used to, but the chopsticks that people in Liyue usually use for eating.
These dishes are hardly delicacies.
Not very refined either.
It is somewhat similar to Wan Min Tang's signature dish that is friendly to the people.
From this point of view.
Even though he has turned his back on Liyue.
But Pantalone still seems to miss her hometown and her past.
“These were my favorite things as a kid.”
Just as Lin Feng thought, Pantalone's face showed a rare trace of longing.
Then he skillfully picked up a few pieces of meat and stuffed them into the hollow bun head.
Then he put down his chopsticks and started eating with his hands.
There is absolutely no noble and elegant banker temperament in the eyes of outsiders.
While eating.
Even if a trace of minced meat fell off, he would pick it up and put it in his mouth without any disdain, cherishing it as much as a poor man who rarely tastes meat.
After finishing the spicy pork steamed bun in my hand in just a few mouthfuls.
Pantalone licked his lips. His face did not show the expression of feeling embarrassed. Instead, he laughed heartily: "I made you laugh."
"where."
Lin Feng said politely.
Then he happily rolled up a spicy pork bun and ate it just like Pantalone did just now.
This move made Pantalone smile even more.
So he put another chopstick dish into Lin Feng's bowl.
After a few polite words, he continued the topic while eating: "When I was a child, my family was poor and I was used to living a hard life. I could only eat one or two pieces of meat every year during the Hai Lantern Festival."
"Hey, you might not imagine that."
"The kind of days when you work hard all year long, but you can't even hope to eat a piece of meat for the money you earn."
Pantalone's face was very calm when she said these things.
I don't mind telling Lin Feng such past events that most people would consider unbearable to look back on.
Lin Feng naturally couldn't intervene in such a matter.
I can only listen silently.
At the same time, he was still secretly wondering what Pantalone wanted to say.
"well--"
"It's hard to look back on the past."
Pantalone raised his glass and poured himself a drink.
Then he continued: "It's just that poverty will lead to poverty, but this does not affect my respect for Emperor Yan at all."
"Let's talk about the god King Yanwang."
Pantalone turned her head and looked in the direction of Liyue Port, sighing: "He has been fighting demons and demons for Liyue for thousands of years, and finally established the prosperous Liyue Port today."
"What a great god."
"I admire him so much and love him so much that I even chant the name of Emperor Yanwang when I walk."
"But why doesn't he want to cast his eyes on me?"
"Oedipus."
"Tell me, why is this?"
By this time Pantalone's tone had begun to change.
There is quite a ferocious meaning hidden in it.
Lin Feng couldn't answer this hot question. He could only shake his head and said, "Sorry, I don't have the Eye of God, so I can't answer this question for you."
"Oh, that's right."
As if being reminded, Pantalone waved her hand and said, "I almost forgot, you, like me, are both abandoned by the gods."
"Ah--"
"God!"
"I love you and admire you so much, but you ignore my call and ignore my faith."
"But those people around me who don't respect God can get your attention."
"Really!"
"What an injustice!"
Pantalone's expression became more and more crazy as he spoke. With a little force in his hand, the wine glass was crushed with a 'snap'.
Lin Feng also understood what he meant.
It seems that in the past, Pantalone had great respect for the rock god Morax, and its desire for the Eye of God can be described in the words "Breaking through the Sky".
But he never obtained the Eye of God.
But those guys around him who never worshiped God have obtained the Eyes of God one after another.
therefore.
Pantalone, who felt she had been treated unfairly, became the twisted Emperor Heizi he is now.
"Ah."
"Look at the way you look."
"Do I feel that just because the gods are unfair to me, I start to hate the gods?"
Pantalone's voice pulled Lin Feng out of his thoughts.
He took out a silk scarf and carefully wiped the dirt on his hands. Then he threw the silk scarf, which was so finely made and worth a lot, into the trash can.
After doing this, he snorted coldly: "If a god is unfair, I will just treat him as someone who is not worthy of being a god."
"Since he doesn't approve of me, I won't pursue this matter."
"Since then, I have been passionately pursuing being the master of this world."
"Let God take a good look at what wrong decision you have made."
"But."
"But this damn rock god Morax, even if he died ten thousand times, it wouldn't be enough!"
Pantaro gritted his teeth and said: "Obviously he is a high-ranking god, but he even wants to keep all worldly things in his hands."
"He, he should obviously throw away such mundane things as money like worn-out shoes."
"But he actually refuses to grant such rights to mortals!"
"snort!"
"What kind of god does he deserve to be called when he competes with worldly people for the rights to worldly things?"
Vent the long-standing anger in my heart.
Pantalone closed her eyes for a while.
Wait until your emotions calm down.
He then stood up and brought out an exquisite wine glass again, and said apologetically to Lin Feng, "Sorry, I lost my temper again."
"It's out of the way."
"Some things will make you feel better after you say them out, right?"
Lin Feng probably guessed what Pantalone wanted to say to him, so he responded with the same smile.
And Pantalone's next words also confirmed his thoughts.
"Oedipus."
"I want to make a deal with you."
Pantalone raised her glass again, narrowed her eyes and said, "If you can successfully recapture the Rock God's Heart of God this time, can you let me study it for a few days before handing it over to Her Majesty the Queen?"
This is a bold statement.
Especially at Winterfell, at the feet of the Ice Queen.
What Pantalone just said can no longer be described as arrogant.
Completely ignoring the Queen's authority.
However, Lin Feng did not immediately refuse such an unreasonable request.
Instead, he asked seriously: "Where are your chips?"
"Beiguo Bank in Liyue."
"It will be yours then."
The conditions offered by Pantalone can also be described as generous.
The Beiguo Bank in Liyue is the branch where he pays the most attention and investment.
Not only is Mora's headquarters second only to Zhidong in terms of reserves, it is also the intelligence processing center and office of the Fools in Liyue.
The number of molas swallowed there every day would make even Tianquanxing Ningguang, who is also known to be extremely wealthy, jealous.
Use such an important branch just to exchange for a few days of research on the Heart of the Rock God.
This kind of bargaining.
Lin Feng had no reason to refuse: "With such a good thing, only a fool would disagree."
Pantalone was very happy after hearing this, and smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into thin slits.
And he then said: "There is one more thing I want you to do for me."
"You said it." Lin Feng responded.
Pantalone sneered and said, "I have already received the gift that the Heavenly Power Star asked you to bring."
"As a gift in return."
"I want to ask you to help me destroy her Jade Pavilion."
"As for the price?"
At this point, he threw out something: "This is the price I pay."
As soon as I saw this thing.
Lin Feng's eyes suddenly lit up, and he replied with a smile: "Good thing, I agree to this."
Pantalone gave it to him.
It is a shield-shaped badge that resembles the Seal of Solid Ice.
If Lin Feng did not admit his mistake.
This is the crest of the Lawrence family.
And it should be the family emblem that Yula mentioned to him, which was lost when the Lawrence family split, and matched with the Seal of Solid Ice.
Lin Feng didn't ask where this thing came from.
He just needs to know that this thing is useful to Yula.
Yura is very powerful when using Seal of Ice at full strength.
But her shortcomings are also extremely obvious.
That's slow!
A very slow and time-consuming process of accumulating energy!
If the Ice Seal is attacked while charging, it will be easily interrupted.
That's why she developed her current fighting skills of giving up defense at all costs.
But such an offensive method is extremely dangerous.
If she encounters an expert like a skirmisher with extreme speed and extremely abnormal defense, she will be defeated without even touching the opponent.
Pantalone sent this clan emblem at the right time.
As for blowing up Qunyu Pavilion.
Compared with this family emblem, it is really a trivial matter.
After returning to his residence.
Lin Feng did not talk about the celebration banquet first, but immediately gave this thing to Youla.
Waiting to see clearly the shape of this family emblem.
Youla immediately stared, her face full of surprise: "Is this?"
"Get it from Pantalone."
"I thought it might be useful to you, so I brought it back."
Lin Feng sat on the sofa and smiled easily.
“Pantaronie.”
Yola frowned and stroked the emblem in her hand lovingly. After confirming it several times, she sighed heavily: "This is the emblem of our family that has been lost for thousands of years. I didn't expect that it ended up in the Solstice Kingdom. "
"The word degenerate is not appropriate."
Lin Feng said with a smile: "This thing should have been brought from Mondstadt by the people of Arecino's lineage."
"Arecchino?"
Once again I heard this name that was also suspected to be a descendant of the Lawrence family.
Yura's frown deepened.
Earlier when he was in Mondstadt, Lin Feng said something about Arecino.
His assessment of the tenth executive was not very kind.
She is unscrupulous and puts profit first. She will dare to wield her sword against anyone who encroaches on her interests, even the Ice Queen.
If this thing was brought over by people from Arecino's lineage.
With her character.
How could it end up in Pantalone's hands?
To this.
Lin Feng also said he didn't know the reason.
The ages of the executives of the Fools, except for Dadalia, are all measured in hundred years.
And Lin Feng is only eighteen years old now.
Something so long ago.
He really couldn't figure out the entanglement.
"It's rare that there are things you don't know."
Yura joked in a good mood.
Lin Feng spread his hands and curled his lips and said: "I am not the omniscient and omnipotent World Tree. There are still things in this world that I don't know about."
Yula smiled and held the shield-shaped clan emblem in her hand.
Then she urged the ice elemental power to be injected into it.
Similar to when the Seal of Ice breaks out.
The clan emblem burst into dazzling light in an instant, and the temperature in the room dropped rapidly in the cold light.
In an instant.
The entire room was completely covered in ice, exuding an extremely cold temperature like an ice purgatory.
And that shield-shaped family emblem.
At this time, it turned into a transparent and clear ice shield covering Yula's body.
Lin Feng waved his hand and struck with interest.
The moment the palm came into contact with the shield, a sound similar to metal hitting each other was made.
Lin Feng used about three-thirds of his strength, and with such strength, the shield was firmly attached without even a little shaking.
"What a strong shield."
Lin Feng raised his eyebrows.
But he didn't use elemental power to try again.
His current physical condition is not suitable for using elemental power, so he can only try it with his physical body first.
But the results are already very gratifying.
The shield brought by this shield-shaped clan emblem.
He made a rough calculation.
If you don't use elemental power, you probably won't be able to break it even if you try your best.
If the executive's ice evil eye is used to activate it, it will be stronger.
"This should be the reason for your Lawrence family to rule Mondstadt, right?"
Looking at Youla holding the Seal of Solid Ice in her hand again, Lin Feng smiled.
"yes."
As soon as this topic came up, Yura sighed.
"It's recorded in our family's history books."
"The foundation of the Lawrence family is the Seal of Ice and the Shield of Ice."
"One attack and one defense."
"With these two things in hand, Lawrence's people are capable of cutting down even gods."
"I always thought everything written there was a lie."
"I didn't expect it to be true."
No wonder.
Say this.
Lin Feng suddenly realized it.
It’s no wonder that thousands of years ago, when Vanessa’s rebel army received the blessing of the Wind God, they still had to go to Windy to create a [Leeward’s Secret Pact] incident, risking their lives to be beaten by the Rock God, and tricking the people of Mondstadt into turning against them.
What is the fear of bleeding too much?
If it is true as recorded in history books.
Lawrence had long been unpopular.
Then when Vanessa rises up and the Gunnhild family and the Legenfund family join in the support, there is no need to do such troublesome things.
All it takes is the God of Wind to raise his arms, and what kind of waves can the Lawrence family make?
But Wendy just made it so troublesome.
He didn't allow Vanessa and the others to attack the Lawrence family until almost most of the Mondstadt people turned against them.
A reason why he has to do this.
There is only one explanation.
That was when the Lawrence family was really powerful.
It was so powerful that the vast majority of Mondstadt people believed that the rebel army could not win. Even if the wind god was there, they would not dare to resist.
If these people who have surrendered to the Lawrence family do not defect, it is likely that Wendy will have to personally take action to overthrow the Lawrence family only with the help of the rebel army led by the other two nobles and the underground organizations hiding in the shadows.
And Wendy.
He didn't want to take action at all.
"No wonder Vanessa is so afraid of the Lawrence family's resurgence."
"No wonder the Lawrence family is so divided."
"No wonder, after a thousand years, the Knights of the West Wind still refuse to let you go."
Lin Feng let out a long breath and shook his head.
Then he looked around, and then said helplessly: "Auntie, please take away your magical powers. No one can live in the house anymore."
Fortunately, the construction standards of houses in the winter are high.
Otherwise, when Youla used the Ice Shield to explode the ice elemental power just now, her little house would have collapsed on the spot.
"Well"
Yula scratched her head in embarrassment and put away the Ice Shield.
As the ice elemental power receded, the solid ice that originally covered the room also gradually disappeared, but there was still a cold air in the room.
Fortunately, Lin Feng and Youla are also good at using ice elemental power.
This bit of coldness has no effect at all.
After solving the matter of the Ice Shield, Lin Feng did not rush to reconcile the divine power in his body. Instead, he stretched himself and leaned back lazily on the sofa.
"We will go back to Liyue tomorrow. It's winter and I don't want to stay here for a second longer."
Use the power of alien gods under the eyes of the Ice Queen.
In case it is discovered.
That would be bad.
Anyway, I can suppress it now, so I might as well wait until after I leave Zhidong.
(End of chapter)
