Genshin Impact, I'm Slime

Chapter 446
The North Wharf is being rebuilt, and the people of Liyue are busier than usual. People from Liyue who traveled far away are returning home one after another, and there are many more sailors in the port than in the past.

Some streets have returned to the bustling scene of the past. Most of the buildings on the side of the road are hung with red lanterns, and the hanging golden tassels are shaking gently in the wind. Children can also be seen playing on the street. Of course, some people just To catch up with old friends whom I haven't seen for a long time.

Liyue's teahouse is obviously a good place to reminisce about the old days. Many teahouses have prepared exquisite pastries and steaming tea to entertain the reborn guests.

But Yanshang Teahouse did the opposite at this time, took off the lanterns early, and sealed the gate with long wooden boards.

"Master Ye Lan, that big man has already left."

After confirming that Famas was far away, Wen Yuan came to the door of the private room where the two were talking, and reported in a low voice.

At this time, Ye Lan was wearing her white sleeveless robe and standing by the incense burner, raising her hand to extinguish the embers in the burner with the incense cover, her lake blue hair was shaking slightly, revealing her curved jade earrings.

"I see... Wen Yuan, this matter is over, and you must be more cautious when walking outside."

Ye Lan bent down to support the screen that had fallen due to the coercion of the demon god. Wen Yuan, who had been frightened all the time, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly helped her immediate superior tidy up the messy room.

However, at this moment, the Youqi wrist in Ye Lan's hand suddenly lit up with a blue light, and the light caused her and Wen Yuan's movements to temporarily stop.

Ye Lan frowned, and gently tapped the mechanism on the edge of the bracelet. The phantom of a dignified and elegant Dongguo lady appeared out of thin air. Opposite her was an elegant man with rings on both hands, squinting and smiling.

The two seemed to be talking about something, but as the man's eyes turned towards Ye Lan's direction, the phantom disappeared in an instant.

"Pantalone?"

Ye Lan's face became ugly, and after thinking for a while, she called out to Wen Yuan who was tidying up the sundries: "Leave these things to the waiter in the tea room to clean up, Wen Yuan, go and find Shang Hua and Wu Pei."

"I'll wait for you in the secret room."

Wen Yuan, who is good at observing words and expressions, naturally saw that Ye Lan was in a bad mood, hurriedly put down the cups in hand, and quickly left the Yanshang teahouse through the side door, letting other secret clues inform Shang Hua and Wu Pei who were on mission outside.

Ye Lan, on the other hand, played with a few emerald blue six-sided dice, came to the hanging picture in the corridor of the tea room, and inserted the dice into the hidden gaps in the picture according to the rules.

A door and a downward passage appeared on the originally tight-fitting wall. Ye Lan stepped into the passage and gently beckoned to take the dice back.

On weekdays, the teahouse on Yanshang is often full of tea customers, making disturbances until late at night. However, no one knows that there is a hidden secret room under the teahouse on Yanshang.

This secret room was originally prepared for the interrogation of prisoners. The few lights came from the yellowed tourmaline lamp above the head. Apart from a bookcase that was filled with books, there was only one table and two chairs in the secret room.

But it was in this secret room that Liyue's many dark sides were hidden.

At this time, Ye Lan, the watcher in the shadow of Li Yue, was carefully examining the detailed information of the guest Zhong Li from the Hall of Death, while her three subordinates, Wen Yuan, Wu Pei, and Shang Hua stood behind the chair in a row.

Yelan was concentrating on reading the information, but the three people behind started chatting quietly.

"Master Yelan, how many times have you read Mr. Zhongli's information?"

Wu Pei lowered his voice and elbowed Shang Hua.

When receiving the notice of assembly, Wu Pei was following a spy of a certain idiot, so he had to collect the net and arrest him in advance, and then returned to the teahouse stronghold in Yanshang.

"I didn't arrive much earlier than you, so you can ask Wen Yuan." Shang Hua, who was wearing black-rimmed glasses, also lowered his voice, holding his tone, "It seems that Zhongli is a hard stubble."

Although Shang Hua paid attention to appearance, his speech and behavior were quite loose. He looked sideways at Wu Pei, who was good at strength, and shook his head in disgust.

"I feel that Mr. Zhongli is quite a nice person. Why are you investigating him so strictly?"

Wu Pei didn't care about Shang Hua's dislike, he patted his head, and then elbowed Wen Yuan.

"This is a daily survey of the seven-star partners to ensure that their resumes are transparent. For positions such as the secretary of Yuehai Pavilion, all members of the secretarial team, including the three generations of their ancestors, must be thoroughly checked."

Wen Yuan explained helplessly in a low voice, and kept winking at the two of them.

Didn't these two guys see that Lord Yelan was in a bad mood, so what's the point of chatting here?
But since Ye Lan's back was facing the three of them, Shang Hua and Wu Pei obviously didn't see the face of the immediate boss.

"Generally speaking, undercover agents pretend to be inconspicuous or approachable so that they will not be suspected."

"Have you ever seen an undercover agent who is serious and cold all day long, maverick, and wary of everyone? Isn't that the word "spy" written on his head? That kind of guy only appears in Wanwen Jishe's novels, right? .”

Shang Hua glanced at Wu Pei, who also nodded in approval.

"That's right, I think really powerful intelligence personnel can disguise themselves in a completely different form from their real selves. What we see is only one of their thousands of faces. Their coldness can only be revealed when facing the enemy. revealed."

"So, you understand very well."

Shang Hua pulled the corner of his mouth and snorted.

"Of course, I understand it very well!"

Wu Pei raised his head proudly, but met Ye Lan's playful eyes.

"Ye...Master Yelan!"

"Speaking so loudly, do you really think I'm deaf?" Ye Lan snorted softly, "There is a big problem with the information you two collected, didn't you find it?"

"Hey?!"

The three of them picked up the materials that Yelan put on the table, and looked at them head to head, while Yelan crossed her legs and looked at the light above her head, not knowing what she was thinking.

"I have investigated all the partners of the Hall of Rebirth, this information is already very detailed in theory?"

Shang Hua frowned, supported his chin, and murmured softly.

"Wait." Wen Yuan seemed to have discovered something, pointing to the time data on the intelligence and said: "The time of these intelligence...seems to be a problem?"

"good."

Ye Lan tapped the table lightly with her fingers, with a look of approval on her face.

"This Mr. Zhongli has been a guest official since he joined the Past Life Hall ten years ago. His resume over the years is very clear and detailed. It can even be specific to what kind of tea he likes to drink, what kind of drama he listens to, and when he goes out for a bird walk, but..."

Ye Lan narrowed her eyes, and slightly restrained the sharp gaze in her emerald green eyes.

"When the time point was moved to a long time ago, there was a large gap in his resume, and he couldn't even find an obvious timeline, and this part of the material... Heh, most of it came from Zhongli's self-report that others heard. , and the other part is all rumors, with no basis at all."

"It's as if Zhongli, or this identity, was not really born until the moment he stepped into the Hall of Rebirth and reported his name."

"Then before that, what kind of identity did he live with?"

Glancing at the silent Shang Hua, Ye Lan shook her head, looked at Wen Yuan who was gloating, and her voice became serious.

"Also, Wen Yuan, I asked you to go to Qingce Village to investigate Tianshu Xing. How is the situation?"

Mentioning Tianshu, one of the seven stars of Liyue, Wen Yuan seemed to have regained the rigor that intelligence personnel should have. He took out the sorted information from his arms and placed it in front of Ye Lan.

"Master Ye Lan, according to my investigation, Tianshu star is also among the resurrected soldiers. I also asked some soldiers of the Qianyan army. They all witnessed Tianshu star resurrected from the ashes..."

"But when I asked Tianshu Xing's elder sister, Yun Dan, she showed obvious resistance and cover-up behavior, and several informants under me also filmed Tianshu Xing having sex with a man named Zhiyi two days ago. Photos of young students fishing by the clear water river."

While explaining, Wen Yuan took out a few photos from the information folder. On them were Uncle Tian with white beard and hair holding a fishing rod, and Zhiyi wearing a Fontaine-style white round cap and slanting bangs.

The two people in the photo seemed to be talking happily about something, but it was obvious that Uncle Tian's figure was thinner than before, and his back, which was originally quite tough, was a little bent.

"So I think Uncle Tian is just old... he doesn't want to fulfill the position of Tianshu Xing anymore."

Wen Yuan explained the final conclusion of the investigation, but Ye Lan found some strange details in the photo of Uncle Tian's figure.

Tianshu Xing was born in a family of martial arts, he has been training his muscles and bones since he was a child, even at this age, his body is extremely strong, even stronger than some soldiers of the Qianyan Army who neglected to exercise.

It's only been less than half a month, how can he age so quickly?

Ye Lan came from a declining alchemy family. After carefully comparing the figure of Tianshu Xing in the photo, she suddenly had some kind of ominous premonition, and issued a task to the three people behind her with a cold face:
"Wu Pei, Wen Yuan, it's up to you to collect Zhongli's information, focusing on the time period before he joined the Hall of Rebirth."

"Shang Hua, go and investigate that student named Zhiyi... Find out all his life, especially his financial transactions and interpersonal relationships in the past two years."

The three who received the new mission left immediately, Ye Lan got up and looked at the time displayed on the water clock, took the information collected by Wen Yuan and headed towards Yiyan Hall, preparing to report the situation of Tianshu Star to Ningguang.

(End of this chapter)