Time passed little by little, and the Qianyan Army outside the door had begun to organize people to come to Yujing Terrace to prepare for the Immortal Invitation Ceremony. Ningguang also took two staff members to the center of Yujing Tai, waiting for the opening of the Immortal Invitation Ceremony. .
"Let's go too."
Keqing took Arthur to the high platform next to Yujing Terrace, waiting for the event to begin.
Arthur also saw Ying's figure. Ying was particularly conspicuous in the Yujing Terrace. One moment he went to the incense platform to offer incense and pray, the next moment he came to the outside of the crowd to chat with others, and then tried to squeeze through the crowd to the front to perform the ceremony. Watch the ceremony.
As Ningguang looked at the position of the sun, Ningguang slowly took a step forward from the staff and started the prelude to the ceremony of inviting immortals.
"The auspicious time has come."
As the Immortal Inviting Ceremony begins, Ning Guang injects the four prepared stars into the furnace on the field in the four directions, east, west, north, and south. As a beam of light filled with rock elements shoots straight into the sky, the Immortal Inviting Ceremony begins. The preparation stage is officially completed, and the next step is to wait for the appearance of the rock god.
But the clouds and mist slowly broke away, and the scene of the Rock God's appearance did not appear. As the clouds gathered, the Rock God appeared, but like a puppet that had lost its lead, it fell heavily and directly hit the ritual incense burner.
Then there was no movement.
The two staff members who were closer had been knocked down by the impact and fell to the ground. After the smoke dissipated, everyone only saw Iwagami's body lying on the scene, motionless.
People around him had begun to whisper, curious about what happened, and Ningguang had already arrived next to Yan Shen.After confirming, Ningguang turned around and stood up.
"The emperor is killed, block the audience!"
Following Ningguang's order, the Qianyan Army all rushed into Yujing Terrace and surrounded the onlookers.
Arthur saw that Keqing beside him seemed to have lost his mind, and seemed unable to accept the reality of "the emperor was killed" that Ningguang said.
After Qianyanjun surrounded the crowd, he sent out manpower to screen the suspects in the crowd. Ying quietly left the crowd, then avoided Qianyanjun's sight and tried to leave quietly.
At this time, Keqing also accepted the reality and joined the screening team. Arthur was not called by Keqing to be responsible for the screening because he was not a native of Liyue, but because of his identity as a guest of Keqing, he was exempted from being screened. Cha's fate.
All we can do is wait for the screening to end.Of course, the screening will not yield results. After all, there is no murderer, so where can we find the murderer?
"Crack."
Ying, who was about to leave Qianyanjun, suddenly stepped on a branch. The sound of the dry branches breaking directly attracted the attention of the people around him.
Of course, it's not that Ying didn't observe the surrounding situation. As an experienced traveler who doesn't know how old he is, he certainly won't miss the branch, but it seems that someone moved the branch before Ying landed.
Then he saw Young Master observing the situation on the roof, and Zhongli on the hillside behind Yujing Terrace.
Zhongli: If you run away, where can I find someone to contact the immortal to come forward?
If he had given up resistance like this, Ying would have been suspected of having a motive for committing the crime and would have been released because of his status as an honorary knight of Mondstadt, but Ying ran away directly.
Seeing that Ying was about to run away, Qian Yanjun immediately gave up screening the crowd and surrounded him, trying to arrest the man who was trying to escape.
Chapter 73 Ying’s escape and Keqing’s request
At the corner of the stairs, Young Master, who had been hiding on the roof, came out to rescue Ying and fled the scene with Ying.
Ying's side has entered the formal stage.
"Lord Ningguang, there was a person who fled the scene just now. He is suspected to be the murderer, and there are also accomplices. The two of them fled together."
A Qianyan Army member reported the situation to Ningguang.
"First send people to continue to screen the scene to see if anyone is suspected, and then go after the murderer. The murderer must be brought to justice as soon as possible."
"Yes!"
The screening process was very smooth, because the most suspected people at the scene were a few foreign tourists, but how could ordinary people become murderers?
After a wave of screening, Qian Yanjun reported the results to Ningguang. At Ningguang's signal, he dismissed the people in Yujingtai and then searched for the real murderer in Liyue Port.
Keqing came to Ningguang's side and whispered something to Ningguang.
"Okay, then it's up to you."
Ningguang left Yujingtai with his two staff, while Keqing stayed at the scene with a group of Qianyan troops.
"Arthur, please go back first, I still have work to do."
After Arthur left, Qian Yanjun took out various parts and pieced together a wooden cart. After working together to lift the emperor's "corpse" up, they covered it with jade brocade and waited for nightfall.
When Arthur left, he glanced at Zhongli himself who had quietly left, and left from Yujingtai, intending to participate in the process of the incident.
"Please!"
"Please!"
Ying had already left Liyue Port to seek help from immortals, while in Liyue Port, Zhongli and Arthur drank the wine Zhongli brought in Arthur's room.
"By the way, why don't you ask me why I want to frame any of your companions?"
After drinking a glass of wine, Zhongli now brought up the topic.
Just like when Arthur saw Zhongli's movements, Zhongli also saw what Arthur had discovered about his movements. He didn't expect that Arthur had nothing to say when he came all the way.
"I have guessed to some extent that the people of Liyue will not look for immortals under the instruction of the Seven Stars of Liyue, and immortals are also a part of Liyue. In order for people and immortals to jointly build Liyue and face the test you set, you need to A tool man who is not from Liyue but has enough strength to see the immortal should invite the immortal."
After saying that, Arthur also drank the wine in the glass. If he thought everything was a coincidence before and Zhongli was just following the trend, after seeing Zhongli's actions, everything was just part of Zhongli's plan.
"Yes, after all, she is not from Liyue. She also has the status of an honorary knight of Mondstadt. She has fulfilled my request perfectly. If it weren't for her appearance, I would have wanted the young master of Fools to be responsible for this matter. , but since there are others who are more suitable to be the hub between people and immortals in Liyue, there is no need to let the mastermind behind the scenes appear."
In general, Zhongli's assumed tool man is the young master. He only needs to find a way to attract the immortal, so that the plan can proceed normally. However, the appearance of Ying made Zhongli abandon the young master and choose Ying as a more upright person. The tool person is responsible for promoting the plan.
"But it doesn't fit your image to trick people who don't know anything."
"Don't worry, I will make up for it myself."
After all, Ying is his friend. Although Ying has always acted as a tool, due reward is still needed. In Mondstadt, at the commendation conference, Ying changed from a nominal honorary knight to a regular knight with a real title. It’s just that he doesn’t have his own fiefdom.
In Liyue, I don't mind pursuing greater interests for my wife.
After receiving Zhongli's guarantee, Arthur stopped talking. As the God of Contract, Zhongli would definitely do what he said.
"This is for you. This is a jade token that seals a portion of my power."
Zhongli took out a jade plaque from his arms and handed it to Arthur.
Arthur took it in his hand and looked at it, but couldn't see anything interesting about it.
"This jade token can be given to you and treated as my reward. In times of crisis, the jade token can be automatically activated to generate a jade shield that is equal to the one I release myself, which can protect it."
"Ugh, are you refusing to accept a sick son-in-law all at once?"
"Refuse to accept a sick son-in-law?"
"It's okay, it's okay, let's play a homophonic joke."
Zhongli did not pursue what Arthur said. After all, Zhongli himself did not need to say this line when he released Yuzhang's shield.
"Then I'll leave it to you."
After saying that, Zhongli left.
Arthur was wondering whether he should hand over the jade token to Ying now, or wait until Ying returns from Xunxian.
After calculating the time, it is estimated that Ying may still be on his way to see Zhenjun Xieyue Zhuyang. Now he can go to Wangshu Inn in advance to wait for Ying. Mandrill should already be at Wangshu Inn now.
Suddenly he remembered that half a month ago, he had not seen any trace of Mandrill in Wangshu Inn, and he suddenly doubted whether he could really meet Ying smoothly.
"Arthur!"
"Oh? Keqing?"
Unexpectedly, just after Zhongli left, Keqing came over again. Keqing was not guarding the emperor's "corpse" at Yujing Terrace, so why did she come to see him?
"Arthur, can you do Liyue a favor?"
"?"
Unexpectedly, Ke Qing just came here to ask for help, but do Liyue a favor?Although the emperor "passed away", there probably hasn't been any danger in Liyue yet.
Arthur was confused by Ke Qing's words.
Keqing also saw Arthur's doubts and secretly said that she didn't speak clearly, so she directly told Arthur the specific matter.
"Actually so..."
After Ke Qing's narration, in general, Ke Qing wanted to ask Arthur to find the immortal, and jointly discuss the subsequent development of Liyue and how to deal with the crisis of the emperor's "immortal death".
"I didn't expect you to ask me to go to Xunxian. I thought you would find a way to use Liyue people's own power to deal with everything."
"Speaking of which, is this your opinion or Ningguang's?"
After being shocked, Keqing smiled helplessly.
"As expected of you, Arthur, it seems you have guessed it."
In Ke Qing's words, it was Ning Guang's idea to search for immortals. Originally, Ke Qing really wanted the people of Liyue to solve everything by themselves, but Ning Guang's words awakened Ke Qing, "Are we going to hide this from the immortals for the rest of our lives?"
Ningguang also hopes to rely on Liyue's own strength to solve everything, but Liyue Qixing may pursue interests and status, but for them, Liyue is their home and everything to them.
The Immortal is something that has to be faced.
"So you are looking for me to find immortals?"
"Yes, the identity of the traveler has been found out. Like you, she is an honorary knight of Mondstadt. She must not be the real culprit in this incident. Ningguang has revoked the order to hunt her down. .”
"If she had not escaped, she would have been treated as a distinguished guest by Ning Guang, and she would have been asked to come forward to find the Immortal. But she has already left, and she has also interacted with the Fools, so now I can only ask you, Arthur. Except for the two of you, no one else in Liyue may be able to gain the trust of the immortals, and they will only regard it as the fault of the Seven Stars of Liyue."
"So please, Arthur!"
After speaking, he lowered his head and bowed heavily to Arthur.
Chapter 74 I didn’t expect you to be so erotic!I will remember this grudge!
Arthur quickly helped Ke Qing up.
Ke Qing is right. If Liyue Qixing went to find the immortal directly, how could the immortal believe it? After all, as one of the seven gods in the world and known as the God of War, how could Morax be assassinated by ordinary Xiaoxiao? The Immortal's first suspicion when he came to Liyue was the Seven Stars of Liyue.
"Okay, I agreed, so what do I do?"
Although he also wanted to hand over the jade token to Ying, since Ke Qing had come forward to get rid of him, he had no choice but to complete Ke Qing's commission first.
"Thank you. The other immortals should be in the mountains, but the location of one immortal can be determined directly. He is the three-eyed and five-manifold immortal who should be among the clouds. He is now in Wangshu Inn."
"Wangshu Inn is Ningguang's spy. Ningguang told me this."
Now it is certain that Mandrill is indeed at Wangshu Inn.It seems to be just right. There is no conflict between helping Ke Qing find the immortal and giving Ying a jade token.
"Okay, then I'll leave now."
Keqing had nothing to give to Arthur, so she could only hope that Arthur could complete the task smoothly.
Arthur came to Wangshu Inn with ease. What's more, Wangshu Inn is so conspicuous in Liyue, it can be called a jade pavilion that has not risen, so it is easy to determine the location.
I flew directly to the top of Wangshu Inn again, and still didn't see the mandrill, but unlike last time, I could clearly feel the presence of the wind this time, and I could even feel the presence of the hidden mandrill through the wind.
But Arthur didn't know how to directly point out the hidden mandrill. Instead, he directly generated a serving of almond tofu with the subsidiary effect of his mastery of cooking. Then he took out a set of tables and chairs from the warehouse, and then placed the freshly baked almond tofu on the On the table, take out two teacups and pour tea.
I took out the mandrill-killing weapon, almond tofu, but it didn't draw out the mandrill. It seemed that I could only take out some tokens that were enough to draw out the mandrill, but I had neither a hundred-proof weapon nor an introduction from an immortal.
By the way, there are no taboos in the Seven Stars of Liyue. If you let yourself out like this, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to see the immortal?
Although there is no taboo-free pot, he does have the jade token that Zhongli gave to him. Although it is a reward for giving it to Ying, it must be taken out first to draw out the mandrill.
The moment the jade token appeared, Mandrill appeared directly at the scene.
"Sit down first, don't let the fresh almond tofu go to waste."
"You have the aura of an emperor. Tell me, what do you want from me?"
Different from the [-]-year-old Taobao, which can only be used as a token of meeting the immortal, the jade plaque given by the emperor can prove that this person has met the emperor himself, and this person is definitely not a human being. Feel the corrosive wind breath of the person in front of you. , if it weren’t for the certainty that there was no aura of the Demonic God’s Residue, one might even suspect that the person in front of him was possessed by the Demonic God’s Residue.
(Honkai: I am not that kind of person to be embarrassed about.)
"Sit down and talk slowly first. The dishes will get cold after a while."
Arthur did not rush to explain his purpose to Mandrill, but first let Mandrill sit down and enjoy the food.
Seeing that the person in front of him did not explain his purpose, Mandrill saw the tempting almond tofu and did not refuse. After sitting down, he enjoyed the almond tofu on the table.
Seeing Mandrill starting to eat almond tofu, Arthur slowly spoke.
"This trip is entrusted by someone. Because something happened in Liyue, the Seven Stars of Liyue entrusted me to seek the immortals to discuss the future development of Liyue."
"Accident? What a change that requires us to come forward. Now should be the time to ask for the Immortal Ceremony. Why not seek the emperor's help?"
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