At half past eight, it is the peak time for administrative staff in Liyue to "check in" for work.
Many people gathered in front of the gate of Yuehai Pavilion.
Some of them walked fairly steadily, while others ran into the door in a hurry.
"Give me a moment, give me a moment."
A woman hurriedly rushed upstairs with a pile of documents in her arms.
People passing by just looked at it curiously, but didn't make a fuss.
Now that Yue Haiting has the power of supervision, it has become busier and busier, and it has also become the core department of Liyue.
Although it is still under the control of Qixing in essence, after all, the county officials are not as good as the current ones, and most people have already acquiesced that Yuehai Pavilion is the core department of Liyue.
Therefore, Gan Yu, who is in charge of Yuehai Pavilion, is extremely busy.
The woman holding the document ran all the way. She didn't wait for notification before arriving at Gan Yu's office, but opened the door directly and entered.
"Lord Ganyu, are we?"
Looking at the empty office, the woman's steps forward paused, and even her words were stuck.
She looked around doubtfully, then stepped back and looked at the sign in front of the office door. The word "Gan Yu" was clearly written on it.
That’s right?!
Where did Lord Ganyu go?!
A woman has a question mark on her head.
Then she took out a pocket watch made by Fontaine, and the hands clearly showed eight-thirty.
She looked at the empty office with a puzzled look, feeling extremely strange.
This is simply too strange. Over the years, in her impression, Lord Gan Yu is never late at any time except on vacation. She can find Gan Yu here no matter what time, even occasionally in the middle of the night.
She turned around and came to the workstation next to her, and asked an acquaintance of her: "Huixin, do you know where Lord Gan Yu has gone? Or is she on vacation today?"
"No?" asked Hui Xin, who also looked at the woman strangely, "But I just saw Gan Yu going out, but I don't know where he went."
"Ah okay"
The woman frowned in disappointment.
At the same time, on the other side, there is the Yiyan Palace and the Seven Star Conference Room.
Click——
Before the time reached nine o'clock, Gan Yu pushed open the door of the conference room and walked in with a pile of documents.
"Hey, Gan Yu, are you so early?"
"Huh? It's early for you, Keqing."
Gan Yu looked at Ke Qing who was already sitting in the conference room with some surprise.
But after seeing clearly the stacked files on each other's desktop, the two of them smiled in surprise at the same time.
Gan Yu came to his seat, put the documents on the table, and then asked Ke Qing: "Isn't that what Ke Qing is going to show Ouyang later?"
"Yes." Ke Qing answered without any concealment, "That guy is a dragon who never sees the end. He finally showed up this time. Naturally, I have to discuss some issues with him quickly."
At this point, she suddenly asked: "Gan Yu, don't you want to show Ouyang those documents too?!"
"Ah, not all of them are." Gan Yu said quickly.
"These are documents that Yuehai Pavilion didn't have time to process. I just wanted to come here earlier, but I didn't want to waste time, so I brought some over, but there are some that I need Ouyang to review."
"Oh? Is it time to start the year-end settlement?"
This time it was Ning Guang who spoke.
She also heard some words outside the conference room, and she was in a good mood before she asked.
"Yes, although it is only September now, we are about to enter the year-end assessment stage, so I have drawn up some plans in advance. As usual, these will only be reviewed by Tianshu Star."
After a brief chat, the conference room became quiet again.
Nowadays, the relationship between the top leaders in Liyue is actually very delicate.
Since many things have happened, even after knowing that the emperor is not dead, the cracks are not easy to repair.
Today there is generally a semblance of peace.
Of course, no matter what, this is much better than the tense situation between Ouyang and Ningguang.
Nine o'clock.
Click——
The door to the conference room was opened again. Ke Qing and the other three looked at the door at the same time and saw Ouyang stuck in the conference room.
"Morning?"
Ouyang turned around and closed the door of the conference room, then walked to his seat unhurriedly.
"I'm sorry to suddenly notify you of the meeting in the middle of the night. I just came back yesterday and I don't know much about Liyue's recent situation. I need to know some things."
"Of course, I know you also have questions to ask me, so in the spirit of mutual communication and quick resolution, I will tell you first."
At this point, Ouyang glanced around and saw that none of the three people spoke. He said again: "About June, a lot of meteorites fell from the sky. Do you know this?"
"I know, but the intelligence says that Mondstadt was the one affected. Almost no one in Liyue was injured."
The answer was Ning Guang. She looked at Ouyang, obviously not understanding why Ouyang suddenly mentioned this matter.
Ouyang said calmly: "That happened because of my negligence."
Huh?!
Such a turn of events really didn't occur to the three of them.
But
"Uh, Ouyang." Gan Yu asked in confusion, "Why did you mention this to us?"
I wanted to keep the story short, but there has to be a cause and effect, right?
Ouyang pondered for a while and explained: "I won't go into details about the reason. In short, after I accidentally poked a hole in the sky, I immediately returned to Liyue and looked for Morax."
"He explained some of the reasons to me, and then, because I listened to his advice, I tried to get in touch with the principles of heaven, and was eventually trapped in that consciousness. I didn't wake up again until the day Osel appeared."
"I just came back yesterday."
After hearing this, the three of them understood why Ouyang started talking about June.
Ouyang wanted to explain to them the reason for his recent disappearance.
However, in the eyes of the three of them, this explanation was still full of mistakes. Ouyang was really vague in too many places, which made the three of them have more questions in their heads.
However, Gan Yu didn't dwell on this. She directly asked the question she was most concerned about.
"Ouyang, you said that the emperor was not dead that day, and then you said that it was the emperor's test. I want to know how you knew it, and how you contacted the emperor?"
It's very simple, just find Zhongli.
Ouyang looked at Gan Yu and said with a headache: "I know what you want to ask. You, and even the immortals who are not in Liyue Port now, must want to find out the concrete news that Morax is not dead. But I think these things
You'd better wait for him to explain it to you himself. I can't explain it clearly even if I say it here."
If things develop completely according to the plot of the game, then he can naturally say a lot.
But now, although we have learned about the changes in things from some people's mouths, but we have not experienced it personally, others' oral accounts are still different.
"What I can tell you now is that the emperor is indeed not dead. The evidence is this."
With that said, Ouyang took out the rock element crystal that Zhongli gave him from his thumb.
"How did you get this?!"
While Ningguang and Keqing were still wondering what was in Ouyang's hand, Gan Yu stood up directly.
"I can feel the emperor's aura above, and the crystal also has the emperor's seal pattern inside. Ouyang, where did you get this?!"
Gan Yu didn't recognize that thing, but judging from the energy fluctuations, there was no doubt that it was the emperor.
Ouyang looked at the crystal in his hand and said with a slightly helpless tone: "Morax gave Liyue to me, so this thing is in my hands."
Huh?!
Only ten minutes into the meeting, Gan Yu and the other two fell silent once again.
"Ouyang."
It was Ke Qing who spoke this time. She glanced at the crystal in Ouyang's hand, turned to meet Ouyang's eyes, and said hesitantly: "You just said that the emperor handed over Liyue to you. What did you mean?"
"Literally." Ouyang rolled his eyes and replied.
"Wait a minute." Gan Yu spoke again. She suddenly looked at Ouyang seriously, "Although I have been speculating, Ouyang, have you become a demon god now?"
Huh?
Ouyang raised his eyebrows and replied calmly: "Yes."
Zhongli said that he would find time to inform everyone about the transfer of power later, so although Ouyang was unwilling to do this, he also knew that it was not easy to hide it.
Rather than surprising everyone then, it is better to talk about the matter now and save yourself from all the fuss later.
Just like he doesn't like bloody love stories happening to him, he also doesn't like those bloody events happening due to various misunderstandings.
Therefore, after frankly admitting it, he asked again.
"But when you ask this, don't you think that I killed Morax and then snatched Liyue from him?!"
"Well"
Gan Yu didn't expect to be asked directly what she was thinking, and she was a little embarrassed.
However, in this way, she dispelled the doubts in her heart - in fact, all the immortals could not sense the emperor's presence now, which made Ouyang's words seem too weak.
But if what Ouyang said is true,
At this moment, another emotion emerged in Gan Yu's heart: Since what Ouyang said is true, does the emperor really want to retire?
But what should I do?
After the Demon God War, Liyue gained rare peace.
It was at that time that Gan Yu signed a new contract with the emperor to guard Liyue Port as his secretary.
Now that the emperor wants to relieve himself of the burden he is carrying, what should he do if he signed a contract with the emperor?
There was a trace of confusion in her eyes, and she sat down slowly.
The conference room fell into silence for the third time.
But this silence surprised Ouyang.
He looked at Ke Qing and Ning Guang, and the meaning he wanted to convey in his eyes was very clear - you don't have anything to ask?
Keqing opened her mouth, but finally turned her head away under Ouyang's doubtful eyes.
What's going on?!
Ouyang looked around, feeling extremely strange.
But soon, Ningguang answered his doubts.
"Oh the devil"
Ningguang leaned back as he spoke, with a smile on his face, and even his eyebrows seemed to be smiling, but combined with his tone, it revealed a different flavor.
The taste of self-deprecation.
"You became the devil, and then the emperor entrusted Liyue to you."
"It seems that the human rule in Liyue is just an empty dream."
Only then did Ouyang realize why Keqing looked different.
It turns out that the root lies in this.
The emperor was about to retire, which was the golden window for Qixing to take complete control and implement the rule of man.
However, they did not expect that the power would eventually be handed over to another demon by the emperor, making them feel that all their previous persistence seemed to be meaningless.
He quickly explained: "Although I am a demon god, I will only be my Seven Stars. There will be no new beliefs in Liyue."
"At least I won't and don't want to become the new Prince Yan!"
"It's not up to you." Ningguang looked at Ouyang with an incomprehensible look, "I think you must have received news about the offerings made to you by the people in Liyue Port, right?"
Before Ouyang could answer, Keqing asked at this moment: "What do you want to do?"
Keqing's eyes were very complicated.
She didn't expect that the meeting she was looking forward to would turn out like this.
It has always been her idea to rule by people.
Although now after losing the emperor, what she saw and heard made her understand that her original thoughts were still biased.
But this still does not prevent her from continuing to pursue her political views.
She originally thought that Ouyang's return would make this matter go better, but she didn't expect that it ended up taking a turn that she didn't expect.
Handing over Liyue from one god to the hands of another god.
She wanted to stand up and protest loudly.
I objected to Liyue being treated like a fool by the gods and handed over to others privately without even saying hello.
But I didn't expect this person to be Ouyang
It just happened to be Ouyang.
Why is it Ouyang you?!
Ke Qing thought of Ouyang's help to her, and the opposition in her heart slowly subsided.
At least ask the other person what they want to do?!
Ke Qing, who had such comfort and explanation for herself in her heart, asked Ouyang.
"Have you given up on the rule of man that we promised at the beginning?"
Ha ha ha ha--
In the conference room, Ouyang suddenly laughed like crazy.
He laughed so loudly, without hiding it at all, that he even burst into tears.
In the end, Ouyang gradually stopped laughing when the other three looked at him like fools.
He said to Keqing and the other three people: "My existence is Liyue's last insurance, and this is in terms of force."
"As for how to govern Liyue, I hope you can take over everything."
“On the contrary, I feel relaxed and at ease!”
Ke Qing's eyes gradually brightened, and she asked: "Seriously? You really won't use this status to interfere in Liyue's era of human rule?"
"No, Keqing, don't forget, I am also a Qixing, and I also have my own ideas. And taking advantage of this opportunity, there is one thing I have to do."
Ouyang explained to Keqing truthfully.
But at this point, he turned to Gan Yu and said, "Miss Gan Yu, at this moment, I need to use my status as Qixing to apply for dismissal from you."
After finishing his sentence, Ouyang ignored their widened eyes and said again.
"And then, I will use the power given to me by Morax to sign a new contract with you in this capacity!"
