RNP Chapter 457: Plan, Selection of New God
Chapter 457: Plan, Selection of New God
At night, the moonlight is shining and the stars are dense. At this time, it is in the last private room on the 5th floor of Wanmin Hall in Liyue Harbor.
Tartaglia looked at Ye Yan beside him and Zhongli, who was a few tables away from him, in a daze. An inexplicable awkwardness spread in the quiet room.
The two Guizhong had the same opinion and laughed in tacit understanding because this scene was really interesting.
Tartaglia looked at Ye Yan, who was holding his wrist with an expressionless face, with a stiff expression, and then looked at Zhongli, who had to stand up reluctantly not far away because he was discovered. His mind was full of doubts and question marks.
Tartaglia silently let go of his hand, casually took out a bag of Mora from his pocket and placed it on the table, showing an awkward but polite smile and said:
"Ahaha, sir, I'm sorry I got the wrong person. Mr. Zhongli is really something. He didn't even tell me that he had a twin brother. I'm really embarrassed."
Tartaglia came to Zhongli with an awkward smile, put his arm around Zhongli, and said to everyone as if they were good friends:
"Let's talk slowly later. I'll take Zhongli with me now."
"Wait!"
Tartaglia's movements suddenly stiffened, and Zhongli looked at Hutao who was walking towards him helplessly, and he couldn't help but feel upset deep down in his heart.
"Mr. Tartaglia, as a loyal partner of our Wangsheng Hall, I normally wouldn't stop you from doing business with the guest officials. But I just heard you say that Zhongli spent a lot of money to ask you to buy antiques. Is this true?"
Seeing that Kurumi was asking this question, Tartaglia had nothing to hide and told him everything. The more Kurumi listened, the darker his face became, and finally he sighed helplessly.
And everyone present also thought of one thing.
At this moment, everyone present had more or less heard about Zhongli's habit of recording his accounts at Wangsheng Hall and Northland Bank. It could be said that he was very famous for this.
Now that the Northland Bank has come to ask for the payment for the antiques, Zhongli will definitely send the bill to the Wangsheng Hall. Now that Hutao has come out in advance, she must have prepared herself mentally.
Ye Li was also helpless when he saw this scene. Hu Tao was the one who delivered the goods to his door. He finally had the opportunity to restrain Zhong Li, but before he could take action, he had to pay a large sum of money in advance to buy antiques. It was really unlucky.
Tartaglia looked at Kurumi's ever-changing expression and could tell at a glance what the other person was thinking, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of sympathy.
Seeing Kurumi taking out a gold card from her pocket with a painful expression, Tartaglia finally accepted the money. After all, it was written in the contract that if Zhongli could not afford the expenses, Wangsheng Hall could pay for it on his behalf. It was only a matter of sooner or later.
Gui finally came to the confused and slightly angry Hu Tao, patted her shoulder and said:
"Okay, okay, don't be angry, just deduct the money for the bill from his salary."
"The problem is that the guest official's salary has been deducted for decades. If Ye Li hadn't come as a guest official a year ago, it would have been deducted forty or fifty years by now."
Facing Hu Tao's indignant complaints, Gui Zhong was speechless. At the same time, he also had an idea of Zhong Li's habit of keeping accounts. He rubbed his brows with a headache, and looked at Zhong Li who was taken away by Tartaglia and had not yet gone out to get the antiques, and said:
"Be careful next time you buy antiques. If you really want to buy them for collection, come to me. I actually have quite a lot of Mora in stock."
"Please take care of Kurumi. I will be careful when buying things and try to choose the cheapest ones."
"You, you, you have changed after not seeing you for so many years."
"The consequences of wear and tear are very serious. In order to avoid it, I have no choice but to do this. However, I will also compensate her for the cost. After all, it is not easy for a child to manage such a large Wangsheng Hall."
Hearing the gentleness and doting in Zhongli's tone, Gui Zhong also smiled, rubbing Hu Tao's head and responded:
"With you supporting her from behind, the corrupt officials and powerful people in the Hall of Rebirth will never be able to touch her. I believe that all of them will be eradicated within a few years."
"Almost. But it's still quite tiring to solve all of them silently. If it were you, you would be faster than me."
"Forget about my words. I was still asleep at the time and didn't have time to think about anything else."
Gui finally looked at the door being closed and Tartaglia and Zhongli who had already left, and began to act as the atmosphere group with words to liven up the quiet atmosphere in the room.
At the same time, on the other side of the door that was isolated from the sound, Zhongli also received the antique that he had asked Tartaglia to bring from Zhidong a few months ago.
Looking at the broken tea set in front of him, which was once used by his old friend who was also one of the seven rulers of the mortal world, Zhongli couldn't help but sigh at the ruthlessness of time and the changes in the world.
"By the way, Mr. Zhongli, who is that gentleman who looks exactly like you? Could he really be the twin brother I mentioned?"
"It's not like we are brothers, we are just similar flowers. If you really want to understand, you have to start from a few months ago."
"Stop, stop, stop. Mr. Zhongli is still the same as always. He starts to talk at length at every turn. Just focus on the main points."
Tartaglia scratched his head helplessly, looking at Zhongli who was putting the antiques away in front of him. He interrupted his long speech directly. He only needed the key information.
……
At night, on the top of Tianheng Mountain.
After hearing all his plans, Gui Zhong looked at Zhong Li with a complicated expression, then looked at the prosperous Liyue Harbor below him. The lights of thousands of houses were reflected in his eyes, and he felt better. He said:
"Over the past thousand years, you have only given your instructions every year, and Liyue Port has become the number one port on the continent. The hard work and unyielding will of the people of Liyue account for the largest part of this."
"Their spirit of forging ahead is indeed worthy of praise. I am just adding fuel to the fire. The so-called market trend within a year is just a general direction. Their wealth is given to themselves with their own hands."
"So you have been planning this for thousands of years. You have let them fend for themselves for so long, and there have been many troublemakers and greedy people."
"Greedy people do exist, but with my reputation as a threat, they dare not act rashly."
"But if you're not on top of them, you should know the consequences better than me, just like Mond back then."
Gui Zhong looked at Zhongli seriously. The brightly lit streets of Liyue behind her and her figure formed a beautiful painting, but neither of them noticed this.
"I understand what you mean. Human greed is endless. No matter what kind of intelligent creature, it cannot escape this. But there are always people who can restrain their desires and abide by what they believe to be right."
"But those children are a minority after all. Even if we train them wholeheartedly, there won't be any problems for a few generations, but what about thousands or tens of thousands of years later?"
Looking at Gui Zhong who walked up to him, stretched out his hand and held his hand tightly, Zhongli was a little speechless. He couldn't help but recall that he had asked Ye Li a similar question, and the other party's answer was also very direct.
“If that happens, we should first train the true successor in secret and teach him the correct concept. The immortals should also step back to supervise and let nature take its course afterwards.
If this method doesn't work, then elect a new god and have him secretly carry out the above strategy."
Gui Zhong nodded in approval of Zhongli's proposal, but she said with a serious expression:
"To be on the safe side, let's start the action now. I will make the detailed plan for you. As for the selection of the new god, that will depend on you."
Looking at Gui Zhong who was smiling, extending his finger, and winking mischievously, Zhongli smiled, then thought of someone, and said naturally:
"As for the new god, I do have a candidate. The immortals have been observing him with me for a long time, and the method just now was also learned from him. It's just that he is a bit lazy at ordinary times, so I have to make him stronger."