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Two days later.
late at night.
Outside Adrian Manor.
Well-dressed nobles and merchants mingled and drank, each with a warm smile on their face.
"Ladies and gentlemen, before the arrival of the 'Doctor,' please allow me to announce something."
Everyone at the banquet looked toward the stage.
The head of the Adrian family, along with several other prominent capitalists and nobles still alive in the city, appeared on the stage.
"Tonight."
"We are prepared to overthrow the rule of that tyrant Lin Jiu'an."
"We will send a large number of troops to blockade Mondstadt at that time, so please do not panic."
"Please drink to your heart's content here, for freedom will return to Mondstadt when dawn breaks tomorrow."
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the other party got straight to the point.
The crowd immediately began to discuss the matter, and someone couldn't help but ask, "What should we do with Lin Jiu'an?"
"Do not worry."
"The Doctor has promised me that he will take care of Lin Jiu'an when the time comes."
The nobles and merchants breathed a sigh of relief, and smiles appeared on their faces.
"In that case, we naturally have no objections."
"Of course, we've long disliked that Lin Jiu'an guy. If 'Doctor' and everyone else are willing to uphold justice, we are naturally willing to lend our full support."
The head of the Adrian family nodded slightly in satisfaction, then said, "However, 'Doctor' has some requests."
"After we take over Mondstadt, we must provide one thousand young men and women to the 'Doctor' every year, and each of you must hand over twenty percent of your income as protection money to the 'Doctor.'"
"As for other conditions, there are also some, such as inviting the Fatui to serve as Mondstadt's garrison..."
The crowd immediately fell into a discussion.
Then someone started it up, saying, "If we can expel that tyrant Lin Jiu'an and restore freedom to Mondstadt, I'm willing." The nobles and merchants below the stage echoed this sentiment.
Anyway, you don't have to hand over your own people. With so many people in Mondstadt, nobody would care if a thousand or two were to go missing every year.
As for 20% of the income, although it is a lot, as long as Lin Jiu'an dies and Mond returns to 'freedom', they can always squeeze it back from those troublemakers by thinking of a way.
Seeing the crowd echoing his sentiments, the head of the Adrian family smiled even more broadly.
He called everyone to the banquet.
On the one hand, it was to welcome the "Doctor" and demonstrate his own status, thus paving the way for him to become the Grand Master of the Knights of Favonius later.
On the other hand, he couldn't agree to such humiliating conditions alone, so he had to find some people to share the burden.
Seeing that things were going so smoothly, the head of the Adrian family was already imagining how easily the "Doctor" would arrive and slaughter Lin Jiu'an. When tomorrow came, the Adrian family could replace the Gunnhildr family as the number one family in Mondstadt.
The head of the Adrian family raised his glass and said, "Let us toast to freedom returning to Mondstadt!"
"Cheers to freedom returning to Mondstadt!"
"Cheers to the 'Doctor'!"
"Cheers to the 'Doctor'!"
Joyful laughter filled the banquet, just as everyone raised their glasses to drink.
Suddenly, the head of the Adrian family on the stage stopped smiling and stared stiffly at the entrance of the banquet hall.
Everyone couldn't help but look towards the doorway.
They saw Lin Jiu'an, covered in blood, standing behind them, blocking the way out.
"Why aren't you drinking anymore?"
Lin Jiu'an grinned, revealing his snow-white teeth.
"Drink it quickly."
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More than half an hour later.
When Dottore, surrounded by the Fools, entered the hall.
Just opened the door.
A pungent smell of blood wafted over.
Following the rustling sound, Dotole squinted and looked into the depths of the banquet hall.
The lights are dim.
A young man, his body stained red with blood, sat on a pile of corpses, the evil eye at his waist radiating a bewitching light.
Hearing the door open, the boy turned to look at him, flashing his pearly white teeth.
"Here comes Dotole."
Chapter 41 Ningguang: Are you here for revenge?
Winter Country.
After obtaining the Heart of the Wind God from Lin Jiu'an, the "Lady" embarked on a journey back to Winter.
After a long and arduous journey of more than a month, they finally arrived at Winter Solstice and immediately went to the Queen's palace to pay their respects to Queen Winter Solstice.
The Queen's Palace.
Rosalind stood in front of a full-length mirror, watching the Queen's maids change her clothes for her upcoming audience with the Queen.
Bored, Rosalyn suddenly thought of Lin Jiu'an, that bastard who always choked her.
Have you heard anything major that's happened in Mondstadt recently?
"I'm sorry, Madam, we haven't heard of anything happening in Mondstadt recently."
"The only thing was during the few days when you were away from Mondstadt, sir."
"Oh? What happened?"
"The Doctor is dead."
Rosalyn couldn't help but curl her lips into a slight smile.
The Queen's maids looked at each other in bewilderment.
Although they knew that many of the executive officers didn't get along with each other.
But is there really that much resentment between them?
Can't hold it in anymore?
When Rosalyn saw her slightly upturned lips in the mirror, she immediately lost her composure and her face turned frosty.
Rosalyn thought she was probably sick.
The "Doctor" is dead, so why are you so happy about it?
"How did you die?"
"I don't know the specifics, but everyone says it was a guy named Lin Jiu'an who did it?"
"Oh, and then? Was there no reaction after the 'Doctor' died?"
The Queen's maid shook her head.
"We don't know the specifics, but on the surface, 'Doctor' didn't do anything. He was only summoned by the Queen once after his death, and then stayed in the laboratory."
After confirming that Lin Jiu'an was not dead, Rosalyn breathed a sigh of relief but also felt a little bored.
"Doctor," how can you do nothing?
If you don't do something, how can I plead for Lin Jiu'an to the Empress and then go back to get revenge on that bastard Lin Jiu'an?
No, shouldn't I be lamenting why that bastard didn't die together with "Doctor"?
Rosalyn was somewhat stunned.
Looking at her snow-white swan neck in the mirror, she seemed to see the red marks again, which hurt a little. For some reason, she felt a mix of anger and sorrow.
Rosalind only realized she had changed her clothes when her maid called her repeatedly, and the Queen's personal maid appeared at the door.
"Madam, please follow me."
"The great Queen has been waiting for you for a long time."
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Liyue Harbor.
Qunyu Pavilion.
Ningguang leaned against the cool couch, resting her face on the back of her hand.
Looking at the message delivered by her scout, she felt somewhat irritable, probably because of the sweltering summer heat.
"You still came?"
The note said that Lin Jiu'an had arrived at Liyue Harbor by ship today.
As the culprit who caused such a huge mess in Mondstadt, Lin Jiu'an's every move naturally attracted high attention from other countries, especially since he had previously accomplished a shocking feat that attracted worldwide attention.
One person killed the second executive officer of the Fatui, "The Doctor"!
Although he only killed the "Doctor's" clone, it was later proven that the "Doctor" was still alive, and Lin Jiu'an spent more than a month recovering from his injuries before reappearing in everyone's sight.
But this record is still quite alarming.
After all, that's the second seat of the Fatui Executive!
The Fools' executives are ranked according to their strength.
Even the lowest-ranking prince possesses the most powerful martial arts among mortals on the continent of Teyvat.
And "Doctor"...
If we add to that the "Doctor" who, after being "resurrected," did not come to seek revenge.
Surprisingly, the Fools and the Winter Solstice faction ignored this matter and even took the initiative to establish diplomatic relations with Mondstadt, which was ruled by Lin Jiu'an. After news broke that they had quickly signed a number of mutually beneficial trade contracts, the Fools and the Winter Solstice faction also ignored this matter.
This is a bit creepy.
Now, the other party has finally left his loyal Mondstadt and has openly arrived in Liyue by ship.
It's only natural that it would attract the attention of intelligence agents and be urgently reported.
but.
Ningguang's concern wasn't whether he would commit any massacres in Liyue.
While the other side's actions in Mondstadt can be described as those of an executioner, their basic logic is still discernible.
He won't kill people randomly as long as you don't provoke him.
The most innocent of those he killed were the Mondstadt citizens who had come to watch the spectacle and clamor for his trial on Judgment Day. After that, he did not kill any more Mondstadt citizens, but instead began to diligently govern Mondstadt.
and.
It was only because Morax, the immortals, and the Thousand Rock Army were there to keep things in order.
Unless Lin Jiu'an has a missing brainstem, he cannot and dares not act with the same recklessness in Liyue as he did in Mondstadt.
And let's not even talk about it.
During this period of his rule, Mondstadt has indeed regained some of its former vitality.
Most importantly, Ningguang understands him.
Understand his policies, understand his wildly imaginative ideas, understand his character, understand him...
It was precisely because she understood him that Ningguang felt irritable.
She thought she had forgotten.