After passing through the garden and rockery and arriving at the main hall of the Kanjo Bugyo Palace, the two were led by a maid to the reception hall.
As the organizer of the meeting, Inazuma was meeting with Mondstadt, an ally with which the country already had a good relationship. Officials had already arrived early with detailed documents. Even Fang Yun, Yingmei, and Paimon were present and were sitting on the main seat.
But to Qin's surprised eyes, the seat on Mond's side was actually vacant.
"How could it be..." Qin's eyelids twitched, and she had a bad premonition. She did not see the other Knights of Favonius when she went out, and was relieved that everyone arrived at the hall early. Now it seems that she was overthinking.
Barbara was also stunned. Seeing Qin was full of confidence and even thinking about Fang Yun's affairs, she thought Qin had already made arrangements.
"Sister, do you want me to go find Miles and the others?" Barbara reacted immediately and asked in a low voice.
Although the meeting had not yet officially started, even the god Fang Yun had arrived, but Mond was absent. This was extremely rude.
Qin took a deep breath, her face a little gloomy... As someone who was also born into a noble family, she was also very ashamed of such disrespectful behavior. Moreover, the stricter the discipline on Inazuma's side, the more incompetent the Knights seemed.
At this time, Qin had realized that Miles and the others might have lost their composure again. If she did not interfere, it would be unclear whether today's meeting could proceed smoothly.
"How could Miles and the others do this..." Qin gritted her teeth. She didn't dare to look at Fang Yun's eyes. She bowed and hurried back to her residence.
After a long time, Qin came in with a few Knights of Favonius who were still sleepy and smelled of alcohol.
In fact, she had asked these people to take a shower, but they had been drinking all night yesterday and the smell of alcohol would be difficult to dissipate in a short time.
This made Qin feel even more embarrassed. She had been keeping her head down the whole time, and all the confidence she had when she walked out of the room now turned into shame.
In fact, it cannot be said that Miles and his team deliberately embarrassed themselves. Their performance in Mond City was also poor.
It is normal to sit under the trees in broad daylight at the city gate and patrol unarmed. The night elf heroes in Mondstadt can detect monsters entering the city earlier than the knights on the watchtowers, which is enough to show that the knights patrolling the city walls and watchtowers are almost the same as having no knights at all.
But nothing had ever happened in Mond before, and the Knights Templar didn't have any strict rules and regulations at all, so Jean didn't pursue the matter too much.
But she didn't expect that even though she had made the importance of this meeting very clear and told them that if they didn't handle it properly, she would be punished by Fang Yun, people like Miles could still drink and mess up things.
She had done so much to protect the people of Mondstadt at the cost of her freedom, yet no one else was willing to spend even a little bit of their time and effort for her.
Jyn finally understood why Tevarin was almost corrupted by the Abyss.
Tevarin had guarded Mondstadt for thousands of years and nearly died for Mondstadt five hundred years ago. But after waking up, the people of Mondstadt not only allowed the temple guarded by the Four Winds to be abandoned and turned into a paradise for monsters and Hilichurls, but when Tevarin returned, not only did they not recognize him, but they saw a poisonous blood tumor on his body and called him a wind dragon. Who could resist getting angry?
The atmosphere in the hall suddenly fell into an eerie silence.
The official of the Kanjo Bugyo wanted to speak, but looking at the gloomy face of Captain Qin opposite her, and the Knights of Favonius around her who seemed to be still asleep, he really didn't know where to start.
Although the relationship between the three kingdoms of Wind, Rock and Thunder has always been good, in terms of system, Inazuma and Liyue are closer. Inazuma has a hereditary system, and Liyue also has famous families. However, their compatibility with Mondstadt is too different. One of the two countries pursues freedom, and the other has strict discipline.
If the Knights had dared to slack off even to watch the city gate, they would have been punished by military law long ago if they had been in the Shogunate Army or the Chiwam Army.
Due to the different national conditions, the officials in charge of the survey did not dare to speak too much, for fear of damaging the friendship between the two countries. They could only look at Fang Yun for help.
Ying and Paimon also felt the tense atmosphere and were a little afraid to say anything.
Although they had anticipated this when they saw Miles and others drinking yesterday, they did not expect it to be so outrageous. If it were to be investigated, it would be considered a diplomatic incident.
However, Fang Yun glanced at Qin who was keeping her head down and not saying anything, ignored Barbara's worried look, and quietly patted Ying's butt, signaling her to prepare the documents for the meeting.
Yingmei took out the documents obediently, but then she couldn't help sighing in her heart. She hadn't even laid down yet, so how come she knew what position to change to just because Fang Yun patted her butt?
Fang Yun, however, did not pay much attention to it. He clapped his hands and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's start the meeting... Hmph, it seems that everyone in the Knights' Order is somewhat dissatisfied with Inazuma's hospitality?"
He did not try to hide the dissatisfaction in his tone.
He knew that Qin was feeling very uncomfortable at the moment, but he had no intention of saving Qin's face. What he should do now was to let Qin see the problems of the Knights clearly, and he didn't want to indulge someone like Miles.
If he were in the shogunate army, such a person would have been executed by him long ago.
Humph, the dead soul under the knife.
He began to preside over the meeting... Compared with Liyue and Fontaine, the meeting with Mondstadt was much simpler. In addition to restoring diplomacy, there was also cooperation in the wine industry and the military industry.
Needless to say, the wine industry is the foundation of Mondstadt. The military industry is because Mondstadt's adventurers are active and in great need of weapons and equipment. The two countries have always had a need for cooperation, not to mention that Inazuma has now developed talismans with many functions.
He briefly introduced Inazuma's research progress on talismans, and then asked the officials of Kanjo Bugyo to connect with the Knights, but the Knights of Favonius were hesitant in their answers.
Although they are members of the Knights Templar who are specifically responsible for foreign trade, ever since Jean became the acting leader, all matters of Mond have been handled by Jean. They have not done anything seriously for a long time and did not prepare much yesterday, so naturally they could not answer.
Miles and others felt so guilty that they had to ask Qin for help to avoid delaying their work.
"Captain Qin, we didn't mean it. We were really drunk and forgot we had a meeting this morning." Miles glanced at Qin, whose face was ashen, and felt that she was like a volcano about to erupt.
Therefore, Miles hurriedly apologized sincerely, his tone full of fear... He was also panicked now, because His Highness Fang Yun was obviously not very satisfied. If he disrupted the talks between the two countries and the news got back to Mond, he would be gossiped to death by the Mond people every day!
The people of Mondstadt may not remember your achievements, but they will definitely remember your mistakes.
In addition, he did feel guilty about making mistakes in his job.
The other Knights of Favonius also apologized, with similar ideas to Miles.
Jean felt their sincerity and knew that they were truly scared... Actually, it would not be wrong to say that the people of Mondstadt are bad. As long as their freedom is not interfered with, they are quite friendly. Mondstadt is the least xenophobic country, so many adventurers or foreigners will immigrate to Mondstadt.
The real problem with Mondstadt's people is that they are so self-centered that they never consider whether their freedom will affect others.
Just like now, Qin knew that they realized the seriousness of the problem and were ashamed of their work mistakes, but if the system of the Knights Templar was not changed, they would make such mistakes again sooner or later.
"I understand... Excessive freedom is not necessarily a good thing. The oppression of the Lawrence family is certainly wrong, but now it has gone to the other extreme. If it is not controlled, it will sooner or later cause big problems. At the very least, the people of Mondstadt should be grateful and know that rights and obligations are equal."
This is different from the purpose of the establishment of the Knights Templar, but Qin believes that it must be changed.
Lord Barbatos has granted his people freedom and will not interfere in Mondstadt's affairs unless something major happens. However, if the problem is not solved at the root, even if the gods will eventually intervene, Mondstadt will continue to repeat this cycle.
Qin believed that Lord Barbatos would support her on this point.
Of course, one must eat one bite at a time, and Jean doesn't expect to reverse Mondstadt's transformation into a giant baby all at once, but the Knights Templar must be reformed.
And the way to deal with them is very simple.
"Your Highness Fang Yun, on behalf of Mond, I deeply apologize! Mond and Inazuma will always be allies." Qin stood up and bowed to Fang Yun and Inazuma's officials. She took a deep breath and continued, "After I return, I will strictly punish Miles and the others, and record all their dereliction of duty on this trip, and make a public announcement in the Knights, West Wind Church, and the Wind God Statue Square."
As soon as the words fell, Miles and the others felt as if they had lost their minds and almost fainted.
It would be fine if the criticism was announced within the Knights Templar, but if it was announced in the square, the people of Mondstadt, who did not even take the Guardian of the Four Winds seriously, would not tolerate a mere Knight of Favonius, and they would never be able to hold their heads up in Mondstadt again.
But it was also the first time they saw Qin angry, and with Fang Yun in charge, they could only swallow the bitter fruit helplessly.
Qin had a blank expression on her face. Although it sounded a bit harsh, it was true that a giant baby needed to be disciplined by a giant baby.
It is useless to talk about honor and responsibility to an old fox like Miles. Only by letting them enjoy the treatment of the Lawrence family will they learn to take it as a warning and impose a layer of restraint on themselves.
Seeing the Knights Temperance that she was so proud of become like this, Qin was extremely disappointed.
She was solely responsible for Mond's subsequent talks. Although she handled it very well, she herself had forgotten when the meeting ended. When she came to her senses, she had already arrived at Fang Yun's office alone.
"Why, aren't you going to give me a little Mondstadt shock?" Fang Yun sat on the chair with a big horse and a golden sword, "Can you still say now that everyone in the Knights is excellent?"
Qin felt her face burning and didn't dare to look at Fang Yun's eyes.
She had been thinking before, "Don't bully the poor queen" and rode on Fang Yun to attack like crazy, making him apologize for looking down on Mond. But now she can only say "Don't bully the poor young woman".
"I lost." Qin was silent for a moment and finally admitted defeat, "When do you want to fulfill the bet?"
She knew that Fang Yun wanted to help her and Barbara ease the relationship, but Fang Yun had hinted very clearly before that if the Knights performed well, he would help for free, but if they did not perform well, he would have to shoot the Soul of the Knights.
Qin can refuse, but she is not someone who cannot afford to lose...sooner or later she will win back from Fang Yun.
Fang Yun saw Qin's thoughts and couldn't help shaking his head and chuckling: "No hurry, I'll take you to the hot springs today, sit down and talk first."
however.
As soon as she finished speaking, in his surprised eyes, Qin walked towards him with her teeth gritted, and then sat down on his lap.
But she was too anxious and sat in the wrong seat, and her face changed slightly.
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ps: It's time to refine it to level 5, the target is the blonde female knight, but another blonde female knight will participate in the weapon enhancement.
Volume 3: Chapter 40 Taming Captain Qin
"Is this...is this the soul of the Knights?"
Seeing the blond female knight sitting on his lap with a face full of shame and anger, Fang Yun was stunned at first.
He did have the idea of transforming the female knight, but the place was not here. He just wanted to discuss with Jean how to inform Barbara to go out and play together, and how to get along with her in the middle so that the two clumsy sisters could be honest with each other.
but.
When the soul of the Knights Templar, wrapped in white tights that outlined beautiful curves, sat down heavily on Fang Yun's legs, all his words were quietly swallowed.
Even though I had slapped it twice in a row before and experienced the special elasticity of the Soul of the Knights, sitting down like this was a completely different feeling.
He felt like he was playing the real Genshin Impact.
It was difficult for Fang Yun to describe it in words. He could only say that there were only wrong names, not wrong nicknames. He could vouch for Qin Hun Chang with his reputation.
The several ladies who were close to him all had great figures, and some of them had even turned on the autopilot mode for the Judgment-level beasts of burden. But even for Ying, who exercised regularly, his touch was not bad, but it was not as elastic as Qin's, which gave him a feeling of being deeply immersed in it.
Perhaps Eula, who is also a female knight, can fight with him, but before testing Eula, Qin Hip Chang is the soul of the Knights in Fang Yun's heart.
But just like Qin tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep yesterday, Fang Yun was refreshed and played a music game to the beat of Lanaro's chorus and cultivated the World Tree. Qin and Fang Yun were feeling completely different at this moment.
"How...how could this be! What is this!?"
Qin had mistakenly thought that Fang Yun wanted her to sit on his lap. She had already been stimulated at the meeting, and was extremely ashamed and angry at this time. She closed her eyes and sat on Fang Yun's lap without thinking.
She even used her strength in revenge, hoping to defeat Fang Yun with her own weight.
But when her Knights' Soul fell heavily, she realized how big a mistake she had made... She actually sat on a Judgment-level beast of burden.
If we use the terminology of the Seven Saints Summoning to describe it, she took the initiative and attacked Fang Yun, but not only did she not cause any harm to Fang Yun, she also caused him to enter the second stage and activated the Judgment-level beast of burden.
And now, Qin felt like she was being locked by the ruins guards, who were loading shells to bomb her.
After a moment of hesitation, Qin immediately reacted and tried to escape from this locked state, but Fang Yun subconsciously grabbed her slender waist, preventing Qin from breaking free.
"Wait..." Fang Yun hugged Qin. Although he asked Qin to sit on the chair opposite and talk slowly, since Qin volunteered to sit here and talk, he couldn't object.
Qin struggled, her expression looking like she wanted to cry but couldn't: "I didn't say I was going to sit here!"
She was indeed willing to admit defeat, but she just wanted to sit and talk, not sit (typo) and talk.
How is it possible that there are people who can discuss government affairs while performing the Seven Saint Summons?
Qin felt like she had accidentally entered another version of Genshin Impact, and the source of all this seemed to be Yingmei's invitation, who brought her into a special legendary mission.
Moreover, during the fight, Qin felt that Fang Yun's second stage was still changing. If this continued, she was afraid that Fang Yun would be infected with the grass element, and even her genes would change.
Ba...baga!
Seeing that there seemed to be some misunderstanding and Qin was struggling quite hard, Fang Yun had no choice but to let go.
Qin quickly stood up, holding her chest and breathing rapidly, and stepped aside.
It took her a while to recover.
Qin gently pushed aside the slightly wet blonde hair by her ears and stared at Fang Yun with complicated eyes, feeling both embarrassed and helpless.
She was indeed a little angry, but the blame was not on Fang Yun. The main reason for this was that she misunderstood and did not see it clearly.
No, that's not right. It's not her fault. How could she know that Fang Yun would have a second stage!
And the attack distance suddenly became so outrageous! Did you bring a fatal rhythm?
However, Qin did not care too much. In the novels about female knights that she had read, the female knights did not surrender even under severe torture. Although she did not know what the ending would be, she could withstand a proper whipping, so there was no reason why she would be taken down by a beast of burden.
Fang Yun had a similar idea. Although those female knights seemed to perform well along the way, he had never seen any of them successfully escape after being transformed.
After looking at Fang Yun, Qin snorted and sat down on the chair opposite him.
"What did you want to say just now? I understand all of Mond's problems, so go ahead and criticize me." Qin's tone was lost, and she was a little embarrassed to look up at Fang Yun.
As confident as she was before, she is as ashamed now.
But Jyn's original intention was just that those who are capable should do more work, and as the heir of the Gunhild family, she could not help but help when she saw the people of Mondstadt in trouble. Even if it was just looking for a cat or a dog, she would regard it as a very important matter. This has formed a habit of thinking. She did not expect that her hard work would bring trouble to Mondstadt.
Although if we trace back to the root cause, Mond's problems cannot be blamed entirely on her, the acting leader who has been in office for less than a year, Qin believes that it is ultimately her dereliction of duty and she also has the obligation to lead Mond back on the right track.
Fang Yun, however, looked calm: "Why would I scold you? Mondstadt is not my country. I have said everything I should say. And judging from your expression, you have already realized the problem in Mondstadt, haven't you?"
His idea was the same as before. He didn't want to get involved in Mond's politics and reforms until the people of Mond learned to be grateful.
After all, there are examples like Tevarin, Rosalin and Eula. The people of Mondstadt have fought to the death for Mondstadt but never got a good face in their entire lives. Why should he try to please the people of Mondstadt?
Of course, Tieqin Hip-Chang and Eula can still be considered.
Seeing Fang Yun's calm appearance, Qin became anxious instead. She didn't expect Fang Yun to do anything, but she had always wanted to learn Fang Yun's sutras... the real sutras.
What's more, she is full of guilt now, and actually hopes that Fang Yun can scold her a few more times and review the game with her afterward.
She hoped Fang Yun would wake her up.
