The next day, Ying and Paimeng met at Jiaming, and they met at Longzhou.

After a few pleasantries, Long Zhou came over. "Ah! What a coincidence, you are all here! I have an important commission to ask of you three."

"Okay, I have time. Where is the thing?" Jiaming agreed without hesitation.

Today is the Lantern Festival, a day for families to reunite. Most of the escorts have gone to celebrate the festival, and only a handful of them can spare the time to escort the goods.

Because Jiaming ran away from home, he seemed out of place with the others on this day, so this urgent order had to fall on him.

Long Zhou didn't think much about it and directly told the details: "It's a guest escort. We need to deliver a tea merchant from Qiaoying Village and his goods to Liyue Port. A big customer wants to see him by name."

The escort agency's business scope is actually very broad. In Teyvat, a place where technology is not well developed, especially in Liyue, which is more like an ancient society, the escort agency has many types of work.

It can be roughly divided into six factions: letter escort, ticket escort, grain escort, material escort, silver dart and personal escort.

These are actually the business scope of the escort agency. It sounds very detailed, but basically it is logistics and bodyguards.

A letter is a post, which is also the job of a post station. It is easy and safe.

Ticket escort is similar to silver escort. As the name suggests, silver escort is the job of escorting gold and silver, while ticket escort is the job of escorting silver bills. So there is not much difference between the two. Both are high-risk and high-profit jobs.

However, the same commodity in Teyvat is Mora, so there is no such thing as silver dart. Even if there is, it should be called Mora dart. But there are still silver bills, which are valid silver bills issued by various banks, or checks.

Previously, when Saphir robbed the Yanshang Tea House, he used a large-denomination check to overwhelm the original owner. If this kind of check is to be sent to other people, it can be sent in the form of a ticket escort.

The meaning of grain convoy is easy to understand. It is used to escort grain. There are relatively few such civilian convoys. Most of them are used in official channels, which are similar to supply lines, or grain transportation or something like that.

Material convoy is the escort of items. The kite material that Jiaming and Ying sent last time was a typical material convoy. This kind of convoy has little profit. After all, valuable items are usually transported by silver convoy, which is more secure.

The items used for physical darts are generally not very valuable, so they are relatively safe.

The last one is the human escort, also called human escort or guest escort. Longzhou uses the term guest escort.

This kind of escort is more like bodyguard rather than logistics, that is, protecting someone to get to a certain place and then settling the wages. This kind of people are generally some wealthy businessmen with rich families who can afford to hire escorts but are not qualified to raise funds for the government soldiers.

In ancient times, merchants had a low status and if they wanted to travel far away and did not have many guards at home, they would resort to sending people as escorts to get protection.

After hearing Long Zhou's words, Jiaming did not hesitate and nodded directly: "Okay, what's the address?"

"Here." Long Zhou took out a piece of paper and handed it to Jiaming.

Jiaming took the note, read it, and then frowned. Looking at the familiar address, he hesitated.

Seeing this, Paimon immediately started: "Such a big event, it must be a very urgent and important commission!"

"Well, of course the sooner the better. I suggest you set off as early as possible." Long Zhou nodded.

Jiaming frowned, not wanting to take on this mission. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and he asked, "Why not take the patrol boat?"

"Today is the Sea Lantern Festival, and the track patrol ships... are not passing through." Long Zhou explained helplessly.

Jiaming was speechless. After another silence, he seemed to have accepted the reality: "Okay, Brother Longzhou, you should also take a rest and don't force yourself. Let's go first."

Jiaming, Ying and little Paimeng rushed to Qiaoying Manor.

On the other side, at the Yanshang Teahouse, although it was the Lantern Festival, there were still many customers. Saphir could only arrange for Chu Yi to take some of the staff to receive the customers, while Natia led the other group of people to the stalls.

A regular customer saw her busy and teased, "Boss, why are you so busy today? I don't see you usually, but as soon as you come back you start to busy yourself with this and that."

Safir smiled when he heard this and said, "There's nothing we can do. I don't know who came up with the idea of ​​setting up stalls during the festival. It's really annoying."

"That must be what Lord Yan meant. He wants to encourage shops to win by the quality of their service!" another regular customer interrupted.

Safir shrugged and said, "When I die one day, I will go find him and grab him by the collar to ask him why he did all this during the Lantern Festival."

"Oh! Don't say that!" The guests were so scared that they waved their hands.

They were people who knew Safir well, and they knew that this girl was outspoken and disrespectful to immortals. But even with such a boss, the shop she opened was said to be the favorite place for immortals, which was indescribably magical.

Carrying the packed tables, chairs and benches, Nadia and her men pushed the cart and set off. They happened to meet Master Mao from the opposite door, and the two groups joined together and came according to the old rules of previous years.

They set off a little late from the Moonlight Tavern because an unknown green creature was hungover, and Sosia was not sure how to deal with this guy.

Finally, he consulted with Safire and came to the conclusion of throwing the green thing to the second floor and leaving it there. Then he hurriedly set off with his men.

Saphir was waiting quietly in the private room on the second floor of the Yanshang Tea House. After a while, there was a knock on the door and Zhongli finally arrived.

When I opened the door, I heard Zhongli speak directly: "The hall master ordered me to try the difference between the two kites, you..."

He got stuck here and looked closely at the girl who was more than a head shorter than him.

"What's wrong? Hu Tao wants to fly a kite?" Saphir looked up at Zhongli, "That's great, I'll come and help."

"Um... okay." Zhongli nodded.

The two of them went out with the kites prepared by Hu Tao. Of course, the one made by Saphir herself was hidden. She didn't intend to let Zhongli see it now.

Along the way, Zhongli was silent and Saphir was confused.

After walking for a while, Zhong Kai spoke up: "Boss Phil, the clothes are very nice."

"Cough cough..." Saphir almost choked on his saliva and looked at Zhongli in disbelief.

Are you playing coy now? Who did you learn that innocent trick from?

Perhaps because he felt that this statement was not in line with his personality, Zhongli put on a nonchalant look and spoke: "Is this what Liuyun prepared for you? She asked me about it before."

"Ask?" Safir frowned and tried to understand the meaning of these two words. Soon she realized that it meant to inquire about the size of clothes.

Although it was a bit strange, Zhongli was indeed the one who knew her clothing size. After all, he had lived with this body shape for a period of time and had asked Mi Nu to tailor a set of clothes for her. Although he had never worn them, they must have fit her well. This was proven after Saphir put on the clothes.

So it is normal for Liuyun to ask Zhongli.

"You didn't even tell me in advance. I was really stunned at the time." Safire chuckled.

Zhongli also laughed: "Occasionally, I want to give you a surprise. You don't usually go home, so we don't have many opportunities to see you."

Zhongli was talking about going home, Liyue, which is Saphir's home.

Since she went to Fontaine, she really hasn't come back much, and she hasn't even entered the Chen Ge Hu much, because she was delayed for a long time because she turned into a cat when she was born, and then she was involved in the invasion of the Abyss Secret Realm. This back and forth wasted too much time.

She only went back to Hu Li a few times during the Thousand Spirits Festival, but not often, so her old friends in Liyue actually missed her a lot.

Except for floating houses.

Fushe followed her to do a lot of things in Fontaine, and when he came back he would brag about it, which made Xiao jealous and he even wanted to commit suicide to get the angel's blessing.

Zhongli thought Xiao's idea was very dangerous, and taught him seriously to cherish his life. However, he was secretly wondering if Saphir would be able to bring him back if he died.

After thinking for a long time, he gave up. When he thought about how the other person would look when he died, he felt a sharp pain in his heart. It was better not to try such a dangerous thing. It was good like this.

Along the way, the two chatted about various topics, from interesting things in the past to what they saw and heard in Fontaine, and then mentioned the matter of Funina.

Zhongli thinks highly of Funina, believing that she is indeed a mortal who can rival gods.

"I signed a contract with myself to save the country, and kept it for five hundred years, but I finally cheated the heavens... I respect all justice that needs to be practiced by myself. Even if the divine part has dissipated and the throne no longer exists, for the entire history of Fontaine, Funina is still a god of justice worthy of recognition."

Hearing his old master's evaluation of Funina, Saphir was a little surprised: "You rarely evaluate someone like this."

"She deserves this evaluation for persisting for so long with the mental strength of an ordinary person." Zhongli said seriously, "Moreover, the most difficult thing is not persistence, but choosing to persist when you are ignorant and confused and in trouble."

Safire nodded slightly. Many things are actually like this. It is not difficult to work hard towards a goal. The difficult part is how to overcome the obstacles along the way.

When we know that something will succeed, we are not far from success. But if we don’t know whether it can succeed, and our persistence along the way does not get any positive feedback, then this persistence will become more and more like a joke, exhausting and hopeless.

This is the greatest thing about Furninha, and it is also what Zhongli affirms.

Five hundred years is not actually a long time for Zhongli and Saphir, as their lives have already spanned several five hundred years. But for Finina, it is a long journey of several lifetimes. Gods and humans have different concepts and feelings about time.

For Finina, five hundred years of playing the role of a god was like being imprisoned in a hopeless cage. In this prison called stage, the girl did nothing and yet did everything.

"Divinity..." When he mentioned this word, Saphir suddenly realized something, "Divinity has not dissipated yet!"

"What?" A hint of surprise flashed across Zhongli's eyes.

Saphir's mind kept flashing back to what happened before. Many things connected at once. She grabbed Zhongli's hand and said with a hint of excitement: "Fukaros is not dead. I can save her!"

"Didn't she completely disappear?" Zhongli was stunned, not knowing what Saphir was going to do.

Safir shook her head. She had taken Fucaros in at that time. Although she couldn't find enough energy to nourish her for the time being, she had managed to save her life.

Thinking of what Villette said, he risked his own reputation to ask Saphir to perform surgery on Dilfi so that Funina could perform on stage.

Saphir had the answer in his heart. Villette was not completely ignorant of "blasphemy".

Yes, blasphemy.

According to the conclusion drawn from the blasphemy experiment, there are many ways for a person to obtain the Eye of God, but if one wants to obtain it actively, then apart from talent, the only options are a turning point in fate and a breakthrough in one's state of mind.

From the perspective of Saphir and Navilet, they certainly don't want the process for Furninna to obtain the Eye of God to be too difficult or even dangerous, so this method is very particular.

The stage is the best occasion, the environment that Funina is most familiar with, the script that she is familiar with but has never tried, and the plot that is similar to her experience but did not have a good ending.

Everything fits together. The Daughter of Water is the key for Furninna to obtain the Eye of God.

"No wonder, no wonder Aurelie was able to ask Villette for help! It's not because of her great reputation, but because of the dragon... He saw something... But, is the wisdom of the Water Dragon King so high?" Saphir was full of confusion. Villette should not have reached the level of foresight.

Of course, she didn't know that this was not predicted by Villette, but was revealed by a green big sister.

That big sister was none other than the Grass Dragon King Apep, who inherited all the wisdom of the Red King and could be said to know everything.

In many things happening in Fontaine, Apep has actually always been hidden behind the scenes. She has never shown up, but her traces are everywhere.

Her purpose was unclear, but her approach was clear: to turn Fontaine into a country ruled by a dragon king. This was what she wanted to do, and obviously, she succeeded.

"I almost understand what's going on." After Saphir figured it out, she felt relieved. As for who was behind Villette, she didn't know, but she had some suspicions.

There are only a few of them: the Witch Society, the Five Sinners, and... the Dragon King.

Let's rule out the sinners first. It's impossible for Vesefenir to get involved with Navilette, so the only ones left are the Witch Society and the other Dragon Kings.

It's not particularly realistic that the Witch Society would want to do this, but it's plausible. But if it was the Witch Society that took action, there's no way Alice wouldn't have contacted her, so Nico's possibility can be ruled out.

The only ones left are the Dragon Kings. There is indeed one who has the ability of foresight and is willing to help other Dragon Kings, and he is very familiar with Saphir.

After knowing who it was, the threat no longer existed. Saphir made clear what to do next and turned his head to glance at Zhongli: "This Lantern Festival may be more lively than ever before."

"You have made up your mind." Zhongli said in an affirmative tone.

Saphir smiled and nodded: "I am ready to welcome the return of a god."