Holy Lord from Teyvat

"First of all, Zheng Tian, ​​on behalf of everyone, I welcome you back. And Miss Mona, welcome to Mondstadt. May the wind god protect you."

Qin first welcomed Zheng Tian's return and Mona's arrival.

Mona expressed her gratitude and introduced herself to several people she didn't know.

"Zheng Tian, ​​we already know what happened to you in Liyue, including the battle with the Demon God. I hope you are not hurt." Seeing that everyone knew each other, Qin greeted Zheng Tian.

Zheng Tian: "Thank you for your concern, I'm fine. In fact, even if those two guys were in their peak condition, I could easily defeat them."

Qin: "Well, I'm glad you're okay."

In fact, she was not worried at all, because Ningguang's letter mentioned the Black Tiger Afu of the Black Hand Organization, and Zheng Tian killed the enemy in seconds. How could she not understand that Zheng Tian was playing again?

Qin picked up the documents on the desk and handed them to Zheng Tian: "I'm sorry to bother you just after you got back, but I think it's necessary to notify you immediately about this matter."

Zheng Tian took the information and began to look through it, and Mona also leaned over to look at it.

However, as soon as they read the beginning, they frowned.

Zheng Tian continued to check the information while analyzing, "Are there bad rumors about me spreading in Mond now? Even Kong and Paimon are affected?"

Mona: "But I remember you were the heroes who helped solve the dragon plague, and you were quite popular."

Zheng Tian did not lose his mind: "Someone must be behind the scenes, deliberately smearing me."

Kaiya's eyes...one eye lit up: "I can imagine that you thought of this immediately instead of getting angry at us."

Zheng Tian: "Haha, using rumors to stir up public opinion and secretly guide it to smear and slander the other party is not uncommon in our world that has entered the information age.

So have you figured out who it is? The Fatui? Or the Cult of the Abyss?"

Qin's face showed sorrow and shame: "We haven't found out yet. The enemy is hiding too deep."

Zheng Tian continued to look through the information: “Well, the information says that the incident started in an atmosphere of dissatisfaction with the Knights, so there may be a connection.

The treasure-stealing group is also a little unusual, were they hired to participate? Ha, it's really lively.

"Kong, Paimeng, you should have known about this a long time ago, right? Why didn't you inform me?"

Sora explained, "After Paimon and I found out about this, we wanted to work with everyone to resolve this matter before you came back."

Paimon: "We wanted to help you, but you came back at a time like this."

Don't you want to bother me?

Qin let out a long sigh: "Let me explain briefly, the matter should be counted from the time you left."

"Ah, thank you for the tea. Qin, go ahead and talk. I'm listening." Zheng Tian said after taking the tea brewed by Noel.

Seeing that Zheng Tian still had the leisure to drink tea, Qin breathed a sigh of relief and slowly told the story. Zheng Tian gradually understood the situation.

Qin took Zheng Tian's words to heart, so she began to try to change the situation of the Knights. For example, she no longer did some things herself, but handed them over to subordinates, and she could review the results at the end if she was unsure. Not only that, the Knights also politely rejected some of the people's commissions that she thought could be declined and let them do it themselves.

This naturally caused some dissatisfaction, and there were even rumors in Mondstadt that the Knights were going to follow Lawrence's old path.

Jean was also a little distressed at the time, and felt that she was a little anxious. For her and the Knights, there was almost no criticism that could be harsher than that. If Barbara, Lisa, Kaia and others had not said that what she did was not excessive and expressed their support, she might have tried to slow down a little.

It's actually okay up to here, and slowly, everyone is getting used to it.

But not long ago, rumors about Zheng Tian somehow spread.

At the beginning, the general meaning of the rumor was: It was Zheng Tian's interference that caused Qin to have these changes.

Although it could be said that this was true, Qin was sure that she had never spread the news, and she was a little confused.

Soon, the rumors began to worsen, and the direction of deterioration was roughly: Zheng Tian was an outsider, and he might have done this for a purpose. He might have ideas about Mond, and influencing the Knights was just the beginning.

This rumor still spread, even though the public actually believed Zheng Tian, ​​people always like gossip. And when this statement appeared, many people subconsciously accepted the previous neutral rumor without any evidence.

Gradually, the discussion became more and more vicious.

Why do you, an outsider, have the right to interfere in Mondstadt's internal affairs? And in this direction? What are your intentions? Do you really want to bring back Lawrence's oppression?

The Mond people are extremely sensitive to these things and they are afraid of a repeat of the tragedy that happened before.

Soon, the matter was connected with other things, such as the dragon disaster.

Zheng Tian is quite famous and is a true and officially recognized partner of justice, so there are actually many people in the society who support Zheng Tian, ​​and only a small group of people believe the rumors.

Especially when Tevarin attacked Mondstadt, Zheng Tian saved people and stopped Tevarin, which won him a lot of favor. During this rumor storm, most of the people who were helped by Zheng Tian to take refuge also stood on his side and defended him.

So, when the rumors were resisted, they began to change like this: they were all dragons, who knows if they were in cahoots? Or, was it Zheng Tian who was manipulating all this in order to gain favor, shape his own image, and win reputation and status?

Then, they talked about the Abyss. Is it possible that the attack on Xumi's team by the Abyss Cult not long ago was also related to Zheng Tian? Is he connected to the Abyss Cult?

……

“Ahahahaha, all these scumbags are being pinned on me. Soon, will they say that I was the one who killed Liyue’s Rock God Morax, and that I was the one who released those two demons that were causing chaos, and even that I was the initiator of the Demon War?!”

Listening to Qin's story, Zheng Tian was almost amused. They really understood this conspiracy theory, just like saying "the one who survived was Liu Er Mihou, and the one who was beaten to death was Sun Wukong".

He was a little confused. It was obvious that someone was behind this, but how dare that person do that?

On the side, Eula's eyes changed slightly when she looked at Zheng Tian.

She was away most of the time, and she was even more hated by the Monds than Zheng Tian. Scolding her was almost the correct direction of everyone's inner politics. Once she showed up, how could Zheng Tian be scolded? So she really didn't know these things. But at this moment, she thought she could understand Zheng Tian's feelings a little.

Qin saw that Zheng Tian was really angry, and hurriedly comforted him: "But these rumors are not recognized by the public, most people still believe you.

It is my fault for not handling these issues properly, and I am willing to take all the blame from you."

Zheng Tian suppressed his anger a little, and comforted Qin, "I know that the public still trusts me, otherwise there wouldn't be so many customers for the food in the other world.

Don't feel so guilty, it's not all your fault. I was the one who suggested you make the change, and aren't the enemies who should be blamed? The internal strife just fulfilled their wishes.

In an environment like yours, it is impossible for the war of public opinion to remain silent."

Seeing this, Qin felt relieved: "Thank you, but after all, it was our Knights who failed to respond well, and you have to bear this undeserved smear."

Although Zheng Tian tried to comfort her, as the acting team leader, she had a responsibility that she could not escape.

Meanwhile, the angry victim consoled her, which made her feel even worse.

Zheng Tian closed the unfinished materials and asked, "Can I take these back to read?"

Qin: "Sure, we have a backup of the information, and we will notify you as soon as there is any new progress."

Zheng Tian: "Well, then, can you tell me about the current progress of the investigation?"

I want to see who is so fearless as to spread rumors about me.