C9

I'm not hungry, I just can eat a lot

The Li Kingdom and the Northern Tribes had been at loggerheads for many years, and both of them had planted a certain number of spies in each other's territory. Luo Yi had thought that Xu Heng might have some help that had not revealed itself, but she never thought that the help would have such a great background.

Liu Liangyun held onto a fan, seeing Luo Yi's shocked expression, he raised his eyebrows slightly, but did not say much, and only nodded at Xu Heng.

Xu Heng nodded, and did not say anything more about her identity. Instead, he turned around to look at Liu Yin: "Do you have a slightly hidden place here?"

"Yes." Liu Yin nodded, her finger pressed on an unknown place on the bed, and then she saw a small crack on the wall that was originally perfectly sewn, and gradually expanded, until it was big enough to accommodate a person for an hour before stopping.

Xu Heng and Liu Liangyun looked at each other and entered the secret room, exchanging greetings. However, before they entered, Xu Heng came back and fished out a bag of pastries from his bosom and placed it on the table. "I don't know when we should talk about this, but you didn't eat at night.

He looked at Luo Yi, "If you're too hungry, you should eat some snacks first.

"Oh."

Luo Yi reached out and hugged the dessert to her chest, her expression was extremely obedient and she nodded while blinking her eyes.

Seeing this, Liu Liangyun smiled and asked a question that had nothing to do with business, "You and Miss Luo seem to have a good relationship."

"Not bad." Xu Heng also laughed, showing that he did not want to comment.

There was no light in the room, only a small candle hanging on the wall. Liu Liangyun did not mind Xu Heng's perfunctory reply and smiled. "I was sent to the Northern Tribes before I was thirteen, it's been almost ten years now."

"Ten years?"

Luo Yi's eyes widened in surprise, her mouth also involuntarily opened wide: "So that means that half of his life till now is in the Northern Tribes?"

"Yes." Liu Yin nodded, her gaze looking at the bag of dim sum that Xu Heng left behind. Luo Yi felt embarrassed seeing that, so she took the initiative to push the dessert towards Liu Yin: "Do you want to eat it?"

"Forget it," Surprisingly, Liu Yin actually rejected him, and raised her eyebrows with a face full of malicious intent. "Her things are not something that an ordinary person can touch."

Luo Yi did not understand, "It's just a bag of dim sum."

But seeing that Liu Yin did not have any thoughts of explaining, Luo Yi sensibly asked no more. After taking a bite of the dessert, he continued with her previous topic, "Then are you not afraid of his betrayal?"

Humans were not like plants and vegetation. No matter how deep the complex feeling between home and home was, it couldn't compare to the love of these ten years. Furthermore, a place that had abandoned its own people, how could it be called home?

"Were there traitors among the people who were sent to the Northern Tribes?"

"Yes."

"Then what should we do?"

"Kill him."

Liu Yin played with the teacup in her hand, disagreeing with it.

Luo Yi, "..."

"Do you think I really came to the Northern Army to be a renowned courtesan?"

Seeing Luo Yi's confused expression, Liu Yin probably thought that it was fun, and patiently explained, "No one is absolutely loyal, so when His Majesty planted the spies, he arranged for another group of people to surround them."

On the surface, these people were in charge of undercover agents interacting with their own country. In reality, they were pawns sent by His Majesty to spy on them. Once they found evidence of treason, they would be executed on the spot without any need for repayment. At the same time, in order to ensure that no unnecessary emotions would arise between the supervisors and the people under supervision, this group of people would change every three years. This year, would be the third year that Liu Yin would stay here.

When she first arrived at the Northern War, this Drunk Dream Pavilion was just an empty shell, with a bright and beautiful appearance, but inside, it was already rotten to the core. Luckily, Liu Yin had worked hard and won first place in the Courtesan Belle selection competition at the end of the year, which was why she managed to revive this Drunk Dream Pavilion.

He really did agree with the phrase "a single person managed to erect a brothel".

Luo Yi was completely amazed by what she heard, and the gaze she used to look at Liu Yin with was inexplicably filled with admiration.

"So you can go home this year?"

She continued to ask, originally thinking that it should be a relaxed topic, but Liu Yin's expression suddenly became dull: "Probably …"

Her voice was low, and it sounded bitter and bitter, but before Luo Yi could ask further, Liu Yin's door was kicked open by someone from the outside.

"I heard that someone took advantage of you today …"

The man was tall and slender, his shadow hitting the wall with more force. However, he was too impatient, so before he could see the situation in the room clearly, he had already started asking questions. When he was done, he saw more than one person in the room and swallowed the last word back down.

"Who is he?"

The man frowned, he had a pretty good appearance, it looked soft and harmless, but in an instant when he looked over with a cold face, Luo Yi could still feel the killing intent from him.

"Cousin sister from far away."

However, Liu Yin seemed to not care in the slightest as she lifted his head to look at him and lazily opened her mouth, "How come you're free today?"

"Cousin?" Helian Rong frowned and repeated himself, then carefully looked at the person seated opposite Liu Yin.

When he had just entered, he had only taken a quick glance and realized, upon closer inspection, that this person was dressed in men's clothes. However, his appearance was filled with the gentleness of a woman, and his demeanor did not resemble that of a man.

It was already deep into the night, but Drunk Dream Pavilion was at its busiest. Helian Rong turned and looked at the many people walking in and out, and then glanced at Luo Yi. He heaved a sigh of relief, and the volume of his words became much lower: "Since you have a guest, then I'll do it another time …"

"What are you doing here?"

Liu Yin interrupted him before he could finish: "I already said, you can't give me what I want."

She continued to turn the teacup in her hand, and when she saw that Helian Rong was still standing at the door, not willing to leave, she could not help but let out a laugh, "Or should I say …"

She got up, walked to Helian Rong, and stuck on him as if she had lost her body: "Are you willing to marry me now?"

Helian Rong subconsciously held onto the person's waist, and opened his mouth to refute, but in the instant that he opened his mouth to speak, his gaze suddenly fell on the person who was staring at him with widened eyes, and then swallowed his hand, and lightly whispered into Liu Yin's ear: "If there's anything you want to say, let's talk somewhere else."

Hearing this, Liu Yin raised her eyebrows, and turned to look at Luo Yi.

Luo Yi was being stared at by these two people in turns, and gradually felt uncomfortable all over. She could only let out a dry laugh, before lowering her head and burying her heart in her chest: "You guys continue, I didn't see anything."

"Come on," Liu Yin laughed, "Let's go out. If you're tired, you can go rest in bed by yourself."

He continued, "Be careful when you go out. The people here aren't easy to deal with. Don't make them bully you."

"Huh?" Luo Yi raised her head, seeing that Liu Yin's gaze had swept once around the wall before turning back, she immediately nodded. "Cousin, don't worry, I will be careful."

"That's good."

Liu Yin was very satisfied with Luo Yi's reaction speed, and after instructing him about some matters she needed to take note of, she followed Helian Rong out of the room.

Helian Rong was used to it, but he could not help but choke back: "So Young Master Helian has planned to continue being so unclear about things with me?"

She smiled as she rolled the two strands of hair by her ear. Her eyes were filled with obvious mockery.

"Liu Yin..." Helian Rong was helpless. His fingers subconsciously wanted to grab onto Liu Yin's other hand that was hanging down, but the other party quietly dodged them.

"Can't we talk peacefully?"

"No."

After an unknown amount of time, he heard the woman's low voice, "You'll be fine after half a year."

"What?"

Helian Rong didn't understand, and before he could ask further, Liu Yin had already raised her head and looked into his eyes, saying each word seriously, "Really, after this half a year, we will all be free."

Xu Heng and Liu Liangyun were still in the secret room, not knowing how long they would take to come out. Luo Yi was bored to death, but she did not dare to go out, afraid that Xu Heng would not be able to find him. As a result, the moment Xu Heng stepped out of the secret room, the first thing he saw was Luo Yi propping her head up and trying really hard not to fall asleep.

The sound of the stone door opening and closing was not loud, but because Luo Yi's sleep was not steady, shsheimmediately became wide awake. The moment she turned her head to look at Xu Heng, he yawned and limply lied back on the table: "You guys finished talking?"

"Yes." Xu Heng's voice was soft, as though he had deliberately slowed down his footsteps when he walked over, causing Luo Yi to fall back into sleep within a few seconds. When she woke up again, the sky was already starting to turn white.

The Drunk Dream Pavilion that had bustled for an entire night finally quietened down when the sky was completely white. Luo Yi twisted her neck, which was a little uncomfortable because she had been lying on the table all night, and looked at Xu Heng who was seated at the side.

Seeing that Luo Yi had woken up, she stood up and poured her a cup of water. It was as if she had intentionally lowered her voice and said, "You can sleep for a while.

"Ugh …"

Luo Yi's mouth was filled with water, so this sound should have been unclear. After that, she turned her head to survey her surroundings and asked: "Did Liu Yin not come back last night?"

"Nope." Xu Heng replied as he played with the jade in his hand.

It was unknown what he was thinking, but he seemed to be absent-minded during the process. The jade pendant in his hand fell onto the table, letting out a crisp sound.

Luo Yi was almost awake now, seeing that Xu Heng's curiosity was piqued again, he went over to pick it up, and then raised it up and muttered: "This jade pendant looks to be very valuable!"

He then frowned, turning the jade over and over again. "Why does it look so familiar?"

Xu Heng reminded him calmly: "It's yours."

"How is this possible!" Luo Yi said with a face full of "Are you kidding me", "How could I possibly have such a precious thing …"

Just as he finished speaking, he paused for a moment, seeing Xu Heng's affirming expression, he squinted his eyes and thought hard, in the end he said uncertainly: "It really seems to be mine?"

Xu Heng; "..."

Strictly speaking, it's not yours.

The jade pendant was something Luo Yi had obtained from the few people outside the run-down temple the day she had first met Xu Heng. She had originally planned to use it as a trap for Lin Ting to enter the capital. But she had forgotten about it, Luo Yi did not care, she would just leave it in her hands as a piece of cake, no matter, when she was poor and had no money to eat, he would still sell it for money right! However, a few days ago, she was angry at Xu Heng, and since she did not have anything else she could use, she used this jade pendant as a concealed weapon to smash it onto's body.

But now, Luo Yi was holding this piece of jade that she had lost and obtained back to him, covering it with her hand for a long time: "Aiyo, my darling, I missed you so much."

"..." A money grubber. "

Xu Heng couldn't hold back his laughter all of a sudden, his eyes had even turned into slits. "You should keep such a precious treasure well in the future, don't just throw it out like that."

In a corner that no one could see, there was no hint of a smile in his eyes.

He didn't think this jade pendant was rare, but when he was in the secret chamber, Liu Liangyun was surprised to see this jade pendant in his arms. He didn't even care about the rules as he asked him who owned this jade pendant and from whom did he get it from.

Xu Heng saw that his tone was serious, and did not seem like he was joking, but kept his answer to a certain question, saying that this jade pendant was sold to him by someone, and not revealing who it was.

Liu Liangyun didn't mind the hidden meaning in his words. He held the jade pendant in his hand and looked at it under the candlelight for a while. He was even more sure that this thing was not ordinary.

Xu Heng did not expect the thing that Luo Yi casually threw to him had such a big origin,he raised her eyebrows and looked, then put it back into his sleeves, thinking that after returning to the surface, she would have to return it to Luo Yi.

However, Luo Yi did not know that there was a twist and turns in this matter. She foolishly hugged Yu Pai with a smile, and even patted Xu Heng's shoulders, praising him for picking up gold.

Xu Heng kicked her lightly when he heard her, "Stop talking nonsense."

He got up and stretched. "Go and pack up. I'll take you to have breakfast."

"Didn't you want to eat the steamed buns south of the city?"

Xu Heng walked to the door and opened it, then turned and smiled at her under the sunlight, "I'll bring you there."