C9 (1/2)
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?”