"Okay, Deng Tong, don't be poor, tell me, what are you doing here? Did you bring me any news back? Liu Heng thought that Yifang was still waiting for him, so he didn't bother to chat with Deng Tong anymore, and asked directly.

When Deng Tong heard his question, he also looked at him, and said seriously: "Chang'an has been deployed, the tunnel has been dug all the way out of the city, and the weapons are sufficient, so you can do it at any time." ”

"That's great." Liu Heng breathed a sigh of relief.

The deployment of Chang'an has always been his heart problem, but fortunately, with Deng Tong, a playmate who grew up with him since childhood, to help him cook, he can feel a little more at ease. Although Deng Tong seems cynical on the surface, he actually does things very well, almost surpassing many ministers in the court.

Liu Heng once asked him if he wanted to enter the court as an official, but Deng Tong was free and easy by nature, and he loved to mingle in the Qinlou Chu Pavilion, so he was naturally unwilling. But he is not in the court, but it does not mean that he is unwilling to do things for Liu Heng, he left Daiguo and went to Chang'an, which is to deploy in Chang'an for Liu Heng's great cause.

"It's just that I don't understand, according to your plan, it will take two or three years to use that tunnel and weapon, why do you have to prepare it now?" Deng Tong pinched a teacup and swirled it in the palm of his hand.

"Now our country is not the strongest, and we must pull some allies. And these weapons and tunnels are one of the bargaining chips that allow our allies to cooperate with us. Liu Heng explained simply, "If we rashly invade Chang'an, it will definitely be difficult to convince the public, we must get the approval of other princes and kings, and at the same time wait for an opportunity." ”

"I see." After Deng Tong finished talking about business, he returned to his cynical look, "I said that I should marry a wife quickly, so I have to stay in Chang'an for a few more years, how can I still have time to accompany my wife at home, you are really duplicitous!" ”

"Since you don't want to marry a wife and take a concubine, wouldn't it be my way to fulfill you, so that you have a reason to put these things aside." Liu Heng and Deng Tong haven't seen each other for a long time, and they don't have much to say when they talk.

"By the way, I heard that Empress Dowager Lu has sent you a few family members, how about it?" Deng Tong finally mentioned what he wanted to ask.

"Beauty is beautiful, but it's just an ordinary woman." Liu Heng suddenly remembered Yifang's face, so he added, "Among the four or five people, there can always be a more considerate one." ”

"I think according to the character of Empress Dowager Lu, it will not be as simple as sending her family to comfort the princes and kings." Deng Tong analyzed, "Empress Dowager Lu sent five family members to the five most powerful vassal states, ostensibly condolences, but I think that there must be Empress Dowager Lu's meticulous work among these people." ”

"I also think the same way, I have sent someone to investigate, and I have not yet come up with an accurate answer, but I have also seen the first clues."

"If only you could keep an eye on it." Deng Tong was silent for a while, and finally couldn't help but raise his head and asked, "Among these family members, there is a Dou family, I heard that she is very beautiful and intelligent, is she good in the palace?" ”

Deng Tong's question was very inappropriate, but he and Yifang hadn't seen each other for a long time, and he really wanted to know her current situation and see if she was doing well in the palace. Liu Heng also felt that his words were inexplicable, if he was worried that these family members would have a detailed work, he would definitely ask about their actions in the palace, but waiting for Deng Tong to ask her if she was okay?

"Do you know the Dou family?" Liu Heng showed a look of scrutiny.

Deng informed that this friend of his was observant, and would not let go of any of his small emotions or small movements, even from just a few words he could detect what he wanted to know. That being the case, he no longer hid it.

"To be honest, this Dou family once saved my life in the Chang'an Palace, so he was extra concerned. Before this favor was repaid, she had been sent to Daiguo by the Empress Dowager Lu, since she couldn't repay the favor, she should know how she was doing here. "For some reason, Deng Tong, a person who has never exposed his emotions, is difficult to hide his thoughts when he encounters something about Yifang.

"Really?" Liu Heng stared at his strange look, and the fox asked, "Can you be sure that she is not Empress Dowager Lu's meticulous work?" ”

Deng Tong thought for a moment: "I'm not sure about this. When she was still in Chang'an Palace, she was deeply loved by the Empress Dowager Lu, and compared to the other four family members, she was ...... Dou is obviously more beautiful and intelligent. However, even if she is a person sent by the Empress Dowager Lu, she may have a hard time, so she has to do something for the Empress Dowager Lu. ”

"You seem to be very protective of her?" Liu Heng pretended to smile.

"As I said just now, she is my benefactor, so I naturally want to speak for her, and I can't be considered favoritism." Deng Tong looked at him, "If it is really found out that she has something to do with Empress Dowager Lu, you must spare her life." ”

"If she is really Empress Dowager Lu's person, for the sake of the great cause, I really can't let her go." Liu Heng deliberately said this sentence to test Deng Tong's attitude.

There was a look of anxiety on his face: "If you really find out what is wrong with her, hand her over to me, and I will take good care of you, and you will treat her as if she is dead, how about it?" ”

"Deng Tong, Deng Tong, we have known each other for so many years, and it is the first time I have seen you care about someone so much." Liu Heng frowned, "And this person is still my woman." ”

"I just want to repay the favor." Deng Tong seemed to be explaining to Liu Heng, and it seemed to be talking to himself.

"She's doing well now, you don't have to worry, she's not Empress Dowager Lu's meticulous work." Liu Heng said deliberately, "Now that she and I are still in harmony as a couple, we should be able to have children soon, and at that time, whether she has anything to do with Xizuo or not, she will stay by my side for the rest of her life." ”

As soon as these words came out, Deng Tong's expression was really a little lonely, and this scene was deeply absorbed by Liu Heng. His hands gradually tightened, the tea cup was pinched in his hand, and the hot temperature penetrated into his heart through his skin, making him feel a trace of pain, but he was unwilling to let go.

"I am relieved that she can live in peace in the palace." Deng Tong barely managed to squeeze out a smile. Although he has great powers, he can't know the things in the palace of the Dai Wang thousands of miles away, so he never knew that Yifang is now favored by Liu Heng, and he is already a thorn in the side of the entire harem.

When the two stopped talking about Yifang, they opened their eyes and laughed again. They said a lot of miscellaneous things, and more of them were some strange things that Deng Tong was telling Liu Heng Chang'an. Liu Heng grew up in Chang'an when he was a child, but when he was very young, in order to escape the persecution of the Empress Dowager Lu, his mother Bo Ji won the opportunity to divide the seal here for him at the cost of scratching his face, so as not to end up like Mrs. Qi's son Liu Ruyi.

Time passed slowly, and Liu Heng finally stood up: "I'll leave first today, you are doing well in Chang'an, and when the plan is about to be completed, you can return to your hometown with honor." ”

"Okay, leave everything over there to me in Chang'an, don't worry."

When he returned to the restaurant, Wu Ping and the others were about to fall asleep, and Yifang was sitting alone at the table, and the dishes in front of him hadn't moved much. She propped her head up and looked at the sky outside, which did not look like a boxy sky, and the outside world was indeed much wider than in the palace.

In the past, Yifang didn't understand why Zhang Yan, the queen in the Chang'an Palace, looked forward to the sky outside the palace like that, but now she understands. Just like the golden bird trapped in the cage, when it is first trapped in, it will feel that the cage is luxurious, and even complacent in my heart, feeling that it is especially lucky to be locked in. But after a long time, she will find that the luxurious cage she bought in exchange for freedom is just a cage that binds her.

Yifang sighed involuntarily, for himself, and for the other concubines who were struggling in the air. She looked out so distracted that she didn't even notice that Liu Heng was sitting next to her.

"What do you think?" It wasn't until Liu Heng finally spoke up that she recalled her thoughts.

"The king has returned?" Yifang turned around and gave him a smile.

"Is the food in this restaurant not delicious? Let's try another one? Liu Heng glanced at the food on the table and asked carefully.

Yifang shook his head lightly: "This meal is very good, it's just that the concubine herself has no appetite." ”

"Eat a little more, we'll go out and shop again in a while, don't be hungry again." Liu Heng said as he took a bowl and fed her personally.

Yifang hurriedly stretched out his hand and took it: "It's good for the concubine to come by herself." ”

In fact, Yifang is not without appetite, but he is too greedy to look at the sky outside, so he has not noticed that the food has come up. At this time, with Liu Heng by his side, he took a few bites seriously.

After eating, he went to the street again, but at the same time, Deng Tong also walked out of the Allure Tower. He hadn't returned to Daiguo for a long time, and this time he naturally had to travel around, and it was not in vain that he had to travel a lot.

It's just that things in the world are so ingenious, as soon as Yifang and Liu Heng came out of the restaurant, they saw Deng Tong hurrying by on the street. Liu Heng had just met him, so he was naturally not surprised, and he didn't go over to say hello. But Yifang was stunned when she caught a glimpse of this familiar figure, those people and things in Chang'an, she hadn't seen them for a long time, and now when she saw it again, she was full of emotion in her heart, and she couldn't help blurting out.

"Deng Tong?"

Liu Heng turned his head to look at Yifang violently when he heard the voice: "What did you just say?" ”

Yifang reacted at this time, and quickly moved his gaze to Liu Heng's face: "No, the concubine seems to have seen an old man, and now he thinks that he should be in Chang'an, I think it's wrong." ”

"What kind of old man?" Liu Heng couldn't help but ask.

Yifang didn't know that they had already met, so he seriously recalled Deng Tong and replied truthfully: "He is a very special and interesting person, if the king sees him, he will definitely get along with him." ”

"Really? Sounds like you're in a close relationship with him? ”