My older brother is Gao Huan.

Chapter 83 gives away the full map cheat, right?

The sky was cloudless and the sun was shining brightly, but it wasn't as hot as when I first arrived in Luoyang.

Instead, a gentle breeze made people feel comfortable.

Gao Yu dismounted far ahead and strode forward, letting out a hearty laugh as he bowed with his hands clasped in greeting.

"Greetings, Brother Zuxin, Brother Jilun, and Brother Zhixing. What brings you all here?"

His words were interrupted by a clear, childlike voice.

Yang Changchu pouted and gave a soft snort to express her dissatisfaction, "Gao Yu, why didn't you greet me?"

Gao Yu chuckled and bowed respectfully, saying, "Greetings, Miss Yang. Is this alright?"

Yang Changchu, however, remained composed and dignified, behaving like a little adult, and also bowed with his hands clasped.

"I have met Gao Lang."

The group exchanged smiles. The two's performance had dispelled the somber atmosphere. Yang Kan looked at Gao Yu, sighed, and reluctantly tugged at Gao Yu's arm.

"It's a pity I didn't get to know Gao Lang sooner. We met too late and regretted not getting to know each other better before we had to part."

Gao Yu smiled and said, "Brother Yang, there's no need to be sad. Given time, we will surely meet again."

"It's difficult!" Yang Kan simply shook his head.

Gao Yu was also helpless about this. He knew that in ancient times, both transportation and communication were very inconvenient. Once they parted, it would be difficult to see each other again in a short period of time. Even if they could communicate, it would probably take years.

Cui Xian and Jia Sixie had also heard of Yang Kan. Long before Gao Yu arrived, the three of them had chatted in the pavilion, using Gao Yu as a topic. All three were highly learned and naturally had a very pleasant conversation.

“What Gao Lang said is absolutely right. We will definitely meet again. I also feel that... that day is not far off.” Cui Xian said that they would definitely meet again soon, but his tone was low.

Jia Sixie was a man of few words. He shook his head and said, "In a few days, I will also be returning to Qingzhou."

This statement came out.

This added a touch of sadness to the farewell.

The group had only known each other for a short time, and soon they would be scattered all over the country, making the day they would meet again seem even more distant.

Gao Huan then stepped forward. Cui Xian and Jia Sixie had never met Gao Huan before and did not know him, so Gao Yu introduced them.

Upon seeing the handsome Gao Huan, the two couldn't help but feel a sense of attraction.

Throughout history, being good-looking has always given people a good first impression.

Yang Kan clapped his hands, and the servant behind him brought over a jar of fine wine and several extremely blue porcelain cups.

The Yang family of Taishan was a powerful clan in Shandong with considerable wealth. Yang Kan lived an extremely luxurious life, as evidenced by his daily expenses.

He personally poured wine for everyone.

At this time.

Yang Changchu spoke up playfully, taking a porcelain cup from a servant. Despite her short stature, she raised the cup and said, "Brother, I want to drink too!"

Gao Yu couldn't help but laugh upon seeing this, "This young lady is so forthright, it's a pity she's a woman. If she were a man, she would be a hero."

"Hmph! Last time you said women couldn't shoot arrows, and this time you're saying women can't drink alcohol?"

This girl is quite interesting.

When he visited her before, he kept pestering her to teach him archery, because she had never seen anyone whose archery skills were better than Yang Kan's.

Gao Yu couldn't refuse, so he teased her a couple of times. He didn't expect the little girl to hold a grudge.
"Good good!"

Gao Yu smiled and took the wine jar from Yang Kan's hand, personally filling it with wine for Yang Changchu.

Yang Changchu nodded in satisfaction. Despite her small stature, she held the porcelain cup high above her head with both hands. "Come on! Let's drink together!"

Everyone laughed upon hearing this, and in response, they drank the wine in their cups in one gulp.

Although the alcohol content is not high, it is still a bit difficult for a young girl who has never been exposed to alcohol before.

Yang Changchu's face scrunched up in a comical way, which made everyone laugh again.

Clearly, for her...

Wine is not delicious.

Cui Xian refilled everyone's glasses with wine and raised his glass to invite them to drink.

"The world is a long and winding road, full of chaos and obstacles. We traveled across the Ji and Dai rivers, and now we are in different places. Like scattered clouds, our parting is like rain."

Having said that, he drank the wine in one gulp.

This is a famous poem written by Wang Can when he bid farewell to Cai Mu. It can be said that it will be remembered for thousands of years. Yang Kan and Jia Sixie had obviously read it. Upon hearing the poem and experiencing the parting themselves, they were even more heartbroken. Their eyes were filled with tears, and they drank wine without saying a word.

Gao Yu had not read the poem, but he could feel the sorrow of parting in it. He was an optimistic person and did not want to see his friends sad. A flash of inspiration seemed to pass through his mind, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration.

"A bosom friend afar brings a distant land near!"

To be honest, he had forgotten where the poem came from, who wrote it, and he didn't even remember the whole poem, but these two lines just came out of his mouth.

He only remembered these two sentences.

After speaking, he also finished drinking the wine in his cup.

When he looked at the group of people again.

Including his own brother Gao Huan, the four of them looked at him with great surprise.

Cui Xian was the first to come to his senses. He looked around as if searching for something, and then, without paying any attention, he squatted down, picked up a pebble, and started writing and drawing on the ground.

Gao Yu took a look.

He saw that what the other person had written on the ground was the very two lines of poetry he had just recited.

"Though separated by vast oceans and distant lands, true friends are never far apart!" This line is absolutely brilliant! Absolutely brilliant! It's perfect for accompanying a drink; let's raise a big toast!

Yang Kan's eyes gleamed. After he finished speaking, he actually picked up the wine jar, raised his head and drank. In just a moment, he had drunk all the remaining wine in the jar.

"happy!"

"I never imagined that Erlang, besides being highly skilled in martial arts, also possessed such talent!" Jia Sixie's face showed a look of sincere admiration. "This sentence is no less impressive than that of Xie Xuancheng and Bao Canjun of the Southern Dynasties."

what! ?

Gao Yu felt very embarrassed when he heard the praise from the others.

He opened his mouth as if to say that he didn't write the poem, but that he copied it, but he couldn't remember who wrote it, only that it was a Tang poem.

Left with no other choice, he could only remain silent.

The farewell drink has been drunk.

The time to say goodbye has finally come.

"Well then, everyone, farewell!"

"Wait!" Yang Kan suddenly called out to him, and a servant led a carriage over from behind.

Gao Yu's expression was strange. Was he giving a gift again?

Yang Kan unloaded a wooden box from the carriage, opened it, and found the box densely packed with stacked and bundled paper rolls.

Is it a book?

Gao Yu was somewhat puzzled.

Yang Kan explained, “This is a large book that I copied by hand at home, in which Li Gong wrote the commentary on the Waterways Classic. It is incredibly wonderful and its wonders are beyond words. I originally intended to borrow it to copy so that I could read it in my spare time, so I didn’t copy it very quickly. The other day, when I heard that you were leaving, I finished copying it overnight and gave it to you. This book may be of great use to you.”

Jia Sixie and Cui Xian were both taken aback.

Gao Yu was also taken aback.

The history of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties is estimated to be only a few pages long in the nine-year compulsory education history textbooks, but Li Daoyuan's "Commentary on the Waterways Classic" is among them, which shows its value.

The Commentary on the Waterways Classic is the most complete geographical work in the past and the next few hundred years. It can be said to describe the geography, water, mountains and rivers of the world in great detail. Having this book in hand is like entering a password and opening the full map in an RTS game, without the fog of war obscuring your vision.

Black sheep wall!

of course.

That's a bit of a joke.

However, the value of the gift given by Yang Kan is simply immeasurable.

Even thousands of armored cavalry wouldn't be enough to replace it.

"This is so precious."

Yang Kan insisted, "Not accepting it would be disrespecting me!"

Gao Yu reluctantly accepted the gift and bowed respectfully to him, saying, "Thank you, Brother Yang!"

"It's nothing to worry about!"

He waved his hand dismissively, "If you want to thank someone, thank Chang Chu. She helped me copy the last few volumes of this book. When she came, she even complained that her hands hurt."

Gao Yu thanked him repeatedly.

He thought about it and realized that no gift he could give in return could compare to this generous present.

He turned and took his bow off the horse.

It was nothing like the precious carved bow that Yang Kan had brought out at the banquet at Anagui's residence that day; it was just an ordinary foot bow.

He looked down at Yang Changchu.

"I have no way to repay Brother Yang for this gift, so I will give this bow to you, young lady. When you are able to draw this bow, I will come back to teach you how to shoot arrows."

"It's a deal?"

"A word is settled!"

Yang Changchu took the longbow, which was almost as tall as her, and held it in her hand. The proportions were extremely disproportionate and quite comical, but she said very seriously, "My home is in Taishan County. Don't come to the wrong place."

Gao Yu didn't laugh this time.

Instead, he bowed and took his leave.

"I'm going on my journey across mountains and rivers, no need to see me off!"

The crowd did not go any further to see them off, but stood still and watched them go.

After Gao Yu and the others had gradually walked away.

Cui Xian asked curiously, "Brother Yang has very high expectations for Gao Lang."

Yang Kan laughed heartily.

"This man is the one who will restore the Han dynasty!"

Cui Xian and Jia Sixie were both shocked upon hearing this, staring at Yang Kan in horror. How could such words be uttered so openly?!
Gao Huan had no idea what the box of books was, and he was completely taken aback when Gao Yu explained it to him.

How did my younger brother know about this?
In those days, there was no printing press. Once a book was written, it could only be circulated through copying. At most, it would be copied among acquaintances. How could outsiders possibly hear about it?

But what surprised him even more was yet to come.

From the top of Beiman Mountain, you can enjoy a commanding view of the entire city of Luoyang.

Liu Taozhi and the others led the way to a pit that was about 15 feet deep. This was the pit that Gao Yu had specially ordered him and Liu Yi to come out of the city first and dig it on Beiman Mountain.

"Erlang, what's this?"

Gao Huan was puzzled.

Gao Yu waved his hand with a smile, and Dugu Qi also smiled and led over a carriage, lifting the curtain to take a look.

There was a burlap sack inside.

Open the sack.

A person was poured out of it.

Ling Shima Xiang's hands and feet were bound with hemp rope, and his mouth was gagged with a wad of cloth. He looked at them with a terrified expression, whimpering as if he wanted to beg for mercy.

“This man deliberately made things difficult for the prince because of his official position. I will remember this grudge.”

"Brother, you shall handle this matter!"

Gao Yu had sent people to follow Ma Xiang and investigate his daily movements long ago, with the aim of kidnapping him when he left Luoyang.

Gao Huan first looked at his younger brother, who was so meticulous that he had managed to deceive him in such a great undertaking. Then he looked at his two trusted confidants.

Dugu Qi quickly said, "We dare not tell Dalang, for fear that Dalang will not want to take revenge."

Gao Huan simply smiled and said, "How could I blame you? I didn't want revenge because I didn't want to cause trouble in Luoyang. Now that we're out of Luoyang, what is there to worry about?"

Having said that, he didn't even glance at the envoy Ma Xiang, but simply waved his hand.

"The pit is already dug, let's bury it."

Ma Xiang struggled and tried to beg for mercy, but he couldn't make a sound, let alone stop Liu Taozhi and the others from dragging him out of the carriage, throwing him into the pit, and then filling the pit with soil and tamping it down.

In less than half an hour, no one could tell that a pit had been dug here.

Gao Yu took this opportunity to lean on his horse and look back.

Luoyang remains as prosperous as ever.

"Next time I come..."

After everything was properly handled.

The group rode north, their destination Huai Shuo!
(End of this chapter)