After Ma Yue finished Qiao Xuan's funeral, he stayed in the territory of Chen for a few days on the return trip, and he met Liu Chong, the king of Chen, who had long been famous for his bravery.

Liu Pet was very surprised when he knew that Ma Yue was not good at archery, and it was really rare for a warrior from the three states of Youji and Liang to be good at riding but not good at archery.

Not to mention the secluded and cool, even if it is a Confucian scholar in the Central Plains, the gentleman's six arts in the shooting is the most important, and he can't help but teach Ma Yue the archery method for a few days, as Ma Yue is willing to transcribe the inscription for him.

Although Ma Yue was not interested in archery, he was willing to learn anything that could strengthen his martial arts, so he followed Liu Zhong for a few days.

In a few days, Ma Yue's archery ability was not as good as Liu Chong's, but he really benefited a lot.

Before leaving, he wrote seven pages of archery secrets for him, and gave him two books on archery, asking him to take a look at them in his spare time, and told him that if he had any questions about archery in the future, he could send a letter to him at any time to ask him. Ma Yue is very grateful for this.

Then, after several days of travel, I finally stepped into Luoyang in the wind and snow on the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve.

This time the journey of 1,400 miles, the biggest gain for Ma Yue was not to befriend Chen Wang Liu Pet, nor to teach Chen Wang's archery skills, but to a map.

This map is different from any map of this era, and it is also different from the map of the future, this is a map drawn by Ma Yue with his own eyes and footsteps.

The topography of the mountains and rivers is not careful enough, the scale is not enough, and even the height and slope of the hills are only based on visual measurements, but Ma Yue's own military ideas are added, and his map has obvious marks on the roads where the people live, where are the farmlands, where are the ditches, the width and narrowness are marked with visual numbers, focusing on the dangerous places next to the road, Jedi.

It's a tactical map.

Tactical map of Luoyang, Houshi, Yingchuan, Chenguo, and Liangguo first-line traffic arteries.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the big gate in Luoyang City was lit up, and the children in the street were wearing cotton clothes, burning bamboo in the fire in front of the house, and there was a "crackling" sound.

Walking all the way to the door of his own mansion, saying goodbye to Li Jian, Ma Yue turned his head to see, there were many horses tied to the side of the Liang Mansion Gate, a handsome young man with an ape arm and bee waist in front of the Zhu Gate was stepping on a high case and carrying a lantern hanging upward, the young man with a cold face and a copper seal ink on his waist was not Yan Xing, Ma Yue just said goodbye to Li Jian, Yan Xing stretched out his arms and smiled: "The lord can be regarded as catching up with the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, is my brother hanging up, the lord is back!" ”

Who else could the handsome young man who hung the lantern besides Yang Feng and Yang Aruo, Yang Feng hung up the lantern in a moment, clapped his palms and jumped down from the high case, nodded and smiled at Ma Yue: "Lord, it's a good thing that everyone has an official position, but how can there be no one to help at home, in the afternoon, when a certain and Yanming came back, it was deserted, and the New Year's materials at home were not ready." ”

"What about this, Sir and Madame?"

The three of them walked inside while talking, and An Mu heard Ma Yue and the others talking at the door, hurriedly ran over and pushed the door of the mansion, and when he heard Ma Yue's question, he hurriedly said: "Back to the lord, this morning the lord and his wife were summoned by His Majesty to the West Garden, saying that they were participating in the Chinese New Year's Eve worship at His Majesty's Sect Temple. ”

"That's the case, didn't Yun Chang and Gongming come back?"

Every year on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, the Son of Heaven drinks and feasts in the palace, summons his close ministers, the three dukes and nine qings, and participates in the worship of the clan can be regarded as the supreme honor of the favored ministers.

Originally, when he returned to Luoyang today, Ma Yue could not enter the palace directly, and should have entered the palace to meet His Majesty first, but it was because this day was the day of the clan sacrifice that Ma Yue was left with the trouble of reporting and returned home directly.

As he was talking, Ma Yue stepped into the courtyard, Guan Yu led two healthy servants carrying large bags of things out of the side courtyard, raised his hand to wipe the sweat on his forehead, and saw Ma Yue opposite, Guan Yu smiled.

"Give the New Year's clothes to the people in the house." Guan Yu lowered his head and commanded, and then walked towards Ma Yue, and asked as he walked: "When did San Lang come back, and Liang Guo and his party will go well?" ”

Guan Yu is very interesting, although he is grateful to Ma Yue in his heart, but he doesn't see much respect on his lips, but more closeness. In the entire Liang Mansion, except for Liang Hu and Mrs. Pei, who are called Ma Yue Saburo, only Guan Yu is called that.

Ma Yue is not surprised by Guan Yu like this, in the past twenty years in his life, he may have accepted the hierarchy of people in feudal society, but in his heart he has never regarded Guan Yu, Yang Feng, Yan Xing and others as servants.

Especially Guan Yu, the elder brother who has been with him since he was twelve years old.

"Everything went well, I got something, brothers will see it later. Brother is still used to Dongguan in the East? The more I heard that there were some old people staying there, don't suffocate my brother. ”

Although he said so, Ma Yue knew that Guan Yu had a stable temperament and liked to read, so he would not be bored in the days of Dongguan School.

Sure enough, Guan Yu raised his eyebrows when he mentioned Dongguan and said, "San Lang, you don't know, a certain family has never seen so many books, and it has been dazzling recently. Saying that, Guan Yu smiled embarrassedly: "It's a shame to say that a certain school scholar has never done anything serious, it is all those old people who are in school, and a certain one looks like a reader." ”

"It doesn't matter, it's not a secret, I recommended my brother to go to Dongguan before, and that's what I mean, one is to find a place for my brother to study, and secondly, after the New Year, I will inevitably go around, first go to Youzhou and then go to Wuhui, Yuan Gongzi left Luoyang alone to study the scriptures, and my brother and Yanming are officials in Luoyang, and I have a good care when things happen."

Yuan Gongzi is Liang Yuan, who is now the age of studying, and he is fortunate to study under the name of Cui Lie.

It was already dark, and the other families were already sitting around to eat at this time, but the Liang Mansion did not have the slightest intention of starting a meal.

Ma Yue suddenly patted his head and asked Guan Yu, "Brother, is Miss Cai in the backyard?" ”

"Yes, Mrs. Pei is gone, and Miss Cai is left in the backyard by herself, and I didn't see Miss Cai come out when I came back, so I should be in the backyard by myself."

"Eh, it's strange, why isn't Zhongdao here, I'll take a look, you guys are ready to eat, let's get drunk at night!"

With that, Ma Yue entered the back house.

"Senior sister? Masters? ”

Ma Yue called twice, but there was no movement, the New Year, some maids in the Liang Mansion were born in the people near Luoyang, Mrs. Pei let them go back for the New Year, and now the back house is very deserted, and Ma Yue walked a few steps and didn't see a maid.

The sky was already dark, far away, Ma Yue saw someone sitting under the curtain in the pavilion, and when he got closer, he saw that it was Cai Yan, who opened the curtain, and the inside was warm, and the fire had been burning for a long time, and the charcoal was white.

"Senior sister?"

Ma Yue called softly, but there was still no movement, and after bypassing a few cases, Ma Yue saw that Cai Yan was holding a roll of bamboo slips, holding his chin and falling asleep.

Untied his robe and put it on Cai Yan's body, Ma Yue moved Cai Yan gently.

"Senior sister, I'm back. On Chinese New Year's Eve, let's go to dinner. ”