Chapter 1090: Parting and Reunion!

This meeting between Gao Yao and Yi Xiaochuan was not pleasant.

After being taken to the official slave camp back then, Gao Yao had harbored hatred for Liu Bang every single moment. If not for Liu Bang, how could he have suffered so much torture for no reason? Later, upon learning that Yi Xiaochuan had been sent to build the Great Wall, Gao Yao's view was that Yi Xiaochuan had suffered just as he had, and should logically hate Liu Bang.

As a result, upon seeing Yi Xiaochuan and Liu Bang, Gao Yao was instantly filled with rage; Yi Xiaochuan was actually drinking with Liu Bang, the man who had harmed them.

Although furious, Gao Yao still revealed the whole truth right in front of Yi Xiaochuan.

Yi Xiaochuan, who had been immersed in the joy of reuniting with Gao Yao, felt a jolt upon hearing Gao Yao's words and suddenly came to his senses.

He no longer had any desire to drink.

"Big Brother, is what Old Gao said true?"

Yi Xiaochuan looked at Liu Bang and asked in a deep voice.

Liu Bang had also heard the words Gao Yao said earlier, which were nothing more than that he was the one who had harmed them, and that it was he who had sent Yi Xiaochuan and Gao Yao to perform forced labor back then. Although he did not understand where Gao Yao had popped up from.

It was one thing that Yi Xiaochuan hadn't died, but how was Gao Yao still alive too?

And looking at Gao Yao's attire, his current status was clearly not ordinary.

But Liu Bang had made up his mind that he absolutely could not admit to this.

Once he admitted it, there would be no good outcome for him, especially since his ability to enter the Juxian Hall this time relied on his connection to Yi Xiaochuan.

Gao Yao firmly believed that he was the one who had harmed him.

Therefore, his only path to survival lay in Yi Xiaochuan.

Liu Bang hurriedly defended himself: "Xiaochuan, you know me; we are sworn brothers, how could I ever harm you?"

"Didn't I already explain the specific situation to you clearly?"

Seeing Liu Bang so sincere, and thinking back to the reasons Liu Bang had told him earlier, Yi Xiaochuan couldn't help but believe him a little.

Consequently, he looked at Gao Yao and said, "Old Gao, I'm afraid there's some hidden story behind what you're saying. Big Brother is not the one who harmed us. Let me explain it to you slowly. As for you, what exactly did you encounter after we parted that day?"

After such a long time, seeing Gao Yao again, Yi Xiaochuan was very happy; he wanted to know what had happened to Gao Yao.

However, Gao Yao had no intention of explaining everything to Yi Xiaochuan.

"Hmph, you actually still call him Big Brother? Yi Xiaochuan, I misjudged you. You would rather believe an outsider than believe me!"

"Old Gao, I..." Yi Xiaochuan was stunned upon hearing this and was about to continue explaining.

Gao Yao had no intention of making small talk with Yi Xiaochuan and said coldly, "I'm telling you, this isn't over!"

His gaze swept across the faces of Yi Xiaochuan and Liu Bang.

Clearly a person he used to be familiar with, but at this moment, Yi Xiaochuan felt a sense of unfamiliarity from Gao Yao.

Liu Bang also felt a chill from Gao Yao's gaze.

Gao Yao ignored Yi Xiaochuan's calls and flicked his sleeves, leaving.

Inside the Imperial Palace.

After returning here, Gao Yao went straight to Su Xuan and began to pour out his grievances.

"This Yi Xiaochuan is truly too hateful. I kindly went to tell him the truth, and he would rather believe that guy's one-sided story than believe me, his fellow countryman."

"That's right, I should have realized it long ago. Yi Xiaochuan is just a scoundrel. In modern society, he treated my sister Gao Lan that way, and after coming to this era, he treated Su Su the same way. What he has done is simply not human."

"I shouldn't have trusted him!"

"Then what do you want to do?" Su Xuan asked him indifferently after listening to Gao Yao complain for a long time.

Gao Yao was silent for a while, then said, "Yi Xiaochuan is my fellow countryman after all, and Su Su once gave her heart to him. If I kill him, Su Su will be sad. I can choose not to deal with Yi Xiaochuan, but Liu Bang must die."

It is hard to imagine that Gao Yao, as a modern person, could possess such a decisive heart for killing.

A look of surprise appeared in Su Xuan's eyes, but he did not say much.

"How do you want to deal with Liu Bang?"

Su Xuan asked Gao Yao again.

Gao Yao suddenly prostrated himself and began to kowtow to Su Xuan, "I beg Mr. Su to help me!"

Gao Yao knew well that he was merely a superintendent of the Imperial Kitchen. He seemed to have some power, but this power could only influence the kitchen; when it came to killing, he did not have that ability.

In the State of Qin, the only one who could help him take revenge was Mr. Su.

The Emperor's words could naturally decide Liu Bang's life or death, but how could such a trivial matter be brought before the Emperor?

Su Xuan's eyes flickered, and he said, "You certainly have ideas."

His tone shifted, "I can help you accomplish this, and even use this matter to make Yi Xiaochuan wake up."

"What does Mr. Su mean?" Gao Yao looked at Su Xuan with curiosity upon hearing this.

Su Xuan did not explain too much.

After meeting Liu Bang in the Juxian Hall, even though Liu Bang tried his best to hide it, Yi Xiaochuan soon learned that Lu Gong and his daughter Lu Zhi had followed him to Xianyang.

Consequently, Yi Xiaochuan used the excuse of visiting Lu Gong.

Even if Liu Bang wanted to stop him, he could find no reason to do so.

Upon seeing Lu Gong, Yi Xiaochuan felt another wave of emotion.

Afterward, it was inevitable that the matter of Lu Su would be mentioned.

Especially Lu Zhi, who directly questioned Yi Xiaochuan, "Xiaochuan, I heard that you and Su Su are married?"

When she said this, her words contained a deep sense of jealousy.

Back then, she and Lu Su had turned against each other because of Yi Xiaochuan.

The only difference was that Lu Su had chased after him, and when Liu Bang returned after escorting the forced laborers, he told them that Lu Su and Yi Xiaochuan were married and were now living in Xianyang; one could only imagine how jealous she was.

If she had known earlier that chasing after him would allow her to marry Yi Xiaochuan, she would have chased after him back then.

"Su Su, she..." A complex look appeared on Yi Xiaochuan's face, and then he said to the puzzled Lu Gong and Lu Zhi, "I have failed Su Su!"

"What happened to Su Su?" Upon hearing about his younger daughter, Lu Gong also sensed something unusual in his words and hurriedly asked.

Yi Xiaochuan then recounted the events that had happened back then.

Upon learning that Lu Su had contracted the plague and fallen ill while trying to save Yi Xiaochuan, the bodies of Lu Gong and Lu Zhi swayed simultaneously. One had to know that it was the plague; once infected with that thing, there was basically only one path: death.

Even Lu Zhi, the sister who had been jealous of Lu Su, saw that trace of jealousy disappear upon learning of her younger sister's plight.