When he heard that Ma Ye had something to look for him, Li Xiu immediately guessed what was going on. This matter was what he had promised Ma Ye before, which was to restrain the corpses of the Sui army soldiers who died in Liaodong for him. When he and Qin Qiong were in Anshicheng, they planned to take over Pyongyang and then clean up the corpses together.

However, the plan could not keep up with the changes. According to Li Shimin's plan, Goguryeo should have been destroyed in the ** month at most and captured Quangasuwen alive. However, he did not expect that Goguryeo was so difficult to fight, and it took a long time to delay in Anshicheng. Then, in order to capture Quangasuwen, he spent a lot of time. Especially after capturing Pyongyang, Li Xiu and Qin Qiong led their troops to Maruto. When they returned to Pyongyang with Quangasuwen's head, it was already a snowy winter.

When he was about to come back, Li Xiu and Qin Qiong also discussed that they wanted to stay and go to the bank of the Liaoshui River to collect the bones of the Sui army soldiers. However, later, news came from Anshicheng that a blizzard fell from the Liaoshui River, and the heavy snow blocked the roads, and the mountain of the Sui army soldiers' bones was frozen. Even if they arrived there, they could not dig it. Unless they were violently digging, they would definitely destroy the bones. This was something Qin Qiong didn't want to see.

In that case, Li Xiu and Qin Qiong had to temporarily give up their plans to collect the corpse bones and decided to come back this year. When the weather warms up next spring, they will go to collect the corpse bones. If Ma Ye's health is good, he can also bring him along.

Of course, the above are just the plans of Li Xiu and Qin Qiong, and they didn't have time to discuss with Mr. Ma. After all, the two sides were too far away and there was no time to write a letter. Mr. Ma must have known that Li Xiu and the others did not bring the bodies of the Sui army soldiers when they came back, so he asked Li Xiu to go to his place.

Although there was a reason for this, Li Xiu agreed to Ma Master at the beginning, but failed to do it, which made him feel guilty. He did not wait until the next day, and went to Ma Master's house after dinner that day, and prepared to explain it to him well, so that the old man would always worry about this matter.

At that moment, Li Xiu stepped into Ma Ye's house. The two families were not far away, and they only took a cup of tea to walk. The people guarding the door were very enthusiastic when they saw Li Xiu coming back. They didn't need to inform him at all. Li Xiu came to the living room. However, before he could enter the door, he heard two familiar laughter and chatter coming from the living room. One was Ma Ye and the other was Qin Qiong.

Li Xiu didn't expect that Qin Qiong would come to Ma Master's house first, which made him feel relieved. Since Qin Qiong was here, he must have explained it to Ma Master, and he seemed very happy to hear Ma Master's voice. It seemed that he was not angry.

Thinking of this, Li Xiu also stepped into the hall. Sure enough, he saw Ma Ye and Qin Qiong drinking and talking, but this made him frown, and then said helplessly: "Uncle Ma, why are you drinking again?"

"You are victorious today. You will naturally have to drink two drinks of such a big happy event!" Mr. Ma was very excited. When he saw Li Xiu come in, he laughed. In fact, he had received the consent of Princess Guanghua. First, such a big happy event is indeed worth celebrating. Second, Mr. Ma is in good health this year and has not had any serious illness in the past year, so he made an exception today.

"Sat up, prince consort, please sit down. Brother Ma and I are discussing going to Liaodong next year. Should you go together then?" Qin Qiong also greeted Li Xiu at this time. Seeing his blushing face, he probably drank a lot before. Speaking of which, in order to maintain his body, he even quit drinking. Now that Goguryeo has been destroyed, he is worried about it and he doesn't even quit drinking. After all, for him, if he doesn't drink, it's better to let him die.

Li Xiu also smiled and sat down at the wine table and said, "If Uncle Ma wants to go next year, I will definitely go too, otherwise I will not be assured if you two go."

"Boy, what's wrong with Shubao and I? Don't we all have bad old men. Didn't Shubao kill that Quan Gai Suwen with his own hands before?" Mr. Ma was a dissatisfied with old age. He couldn't help but slam the table when he heard Li Xiu's words.

"Brother Ma, don't mention this anymore. Although it seems that I killed Quan Gai Suwen, the other party had already consumed a lot of energy when they rushed on the battlefield for a while. When I fought with him, I had fought for more than a dozen rounds before killing him. At that time, I was exhausted. If the other party held on for a while, I would probably be the one who fell down." Qin Qiong smiled bitterly at this time. He didn't think he was old at first, but after the last fight with Quan Gai Suwen, he found that he was indeed old.

Hearing Qin Qiong's words, Ma Master couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then he patted Qin Qiong's shoulder and sighed: "Shubao, you are right. Although you don't want to admit it, we are indeed old. When our brothers go to Liaodong next year, we will bring back all the bones of our brothers back then. This will fulfill our last wish. We will stay in Chang'an for retirement in the future. Then don't live in the city. Just build a house near my house. Let's fish and drink every day. Let's worry about other things!"

"Haha~, I'm just thinking this way!" Qin Qiong couldn't help laughing when he heard Ma Master's words. In fact, he was already tired of the struggles in the court, and had gone to the military academy before. If it weren't for fulfilling his last wish, he would have resigned and retired.

Li Xiu next to him couldn't help but sigh when he heard what Ma Ye and Qin Qiong said, but he didn't know what to say, so he could only help pour wine for them. In the end, the two old men were drunk, and Li Xiu personally helped them to the room to rest. At the same time, he sent someone to Qin Qiong's mansion to report to them, telling them that Qin Qiong is here to rest tonight so that the people of the Qin family would not worry.

In the next two days, Li Shimin gave all those who participated in the conquest of Goguryeo and would reward him with merits after rest. Li Xiu didn't care about this. After all, with his current status, no matter how great the contribution was, it was useless. Instead, Xue Rengui and others were so excited that they couldn't sleep. It was said that for several days, they could see the soldiers who had made meritorious drinks and have fun all night in major restaurants in Chang'an.

However, Li Xiu was still worried about Li Chengqian's last time. Although he had decided not to ask about Li Chengqian anymore, after all, the friendship between teachers and students for many years was impossible to let go, especially now that he was watching Li Chengqian slide into the abyss, which made him unable to stand by any means.
Chapter completed!