The matter of collecting the bones is going very smoothly, mainly because there are many people who are easy to do, whether it is the soldiers who excavate the bones, or the ships that transport the bones, they can be guaranteed, coupled with the command and coordination of Li Xiu and Ma Ye and others, the progress of collecting the bones is also very fast, in just one month, the White Bone Mountain has been excavated almost.

However, Li Daozong's search for his father's bones has fallen into a bottleneck, and many bones have been found at the bottom of the river, but he can't be sure which bones are his father, and even the location where his father fell into the water is not completely sure, even if it was useless to ask Ma Ye and Qin Qiong to run in person before, after all, they only met Li Daozong's father's defeat, and they didn't really see each other.

In the face of this situation, Li Daozong had no choice, but many of the bones at the bottom of the river should be the original Sui army soldiers, so Li Daozong also ordered people to continue to salvage and prepare to send them back for burial together, in fact, at this time he almost gave up the idea of finding his father's bones, after all, the hope is too slim.

Early this morning, Li Xiu came to the dock again, today is the last day when the bones are loaded on the ship, the excavation on the side of the White Bone Mountain has been completed, Ma Ye and Qin Qiong commanded people to dig down again, and they rushed to make sure that there were no bones below before they were relieved, and now they all came to the dock and watched these bones being sent to the ship.

"Boy, is there anything on your mind during this time?" Ma Ye looked at the soldiers transporting the bones on the dock, but suddenly asked Li Xiu in a low voice, although Li Xiu is also middle-aged, but in Ma Ye's eyes, he is still the ignorant hairy boy back then.

"No, Uncle Ma, don't worry about it." Li Xiu was also shocked when he heard Ma Ye's words, but then denied with a smile, in fact, he was really worried about Li Chengqian's matter during this time, but he didn't tell anyone, he thought that he was covering it up very well, and no one could see it, but he didn't expect Ma Ye to notice it.

"Hmph, you kid is still sloppy with me, others can't see your thoughts, but don't try to hide it from my eyes!" Ma Ye saw that Li Xiu didn't admit it, and he was a little annoyed at the moment.

Li Xiu didn't want to tell Ma Ye, mainly because he was afraid that he would worry, but now that Ma Ye saw it, he could only say helplessly: "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that some time ago I heard that Your Majesty appointed Yu Zhining and Kong Yingda and others as the prince's auxiliary ministers, although Your Majesty has good intentions, but I am worried that this will not have any effect." ”

Hearing that Li Xiu was worried about Li Chengqian's affairs, Ma Ye couldn't help sighing, and then pulled Li Xiu's sleeve to the side before he spoke: "Chengqian was indeed a good boy before, but since he became an adult, to be exact, his leg was disabled, I found that he seemed to have changed as a person, violent, conceited, narrow-minded, etc., with his character, if he really let him ascend the throne in the future, I am afraid it will be the misfortune of the Tang Dynasty!" ”

Ma Ye's words are hard to hear, especially the last sentence, which makes Li Xiu instinctively a little repulsed, but when he calms down and thinks about it carefully, he feels that Ma Ye's words are indeed very reasonable, with Li Chengqian's character now, if he really becomes the emperor, the first unlucky one is the eldest grandson Wuji, and then Li Tai and others, and even in the end, the whole world will be messed up by him, and if it is more serious, maybe the Tang Dynasty will die like the former Sui.

Thinking of the above, Li Xiu was also frightened into a cold sweat, and his heart became more and more entangled.

Seeing Li Xiu's appearance, Ma Ye couldn't help but sigh again, and then patted him on the shoulder and said: "Li Xiu, I know that you are a person who values feelings, but when it comes to your status, sometimes you need to give up some feelings that you shouldn't have, not to mention that the current prince doesn't need your feelings, so you don't care about these things anymore, and when you return to Chang'an in the future, you will accompany me to fish and drink!" ”

Li Xiu also showed a complicated expression when he heard this, and after a long while, he finally gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, just listen to Uncle Ma, since I have resigned from the official position, in order to be idle, I will never care about these troubles in the future!" ”

Seeing Li Xiu's decision, Ma Ye finally showed a relieved expression, and immediately laughed and pulled Li Xiu back to the dock, at this time the last batch of bones was almost loaded onto the ship, and then the first batch of soldiers also began to board the ship and leave with these bones, after all, their task had been completed.

Li Xiu and they also had to leave here, but their numbers were too many, and it was impossible for the mobilized ships to transport them all away at once, so Li Xiu divided the team into three parts, the first part escorted the bones away, and then they followed, after these bones were transported back to the Central Plains, they had to find a place to bury them, and Li Xiu was also responsible for them.

As the team escorting the bones left, Li Xiu and the others also prepared to return to the Central Plains, this time they no longer took the land route, but took the waterway according to the original plan, that is, the waterway for transporting the bones, first took a small boat along the Liaoshui to the sea, and then changed to a sea boat to cross the Bohai Sea, directly through the Yellow River to the west.

It is worth mentioning that although the water of the Yellow River in this period of the Tang Dynasty began to turn yellow, it was much clearer than that of later generations, and the river surface in the middle and lower reaches was relatively gentle, coupled with the communication with the Grand Canal, so that the flow of the river water was controlled, so the Yellow River from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, in fact, it was possible to drive boats, but later the soil erosion in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, coupled with the repeated diversion of the Yellow River, the flow of the river water also became smaller, which directly led to the navigation of the Yellow River in later generations became much more difficult.

Li Xiu and they prepared for a few days, another group of ships finally arrived, this time there was no need to transport the bones, Li Xiu and they led two thousand people to board the ship, and then left the new city downstream, when leaving, Liu Mu also held a send-off dinner for them, but with the arrival of the stationed officials, Liu Mu was also about to leave, after all, he used to be a general stationed in northern Xinjiang, and after the handover, he had to go back to his station.

The ships went south along the Liaoshui, and soon arrived at the location of the mouth of the sea, where there were already naval warships waiting, they were all stationed in the Beisha City of the Navy, very close to this side, speaking of the Beisha City, the Tang Navy will be there as another military port, opposite to Dengzhou Port, there are also warships patrolling back and forth in peacetime, and the Bohai Sea has completely become the inland sea of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Zhi and Di Renjie both saw the sea for the first time, so after going out to sea, they were extremely excited, the two ran around on the deck, seeing everything fresh, although Ping An Lang had seen the sea once before, but it was also the first time to take a sea boat, so he also seemed very excited.

"Sir, look, what's that?" But at this moment, I suddenly heard Li Chengqian shouting at Li Xiu excitedly.