With the arrival of Li Jing's army, Dingxiang City is also overcrowded, even the streets are set up tents, after all, compared to outside the city, there is a city wall around Dingxiang City, although this city wall is very dilapidated, can not stop the enemy at all, but can barely block the cold wind in the north, making the city warmer than outside the city, so everyone naturally wants to stay in the city, which also leads to overcrowding, but even so, there are still many troops who have to live outside the city. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Li Xiu followed Zhao Deyan out of the courtyard where he lived, passed through one tent after another on the street, and finally came to a courtyard not far from Li Xiu's residence, but the strange thing is that the courtyard is full of people, but this courtyard is empty, even the gate is locked, and there are even guards in front of the door, which seems to prohibit anyone from approaching.

"Huh? Isn't this the courtyard where Uncle Ma lived last time he came to Dingxiang? When Li Xiu saw Zhao Deyan come to this locked courtyard and took out the key to unlock it, he couldn't help but ask strangely, last time he and Ma Ye came to Dingxiang, Zhao Deyan arranged a place for them to live, and the courtyard where Li Xiu lives now is where he lived last time, and the courtyard in front of him is where Ma Ye lived last time.

"Yes, please come in, colt!" Zhao Deyan nodded when he heard Li Xiu's words, and then the door lock was opened, and then he invited Li Xiu in, here Li Xiu has been here a few times before, so he is also very familiar, the whole courtyard is not very big, there are three main rooms and left and right wings, but this time Ma Ye has been with Qin Qiong, and Qin Qiong's cavalry is mainly stationed outside the city, so this courtyard is not inhabited, originally like this situation, Zhao Deyan should have divided the courtyard to other people to live in, but he didn't expect it to be empty.

At that moment, Zhao Deyan took Li Xiu into the main room and into the bedroom, because there was no one living here, and the bed was empty, and Li Xiu couldn't understand why Zhao Deyan brought him here?

"You must be wondering why I brought you here, don't you?" After entering the bedroom, I saw Zhao Deyan suddenly turn around and stare at Li Xiu and ask.

"Yes, there are no people living here, what are you bringing me here for?" Li Xiu nodded when he heard this, Zhao Deyan has been staying in Dingxiang to maintain order in the city, and occasionally helps Xu Jingzong and them to arrange grain and grass, so it can be said that he is in control of the affairs of the entire Dingxiang City.

"This ......" Zhao Deyan seemed to hesitate, but finally raised his head and said, "Don Ma, I wanted to tell you about this matter long before you left Dingxiang, but I haven't been able to make up my mind, and then you were trapped in the grassland, and I am also very worried, because in the entire Tang Dynasty, you are the only person I believe, fortunately, God bless you to get out of danger safely, so it's time to tell you about this matter!" ”

"What the hell is going on?" Li Xiu asked even more in surprise when he heard this.

At this time, Zhao Deyan did not tell Li Xiu directly, but asked Li Xiu to help move the bed that Ma Ye slept on to the side, and the ground was covered with the kind of square bricks that were one foot square, and Zhao Deyan directly pried up a square brick near the corner of the wall, and a small hole was revealed underneath, and then Zhao Deyan took out a delicate mahogany box from below.

"This is ......" Li Xiu was stunned at first when he saw this delicate box, and then vaguely seemed to guess something, and he also had an expression of disbelief at the moment.

I saw Zhao Deyan open the box, revealing a jade seal wrapped in silk, and then he spoke: "Don Ma, this heirloom jade seal was quietly handed over to me by my grandmother when she left Dingxiang, because she was worried that His Majesty the Emperor would break his promise to deal with them, so she handed over the jade seal to me, which was also an extra bargaining chip to negotiate terms with Your Majesty. She wouldn't leave for Chang'an with confidence, so in the end I could only accept the jade seal. ”

"No wonder Uncle Ma can't find the heirloom jade seal, it turns out that this thing is where he used to sleep every day, but with Uncle Ma's temper, I'm afraid he has been eyeing you for a long time, right?" Li Xiu couldn't help but pat his head when he heard this, but then he asked worriedly, after all, Zhao Deyan's private possession of the jade seal is not a small crime.

"Hehe, I have made such a great contribution, Your Majesty will not kill me no matter what, and my grandmother's family is still very good to me, and they really regard me as a family, so they entrusted me with such an important matter, in this case, it is nothing to take a risk for their grandmother." Zhao Deyan said with a free and easy smile at this time.

His great revenge has been avenged, but it also makes him feel empty in his heart, the only thing in this world that can make him take care of it is probably his wife, so even if it is for his wife, he will not refuse Queen Xiao's request. In fact, later Ma Ye looked around for the whereabouts of the jade seal, Zhao Deyan was the most suspicious person, in order to prevent Ma Ye from discovering the jade seal, Zhao Deyan simply put the jade seal in Ma Ye's residence, after all, Ma Ye's residence was arranged by him, and the hidden things would not be discovered at all.

Hearing this, Li Xiu couldn't help but shake his head helplessly, Zhao Deyan's private possession of the jade seal is not right or wrong at all, just like when Li Xiu helped Li Chengdao and them, although there is the love of teachers and students, but it is more because of Princess Pingyang, so he has to take care of it, from this point, he and Zhao Deyan are a bit similar.

"Brother Zhao, since you promised Empress Xiao, why did you tell me about this today?" Li Xiu pondered for a moment and finally spoke again.

"Horse, in fact, after taking over the jade seal, I have been thinking about how to hand it over to Your Majesty, before General Ma asked about the whereabouts of the jade seal, but I bit it to death and did not admit that the jade seal is in my hands, and now it is even more difficult to tell him, otherwise with his temper, I am afraid that I will have to suffer a lot, so now I can only hand it over to the horse, as for the horse, what do you plan to do with the jade seal, I will be very much in favor!" When Zhao Deyan mentioned Ma Ye, he couldn't help but smile a little bitterly.

"You...... Are you throwing me the hot potato of jade seal to make me embarrassed? Li Xiu also smiled bitterly at this time, Zhao Deyan handed over the jade seal easily, but this made Li Xiu embarrassed.

"Hehe, those who can work harder, I believe that the horse will definitely have a good way, and I agree with whatever you do, even if you directly hand over the jade seal to General Ma now, and then let General Ma arrest me and hand it over to His Majesty for disposal, I will admit it!" Zhao Deyan smiled cheekily at this time.