After three times, Cai Cong raised his hand to stop, and the whole square was silent. Cai Cong shouted: "Where is the military Sima? Present military exploits and send spirits into the tower. ”

Cai Cong can't come to this matter, he must have the military Sima to come, they supervise the army and are in charge of rewards and punishments, so they come to read out the military merits, which is more convincing.

"The subordinate obeys."

Jun Sima walked out expressionlessly, this Cai Cong has come into contact with a lot of Jun Sima, and it seems that all of them are facial paralysis, as if everyone owes him money.

He walked up to the stage, unfolded the cloth, looked at the words on it, and read loudly: "Xu Erniu, enter the second floor of the Yingli Tower, and no one can kill the enemy on the trip to Liaodong." ”

As soon as these words came out, there was a commotion around, and one by one, no one was killed, and they dared to be worshiped by incense? Or is it on the second floor?

"Silence!"

Jun Sima glanced at everyone coldly, and stayed quiet. He continued: "Xu Erniu's military exploits turned three times, and when the enemy set up an ambush during the siege of the city, he went up to the city tower first, blocked the enemy army for a quarter of an hour with one enemy hundred, and won the opportunity for dozens of soldiers to retreat, and he was slashed and thrown down the city tower by a knife. I respect......

Zhang Qiang, entering the first floor of the Heroic Tower, killed four enemies, was outnumbered and died heroically, I respect him.

Zhao Kang, like the first floor of the Heroic Tower, killed two enemies and suffered heavy losses. The army did not have enough medicinal herbs, so he gave up his comrades and vomited blood to death. I respect the ......"

With Jun Sima's uninterrupted recounting, the people gradually put away the mentality of watching the excitement. They all stood up straight, and some scholars and wealthy merchants wore turbans and hats, and all of them took off as a sign of respect.

Half an hour later, Jun Sima finally finished reading everyone's names, put away the cloth and bowed slightly to the ashes, and walked off the stage.

Cai Cong walked up, did not use the tragedy of the dead to change the people's views of the living, but personally walked into the martyr's tower that was still very empty with an ash altar.

Xu Jie, Fang Yuan also silently picked up the ashes altar and sent it in, after all, one day this empty martyr's tower will be piled up with the ashes altar, and they will one day be placed in it and be worshiped by the people's incense.

"Where are the people of the Cai family and the Cai family caravan? Get out of the queue quickly. ”

After Cai Cong finished speaking, Sister Cai walked out of the crowd with nearly 2,000 people and appeared in the square in a neat array.

"I can't care about others, but since you eat at Cai's house, you must be grateful. You may not know any of the dead people, but they died after all, and now there are few who dare to provoke the Tang Dynasty head-on, but there are not a few who do not surrender, they died fighting for the strength of the empire, in order to make you stand tall in front of the alien race, and accept your bowing. ”

After Cai Cong finished speaking, she walked aside, Sister Cai Yingying bowed, she couldn't kneel, but it was okay to be a lady.

Zheng Rong and the three pushed away the maid, solemnly knelt and bowed, and kowtowed three times seriously, without their desperate battle, maybe Cai Cong would not have been able to come back from Liaodong alive.

The main family did this, and the others also knelt on the ground and kowtowed reverently, only a white-faced middle-aged man stood still like a mountain.

"You...... Why not worship? ”

"So that Master Hou knows that a certain is the shopkeeper of the Huang family, how can he bow down to these lowly people?" The man said as a matter of course.

Cai Cong had anger on his face and asked calmly, "Cheap? It was Nian Fang Xuanling who scolded the dead nest of the soldiers under Ben Hou's command, and his head was broken by Ben Hou. You say they're untouchables? Do you know what's under your feet? ”

In the last sentence, Cai Cong roared out with all his strength, and the frightened shopkeeper took a few steps back, not daring to look directly into Cai Cong's eyes.

"This, this is the ...... of the Heroic Tower"

"Do you still know that this is the heroic tower approved by His Majesty, so you dare to make a big statement here? Someone will take him down for me. Don't worry, Benhou won't beat you, I will ask the Holy Lord to let you go to the border as a soldier, and come back alive Benhou will celebrate your achievements, if you die, pray that someone will collect your body! ”

Cai Cong said coldly, and the people around him were relieved for a while, saying that the dead were great, not to mention the heroes who sacrificed their lives for the country. If your mouth is not dry and clean, and the board is dirty when you are beaten, you should be asked to go to the border as well.

The shopkeeper's face changed greatly, his feet trembled violently, and he wanted to open his mouth to beg for mercy, but he was slapped on the mouth by the soldier on the side, and dragged him down roughly.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the crowd, but it was Tang Jian who arrived with a group of officials from the Ministry of Rites. He took a group of officials to the front of the tower and saluted seriously, that is called a salute! Meticulous and antique.

"Meet the Marquis of Chang'an!"

A group of officials from the Ministry of Rites said reluctantly, and Tang Jian hugged his fists at Cai Cong: "Don't come to Chang'an, don't be harmed?" ”

"Tang Shangshu is unharmed? Is everyone in the Ministry of Rites okay? I heard that all the gentlemen are seriously ill and are going to die of illness at home, Ben Hou has prepared silk gold, will you die today or tomorrow? Ben Hou can also send someone to send some silk gold over, don't divide the pork, Ben Hou is dirty. ”

Cai Cong said extremely viciously, and the faces of all the officials instantly turned the color of pig liver, and they snorted angrily but did not dare to accuse Cai Cong in person, so they could only put a stinky sour shelf there.

"The Marquis of Chang'an really likes to laugh, and this official and his colleagues in the Ministry of Rites came to preside over the memorial ceremony by His Majesty's holy decree. How can you be seriously ill? Tang Jian smiled very awkwardly, and everyone around him could feel that he was currying favor with Cai Cong.

"In this case, the memorial ceremony will be handed over to you to preside, remember not to make mistakes, otherwise Benhou will definitely impeach you." Cai Cong said coldly, Tang Jian always wants to be a good old man and not offend both ends, but unfortunately he has seriously offended Cai Cong this time.

"Certainly, definitely, please rest assured." Tang Jian was full of bitterness, Li Shimin ordered them to come to the Heroic Pagoda at the same time, and also dismissed all the officials who were responsible for welcoming Cai Cong and their ceremonial officials, and now he had no good fruit to eat, and His Majesty was not severely punished for half a year.

Cai Cong didn't answer, just quietly watched him and a group of officials burn texts to worship the sky, and presided over various rituals of bowing.

Three hours later, the sky was dark and there were no five fingers, and then it was over, and a group of officials of the Ministry of Rites left the Martyr's Tower hungry, and the matter of returning to the court was over in such a mess.

The messy start and the messy end, Cai Cong went home with a messy mood to see the crying family.

Groggy and sleeping, he was exhausted at the end of the day, and he didn't even have the strength to coax his family.

When I got up early the next morning, I found that the family was careful about what they did, Chu Yao and Wu Mei didn't dare to make a big move when they were playing, and Zheng Rong didn't dare to play, sitting on the side and watching the two girls play.

Cai Cong was unhappy and his family couldn't laugh, he rubbed his face, walked over and asked with a smile, "What are you guys playing?" I'll play with you too, okay? ”

"Brother, (Master), we're playing the imperial examination! Kong Ming and I are candidates, and my sister-in-law is the invigilator, do you want to take the test too? ”

Seeing Cai Cong asking, the two girls said earnestly. Before Cai Cong could speak, Zheng Rong shook his hand and shook his head and said: "This is not good, the husband is the wife, how can the concubine be the examiner of the husband?" Besides, the husband is as talented as an abyss, and the concubine is not as good as what to do, how can he judge? ”

(End of chapter)