The first day of the fourth month of the fourth year of Tai'an.

At dawn.

District of the port of Afghanistan.

In front of the immortal monument, there is a dense crowd of people.

Countless ordinary people stood on their tiptoes, like ducks with their necks lifted, and looked towards the innermost part of the crowd one by one.

In the innermost part of the crowd, led by Lu Yi, the king of Wu, and Lu Feng, the crown prince, stood behind the civil and military officials.

In front of Lu Yi, the king of Wu, and Lu Feng, the crown prince, Zhou Fang, Zhu Ran, Ling Tong, and Sun Quan unloaded a roll of firecrackers from the carriage, placed them in front of the incense burner of the immortal monument, and pulled them apart.

This is the reason why countless ordinary people gathered in front of the immortal monument this time.

Because, as early as two months ago, the palace sent someone to post a notice.

Today, we will celebrate the completion of the Nantianmen in the district and hold a martial arts competition.

Before that, the king of Wu and the crown prince would bring hundreds of civil and military officials to pay tribute to the immortal monument of the heroic soul.

Unlike the heroic spirits who paid tribute to the immortal monument in the past, a new firecracker will appear this year.

And it will continue to be like this in the future.

Ordinary people from every household came out.

They also want to know what this new firecracker is!

When Zhou Fang, Zhu Ran, Ling Tong and Sun Quan filled the front of the immortal monument with the unloaded firecrackers, the east revealed the white of the fish's belly.

Taichang Sima Hui walked out from among the civil and military officials, came to the incense burner, took the sandalwood that had been prepared a long time ago, lit it, and handed it to Lu Yi, the king of Wu, and Lu Feng, the crown prince, respectively.

With Taichang Sima Hui said: "Sacrifice!" ”

Lu Yi and Lu Feng bent down towards the Immortal Monument in unison and bowed.

The civil and military officials followed the two of them together.

After the worship, Lu Yi inserted sandalwood into the incense burner.

The crown prince and grandson Shao stepped forward with a strong step, holding the prince Lu Feng and inserting sandalwood into it.

Taichang Sima Hui said loudly again: "Set off firecrackers, pray for heroic spirits, and protect my Wu country!" ”

Zhou Fang, Zhu Ran, Ling Tong and Sun Quan each held a fire fold and lit firecrackers together.

Suddenly, the entire district was filled with a roar.

The people gathered around them watched this scene with their mouths wide open one by one.

Compared to the sound of firecrackers with burning bamboo in the previous three dynasties, this sound is simply terrifying!

When the firecrackers were halfway through, Lu Xun and Lu Ji came over with two big iron buckets.

Go to the incense burner and open the lids of the two large iron buckets.

It's full of gunpowder!

At Sima Hui's signal, Lu Xun and Lu Ji threw the fire fold into the big iron bucket and rushed away.

Not long after, two purple flames burst out of the big iron bucket directly, bursting out more than ten feet high!

The intense light of the fire illuminates the vicinity of the Immortal Monument!

The sound of firelight and firecrackers complemented each other.

The people around them let out exclamations in unison.

Lu Yi looked at the firelight, listened to the sound of firecrackers, and a smile also climbed on his face.

Before the crossing, firecrackers were banned in many places.

And now, as a traverser, he has moved the firecrackers to 2,000 years ago!

Moreover, Zuo Ci and other alchemists are studying fireworks according to his description.

and so on fireworks also appeared.

He couldn't imagine a group of ancients from 2,000 years ago, gathering together to enjoy the splendor of fireworks.

After setting off firecrackers and gunpowder in front of the immortal monument and paying tribute to the heroic spirits, Lu Yi rushed to Nantianmen with hundreds of civil and military officials.

The common people followed all the way.

The team stretched for dozens of miles!

Finally, when the sun rose, Lu Yi and the others rushed to Nantianmen.

The entire Nantianmen is a palace.

In front of the South Heavenly Gate, there is a huge square.

The square covers an area of 6,000 acres!

The whole square is circular, and a large avenue is split from it, leading to the entrance of the South Heavenly Gate.

Except for the middle and the outermost part of the square, which are paved with stone, the rest is generally dirt floor.

Lu Yi and hundreds of civil and military officials and ordinary people came to the square.

The soldiers who had been waiting at Nantianmen for a long time pulled away all the chariots, carriages, and war horses.

All the civilians were led by the soldiers to the avenue around the square.

Lu Yi took the crown prince Lu Feng and the civil and military officials from the middle avenue to the entrance of Nantianmen.

The entrance has nineteen steps.

It echoes the nineteen steps inside the South Heaven Gate.

At the top of the stairs, there are two white jade gates nearly two feet high.

In front of the white jade gate, two columns of twenty soldiers carried firecrackers with spears.

As Lu Yi and the civil and military officials climbed the top steps, twenty soldiers lit the firecrackers on their spears in unison.

After the firecrackers were set off, the twenty soldiers placed their spears in their fixed positions and pushed open the white jade gate in unison, revealing the internal structure of the Nantian Gate.

Inside the South Heaven Gate, in front of it is a huge hall.

The hall is large enough for tens of thousands of people to stand in it.

At the front of the main hall is another nineteen-story staircase.

The whole step is trapezoidal, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top.

On each side of each staircase, there is a high platform.

A huge granite stone sits on a high platform.

Eighteen staircases, a total of thirty-six high platforms, thirty-six granite.

These thirty-six platforms, in the form of two diagonal lines, lead straight to the nineteenth staircase.

There, a stone man carved entirely of granite, as tall as Lu Yi, wearing iron armor and holding the hilt of a saber in his left hand, was overlooking the main hall.

The firmament of the main hall is designed to look like the sun, moon and stars.

On the wall behind Lu Yi's stone man, the appearance of the palace has been carved!

The walls on both sides of the palace have been reduced to thirty-six parts.

Each copy will be carved with a fresco.

The mural will record the most glorious scene of the life of the 36 heroes.

Rao is civil and military officials have already seen all kinds of big scenes, and at this moment, they can't help but let out exclamations.

Their eyes sparkled.

King Wu is really fulfilling his promise step by step.

Even Jia Xu, who has always seemed to have not slept enough, looked around at the moment, looking excited.

To be among them, this life, is definitely enough!

Lu Yi took the civil and military officials to visit for nearly a quarter of an hour before beckoning everyone to withdraw.

Today, the South Heavenly Gate is completed, and a visit is not the main task.

Today's most important task is the tournament!

The five-year recuperation period has arrived.

Yuan Shao is dead.

The situation has changed.

Today's martial arts contest is over, and tomorrow, a meeting of ministers will be convened to discuss the next military operations.

And now, the tournament is the main event.

A hearty competition gives the soldiers who are about to go out with the ultimate encouragement, so that they can give full play to their strength on the battlefield!

Lu Yi and the others came out of the South Heavenly Gate.

On both sides of the square, two thousand young heroes quickly gathered at the bottom of the stairs in the posture of a dragon.

In the middle of them, a huge high platform is placed.

On the high platform, there stands a large drum.

At this time, Shi Huan and Nangong Yan stood on both sides of the big drum, holding drumsticks.

And the two thousand young men scattered into eight columns.

They all wore white power suits, long pants, and red belts around their waists.

As Lu Yi stopped at the front of the highest staircase, Nangong Yan and Shi Huan, who were standing on both sides of the big drum, beat the big drum in unison.

The solemn sound of drums echoed throughout the South Tianmen Square.

Two thousand young men marched to the beat of the drums.

On both sides of the square, the soldiers led Zhuge Ruoxue, Da Qiao, Xiao Qiao, Lu Qiling, Huang Yueying, Yuan Yin, and the families of the civil and military officials to step on the stairs and get together with the civil and military officials.

After that, two columns of girls walked up the stairs and guided the civil and military officials and their families to stand on the stairs.

Lu Yi, Prince Lu Feng, Zhuge Ruoxue, Da Qiao and other Lu Yi's women and children followed Lu Yi to stand at the top of the ladder.

Until Nangong Yan, Shi Huan and two thousand young junjie finished performing and withdrew, two hundred soldiers led their horses to the bottom of the ladder and lined up in four columns.

Two columns of Lu family disciples carried a huge desk in front of Lu Yi, and then placed a handful of weapons on it.

These weapons include long swords, broadswords, spears, and halberds.

In the middle of the square, the soldiers carried an iron pillar that was ten feet high and thick and ten feet high!

The lowest end of the iron pillar is inserted into a triangular bracket.

The scaffold is driven into the dirt with an iron rod.

At the top of the iron pillar, a piece of red satin is placed.

After doing all this, Sima Hui walked to Lu Yi's side and said in his ear: "King Wu, everything is ready, the martial arts competition can begin." ”

Lu Yi nodded, walked to the desk, pointed to the open space under the steps, and said with a smile: "All the generals who have been invited to the competition, now, all come below!" ”

Hundreds of members walked out of the hundreds of civil and military officials, standing in the position pointed by Lu Yi.

Lu Yi picked up a ring-headed knife on the table in front of him, and said with a smile: "Princes, for today's martial arts competition, Gu has prepared twenty weapons. ”

"These twenty weapons are all made of 100 steels."

The generals in front of Lu Yi suddenly became excited.

A weapon made of steel!

It's not an expensive question anymore.

It's a problem that even money may not be able to find a craftsman to help build it!

Unexpectedly, there were twenty such weapons in front of them!

Like Lu Bu, Xu Sheng and others, they are all a little eager to try.

If it weren't for such a big occasion, they couldn't wait to go up and grab it!

Lu Yi looked at the generals in front of him one by one, and said with a smile: "These twenty weapons are today's rewards." ”

"The twenty best performers today can choose one."

Lu Yi pointed to the red satin at the top of the iron pillar in front of him and said, "And this is the final reward." ”

"Today, the Lone Society divides you into two groups."

"Whichever group wins this red satin, this group can select ten people, each with a pair of special armor!"

All the generals roared in unison.

Lu Yi nodded and said, "Then, now, Lone has begun to roll call." ”

Lu Yi took out a scroll from his sleeve, looked down at all the generals below, and said loudly: "Next, the person who is lonely stands on the left side, and everyone wears a red belt as a red group. ”

A column of girls stepped forward with red belts.

Lu Yi said: "Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Song Qian, Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiu, Hu Che'er, Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai, Huang Zhong, Gan Ning, Wen Ping, Wei Yan, Huo Jun, Ling Tong, Zhu Ran, Zhang He."

Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao and others stood on the left side one after another.

The maiden tied a red belt around their waists.

Lu Yi watched them tie up, and then continued: "If you read the name below, stand on the right side and tie a blue belt." ”

Another column of girls stepped forward with blue belts.

Lu Yi said loudly: "Zhu Zhi, Han Dang, Chen Wu, Liu Bei, Tian Yu, Tao Shang, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Tai Shici, Xu Sheng, Zhou Tai, Deng Dang, Lu Meng, Lu Xun, Zhou Fang, Gao Lan."

The soldiers led their horses to the generals on either side.

Many generals turned over one after another.

Lu Yi smiled at the civil and military officials on both sides of the stairs and said, "Apart from them, is there anyone who wants to go down and show their hands one or two?" ”

All the civil and military officials laughed and shook their heads.

How is this going on?

Which of the following generals is not famous on the battlefield?

Lu Yi looked at Xu Shu, Lu Su and Liu Ye again, and said with a smile: "You guys, why don't you go down and try?" ”

Xu Shu shook his head with a serious face.

In his early years, he learned the way of an assassin, and although he thought that his swordsmanship was good, he could not really fight with these generals.

Lu Su and Liu Ye looked at each other and smiled.

Lu Su hurriedly said: "King Wu, don't let us make a fool of ourselves." ”

Lu Yi looked at Zhuge Liang and Sun Quan again.

Zhuge Liang hurriedly waved his hand.

Sun Quan laughed a little embarrassedly.

Lu Yi saw that the others were unwilling to go down, so he said to the red and blue generals: "Time, before noon." ”

"In the end, whoever gets the red satin will be the winner!"

"So-"

Lu Yi raised his right hand, smiled slightly, and put it down forcefully: "The martial arts competition has officially begun!" ”

(End of chapter)