In the center of Zinao City, there is a huge temple, which is said to be burning incense every night, and the statue of Nezha is located in the temple.

For more than a year, there have been rumors that every morning in front of the Nezha Temple on the first incense stick, as long as the heart is sincere and kind, will definitely be protected by the fairy, so if you want to go to the first incense in front of the Nezha Temple, you must get up early in the morning. Moreover, the Nezha Temple has been guarded by elite soldiers sent by Liu Chengshou, and the golden bell on the temple will be ringed every day, and then the temple gate will be opened, and every dusk, it will be closed.

Liu Er is an extremely ordinary person in the city, who survived the catastrophe a year ago, and has also seen Nezha's methods, so naturally he has always been full of worship for Nezha in his heart, and this kind of worship is almost a plot among those who survived the catastrophe.

More than half a year ago, Liu Chengshou suddenly announced that he would gather the warriors in the city and form an elite army to specialize in guarding the Nezha Temple, and would not participate in foreign wars.

After the news was announced, everyone instantly boiled, and there were thousands of people who signed up, as long as they felt that they had the strength, they all signed up.

Later, Liu Chengshou formulated some more rules, and then determined the assessment standards, and finally left fifty people to become the guards of the temple.

However, later, it seems that there are only more than 50 people in the huge temple to maintain it is too little, and it is ready to take advantage of the completion of the Nezha Palace in Cuiping Mountain to select 100 people again to guard the boundary of the Nezha Cuiping Mountain Palace during today's New Year.

Therefore, this year Zinao City is particularly lively, and some young men are ready to move, waiting for the time to show their strength and enter the incomparably honorable temple guardian team.

There are too many young people with this kind of thought, so that Liu Er is a little unconfident.

However, this rare opportunity is always unwilling to let it go, Liu Er's elderly mother also survived the catastrophe, but his father died in that catastrophe.

For her son's idea, Liu's mother naturally supported it, but since she saw the apprehension in her son's heart, she made a decision in her heart.

It was just dark, listening to the twilight drum from the direction of the temple, Liu's mother packed up the washed clothes, brought the food and put it on the table, waiting for her son who went out to work to come back.

Soon, there was a soft sound at the door, and Liu Er, who was exuding a strong spirit, walked in, although the weather was cold, but Liu Er's body was hot, obviously he had just experienced a lot of exercise.

When Liu's mother saw her son's situation, she stepped forward distressed and said, "My son is going to Master Li again today for guidance?" Alas, you also cherish some of your own body bones. ”

Master Li is a newly discharged chief in the city, he killed six zombies with his own hands a year ago, so he is particularly worshiped by young people, this time it is related to whether he can enter the temple guard, many young people will run to Master Li once they have time to ask for advice, and then ponder and practice by themselves.

Liu Er didn't agree with his mother's point of view: "Mother rest assured, the child knows, but this opportunity is rare, if it is lost, I don't know if there will be a chance to meet it in this life." ”

Mother Liu nodded, but she also knew that what her son said was right, but she always felt distressed when she saw her only son suffering.

After Liu Er sat on the table, watching her son gobble, the corners of Liu's mother couldn't help but show a smile: "Child, my mother has already thought about it, let's get up early, guard from the temple together, and put on the first incense, I hope the gods can bless you and enter the escort team to serve the gods." ”

Liu Er was overjoyed when he heard this, but then he frowned, put down the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, and said a little depressedly: "What my mother said is naturally good, but I don't know how many people think so, how can we get the first incense." ”

Mother Liu saw the joy in her son's eyes flashed, and just smiled: "My son don't worry, let's get up early, let's go early, if it doesn't work today, then it will be said later, and it will be said that it will not work, and it will be said that there is still more than a month before the selection time, and I am not afraid that I will not be able to get the first incense?"

"This can't be done!" Liu Er suddenly said loudly when he heard this: "If this is the case, but it is tired of the mother and said that I get up early for me, how can the body support it? If the mother is tired, isn't it that the child is not filial, and the mother must not think of this again, I said that if you practice diligently, you can't get in, and you can't work so hard for your mother." ”

Mother Liu's smile became even brighter when she heard this, looking at the stubbornness in her son's eyes, she just nodded, but she didn't speak. Liu Er thought that his mother agreed, but he was relieved.

After eating, Liu Er was doing work in the evening, and he went to exercise again in the evening, and did a lot of exercise, but he was already very tired at this time, and he fell asleep as soon as his head was next to the pillow.

The night was getting deeper, and when there was just a hint of fish belly white in the sky, Liu's mother, who was in the main house, suddenly sat up, then carefully dressed and walked out quietly.

"Oh, it's a lot of snow. When Liu's mother just opened the door, she found that a thick layer of snowflakes had accumulated on the ground, and the air was constantly falling downward, and a cold wind blew, and the snow foam went straight to the middle of the person's neck, which was extremely cold.

But after Liu's mother, who opened the door, saw such a big snowfall, her eyes flashed with joy, so that she had more hope of lighting the first incense.

Thinking of this, Liu's mother felt a little hot in her heart, tightened her clothes, and then glanced at her son's room, and did not turn on the lantern, so she directly took advantage of the faint light refracted by the snowflakes and walked towards the direction of the temple through the snow.

The road was extremely quiet, and occasionally a patrol soldier saw Liu's mother, just shouted to stop and then checked the certificate and let it go, and explained that he should be careful on the road. Mother Liu naturally nodded in agreement.

Nezha Temple is also magical, especially at night, the whole temple looks like there will be a layer of clear light covering from a distance, Liu's mother's house is far away from the temple, this way, but it is also hot and sweaty.

It may be the reason for the heavy snow, when Liu's mother arrived in front of the temple, she found that no one else appeared outside the temple, and she was even more happy in her heart, touched the incense candle in her arms, and thought about how to tell the gods about her son when she turned back to the incense.

But after all, it was snowing heavily at this time, and there was a cold wind blowing, Liu Mu felt a little cold when she stopped to stand in front of the temple door, no matter how she wrapped her body, she still felt the cold air drilling into her bones.

At this moment, the closed temple gate actually creaked at this time, and the temple gate was opened a gap, and a young man peeked out, apparently hearing the movement outside the temple door.

The young man looked out twice, and then saw a low body covered with snowflakes hiding in the corner of the temple gate, seeing the person shivering, the young man did not dare to slack off, and quickly shouted softly: "Hey, people over there, you hurry in to keep warm, such a cold day, don't freeze." ”

When Mother Liu heard this, she quickly raised her head, and a hint of joy suddenly flashed in her eyes: "It turned out to be Erzhuzi!

The young man obviously didn't expect the other party to know him, but when he heard the voice, he felt familiar, and couldn't help but say, "Are you the second lady?"

"It's not me. ”

When the second pillar heard this, he hurriedly came out of the door, and complained: "I said the second eldest mother, it's a cold day, and it's snowing heavily outside, why did you come here, why don't these two sons accompany you? ”

As he spoke, he was about to pull Liu's mother into the temple gate.

Mother Liu was reluctant to go in, but said: "This is a complaining second son, I secretly came out by myself, I thought about the first incense burning, for our second son to ask the fairy master, let the second son enter the escort team, and be a companion with you, you look at the guard since you became a guard, how majestic it is to go home, I don't know how many people are envious, especially the armor, I don't know how many big girls and little daughters-in-law have been attracted." ”

The two pillars were happy and embarrassed when they heard this: "This relationship is good, if the second son comes in, then the two of us brothers will be together, the second son is practicing so hard, I think he will be able to come in, the second aunt, you can rest assured." It's cold outside, hurry in to keep warm, if you get sick, I don't know how sad the second son will be. ”

Mother Liu still didn't want to enter the temple when she heard this: "This is not good, I am here to prepare incense, and now is not the time to accept believers to enter the incense, if I go in, won't it be a bad rule? ”

"Second Auntie, you are at this age, our fairy master is extremely filial to his mother, if you know that you are kept out of the temple gate, wouldn't you be to blame, and the temple also has regulations, if you meet someone who needs help, you must provide a helping hand, otherwise I don't dare to open the door casually, Second Auntie, you can rest assured to come in." ”

But Liu's mother is also stubborn, she just doesn't want to go in: "I'm not one of those people who need help, I'm here to offer incense, unlike them, don't say it, if I go in, wouldn't it be disrespectful to the gods." ”

Erzhuzi had no choice but to quickly bring out a brazier from the temple, as well as a thick linen clothes, this time Liu's mother did not refuse, Suo surnamed sat in front of the temple door and waited, Erzhuzi was not good to go back to sleep, so he could only walk out of the temple gate, and then sit next to Liu's mother.

In this way, Liu's mother was a little apologetic.

As soon as the second day arrived, the golden bell at the top of the temple began to sound clearly, and a new day began, and Liu's mother, accompanied by the two pillars, walked into the temple and got the first incense as she wished.

When Liu's mother came out, she saw her son kneeling in the snow in front of the temple, and Liu's mother was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward and pulled her son to stand up.

However, at this moment, without waiting for the two to speak, there was a sudden sound of golden chimes on the road in front of the temple, and at the same time, Liu Chengshou and the famous people in the city appeared together and came on foot, and behind the group a thing covered by yellow silk was carried.

The people around didn't know what was going on, so they hurriedly moved to the side of the road, and Liu Er had no choice but to support his mother at this time, and his eyes were red to the side.

Then, under the auspices of Liu Chengshou, people launched a grand sacrifice, and at the same time the news also spread, it turned out that the Nezha Palace was finally completed after a year, and now the city guard is for the people of the city to come to repay the vows, and ask God again, let Nezha enter the palace.

When the news spread, the city was full of jubilation, countless people put down their work, and ran out of their homes to participate in this grand ceremony, and countless people prayed for blessings and petitions, and the whole city fell into the sea of change again, and this is the thirtieth day of the lunar month.

Since then, around the thirtieth day of the lunar month in Zinao City, people will always carry out various celebrations, pray for blessings and petitions, and unconsciously, gradually evolve into a custom, and gradually radiate to various places. Even later, after Nezha found out, he was also a little stunned, and muttered two words in his mouth: Spring Festival? (to be continued.) )