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Li Mao is a special existence on the city wall, he has been fighting bloodily in the north of the city for more than 20 days, but he has not joined the border army, and the generals and colonels at all levels in the army seem to have lost interest in recruiting him, and Li Mao's treatment on the city wall is the same as that of ordinary soldiers of the border army.

Most of the ordinary soldiers in the border army admired Li Mao very much, and praised him for his bravery, calmness, perseverance and superb martial arts, and many soldiers regarded him as their idol.

Every time he fights, as long as Li Mao is still bravely killing the enemy in the city, the border soldiers around him will feel that their hearts are boiling, their bodies are full of strength, and there is naturally more blood and madness in their blood.

However, the officers avoided meeting him as much as possible, and when they met him with the most "righteous man", they would turn around and leave, and never make more contact.

At the beginning, many border soldiers couldn't understand that the attitude of the generals in the private meeting was a bit cold-blooded and ruthless, and it really shouldn't have been treated coldly with Li Mao like this.

After all, Li Mao took the risk of assassinating Chaolu, the vanguard general of the Mongolian army, which greatly boosted the morale of the soldiers and civilians in Dunhuang City, and he had always held the city wall and killed the enemy side by side with the border army.

But Li Mao himself didn't seem to have any complaints about the attitude of the military, until one day someone asked Li Mao why the military top brass wanted to treat him like this, didn't he feel wronged?

Li Mao gave an answer - "chivalry is forbidden by martial arts", and then did not explain further.

The veteran who had good deeds specially took these five words to consult the clerk in the army, and after hearing these five words, the clerk nodded again and again, and couldn't help blurting out:

"Today's ranger, although his deeds are not in the course of justice, his words must be believed, his deeds must be fruitful, he has promised to be sincere, he does not love his body, and he goes to the trouble of the soldiers. That is, it has survived and died, and it is not capable of it, and it is ashamed of its virtue, and there are enough people to cover it. ”

The veteran of the good deeds was confused when he heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Sir, you know that we are all coarse, it would be good to know our own names, I didn't understand a word of you said such a bunch of crepe words, and please tell me in the vernacular." ”

The document said: "Li Yishi can be called a 'chivalrous warrior', he knows the innate opposition of 'martial arts and law', and he can grasp the scale between violence and law, which is really commendable." You can learn more from him and learn how to behave, but you can't learn from him to do things. ”

The good thing is that the veteran seems to understand it, but he is reluctant to explain it after reading the paperwork, so he has to thank him and leave.

Soon the five words that Li Mao said reached the ears of General Fan Yunchao, who was reading the official documents in the council hall, and General Fan sighed: "Chivalry violates the ban with martial arts! I can see it so thoroughly, this kind of brave and resourceful talent cannot come to serve in our army, it's a pity, it's a pity!"

Mr. Huang Qian, who was listening to the order on the sidelines, hurriedly asked: "What the general said is Li Mao? I also wonder why he is reluctant to join the army, and the general has also ordered us to have less contact with him." ”

General Fan glared at Huang Qian and said: "The imperial court does not like the existence of this kind of uncontrolled force, there have been many incidents in history that have changed the course of history because of assassinations, and the imperial court has to guard against it!

If you read more books, do you still need to ask me such questions? By the way, the last time you were allowed to read and write, how is your progress now?"

Mr. Huang Qian's face turned pale instantly, and he stammered: "General, the war has been tight recently, and the infantry battalion I brought is on the wall of the battle in the north of the city, and I have been working hard to learn literacy." ”

General Fan asked with a cold face, "Oh? How many words have you recognized now?"

Mr. Huang Qian stretched out two fingers in embarrassment and didn't dare to speak.

General Fan's face turned slightly pale and said, "Well, two hundred words, it's not bad, keep coming on." ”

Huang Qian always cried and said, "General, I don't dare to hide it from you, it's twenty words!" After speaking, he ran away and rushed out of the door.

I saw a pair of fist-sized meteor hammers grazing over his head behind his back, but fortunately they didn't hit the back of his head or back, otherwise he would have suffered some internal injuries if he didn't die.

General Fan's voice came: "Go and see that Li Mao, don't chill the heart of this righteous man." ”

When Huang Qian saw Li Mao on the city wall, Li Mao was standing on the battlements against the strong wind, staring at the Mongolian military camp that was not visible in the distance in a daze.

Mr. Huang Qian shouted from afar: "Brother Li, the Mongolian army should not attack today, you better go back to the house and warm up." ”

Li Mao did not look back and said: "I have an ominous premonition that the Mongolian army will inevitably come to attack the city today, and it will be a dead end today!"

Mr. Huang Qian's face changed, and he looked up at the sky: "It's almost noon now, and the Mongolian army hasn't appeared yet, isn't my brother too anxious?"

Li Mao jumped off the battlements, walked down the city wall quickly, and said, "Brother Huang, let the brothers hurry up and rest, there may be a fierce battle in the afternoon." ”

Huang Qian always saw that Li Mao didn't seem to be a fake, so it was better to make some preparations in advance, and hurriedly went down to arrange defense.

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Dunhuang City, outside the city lord's mansion, at this time has gathered more than 100 representatives of the gentry and village elders.

Although the weather is extremely cold today, these gentry and village elders waiting outside the city lord's mansion are enthusiastic, they are all the leading figures who have been publicly pushed out by everyone and can enter the main hall of the ancestor temple to kowtow at this year's ancestor worship meeting.

The main hall of the ancestral temple is not ordinary people can enter, it is open once a year, only the head of a good family who has an official body or the approval of the imperial court can enter, such a glory can be blown for a lifetime, and the more important thing is that the incense of the ancestral temple has always been effective, and it can bring good luck to the family when it goes in to worship and pray for blessings.

After the gentry and village elders gathered, they saw Lord Sima hurriedly walked out of the city lord's mansion, and asked about the preparations for the ceremony of joining the army to worship the ancestors, Lord Sima stood on the steps in front of the city lord's mansion and said: "Fellow gentry and village elders, the city lord is in poor health, but he will still insist on participating in the memorial ceremony, but the adults can only take a carriage to the ancestral temple, and he asked me to tell everyone that he is with the people of Dunhuang City." ”

The crowd burst into applause, and many people stepped forward to inquire about the city lord's body.

Fu Sima supported in front of the door, and asked the secretary to join the army to go to the house to report that everything was ready and ready to go, so as not to miss the auspicious time.

The secretary of the army hurriedly passed through a hall, ordered his subordinates to prepare a carriage, and waited at the main gate of the city lord's mansion.

Changshi finally persuaded the city lord not to go to the ancestral temple on foot, and immediately arranged for the people in the mansion to bring the small sedan chair and helped the city lord into the small sedan chair.

The lady arranged for the maid to bring another fur and a copper hand stove, the charcoal fire had been simmered, and a handkerchief was put on it, and the temperature was just right in her hand.

Since the lord of the castle has just recovered from a serious illness, he should not attend the event for too long, so it is important to ensure that the festival is very smooth to prevent the adults from suffering from the wind and cold again.

After the reporter joined the army and came in to report, Changshi hurriedly asked the servants to carry the sedan chair of the city lord to the door.

When they arrived at the door, the lord of the city came out of the sedan chair and waved his hand to everyone, and before he could say a word, he was sent into the carriage by Lord Changshi.

Changshi personally sat in the position next to the coachman, and together with Sima, he dissuaded the gentry and villagers, preventing them from constantly coming forward to ask for peace, and implored everyone to go to the ancestral temple together.

Finally, more than 100 gentry and village elders gathered around a carriage and walked towards the ancestral temple at the junction of the inner city and the outer city.

The team walked for two quarters of an hour, and finally arrived in front of the Ancestor Temple, which was already crowded with tens of thousands of people.

The gate guards and tax collectors of Dunhuang City led a thousand city defense troops to maintain order at the scene, so the overall situation was in order.

In previous years, there were not so many people in the New Year's Day sacrifice activities, but this year, because the barbarian coalition soldiers came to the city, more people hoped to help Dunhuang City avoid the scourge of swords and soldiers through worship and blessing activities, so there was a grand occasion of tens of thousands of people sacrificing together.

The carriage of the city lord came to a stop until it reached the bottom of the steps of the ancestral temple, and Changshi helped the city lord out of the carriage.

City Lord Li stood in the position of the emperor of the carriage, looking around the audience, it was a simple Tang face, although because of the long waiting time, many people were cold and pale, but there was no trace of resentment on their faces, only a sense of expectation and admiration.

City Lord Li's nose was sore, and tears almost fell, it was these hard-working and simple Tang people who never complained that survived tenaciously on this barren Gobi and guarded the frontier of the Tang Kingdom, and they were more qualified to enter the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors.

City Lord Li choked up, he waved his hand vigorously to the Tang people around him, and shouted: "God bless the Tang Dynasty, the national fortune will be long, subdue the foreign countries, and defend Dunhuang!"

Even if he yelled desperately, only one hundred and ten people nearby heard it, but these hundred and ten people were selected from the more than 700,000 people in the city, all of whom were human spirits, and they immediately shouted slogans in unison, passing on the words of the city lord to the people present.

"God bless the Tang Dynasty, the national fortune is long, subduing foreign countries, defending Dunhuang!"

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Such a shout soon spread throughout the Ancestral Temple Square, and then spread all the way outward, and soon even the border troops on the city wall began to shout such a majestic slogan.

City Lord Li wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, jumped out of the carriage with the support of Changshi, and walked up the stairs into the main hall of the Ancestor Temple.

It is these three ancestors who led the Chinese people to overcome thorns and thorns, and created a brilliant Chinese civilization, and the Tang State is one of the inheritors of the Chinese people, and naturally inherited the civilization and culture of the Chinese people.

The ancestor worship ceremony on New Year's Day officially began, presided over by the governor of Dunhuang Prefecture, and was strictly implemented in accordance with the ancestor worship rituals handed down in the Han Dynasty:

First, the bell of the prosperous age;

2. Offering sacrifices;

3. Wash your hands and incense;

4. Pray alms;

5. Respectfully read the sacrificial text;

6. Singing carols;

7. Worship with music and dance;

8. Pray for the blessing of the Tang Dynasty;

9. Heaven, earth and man.

First, the lord of the city and the general of the city guard jointly rang the bell of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, representing the cooperation between the military and the people and creating a prosperous era.

There are also young people carrying three livestock and five animals, and the lord of the city takes the old representatives of the gentry and township around the ancestral temple for a week, and removes the five grains, paper money, cakes and other sacrifices as they walk.

City Lord Li carefully cleaned his hands three times in the golden basin, and then took three lit incense sticks and inserted them into the incense burner in front of Emperor Fuxi, and then offered high incense to the Yellow Emperor and Emperor Yan respectively.

Under the leadership of the city lord Li, all the participants bowed three times and bowed nine times to the three holy ancestors together.

After the ceremony, the city lord Li took a yellow silk from Changshi's hand, with a sacrificial text written on it, and gave another salute to the three saints of the ancestors, and began to recite.

The year is Xinmao, and the festival is New Year's Day. Shenzhou is beautiful, and Vientiane is renewed. I would like to sacrifice to my Chinese ancestors with the ritual of three sacrifices and five grains, and the intention of ten thousand people to sacrifice to my Chinese ancestors, the text says:

The first ancestor of humanity, the industry runs through Xuanhuang. Yoyo Ji water, fragrant through the ages.

Only sow nine domains, and art wins all countries. The grains are sown, and the bows and arrows are fine.

The boat and car go far, and the formation is famous. The guide is incomparable, and the number of calendars is unparalleled.

Make words polite, and make numbers self-improvement. Neijing heals diseases, and wears clothes and mulberries.

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