Chapter Seventy-One: Cleaning the Courtyard
The next morning, Li Xiao sat in the gazebo in the center of the small lake, leisurely teasing the flying boy; Shen Yi and the others were playing not far from the shore of the lake.
The peach blossom old road leans against a peach tree, drinking wine leisurely; The flowers in the distance, smiling at this time, bent down to loosen the soil for the flowers and plants under their feet, surrounded by the little flower fairy, from time to time flying up and down, raising their hands to sprinkle a little green mang, falling on the flowers and plants, and then seeping into it.
Twelve male and female monks silently cleaned the Taoist temple; Qingfeng Mingyue sat at the mountain gate, discussing something.
The subordinates unconsciously touched Feizai's neck, looked around, and looked at the leisurely and easy-going people and things, Li Xiao couldn't help but have a faint smile on his face, maybe this is the life he wants!
Maybe in the near future, I will be able to really enjoy this leisure, Li Xiao thought.
Suddenly, seeing the sound of talking from the mountain gate, he woke up Li Xiao, who was thinking about it, and when he got up and looked, he saw Qingfeng Mingyue walking towards the view with Du Sheng.
The flowers in the distance instantly put away the little flower fairy, got up and brushed the soil off their hands, and walked to the pavilion in the lake; Leaning on the old way of drinking wine in the peach blossoms, he also put away the wine gourd, got up and walked towards the pavilion.
Qingfeng Mingyue took Du Sheng, passed by Shen Yi, who was still playing, and walked up to the pavilion along the wooden bridge.
"Master Guan, this person said that he came to apprentice." Qingfeng said.
"Well, go ahead." Li Xiao said lightly.
After Qingfeng Mingyue left, Du Sheng didn't talk nonsense, took out a bank card directly from his pocket and handed it to Li Xiao.
"The mountain worship ceremony and the teacher worship ceremony are all here, I don't know if you can worship the teacher today and live in the Taoist temple?" Du Sheng said.
After Du Sheng went back yesterday, he felt that the opportunity was not easy to come by, in case Li Xiao changed his hexagram again in a few days, wouldn't he be happy in vain.
Early this morning, Du Sheng handed over the shop directly to the guys, and recruited people to move all his favorite things, ready to move them all to Fulongqiu. Subsequently, Du Sheng came to the Taoist temple first, and then someone would send his things.
happily took the bank card, and Li Xiao said happily: "No problem at all!" ”
At this time, the old man of Peach Blossom and Baihua also walked up to the pavilion one after another and stood behind Li Xiao.
"I now announce that Du Sheng will be a member of our Lotus View in the future!" Li Xiao stood up straight, said loudly, and then turned to the old Taohua Road.
"In the future, Du Sheng will be your apprentice!"
Peach Blossom Old Dao bowed slightly, and said indifferently: "Yes, Lord!" ”
Du Sheng on the side was a little puzzled, this is considered an apprenticeship? Wouldn't it be too hasty!
At this moment, Li Xiao turned to Du Sheng again and said with a smile: "Okay! From this day on, you are a monk of Akanyama! ”
"It's that simple?" Du Sheng said with some suspicion.
"You're too simple and don't have a sense of ceremony? Well~ that's it! You come with me. Originally, Li Xiao wanted to deal with it casually, but since it was proposed, he had to take care of the feelings of this God of Wealth.
Summoning everyone in the Taoist temple, and bringing the flying boy with him, Li Xiao led everyone to the main hall.
Coming to the lotus hall, everyone in the Taoist temple stood on both sides, Li Xiao asked Du Sheng to bow three times to the lotus pattern on the strong, and put on three incense sticks.
Then, a group of people went to the Peach Blossom Hall again.
The monks in the Taoist temple were still standing on both sides, and Li Xiao instructed Tao Yi to bring three chairs and place them under the statues.
The old peach blossom road sat in the middle, Baihua sat on its right side, Li Xiao sat on the side of it, and behind him stood two Taoist boys, Qingfeng Mingyue, and Du Sheng stood under the big point.
In fact, Li Xiao doesn't care about these etiquettes, first, he doesn't understand it himself; Also, what age is this, and I feel troublesome and uncomfortable to ask for those red tape and etiquette.
But since Du Sheng proposed that this apprenticeship was too simple and casual, Li Xiao had no choice but to follow his own ideas, or rather, let Du Sheng go through that again.
There was silence in the hall, waiting for Li Xiao to speak.
But at this time, Li Xiao suddenly thought that there was no host or anything, there must be someone to say something!
So, Li Xiao turned his head and whispered to the breeze and bright moon behind him.
When Li Xiao turned around, Qingfeng Mingyue walked to the side and preached loudly: "The person who stands down really worships the old man of Peach Blossom?" ”
"Disciple Du Sheng, he really sincerely worships the old man of Peach Blossom!" Du Sheng replied with a serious face.
Hearing Du Sheng's answer, Mingyue looked at Li Xiao, and when she saw him nodding, she turned around and took off the three pillars of sandalwood on the desk, and after lighting it, she walked to Du Sheng and handed it to him, and then turned over and returned to Qingfeng's side.
"Please bow to the ancestor of the peach blossom lineage and incense!" Qingfeng shouted loudly.
Du Sheng did not hesitate, and immediately bowed three times and bowed nine times, and then got up and inserted sandalwood into the incense burner.
For Du Sheng's gift, Peach Blossom Lao Dao and Baihua didn't feel anything special, but Li Xiao, who was sitting on the side, looked at Du Sheng back and forth with a novel face.
It's not that there is anything wrong with Du Sheng's etiquette, speaking of which, Du Sheng, who practices ancient martial arts, still values these etiquettes in their thoughts, and these things are not far from their lives, at least when they were young, they still have the experience of apprenticeship, so this set of etiquette is still very regular.
It's just that Li Xiao doesn't have these things in his head, and he feels indescribably weird at first sight, as if he is watching a performance.
"Bow to the Master! One kowtow! Qingfeng shouted.
Without hesitation, Du Sheng bowed his knees in front of the old Taohua Dao, touched the ground with his forehead, and then got up.
"Prostrate again!" Qingfeng then shouted.
Du Sheng bowed down as he said.
"Three prostrations!" Qingfeng shouted again.
Du Sheng bowed again.
"Finish! Tea Ceremony! Qingfeng shouted, and then Mingyue took a cup of tea from the desk that I didn't know if it had been there for a few days and sent it to Du Sheng.
Du Sheng came to the old man of Peach Blossom with tea, held the tea in both hands, bent down and said, "Master, please drink tea!" ”
The old man of Peach Blossom, who was sitting in the right position, looked at the tea in Du Sheng's hand with a tangled face at this time, this was obviously a tea that had been separated by several days, although it was nothing to drink it himself, but when he thought about it, he felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach, and he didn't stretch out his hand for a while, and he didn't stretch out his hand.
Seeing the old man Peach Blossom sitting there with an ugly face, but he didn't reach out to take the tea, Du Sheng didn't know what to do.
"Peach Blossom senior, why don't you take the tea?" Li Xiao, who was on the side, joked with a smile.
"Eh, I'm happy for a while, I'm a little distracted, I'll take it!" Peach Blossom Lao Dao said, ruthlessly, took the tea, raised his head and drank it.
Seeing the tea bowl handed to the breeze on the side, Peach Blossom Lao Dao stretched out his hand to help Du Sheng and said, "Apprentice, you can order at will in the future, don't make these false gifts at every turn!" It's so tiring! ”
"Yes, master!" Du Sheng said respectfully.
At this moment, Qingfeng on the side shouted again: "New disciple Du Sheng, please pay tribute to the Lord of the Temple!" ”
Hearing this, Du Sheng was stunned, and looked at Li Xiao, who was sitting precariously, his face darkened, but he still bowed obediently.
"I've seen the Spectator!"
As soon as Du Sheng got up, he heard Qingfeng shouting again: "New disciple Du Sheng, please pay tribute to the Hundred Flowers Fairy Gu!" ”
Du Sheng had no choice but to turn around and face Baihua again, bow and salute, and said, "I've seen the fairy girl!" ”
Qingfeng shouted again: "New disciple Du Sheng, please greet all senior brothers and sisters!" ”
Turning around and looking at the upright monks, especially the nine little radish heads, Du Sheng was speechless in his heart, do you want to be so bloody!
"Lord, this Du Sheng is also a lot older, even if he is a halfway monk, he doesn't need to be ranked in the youngest generation, right? Besides, we don't have a single order in our view! Seeing this scene, the old man Peach Blossom immediately spoke up and relieved his newly accepted disciples.
"Since you said so, then Du Sheng will be a senior brother from now on!" Li Xiao said, and said to the people below: "I haven't seen your senior brother yet!" ”
A group of monks and Taoist children, as well as Shen Yijiu, bowed down one after another, and said in unison: "I've seen Senior Brother!" ”
"Hehe, you don't have to! It doesn't have to be that way! At this time, Du Sheng's face looked a little better, and he replied with a salute.
Seeing that things were almost over, Li Xiao got up and said, "Okay, the rest of the matter is between your master and apprentice!" Then we'll go first. ”
With Li Xiao's departure, everyone also withdrew from the Peach Blossom Palace, leaving only Du Sheng and Peach Blossom Lao Dao still in the hall.
I saw that Peach Blossom Lao Dao stretched out his hand behind him, took out a Taoist robe, and then handed it to Du Shengdao: "Disciple!" The master doesn't have anything good for you, here's a robe, you can just get off! ”
Stunned to take the robe, Du Sheng was still surprised by the way the old man took out the robe, and forgot to speak for a while.
Looking at Du Sheng, who was a little distracted, Peach Blossom Lao Dao shook his head and said, "According to the door rules, you should go and clean the courtyard for three years first!" ”
Nodding subconsciously, and reacted suddenly, Du Sheng exclaimed: "Master, why did you let me sweep the floor!" ”
"What? You don't want to? Alas, children cannot be taught! The old man said with a look of regret.
In fact, where are the door rules, it's just that the old Taohua Dao thinks that the disciples are troublesome, and they make it up blindly.
"Disciple doesn't dare!" Seeing the old man Peach Blossom's expression, Du Shenglian said that he didn't dare.
"Hmmm! Then go for it! For the teacher, you have to breathe for a while! Sitting back in the chair, Peach Blossom Lao Dao pretended to be indifferent and said.
Du Sheng, who was helpless, had no choice but to withdraw from the Peach Blossom Palace, looked for the breeze and the bright moon, asked for a broom, and swept the ground with Tao Yi and them.
Originally, Du Sheng's cultivation, where would he still do such rough work, but in the hearts of those who practice martial arts, he still has a lot of respect for the teacher, so he moved out of the rules on Peach Blossom Old Road, and then with a look of regret, Du Sheng gave in.
He didn't want to disobey his master on the first day of apprenticeship and be kicked out of the mountain gate.
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