As soon as the young man sat down, he immediately jumped up excitedly when he heard Hu Erbao's words, "Immortal Chief, what you said is true?" ”

As soon as the words came out, before Hu Erbao could answer, the young man took a step back and bowed, "The master is above, and the disciple Ji Gang kowtows to the master." ”

Hu Erbao was just talking nonsense, wanting this young man to sincerely talk about the practices of the three respects, but how could he think that this young man was so simple, he just said that he was considering accepting apprentices, and he didn't really want to accept it, he had already kowtowed.

At this time, Hu Erbao couldn't sit still, and the shelf was no longer up, so he quickly stood up and ran to the young man named Ji Gang, helped him up, and said, "Poor Dao just said that he was thinking about it, and he hadn't decided to accept the apprentice." ”

The young man named Ji Gang was indeed still kneeling on the ground, and said expectantly to Hu Erbao: "But the disciples have kowtowed." ”

Hu Erbao also likes this young man a little in his heart, if he stays in Jinan Mansion in the future, it is okay to accept this apprentice, but he still has to follow Zhu Youzhen to Suzhou, even if he leaves Suzhou, he will return to the capital with him, it is impossible to stay in Jinan Mansion for a long time, even if this apprentice accepts it, he has no time to teach him any Taoism, not to mention that even his identity as a real person of Erbao is made up.

Hu Erbao looked at Zhu Youzhen helplessly, with a look of help, Zhu Youzhen looked at Hu Erbao with a playful face, and did not speak, the meaning is obvious, that is, you can solve the sin you created by yourself.

Hu Erbao saw that Zhu Youzhen didn't care about this matter, so he had to pull the young man Ji Gang up first and said: "You get up first, even if the poor Dao wants to accept apprentices, you have to wait until tomorrow after discussing the Tao with the three respects, not to mention that the poor Dao will not stay in Jinan Mansion for a long time, even if you are accepted as an apprentice, you will not be able to stay and teach you the Tao." ”

Ji Gang hurriedly said: "The disciple is awake, the disciple is awake, the master and the three respects are important, the disciple can wait, and the disciple is now alone, where the master goes, the disciple will follow, it will not be in the way." ”

Hu Erbao listened to the call of "master master" in Ji Gang's mouth, and he was very helpless, he was all following Zhu Youzhen to eat, how could he have surplus food to feed an apprentice, he had to shirk and said: "Besides, let's talk about the three Taoist methods with the teacher first." Hu Erbao made a slip of the tongue for a while, and even said the word "teacher".

Ji Gang was overjoyed when he heard this, knelt down and kowtowed again, "Master Xie." ”

At this time, Hu Erbao was really helpless, he looked at Zhu Youzhen and said, "Childe, you see this is a trouble." ”

Zhu Youzhen didn't say anything, one more person is just one more mouth to eat, and he can still supply this ration, so he said: "It depends on how Erbao Zhenren decides, and my son has no opinion." ”

After Zhu Youzhen finished speaking, Hu Erbao still looked hesitant, but Hu Bao was very happy to see it, stepped forward to help Ji Gang and said, "Senior nephew, hurry up, I am your uncle." ”

That Ji Gang's mind was also lively, and when he heard this, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Hu Bao, and said: "Ji Gang kowtows to Uncle Shi." ”

Hu Bao bowed happily, then helped Ji Gang up again, laughed and said, "Good nephew, get up quickly." ”

Hu Erbao was still worried, seeing that Hu Bao was messing around again, he couldn't help but be a little annoyed and said, "Big brother, don't make any more trouble." ”

At this time, the innkeeper came to everyone with the stewed hen and said, "Fragrant old hen, please taste it quickly." ”

Hu Bao didn't take Hu Erbao's words to heart at all, he didn't care about other people, after the shopkeeper brought the hen to the table, Hu Bao first picked up a bowl and filled a bowl of chicken soup and handed it to Ji Gang and said: "It's not okay for this apprentice to kowtow, but also to serve tea, since there is no tea at this time, then give it to you."

Fu Jing has a bowl of chicken soup. ”

Everyone was very amused when they heard it, and they all watched Dabao and Erbao tossing there.

Ji Gang listened to Hu Bao's words and thought deeply, took the bowl full of piping hot chicken soup and brought it to Hu Erbao and said, "Master, please drink chicken soup." ”

This is the first time to use chicken soup to apprentice, the chicken soup that has just come out of the pot is hot, and I can't feel it when it comes out of the bowl, but after a while, Ji Gang's hands are hot.

Hu Erbao didn't pick it up at this time, and he didn't pick it up, looking at Ji Gang, who was a little shivering and still gritting his teeth, if he didn't pick it up, I'm afraid that Ji Gang's hands would be burned.

Hu Erbao sighed and said: "This chicken soup is the right of the teacher and will take it, it is just a matter of apprenticeship, and after the discussion between the teacher and the three respects tomorrow, everything will be clearly explained to you, and then you will decide whether to apprentice or not." ”

Hu Bao smiled and said: "You are a teacher and a teacher, you are all called smooth, the apprentice hasn't thought about whether to accept it or not, this chicken soup apprentice is also a perfect match for your foolish master." ”

Hu Erbao gritted his teeth and looked at Hu Baodao, who had been stirring up: "Ji Gang, no matter if you want to apprentice after the poor road explains the reason for the matter to you tomorrow, but today this master is seriously decided, but you can't kowtow to your uncle in vain, and a hen can't become a feast, so you can pick some favorite food, don't pick your favorite food, as long as it is expensive, you can order it casually, and your master will treat you." ”

Ji Gang looked at Hu Erbao, and then at Hu Bao, I don't know if the master's words are serious, Luo Yangxing looked at Ji Gang's appearance and knew that he didn't know what to do, so he greeted the guy and said, "Xiao Er, the guest has ordered food." ”

The guy heard the greeting and ran this way.

Luo Yangxing then said to Ji Gang: "Your master is right, don't be polite, there are not many opportunities like this, and your uncle can't be stingy, right?" Isn't it, Bao'er. ”

Hu Bao saw several people digging a pit for him, which also blamed him for having nothing to provoke, his master and nephew all recognized it, and people even kowtowed their heads, no matter how stingy they were, he reluctantly squeezed out a smile on his face and said: "Don't be polite, nephew, just order whatever you like, this meal will be your apprenticeship." Hu Bao felt a pain in his flesh when he said this, with the urine nature of these people, after this meal, I am afraid that his monthly money will be pasted in.

Xiao Er came to a few people and asked, "What do the guest officers want to eat?" ”

At this time, Ji Gang was embarrassed to speak, but Hu Erbao said unceremoniously: "Pick your best and most expensive dish to go here, what kind of flying sea in the sky and swimming on the ground, as long as some of them come up, don't think about whether we can finish eating, and if we can't finish eating, I will take this disciple back to eat for the next meal." ”

When the little er heard this, he immediately smiled happily, how long has it been since he met such a generous guest, he responded "Guest officer wait", and then went to the back kitchen to prepare.

A group of people gathered around the table, and Ji Gang, who had just started his apprenticeship and was not even a beginner, sat there feeling very restrained, but at this time he became the protagonist.

Hu Erbao waited for Ji Gang to explain the Three Zun Dao Methods, but after waiting for a long time, he saw him with his head down, his hands under the table rubbing the corners of his clothes, and he didn't mean to open his mouth at all.

Hu Erbao cleared his throat and said, "Ji Gang, those three Dao Dharma ...... you mentioned before."

This Erbao Zhenren has already expressed it obviously, but that Ji Gang just raised his head and looked at him blankly, how could he have the kind of talent and intelligence he had before, Hu Erbao had no choice but to say bluntly: "While waiting for the food to be served, you can tell you about the Taoist situation demonstrated by Sanzun before." ”

At this time, Ji Gang remembered what the master asked him to tell before, so he described some of the miracles of the three statues one by one, first from the simple Taoism of dispelling evil spirits and eliminating evil, and then how to wash hands in an oil pot, borrow corpses to return to the soul, soar in the daytime, ask for clouds and rain, and other miracles were described one by one, but he still did not mention the Taoism of "Nirvana by fire".

Hu Erbao said suspiciously: "Haven't they used the Dao method of 'Nirvana in Fire'?" ”

Ji Gang frowned and thought for a long time before he said: "Master, this 'fire nirvana' Taoist disciple has indeed not heard of it, but the disciple has seen the three deities perform the great power of burning the body with fire outside the view, but according to the three deities, it is called 'karmic fire burning body', not 'fire nirvana', I don't know if this 'karmic fire burning body' is the same thing as the 'fire nirvana' that the master said." ”

Hu Erbao pinched his chin and said curiously: "Oh? Burning with karma? Tell me about it. ”

Ji Gang thought about the situation when he watched that day, and then said slowly: "In order to see clearly that day, the disciples deliberately waited under the high platform early, so when the three statues were displayed, the disciples were very close, and they saw it very clearly. Cast the great magic power in the fire to burn the body, cleanse the sins of Jinan Mansion, after the tea, the three only slightly waved the sleeves of the robe, the fire was extinguished, and then look at the situation of the three, not only safe and sound, and the robe is the same, there is no sign of being burned by the fire, but the firewood on the high platform is obviously burned into ashes. Moreover, although the disciple was under the high platform, he could still feel the heat of the fire, and even the disciple was a little unbearable when he was so far away, and he didn't know how the three deities survived. ”

Hu Erbao listened to Ji Gang's description, and began to search for this "karmic fire burning" routine in his mind, thinking that even if there is a difference between the Taoist method of "fire nirvana" and this "karmic fire burning", there should be little difference, or just another way of saying it, but let him meditate for a long time and still can't figure out what is going on, according to common sense, as long as it is burned by fire, it is impossible to be unharmed, if this is not a trick, then the three are not demons but true gods.

When Ji Gang talked about the three "karmic fire burning", Zhu Youzhen was also seriously thinking about what was going on, even in later generations, he had never seen any magic tricks of "karmic fire burning", perhaps because of the cold fire in later generations, even if he performed "karmic fire burning", I am afraid no one would believe it.

It's just that cold fire can't appear at all in this era, because cold fire is a cold light smokeless fireworks made of titanium metal powder with a low ignition point and processed in a certain proportion, and there is no possibility of titanium at this time, not to mention that Ji Gang also said that he can still feel the heat of the fire under the high platform, so it shows that it cannot be a cold fire on the high platform.

Just when a few people were thinking about what "Nirvana by Fire" was, the meal was also served, and since they couldn't figure it out, everyone simply stopped thinking about it, and talked about it after eating.

This table of meals cost ten taels of silver, which is just worth Hu Bao's two months' profits, but the dishes have already been served, and Hu Bao can only endure the heartache and eat desperately, and he can eat a little bit back.

Ji Gang looked at this table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, it was the first time he had eaten such a good thing when he was so big, not to mention that it was in this year of continuous natural disasters, that is, the earlier years when the wind and rain were smooth, he had only seen it but had never tasted it, and at this time he was even more determined to worship this master.