Guo Jia said "um", he pulled the master aside, and said in a low voice: "Master, is he the new apprentice you said in the circle of friends?" ”

Qingyang Daoist replied noncommittally: "That's right, from now on he will be your junior brother, you and Zilong should treat him well!" ”

Guo Jia nodded respectfully, he walked up to Zhou Kui, put on a brotherly posture, and said in a gentle tone: "Senior Brother Zhou, please come with me, I will take you to settle down first." ”

"There's Senior Brother Lao!"

Zhou Kui gave Guo Jia a salute, which was the etiquette that the master simply taught him when he was on the road.

After Qingyang Daoist saw Guo Jia and Zhou Kui leaving, he closed the door and walked quickly towards a large hall in the northwest.

"It's so big!" Zhou Kui followed Guo Jia through the corridors, and from time to time he let out praises.

Guo Jia pointed to the rows of houses around him as he walked, and introduced, "Senior Brother Zhou doesn't know, the area we are in now is only a small part of the Heavenly Master's Mansion. You see, there are four rooms here, the one on the southeast side is Master's room, the one on the northeast side is where I live, and the one on the southwest side is where your second brother lives. ”

Zhou Kui couldn't help nodding, he looked at the antique bungalow located in the northwest, and said in surprise: "Is that the house I live in?" It's so magnificent, I don't know how many times bigger than my small shop. ”

"Senior Brother Zhou, what shop are you talking about?" Guo Jia asked suspiciously.

Zhou Kui scratched his hair and hurriedly prevaricated: "It's nothing, I'm lamenting that the houses here are built very magnificently." ”

"What Senior Brother Zhou said is extremely true, our Lingyun Mountain Heavenly Master Mansion is the 'No. 1 view in the southwest', and the financial resources are quite abundant." Guo Jia said proudly.

Walking to the bungalow in the northwest, Guo Jia took out a bunch of keys from his coat pocket, and after opening the door, Guo Jia walked in and pressed the switch on the wall, and the dim room suddenly lit up.

"This house was originally lived by an uncle from the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and about twenty years ago, that uncle was expelled from the mountain by the Old Heavenly Master for violating the door rules, and no one has lived in it since."

Zhou Kui listened to Guo Jia's introduction, like a curious baby, watching everywhere in the spacious room.

"Senior brother, you said that this room has not been inhabited for more than 20 years, but why is it so clean?" Zhou Kui wiped the mahogany coffee table placed on the wall with his hand and asked with a puzzled expression.

Guo Jia opened the window on the wall, and a cool breeze blew in his face.

"That's because Master ordered me and the Second Senior Brother to come and clean it every week, so we kept it so clean."

Zhou Kui opened his mouth wide and asked in surprise: "Are you usually so idle, can't you just leave the cleaning of the house to the cleaners?" ”

Guo Jia waved his hand and explained to Zhou Kui: "Cleaning the house and maintaining the hygiene of the Taoist temple is also a part of our usual cultivation. ”

"I hate cleaning the most!" Zhou Kui said in his heart.

"Senior Brother Zhou, go take a bath, we will have to take you to meet your masters later." Guo Jia opened the bathroom door and turned around.

Zhou Kui cautiously walked into the bathroom, and saw that the facilities and decoration inside were about to catch up with the specifications of a four-star hotel, and couldn't help but whisper: "Your Heavenly Master Mansion is really rich!" ”

"Senior Brother Zhou, the faucet of this shower twists to the left and releases hot water, and cold water to the right, the sun has been good in the past few days, you can take a hot bath."

Zhou Kui nodded absentmindedly, he was like a hillbilly who had never seen the world, sometimes reaching out to touch the bathtub, sometimes touching the toilet, and sometimes turning on the faucet on the sink.

"Toothpaste, toothbrush, cups, towels, soap, soap, shampoo and your change of clothes, we've got you covered. Senior Brother Zhou, I'll wait for you outside, and call me after washing. After Guo Jia finished speaking, he turned around and was about to walk out of the bathroom.

Zhou Kui stopped him and expressed the question in his heart: "Senior brother, I have been puzzled since I entered the house just now, since you said that this room has not been inhabited for a long time, why is the furnishings in it so complete?" ”

Guo Jia scratched the tip of his nose with his hand and hurriedly explained to Zhou Kui: "That's the case, last night the master privately messaged us in WeChat that he had accepted a new apprentice, let us go and clean up the house in the northwest corner, and at the same time prepare the daily necessities that may be used." ”

Zhou Kui listened to it and said gratefully: "Senior Brother Lao is bothered!" ”

"But then again, these Taoist priests are quite fashionable, and they even use WeChat." Zhou Kui complained silently in his heart.

After Guo Jia left, Zhou Kui gently closed the bathroom door, took off his dirty clothes, Zhou Kui walked into the bathtub, twisted the faucet, and took a beautiful bath.

"It's so comfortable, it's been a long time since I've taken such a comfortable bath!" Zhou Kui leaned against the wall on the side of the bathtub, looked at the water vapor rising in the bathroom, and sighed sincerely.

Outside the house, Guo Jia leaned against the door in a daze, taking out his mobile phone from time to time to check the time.

"Senior Brother Zhou is washing so slowly, it's been half an hour. But it's understandable that he's so dirty, and it's been so long. Guo Jia whispered to himself.

Just when Guo Jia was waiting impatiently, a thin Taoist priest ran over from the corridor.

"Senior brother, hasn't Senior Brother Zhou washed it yet?"

Guo Jia looked up and saw that the person who came turned out to be the second junior brother Zheng Zilong (Dao number Qing Youzi).

"Zilong, what's wrong? Look at you in a hurry. Guo Jia took out a handkerchief and handed it to Zheng Zilong.

Zheng Zilong said anxiously while wiping his sweat: "Master and Master have been waiting in the main hall for a long time, he sent you a message in WeChat, but you didn't reply, so I was asked to come and see the situation." ”

Guo Jia opened WeChat, and only then did he see several messages sent by Master.

"Mistake, mistake, I accidentally returned the WeChat account." Guo Jia said with some shame.

Zheng Zilong didn't take this matter to heart, he pushed open the door, walked in and shouted loudly: "Senior Brother Zhou, I am your second senior brother Zheng Zilong, you wash the trouble and squeak!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhou Kui pushed open the bathroom door and walked out, wrapped in only a blanket.

"Hello Second Senior Brother!"

"Hello Senior Brother Zhou, you should put on your clothes first!"

"Oh, I'm sorry!"

Zheng Zilong exited the room and chatted with Guo Jia: "Master is really interesting, this time I went down the mountain to carry out the mission, and by the way, I brought us back a junior brother!" ”

Guo Jia put the phone back in his clothes pocket, looked at Zhou Kui, who was changing, and said meaningfully: "This kid shouldn't be an idle person." ”

Zheng Zilong looked at Guo Jia puzzled and asked, "Master said that he is a vagabond, just a vagabond, and he doesn't look special." ”

"I don't think so." Guo Jia said softly.

"Two senior brothers, I'm dressed!"

Guo Jia and Zheng Zilong walked into the house and carefully looked at Zhou Kui's clothes.

"Very well, it looks like a person!" Guo Jia patted Zhou Kui's shoulder and said slightly teasingly.

Zheng Zilong stretched out his hand to help the pure yang scarf on Zhou Kui's head, checked Zhou Kui's clothes again, and after confirming that it was correct, he said to Zhou Kui: "Next, we will take you to meet the master and several masters, remember not to talk too much, don't look around, you will answer whatever people ask." ”

Guo Jia was a little uneasy, he took out his mobile phone again and pulled up a picture from the album.

"Senior Brother Zhou, look, this old man sitting in the C seat is the head of our Lingyun Mountain Heavenly Master's Mansion, and we call him Old Heavenly Master on weekdays. The one sitting on the right hand side of the Old Heavenly Master is the Lingyin Master, he used to be from the Heavenly Master's Mansion of Longhu Mountain, and he only came here a few years ago. The one on the left hand side of the Heavenly Master is Master Qingyun, he is the eldest brother of the master, the two of them have learned the Tao since childhood, and they were born in the Heavenly Master's Mansion and grew up in the Heavenly Master's Mansion. ”

After Guo Jia's introduction, Zhou Kui suddenly pointed to the Heavenly Master and asked, "What is the relationship between the Heavenly Master and the Master?" ”

Zheng Zilong interjected on the side: "Do you think they are father and son? Senior Brother Zhou, this is how you think too much. Master and Master Qingyun are orphans who were abandoned by their parents when they were very young, and it was the Celestial Master who brought them back during his wanderings. ”

"I see!"

......

Guo Jia and Zheng Zilong brought Zhou Kui to the main hall, and after explaining some precautions to him, the two walked into the hall and said to the old heavenly master sitting on the main seat: "See the master, see the master, see the master, Zhou Kui's junior brother is outside the door!" ”

The Celestial Master stroked his thick beard and said with a full heart, "Let him come in!" ”

"Yes!"

Guo Jia and Zheng Zilong walked to the door and motioned for Zhou Kui to enter the hall, and then the two quickly sat down on the seats next to them and sat upright

Zhou Kui stood on tiptoe and walked into the spacious and bright hall as if walking on thin ice.

"Apprentice Zhou Kui, meet the master, meet the master, meet the master!" Zhou Kui knelt on the ground very reverently, and he didn't dare to breathe.

The Heavenly Master exchanged a few words with the two masters beside him, and after a while, he raised his hand and said to Zhou Kui: "It's cold on the ground, get up quickly!" ”

"Thank you, Master!"

Zhou Kui slowly got up from the ground, for fear that something would go wrong.

The Heavenly Master nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask, "Zhou Kui, where are you from?" How can you wander in the early morning market?

Zhou Kui raised his head, and when he heard this question from the Heavenly Master, tears filled his eyes, so he told him in great detail what he had experienced so far, and everyone present felt pity.