Chapter 37 Apprenticeship
"Zhao Lao Xian'er, you ...... How do you know this? ”
"Hehe, after the matter was done, Li and Lin came up to say goodbye to Huang Jian, and the chat between the two was really listened to by my disciples."
"Farewell...... What happened to Lee and Lin now? ”
"I heard that it was reincarnated, but I can't find out which one is specific, and I don't have Huang Jianjian Liu."
Reincarnated? I have mixed feelings in my heart. I can't put it into words. Amaze? Grateful? …… I just felt sad in my heart and hot circles under my eyes...... Choking on a puff of cigarette, tears streaming down my face.
After saying goodbye to Zhao Jiazi, I made up my mind that if I was destined to have a different life, then I would face it squarely.
At least, we can't live up to Li Helin's kindness.
Saturday arrived quickly, and Liu Yulan still didn't come back. Xu Daoquan was discharged from the hospital, and I apprenticed with Gao Liang tonight, I don't know what tricks this old Taoist played, so let the two of us go to the City God Temple to apprentice.
Gao Liang and I wandered outside for a day, and finally managed to survive until 12 o'clock at night. Now it is blocked by the gate of the City God Temple......
"Master, it's so strange, let's come here to apprentice at this point, this... Can't get in either?! ”
Gao Liang was already impatient, but he couldn't get in, and Zhao Jiazi wasn't inside today.
"Are you talking? How do we get in? Master won't test the two of us again, right? ”
Gao Liang became more and more impatient, and pushed the gate of the City God Temple with a clang.
"What's the hurry? Composed... Then our master won't drill the wall, wait for the master to come? ”
Gao Liang ignored me, took a few steps back, and looked around. He scared me a lot when he came here, and this thing won't kick the door again, right?
"Brother Biao, you see there's a hole in the wall over there, let's step on that hole and climb into it, shall we?"
After Gao Liang finished speaking, he walked over and grabbed me and dragged me to the wall where he said there was a hole. There was indeed a brick in the wall that had shattered, creating a small depression.
"Come, come, you step on me, step on here, and go up."
"What's the use of me going up? You can't go up, and I can't go up the other side! ”
Hearing me say this, Gao Liang began to scratch his head again. Before he could come up with a new solution, someone at the corner of the street shouted:
"What are you two doing there?! Why don't you come over now? ”
Xu Daoquan came, and was walking from the entrance of the street to the gate, and Gao Liang and I hurriedly greeted him.
I saw Xu Daoquan give us a blank look, took out the key from his pocket, opened the heavy lock at the door in a few clicks, and pushed the door open.
I glanced at Gao Liang and the others, Gao Liang's eyes were full of suspicion, but what I thought in my heart was, look, let you wait for a while, you have to climb the wall.
"What else do you see? I'm the caretaker here, is it so strange to open a door? ”
Gao Liang and I hurriedly followed Xu Daoquan into the gate, and asked as we walked:
"Master, wasn't you the one who came back to me last time and drove me away, and came to close the door?"
"Nonsense! Am I not sick? Can't you find someone to replace you?! ”
While chatting, the three of us put Xu Laodao's broken table in front of the incense burner in the courtyard. I saw the misdrawn Tai Chi Bagua diagram again, with a few pieces of yellow paper on it, pressed against a large tea jar of Xu Laodao, and a brush next to it. Next to the table, an old kettle was placed.
Everything was so sloppy, there were no incense and candles, no sacrifices. Xu Laodao was quite satisfied, and stood in front of the table, as if he was about to teach the two of us a lesson:
"That's... Today I'm taking in apprentices, well......"
I thought there would be a gorgeous opening remarks for the apprenticeship ceremony, but I didn't expect it to be so approachable, and I forgot the words.
"That's... We're this... Sects...... Your master didn't say anything, anyway, he just accepted apprentices. Now begin to prostrate. Zhou Dabiao, you stand aside first. Gao Liang will knock me three first. ”
No matter how you look at it, it is unreliable, Gao Liang knelt down respectfully, and kowtowed to Xu Daoquan in the table three times.
"Come here and sign."
Xu Laodao beckoned Gao Liang over, Gao Liang stood up, picked up the brush next to him, and signed it in a few clicks.
Xu Laodao blew the ink. The paper folded, pressed it with the tea jar, and walked out of the table.
"Zhou Dabiao, you go to the table and stand up. No matter what happens, don't move and hear? ”
How can this be my business?
There is no sect, no introduction, the ceremony is simple, and it can't be more simple, but you have to sign it very seriously? This is not what the imaginary apprenticeship is like at all.
With a stomach full of questions, I stood on the table according to what Xu Laodao said. What happened next made me even more strange, even surprised!
Xu Laodao actually walked outside the table and knelt down for me with a "poof". Before I could react, he said, "Boom! Boom! Boom! "The ground kowtowed to me three times!
Too suddenly, an old man in his fifties and sixties, who is still my master, kowtowed to me at the apprenticeship ceremony? Is this to refract my longevity?
I hurriedly walked out of the table, and in my panic, my waist and eyes hit the corner of the table, almost knocking the table over. It hurt so much that I clutched my waist and stopped.
Xu Daoquan kowtowed, stood up and touched his forehead. These heads are still very sincere, and they can afford a bag from the boss.
"What are you doing here?! Didn't I tell you? Stand honestly inside! Hurry up and sign it! ”
With that, the old man took a few steps, pushed me back into the table, and uncovered a corner of a piece of yellow paper, revealing a piece of paper underneath.
It was too dark, and I didn't see the dense small characters on it, only to see the words "Zhou Chungang" written in the lower left corner of the exposed, and there was a blank space behind it.
"That's it! Hurry up and sign it. ”
Xu Laodao pointed to this blank space and said to me.
I signed the contract without reading the content, I thought it was a little inappropriate, but Gao Liang had already signed, and it was so refreshing, it was not good to appear that he was too hypocritical in this case, so I picked up the pen and wrote the words "Zhou Dabiao" in the blank space.
Lao Dao nodded, grabbed the two yellow mounted papers on the table, walked to the incense burner in a few steps, took out a lighter, and lit the two yellow mounted papers with our signatures on fire.
Gao Liang and I didn't dare to make a sound, and watched as a puff of green smoke curled and the two pieces of paper turned to ashes.
When the last spark was extinguished, a gust of wind blew, and he looked in the direction of the main hall with high alertness. Seeing Gao Liang's ghostly expression, I quickly opened the Three Realms Pass, only to see Huang Jian swaying over from the main hall.
Lao Dao also felt that something was wrong:
"Da Biao Wow, is it a ghost who came to pick up a name?"
Famous post? Is it something we just burned? Sure enough, Huang Jian floated to the incense burner, and reached out and fished out two pieces of yellow mounted paper, which were the same two that we had just burned to ashes.
"It's Huang Ye here." I replied.
Lao Dao nodded:
"Well, in recent years, it has been strictly controlled, and it is not allowed to study the Dao in private, so as not to disturb the order of the Three Realms. Therefore, now the apprentices must sign up and register in the prefecture. In the future, if you use Taoism to harm people, I, Xu Laodao, will also have to follow you to eat melons and fish, understand? ”
Gao Liang nodded again and again, I looked at Huang Jian, he also nodded, signaled that what Xu Laodao said was true, put away the two famous posters and turned around and went back to the apse.
"Licheng! Let's all go home and rest, and tomorrow at ten o'clock in the evening, come and learn the Tao with me. ”
After Lao Dao finished speaking, he began to clean up the table.
Gao Liang hurriedly came over to help, and when he heard that it was over, he was unwilling. While cleaning up, he said:
"Master, is this it? After a while, the apprentice will have a treat and have an apprenticeship banquet? It's also a celebration of your first recovery from a serious illness......"
"Feast! One day to know to eat. I'm not in good health, and I can't digest it in the middle of the night! Hurry up and pack up! Pack up and go home to sleep! ”
Scolded...... Gao Liang stuck out his tongue at me, and the two of us quickly helped Xu Laodao pack up his things, locked the gate of the City God Temple, and the two of them went home to sleep.
I didn't rush to leave the temple because I had something on my mind.
Ever since Zhao Jiazi told me about Li Helin, I really wanted to report to Huang Jian. Destroying demons, for justice and adventure? I haven't figured this out yet, but just to be worthy of Li Helin, it is enough for me to make up my mind to be Huang Jian's assistant.