The incense case in the main hall has been arranged, the incense case is a square Huanghuali carved table, and on the wall above the incense case hangs a portrait of the Holy Master Kong Sheng.

The incense case is lined up with three bottles of quaint incense burners, and there is no incense on the incense burner, and there is a large chair of the same style Huanghuali under the incense case.

A smaller chair was placed next to the large chair, where it was lower.

Further down is the hall, flanked by guest chairs, which are reserved for the guests and friends who are watching the ceremony.

The main hall is very decorated, and the potted plants and vases placed on weekdays have all been removed, and they have been replaced with books, pens, inkstones, etc., which are placed in copper basins and placed on top of wooden shelves.

On the walls on both sides, there are landscape drawings that Li Shouzhong likes on weekdays, and the names of famous paintings are framed on the wall.

In the middle of the two rows of chairs in the hall was a large box containing all kinds of things needed for the worship of the teacher.

Jia Dairu and Jia Zheng and Xu Guangqi went to the main hall together and asked for a seat. There is no small servant who comes up to serve tea, and only one person can eat the tea in this main hall today.

"A few old friends, there are few people in the family, and there are many slack."

"If you are slacking off today, if he is slacking off again in the future, we will not follow, today's major events are important, we are just idlers."

Jia Zheng listened to Li Shouzhong's words, and couldn't help but start joking.

The people around him also laughed when they heard this.

Li Shouzhong also laughed when he heard this: "Cun Zhou, you, you, this is what you did back then." ”

Jia Zheng was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't speak, but stood next to him to watch the ceremony.

Li Shouzhong and Xu Guangqi glanced at each other and didn't speak.

Jia Qiong and Jia Zhu are both waiting in the hall, in the main hall, the elder father and ancestor are all their elders, this is not the inner house of Rongguo Mansion, on the occasion of such scholars, there is no reason for the master's father and uncle to speak, and the juniors to interject,

Just as the apprenticeship ceremony was about to begin, another person came in from outside the door, this person had a square face, his slightly gray hair was also trimmed cleanly, and his face was full of smiles. ”

Several people in the hall were overjoyed and hurriedly walked out of the hall.

"Ji Yu, you also came to Beijing. I haven't seen it for years, and how do you know what is happening today? Li Shouzhong happily held this person's hand with both hands.

The people who came were also excited, patted Li Shouzhong, and greeted each other with Xu Guangqi and Jia Zheng. Then he said slowly: "I went to the city yesterday, first, to return to Beijing to report on work, second, to send the boy to self-conscription, the little girl should cultivate into Beijing, and the third is to learn something about the situation with you."

Recently, Shandong has been a little unpeaceful, and I am more relieved to put it in Beijing. Okay, without further ado, you can't miss your auspicious time, but since you accept disciples today, then you will include the puppies in your door! I was worried that there would be no one to teach me when I was sent to Beijing, but this time I caught up. ”

"Nothing, nothing, the foundation of your Shen Jiyu's personal teaching is here, and it won't be bad if you learn it again, so I will accept it together, Zhu'er is a senior brother at the age of twelve this year, Zizheng is a second senior brother at the age of nine this year, and Qiong'er will be a junior brother at the age of seven this year. They are my closed disciples, and today is a lot of joy! Yi Xiu, you go to your sister, you also know the place. ”

Jia Zheng, Jia Dairu, Xu Guangqi, and Shen Fu no longer reminisce, because the auspicious time has arrived, and they need to watch the ceremony carefully.

No one sat on the Huanghuali chair in front of the incense case, Li Shouzhong stood in front of the incense case, Jia Dairu as the officiant stood on the left side of the incense case, Jia Zhu, Jia Qiong, and Shen Zizheng stood in the hall, and the others stood on both sides.

Jia Dairu's simple and old voice slowly said: "Sacrifice to the saint." ”

The main hall instantly became silent.

"Incense."

Li Shouzhong picked up three sticks of incense, lit the candle on the incense table, covered his left hand in front of his right hand, made a gesture, and bowed three times.

"Prostrate."

Jia Qiong, Jia Zhu, and Shen Zizheng knelt in the hall, their hands on their foreheads, bowed to the ground, and kowtowed three times.

"Submit."

Li Shouzhong retreated to the side of the small yellow pear chair that had been prepared long ago and sat upright.

The three of them got up, took the apprenticeship post handed over to them one by one, walked to Li Shouzhong, and put the apprenticeship post on the top of their heads with both hands.

Li Shouzhong received the post, and the three of them bowed separately.

"Six salutes."

Jia Zheng and the others had already instructed their subordinates to carry the box in the corner to the center of the hall and handed it to the three of them.

"Students worship parsley, and they are ambitious and diligent."

The three of them each took a handful of celery and presented it to Li Shouzhong, Li Shouzhong accepted it with a smile, and Xu Guangqi took it from Li Shouzhong.

"The master accepted the lotus seeds and promised to educate them painstakingly."

The three of them each held a plate of lotus seeds, and Li Shouzhong took it.

"Students worship red beans, and the master and apprentice are lucky."

The three of them each offered a plate of red beans, and Li Shouzhong took it.

...............

After half a day of hard work, several people have numb scalps, and even Li Shouzhong is a little unbearable, but it is almost over.

Jia Dairu coughed twice, cleared his throat and said, "Tea." ”

The three of them raised their glasses and eyebrows, took their waists as the axis, and bowed down to serve the tea in front of Li Shouzhong.

Li Shouzhong took the apprenticeship tea from several people, took a sip gently, and nodded to the three with a smile.

"Zhu'er, self-enlistment, Qiong'er will enter my door in the future, from now on I will wait for you to be a teacher, Zhu'er is the senior brother, self-enlistment is the second, Qiong'er, you are the closed disciple of the teacher. As a teacher, I hope that you will wait for logistics in your studies, be innocent, and have a beginning and an end. ”

"This brush is a return gift for the teacher, so let's go and clean your hands." Fortunately, I was at home and had a few spare brushes in the study. ”

"Congratulations to Shouzhong for winning the three good disciples." Several people around were congratulated and blessed.

"Thank you, thank you." Li Shouzhong also smiled and thanked him.

Jia Qiong and the three of them took the brush with both hands, bowed slightly, and went down to clean their hands.

There is a wedding banquet in Li Shouzhong's house, which is reserved for the guests to enjoy, but in fact, they are all close friends.

And Jia Qiong, Jia Zhu, and Shen Zizheng also saluted each other after cleaning their hands and got to know each other.

I don't know how long it took.

The banquet in the front hall continued, but the three of them were driven out by the elders, and they said that you are familiar with each other, and you will all be brothers in the future.

So the three of them came to the stone table in the courtyard and sat down on the left and right, Jia Zhu stood in the middle, as the elder brother, Shen Zizheng sat on the left, Jia Qiong stood on the right, and the three of them talked to each other.

The three of them are talented, they are not weaker than others, they never thought that today they are chess opponents, they will meet good talents, they talk about a wide range of topics, and the three of them are also secretly frightened, poetry and songs, medical astrology, arithmetic nine chapters, and each other can take the next words. While a few people were talking.

There was a sound of Gong Pei staggering next to him.

Around the corner, two beauties walked out.