After another six or seven days, Chen Yaoyang's injuries have fully recovered. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoSo, Ma Youwei ordered someone to invite a feng shui master, choose a good day, and when looking for auspiciousness, hold a "open incense hall" ceremony to officially accept Chen Yaoyang as a disciple of the "Green Gang".

This "opening incense hall" is a very solemn and solemn ceremony that must be held when the "Green Gang" accepts disciples, and it is a rule established by the "Green Gang" since its founding, and it has been passed down from generation to generation. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the "Qinggang" "opening incense hall" ceremony has been subdivided into several kinds of large and small incense halls, both lively and extravagant, and there are also small fights. These incense halls have different names, and can be roughly divided into temporary small incense halls, formal small incense halls, formal large incense halls, special large incense halls, and special full incense halls, etc.

No matter how many kinds of ceremonies there are in the "Open Incense Hall" and whether the hierarchical hospitality is good or bad, the new disciples must find the guidance of the people in the gang before joining the gang, and the enlightened resume, and only after the approval of the "introduction teacher" can they officially prepare the apprenticeship post for the "Open Incense Hall" apprenticeship. Of course, although Chen Yaoyang joined the gang this time, he was led by horses, but the rules for joining the gang would not be an exception.

This time, Ma Youwei chose to hold the "opening incense hall" ceremony in the Dharma Hall of Jing'an Temple. In order not to disturb the practice of the monks of Jing'an Temple, and at the same time to avoid the exposure of some secrets of the "Green Gang", Ma Youwei asked Monk Yinyun to take the lead, so that Master Hefeng and the monks of the whole temple would avoid it for a day.

Ma Youwei's status in the "Green Gang" is respected, and this time it was he who personally "opened the incense hall" to accept disciples. Therefore, the senior old men of the "Green Gang" and the hall masters at the entrance of each hall were all present to participate.

In addition, due to the rapid development of the "Green Gang" and the gradual growth of its power, many members of the "Green Gang" were either "people in the government" or "celebrities," and they were no longer the targets of the Qing government's officers and soldiers everywhere in the past. On the contrary, these "people in the government" and "celebrities" chose to use the power of the gangs to influence the political situation and create economic trends. Especially in Shanghai, both literati and politicians and industrial and commercial tycoons flock to it for refuge.

Therefore, as soon as the news of Ma Youwei's acceptance of disciples in Jinghai Temple's "opening incense hall" came out, people from all walks of life, magnates, and wealthy families in Shanghai were hindered by Ma Youwei's power, and some people had not seen the "opening incense hall" ceremony of the "Green Gang", so they came to watch it in the name of congratulations. It's just that the "Green Gang" has the rules of the "Green Gang", and no outsiders are allowed to watch when the "incense hall is opened", so as to keep the secrets of the gang.

On this day, the Dharma Hall of Jing'an Temple is lit up with lights, and it is very lively. On the shrine in the middle of the Dharma Hall, there are tablets of the three masters of the "Green Gang" Weng, Qian and Pan, and the statue of Grandpa Luo is hung against the wall. On the offering table in front of the shrine are incense burners, fruits, etc. Outside the Dharma Hall, there is another offering table, and a tablet is placed on the table, on which is written "The Divine Seat of the Fourth Master Chen".

It is reported that this "Fourth Master Chen" was the first apprentice accepted by Weng, Qian, and Pan when they founded the "Green Gang", and was expelled from the mountain gate for violating the gang rules. Chen Si, the helper of the "Green Gang", was the first to join the "Green Gang", so he also prepared a pair of incense candles for him when he "opened the incense hall". But because he has been expelled from the "Green Gang", his shrine is set up outside the door of the Dharma Hall.

At this time, Ma Youwei was dressed in a grand costume, holding candles and incense, and lit a pair of incense candles in front of each master's tablet, and at the same time lit another five incense sticks under the offering table. These five incense sticks are called "Baotou incense", the shape is very special, and the two ends of the incense are wrapped in red paper, so it gets its name.

After Ma Youwei kowtowed three heads in front of each god position, the "introduction teacher" let Chen Yaoyang walk into the Dharma hall step by step with the apprenticeship post in his hand. After entering the Dharma Hall, Chen Yaoyang looked around the Dharma Hall, and saw that there were two rows of people standing in front of the shrine of the Dharma Hall, with seven or eight people standing in each row, while Ma Youwei was sitting in the middle of the lower head of the shrine, and his left and right groups were each standing "Ushers" and "Preachers".

When Chen Yaoyang walked to the center of the Dharma Hall, the "Introducing Master" ordered the "Deacon" to close the door of the Dharma Hall, and then led Chen Yaoyang to the statue of Grandpa Luo, and the three lords of Weng, Qian, and Pan to kowtow three times each. After that, he asked him to kowtow three times to Ma Youwei again, which can be regarded as a bowing ceremony.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yaoyang kowtowed three times to the "introducer" and "preacher" who stood on Ma Youwei's left and right to express his gratitude.

The "Green Gang" is a gang organization that ranks according to the gang's seniority, so the "Green Gang" attaches great importance to the relationship between generations. It is rumored that since the "Green Gang" was founded by Weng, Qian, and Pan, it has divided its generations into generations with the 24 characters of "Qing, Jing, Dao, De, Wen, Cheng, Buddha, Dharma, Neng, Ren, Zhi, Hui, Ben, Lai, Zi, Xin, Yuan, Ming, Guang, and Li". But by the end of the Qing Dynasty, these 24 characters had been used up, so they were continued with the four words "great, thorough, enlightened, and jue".

Originally, in addition to the above heads, the new gangsters who joined the "Green Gang" also had to kowtow to the seniors of the "Green Gang" around the shrine of the substation. However, because Ma Youwei is a member of the "Green Gang" and a "big character generation", both his qualifications and power are above others. Therefore, Chen Yaoyang's seniority in the "Green Gang" is naturally ranked in the ranks of the "Tongzi generation".

Now the seniority of the predecessors of the "Green Gang" who are on the left and right of the shrine is only the "Tongzi generation". Therefore, after Chen Yaoyang joined the "Green Gang", his rank was equal to them, or even slightly higher. Therefore, there is no need for Chen Yaoyang to kowtow to these people.

After kowtowing, Chen Yaoyang faced north under the guidance of the "introduction master", and his back was facing south, standing upright inward, and then the "incense master" handed Chen Yaoyang the "Baotou incense" burned in the incense burner.

Chen Yaoyang held the "Baotou incense" in his hand, knelt on his knees under the praise of the "celebrant", and prostrated himself with incense.

After a short time, the "deacon" held a basin of water in his hand, and the "celebrant" saluted: "Purify your mouth." The "deacon" took a sip of water and let him rinse his mouth.

After Chen Yaoyang rinsed his mouth, Ma Youwei stood up solemnly, walked up to Chen Yaoyang and said: "Chen Yaoyang, did someone instigate you to join the 'Green Gang' today, or did someone force you, or did you join the 'Green Gang' willingly?"

When Chen Yaoyang heard this, he replied: "I myself was willing to add people to the 'Green Gang'." ”

Ma Youwei nodded with a smile and continued, "Very good. There is no profit to be made in entering the door of my 'Green Gang', and there are ten gang rules that must be followed. ”

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