Chapter 12: Apprenticeship

A day later, in the early morning, shortly after the sun had risen, the silence was broken by the intermittent crowing of roosters.

Lu Weiguo woke up from his sleep, he first stretched out a comfortable waist with his eyes slightly closed, then yawned, and then stretched out his hand to rub his eyes several times, and then stood up and went to fetch water to wash his face and make his spirit better.

Not long after, an eighteen or nineteen-year-old little Taoist priest came to Lu Weiguo.

Lu Weiguo asked the man what he had come to him for, and asked the name of the little Taoist priest.

The little Taoist priest replied: "I have been ordered by my superiors to come here to find you to have breakfast, and then take you to the ancestral ancestral hall to meet the real person in charge and apprentice to the ancestors." Oh, I almost forgot to tell you, my name is Qiu Zhangyang. ”

Seeing that Lu Weiguo's face changed slightly after hearing his name, the little Taoist priest hurriedly added: "It's Zhang Da Zhang, the yang of the sun." ”

After hearing this, Lu Weiguo showed an expression of sudden realization, and then nodded slightly.

The little Taoist priest turned around, walked out quickly, and said, "Follow my tail, I'll take you to breakfast." ”

Lu Weiguo nodded and followed closely.

After eating breakfast, Lu Weiguo followed Qiu Zhangyang to the ancestral ancestral hall.

Lu Weiguo followed behind Qiu Zhangyang like a hanging incense ghost, turned left and right, crossed the corridor into the courtyard, stepped on the mud and bricks, and did not know how many roads he had walked, nor how many houses he had seen, nor how many different kinds of flowers and trees he had seen, nor how many turns he had turned, nor how many pavilions and pavilions he had walked, but he only knew that he had walked for almost half an hour before he and Qiu Zhangyang came to the ancestral ancestral hall of the Quanzhen Sect, and they only knew that the entire Quanzhen Sect was very large.

Lu Weiguo raised his head in front of the ancestral ancestral hall of the Quanzhen Sect and carefully lit it up, and found that it was completely different from the beauty and grandeur of other buildings of the Quanzhen Sect, but the appearance was very ordinary, and even looked a little simple and old, and there was a wooden plaque with gold characters on a red background hanging on the door, and there were four characters on the plaque, but it was "the Holy Temple of the Ancestors".

Qiu Zhangyang stopped, turned his head to look at Lu Weiguo, and said, "I only brought you here, then Lu Weiguo, you can walk in by yourself." ”

Lu Weiguo asked, "What are you doing walking in?"

Qiu Zhangyang showed a mysterious and somewhat playful smile on his face, and replied: "You will know when you go inside, I dare to pack the ticket, and you will definitely be very happy after you come out, at least very excited." ”

After finishing speaking, Qiu Zhangyang turned around and walked away cleanly and quickly, without even looking back.

Lu Weiguo was originally very suspicious of Qiu Zhangyang's approach, thinking that he was going to be unfavorable to himself, and that there was an unknowable trap waiting for him to fall into the Shrine of the Ancestors, but when Lu Weiguo thought about it, he found that this possibility was very small -- first, he had no holiday with Qiu Zhangyang, and he would never have any intention of harming himself; second, Qiu Zhangyang was a figure of the Quanzhen Sect, and he thought that he had a high ideological consciousness and would not do those meaningless tricks on people.

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Weiguo raised his steps and walked in, and everywhere he looked, he found that the layout of the hall was solemn, and there were ancient swords and dust whisks hanging on the walls on the sides, which were expected to be the relics of the ancestors of the Quanzhen Sect.

Lu Weiguo soon walked in front of an ancient and simple incense case, there were a lot of spiritual positions on the incense case, and in front of the incense case stood an old man, he looked like he was fifty or sixty years old, with long gray hair, bright eyes, a wide and concave nose, a white goatee, wearing a set of gray-blue Taoist robes, with a solemn expression.

Lu Weiguo soon found a portrait painting hanging on the wall behind the incense case, the person in the painting had a round blessed face, kind eyebrows and kind eyes, the corners of the mouth were slightly raised, it seemed to have a kind and mysterious smile, his head was full of long and shiny white hair, there was a long white beard under his chin, he was holding a handful of dust whisks in his hand, the tail of the dust whisk was leaning on the ribs of his right chest, and the whole person was sitting in a book ball, and the clothes on his body were slightly swinging.

As soon as Lu Weiguo saw this painting, he was greatly impressed by the pen power of the person who made this painting, because he painted it so well - the person in the painting is lifelike, his demeanor and personality are complete, it seems that he is about to break out of the paper, the stroke lines are delicate and slender, although it seems to be very casual and elegant at first glance, but after staying for a long time, you will feel that it seems to imply the law of discipline, and the best and most subtle thing about this painting is that it seems to have magical power, which makes people unable to take their eyes off it, their heads are blank, and they completely forget about things outside their bodies.

Lu Buregret asked, "Child, what is your name, how old are you this year?"

Hearing Lu Buregret speak, Lu Weiguo shifted his spirit and attention back from the painting, but he couldn't hear what Lu Buregret said, and knew that he stood in place awkwardly, saying nothing, not speaking.

Lu Buregret frowned slightly, and asked again: "What's wrong with you, kid? Are you uncomfortable? Why don't you answer my question?"

After hearing this, Lu Weiguo's face turned slightly red, lowered his head, and said softly, "I don't know what you just said?"

Yuyangzi Lu Buregret's face was expressionless, but his voice was even louder: "Then why don't you listen to it well? What are you thinking? Is this how you respect your elders?"

Lu Weiguo's head lowered even more, and he was even more embarrassed and self-reproachful in his heart, and his face was flushed, like burnt coals.

Yuyangzi Lu Buregret saw Lu Weiguo's appearance, and the anger in his heart also disappeared, and he also thought that he couldn't be angry for this child, and his mentality quickly calmed down.

Yuyangzi Lu Buregret said slowly: "I asked you just now, what is your name, how old are you this year?"

Lu Weiguo hurriedly replied: "My name is Lu Weiguo, the land of the mainland, the power of defense, and the home of the country." I'm thirteen years old. ”

After hearing this, Yuyangzi Lu Buregret nodded and said, "Very good, very good." I am the head of the Quanzhen Sect, and the real person Lu does not regret it. Lu Dongbin's Lu, no, no, regret regret. The 'Yuyangzi' known in the rivers and lakes is me. ”

Lu Weiguo didn't expect that the person in front of him was the real person in charge of the Quanzhen Sect, his eyes opened wide, his eyes widened, and he let out an "ah" sound from his mouth, but he was stunned in surprise.

Yuyangzi Lu Buregret didn't care about it after seeing it, and said lightly: "Lu Weiguo, you kneel down." ”

Lu Weiguo had already respected him like a god since he heard that the figure in front of him claimed to be the head of the Quanzhen Sect, Yuyangzi Lu Buregret, and he didn't think much about it at this time, his legs bent, his body fell suddenly, and with a "bang" sound, the whole person knelt on the ground at this time.

Lu Buregret was quite satisfied with Lu Weiguo's performance, nodded slightly, walked to the incense case, lit a number of yellow incense, and offered them into the incense burner, and then bowed to the spiritual seat of the ancestors and wise men of the Quanzhen Sect a few times, and there was a bang.

After Lu Buregret finished kowtowing, he prayed: "The ancestors and ancestors are above, and the eleventh generation head of the Quanzhen Sect, Lu Buregret, accepted Lu Weiguo as an apprentice today, may the ancestors bless him, let Lu Weiguo be diligent and learn, clean himself and love himself, abide by the rules of this religion, and be a good person in the future, so as not to insult this religion." ”

After Lu Weiguo heard this, his face was solemn and awe-inspiring, and he quickly knelt down respectfully, but his heart was full of joy, and he was as beautiful as a young girl in the bath.

Lu Buregret stood up and said, "Lu Weiguo, listen well, from now on, you will join our Quanzhen Sect and be a member of our Quanzhen Sect." From now on, you will have to abide by the rules of our True Religion, and if you violate it, you will be punished according to the severity of the offense, and those who commit the most heinous crimes will be immediately killed. From now on, your words and deeds are related to our Quanzhen Sect, and you must think twice before doing anything, so as not to insult the reputation of this religion, but this verse must not be forgotten. If you let others bully you or encounter any unequal treatment in the future, we in the Quanzhen Sect are not easy to bully and fool, and we will help you get justice no matter what. ”

Lu Weiguo looked at Lu Buregret, nodded his head several times, and then said respectfully: "Yes! Disciple Lu Weiguo listens to Master's lesson. Since you have entered the Quanzhen Sect, you must abide by the rules of the Sect, and you must put the Quanzhen Sect first in everything, so as not to lose the face of the Quanzhen Sect. ”

Lu Buregret bowed slightly in satisfaction and said, "Okay." You're pretty sensible. Lu Weiguo, Coco must firmly remember what he said today. I'm going to tell you the rules of the True Religion right now. You have to remember that, if you can, you might as well memorize it. ”

When Lu Weiguo heard this, he said seriously: "Yes." ”

Lu Weiguo straightened up and said: "There are nine rules of this sect - first, abstain from bullying teachers and destroying ancestors, and disrespect elders; second, abstain from bullying the weak and injuring innocent people without permission; third, abstain from being lustful and molesting women; fourth, abstain from jealousy and killing each other; fifth, abstain from forgetting righteousness and stealing property; sixth, abstain from arrogance and offending fellow believers; seventh, abstain from colluding with demons and gangsters; eighth, abstain from being short-tempered and fighting evil; ninth, abstain from profligate behavior and not cultivating virtue and goodness. ”

Lu Weiguo said: "Disciple Lu Weiguo must keep these nine rules in mind, and he will never violate them when he acts in the future, and he will use them as a standard." ”

Lu Buregret smiled slightly, and said meaningfully: "However, we must know how to be flexible. Things in the world are not perfect, and sometimes we encounter a situation where we have one and we will lose the other. At this time, we have to learn to make trade-offs, for better and more ideal things, we often need to discard the things we value, and break the rules that we think are unbreakable. In short, Lu Weiguo, you have to remember that loyalty, righteousness, benevolence and filial piety come first, be a righteous gentleman, and be happy as a teacher. Okay, that's all I have to say, go ahead. Remember, we must not forget today's words. ”

Lu Weiguo heard that the master had finished speaking, and knew that it was time for him to change his mind, so he said solemnly: "Disciple, listen to what the master says. Please accept 20 bows from the apprentice as a reward for you accepting my Lu Weiguo as an apprentice. ”

As he spoke, Lu Weiguo rushed to hit his head on the ground with a "bang, bang", eager to knock himself to death.

After listening to Lu Weiguo's words, Lu Buregret was slightly stunned, and then everything returned to normal, he remained motionless, and accepted Lu Weiguo's kneeling with an expressionless face, but the slightly tilted upward corners of his mouth and his eyes that glowed strangely had betrayed him, so that people could guess from it that Lu Buregret obviously enjoyed the feeling of others kneeling down to him as a god.

Originally, Lu Buregret couldn't imagine that Lu Weiguo wanted to bow to him twenty times, and wanted to be polite, of course, he said some kind words to be polite, and made a show in the process of Lu Weiguo's kneeling, but he was afraid that Lu Weiguo would really listen to his words, so he stood up and stopped bowing.

Lu Weiguo, this guy is really that, not only do what he says, but also do it even more fatally, I saw him hit his head on the ground vigorously, and every time he hit it, there was a sound of mountains jumping on the ground.

It didn't take long for Lu Weiguo to kowtow twelve times, knocking the bricks and stones underground into depressions and cracks, his forehead was full of blood, a lot of blood flew out because of his kowtow, and the smell of blood in the air spread irregularly like electrons doing hot motion.

"Bang bang bang", the sound of kowtowing sounded three times in the hall.

At this time, Lu Buregret walked forward quickly, stretched out his hand, used two points of internal force, helped Lu Weiguo up, and said, "Okay, okay." Your kindness is appreciated by the teacher. Don't kowtow anymore, if you continue to kowtow, people will also kowtow, and if you continue to kowtow, you will look down on the teacher and go against the teacher. Look at you, your head is almost covered in blood, but what kind of system has you become? How are you going to go out to meet people? Stand up quickly, and go clean up by yourself. ”

Since Lu Buregret said it so deadly, then Lu Weiguo couldn't kneel down anymore, so he had to stand up helplessly and said, "Thank you Master for your care and love for your disciple, and the disciple will go and clean up." ”

Lu Buregret bowed his head slightly and said, "Then you can go by yourself." ”

Lu Weiguo obeyed his master's orders, turned his head, and went outside to find water to clean up the bloodstains.

Lu Weiguo never dreamed that the reason why Lu Buregret helped him up was not because he cared about and loved Lu Weiguo, let alone because Lu Buregret didn't like to be treated as a god to bow down, Lu Buregret was just afraid that Lu Weiguo would die on the ground, and when the time came, he would just clean up the body and make trouble for the future.