Wei Xiaobao rushed to open the door, lifted the curtain, let Chen Jinnan go out, and followed him to the hall. There were about twenty people sitting in the hall, and when they saw the chief helmsman entering, they stood solemnly. Chen Jinnan nodded, walked to the second chair and sat down. Wei Xiaobao saw that the chair in the center was empty, and there was an empty chair above the master, and he wondered in his heart: "Isn't the chief helmsman the biggest? How come there are two people above the master?"

Chen Jinnan said: "Brothers, today I took in a small apprentice. He pointed at Wei Xiaobao and said, "It's him!"

Everyone stepped forward together, bowed with fists, and said, "Congratulations to the chief helmsman." He bowed his hand to Wei Xiaobao and said hello one after another. Some of them looked very happy, some were surprised, and some seemed incredulous.

Chen Jinnan instructed Wei Xiaobao: "I have met all the uncles and uncles. Wei Xiaobao kowtowed to everyone. Li Lishi introduced on the side: "This is Uncle Cai Dezhong, the incense master of the Lotus Hall. "This is Uncle Fang Da Hong Fang, the incense master of Hong Shuntang. "This is Uncle Ma Chaoxing, the incense master of the back hall of the house. Wei Xiaobao kowtowed one by one in front of these incense masters, and introduced a total of nine incense masters, and the ones he introduced later were people with lower positions and functions.

The nine incense lords all returned the half-salute. Lian said: "Don't dare, little brother, please get up." And the rest of them did not kowtow to him, but as soon as he was about to kneel, he stretched out his hand to the other to stop him.

Chen Jinnan waited for Wei Xiaobao to meet everyone and said, "Brothers, after I accepted this apprentice, I want him to join my Heaven and Earth Society. The crowd said in unison, "That's not better." ”

Chen Jinnan said: "The rules of this association, the words and deeds of the brothers who join the association, have a lot to do with the introduction. This little apprentice of mine is very alert, and I am afraid that he will be too flexible and unruly. If you see him misbehaving, everyone will immediately discipline him, and you must not be polite. ”

Chen Jinnan continued: "Brother Li, please go and arrange the incense hall, let's open the incense hall today and let Wei Xiaobao join the club." Li Lishi agreed to go out and make arrangements.

Chen Jinnan said: "According to the rules of the past, if someone wants to join the association, after being led by someone, he must check his life history and personality, at least half a year, and at most a year or two. However, Wei Xiaobao held a position in the Qing Palace, and he was a very close person to the little emperor of the Tartars, so it was very convenient for him to do things in this association, so we had to follow the power. It's not that I'm making an exception for the sake of my own disciples. They all said, "The brethren are all right." ”

At this time, Li Lishi came in to report that the incense hall had been set up. Chen Jinnan led everyone to the back hall.

Cai Dezhong said: If you enter the Heaven and Earth Society, everyone will be brothers. We are brothers with the helmsman, you worship his old man as a teacher, and you are your uncle and uncle, so we will kowtow when you see him. But from now on, we are all brothers, and you don't have to kowtow to us anymore. Wei Xiaobao responded: "Yes." I thought, "That's great." ”

After the ceremony, Chen Jinnan said: "There are ten halls in this association, five halls in the front five rooms, and five halls in the back five rooms. The first five rooms of the lotus hall, Hongshun Hall, Jiahou Hall, Shentai Hall, Honghua Hall. The last five rooms are Aoki Hall, Chihuo Hall, Xijin Hall, Xuanshui Hall, and Loess Hall. The incense masters of the nine halls have all gathered here, and only the incense lord of Aoki Hall Yin Xiang was killed the year before last, and there is no incense master so far. The brothers of Aoki Hall, in the past, they had sworn in front of the elder brother of Wanyunlong and the spiritual seat of Lord Yin Xiang, which one killed Ao Bai and avenged Lord Yin Xiang, and everyone regarded him as the master of incense in the main hall. Is there such a thing?" and they said, "Yes, it is." Chen Jinnan's sharp gaze, from left to right, swept over everyone's faces, and said slowly: "I heard that the good brothers in the Aoki Hall, in order to succeed the matter of the Lord of the incense, there have been some disputes, although everyone takes into account the overall situation, benevolence and righteousness are important, and it does not hurt the harmony, but if this matter is not properly resolved, there will always be a great worry in the Aoki Hall. Aoki Hall is the most important hall in our Heaven and Earth Society, which governs the prefectures and counties in Jiangnan and Jiangbei, and in recent years, it has gradually expanded to Shandong and Hebei, and this time it has invaded the city of Beijing. Whether or not the Aokido incense master won souls has a great deal to do with the rise and fall of this association and the success or failure of the anti-Qing cause. If the brothers in the hall disagree and cannot work together, this great thing cannot be accomplished. After a pause, he asked: "Ao worships that traitor, Wei Xiaobao was reasonably killed by others, since this is the case, how about everyone supporting Wei Xiaobao's brother as the master of Aoki Hall's incense?"

Li Lishi and Guan Anji said in unison: "Exactly." Li Lishi followed: "Everyone swore before the spiritual position of Brother Wanyunlong, and they must not say that it doesn't count. If such an oath is like a fart, what swear can I make in the future before the spiritual position of Brother Wan Yunlong, and what wish can I make? Although Brother Wei Xiaobao is young, I, Li Lishi, am willing to embrace him as the master of the incense of the main hall. Guan Anji was robbed of his head, and thought to himself: "This kid is the apprentice of the chief helmsman, and his identity is extraordinary." Listening to the words of the chief helmsman, it is obvious that he wants this little apprentice to be the master of the incense of the hall. Li Lao'er blindly competed with me for the main prize, and saw that no one was convinced, so he simply shot it and broke up. He had already curried favor with the helmsman first, and I couldn't afford to lose to him, and on the contrary, it seemed that I had selfish intentions. Then he said: "Brother Li's words are very true. Brother Wei is very alert, and under the training of the chief helmsman, he will definitely be a powerful young hero one day. Guan Anji is willing to support Wei Xiaobao's brothers as the owner of Aoki Hall. ”

Wei Xiaobao was startled, shook his hands wildly, and shouted: "No, no! I can't do it!"

Suddenly, there was a shout from outside the door, "Someone." ”

Then I heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance. Everyone rushed out of the courtyard, but nothing was to be seen. It turned out that when Lei Feng chased the Tsing Yi people again, he didn't catch up, and when he was searching on the street, he saw several people riding horses passing by. One of them was very similar to Wei Xiaobao, and Lei Feng followed them out of the city and came here. Because someone was guarding, Lei Feng had to wait here, looking for an opportunity to sneak in. As soon as he arrived at the room, he heard someone inside mention that Wei Xiaobao should be the incense master of Aoki Hall, Lei Feng knew that this was the secret stronghold of the Heaven and Earth Society, and knew that Wei Xiaobao was not in danger and would not interfere with his mission, but he was afraid that he would find out and be caught, so he wanted to sneak away but didn't expect to be discovered, so he ran away wildly. Because of Ugly's speed, no one saw it.

Lei Feng urged the horse to gallop back to Beijing, and when he entered the palace, it was already evening, and he went to see the emperor. The ghost god was taken away by the guards.