Wei Xiaobao followed Guan Anji, Li Lishi and other heroes to the gate, and saw two or three hundred people lined up, with excitement on their faces.

The sound of horses' hooves was approaching, and ten horses galloped towards them. The first three rode the passengers, and before they could get closer, they turned over and dismounted. Li Lishi and the others went up and talked to the three of them, very affectionately. Wei Xiaobao heard one of them say: "The chief helmsman is waiting in front, please Brother Li and Guan Fuzi come over to ......" A few people stood and discussed a few words, and Li Lishi, Guan Anji, Qi Biaoqing, Xuanzhen Daoren and other six people immediately got on their horses and galloped away with the comers.

Seeing this situation, most of the chief helmsmen would not come, but they still held on to the hope of what happened, stood outside the gate and waited, and some of them stood for a long time and sat down.

Suddenly, the sound of hooves was heard, and another man galloped up, and the congregation that was sitting on the ground jumped up, and everyone craned their necks to look around, hoping that the chief helmsman would summon someone to meet again, and this time they would have their own share. Sure enough, there were four messengers who came, and the first one dismounted and clenched his fists, and said: "The chief helmsman invites Wei Xiaobao and Wei Ye to go to meet." ”

Wei Xiaobao was also very happy, thinking: "Everyone calls me 'father-in-law' a lot, but no one calls me 'Wei Ye', haha, Lao Tzu is Wei Xiaobao Wei Ye." ”

Another messenger gave up his mount to Wei Xiaobao, and he rode another horse, following behind. The five of them walked less than three miles along the main road before turning into a small road on the right. Along the way, there are men in twos and threes, sitting or walking, patrolling and guarding. The messenger at the head stretched out three fingers of the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger and pointed to the ground, and the two guards nodded, and also stretched out their hands to make a code. Wei Xiaobao saw that these people had different codes, and he didn't know what the intention was. And they traveled twelve or thirteen miles, and came to a village. A man guarding the door shouted loudly: "The guest has arrived!" Then the door opened, Li Lishi, Guan Anji, and two men who had never met came out, clasped their fists and said: "Master Wei, you are here, the chief helmsman of our association is invited." Wei Xiaobao was very happy, and thought: "I, 'Wei Ye', can't leave after all!"

Wei Xiaobao entered the hall. A man said to Wei Xiaobao: "The chief helmsman has invited Master Wei." Wei Xiaobao came to the outside of the room. The old man lifted the curtain, and a middle-aged scholar dressed as a scribe in the room stood up, smiling all over his face, and said, "Please come in!" Wei Xiaobao walked into the room, his eyes spinning around. Guan Anji said: "This is the helmsman of our association Chen. ”

Wei Xiaobao looked up at him slightly, and saw that this person looked kind, but his eyes were like lightning, and he couldn't help but be taken aback, and his knees bent, and he immediately bowed down. The scholar leaned over and helped him up, and said with a smile: "No need to be polite. Wei Xiaobao's arms were supported by him, and suddenly his whole body was hot, and he trembled, and he couldn't bow down.

The chief helmsman pointed to a chair and smiled, "Please sit!" He sat down first, and Wei Xiaobao also sat down.

Wei Xiaobao raised his head, and when he made eye contact with him, his heart couldn't help but beat suddenly, and he forgot all the nonsense of blowing the conch in an instant, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he told the truth, how to get Kangxi's favor, how rude Ao Bai was, and how he and Xiao Fengzi worked together to kill him. The chief helmsman nodded, and with a wave of his left hand, Guan Anji and the other four people retreated out of the room and closed the door with their backhands. The chief helmsman walked up and down the room with his hands on his shoulders, and said to himself: "Everything that my heaven and earth will do is something that no one has done before. Everything is created in me, it is appalling, and the discussion is boiling, what is the point?" Wei Xiaobao couldn't understand his words. The chief helmsman said slowly: "Do you know what our heaven and earth will do?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Heaven and earth will oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, help the Han people, and kill the Tartars." The chief helmsman nodded and said, "Exactly, would you like to be a brother in my heaven and earth?"

Wei Xiaobao said: "That's great." In his mind, all the members of the Heaven and Earth Society were real heroes, and he never imagined that he could become a brother in the meeting.

The chief helmsman said: "If you want to join, you can do it." It's just that what we are doing is to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, focusing on the country of the Han people, and our own net worth and life are light. Besides, the rules are very strict, and if you commit a crime, the punishment is very severe, so you have to think about it. Wei Xiaobao said: "Don't think about it, if you have any rules, I will keep them." Helmsman, if you allow me to join the Church, I will die a happy death. The chief helmsman put away his smile and said, "This is a very important matter, life and death, not a child's thing." Wei Xiaobao said: "Of course I know." I've heard people say that heaven and earth will do chivalrous and righteous deeds, and all they do is a big thing to escape the edict, how can it be a child's thing?" The chief helmsman smiled: "It's good to know, this association has 36 oaths when it joins, and there are strict rules of banning ten punishments. Speaking of this, his face sank, and he said: "These rules, you are still young in front of you, and you don't need them, but there is one of them: 'All my brothers, you must be faithful, and you must not lie and deceive.'" 'Can you do this?'

Wei Xiaobao was slightly stunned and said, "Naturally, I don't dare to lie." ”

The chief helmsman stared for a moment and said, "Would you like to worship me as a teacher?" Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed, and immediately threw himself on the ground, snorting his head again and again, and said, "Master!" The chief helmsman no longer supported each other this time, and he kowtowed more than a dozen heads, and said, "Enough!" Wei Xiaobao stood up diligently.

The chief helmsman said: "My surname is Chen, and my name is Jinnan. The three words 'Chen Jinnan' are used in the rivers and lakes. Since you worship me as your teacher today, you must know your true name. My real name is Chen Yonghua, eternal eternity, the flower of China. When he said his real name, he lowered his voice. Wei Xiaobao said: "It's the apprentice who keeps it in mind and doesn't dare to leak it." ”

Chen Jinnan said: "The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change, and it can't be changed much." You're still young, you're a little fluctuating, and you haven't done anything bad. Remember my words at all times. I discipline my disciples very strictly, if you violate the rules of this association, if you are not right-minded, you do evil, and if you want to take your life as a teacher, it is as easy as a hand, and I will never be merciful. As he spoke, he reached out with his left hand, and with a sound of rubbing, he grabbed a piece of the corner of the table, rubbed his hands a few times, and the sawdust fell one after another. Wei Shangbao stretched out his tongue, couldn't retract it for a long time, and then liked it so much□ he couldn't scratch it, and said with a smile: "I must not do bad things." As soon as you do something bad, Master, you will grab and rub it on my head. Besides, if you do a few bad things, you won't be able to teach your apprentices. ”

Chen Jinnan said: "If you don't need a few things, it's just a bad thing, and you and I have no role as masters and apprentices." Wei Xiaobao said: "Can the two pieces be successful?" Chen Jinnan made a blank face and said: "You give me a serious one, less flamboyant tongue." One is one thing, and there is bargaining for this kind of thing?" Wei Xiaobao responded: "Yes!" But he said in his heart: "I do half a bad thing, but what?"

Chen Jinnan didn't want to entangle with him too much, "stood up, walked to the door, and said, "You come with me." ”