Throughout the ages, many great heroes have ended up in the old man's soil. Ye Tian has already felt a strong sense of death from the old man, and he is afraid that he will not have much life left.
"President, you are not in good health, why did you come here in person?"
Seeing the old man entering the yard in a wheelchair, Tang Wenyuan and Du Fei, who were sitting in the first two seats, came to greet him personally.
Du Fei even waved away the helpers pushing the wheelchairs, and personally pushed the old man to the first position.
This old man is Li Songqiu, the leader of Hongmen today, and one of the few old men in Hongmen. He and Du Fei's father both followed Du Yuesheng, the beach tycoon, and their reputations are higher than Lei Zhenyue's.
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And Li Songqiu is also Du Fei's biggest supporter in Hongmen. This time he returned to Hongmen and became the grand master, which was the result of Li Songqiu's support. Lei Zhenyue originally wanted Lei Hu to sit in that position.
"The Hongmen Youth Gang is originally a family. The marriage meeting in 1992 has been written into the gang rules. Today, a "big" senior will join the family. Old man, I have to come over anyway..."
After saying so many words in one breath, Li Songqiu was a little out of breath. Du Fei quickly brushed his back a few times and said: "President, with Mr. Tang presiding over the meeting, what else do you have to worry about?"
"Xiao Fei, this is Hongmen's good fortune. We can still see the old man who is about to be buried. How can we not come?"
Li Songqiu waved his hand, looked at the people in the courtyard with a pair of slightly cloudy eyes, and smiled on his face, "Hongmen has survived for hundreds of years, and it all depends on the blessings of the ancestors, cough... cough cough!"
Before he could finish his sentence, Li Songqiu started coughing violently. Du Fei panicked and quickly called the doctor who followed him in and put an oxygen mask on his face.
"Damn it, how can this old immortal thing still hold its breath?"
Lei Hu, who was sitting in the eighth position, looked at Li Songqiu with a gloomy expression. If it hadn't been for this person, he would have successfully become the grand master. How could he be so helpless when it came to handling things?
After some busy treatment, Li Songqiu's breathing finally stabilized. After taking off the oxygen mask on his face, Li Songqiu stretched out his hand and motioned for Du Fei to hand the microphone to him.
"Ahem..."
A slight cough made the originally noisy courtyard completely quiet, and everyone's eyes were focused on the frail old man.
"The lotus never leaves the green lotus leaf. The three religions are originally one family. Today, a disciple of Li Shanyuan, the founder of the Qinggang, has entered the door. It is really a blessing for our Hongmen. I would like to have Li Songqiu who is sitting in the Hongmen. Please ally with Tang Wenyuan and open the incense hall on my behalf!!!
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Li Songqiu's deep words were transmitted to the entire venue through the speakers. The atmosphere in the venue suddenly became solemn, and everyone stood up from their chairs.
"Tang Wenyuan, the ally, was entrusted by Li Songqiu, the incense owner, to open the incense hall for Hongmen. Please follow me to worship the ancestor!"
Tang Wenyuan, who was not much younger than Li Songqiu, dropped his crutches at this moment and stood in front of the altar table that had been set up. Behind him, hundreds of people, including the bosses and disciples, stood.
"One stick of incense, worship the heaven and the earth, bring good weather and ensure peace!"
Tang Wenyuan held a large box as thick as a child's arm in his hand, inserted it into the bronze cauldron in front of the altar table, then took three steps back and knelt on the ground to worship.
With a roar, hundreds of people behind Tang Wenyuan all prostrated themselves. Although there were some people doing formal business among them, most of them still wandered on the edge of the law and naturally had a sense of awe for heaven and earth.
"Two sticks of incense to honor our ancestors..."
After everyone stood up, Tang Wenyuan took the incense candle prepared by the Hongmen people, said something again, and led everyone to kneel down.
Like the Qinggang, Hongmen has a big incense hall and a small incense hall. This time it is the big incense hall. The rules are extremely cumbersome, and it is not suitable for an old man like Tang Wenyuan. If he is a newcomer,
I'm afraid I can't even remember the steps.
Exactly half an hour later, after the incense ceremony of three kowtows and six obeisances, Tang Wenyuan knelt down on his knees and shouted loudly: "Kneel down on your knees in the dust, burn incense toward Wutai, disciples ask the ancestors to come to the altar and clear the way!"
After shouting, Tang Wenyuan stood up. At this point, the incense hall was finally opened.
However, Tang Wenyuan, who was in charge of the Xiangtang Hall, was panting from exhaustion. He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "Du Fei, you will be in charge of the rest. The old man really can't hold on to his status."
Tang Wenyuan is not a martial arts practitioner. At the age of over eighty, he was able to complete the ceremony of opening the Xiang Hall. He has already reached the limit of his body and has no energy left to continue the following process.
"Shall I host it?" Du Fei was stunned when he heard this, and said: "This...isn't this appropriate?"
You must know that in Hongmen, the incense master is usually held by the leader. This is also out of the importance of new disciples. The alliance certificate is mostly held by the elders in the sect. Both positions are not trivial.
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Although Du Fei currently sits in the third position in Hongmen, there are still many people in Hongmen who surpass him regardless of status or seniority. If he steps in to preside over it, at least Lei Hu will not be convinced.
"What's inappropriate?"
Li Songqiu, who had been sitting in a wheelchair to recuperate due to physical reasons, reached for the microphone and whispered: "Master Du Fei is temporarily acting as the incense master. Does anyone have any opinions?"
Although he was already gray-haired and stooped, he still had the majesty of the old tiger. Li Songqiu's question spread throughout the courtyard, and there was not even a cough.
Even the unruly Lei Hu lowered his head after being stared at by Li Songqiu's dim old eyes.
Lei Hu couldn't help but secretly blame his father for getting sick at the wrong time. Otherwise, if his father was here, how would an old man like Li Songqiu dare to be so arrogant?
"Okay, Du Fei, go up to the hall, don't weaken my majesty of Hongmen, don't underestimate the seniors!" Li Songqiu coughed lightly and handed the microphone to Du Fei.
"Yes, President!"
After taking the microphone, Du Fei couldn't help but show a hint of excitement on his face. He could feel that something happened in Hongmen.
Not only Du Fei, but also other big guys in the courtyard were secretly shocked. Generally speaking, candidates or temporary incense masters are very likely to become the next leader of Hongmen.
This river and lake gang is actually somewhat similar to the ancient imperial court. The most important thing is to have a correct name. In the past, the Hongmen bosses were all appointed by their predecessors.
Although in modern times, the leader no longer has the right to appoint successors, but he has the right to make recommendations.
When Du Fei became the temporary incense master, everyone discovered that Du Fei was actually a strong contender to be the next leader. Li Songqiu's support greatly increased his chances of succeeding.
Lei Hu, who was sitting on the chair, clenched his teeth and exposed the veins on his right hand. He was obviously extremely angry. He regretted not breaking up with Du Fei that day, otherwise he would have snatched Ye Tian away.
Lift?
However, it was too late to regret at this time. Du Fei couldn't help but look at Peng Wenguang, who was standing more than ten meters opposite him. After seeing Peng Wenguang nodding, his depression weakened slightly.
Du Fei had no intention of guessing what Lei Hu was thinking. After temporarily taking over the position of the incense master, he stood at the top and shouted loudly: "Invite Ye Tian to the incense hall!"
"I would like to invite Ye Tian to the Incense Hall..."
"I would like to invite Ye Tian to the Incense Hall..."
According to the rules, the three-way message was sent to the door, and the chief attendant was already waiting there, waiting for Ye Tian to knock on the door. The door had been closed as early as the ceremony to open the incense hall.
"Grandma, there are so many rules, more than what Master taught me back then!"
At this time, Ye Tian had been waiting outside the door for nearly an hour. Someone had just brought him water to "clean his noodles" and "rinse his boat."
Cleansing means washing your face with water, and shabu means gargling and drinking water. The first sip of water can only be rinsed but not drunk. The second sip of water is cleansing water and must be swallowed. This is also the rule before entering the incense hall.
After hearing the shout of "Enter the Xiangtang", Ye Tian stepped forward and knocked on the door of the lacquered red dragon carving nine times.
"Who is outside the door?" The door was not opened, but the voice of the hostess rang.
"Enter the door to burn incense and return the wish!" Ye Tian replied.
"How many sticks of incense were burned?" the hostess asked.
"It's five sticks of incense that are burning!"
"Which five incense sticks?"
"One is to respect the Lord of Heaven and Earth, one's own teacher, the other is to learn benevolence, justice, etiquette, wisdom and trust, the third is to eat metal, wood, water, fire and earth, the fourth is to seek peace and happiness in the four seasons..."
These introductory words were taught to Ye Tian by the old Taoist more than ten years ago. However, before this Xiangtang, Du Fei had specially sent someone to write them to Ye Tianrang to remember, because if he couldn't answer a question, the door would be closed.
It won't be opened.
There is a reason for this argot question and answer. Since the Hongmen was engaged in the work of resisting the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, they were naturally afraid of being hunted down by the court when it was first established. Therefore, the disciples in the sect communicated in argot, and later on, they formed a
Unique system.
In fact, the general opening of an incense hall does not need to be so cumbersome. However, because Ye Tian's seniority is so high, Hongmen is afraid that the procedures are incomplete and will be underestimated by Ye Tian, so they completely copy the incense opening process more than a hundred years ago.
The old rules of the church.
"Open the door!" After some exchanges, the door was finally opened, and hundreds of pairs of eyes stared at Ye Tian, who was wearing a robe.
"Ye Tian went to offer incense to the ancestors and set up swords and spears in the forest!" Seeing Ye Tian appear at the door, the accomplice shouted.
Following the shouts of the attendants, hundreds of shirtless muscular men came out, holding broadswords and spears in their hands. They crossed each other and set up a mountain of knives and spears from the entrance to the incense hall offering table.
Forest.
"Who arranged this session?"
Seeing this scene, the faces of Tang Wenyuan and others standing in front of the Xiangtang darkened at the same time——
