Throughout the ages, how many world-class heroes have ended up in the loess of old age, Ye Tian has already felt a strong lifelessness from that old man, I am afraid that there is not much Yang Shou to live.
"Chairman, you are not feeling well, 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 top two seats, personally greeted them.
Du Fei even waved away the gang pushing the wheelchair, and personally pushed the old man to the position where the first chair was placed.
This old man is Li Songqiu, the leader of Hongmen today, and he is also one of the few old people in Hongmen, he and Du Fei's father once followed Du Yuesheng, a beach tycoon, and their prestige is higher than that of Lei Zhenyue.
And Li Songqiu is also Du Fei's biggest backer in Hongmen, this time he can return to Hongmen to become the uncle of the hall, which is the result of Li Songqiu's support.
"The Hongmenqing Gang was originally a family, and the friendship meeting in '92 has already been written into the gang rules......
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 Master Tang hosting, what else do you have to worry about?"
"Xiaofei, this is a blessing from Hongmen, the old man, who is about to be buried in the ground, can still see it, how can he not come?"
Li Songqiu waved his hand, looked at everyone in the courtyard with a pair of slightly cloudy eyes, and a smile appeared on his face, "Hongmen has endured for hundreds of years, all thanks to the blessing of the ancestors, ahem...... Ahem!"
Before he finished speaking, Li Songqiu coughed violently, and the panicked Du Fei hurriedly greeted the doctor who came in with him and put the oxygen mask on his face.
"Damn, how can that breath still hold on to something that doesn't die?"
Lei Hu, who was sitting in the eighth chair, looked at Li Songqiu with a gloomy face, if it weren't for this person, he would have successfully become the uncle of the hall, how could he be so restrained as he is now?
After some busy treatment, Li Songqiu's breathing stabilized, he took off the oxygen mask on his face, Li Songqiu stretched out his hand and motioned for Du Fei to hand him the microphone.
"Ahem......
A slight cough completely silenced the originally noisy courtyard, and everyone's eyes were focused on the old man in his twilight years.
"The lotus flower is not separated from the green lotus leaf, the three religions are originally one family, today there is a disciple of Li Shanyuan, the patriarch of the Qing Gang, to enter, it is really a blessing for my Hongmen, I respectfully have Li Songqiu sitting in Hongmen, please appoint Tang Wenyuan to open the incense hall on my behalf!!"
Li Songqiu's low voice came into the entire venue through the speaker, and the atmosphere in the venue suddenly became solemn, and everyone stood up from their chairs.
"Tang Wenyuan, entrusted by the incense master Li Songqiu, opened an 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 offering table that had already been set up, and behind him, those big guys and disciples stood hundreds of people.
"A stick of incense, respect heaven and earth, and keep the wind and rain smooth!"
Tang Wenyuan held a large box the thickness of an arm in his hand, inserted it into the bronze cauldron in front of the offering table, then took three steps back, knelt down on his knees.
Although there were people who were doing formal business, most of them were still wandering on the edge of the law, and they naturally had a sense of awe for heaven and earth.
"Two sticks of incense, honor the ancestors......"
After everyone got up, Tang Wenyuan took the incense candles prepared by the people in Hongmen, made another statement, and led everyone to kneel.
Hongmen is the same as the Qing Gang, the entry is said to have a big incense hall and a small incense hall, this time it is a big incense hall, this rule is extremely cumbersome, and it is not an old man like Tang Wenyuan, if he changes to a newcomer, I am afraid that he will not even remember the steps.
After half an hour, after the incense ceremony of three bows and six bows, Tang Wenyuan knelt on his knees and shouted loudly: "Kneel on your knees to dust, burn incense to Wutai, disciple please grandfather, go to the altar to open the way!"
After shouting, Tang Wenyuan stood up, and at this point, the incense hall was already open.
However, Tang Wenyuan, who was presiding over the incense hall, was also tired and out of breath, smiled bitterly and shook his head, and said: "Du Fei, you will host the rest, the old man's identity really can't hold on."
Tang Wenyuan is not a martial arts practitioner, he can preside over the opening ceremony of the incense hall at the age of more than eighty, he has already reached the limit of his body, and he no longer has the strength to continue the following process.
"I'll preside?" Du Fei was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and said: "This ...... This is not suitable, right?"
You must know that in Hongmen, the incense master is generally concurrently held by the dragon head, which is also out of the importance of the new disciples, and most of the alliance certificates are held by the elders in the sect, and these two positions are not trivial.
Although Du Fei is now sitting in the third position in Hongmen, no matter in terms of identity or seniority, there are still many people in Hongmen who surpass him.
"What's wrong?"
Due to physical reasons, Li Songqiu, who had been sitting in a wheelchair to regain his energy, stretched out his hand to pass the microphone and said in a low voice: "Uncle Du Fei temporarily acts as the incense master, who has any opinions?"
Although he was already gray-haired and rickety, the tiger old man was still there, and Li Songqiu's question spread throughout the yard, and he didn't even cough.
Even the unruly Thunder Tiger lowered his head after being stared at by Li Songqiu's dimly lit old eyes.
Lei Hu couldn't help but secretly blame his father for being sick at the wrong time, otherwise his father was here, how could Li Songqiu, an old man, dare to be so arrogant?
"Okay, Du Fei, go up to the hall, don't weaken my Hongmen's prestige, don't despise the entry-level seniors!" Li Songqiu coughed softly 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 was going to happen to Hongmen.
Not only Du Fei, but even the other bigwigs in the courtyard were secretly shocked, generally speaking, candidates or temporary incense masters are very likely to become the next Hongmen leader.
This gang is actually somewhat similar to the ancient imperial court, and it pays the most attention to justification.
Although in modern times, the leader no longer has the right to appoint the next position, but he has the right to recommend it.
When Du Fei became the temporary incense master, everyone discovered that Du Fei was also a strong competitor for the next leader, and Li Songqiu's support greatly increased his chances of successfully ascending to the throne.
Lei Hu, who was sitting on the chair, clenched his teeth, the blue veins on his right hand were exposed, obviously extremely angry in his heart, he regretted not tearing his face with Du Fei that day, otherwise he would have snatched Ye Tian away, where would there be a big incense hall today?
Du Fei couldn't help but look at Peng Wenguang who was standing more than ten meters opposite him, and after seeing Peng Wenguang nodding, the depression in his heart weakened a little.
Du Fei didn't have the heart to guess what Lei Hu was thinking, and after temporarily taking the position of the incense master, he stood on top and shouted: "Please invite Ye Tian into the incense hall!"
"Please invite Ye Tian to the incense hall......"
"Please invite Ye Tian to the incense hall......"
According to the rules, the three-way message reached the door, and the escort boss was already waiting there, waiting for Ye Tian to knock on the door.
"Grandma's, there are really many rules, more than what Master explained back then!"
At this time, Ye Tian had been waiting outside the door for nearly an hour, and someone had just brought him clear water for "clean noodles" and "shabu-shabu".
The first sip of water can only be rinsed and not drunk, and the second sip of water is clean water, which must be swallowed, which is also the rule before entering the incense hall.
After hearing this shout of "entering the incense hall", Ye Tian stepped forward and knocked on the door of the red carved dragon nine times in a row.
"Who is outside the door?" The door was not opened, but the voice of the accompanying boss rang out.
"Enter the door to burn incense, and return the wish when you enter!" Ye Tian replied.
"How many sticks of incense are burning?" The eldest son asked.
"Burn five sticks of incense!"
"Which five incense sticks?"
"One respects the kings of heaven and earth, the second learns benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trust, the third eats gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the fourth seeks peace and happiness in the four seasons......"
These introductory words were taught to Ye Tian by the old Taoist more than ten years ago, but before this incense hall, Du Fei had specially sent someone to write to Ye Tianrang to remember, because if one couldn't answer, the door would not open.
Because Hongmen was doing the work of anti-Qing and Ming restoration, it was naturally afraid of being hunted down by the imperial court at the beginning of its establishment, so the disciples in the sect communicated, all using cryptic words, and later formed a unique system.
In fact, the general incense hall does not need to be so cumbersome, but because Ye Tian is extremely high, Hongmen is afraid that the procedure will be incomplete and Ye Tian will be underestimated, so it completely copied the old rules of opening an incense hall more than a hundred years ago.
"Open the door!" After some answers, 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 ancestor and set up a mountain of knives and guns!" Seeing Ye Tian appear at the door, he shouted from the mouth of the accompaniment.
With the shouting of the uncle accompanying the hall, hundreds of shirtless strong men came out of the crowd, holding large knives and spears in their hands, crossing the two sides, from the entrance to the position of the incense hall offering table, setting up a forest of knives and guns.
"Who arranged this link?"
Seeing this scene, the faces of Tang Wenyuan and the others standing in front of the incense hall darkened at the same time.
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