The street in front of the Suguo Mansion in Changle Fang was full of all kinds of carriages and horses, and some people dressed in guard clothes and entourage costumes gathered in groups to chat.As soon as outsiders saw it, they knew that there was a big event in the Suguo Mansion today, and the mansion must be full of distinguished guests.At this time, in the main hall of the Suguo Mansion, the atmosphere was already very solemn.Li Shimin sat upright on the main seat facing the hall door; Next to the left of the main seat is Zhao Yunze's seat; Kong Yingda was already standing on Li Shimin's right side at this time.Zhao Yunze and Kong Yingda, sitting on the main seat with Li Shimin, are diagonally opposite each other in a figure-eight shape.Guests sat in two rows on either side of the main hall.People with higher status naturally sit on those sofas, and those with a slightly lower status can only kneel on the cushions as usual.There are two exceptions here, that is, Li Shimin and Zhao Yunze.It is said that in terms of identity, Li Shimin is the most noble, and Zhao Yunze is one of the protagonists today, but neither of them can enjoy the comfortable sofa, but they both kneel and sit on cushions.This may be Kong Yingda's arrangement, because this old master attaches great importance to ancient rites."
The auspicious time has arrived, the disciples have entered, they are dressed and their hands are clean" Kong Yingda's singing voice sounded, Cheng Chumo entered from the door of the main hall, and walked to the front of the main hall with square steps.A male servant brought a basin of water to Cheng Chumo, who arranged his robe up and down, and then dipped his hands in the water in the basin.The so-called righteous clothes are the Confucian advocacy of "first correct clothes, then clear affairs", and the so-called clean hands, that is, "pure heart", which means to go to the turnip and keep the essence, and to learn wholeheartedly.In the ancient rites of apprenticeship, there was also a procedure for "clean hands" that was placed later.After Cheng Chu Mo stroked the palms and backs of his hands three times with water, another servant handed over a novice towel, and Cheng Chu silently wiped his hands dry and stood aside.Kong Yingda faced Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, there is a silent person who wants to worship under Zhao Yunze, the captain of the Tang Dynasty, who wants to study literature and martial arts, report to the imperial court, and go down to An Lishu."
At the request of Zhao Yunze, if you want to replace the patriarch of Zhao Yunze with Your Majesty, and accept Cheng Chumo's great gift, Your Majesty can approve it" As soon as these words came out, everyone, including Li Shimin, was stunned.It is said that the ceremony of accepting apprentices and apprentices, the portrait of the ancestor is to be hung in the middle of the hall, but there is no portrait in the main hall today.After Li Shimin arrived, Kong Yingda directly arranged for him to sit on the main seat, and the guests were a little surprised at that time, thinking that it was just Li Shimin's status as a king.But now, Kong Yingda suddenly said that according to Zhao Yunze's meaning, he wanted Li Shimin to accept Cheng Chumo's gift instead of his ancestor in the sect, and everyone didn't know why.Li Shimin looked at Zhao Yunze and asked in a low voice: "Yunze, why is this" Zhao Yunze stood up, first bowed to Li Shimin, and then arched his hand to the guests in the hall, and said: "Your Majesty, your lordship, Zhao is not talented, and he was appointed as a western seat by the Duke of Suguo."
However, Zhao knew that his knowledge was shallow, and although he was ashamed to be invited by Su Guogong, he was also sincerely afraid, and he was afraid of misleading people's children.Zhao was originally a man from the mountains and wilderness, although he had followed his teacher to learn art for more than ten years, but the skills he learned were extensive and not refined, and he failed to inherit the mantle of his teacher, so he did not dare to take the name of his teacher to pass on the art again. ”Zhao Yunze said this, Li Shimin's face was not good-looking, since you are afraid of tarnishing your master's reputation, why did you pull me to serve as your ancestor in the door to receive gifts?"
”Zhao Yunze continued, "If the Tao and the practical skills of Anguo Huimin, my master and apprentice will be inseparable from His Majesty's allocation in the future. ”After Zhao Yunze's words were finished, Li Shimin smiled.He heard it, what Zhao Yunze meant was that although Zhao Yunze accepted the apprentice today, in fact, this apprentice was cultivated for him Li Shimin.Moreover, the meaning of Zhao Yunze's words is not only that Cheng Chumo wants to recognize him Li Shimin as his ancestor, but even Zhao Yunze himself will be counted as his Li Shimin's disciple in the future.Although Zhao Yunze claimed to have a master before, the disciple and the apprentice are different concepts, which is not considered to be turning his back on the master.Besides, there is no etiquette rule that a person can only worship one master in his life.Li Shimin is very pleased with Zhao Yunze's attitude.He himself once said that he wanted to turn Zhao Yunze into an imperial party, and now Zhao Yunze is very subtle and takes the initiative to give him a hug, and Li Shimin is naturally happy to see it.Not only did Li Shimin feel that Zhao Yunze's words were intimate, but even those guests who watched the ceremony couldn't find fault with Zhao Yunze's words at this time.Zhao Yunze said that what he wanted to teach Cheng Chumo was the practice of serving the imperial court, since this is the case, not only Zhao Yunze's master and apprentice are indispensable to the emperor's allocation, but if he is any of them, he does not dare to say that he does not need the emperor's appropriation in practice.By extension, it is natural to let Li Shimin act as the ancestor and receive the ceremony.If you really want to find fault with Zhao Yunze, that is, this kid is too smart, and he actually links the acceptance of apprentices with loyalty to the emperor, if "smart" is also a kind of fault."
Yun Ze has a heart, since this is the case, then I will be ashamed to accept the silence."
Li Shimin nodded and said.Kong Yingda understood, and hurriedly stood up straight and shouted: "Teacher Zhao Yunze, lead the disciple Cheng Chumo, and salute His Majesty" Because the apprenticeship ceremony has not yet been completed, the "disciple" shouted by Kong Yingda at this time does not mean "apprentice", but only represents Cheng Chumo's junior identity.If the apprenticeship ceremony is officially completed, then it should be shouted "leading the disciples".After Kong Yingda finished shouting, Zhao Yunze and Cheng Chumo hurriedly walked in front of Li Shimin, Zhao Yunze was in front and Cheng Chumo was behind, and bowed to Li Shimin very formally.Zhao Yunze knocked three times, and Cheng Chu knocked nine times.Li Shimin didn't answer, just nodded slightly."
After the ceremony, get up" Kong Yingda shouted again, and Zhao Yunze and Cheng Chumo got up."
Cheng Chumo kneels again, worship the master" After Zhao Yunze sat back in place, Kong Yingda continued to preside over the following ceremony.Cheng Chumo knelt down to Zhao Yunze and bowed three times."
The disciple's family presents a gift to the master" After Kong Yingda sang again, Cheng Yanjin took six servants to the field, each holding a tray in his hands.Inside the tray are six kinds of gifts, namely: celery, which means diligence and diligence; Lotus seeds, lotus seeds are bitter, implying that the master teaches hard and the apprentice learns hard; Red beans, meaning good luck; Red dates, meaning early learning; Longan, meaning the completion of merit; Dried lean pork strips, this has no special meaning, it is purely for the master to drink."
Yun Ze, I will entrust it to you in the future."
Cheng Yanjin solemnly bowed his hand to Zhao Yunze.Zhao Yunze stood up and returned the salute and said, "I must do my best to live up to the trust of the country." ”As soon as this salute was answered, even if Zhao Yunze officially agreed to the closing office, he was silent.This is the same as the wedding ceremony in the future, the groom wants to formally propose to the bride, although the things that should be done have been done a long time ago, but the formality that should be done still has to be gone.The six servants placed the six bundles of salutes on the low table in front of Zhao Yunze, and Cheng Yanjin retreated."
Worship the teacher" A servant walked to Cheng Chumo with a tray, Cheng Chumo picked up a prayer post in the tray, and bowed in front of Zhao Yunze again, he opened the worship post and read: "In the ninth year of Tang Wude, Cheng Chumo, a man in Jeju Dong'a, was sixteen years old, and served Zhao Gong Yunze as his teacher.After that, he would treat Zhao Shi as a parent, "A letter of worship sprinkled a few words, Cheng Mo read it silently, and presented it to Zhao Yunze with both hands.Zhao Yunze took the post and said to Cheng Chumo: "I hope you will be virtuous in the future, diligent in your studies, and don't be ridiculous, so as to comfort the hearts of your teachers and parents." ”"Disciple, remember the master's teachings," Cheng Chumo kowtowed to Zhao Yunze again."
Tea ceremony" Kong Yingda's singing voice started again.Another servant brought a teacup, and Cheng Chumo put his hands over his head and presented it to Zhao Yunze.Zhao Yunze took the teacup and took a small sip gently.Putting down the teacup, he took out a gift from his sleeve and handed it to Cheng Chumo.When everyone saw it, it was a black iron cylinder, and most of the guests did not know about it.However, as soon as Wei Chigong, who was sitting in the guest seat, saw the return gift that Zhao Yunze took out, his eyes immediately widened.He even swallowed a mouthful of saliva very unimpressively.That return gift was the scope on Zhao Yunze's powerful crossbow.Zhao Yunze can be regarded as reluctant to cut his love, if it weren't for the fact that he still has a seven-fold scope on his automatic rifle, he would really be reluctant to give this four-fold scope to Cheng Chumo.Anyway, now that he is in charge of the arsenal, even if he goes to the battlefield again in the future, there will be very few opportunities to charge at the front line.It's rare to accept apprentices, simply, don't treat Cheng Chumo badly, just give Cheng Chumo this crossbow scope as a return gift."
Your family has made a lot of money," Wei Chigong tilted his head to the side, and said to Cheng Yanjin, who was sitting next to him, with a red eye."
Do you know what it is," Cheng asked Chi Gong in surprise."
Hmph" Yu Chigong only snorted coldly, and then turned his head again.Over there, Cheng Chumo had already taken over the scope.Zhao Yunze said to him: "For the sake of the teacher, I have nothing to grow, so I will give you this telescope."
I hope you can set up lofty ambitions and contribute to the prosperity of my Datang in the future. ”If the scope is taken out alone, it can only be called a "telescope"."
Disciple Master Xie is generous," Cheng Chumo kowtowed to Zhao Yunze again.Zhao Yunze nodded, stretched out his hand and signaled to Cheng Chumo: "Get up" Kong Yingda shouted at this time: "Licheng" At this point, the entire apprenticeship ceremony was finally completed.The rest is the guests of the Chengfu banquet, which is lively during the period, so I will not go into detail here.Anyway, Zhao Yunze has one more junior brother from today, and as for the various performances of this junior brother since then, hehe, it surprised Zhao Yunze
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