Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 10 Apprenticeship
Two days later, the gang sent people down.

"Is that him?"

When Tangning came to Xi Ti's room, she saw a tall and straight man in black with a stern expression looking at him. It was the man surnamed Qi who had brought him here.

Qin Luo nodded: "He has only been here for seven or eight months, and his internal strength has condensed in his body. I felt that something was wrong, so I reported it to the gang leader."

"Follow me." The man got up and walked out. Tangning followed Qin Luo and asked in a low voice, "Chief Qin, where are you going?"

"Help to see you."

"I'm taking Ruru with me."

"What." Qin Luo was stunned for a moment, then reacted, a little funny: "Go to see the helper first, and talk about other things tomorrow."

Tangning stopped and shook her head, "No way."

Qin Luo looked at him as if he would rather die than give in: "Well then! Hurry up."

Tangning hurriedly ran to the check-in room. The man surnamed Qi saw him running away quickly, stopped and looked at Qin Luo.

"Pick up his little daughter-in-law."

"what?"

.........

Liu Ruhan was sitting at the desk sorting out the account books when Tangning suddenly pushed open the door and walked straight to her side, grabbing her little hand and running back.

"What?" Mr. Min next to him was startled.

"I have something to do." Tangning left the door before she could say anything more.

"Ruru, we're leaving here. A person came here just now. He was the one who brought us here last time. Now he wants to take us out." Tangning said as she trotted while holding her little hand.

Liu Ruhan kept nodding her head.

When the two arrived at the foot of the mountain, Qin Luo and the man surnamed Qi were waiting there. When they saw him, they got on their horses. Qin Luo pulled Tangning and Liu Ruhan onto the horses.

Horses hoofed like the wind, ran wild for an hour or two and then came to the caravan. After passing through the gate, the man surnamed Qi summoned a maid and glanced at Liu Ruhan: "Let this little girl take a good rest."

Liu Ruhan held Tangning tightly with her small hands and refused to leave.

Tangning whispered, "You rest first, I'll be there in a while."

Liu Ruhan was reluctant to follow that maid.

The three of them entered the main hall. Tangning stood behind them and looked up. There were five people seated in the hall, and the one sitting in the main seat was Cui Yilin, who he had met once.

"Master, uncle, someone brought it." The man surnamed Qi bowed to everyone

"En." Cui Yilin nodded, stood up and walked in front of Tangning, sized him up, and said with a smile, "As expected, she has an excellent foundation. No wonder she was able to condense her inner strength in such a short period of time."

"Although the root is good, it is too sensational to condense internal strength within a few months. I am afraid it is not that simple." Cui Yilin said behind him.
"The way of martial arts, each has its own chance. Are there still few strange people and strange things in the rivers and lakes? No matter what, this is his own chance." Another person said

"Who's your last name and where is your home?" Cui Yilin smiled gently
"My name is Tangning, and I live in Tangliu Village, Anning County."

"Why come to the caravan?"

"My father and mother were killed by thieves, and they came here begging. Uncle Wang Dehu brought me here."

"Oh, I remembered. One day, Brother Wang entrusted me with two children. I didn't expect it to be you. If that's the case, Tangning, would you like me to be your teacher?"

Tangning was stunned for a moment, then quickly replied, "Yes."

"Congratulations, brother, for accepting another wizard."

"This son has high qualifications. If he can get the guidance of his senior brother, he will become a great master in the future, and he may become a grand master again."

Several people behind them said in succession.

Cui Yilin was also very happy, waved his robe sleeves, and returned to the main seat: "Come on, serve tea."

"Give the tea to the gang leader and call the master." Qin Luo reminded in a low voice.

Tangning took the tea from one of the maid's hands, stepped forward and knelt on her knees, offering tea, "Master."

Cui Yilin picked up the tea and put it down, "Tangning, since you have already worshiped me, you will become my disciple of Cui Yilin in the future, you have to remember that when we walk in the rivers and lakes, we should focus on chivalry. To help each other, we must not bully the weak and bully others.”

"Yes."

"Today is just an introductory ceremony. In ten days, I will call the brothers in the gang, and then I will officially worship me. This is your brother Qi Yunfei. You can ask him for advice when I am away."

"Senior Brother Qi." Tangning turned to give him a salute.

"Yunfei, take care of your junior brother in the future."

"Yes, Master."

"These are your uncles, this is Uncle Mo Qianshan, this is Uncle Yin Xianzheng, this is Uncle Dong Hai, this is Uncle Hou Yutang."

Tangning saluted each one.

"By the way, I remember that Brother Wang brought two children that day, and a little girl who came with you. How is she now?"

"She is my daughter-in-law, and she came with me."

Cui Yilin was stunned for a moment, then laughed.

A few people around were also smiling.

"It's just like this at a young age. In the future, I will be a romantic figure, brother, this is different from you." Mo Qianshan said with a smile.
"Okay, go down and rest first!" Cui Yilin waved his hand to let him back off

"Luo'er, you don't need to worry about those children! First, go to Shanghe County, there are a group of high-quality horses from Wu State, you can go and receive them. Among them, there is a pair of white jade snow horses, which the King of Qinghe fancy. , don't make any mistakes." Yin Zhengxian said.
"Yes, Master."

.....................

Tangning went out and asked a maid to find out where Liu Ruhan was, so she ran straight away.

"Ruru, do you know why they are looking for me?" Tangning said impatiently as soon as she entered the room.
Liu Ruhan shook his head, looking at his happy appearance, a smile appeared on his face.

"That Cui Yilin gang leader has already agreed to accept me as a disciple, and in ten days, he will officially announce that the whole gang is up and down."

"Not only will I be able to learn better martial arts in the future, but my monthly salary will also increase a lot."

"After the salary increase, we can save more money and buy a big house in the future, so we don't need to live in someone else's place."

Liu Ruhan looked at him with wide eyes and gestured with her fingers for a while.

"Well, we should live here first."

"You mean those things in the house? Leave that alone, we'll buy them in a few days."

"However, Chengqian doesn't know we're here yet! And Uncle Min, I don't know if you're here. It's time to go back and tell them, especially Uncle Min and Aunt Min, let's go back sometime. Come and buy something to see them."

Tangning was gossiping with her. After lunch, Qi Yunfei came over.

"Senior Brother Qi." Tangning opened the door to see him and bowed respectfully.

Qi Yunfei nodded and walked in: "Junior Brother Tang, in ten days you will officially enter the master's door. Not only the brothers in the caravan, but also some friends of the master in Jianghu will come. The caravan is A well-known family is upright, and the number of etiquette is absolutely indispensable, do you know the etiquette of apprenticeship?"

Tangning shook her head, "Senior brother please advise."

Qi Yunfei took out a volume of books from his arms and handed it to Tangning, "This is the Book of Rites. You must read it thoroughly, and firstly read the section on the ceremony of apprenticeship to avoid making jokes in front of the guests."

"Yes."

"And this." Qi Yunfei took out a wooden sign: "You are not an official disciple of the caravan, so you are not allowed to enter or leave the gang at will. If someone stops you, you will hand the wooden sign to him. You'd better not go out these days. , the master may summon you at any time."

Tangning took the wooden placard, "I wrote it down. Thank you, Senior Brother."

"If there is anything, just come to Xiyuan and find me."

...............

For the next few days, Tangning only read the book of rituals that Qi Yunfei gave him in the room every day, and occasionally took Liu Ruhan around in the gang.

On the day of the apprenticeship, it was indeed full of guests, and it was very lively.

Heroes from all walks of life in the Chu country came to congratulate them one after another, and almost all the foreign disciples in the caravan came back to congratulate them, plus some good squires and dignitaries, and dozens of tables were set up for the banquet.

Tangning was naturally the central figure of this feast. Fortunately, she had read the Book of Rites well in the past few days, so she could be considered decent, but there was one thing that was rather embarrassing.

It's that he completely forgot what happened that day.

He did forget, he forgot completely and completely, he just remembered being very busy.

As for who I met, I can't remember what they said.

The reason is simple, he drank too much.

Most of Cui Yilin's friends were heroes in the arena, and there were many alcoholics. Tangning couldn't turn away drinking on this occasion, and Cui Yilin didn't stop him, so one cup after another...

He never drank alcohol.

When he woke up, his head felt very heavy. He glanced around and was sure that he was in his room. Liu Ruhan had his back to him and was busy.

"Ruru," Tangning called out.

Liu Ruhan turned around and saw that he was awake, hurriedly brought the cake and fruit plate in front of him, poured another cup of tea and put it to his mouth.

Tangning wanted to get up, but found that her body was numb and soft, and she couldn't exert any strength.

"Ruru, how long have I slept? It's been a day!"

Liu Ruhan stretched out three fingers.

"Ah? Three days? So long?" Tangning was taken aback, she never imagined that she had slept for three days and three nights.

Liu Ruhan nodded.

"Eh!" Tangning sighed angrily, "I won't drink so much alcohol again."

(End of this chapter)