The East Palace was brightly lit all night, and Zhu Houzhao was in command, but the next few eunuchs were ordered around by him. They had to prepare in advance what clothes to wear during the apprenticeship ceremony and what to write in the name of the assassin.
Although Zhu Houzhao has countless masters, from the prince's tutor to the prince's young tutor, serving as a lecturer to bachelors and even ordinary martial arts masters, none of them has actually performed the master's ceremony. Now he finally got interested, stayed up all night, and finally waited until
When dawn first appeared, I couldn't wait any longer. I selected some trustworthy people and put on ordinary clothes. Zhu Houzhao rode in front, and the others followed in their cars.
On the Wen Mansion side, the door was opened hastily early in the morning. The concierge rubbed his sleepy eyes. The first thing he saw was a young man dressed in brocade. Behind the young man, there were six or seven people surrounding him. The young man was laughing.
He smiled and said, "Is Liu Baihu here?"
The concierge poked his head out and looked at the street. He couldn't help but smack his lips. There were seven or eight large cars parked outside, and he didn't know what was in them. These people were very similar to those caravans carrying goods, and they were only outside the city.
Only through official channels can you see it.
"Young master is..."
"Haha, I, Hou Zhao, are here to pay my respects to my master. Hurry up and tell me that my disciple Hou Zhao is here to pay a special visit. This is my famous thorn. You go and give it to my master." Zhu Houzhao looked in high spirits and handed over his own with a smile.
The concierge took it dubiously, only to see the words "Disciple Houzhao pays my respects" written on it.
"It's actually the famous red thorn..." the concierge muttered. It should be noted that the famous thorn is only popular among officials, but looking at the style of these people, they are more like merchants. However, he did not dare to ask more questions and hurriedly reported it.
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Liu Chengfeng had just gotten up at this time, and the concierge knocked on the door in a low voice and told him about Zhu Houzhao.
Wen Chenxi put his shoes on the ground and said with a smile: "Become a disciple? When did your husband also accept a disciple?"
When Liu Chengfeng heard the concierge talking about seven or eight large cars, he felt very happy. He said to himself, "I can't keep a low profile now. It turns out that recruiting apprentices can also be a business. Well, I will continue to work hard in the future."
, business must be booming.
Liu Chengfeng quickly changed his clothes and made a few unpredictable gestures in front of the bronze mirror. He felt that he was actually a bit like a role model for others. Wen Chenxi smiled beside him and said, "This is really good."
Like a gentleman who is imitating the past and learning from the past."
Liu Chengfeng smiled and said with satisfaction: "Let's go together. Speaking of which, you are still the master's wife." While he asked the concierge to ask Zhu Houzhao to wait in the lobby, he and Wen Chenxi set off. When they arrived at the lobby, they looked for Wen Wen.
He sat down where he was sitting and asked someone to pour tea. Liu Chengfeng couldn't help complaining: "It's too impatient to have people come so early. I need to give it a good hammering in the future. It's the right thing to cultivate one's moral character."
Wen Chenxi was also curious and wanted to see what the disciple looked like, and said with a smile: "The disciple has already thought about how to beat me before he bows down to me..."
Liu Chengfeng said in his heart that you must be kind. If someone prepares a big gift, you can't accept the money and not do the work. This is a matter of character. Your husband is very kind.
Just as he was talking, Zhu Houzhao came in alone. He was wearing two-color red arrow sleeves and green satin powder-soled court boots today. Dressed like this, he looked a bit cute. His eyes under a pair of thick eyebrows saw Liu Chengfeng.
, hurriedly saluted and said: "My teacher is here, please treat me with kindness and courtesy." After that, he obediently went to the side and poured tea for Liu Chengfeng to drink. When he discovered Wen Chenxi's presence, he asked with a smile: "
Master, is this Master’s wife?”
Wen Chenxi smiled and nodded to him.
Zhu Houzhao perked up and said, "Hello, Master. I picked up a good Mistress for free. Master, I'll pour you some tea."
Wen Chenxi couldn't help but smile and said a few good words.
Zhu Houzhao seemed to remember something again and said: "Master, I have brought the gift list. Please take a look at it." After saying this, he took out a list and handed it over proudly.
It was a pity that Liu Chengfeng didn't have a beard, so he could only stare, and said solemnly: "What is the gift list? Do you have to accept gifts when you become a disciple? Others do this, but I deeply hate it as a teacher." He said with a very proud expression.
He said in a tone of voice: "Teacher, you are the one who teaches, teaches and solves doubts. Do you need to accept gifts when teaching and teaching? Take it back, you will be a teacher."
Zhu Houzhao was stunned and said: "I...Master..."
Liu Chengfeng walked him down the steps and said quickly: "That's all, since you sent it here, it's your intention anyway. I can't ask you to take it back, otherwise it will make you look bad. Don't do this in the future. As a teacher and
Others are different.”
Zhu Houzhao laughed and said: "Yes, yes, master is indeed an expert, with good martial arts and good martial ethics."
"Yes." Liu Chengfeng said in a dazed manner: "Virtue is very important. If you can learn even half of what Master did, your merits will be considered complete."
Liu Chengfeng said as he took the gift list. The moment he looked over, his smile froze. One thousand catties of bacon, three hundred catties of longan, three hundred catties of celery, five hundred catties of red beans, and five hundred catties of lotus seeds.
, eight hundred catties of dates...
this……
Logically speaking, apprentices should indeed be given these six gifts, but these are the etiquette of small families. Generally speaking, for large families, these six gifts are often given, and the real meaning is gold, silver, and jade.
, satin porcelain and so on, but now...
"Husband...husband..." Wen Chenxi saw something strange on Liu Chengfeng's face and called out a few times.
Liu Chengfeng came back to his senses. If Wen Chenxi hadn't been there, he would have gone crazy, but now...
Liu Chengfeng showed a cheerful smile and said to Zhu Houzhao in an approachable manner: "This is too much of a gift. I don't accept gifts as a teacher. But since you sent it, I can't refuse it. But today I worshiped as a teacher, and I fell in love with it."
I need to ask about your preferences so that you can teach students according to their aptitude. Let me ask you, what do you like most?"
Zhu Houzhao said with a beaming expression: "Strong fists and fists, march and set up formations."
Liu Chengfeng asked again: "What do you hate most?"
Zhu Houzhao showed a look of pain and said: "I hate reading and literacy the most. When I see a book, I feel like my head is as big as a bucket."
Liu Chengfeng clapped his hands and said: "Okay, great, my teacher has already thought of a way to teach you to become a talent." He thought insidiously in his heart, whatever you are afraid of, I will teach you whatever it is that you are afraid of, and I will give you some bacon.
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Zhu Houzhao's eyes lit up and he said: "Great, I don't know what to teach today. Should I teach Wang Baquan first?"
Liu Chengfeng stood up and said, "We'll talk about this later. It's not early. Let's go to the Baihu Station first. You wait outside. Your wife and I still have something to say."
Zhu Houzhao hummed and went obediently.
Liu Chengfeng told Wen Chenxi: "I will give you ten pounds of bacon, five pounds of celery, dates, red beans, lotus seeds, and longan for each of your second uncle and cousin uncle later. Even if this is what I want,
Don’t be polite to my family.”
Wen Chenxi asked curiously: "Why did my husband want to give these to me on a whim? Besides, these things are not rare. I'm afraid that if we give them away, others will say we are stingy."
Liu Chengfeng showed the gift list to Wen Chenxi. Wen Chenxi looked at it and couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are such an interesting disciple, hehe, okay, I'll give it away now, otherwise I'm afraid it will be ruined by then."
Liu Chengfeng took Zhu Houzhao out of the house in a grand manner, followed by more than a dozen guards, which was very cool. These were Liu Chengfeng's free bodyguards. Liu Chengfeng had doubts in his heart and asked Zhu Houzhao along the way: "Who are you?
A son of the family? Why are you so rich? Even when you go out, there are so many people watching you? You see, I am a sixth-rank official in the imperial court after all, and I don’t have such a big battle."
"That's because, Master, you are a simple man and don't like to show off." Zhu Houzhao was pretty good at flattering him. He probably learned it from his companions. This flattery made Liu Chengfeng very comfortable and made him feel comfortable.
For a moment, he forgot to ask him the question he just asked Zhu Houzhao.
"There is a future...but for the sake of bacon and celery, my teacher will have to trick you." Liu Chengfeng thought to himself.
When he arrived at the Baihu Office, Liu Chengfeng asked all the entourage brought by Zhu Houzhao to wait outside. He took Zhu Houzhao into the Baihu Hall, gave some official instructions to the Wang officials, and asked about the status of Lao Huo's recruitment of helpers.
He took a sip of tea and asked Zhu Houzhao to sit down.
"Master, I want to learn Wang Ba Quan. I wonder what the formula is for Wang Ba Quan? Are there any key points?"
Zhu Houzhao was impatient. When he saw Liu Chengfeng was free, he excitedly wanted to learn boxing.
Liu Chengfeng pressed his hands and said earnestly: "Huzhao, it's not easy to learn your master's unique boxing skills. First of all, you have to build the foundation..."
"Building the foundation..." Zhu Houzhao was like dry grass, greedily absorbing nutrients.
Liu Chengfeng said: "Just like this Wang Ba Quan, if you want to achieve some success, the first step is to build the foundation, which is to lay the foundation. The second step is to train the skin, and the third step is to train the bones..."
Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but clicked his tongue, thinking that there are so many ways in a Wang Ba Quan, it's not easy!
However, the martial arts mentioned by Liu Chengfeng were different from those of ordinary martial arts masters, which only deepened Zhu Houzhao's belief: "This is the real master, the real peerless martial arts. I am really sorry. I only regret that I could not know him earlier."
Master, otherwise I wouldn’t waste time on those three-legged cats.”