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On the third day of Zhou Hexuan's arrival in San Francisco, Situ Meitang opened the altar for him and held an initiation ceremony.

On this morning, the Zhongyi Hall of the Hongmen headquarters in Wuzhou was opened. In front of the hall, there are "five ancestral tablets", worship the "statue of Emperor Guan", and place the gods of Hongmen sages such as male and female military advisors, alliance certificates, and incense masters.

The items on the incense hall include incense burners, official umbrellas, seven-star knives, seven-star swords, Hong sticks, ink fountains and other things, and the case is placed with abacus, Hong lamp, ruler, scale, mirror, scissors, peach branches, bead strings, wooden fish and other things. There is another bridge under the case, which is paved with copper and iron plates.

These items are all symbolic, such as the scale represents justice and selflessness, the mirror can illuminate the good, evil and evil of people, the ruler is used to measure the words and deeds of Hongmen disciples, and the peach branch represents the three knots of Taoyuan. In order to have peach branches available every time the incense hall is placed, Hongmen even planted dozens of peach trees.

Zhou Hexuan was guarding outside the hall, only to hear shouting inside:

"Open the altar!"

"Respectfully, Xiang Chang!"

Situ Meitang took the lead in entering, and after worshipping the incense on the five ancestral tablets and the statue of Emperor Guan, he was on the front of the dragon head throne.

"Please have an alliance!"

The "alliance certificate" is the witness at the time of the oath, and it is also a first-class position like the "new blessing", usually held by the Hongmen veterans.

It will be made clear here that the average newcomer enters the Hongmen and is witnessed by the ordinary "white flag" (one of the white paper fans, which is in charge of the law). But Zhou Hexuan is different, he is a "new blessing", and "new blessing" are all outsiders who directly sit on the high position of Hongmen, and must be witnessed and recorded by the "alliance certificate".

"There is a torture hall!"

The "Punishment Hall" belongs to the inner hall and is responsible for the criminal law within the door.

"There's an auditorium, please!"

Hongmen has etiquette, and the auditorium is responsible for this.

"Please protect the sword and the seal!"

"Protecting the Sword" and "Protecting the Seal" also belonged to the highest-ranking members of the Hongmen, and I saw the two old men holding the sword and the big seal in their hands, and walked behind Situ Meitang to stand still.

"Please all the hall masters and incense masters to be in place to watch the ceremony!"

More than a dozen Hongmen bigwigs walked into Zhongyi Hall together, and according to their identities and qualifications, they found their chairs and sat down.

This is just a prelude to the ceremony, and the main drama has not yet begun.

I only heard the shouting inside: "Please Xinfu!" ”

Zhou Hexuan strode in, only to see the elders of Hongmen, the hall masters, and the incense masters sitting on the left and right. The incense chief who served as Situ Meitang sat at the top, with the sword guard and seal behind him, and the master of the torture hall and the hall master of the auditorium stood below, and the master of the ceremony stood at the bottom of the hall.

Situ Meitang asked, "Where is the referrer?" ”

Hongmen needs an introducer to join the club, and Liang Dingjiang, the deputy leader who rushed back from Seattle, got up and said, "Here!" ”

Situ Meitang asked: "Who is Xinfu's surname, where is his hometown, and what merits does he have to my Hongmen?" ”

Liang Dingjiang said: "Xinfu's surname is Zhou and his name is Hexuan, the word is clear and sincere, and he is a person who is directly subordinate. He is a world-renowned university scholar who is highly respected by the Americans, and greatly enhances the prestige and ambition of our Chinese. I implore the Lord of Incense to grant him the position of new blessing of Hongmen. ”

Situ Meitang nodded and said, "But! ”

The hall master asked, "I'm here to announce the thirty-six oaths of Hongmen." The first oath is that when you enter my Hongmen, your parents are my parents, your brothers and sisters are my brothers and sisters, your wife is my sister-in-law, and your nephew is my son and nephew. If you don't respect this example and don't read this feeling, it will be a breach of oath, and the five thunders will be destroyed! The second oath is that if there are parents and brothers, they will live for a hundred years and be buried without silver...... Zhou Hexuan, are you willing to abide by these thirty-six oaths? ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "Abide by the oath. ”

The master of the torture hall also said: "If you enter my Hongmen, you must not commit these ten taboos." One taboo to seduce the second sister-in-law; two taboos are brothers killing each other, betraying brothers, and treachery; Three taboos on embezzlement of public funds, the essence of righteousness is thin clouds; The four taboos are not allowed to see the sages, and Emperor Guan does not worship; The five taboos are to see profit and forget righteousness, and do not talk about the morality of the rivers and lakes...... Zhou Hexuan, are you willing to abide by these ten taboos? ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "Willing to abide by it." ”

The master of the torture hall also said: "Those who enter my Hongmen must not collude with officials, bully their brothers and sisters-in-law, sell their hands and sisters, eat inside and outside, tease their sisters, cause trouble to their wives and children, do not cower when something happens, and must not divulge secrets...... Do you remember? ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "Keep it in mind. ”

The hall master continued, "If you violate the above taboos and oaths, you should be punished with three swords and six holes. Can you hear me? ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "It's clear. ”

The hall master spoke: "When you enter my Hongmen, you should observe the etiquette ......"

This lectured for a long time on the etiquette of Hongmen, and also taught Zhou Hexuan some Hongmen incisions, and the ceremony finally entered the final procedure.

In the courtyard outside Zhongyi Hall, the sound of gongs and drums sounded, which is called "Lion Dance Chengrui".

Then someone brought a bowl of wine, and Zhou Hexuan cut his palm and dripped blood.

The pigs, cows and sheep outside the door began to scream, this is to kill three animals, only important members of the entrance will be so solemn.

After Zhou Hexuan drank the blood wine, Situ Meitang shouted: "Kaibao uses the seal!" ”

The "protective sword" drew out the sword, and the "protective seal" opened the seal box and stamped the seal of Liuhongmen on the oath document provided by the "alliance certificate", and Zhou Hexuan also signed and drew a pledge on it.

Situ Meitang shouted again: "Reward! ”

The Hongmen disciples who were in charge of preparing and busy with this entrance ceremony entered one after another, and Zhou Hexuan nodded to them one by one in thanks, and began to distribute red envelopes.

Situ Meitang shouted again: "Thank you!" ”

Those Hongmen disciples who received the red envelopes lined up in a row and collectively saluted Zhou Hexuan: "Thank you Uncle Zhou for the reward!" ”

Situ Meitang continued to shout: "Send off! ”

The Hongmen disciples lined up to leave the Zhongyi Hall.

Situ Meitang announced with a smile: "Licheng! ”

The entrance ceremony finally ended, and all the Hongmen bigwigs stood up one after another and came over to congratulate Zhou Hexuan.

Zhou Hexuan's entrance ceremony was too grand, and generally Hongmen Hall accepted the younger brother, just ask for tea, send red envelopes, and seal the profits, and it didn't need to be so complicated at all.

Situ Meitang took Zhou Hexuan's hand, and everyone went to a nearby restaurant to eat.

The banquet was paid for by the Hongmen public fund to welcome Zhou Hexuan, the "new blessing". Hongmen is not like the Qing Gang, which has to be ranked by seniority, and they call each other brothers when they get started, but Zhou Hexuan is a "guest secretary", and everyone still calls him "Mr. Zhou". As for those ordinary disciples of Hongmen, they respected Zhou Hexuan as "Uncle Zhou".

Zhang Mouzhi is the father-in-law of "Uncle Zhou", and he was also received as a guest of honor, and even their entourage was among the banquets.

Sun Yongzhen sat at a table with a few ordinary disciples, and he said happily: "Sir, this time it's beautiful." ”

Lu Dafu, an entourage brought by Zhang Mouzhi to the United States, said: "Yes, today is really eye-opening, I didn't expect to worship Hongmen like this." ”

The Hongmen disciples asked about Zhou Hexuan's deeds, but unfortunately Sun Yongzhen was not good at words. If his younger brother Sun Yonghao was present, he would definitely blow Zhou Hexuan to the sky.

As for Zhou Hexuan, after the banquet, he took his father-in-law to visit Situ Meitang alone, talking about the opening of the (harmonious) pregnancy condom factory, hoping that Hongmen could help more.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of the United States only restricts Chinese immigration, but does not prohibit Chinese from opening companies and factories in the United States. But it is certain that the United States discriminates against the Chinese, and if you want to open a factory, it is best to have a local gang to take care of it, and Hongmen is a very suitable backer.

In order to make friends with Hongmen, Zhou Hexuan also spent blood money and directly donated 10,000 US dollars. He also promised that in the future, he would give priority to recruiting Chinese Gu workers, which was very tempting for Hongmen.

Situ Meitang helped them come up with an idea: "If you want to set up a factory, the first choice is naturally in California, which is the base camp of Hongmen headquarters, ensuring that no one dares to come to find fault." If you want to open a factory in the east, I recommend New York. I have an old friend named Roosevelt, who is the governor of New York, and I can introduce you to him. ”

Zhou Hexuan sweated wildly, and the future President of the United States, Roosevelt, was actually an old friend of Situ Meitang......