If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 149 Xianyun Temple

Xiaoyu was in a hurry to find the dog meat Taoist priest, but after leaving the yamen, he first went back to Hongxiufang.

".That's what happened. Auntie, you can pay a little attention to the government office. More than a dozen Luye Guard armored warriors have died, and the whole city knows about it.

Zhu Yitao must issue a notice detailing the case and calming the people. "

Aunt Liu's blood pressure suddenly soared. She pressed her temples with both hands and said helplessly after a while, "Why are you going to Bao'an Hall in the middle of the night?"

"Aunt, didn't you hear the crying in the back alley? The old man of the Wang family passed away last night, and the whole family was crying. I was so upset that I couldn't sleep.

I also thought about going to Teacher Min to beg him in the middle of the night, maybe I could ask him to teach me the secrets of medicine." Xiao Yu said.

Aunt Liu gave her a look that looked like she was going to have a brain storm, and asked, "Did Divine Doctor Min teach you the secrets of medicine?"

Xiao Yu shook her head and said, "He called me a brain storm, and even though I begged him to do so, he only talked about the general principles of medical skills, which left me confused."

Aunt Liu had a look of surprise on her face and sneered, "Dr. Min is actually willing to pay attention to you. Sigh, he is really well-mannered."

Xiao Yu said, "You don't understand! I met Old Lady An of the Wang family at Bao'an Hall and talked to Divine Doctor Min about her situation. In short, Old Lady An's death had a great impact on me. I went to see Divine Doctor Min because I was moved, not because I suddenly had a stroke."

Xiaoyu said she didn't understand, but Aunt Liu felt that she still understood some of it.

She has experienced the sudden death of many loved ones and friends, and has also felt the fickleness of fate and the fragility of life.

“You went out last night, which was bad for you, but it was a blessing in disguise for the assassination of Lu Yewei.

Your sins can be slightly reduced if you didn't kill innocent people in broad daylight."

Xiao Yu sneered, "You underestimate me too much. Even if I'm in a crowd with a long Guandao, I can guarantee that I will only kill those bastards and not touch a hair of the people.

Even if someone does get caught in the crossfire, it will be the fault of those bastards.”

Aunt Liu sighed, "Don't you understand Zhu Yitao's judgment on you? Sometimes it's not so important to argue about who is right or wrong."

Xiaoyu stood up and said, "I have more important things to deal with now, Aunt, please help me with the station setting."

Aunt Liu squinted at her and said sarcastically, "You are so arrogant that you don't follow the family rules when you get into trouble, but you dare to order your 'big aunt' to clean up your mess. I dare say that you are the first person to do this since the establishment of Hongxiufang."

Xiao Yu also glanced at her and said coldly, "If I were you, I wouldn't have a single complaint right now, only anger and guilt."

Aunt Liu was stunned for a moment, and said, "If you were killed by Zhu Tong and the others, I would be furious and would definitely seek revenge on them."

"Is the result important? The key point is whether others dare to think and do so!" Xiaoyu said.

Aunt Liu said helplessly: "Zhu Tong and his gang are not gang members from Tianmen Town, they are fierce generals in the army.

To be honest, I wouldn't be surprised if one day they get angry and draw their swords to rebel against the king.

Do you expect the Tianmen Town Church Office and the Qingshui Bay leader to have face and authority in front of them?"

Xiao Yu said: "I don't expect you to make them fearful and awed, I just asked you to help with trivial matters such as setting up the station.

You can't intimidate arrogant soldiers and generals, and you're too lazy to do the little things within your ability. You're too comfortable as an 'aunt'."

"How about I give up my position and let you do it?" Aunt Liu said unhappily.

Xiao Yu said, "I'm not interested in your position. Last night in Baxia Street, not only did the assassination of Lu Yewei happen, but there were also gods involved. I have to find the dog meat Taoist priest immediately."

Aunt Liu asked in surprise, "What kind of gods are these? Are there other gods besides Ge Qing?"

"I don't know, so I have to ask the Dog Meat Taoist Priest. Well, I'll tell you when I come back. Or, you can go with me to see the Dog Meat Taoist Priest." Xiao Yu said.

Aunt Liu had a lot of things to do, so she didn't go to Xianyun Temple.

Xiaoyu didn't set off immediately either.

It was dark last night and she tried to dodge as much as she could, but there were still some blood stains on her shirt and skirt.

When I went back to Xiaojingxuan to change clothes, I heard the sounds of wailing and funeral music coming from behind.

After hesitating for a moment, she went to Wang's house first.

I lit a stick of incense for the old man and burned a stack of "paper money".

The Wang family was very surprised that she had come even though she had just been involved in a murder case, but they didn't ask anything.

Before leaving, Wang's eldest daughter-in-law, Nie, gave her a bag of steamed rice cakes wrapped in oil paper.

The soft and sweet rice cake was alright.

I heard that Widow Huang and Aunt Wang went there early and had a breakfast of sugared eggs and fried fruits.

However, Xiaoyu was a little surprised by Nie's mental state.

Nie was far from radiant, and her face was visibly haggard, but this haggardness was more due to tiredness and lack of sleep, not mental burden.

She didn't seem to think that she was the reason why the old woman died of depression.

Or don't care?

The Wang family didn't seem to use any hard or soft violence against her.

Because she was the eldest daughter-in-law, she was also asked to greet and see off the female guests.

Xiaoyu didn’t quite understand, but she didn’t worry too much about it.

After leaving Wang's house, she found a famous dog meat restaurant nearby, ordered a pot of fragrant meat, and then ran straight to Xianyun Temple.

When Xiaoyu arrived at Xianyun Temple, there were already quite a few people inside, some of whom were acquaintances.

The one at the front of the line was Shopkeeper Hu from "Xianghe Jiepu"!
Xiaoyu hasn't seen him or heard any news about him for some time.

At this moment he was lying on a bamboo lounge chair carried by two people, humming.

Mrs. Hu next to her looked very impatient and angry. She was fanning herself vigorously with a fragrant wood fan with a jade pendant, while walking back and forth cursing.

"Brother Zhai San, why are you and Da Gouzi here too?" Xiao Yu glanced ahead and greeted with a smile the father and son who were enjoying the cool air under the shade of a tree in the yard.

Brother Zhai San is a blacksmith who works at the intersection of Jiangyou Lane. He is about twenty-four or twenty-five years old and practiced martial arts in his early years.

It was the Guan Family Pharmacy in Hengsha, where Zhang Lai, the son of the shopkeeper Zhang, practiced the "Iron Armored Fist".

Just as Guan Zhong said, Tiejiaquan has trained his muscles into a set of thick and indestructible "meat armor", making him a very devilish muscular man.

This Brother Zhai is tall and strong, with arms as thick as an average person's thighs and chest muscles comparable to Schwarzenegger's.

However, despite his mighty build, he has a simple and honest look, and he doesn't like to talk much or isn't very good at talking.

When others talked to him, he would usually respond with a silly smile, so he was also nicknamed "Zhai Hanzi".

Look, when he saw Xiaoyu and heard the questions, he scratched his head with a silly smile on his face and couldn't utter a word for a long time.

His son Da Gouzi is the source of the name Huang Guafu's son "Er Gouzi".

A child with a humble name is easy to raise.

The son of the Zhai family is eight or nine years old this year, and was originally named "Gou'er".

Widow Huang's husband died, leaving her with only a posthumous child. She couldn't bear to see him die young, so she gave him the nickname "Gouzi".

So the older one became the big dog, and the one who was still breastfeeding became the "second dog". In fact, there was already a "Sun Ergou" who was over 30 years old in Soy Sauce Lane.

I wonder if there will be three dogs or four dogs in Soy Sauce Lane in the future. Four dogs sound a bit like a “dead dog”, which is not very auspicious, so maybe we can jump directly to five dogs?
"My father brought me here to worship my godfather!" The big dog was very lively.

"Please accept Taoist Master Yunqing as your godfather?" Xiao Yu was surprised and said, "Brother Zhai has good vision and insight! Taoist Master Yunqing is indeed a great master. If I can become his godfather, Da Gouzi will definitely be prosperous in the future."

Brother Zhai Sange looked anxious, as if he wanted to say something but he hesitated and couldn't express himself clearly.

"Who is Taoist Yunqing? My father is looking for the Taoist priest Dog Meat in order to worship the Dragon King as his godfather, not Taoist Priest Yunqing." said Big Dog.

——You silly dog, you have come to Xianyun Temple, but you still dare to shout "Dog Meat Taoist Priest". You don't even know that the real Taoist name of the Dog Meat Taoist Priest is "Yun Qing", so why are you worshipping him as your adopted master!
Xiao Yu complained in her heart, but her face showed doubt and confusion, "You worship the Dragon King as your godfather, which 'Dragon King' is it?"

"I don't know which Dragon King it is." Big Dog was a little confused and looked up at his father.

Third Brother Zhai had a silly smile on his face, his lips trembled a few times, but he didn't utter a complete sentence.

Xiaoyu was speechless.

She had met many young girls and wives in Tianmen Town, but none of them was more shy than him.

Maybe he shouldn't practice Iron Armor Fist, practicing Nine Flower Sword might be more promising.

Xiao Yu was complaining in his heart, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Mrs. Hu shouting and directing two waiters to carry Manager Hu into the Taoist temple.

"Brother Zhai, Big Dog, you guys continue to queue up. I'll go first."

She said hello, but instead of going into the Taoist temple, she left the front yard.

After walking out of the gate, she made a circle and came to the wall of the Taoist temple. She jumped up, turned in the air, and flew across the sky like a big bird. She landed on the roof of the Taoist temple and flipped directly in from the second-floor window sill.

"Alas, things have come to this, why are you still looking for me?" The dog meat Taoist priest was still eating dog meat!

The bronze statue of the Three Pure Ones was placed on a high platform, but he was sitting on a cushion below, gnawing on a dog bone.

"Master, help me~ah~~" Sitting on the bamboo recliner, Shopkeeper Hu begged bitterly.

The Taoist priest showed pity on his thin, oily face. He put the dog meat into the clay pot beside him and sighed, "Three years ago, when I went to Lianghe Street to beg for alms, I warned you not to take material possessions too seriously.

Two years ago, when I passed by Lianghe Street, I advised you to give away your money to avoid disaster, but you didn't listen.

I didn’t come to see you last year, but you came to the temple to find me and asked me to help you hold a ceremony and pray for blessings.

I’m telling you again, disaster is coming for you. Only by giving away all your wealth and being content with poverty can you resolve your sins and enjoy both happiness and longevity.

Now, the judgment of the underworld has been issued. If you come to me again, I can only bring up the old matter again. If you give up your ill-gotten gains, there may be a glimmer of hope for your survival."

Shopkeeper Hu nodded repeatedly and said, "Master, I have listened to your advice and have completely followed your instructions. I have used all my wealth to help others."

The dog meat Taoist priest exclaimed in surprise, stood up and walked forward, carefully looking at Shopkeeper Hu's face, frowned and asked: "Who did you help?"

——The facial expression doesn’t seem to have changed. No, it has become worse. Before, the fault was mine, but now it seems that the whole family is suffering!

Shopkeeper Hu said, "Each of the two sons will receive fifty thousand taels of silver; the son-in-law's family will receive three thousand taels of silver; the three brothers will receive ten thousand taels of silver each; the five nephews will receive five thousand taels of silver each; and the nieces, whether married or not, will all receive five hundred taels of silver.

By the way, my eldest brother-in-law also took the last 23,127 taels, 9 qian and 6 li.”

Mrs. Hu glared at him coldly.

Finally, Hu concluded with a sincere face: "Really, I only have half a jar of coarse rice left at home, and I have to borrow money from my son-in-law and nephew-in-law even to buy medicine.

There are still many treasures in the pawnshop's warehouse.

But they are all live pawns, and customers may bring pawn tickets to redeem them at any time, so they cannot be used to help others. "

The dog-meat Taoist rolled his eyes when he heard this and almost couldn't help spitting a mouthful of greasy phlegm onto his pale, swollen face.

"You are seriously ill and there is no hope for your life. Go, go quickly!"

"No, Taoist priest, please have mercy on me and save me. I beg you. I will buy you some dog meat."

Shopkeeper Hu tilted his head and shouted to the waiter beside him, "Wang Er, quickly take out the five-spice dog meat to honor the Taoist priest."

Wang Er lowered his head, his face somewhat blushing, and he took out a paper bag from his arms and handed it to the Taoist priest, saying, "Although it's a little small, it tastes really good. I just bought it from Baiweiju this morning."

Including the oil paper, the paper bag was only as big as a baby's fist.

Shopkeeper Hu was also a little embarrassed and said, "Master, please don't despise me. I listened to you a long time ago and distributed my property to help others. Although it is small because we are short of money, it contains a lot of thoughts. Yes, it is very big."

(End of this chapter)