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

Chapter 153 Xiaoqiang
Xiaoyu took a lot of effort to prove that the big yellow dog was not lying.

There are two reasons why she had to go through so much trouble: first, even if she left Tianmen Town, the "Guan Family Pretty Boy" (Wen Jiaju) was always floating in the sky in the distance.
Maybe he was scared by the Heavenly Palace Talisman Envoy last night, and now he is even further away from Xiaoyu, just following her from a distance and never getting close.

If the big yellow dog spoke human language, she wouldn't have to be shy about anything.

It would be strange if there were no monsters in the world of Journey to the West.

The problem is that Dahuang claims to speak the demon language, and she can understand the demon language without any problem.

Xiaoyu doesn't want others to know about this before finding out the reason.

Secondly, Xiaoyu found that he was too familiar with the demon language, so familiar with it that it seemed like instinct. No, it even went beyond instinct.

So when the dog spoke evil words, she listened to the evil words, but even though she knew the dog was speaking evil words, she couldn't notice anything was wrong.

Just like a fish entering the water and swimming freely, the animals on the shore find it novel, but the fish itself does not notice anything unusual.

She tried to split her soul into two: one was her original heart, and the other was the will of the fierce tiger.

There was no effect, and the "human voice" could still be heard in my ears.

She then tried to divide her soul into three parts: one part was her original mind, one part was the will of the fierce tiger, and one part was the will of the tiger killer.

Finally, I heard the overlapping of dog barking and human voices.

The killing tiger spirit heard a dog barking, but the fierce tiger spirit and its true heart were actually "human words".

Her original intention is herself, the fierce tiger's divine will is a part of her soul imitating the fierce tiger, and the tiger-killing divine will is "the person (god) who kills the tiger."

It is normal that the person who kills the tiger cannot understand the demon's language but can hear the dog barking.

The fierce tiger's spirit imitates the demon tiger, and it is normal that the "tiger demon" hears "human words" when hearing a dog barking.

But her true heart also heard the devil's voice, rather than the meaningless barking of a dog. Could it be that she was actually a goblin?
It was very strange. Xiaoyu didn't understand and felt inexplicably worried.

"Gouzi, what's your name?" Her tone was much softer now.

"My master calls me 'Hu Ben', General Hu Ben's Hu Ben." The big yellow dog lay beside her and said honestly.

"Wow, Niu Er is quite capable."

Xiao Yu gently stroked its head and said, "Hu Ben, I want to apologize to you. I misunderstood you just now, and you didn't beat around the bush and scold me.

Did I hurt you when I kicked you? Oh, I'm sorry, please forgive me."

"Xiaochu dare not~~" The big yellow dog was confused and trembling a little.

"Well, from now on, I am your new master. Don't call yourself 'Xiaochu' anymore. Your new name is 'Xiaoqiang', which means 'the indestructible cockroach'." Xiaoyu said.

The big yellow dog had a lot of emotions churning in his heart.

——You know that “Hu Ben” is quite capable, so why did you give me such a stupid name “Xiao Qiang”?

"I am a loyal dog, and my master is Niu Er." It said stiffly.

A loyal dog never serves two masters!

"Niu Er sold you to me."

Xiao Yu stared into its dog eyes and said, "I'm not lying to you.

Your perception is correct. I was planning to knock you out and throw you to the dog-meat Taoist priest in Xianyun Temple. Probably the 'sly Taoist priest with shifty eyes' as you mentioned.

I am a principled person and would never do something like stealing dogs in the village.

After knocking you out, I will throw a piece of silver at Niu Er's house as payment.

You are very smart. You ran away as soon as you sensed danger. I didn't plan to go back to Xinghua Village again, so I put a silver ingot on Niu Er's bedside table in advance and left a message on the wall - your dog is fat, the Taoist priest is hungry, five taels of silver to buy fragrant meat. "

The big yellow dog was very confused.

Xiao Yu thought it didn't believe him, so he stood up and said, "We can go back and take a look."

She actually took Xiaoqiang back to Xinghua Village.

If it was the "dog meat" sent to Xianyun Temple, she would not bother to waste her breath to explain it, let alone return it to Xinghua Village specifically for it; a dog demon that could talk was worth her spending some time and energy to make it return, even if it was just to guard the house.

Xiaoyu went to Niu Er's house to catch the dog after having lunch at Su's house.

I just walked the dog for more than an hour. Now I am back to Xinghua Village and the sun has set.

As summer begins, the temperature becomes quite hot. Villagers either eat at the door with their bowls in hand, or simply set up a small table outside the house to eat while enjoying the cool air.

Niu Er held a large porcelain bowl and ate hand-rolled noodles.

As the dog quietly approached the backyard from the woods, he heard a neighbor ask, "Niu Er, where is your Hu Ben? In the past, whenever I pooped, he would immediately run over and lick it while it was still hot."

Niu Er laughed and scolded: "Can't you see I'm eating? That dog has become the poop of the stinky Taoist priest."

"What's this stinky Taoist priest's poop?" the neighbor asked in confusion.

Niu Erdao said: "A Taoist priest saw that the tiger was fat and killed it and cooked its meat."

"Aren't you angry? You said a few days ago that you would kill it yourself and cook its meat. Now it has fallen to the wild Taoist priest. What a loss!" said the neighbor.

"Haha, what's the loss? That Taoist priest is a fool. He stole my old dog and left behind a silver ingot, which weighs five taels and is of excellent quality!" Niu Er laughed.

"There is such a good thing? Last year, my big fat pig was only sold for one tael and two qian of silver. How can an old dog that eats shit be worth five taels of silver? Who is this Taoist priest?"

Niu Er shook his head and said with a smile on his face, "I don't know. Anyway, I got lucky today. I will go to Qingshui Bay in Tianmen Town to find Xiao Taohong later. Hahaha~~~"

"Your master is going to kill you for cooking the fragrant meat!"

Outside the village, on the ridge of the field leading to Tianmen Town, Xiaoyu looked at Xiaoqiang beside her and said.

This guy is in good spirits, and doesn't look dejected, frustrated, or depressed at all.

Xiao Qiang sighed, "In the past ten years, Niu Er has tried to beat me to death and cook me and eat me countless times.

If he wants to beat me to death, I will run away, and when I come back two days later, he will curse at me and kick me a few times. "

Xiao Yu was surprised and asked, "Why don't you just leave?"

Xiao Qiang said, "My master has raised me all my life, and I haven't repaid him yet, how can I leave?"

"How did you become a spirit? How do you know that Niu Er will be killed in half a year?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.

Xiaoqiang was silent.

Xiao Yu reminded: "Now you are the 'Xiao Qiang' of my family, not the 'Hu Ben' of Niu Er's family."

Xiao Qiang said, "If you allow me to come back in half a year to help Niu Er overcome his calamity, I will recognize you as my master. How about that?"

"If you don't do anything bad, there's no problem." Xiaoyu said.

Xiao Qiang said: "I just want to repay Niu Er for raising me, I won't do anything bad."

Then it sighed and said, "Niu Er is not a good person. He is not doing his job properly and is good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

Where did the money come from?

Tianmen Town has a very prosperous business, with many merchants coming and going from all over the country.

Niu Er and his friends pretended to be bandits and robbed passing merchants at night, not only for money, but also often for life.

About twelve years ago, he and others robbed a caravan. An old monk stood up and advised him to lay down his butcher knife and become a Buddha on the spot.

Niu Er hated the monk so much that he cut off his head and took it home, where he stuffed it in the ashes under the stove.

After being marinated for a long time, it has absorbed the flavor and is fragrant.

I was greedy, so when Niu Er was not at home, I secretly dug the monk's head out of the stove ash and ate it as if it were smoked ham."

Xiao Yu's mouth twitched, "Even the bones were chewed?"

"No, only meat and brains."

Xiaoyu saw a hint of aftertaste on Xiaoqiang's face.

"Does the brain smell?" she asked.

Xiao Qiang shook his head and said, "It doesn't smell, not at all, it smells very good, even sweeter than nectar.

I took a lick and my mind immediately became clearer.

After eating the Buddha's head, you will immediately gain wisdom. All the things in the past will come to your mind, and things in the future will also become vague.

So I know that Niu Er will meet with a fatal disaster in half a year. "

Xiao Yu was surprised and asked, "So you have gained magical powers? Can you see my calamity?"

Xiao Qiang tilted his head to look at her and said, "Master, your forehead is dark, which seems to be ominous, but in the ominousness, there is also a colorful glow that is not released. I don't understand."

——Hey, this dog thing is really capable! I wonder if I can inherit the old monk’s wisdom by eating its head.

As soon as Xiaoyu thought of this, Xiaoqiang's face changed drastically and he barked, "Master, I am just like that old monk, both of us are half-baked.

Think about it, if I wasn't half-baked, how could the old monk be beheaded by Niu Er? How could I be caught by my master? "

Xiao Yu smiled and said, "This is called calculating others but not yourself, and a doctor cannot heal himself."

Xiao Qiang's scalp tingled, and he said, "After I ate the Buddha's head, I dreamed of a headless old monk that night.

He said that he had intended to convert a man who had done evil for three lifetimes, but he did not expect that he had not yet gotten rid of his greed, his heart was too big, and his Buddhist teachings were too shallow, so he might not be able to convert a vicious dog, let alone a man who had done evil for three lifetimes.

He sat cross-legged and chanted sutras all night long. I was fascinated by what he said, but I couldn't remember a thing when I woke up.

But I understand that my wisdom comes from the Buddha’s gift, not from simply eating the Buddha’s head.”

Xiaoyu felt more and more that this dog was very smart.

But she didn't really want to eat dog brains.

Not to mention that opportunity cannot be forced, even eating dog brains can awaken Buddhist supernatural powers.

Xiaoqiang is already her dog.

What kind of person is the owner who wants to eat his own intelligent dog just for a little profit?
Especially compared with Xiaoqiang's loyalty to Niu Er, doesn't it mean that humans are worse than dogs?

"Where is the old monk's skull?"

Xiao Qiang said: "After I became enlightened, I burned it with fire.

It is to let the Buddha rest in peace in the afterlife, and to prevent Niu Er from finding any clues.

Niu Er just thought that the firewood in the stove was not burned out, so a fire broke out and burned down the kitchen.

He was secretly thankful that the fire in his house only burned down the kitchen, and the broken house was only blackened by smoke.

"You are a smart dog. After burning the Buddha's head, nothing was left?" Xiaoyu asked, staring at the dog's head.

Xiao Qiang thought to himself: This new master is young, but much more difficult to deal with than Niu Er. I tried to change the subject on purpose, but she noticed.

“After the Buddha’s head was burned, three Buddha bone relics were left. I ate one and gave the other two to Niu Er’s parents.

A few years ago, my parents fell ill one after another. I secretly ground up the Buddha's bones and poured them into a medicinal soup for them to drink, but it only barely extended their lives by half a century (six years).

"Apart from your half-baked knowledge of physiognomy and qigong, what other magical powers do you have?" Xiaoyu asked.

Although she asked this, she didn't hold much hope in her heart.

She kept her breath low and quietly followed Xiaoqiang for an hour.

Apart from suddenly speaking, it didn't show any special features.

Even his physical fitness is not that strong.

He ran more than ten miles in an hour (actually more than that, more than ten miles was the straight-line distance, Xiaoqiang ran in many twists and turns), and after finishing the run, he was out of breath and almost collapsed on the ground due to exhaustion.

"No, I don't actually know how to read people's faces. I just go by my feelings. Sometimes the feeling comes suddenly, and sometimes I don't feel it at all." Xiaoqiang said.

When we entered the city, it was completely dark.

Xiaoyu led Xiaoqiang to the outside of Xianyun Temple, left it outside, and walked directly in through the main gate.

Late at night, no one came to ask the dog meat Taoist priest to perform exorcisms or ask the gods to help him.

The dog-meat Taoist priest is not the only one in Xianyun Temple.

When Xiaoyu walked into the front yard, he saw three middle-aged Taoist priests in the Sanqing Temple, leading seven or eight little Taoist children to do evening lessons.

The dog meat Taoist priest was no longer among them. He hid at the back of the main hall, drinking and eating dog meat.

When he saw Xiaoyu, his eyes lit up immediately. He stretched his neck, sniffed a few times, and asked anxiously, "It's the smell of that big yellow dog. Did you bring it here? Where is it? Was it knocked unconscious or cooked?"

Xiao Yu frowned and asked, "Why do you eat dog meat every day?"

She didn't believe that the dog-meat Taoist couldn't see that Xiaoqiang had intelligence.

Taoist Dog Meat said: "Didn't I tell you?"

Xiao Yu thought for a moment and said, "You said last time that eating our rhubarb is good for it and for the people of Hong Xiu Fang."

"Do you understand now?" The dog-meat Taoist priest stared at her with bright eyes.

Xiao Yu pondered and said, "Niu Er's dog is already intelligent. I couldn't bear to kill it, so I have taken it in as a guard dog."

"Foolish!" The dog meat Taoist snorted coldly and said, "If you really have mercy, you should kill it and let me eat it."

Xiao Yu said: "It has intelligence, it is no different from humans. Eating it is like eating humans. Do you think you can eat humans?"

The dog-meat Taoist priest shouted, "An animal is an animal, and can never become a human! Even if it has intelligence, it is still just a demon.

The monster should be killed. If you don't kill it, it will definitely eat people in the future.

How pitiful the person who was eaten is!
It is a man-eater and is also full of sins, so it will not have a good end.

It would be better to eat it directly from the beginning, so that you can die early and be reborn sooner.

Being my meal in this life can be considered as redemption for its sins in the previous life. Maybe it can be reincarnated as a human in the next life."

(End of this chapter)