85. Livestock
Youshu and Emperor Xuanguang died on the same day, and after the soul left the body, they were about to go to the underworld hand in hand, but a vision suddenly broke out in the sky. The stars in the sky are dragging their slender tails and falling one after another, and the scene is like a milky way waterfall rushing down, which is dazzling and terrifying.
"It turns out that the legendary Heavenly Commander is like this." Emperor Xuanguang looked up, his face solemn. He pulled his unknown lover into his arms and admonished, "I don't know if I can send you back to another world safely, but staying here must be a dead end." Live well, don't worry about me. ”
Youshu was horrified, and was trying to escape from his confinement, but his head was held down by him, and then a surging force poured into his soul, making him continue to condense, and then emit a bright light. When the whole world is collapsing and falling, only this light breaks through the layers of undercurrents and slides into a wider and wider sky.
A purple light suddenly appeared in the alley of a bustling town, and when the light receded, a young man with long hair scattered, disheveled clothes, and sparkling tears on his cheeks appeared out of thin air. He looked around, his expression panicked, seeing that this place seemed to be a deep alley, and hurriedly ran towards the place where the people were buzzing.
What is "Heaven Will Fall"? What is "Back to Another World"? What is "the only way to stay here is a dead end"? He recalled these words repeatedly in his mind, and a faint sense of foreboding appeared in his heart.
He quickly ran to the mouth of the alley, only to see that the pedestrians on the road were still wearing ancient costumes, with long hair, and the buildings along the street were all low and chic, not high-rise buildings and dilapidated ruins in the last days. Didn't go back! His nerves suddenly relaxed, and he almost fainted, and he had to barely hold on to the wall next to him.
"Little brother, are you alright? Would you like to come in and sit for a while? A kind-faced old woman approached and asked.
Youshu looked at her fingertips and found that she had opened a tea house on the side of the road, and nodded hurriedly. He had to do his best to figure out what kind of place this was, what dynasty it was, and how many hundred years had passed since Dayong, so that he could find his master. Subconsciously, he didn't dare to think about whether the master who gave all his mana would survive safely. He is the Ziwei Emperor Star, so he should be fine.
When he had calmed the despair and fear in his heart again and again, the old woman had taken him to the backyard, fetched a basin of well water, and persuaded him, "Little brother, look at your mess, wash it quickly." ”
You Shu blankly agreed, looked into the basin, but found that a childish and beautiful face was reflected on the water, it was sixteen years old. In order to protect him from being shattered by the aftermath of the falling stars, Emperor Xuanguang couldn't help but say that he had crossed all his energy to help him condense the entity.
If you can't find the master anymore, what's the use of having this body? It's not as good as the annihilation of the ashes! The more he thought about it, the more grief-stricken he became, and he cried with his hands on the edge of the basin, and the bean-sized tears fell into the water, causing ripples in circles.
The old woman saw that her nose was sour, and she patted him and asked in a low voice, "Little brother, what's wrong with you?" Separated from your family? ”
"I'm gone, I'm still looking for it. Will find, will find. Youshu cried breathlessly, but her eyes became more and more determined.
The old woman echoed him, and when he was ready, she led him into the house, saying that she was going to prepare a meal. A little girl of five or six years old hid under the windowsill and peeked at him, her eyes full of curiosity and a hint of burning. She stepped in and said stupidly, "You look so handsome, like a painting!" ”
The scene of crying was actually seen by a child, and Youshu was a little surprised, beckoning her to come over, "You are not as handsome as you." Come here, Uncle has something to ask you. Because the clothes on his body were all condensed by mana, and he didn't carry any belongings, he had to weave a Chinese knot with the silk thread in the bamboo basket and give it to the little girl, by the way. Soon he knew from the other party's mouth that this was the capital of the Great Yan Kingdom, and he didn't know what dynasty it was in before the Great Yan.
Youshu wanted to find a few history books to read, but because she had no money, she had to press it for the time being, and saw the old woman coming in with a lot of home-cooked food, and hurriedly said, "This old man, thank you for your kindness to take you in, and I will say goodbye." ”
"Shall you eat before leaving?" The old woman hurriedly stopped.
"But I didn't bring any money, so how could I eat it for nothing." Youshu had an embarrassed expression.
"Wow, what a meal is! Come on, come on, don't be polite to me. The old woman stretched out her hand to pull him, and the little girl held him by the legs and tried to hold him.
You Shu can't help it, so I have to stay, and I will make money in the future and then return today's kindness, which material just ate a few bites of food, I felt itchy all over my body, and my bones were in severe pain, and then slowly contracted, and it turned into a snow-white puppy the size of a palm. He looked down at the short front paws, and then at the unattainable table, full of horror and disbelief.
Even more unbelievable than him are his grandparents and grandchildren. The old woman scooped up the puppy in the chair and muttered, "How did you become a dog?" I've been making animals for years, and I've never made a dog! ”
"Grandma, show me, show me, he looks so handsome, even the beasts he has conjured are different from others." The little girl jumped up and down to touch the puppy.
Livestock? It turned out to be a beast? Youshu finally understood what she had encountered. The so-called animal creation is a kind of witchcraft that turns people into livestock and then pulls them out and sells them. After three lifetimes, he really forgot the life-saving principle in the last days: don't underestimate the elderly and children.
What's worse is that he only knows that there is this kind of magic and does not know how to crack it, which means that he has to wait for death now. What if you turn into a cow, horse, sheep or other animal and spread its hooves to run for your life, and become a small milk dog the size of a palm?
Youshu, who was pinched by the old woman's neck, looked depressed, but the next moment she was angry, only to hear the old woman sigh, "What can a dog do?" It's better to turn him back and sell him to the small shop. ”
"No, no, no, stay and let me keep it!" The little girl pulled the hem of the old woman's skirt and was coquettish.
When the grandfather and grandson were discussing, there was a shout outside, "Grandma, grandma? Give a few of you a pot of dragon wells! ”
The old woman threw Youshu into her granddaughter's arms and hurriedly greeted her out. The little girl got her wish, and she was very happy, hugged Youshu in the crook of her arm, and ran out to play. Poor Youshu was so dizzy that she could only kick her little short legs weakly, and she couldn't even scream.
Several young men in regular clothes were sitting outside chatting, all of them with white faces and beards, and their voices were delicate, apparently eunuchs in the palace. It is very close to the palace gate, and the eunuchs and maids who have finished their errands often sit here and wait for their companions who have not yet returned.
Although the old woman was full of witchcraft, she didn't dare to provoke the people in the palace, and she was busy selling tea and snacks. The little girl squatted in the corner, poked Youshu's ass with a wooden stick, and shouted "dog, dog" in her mouth, and whenever Youshu wanted to run, she would slap him and rub him a few times. After trying a few times, Youshu finally gave up, lying on the ground without love, and her nose whined.
A eunuch was attracted by the barking, approached to take a closer look, and immediately changed his face, "Grandma Sun, this dog is not yours, right?" ”
"The neighbor's dog gave birth to a cub and gave me one."
"You fart!" The eunuch suddenly burst into a loud shout, startling everyone.
The old woman hurriedly bowed her head to hide her frightened expression. She can only create a kind of witchcraft, and has no power to protect herself, if she provokes the palace people, she will definitely be stripped of her skin and cramped.
"What's wrong?" The rest of the people immediately gathered around, and when they saw Youshu barking on the ground, they were surprised, "This dog is so cute, and the coat color is also very pure, it seems, it seems to be ......."
They are all on errands in the cat and dog shop, and all the precious cats and dogs in Dayan Country can be distinguished at a glance. The leader carefully picked up Youshu, turned his eyes, ears, mouth and nose, rubbed his belly and little paws, and exclaimed, "This is actually a Zang sleeve dog, and it is a rare breed with a mutated coat color." The general Zang sleeve dog is mostly black and brown mixed, but it is snow-white all over, without a trace of flaws, which is rare in the real world! ”
After determining Youshu's "noble bloodline", the eunuch forced the old woman to look at the old woman and asked, "Grandma Sun, this Zang sleeve dog is a Tibetan tribute, and the nobles in the palace can't get it if they want to raise it, how can you have it as a common person?" Say, where did you steal it from? ”
Seeing that a hat of "stealing tribute" was pressed down, if the crime was confirmed, the skinning cramps would be light, and maybe she would be executed by Ling Chi, and the old woman couldn't turn people back, so she had to pick up her granddaughter, throw the projectile in her hand, and disappear in a puff of black smoke.
Several eunuchs were stunned for a while before they remembered to report to the official, and then brought this pure white Zang sleeve dog into the palace. Youshu felt unlucky at first, but she was secretly glad to learn of her "noble and extraordinary" identity. If it weren't for that, sooner or later he would be crippled by the little girl, or even killed when he got tired of playing. The children who grew up in the hands of that kind of demon woman don't understand what humanity and pity are.
Cats and dogs, like human society, also have a distinction between high and low, although they are rare and precious breeds on the market, but there is a great difference between tribute and non-tribute, and there is also a natural gap in coat color and temperament. Youshu is not only a tribute, but also has a pure and rare coat color, a docile and well-behaved temperament, and is the best of the best.
The chief eunuch of the cat and dog shop quickly reported the matter to the emperor, lest all the concubines take a fancy to this Zang sleeve dog and make him difficult to behave-
Youshu was just put in a cage, and before she had time to adapt to the environment, she was taken out again, weighed it, and put it into a smaller and more delicate gold wire cage and took it out. The two eunuchs in charge of escorting him talked in a low voice as they walked, "The emperor really feels the most sorry for the Seventh Prince, I heard that I got a pure white Zang sleeve dog, so he immediately asked us to send it to Ganquan Palace, and the other nobles didn't even look at it." ”
"No matter how you say it, the Seven Princes have also received it on behalf of the emperor. If he hadn't drunk the poisonous porridge that should have been presented to the emperor, he would not have ended up half-paralyzed. Everyone else is wasted, and it's not worth it to give something good. ”
"That's right. The emperor loves Concubine Hui and the Eighth Prince so much, and he also owes the blessing of the Seventh Prince. However, the Seventh Prince has a perverse temperament, and although he is unable to move, he is extremely disgusted with the proximity of living creatures, and he is afraid that he will not be able to raise a dog. ”
"If he doesn't like it, the emperor will give it to the eighth prince. It's time for the nobles of Begong to be red again. ”
"Shhhh
The two looked left and right, silent, and did not notice the thoughtful expression of the puppy in the cage.
Inside the Ganquan Palace, Emperor Jing, the lord of the Great Yan Kingdom, was chatting with Concubine Hui, and there were two twelve or thirteen-year-old teenagers sitting beside him, one of them had a bright smile and a cheerful temperament, and the other was sitting in a wheelchair, with his head lowered, not knowing what he was thinking. He only showed a side face, but he had sword eyebrows and sideburns, a high nose and deep eyes, and his appearance was extremely handsome and graceful. When Youshu was brought into the main hall, the cheerful young man walked over quickly, exclaiming around the cage, but he only glanced at it lightly, and his eyes were full of coldness.
Lord, master? Youshu stared at a handsome face that suddenly enlarged, and couldn't believe her good luck. He also thought about whether he would meet his master when he entered the palace, but he didn't expect it to be so fast. Thank you for your favor! He immediately changed from a wilting state to a vigorous tiger, and ran to the edge of the cage on his short legs, snorting and chirping at the boy.
"Father, it likes me!" The cheerful boy triumphantly declared.
"This is for your imperial brother, if you like it, I will ask you to find another one." Emperor Jing said softly.
Brother Huang? Only then did Shu notice that there was a person sitting in the corner, who looked exactly like the master, they were twins? So the question is, which one is it? Or both? Youshu, who has been fooled all her life, was completely stunned, tilted her head to look left and right, and raised her little paws to scratch her head, her movements were very silly and cute.
When the young man with a face like frost saw this scene, he unexpectedly hooked the corners of his lips. Emperor Jing, who had been paying attention to him, was overjoyed, beckoning, "Bring the puppy up for the Seventh Prince to see." ”
The eighth prince still didn't give up, and begged, "Father, the son also likes this little dog very much, can't you give it to the son of the minister?" ”
"Well, then, each of you will take something and tease it, and whoever it runs towards will be its owner, shall that be good?" Concubine Hui said with a grin.
At this time, Youshu had already determined that the boy in the wheelchair was his master. The master will never covet other people's things on the one hand, and pretend to be innocent on the other; He would never bully a person who was bad at his actions, let alone his brother.
Knowing that his sibling is sick and needs more care and care, the cheerful young man still fights for it, and his conduct is clear at a glance. What's even more infuriating is Concubine Hui. As a mother, shouldn't she take more care of her vulnerable children? How can you still propose that kind of construction? Youshu was angry, and she was still coquettish at the cheerful young man, but now she took a few steps back and barked.
It's a pity that his angry expression is hidden in the fluff, and no one can see it, which makes the eighth prince laugh and laugh, "Mother Look, it's calling me." ”
"I've already said it, this is something for Lao Qi." Emperor Jing was helpless.
"Let them play together." Concubine Hui played a round game.
The Seventh Prince finally spoke, "Since the imperial brother likes it, then give it to him, Erchen is strict with his hygiene, I'm afraid he can't stand the mess of cats and dogs." ”
As he spoke, the eunuch had opened the cage. Seeing that the master wanted to give himself to others, Youshu hurriedly ran over with his little short legs, and the person stood up, scratching the hem of the master's clothes with two fat and short front paws, and made an extremely aggrieved humming sound.
The Seventh Prince's dark eyes shone slightly, and somehow he couldn't take his eyes off the puppy no matter what. It was a snow-white mass, running like a rolling ball, and it was extremely lovely, more lovely than any creation he had ever seen. Its expression is still so smart, as if it is a little aggrieved, a little anxious, and there are countless joys and joys. It can be seen that it likes itself very much, much more than it likes Lao Ba.
The Seventh Prince's heart trembled, and he hurriedly bent down to pick up the puppy, gently holding its soft fart. The imaginary feeling of nausea did not appear, and before he could breathe a sigh of relief, the puppy had already pounced on his face, licking his eyelids, nose, lips, etc., desperately licking, making a wet gloss.
"Oops! Hurry up and bring the puppy over, Xiao Qi will not be able to stand it! Concubine Hui exclaimed.
Emperor Jing dismissed the palace people and smiled with satisfaction. The son is fine, he has never been so happy since he was paralyzed. He was chuckling, gently stroking the puppy's head and belly, trying to get closer to kiss its wet eyes and the tip of its nose, his face overflowing with tenderness. He finally had a hint of youthful vigor again.
The eighth prince's hand in his sleeve clenched his fist hard, and pretended to be brisk, "It seems that the puppy also likes the imperial brother, so let's raise it together, right?" Brother Huang, put it on the table, let's feed it something. ”
"Has it eaten it?" The Seventh Prince looked at the eunuch in the Cat and Dog Workshop.
"Your Highness Qiqi, I ate a bowl of minced porridge before I came, and I should be able to eat a little more at this time. This is a specially configured cake for cats and dogs, which needs to be broken and fed. Newborn puppies have very delicate stomachs, and they can't eat milk, raw eggs, and foods that are too sweet, salty, and too hard, and they will get sick. The eunuch explained roughly.
The Seventh Prince listened attentively, and finally instructed, "When you leave later, you write down the precautions, the more detailed the better." Then he took the cake handed by the palace maid, broke it and fed it slowly.
When the puppy eats, it is completely swept away little by little by the tip of the tongue, and the remaining residues are also licked clean, and the small and soft, slightly barbed tongue coating slides through the skin, leaving a string of crispy and tingling, which makes the Seven Princes' hearts tremble. It's definitely not disgusting, it's enjoyable and addictive.
He fed a small piece, and then another piece, ignoring his brother's request that he put the puppy on the table. The desktop is cold and hard, it will freeze it, or it is the warmest and most comfortable in your own arms. Besides, he doesn't like people touching the puppy very much, even if he looks at it more.
The eighth prince begged several times but did not get a response from the imperial brother, so he couldn't help but look at his father and mother with aggrieved eyes. Concubine Hui patted his head distressedly, but Emperor Jing waved his hand and said, "Your imperial brother rarely likes something, and you still fight with him?" How can you be so ignorant? ”
The eighth prince's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said that he was wrong, because the puppy was too cute, and he liked Yunyun too much. Concubine Hui also rebuked her youngest son and taught him to be brothers, friends and brothers. Emperor Jing was satisfied, sat for a while and left in a hurry. Concubine Hui and the Eighth Prince stood under the corridor to send off the holy car, and waited for the people to disappear before slowly turning around.
The eighth prince took a piece of cake and approached the royal brother to tease the puppy, but he was pushed away with a cold face.
Although the appearance is the same, Youshu is extremely disgusted with the Eighth Prince. He bared his teeth and barked a few times, and the fluff on his back also stood upside down, fully expressing his hostility, and seeing that the eighth prince stretched the cake to the end of his nose to lure him, he hurriedly twisted his fart, and drilled his head into the placket of the master's clothes, leaving a small tail to flick gently.
This loyal, pitiful and cute appearance made the Seventh Prince laugh for the first time, and immediately covered its exposed little fart-strand to avoid falling out.
The eighth prince's eyes were red, and he was angry, "Mother, I want this puppy!" You let the royal brother give it to me. ”
Concubine Hui naturally ordered, "Old Seven, give the puppy to your imperial brother." You have limited mobility, you can't even take care of yourself, what pets do you have? ”
Accustomed to his mother's cold words and inconsistencies, the Seventh Prince did not feel disappointed or sad. He really has no hope in this life, and he is indeed a wasted person, so it is no wonder that others despise and neglect him. He can give all the rewards he received from his father to the eighth child, but this little dog cannot. It can make him laugh, make his heart full of joy and tenderness, and make him feel that it is such a beautiful thing to be alive.
"No, it's mine." He flatly refused.
"What did you say?" Concubine Hui said in disbelief, "You don't listen to your mother?" ”
"My father gave it to me, and it was a holy decree. If you take it away, I will go to my father and complain. If you don't want to be disrespected and bullied your disabled brother, you better stop. After the words fell, the Seventh Prince waved his hand and ordered the personal palace maid to push the wheelchair back to his palace. The palace maid gave Concubine Hui a quick glance before she moved.
Concubine Hui was so angry that she fell down, but because there were still many palace people in the hall, she couldn't scold loudly, so she had to sit down with her chest covered and read the evil obstacles. The eighth prince had never seen such a tough and cold side of Lao Qi, and he was also a little shocked, and he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.
Youshu once guessed that the master who gave up his star position and lost his mana must have a hard time, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult. His mother didn't love him, his brother was excluded, although his father had a heart, he was slightly negligent because of his busy government affairs, and what was worse was that he was paralyzed and had to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.
And all these tribulations are self-inflicted. Thinking of this, Youshu was distressed and angry, climbed to the master's shoulder, barked at Ganquan Palace for a while, and then hugged the master's side face with his fat short front paws, leaned in to lick and kiss, and his nose made a comforting sound of whining.
The Seventh Prince put his hands under its armpits, raised it up and looked at it levelly, and there were many smiles in his deep eyes, "Are you feeling sorry for me?" ”
Youshu wanted to nod, but because the palace people were present, he had to change it to barking.
"It turns out that you really feel sorry for me." The Seventh Prince laughed loudly, kissing its head for a while, kissing its nose for a while, kissing its small mouth, small claws, and small belly for a while, comforting it inaudibly, "I'm fine." Those who don't enter my heart can't hurt me in the slightest. Although I am not good at it, it is not a problem to take care of you, so I don't need to care about the gossip of others. ”
In turn, Youshu, who was comforted, felt more and more guilty and blamed herself, and touched her master's lips with a pink meat pad, but he carefully held it and kissed it many times. Getting this puppy, his current mood can only be described by the words "if he gets a treasure, he is ecstatic".