Xia Pingan wandered around Xiangyang City as he pondered.
Why was it that not many people could fuse with this Realm Pearl?
The reason was simple. Those who fused with this Realm Pearl had no idea what they were doing here.
Just now, in the small tavern, after hearing the news of the great victory in Yiling, perhaps the first reaction of the person who had fused with this Realm Bead was that this might be some "important clue". Then, he plunged into the furnace of history, thinking of ways to get to know historical figures like Lu Xun and fight for his future.
In the end, of course, they would not be able to get anything.
"Do you know where I can buy a dog?" Xia Pingan asked the servant who was following him as he walked.
"Young Master, do you want to raise a dog?" The servant was stunned for a moment, then immediately said cleverly, "If you want to buy a dog, there's one in the East Market!"
"Okay, let's go to the East Market then …"
The two of them had not walked far when Xia Pingan saw a few children pointing at the river and shouting, "Look, look, there's a dog in the river …"
Xia Pingan walked to the river and looked into it. Sure enough, he saw a dog floating down with the current.
It was a black puppy, struggling helplessly in the river. It floated down from the upper reaches and somehow fell into the river. Fortunately, the puppy was smart enough to hold onto a dry branch tightly with its two front limbs. Thus, it stuck its head out of the water and did not sink completely.
The river outside Xiangyang City was not very wide. It was only seven or eight meters wide. The water was green and clear. Seeing the puppy in the river, the children were pointing at it.
As soon as Xia Pingan saw the black puppy, an idea came to his mind. Without thinking, he immediately rushed to the river, took off his shoes and the crimson robe on his body, and threw them to the servant. Under the surprised gaze of the servant and the passers-by, he jumped into the water and swam quickly towards the black puppy.
"Is your young master crazy?" The passers-by looked at the servant beside Xia Pingan and said to him.
They had never seen anyone jump into a river to save a dog.
The manservant was also anxious. He was afraid that something would happen to his young master. Seeing that someone was herding a duck not far away, he hurriedly went to borrow a bamboo pole from the person herding the duck.
The river was not rushing. Xia Pingan swam to the front of the black puppy and used one hand to drag the puppy out of the water. He then quickly swam to the shore and saw his manservant running over with a pale face with a bamboo pole.
"Young Master, you … you … you …" The servant's face was pale and he was out of breath.
"Hahaha, it's okay. If I want a dog, I'll come. Quick, bring me my clothes!"
The servant hurriedly handed over Xia Pingan's clothes that he was holding, and then returned the bamboo pole to the duck herder.
Xia Pingan took his clothes and wiped the little black dog that was shivering all over. He wiped the water off the little black dog's body before putting his clothes back on.
"Young Master, it's just a dog. Is it worth it?" The manservant who found the opportunity at this time whispered.
"It's worth it, it's worth it!" Xia Pingan laughed and nodded. "You don't understand. Remember not to talk nonsense when you go back. I bought this dog in the East Market today. “
"Oh, I know!" The manservant nodded. Seeing that Xia Pingan seemed to like the puppy, he followed Xia Pingan's words and said, "Young Master saved this dog today. Why don't you give it a name?"
"This is a black dog that came from the water. Let's call it Black Dragon!" Xia Pingan touched the head of the black puppy in his arms. The black puppy raised its head and looked at Xia Pingan with pitiful eyes. "Let's go home!"
Xia Pingan happily returned home with the black puppy.
Li Xinchun's family was in Ji Nan Town outside Xiangyang City. They had a few hundred mu of land and a cloth shop in the city. Xia Pingan's young master's life was very comfortable. When he had nothing to do, he would take a manservant to stroll around, drink with friends, collect rent and check accounts. He was very carefree.
As the young master of the family, Li Xinchun bought a dog. His family naturally did not say anything. As long as the young master liked it, he could even raise eight or ten dogs, let alone one.
After returning home, Xia Pingan immediately found a wooden box. He opened a hole in the wooden box and lined it with some hay, rags, and cotton wool. He made a warm and luxurious kennel for the Black Dragon. When it was time for dinner, he brought the dog with him and fed it whatever he ate.
Li Xinchun's parents doted on him, so when they saw that Li Xinchun liked to raise dogs, they did not say anything and let Xia Pingan do what he wanted.
From that day onwards, Xia Pingan began his happy days of "unfinished love between man and dog".
Every day, wherever Xia Pingan went, he would bring the Black Dragon there. He would eat whatever the Black Dragon ate, drink whatever he drank, and drink whatever the Black Dragon drank — — "I love you so much that I follow you wherever you go. I share food with you whenever I drink …"
Seeing how the Black Dragon was treated by Xia Pingan, the manservant who followed Xia Pingan around burst into tears. If he dared to eat with Xia Pingan, Butler Zhou would break his legs if he saw it. When Butler Zhou saw the Black Dragon eating with Xia Pingan, he would always praise it with a smile, "This Black Dragon is becoming more and more clever under the young master's care …"
The Black Dragon was indeed becoming more and more clever under Xia Pingan's care. It was becoming more and more human.
Under Xia Pingan's training, the Black Dragon would go outside to use the toilet and would never cause trouble for others.
When Xia Pingan slept, the Black Dragon would sleep beside Xia Pingan's bed. It would not allow anyone to go near it, not even rats. When Xia Pingan went to check the accounts, collect rent, and drink with friends, he would also bring the Black Dragon along. The people around him all said that the young master of the Li family had gained a new dog brother.
The Black Dragon had been by Xia Pingan's side for more than a year. It gradually matured, grew up, and became strong. It was almost inseparable from Xia Pingan. It was also very human-like, as if it could understand human language. It would do whatever Xia Pingan told it to do. If he told it to sit, it would sit. If he told it to sleep, it would sleep. If he told it to stay, it would stay there …
Unknowingly, it was already the autumn of the second year. The grass had turned yellow and the rabbits had grown fat. Since Governor Lu's great victory in YiLing last year, the lives of the people of Jiangdong had become more stable.
Because the family's textile business had expanded, the manservant by Xia Pingan's side had been transferred to the textile business in the city by Steward Zhou a few days ago. On this day, in the clear autumn weather, Xia Pingan received an invitation from a friend in Xiangyang City to have lunch and discuss hunting matters.
Governor Zheng Xia had been out hunting for the past two days. It was a huge event. The group of young people who had heard the news were already restless. The day of hunting had arrived.
For the young people of this era who were still somewhat well-off, hunting was one of the most important events of the year.
Xia Pingan felt that this day had finally arrived.
Before going to the city, Xia Pingan called the Black Dragon to his side. He stroked the Black Dragon's head for a few minutes in silence.
After raising the Black Dragon for more than a year, Xia Pingan realized that he had unknowingly regarded the Black Dragon as his best friend. He had almost forgotten that he was in the Realm Pearl.
Xia Pingan suddenly felt a little reluctant to part with the Black Dragon.
"Black Dragon, oh Black Dragon, it's rare for us to meet. Today, I'll let you make a choice. If you want to be a dog and quietly die of old age and peace, then stay at home today and don't go to the banquet with me. If you want to go down in history and let the future generations remember you, let the future generations know that dogs also have a loyal heart, that there is a difference between good and evil, and that they can also face death with equanimity and not be worse than humans, then I'll walk to the end of the bridge and you'll come with me to the banquet! “
Woof! Woof! "
The Black Dragon wagged its tail and barked softly at Xia Pingan.
Xia Pingan went straight out the door.
After walking out of the Li Family's courtyard, he walked another two hundred meters and arrived outside the manor. A river flowed quietly outside the manor, and there was a stone bridge over the river.
Xia Pingan walked onto the stone bridge and heard a sound behind him. He turned around and saw that the Black Dragon had already chased after him.
At this moment, Xia Pingan's tears fell. He stroked the Black Dragon's head and brought the Black Dragon to the banquet.
During the banquet, Xia Pingan drank until he was dead drunk. On the way home, the alcohol overtook him and he unknowingly fell asleep in the bushes by the roadside outside the city.
Not long after Xia Pingan fell asleep in the bushes, a group of people on horseback came from afar. There were hundreds of people in the group, and they all carried bows and swords. They looked majestic. The leader of the group was Governor Zheng Xia.
Governor Zheng Xia saw that the grass in the wilderness was deep and the rabbits were plump. There might be a lot of prey in the bushes, but there was no one around. He ordered his men to set fire to the wilderness and use the fire to drive the prey out of the bushes. After the fire was burned, the land could be reclaimed next year.
The fire was ignited in the blink of an eye. When the wind blew, the wildfire was like a prairie fire that quickly spread across the wilderness.
Xia Pingan was sleeping in the bushes. Seeing the approaching fire, the Black Dragon barked anxiously. The Black Dragon tried to bite Xia Pingan's clothes and drag Xia Pingan out of the bushes. However, Xia Pingan was too heavy. A sleeping person could not be dragged by a dog.
In order to drag Xia Pingan away from the burning bushes, the Black Dragon dragged Xia Pingan until its mouth was full of blood. Even its teeth were torn off by Xia Pingan's clothes.
The Black Dragon ran around in circles anxiously. It kept licking Xia Pingan's face with its tongue, but Xia Pingan still did not wake up.
Seeing the approaching fire, the Black Dragon suddenly thought of something. It turned around and rushed to a small stream dozens of meters away. It wet its body in the stream and returned to Xia Pingan's side with its wet body. It shook its body and sprinkled the water droplets on Xia Pingan's body and the bushes around him.
Xia Pingan still did not wake up.
The Black Dragon rushed to the stream again and wet its body. It rushed back again and sprinkled the water droplets on Xia Pingan's clothes and the bushes around him.
The Black Dragon tirelessly ran around Xia Pingan. It ran back and forth between the stream and Xia Pingan, once, ten times, a hundred times, a thousand times.
It was as if it was drizzling around Xia Pingan.
…
The line of fire that was approaching Xia Pingan's side finally stopped when it encountered the wet grass more than ten meters away. It didn't get any closer.
Seeing that the line of fire didn't approach, the black dragon came to Xia Pingan's side for the last time. It splashed the water on its body onto Xia Pingan's face, and finally licked Xia Pingan's face. Its body swayed a few times, and in the end, it persisted and walked far away, collapsing beside a small stream.
The Black Dragon originally wanted to walk further away, but it was too tired to walk any further …
…
At dawn, Xia Pingan was woken up by a servant. He opened his eyes and saw the wet stalks of grass beside him that had not been burned. He also saw the Black Dragon that had fallen by the stream in the distance. His tears immediately fell.
Xia Pingan knew what had happened.
"Young master, it was the Black Dragon who saved you. The Black Dragon died of exhaustion yesterday. When we found the Black Dragon, only the Black Dragon's fur and the bushes on your body and the fire line were wet …" Steward Zhou shed tears. "The old people say that when a dog is about to die, it doesn't want its master to see it dying and will walk to a place where its master can't see it before it dies. Young master, your Black Dragon is a loyal dog that risked its life to save its master. Even when it was about to die, it wanted to walk further away so that you wouldn't be sad!"
…
The story of the loyal dog Black Dragon saving its master caused a sensation in the entire Xiangyang City in just a few days. Even the governor was alarmed and sent people to inquire about it.
Xia Pingan used a coffin to bury the Black Dragon and built a huge Righteous Dog Tomb in Ji Nan. The tomb was more than 30 meters high and a tablet was erected in front of the tomb to record the story of the Black Dragon becoming its master.
…
This might be the first tomb built for a dog in the world.
According to history, the governor, Zheng Xia, was the one who built the Righteous Dog Tomb. However, Xia Pingan didn't wait for Zheng Xia to do it and built it himself.
A thousand years later, Xiangyang City resisted the Yuan Dynasty's army for five whole years!
In the novel, Hero Guo played a tragic scene in this city.
Standing in front of the tall tomb and looking at the Black Dragon, Xia Pingan thought of the scene where the Black Dragon saved its master.
At this moment, the world of the Boundary Pearl turned into a rain of light and shattered …
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