Ruins of the past

After touching the two dog heads, Chu Qiguang sighed softly: "You go ahead. You can come here to find me when you are hungry. I can still afford a mouthful of food."

The two dogs looked at each other and left quickly.

After they were far away from the alley, Xiaotu stuck out his tongue and said, "This guy seems pretty good."

"Who knows whether he is a human or not." Laotu recalled Chu Qiguang's concerned look just now, and said softly: "But it is still a favor at least. Let's not tell the king about him, so as to save the king from coming to see him. trouble."

On the other side, after watching the two dogs leave, Chu Qiguang wiped the corners of his wet eyes with an indifferent expression and said to Qiao Zhi: "Master Qiao, please follow them and find out where their den is."

Qiao Zhi asked: "Do you want to deal with them?"

Chu Qiguang said with compassion: "The stray dogs are so pitiful, I want to 'take care of' them."

…

Laotu and Xiaotu swung their tails all the way and ran into an abandoned temple in the south of the city.

This abandoned temple was originally a Buddhist temple, but it was burned down after the imperial court exterminated the Buddha. Later, it changed hands several times, but something always happened, and it was gradually abandoned and turned into ruins. Now this abandoned temple has become a gathering place for dog monsters.

As soon as Laotu and Xiaotu entered the ruined temple, they couldn't help but tuck their tails between their legs. Various strong smells rushed into their nostrils. It seemed that they could see pairs of green eyes looking at them in the darkness. There were also sounds of dogs roaring and fighting in the grass.

Where the main hall of the Buddhist temple used to be, a strong black dog that was half a man tall and weighed about a hundred or two pounds was lying on the ground. The muscles all over his body were rippling and full of strength.

At this moment, the black dog kept gnawing at a piece of meat bone. With a slight chew of its sharp teeth, the bone was shattered into pieces like tissue paper.

There were two tall dog monsters around. They drooled from time to time looking at the fleshy bones, but no dogs dared to come closer.

Seeing Laotu and Xiaotu come in, Black Dog raised his head and glanced at them, then continued to concentrate on dealing with the flesh and bones in front of him, and said, "How about the new family?"

The old man said: "Your Majesty, the new residents in that courtyard are the young masters of the Wang family in Wangjiazhuang. They are guarded day and night, so it's not easy to attack."

The black dog in front of him is called Lao Hei, and he is the leader of many dog ​​monsters in Qingyang County.

He was originally the hunting dog of a family of hunters in the mountains, and his father was a dog demon who was also the hunting dog of this family.

But later, Lao Hei killed Orion's whole family, fled into the city, and gathered a bunch of dog monsters. On weekdays, he commanded the dog monsters to steal food and drink on the streets, vendors, and restaurants. matter.

There is a clear hierarchy within the dog demons. The food stolen by the dog demons at the lowest level has to be provided to the hierarchy, and they are often bullied miserably.

There were rumors circulating secretly that Lao Hei had killed someone before, so the dog demons were even more afraid of him.

Lao Hei looked at the old man and said, "What about today's filial piety?"

The old man whispered: "Your Majesty, I really didn't find anything to eat today..."

Roar! With a low growl, the black dog rushed forward and bit Old Tu's neck, throwing him to the ground: "Next time if you don't find anything to eat, I will eat you."

The old man and the young man whined for mercy and looked at the black dog with fearful expressions.

The black dog then said: "Isn't there a child in the yard?"

"You lure him out tomorrow."

The old man struggled and said: "No...isn't it good? If there is a murder case, it will definitely be investigated."

"People can eat dogs, but dogs can't eat people?" Black Dog shouted in a low voice: "Besides, that child is not from the Wang family, he is just a child from a poor family. The Wang family will not invite a Taoist temple for them."

The key to black dogs being able to stay in Qingyang County is to bully the poor and the lower class, because no one cares about their life and death, and neither the government nor the Taoist temple will go out for them.

"If you don't want to steal people, then go to his house and steal meat. Either people or meat, you choose."

…

On the street a few hundred meters away, Chu Qiguang cooperated with Qiao Zhi all the way to avoid the night watchers in the city.

After all, in this era, the morning bell rings to open the city gate, and the evening drum sounds to close the city gate and impose a curfew.

Chu Qiguang stood with his back against the wall and checked what he had brought out.

After a while, Qiao Zhi came over quietly, and Chu Qiguang asked, "How is it?"

Qiao Zhi swung his tail and said: "The leader is an old black dog. He looks very strong. He should have practiced the martial arts of a dog demon.

In terms of physical strength alone, considering his height and size, his combat effectiveness is probably comparable to that of a warrior in the second level. If an ordinary person were bitten by him, he would probably die or become disabled. "

Chu Qiguang knew that the monster clan also had its own martial arts, especially the dog monsters and cat monsters, which were different in size from humans and had very different martial arts methods. They all had their own martial arts schools.

However, most dog demons lack inheritance and find it difficult to feed and clothe themselves, let alone practice martial arts.

Chu Qiguang smiled and touched Qiao Zhi's head, then asked, "Can I stay?"

Qiao Zhi hesitated for a moment and said, "That black dog has killed beggars or homeless people."

Chu Qiguang nodded: "Then we can't stay."

…

In the abandoned temple, while the dog demons were resting, there were sudden bursts of shouts from outside the courtyard.

"A Taoist priest is here to get rid of the demon! Run quickly."

The dog demons got up instantly, and then someone shouted: "This temple is full of dog demons, rush in and kill them all. Don't let any of them go!"

At this time, all the dog monsters were panicking. The Taoist temple was like a huge rock that had been weighing on their hearts. The slightest movement could scare them into panic.

Qiao Zhi stood behind the wall and yelled again: "Why are you still standing there! Are you waiting to be slaughtered? Run away quickly!"

Lao Hei originally wanted to gather his men to break out together, but with this shout, the dog demons all around suddenly scattered. Some of them dug into dog holes, some jumped over walls, and some rushed straight to the back door... in all directions. Escaped.

Lao Hei snorted angrily and ran straight away, escaping towards the back door, but he didn't notice an orange shadow following him behind him.

After running for thousands of meters, Lao Hei slowly stopped, thinking that he didn't know what was going on at the abandoned temple, and whether the Taoist priests from the Tianshi Sect had caught up with him.

At this moment, a man walked towards me. Lao Hei pretended to be an ordinary dog ​​and squatted there. Unexpectedly, the man walked over with a smile.

"Such a cute dog, come on, come home with me, I'll show you something good."