Since ancient times, dogs have been humans' friends. After training by our ancient ancestors, today's dogs have become our loyal "partners". Today I am copying "The Righteous Dog" from "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". You should read the original text in classical Chinese

Since ancient times, dogs have been humans' friends. After training, our ancient ancestors have become today's dogs, and dogs have become our loyal "partners". Today I am copying "The Righteous Dog" from "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio". You should read the original text in classical Chinese first, and then I will tell the story of "The Righteous Dog".

(Original classical Chinese version of the Liaozhai story "The Righteous Dog")

There was a businessman named Jia in Zhoucun somewhere in Shandong Province. He went to Wuhu area south of the Yangtze River to traffic silk tea. The business went very smoothly and he made a profit of 100 yuan. He spent a lot of money and hired a boat to go back.

Not far ahead of the boat, Jia saw a butcher on the shore holding a sharp knife and trying to kill a dog. The dog was tied up and whining in a low voice. Jia couldn't bear it. He happened to make a lot of money around him, so he jumped ashore. I gave the butcher a lot of money to buy the dog and brought it to the boat to raise. The dog is very humane and clings to Jia closely.

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This boatman is a gangster. He has already set his sights on Jia. Seeing that he has a heavy luggage and pays for a dog, he must be rich. He immediately became murderous and took advantage of the dark moon and high wind. , pushed the boat into the reed swamp, and planned to kill Jia with a sword.

As soon as the dog saw that the boatman was about to commit murder, he barked and pounced on the boatman. Unexpectedly, the gangster was a veteran in robbery. He ducked aside and pulled Jia down. He swung the knife and was about to chop. The dog was behind him and started to attack the gangster again. flutter.

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Seeing that the knife was about to fall, Jia said, the money is in the ship's warehouse, please leave me a whole body. The gangster dropped the knife, wrapped Jia in felt , raised his leg and kicked Jia into the water. Seeing this, the dog jumped into the water, opened its mouth and bit the felt, and floated downstream in the water.

A man and a dog were floating up and down in the waves, and they reached the shoal. The dog jumped on the shore, shaking the water from his body, whining and running to a place where there were people in the distance.

People saw the dog and couldn't stop whining. The dog barked and ran towards the water. People followed them to the water's edge and saw a man wrapped in a felt lying in the muddy water. Several people came up and lifted him up. When he got to the shore, he untied the felt and took a look. Jia Mou moaned and died, and the dog lay beside Jia Mou, barking softly.

Jia knelt down to thank everyone for saving his life. When he told the story of the robbery, everyone praised the dog's loyalty. Jia asked them to take him back to Wuhu by boat. He wanted to find the thieves and claim the money back. Everyone punted the boat and took Jia back to Wuhu.

Jia got off the boat and didn't know where the dog was. He searched around the ferry but couldn't find the thief. Suddenly, the dog ran out from behind, biting the corner of Jia's trousers and dragging him forward. Jia followed the dog to a boat. The dog jumped on the boat and bit a man without letting go. The man was bitten by the dog and barked wildly. , Jia Mou saw that it was the thief who robbed him of his money and killed him. It turned out that he had changed his clothes and changed his boat, but he could not hide from the eyes and smell of the dog.

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Jia and others got on the boat and twisted the thief. The dog bit the thief's leg hard, making him scream. Jia searched the ship's warehouse and saw that all the stolen money was there. He quickly took out money to reward everyone, and worked with everyone to tie up the thief's hands and feet. Some people ran to report to the official.

Jia rescued a dog while doing business. When the boat was robbed and thrown into the river, the rescued dog jumped into the water to save its owner. He rescued his master, then bit the hem of his pants to find the thief, and helped his master capture the thief. This series of actions is enough to show that dogs are human beings' loyal friends and people should treat dogs well. Not to mention how diligently the current guide dogs and police dogs serve mankind in disaster prevention and relief operations...