Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 121 Life is like grass
Lu Zheng stared at the old man and asked in a cold voice, "Are these the methods told to you in the silk book?"

The old man said weakly, "I dare not hide it. Otherwise, how can I, a monster, become a god?"

He couldn't make up any lies about this kind of thing. These were all tricks he learned from the silk book, and using them did bring in a lot of incense and offerings.

Lu Zheng thought that the method of practicing the incense and fire Shintoism recorded in the silk book was no different from the evil way.

It doesn't seem like the method used by the previous dynasty's gods to gather incense.

Lu Zheng was silent for a moment, then looked up at the bright pearls inlaid on the surrounding stone walls, and a vague guess arose in his mind.

He slowly said, "I haven't seen any corpses here. I guess you've devoured them all. Are these pearls made from those remains?"

Since the other party is a clam monster that has become a god, the origins of these pearls that emit several kinds of auras are quite intriguing.

You can't just eat some ordinary stones and condense such pearls, right?
The old man shuddered when he heard this, and avoided the gaze and dared not speak.

Seeing this, Lu Zheng realized that his guess was true.

They talk about helping people reincarnate and want young boys and girls to serve them, but I'm afraid that those people's bodies and souls will be eaten by the old man, so there will be no so-called afterlife.

Lu Zheng's eyes were as cold as ice, and he said sternly, "You, are you worthy of being a god?"

He resisted the urge to kill the old man with a sword, and simply grabbed the old man with one hand and dragged him away like a dead dog.

As Lu Zheng walked, he said, "Where is the exit?"

The old man was terrified, but unable to resist. He asked in panic, "What are you going to do?"

"I'm asking you, where is the exit?" Lu Zheng said sternly.

"There is only one way out, the shortest way is through the pond..." the old man said tremblingly.

Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng said nothing and took out a talisman and stuck it on the old man.

A soul-binding talisman is enough to restrain the remaining power in the old man's body.

He dragged the old man all the way to the pool they had entered before, then dived into the water and swam with the old man to the pool outside.

At this time, the night was already deep.

There was only a crescent moon hanging in the sky, dimly illuminating the mountain path.

"Where are you taking me?" the old man couldn't help but ask again.

Lu Zheng said calmly, "Go to the village and tell me what you did."

"No, you can't do this..."

The old man's expression changed. Now that the matter was exposed, it was obvious that he didn't want to let him go.

"We should discuss this properly. Why do this? Although I deceived them, I also protected them and gave them benefits. I didn't do anything bad. As for the few boys and girls, they are not many. Can't I use money to atone for my sins? I won't do such things in the future."

Lu Zheng said calmly, "In your eyes, the lives of a few young boys and girls are not worth much?"

The old man said quietly, "In this world, life is worthless. How much can a child be worth? The few people I want are not even as many as some of you humans have killed! Why do you have to pick on me? What good does this have for you?"

"In your countries, tens of thousands of people will die in a war. My few people are nothing compared to them." The old man said slowly.

"Life is worthless..." Lu Zheng's face was as gloomy as water, "But this is no reason for you to sacrifice living people!"

The old man opened his mouth and said, "I am willing to pay compensation a thousand times over!"

"What else do you have besides some dirty pearls?" Lu Zheng said indifferently, "In my eyes, your life is worthless. I'll kill you without any regrets."

Lu Zheng said nothing more and walked away quickly with the old man in his arms.

After a while, he arrived outside the hut in the mountains.

At this time, the man guarding the house was still sleeping soundly.

Lu Zheng put the old man by the door and went straight into the house and patted the man.

The man was half asleep and slowly opened his eyes.

The next moment, a fist as big as a sandbag came crashing down.

The man suddenly felt dizzy and painful in his head. When he recovered his breath, he found that Lu Zheng had tied him up tightly.

"You, who are you?" the man shouted.

Lu Zheng ignored the man and walked over to look at the two children.

Seeing that the two men were still sleeping, he carefully checked and made sure that there was no big problem. Then he carried the man out and closed the wooden house.

Then, Lu Zheng carried one in each hand and went to Qingyi Village.

"Let me go, who are you!"

The man twisted in the air, cursing.

After a while, Lu Zheng brought them to an open space outside the village and threw it away.

"Call them over!"

Lu Zheng took out his sword, pointed it at the man, and spoke coldly.

When they arrived at the village entrance, the man was stunned and didn't dare to say a word.

He was not a stupid person and vaguely sensed something.

The man couldn't help but look at the disheveled old man next to him, whom he didn't recognize.

Lu Zheng said calmly, "He is the god you worship. You often sacrifice young boys and girls to him. Why haven't you seen him with your own eyes?"

The man felt a buzzing in his head, as if struck by lightning, and stared at the old man with wide eyes.

The old man said weakly: "Don't stare, it's me."

The man's eyes suddenly widened. He had never seen the old man, but he had heard his voice and had never forgotten it.

"god!"

The man struggled and knelt there, his expression excited, kowtowing and worshipping with great piety.

Even the old man saw this, and a hint of helplessness flashed across his eyes. "What have you done to our God? Why are you treating him like this?"

The man glared at Lu Zheng, looking up at him angrily.

"You deserve it." Lu Zheng said coldly.

Suddenly, the man raised his head and roared.

The sound echoed in the silent night like thunder out of the blue.

The man spoke in the language of the Qingyi people, which meant that someone was disrespectful to the gods and called on his fellow tribesmen to come for support.

At once, most people in the village were awakened.

Aji, who was sleeping soundly on the roof, suddenly woke up, sat up abruptly, and looked a little dazed.

"Who's here so late at night... Hey, where are they?"

Aji glanced sideways and found that Lu Zheng beside him was gone.

Outside the village, there were still loud shouting and screaming.

Aji stood up and looked far out into the distance outside the village.

Under the bright moonlight, a man in white stood in the field, and beside the man, there were two people kneeling there.

Aji stared and immediately recognized Lu Zheng, feeling something was wrong.

"What happened!"

Gu also woke up from his dream and went to the roof to check the situation.

"Yes, it's the man who came today. He seems to have captured our people." Aji pointed outside the village.

When Gu saw Lu Zheng, his face darkened and he immediately regretted bringing Lu Zheng back to the village.

At this time, lights were on everywhere in the village.

When the elder of this generation heard the shouting and recognized it as his own son's voice, his expression changed drastically and he hurriedly called his family to go out and see what was going on.

In just a moment, some young and strong men came out holding torches and carrying weapons, looking very aggressive.

Although everyone has not figured out what is going on, how can we ignore the tribe members calling for help?

Soon, a group of people came to the fields outside the village and surrounded Lu Zheng and his companions.

Some people were chattering and yelling in obscure languages, pointing weapons at Lu Zheng and threatening him to release the people.

At this time, Lu Zheng held a long sword against the man's head, indifferent to the noise of the crowd.

Seeing that Lu Zheng was holding a weapon, everyone didn't dare to get too close.

A Duo also came out from home to watch the fun, and when she saw the scene in front of her, she showed an expression of disbelief.

"The elders are here!"

"Give way!"

After a commotion, some people made way.

A thin and strong old man, hunched over, walked slowly to Lu Zheng.

"Young man, why did you arrest our people?"

The elder spoke in a calm tone, without a trace of anger.

Compared to others, this old man from the Qingyi tribe seemed very steady and did not appear to be panicking at all.

Lu Zheng pointed at the old man next to him and said, "Why, you don't even recognize your own God?"

When these words were spoken, some of the Qingyi people who understood what was said were shocked and suspicious.

The elder's eyes flickered as he spoke loudly, "I've never seen him. How could he be our god? Young man, don't talk nonsense."

The man kneeling on the ground heard this and was about to explain something to everyone.

But the elder stared at the man and said, "I haven't seen you these past few days. Did you get into trouble outside and someone came to find you?"

"Dad, I...I didn't do anything!"

The man was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and swallowed back what he was about to say.

"You bastard, you might as well tell the truth!" the elder said angrily.

The group of people in green clothes nearby were so frightened that they dared not speak and just watched the situation from the side.

The man knelt on the ground, his mind racing.

After a while, he slowly said, "I, I really didn't do anything. I just bought two kids from outside, intending to raise them so they could take care of my father in the future. I never thought this guy would tie me up..."

The elder couldn't help but ask angrily, "Where did you buy it? Is there any contract? Did you buy it from a human trafficker? Don't you know that's illegal?"

"I, I bought it from a man because I wanted to save money. There's no deed." The man said quickly, "I didn't know this was illegal. They didn't tell me!"

"You bastard!" The elder looked very disappointed.

He turned to look at Lu Zheng and said apologetically, "My rebellious son doesn't understand the law. If this matter has offended this young master, we are willing to compensate him and return the two children."

Lu Zheng looked at the clan elders. He didn't expect that this family would lie so easily.

If he had not spared the life of the wild god, I am afraid that they would have insisted that they had never sacrificed young boys and girls and then gotten away with it.

Lu Zheng looked at the old man and said, "It seems that they don't recognize you. How do you want to explain it?"

"I……"

The old man was stunned when he heard this. He had not expected that this elder of the tribe would turn his back on God like this.

You have to know that the other party had seen his true face before, but now he didn't seem to recognize him at all. I'm afraid that his piety over the years was all a disguise.

(End of this chapter)