Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 153: There is no distinction between education and discrimination
Lu Zheng looked at Lan and said with a smile, "We have good wine, but we lack good meat. However, I have brought some meat. Please ask someone to light some firewood and I will grill the meat."

"Oh?"

Lan became interested upon hearing this and quickly asked his men to prepare.

It was almost evening, and everyone was sitting under the banyan tree, their vision a little dim.

After a while, the monkeys lit some torches and stuck them in various places on the banyan tree, and then made several fires.

Suddenly, the area became bright.

Lu Zheng took out a piece of dragon meat. It was not a lot, only a few pounds.

Lan stood aside and watched, feeling the rich energy and blood contained in this piece of meat, and couldn't help but feel surprised.

He felt that his own energy and blood were already very strong, but it was no match for this piece of flesh and blood.

Lan even guessed that the meat came from a fourth-level monster.

"What kind of meat is this?" Lan's eyes flickered with curiosity.

"Good stuff." Lu Zheng didn't explain much.

He just smiled, then sliced the dragon meat, roasted it briefly over the fire, and sprinkled some fine salt on it.

Suddenly, a rich aroma of meat was released.

When Lan smelled the scent, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

Lu Zheng brought a large plate to Lan and said with a smile, "Your Excellency has a strong physique, you can eat more, but this is all I have. Don't accuse me of being stingy."

"it is good!"

Lan Xinxi took the plate, picked up a piece of barbecue, put it in his mouth and tasted it, his eyes lit up instantly.

He felt that the food he had eaten before was simply inedible.

This meat is not only extremely delicious, but also contains a large amount of easily absorbed spiritual energy, which can enhance the blood and physical strength. It is much better than his spiritual wine.

Then, Lu Zheng distributed a few pieces of meat to Zhang Bo and his companions, as well as the monkeys. Even the ordinary female monkeys who served everyone got a small piece of meat.

For a moment, these monkeys had a very good impression of Lu Zheng.

After eating the dragon meat and feeling the effect of the meat, everyone looked at Lu Zheng with more politeness.

Lan tasted several more pieces of meat, but still couldn't tell what kind of monster meat it was.

He couldn't help but become more curious and asked, "What kind of meat is this?"

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "It should be a kind of monster that you have never seen before. It's hard to say what it is."

Some things are better not to be known.

After all, this is not ordinary dragon meat, but comes from a dragon of the East China Sea dragon clan.

Lu Zheng was afraid that if he told it out loud, everyone would not be able to sleep well in the future.

Seeing that Lu Zheng was unwilling to speak clearly, Lan knew that it was better for him to know less, so he did not ask any more questions.

Lu Zheng slowly returned to his seat and saw Qing Wan had finished drinking the spiritual wine, and the little person became dizzy.

"dizzy……"

Qingwan was staggering, somewhat unsteadily standing, her eyes blurry and vague.

It was her first time drinking alcohol, and it turned out that this was what it felt like to drink alcohol, as if she was floating in the air.

Lu Zheng put Qing Wan in his pocket and whispered, "Go to sleep well."

Qing Wan responded in a daze, and some green leaves emerged from her body, wrapping her up into a green ball. She then curled up there and fell asleep.

After Lan finished eating the barbecue, he felt his blood and energy surge, so he sat back in his original position and slowly refined it.

Nearby, some monkey demons drank wine and ate meat, and became a little excited. They were scratching their ears and cheeks, making a lot of noise, and looking ugly.

Lan frowned and said coldly, "How disgraceful! You're drunk! Get out!"

Upon hearing this, some monkeys hurriedly bowed to Lan and then left in shame.

Lu Zheng ate his portion of barbecue slowly, his expression calm and unchanged.

Lan narrowed his eyes slightly. The portion of barbecue Lu Zheng ate was no less than what he ate, but Lu Zheng did not seem to feel uncomfortable at all.

From this point alone, it can be inferred that Lu Zheng is more powerful than he thought.

"call……"

Lan exhaled a breath of foul air. The icy spiritual energy in his body could quickly suppress the heat in his body.

Lu Zheng had finished eating the barbecue and was sipping the remaining spirit wine in his cup.

Seeing this, Lan said, "It seems young people also like to drink. There's still quite a bit of wine left in this jar, so I'll give it all to you!"

Lan patted the wine jar beside him. Since Lu Zheng was so generous as to take out so much good meat, he naturally couldn't be stingy.

Lan directly asked his men to bring the wine to Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng was not polite. He thanked him and took the jar of wine.

Then, Lu Zheng asked curiously, "Come to think of it, you are all very good at speaking human language. How did you learn it?"

Lan smiled and said, "It's not difficult to learn your human language. Go hang out where there are people and listen to them talk. You will understand it over time... My subordinates basically understand human language. It's easier to order them to do things using the human language." After all, the roar of the beast was too limited to express anything.

In order to facilitate the management of the monkey group, Lan had long ago used the human language to command the monkeys.

Lu Zheng nodded slightly and asked, "Can you read?"

There is a huge difference between being able to speak human language and being able to recognize words.

Lan Wenyan said, "Few can read."

He couldn't recognize many words, and even most ordinary people couldn't read and write, let alone him, a monster who had lived in the mountains for a long time.

Lu Zheng smiled and took out a few pieces of paper. "Here are some simple ways to learn to read. If you'd like to learn, you can take a look at them."

Lan was curious, so he stood up and walked closer to Lu Zheng, then took the paper and took a look.

The clear content made Lan's eyes light up.

He turned to look at Lu Zheng again, puzzled and asked: "Why are you giving me these? What benefits do you want?"

Lan knew that people outside who taught others to read would receive benefits.

Lu Zheng said: "Benefits? I don't lack anything, just think of me as a good teacher."

"I'm not a human, I'm a monster." Lan grinned.

Lu Zheng said seriously, "As the sage said, there is no distinction in teaching. I believe you can become a great demon, and also a good demon. Consider this as a good relationship between us."

Lan remained silent, looking at Lu Zheng with deep eyes.

Lu Zheng had a calm expression, with no change in his expression.

After a while, Lan put away a few pages of paper and said slowly, "I can promise you that I will not send people to ask those villagers for food again."

"Your Excellency is kind, this is very good."

Lu Zheng nodded slightly, still calm and composed.

"I'm kind? Haha, you're an interesting young man." Lan laughed. "What will you do if I don't agree?"

Lu Zheng smiled faintly and said, "I told you that you have a kind heart. If you couldn't even do this, why would I have talked to you so much? I think we would have fought before we even went up the mountain."

Lan thought for a while after hearing this and understood what Lu Zheng meant.

If he was an evil demon who refused to listen to advice, Lu Zheng would not waste any time talking to him and would just attack him directly. There was no way he would be so friendly.

"I see." Lan nodded slightly.

With the skills Lu Zheng just demonstrated, if the two sides really fight, there will definitely be a lot of casualties.

Lu Zhengdao asked, "Do you know Jiguan Mountain?"

Lan shook his head when he heard this, "Where?"

Lu Zheng said slowly, "I think the environment here isn't very good. You can move to Jiguan Mountain. Jiguan Mountain is located in the south of Kaiyang County, not too far from here. There are many caves there where you can live... The surrounding mountains and swamps are rich in resources, so you won't have to worry about getting food..."

Lu Zheng gave a general account of the situation at Jiguana Mountain.

Lan was curious and couldn't help asking, "Don't you people live in a place like this?"

Lu Zheng said, "It's a remote place, not suitable for human habitation. Besides, a group of demons and ghosts were lurking there not long ago. How could ordinary people dare to go there?"

"Hmm? What about now? Those monsters and ghosts are gone?" Lan asked.

Lu Zheng said calmly, "Those demons committed many evil deeds. They have already been killed by me and a female warrior. I thought that such a good place would be better for you to go there instead of letting other demons occupy it... If you don't believe me, you can send your men to check it out."

Lan raised his eyebrows. What did this mean?
Lu Zheng added, "I'm just making a suggestion. It's up to you to decide. As long as you don't do anything evil, no one will care about you... This Brother Li, his father is the magistrate of Kaiyang County."

Li Zhao, who was eating a melon, was startled when he heard this. He couldn't help but look at Lan, then forced a smile, "My father is the magistrate of Kaiyang County. He is a very kind person. As long as you monsters don't break the law, your father will tolerate you."

Lan was surprised. The origins of these scholars seemed very unusual.

Lu Zheng continued, "I see you're not short of money, you just can't spend it. I won't delve into the past. If you abide by the law, you won't have to worry about anything. As long as people know you're good demons, they'll be willing to trade with you. Why bother stealing and robbing?"

Li Zhao couldn't help but say, "It seems that private transactions between humans and demons are illegal..."

"Really?" Lu Zheng looked at Li Zhao.

Li Zhao smacked his lips. "That should be the case. I'm not entirely sure, but if it's just buying and selling grain, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

Lu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "The county government often issues bounties. If you catch a bad guy or a demon, you can exchange it for a reward. So, it shouldn't be a problem to go to the government office to collect the reward, right?"

"This... is really no problem." Li Zhao said.

However, he had never heard of any demon or ghost catching another demon or ghost and asking for a reward from the government. What's the difference between that and walking into a trap?
Lu Zheng turned to look at Lan, "Some difficulties are not really that big of a problem. As long as you are willing to be a good demon, we can guarantee you..."

Lan was a little tempted when he heard this, but he didn't agree to anything rashly.

"I need to think about it," Lan said.

Lu Zheng said indifferently: "It's okay, you can take your time to think about it. I'm just making some suggestions, not asking you for anything. You don't have to give me any answer."

It is unrealistic to force these monkeys to make any changes.

Lu Zheng said so much just to slowly lead them onto the right path.

Lu Zheng paused and asked, "You are very familiar with the area. Do you know where there are evil spirits and ghosts? Lu and his companions haven't shown their abilities yet since we came out this time."

Lan narrowed his eyes when he heard this, and thought to himself, you ask this kind of thing, are you really trying to make an example of someone?
(End of this chapter)