Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 176 The Imperial Censor's Walk
When Dan Sheng saw Zhu Sha, he felt like he saw a savior. "Zhu Sha, I don't know how I offended the master. Please save me and I will explain to the master!"

At this point, Dansheng still thought that he had made some mistake, causing the dragon to trigger the restriction to kill him.

Zhu Sha stood in mid-air, looking at the two people chasing him with a sad look.

"Help me stop the guy behind me, he's quite capable..."

Dan Sheng rushed towards Zhu Sha, thinking that since they were all ghosts and they were old acquaintances, they could unite and help him deal with Lu Zheng.

When Zhusha saw Dansheng coming, he hesitated for a moment and then grabbed Dansheng.

He hesitated for a moment, not because he didn't want to attack Dan Sheng, but because he felt that he came at the wrong time and disturbed Lu Zheng's ghost killing.

Even without her help, Lu Zheng could still take down Dan Sheng.

But Dansheng insisted on bumping into her, forcing her to take action.

As Dan Sheng was running away, he felt his body suddenly freeze, and the whole ghost was caught in Zhusha's hand in an instant.

"Take me away quickly!"

Dan Sheng didn't think too much about it for a moment and urged hurriedly.

Zhu Sha turned a deaf ear and flew towards Lu Zheng.
When Lu Zheng saw Zhu Sha, he stopped and stood in the mountains. The bow and arrow in his hand turned into righteous energy and absorbed it into his body.

It was not until this time that Dansheng felt that something was wrong in the atmosphere. He wanted to break free from Zhusha's hands, but he had no strength.

"You, what are you going to do..." Dan Sheng was full of confusion.

Zhu Sha floated down to Lu Zheng's side and whispered, "I've come at a bad time and disturbed your pleasure."

Upon hearing this, Lu Zheng said calmly, "Slaying demons and getting rid of ghosts is not an elegant thing."

Cinnabar threw Dansheng at Lu Zheng's feet.

Dan Sheng was bound by an invisible force and his soul and body could not move.

He was horrified and couldn't understand how Zhu Sha was related to Lu Zheng.

"You...he is a scholar with a righteous spirit, you..."

Dan Sheng felt his heart sink cold, staring at Zhu Sha and saying, "It's you, you betrayed the master!"

Lu Zheng looked at Dan Sheng and said slowly: "The person you are talking about has died a long time ago."

"How is that possible!" Dansheng showed an expression of disbelief.

Lu Zheng shook his head slightly, without further explanation, raised his right hand and slapped Dan Sheng.

Dan Sheng paused and wanted to say something, but he didn't have time to utter a word. He didn't even scream before Lu Zheng slapped him to ashes.

[You killed a Level 20 evil ghost, Wen Qi +! ]

Dan Sheng's realm dropped so low that he could only provide twenty points of Wen Qi.

But Lu Zheng would not think it was too little. He had been traveling and studying, reading, doing good deeds, and eliminating evil... He relied on accumulating little by little, and now his literary aura has reached more than thirty meters.

Lu Zheng withdrew his hand and turned to look at Zhu Sha.

Zhu Sha hurriedly stepped forward and took out an exquisite storage bag and handed it over. "This is the inner armor that the young master had customized. The princess ordered me to deliver it to you."

A few days ago, Zhusha came to Kaiyang County with some things.

She first went to the county town and gave Xiaoshan and the others the armor they asked for.

Knowing that Lu Zheng was still studying abroad, he came out to look for Lu Zheng, asking for some information along the way, and happened to meet him tonight.

Lu Zheng took the storage bag, opened it and took a look. Inside were several sets of clothes and a letter.

Zhu Sha continued, "The princess said that the dragon bone and skin you don't want is very valuable, but these sets of armor are worthless. The princess doesn't know what Master Lu likes. If you want any treasures, you can tell me... Or when Master Lu goes to Tai'an in the future, he can go to the princess's treasury and choose whatever he wants."

"Princess, you are thoughtful. I don't lack anything." Lu Zheng said.

You can't owe favors to some people casually.

Besides, Lu Zhengben is a person who is easily satisfied and doesn't feel that he lacks any treasures.

Zhu Sha then asked, "Does Mr. Lu have anything to say that I would like to convey to the princess?"

Lu Zheng thought for a moment and said, "Thank you for me."

Lu Zheng really couldn't think of anything to say, and he wasn't a flatterer.

His relationship with An Jing should be simple, and the friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water.

Zhu Sha thought that Lu Zheng was really different. An Jing was the eldest princess of a country, and it was extremely difficult for some noble families to talk to the princess.

Before, Xiaoshan and the others received the gifts and said a lot of good things about the princess.

Lu Zheng's attitude towards An Jing, however, seemed to not care about her princess status at all.

"I'll pass on the message." Zhu Sha nodded gently and said, "Master Lu, do you have anything else to tell me?"

Lu Zhengdao said, "You've come at the right time. Come with me to a place."

Lu Zheng turned and headed back toward the valley, saying as he walked, "Tonight is the 15th day of the seventh month. Dansheng has attracted many ghosts. You are the king of ghosts. Do you have any ideas for solving this problem?"

Zhu Sha said quietly, "If Master Lu takes action, can't it be easily resolved?"

Lu Zheng explained, "Most of them are wandering ghosts who have never done any evil. It's difficult to kill them all."

Killing a monster like that wouldn't improve his literary reputation at all, so there was really no need to commit more sins by killing it.

But letting those ghosts gather together like this is not a good thing.

"So that's how it is. Mr. Lu is kind." Zhu Sha nodded and said, "The princess has given me a treasure that can hide ghosts. I can hide those ghosts and let them fend for themselves." Ordinary ghosts will not exist for too long. If they don't develop intelligence and don't know how to practice cultivation, they will wither and die like ordinary herbs.

In the mountains, some wandering ghosts are still being attracted to the valley.

When Zhu Sha saw those ghosts, he took out an ancient bronze mirror.

The bronze mirror exudes a special power that can suck ghosts into the mirror.

Zhu Sha said, "There is a special space in this mirror that is specifically designed to hold ghosts. It can also be used as an offensive magic weapon."

The man and the ghost soon arrived at the cave where the blood pool was.

When Lu Zheng attacked Dan Sheng before, he almost destroyed this pool of blood.

At this time, there were many ghosts gathered in the entire cave, and they did not jump into the blood pool like before.

Seeing this, Zhu Sha used a bronze mirror to collect all the ghosts.

"The night is long tonight and it's full of smoke and dust here. Mr. Lu, please move somewhere else to rest. Leave this place to me. I guarantee that there won't be a single ghost within a radius of ten miles." Zhu Sha said softly.

"Okay, thank you for your help."

Lu Zheng nodded slightly and left the cave.

He came to a nearby hill, where the crow had been before.

The crow was still resting with its eyes closed on the branch. After taking a pill, it felt relaxed all over.

Hearing the noise, Crow opened his eyes and found Lu Zheng returning. He couldn't help but ask excitedly, "Sir, have you found anything?"

"There was a ghost causing trouble, and he has been punished," said Lu Zheng.

"Young Master is amazing!" The crow turned and looked towards the valley, "But that place still looks very gloomy."

Lu Zhengdao said, "It's okay. There's a ghost helping us. After tonight, this mountain will be back to normal."

"Hmm?" The crow thought for a moment and said in surprise, "Young Master is also friends with ghosts."

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "I've been dealing with monsters like you before, there's nothing strange about it."

"That's right!" The crow nodded. "I heard that the young master can distinguish between good and evil, and treats us little demons who don't do bad things equally."

Lu Zheng found a secluded place, then took out the storage bag he had just obtained and took out the inner armor inside.

The three sets of inner armor are exactly the same and are made of dragon skin.

It is said to be inner armor, but Lu Zheng feels that it looks like a tights, leaving only the head, hands and feet outside. It even has a flip-up neck guard to protect the neck when necessary.

He took out a set of inner armor and put it on. It was close-fitting and had a certain degree of elasticity. It was not uncomfortable to wear and did not affect his movements at all.

Lu Zheng stabbed himself several times with the long sword, but it couldn't break the armor at all, and his strength was also reduced a lot, so the defensive effect was very strong.

He gave himself a few more Tiger Subduing Fists, but only felt a little bit of strength left.

In addition, his physique was already strong, so he was not hurt at all.

"Not bad!"

Lu Zheng was very satisfied. The clothing made of the skin of a quasi-fifth-level dragon had extraordinary defensive power.

Lu Zheng put on his outer coat and put the other two sets of inner armor into his Wen Palace.

Then, Lu Zheng took out the letter and checked it.

When Lu Zheng received the letter, he felt it was a bit heavy, as if there was more than just a letter inside.

When I opened the letter, a sign fell out of the envelope.

The sign is the size of a palm, purple-gold in color, and has a spiritual aura flowing through it, making it look extraordinary.

Lu Zheng took the sign and looked at it. There were words on both sides. "An Yushi Si, walking..."

Lu Zheng thought about it and realized that the Censor was an official position in the imperial court that supervised all officials.

The An Yushisi was where An Guo supervised all officials.

Among them was the post of walking guard, which was similar to the Jinyiwei he knew in his previous life, but with greater power.

The Imperial Censor could even suspend the county magistrate and investigate him.

Under the county magistrate, if any official or civilian committed a capital crime, he would be executed on the spot if there was conclusive evidence, and no one would dare to say anything.

Behead first and report later, imperial authority has granted!
Even those who practice cultivation in Anguo are no exception. Even if they have the title of scholar, they can be arrested and punished directly.

Even high-ranking officials like the governor or provincial governor of a state did not dare to show off their status too much in front of the people from the Anyushisi.

Because even if he is just a small official in the Censorate, his memorials can be heard directly by the emperor and will not pass through the hands of others, so he cannot be provoked at all.

Lu Zheng was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect An Jing to give him such a sign.

He quickly took out the envelope again, which was a very long letter.

An Jing didn't say any pleasantries. He politely asked Lu Zheng how he was doing recently, and then talked about a lot of his own things, all trivial matters. It seemed more like a casual chat and complaints between friends, without any airs.

Finally, An Jing also explained the reason for giving Lu Zheng this sign.

It is said that there are not only demons and ghosts causing chaos in Anguo, but also some evil people, many of whom are just sitting in government offices doing nothing.

An Jing gave Lu Zheng this sign because he wanted Lu Zheng to be able to do things in a convenient way so as to avoid encountering certain people who would be difficult to deal with.

He also told Lu Zheng that this was not a position for him, but just an honorary one. He would not need the badge in the future and could return it at any time.

(End of this chapter)