Confucian and Taoist scholar

Chapter 218 Vulnerable

Mr. Yang drank the fragrant tea, but his mouth felt extremely bitter.

He invited Lu Zheng over because he originally wanted Lu Zheng to give in and give both parties a chance to reconcile so as to save the Yang family's face.

As a result, Lu Zheng's upright attitude did not scare the Yang family at all, which made people helpless.

He couldn't really take action and have someone beat Lu Zheng to death.

Beating and killing a Confucian and Taoist scholar who cultivates righteousness and integrity, not to mention how the government will react, the enemies and rivals of the Yang family will all find opportunities to tear the Yang family apart.

At this point, if Lu Zheng refused to bow his head, he couldn't force him to do so.

When Lu Zheng came to their Yang family, no one knew how many people were watching him secretly.

I can only hold back the frustration in my heart.

Lu Zheng drank his tea and said, "In that case, Mr. Yang probably has nothing else to ask me, right? I still have a lot of things to do and don't have time for too much tea."

Upon hearing this, Young Master Yang suddenly stood up and glared, "I want to fight you!"

Yang Yuanwai frowned and said angrily, "How dare you!"

Young Master Yang stared at Lu Zheng and said, "You said before that you would fight with real swords and guns. Do you dare?"

"Sit down!" Mr. Yang said with a grim expression.

Young Master Yang stiffened his neck, pretending not to hear, and looked straight at Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng said calmly, "Do you want to fight me to the death, or to compete with me in a sparring match? But no matter what, you are no match for me... I did say that just now, but I was talking about your entire Yang family. You are far from qualified."

Young Master Yang's chest heaved with anger, "Do you look down on me?"

Lu Zheng said calmly, "It's not that I look down on you. I'm a straightforward person, so nice words and the truth don't go down well with me."

Mr. Yang's face was gloomy and uncertain. He would not compete with Lu Zheng and let the entire Yang family compete with Lu Zheng. It would be dishonorable if he won, and it would be even more embarrassing if he lost.

Young Master Yang was furious and insisted, "I'm fighting you alone. This has nothing to do with the Yang family! Do you dare?"

Lu Zheng couldn't help but shook his head. "Never mind. I'll grant you this wish... I'll let you strike first. If you can hurt me, you win."

Lu Zheng stood up and walked leisurely to the empty courtyard outside.

Young Master Yang had a sullen face and quickly followed with his sword in hand.

Seeing this, Mr. Yang wanted to say something but hesitated, but still did not say anything to stop it.

Lu Zheng stopped and looked at Young Master Yang, "Please!"

Young Master Yang said, "If you lose, kneel down and apologize to our Yang family."

"No problem." Lu Zheng said calmly, "What if you lose?"

"I kneel down to apologize to you!" said Young Master Yang.

"Okay." Lu Zheng's tone remained calm.

Young Master Yang looked at Lu Zheng standing there with his hands behind his back and couldn't help but frown and said, "Take out your weapon."

"No need." Lu Zheng said.

Young Master Yang was furious. He knew some things about Lu Zheng and that he had some martial arts skills, but this was too much of an underestimation of him.

He took a deep breath, his eyes became sharp, and he shook the sword in his hand, and sword energy surged.

The next moment, Young Master Yang disappeared in a flash as fast as the wind.

How could he dare to compete with Lu Zheng without some martial arts skills?
However, the next moment, a figure flew backwards and fell heavily to the ground.

Lu Zheng stood there motionless.

Young Master Yang had already fallen to the ground and was unable to stand up for a while.

Yang Yuanwai's pupils shrank, he didn't even see clearly what Lu Zheng did.

I'm afraid that even the martial arts masters of the Yang family cannot defeat Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng said slowly: "You are not even a match for me. I told you that you are not my opponent at all."

Lu Zheng paused, then turned to look at Mr. Yang. "Do you, the Yang family, want to send anyone else? I'll give you one more chance."

Mr. Yang looked unhappy, pursed his lips and said nothing.

Young Master Yang lay there motionless, his eyes dull, still doubting his life...

Seeing this, Lu Zheng didn't bother to wait for an apology and turned away.

"Mr. Yang, you should discipline your sons. The people of Anguo are the subjects of the emperor and are protected by the saints. They are not people you can bully at will."

"I know that you wealthy families in the state capital look down on the common people. But I, Lu Zheng, cannot tolerate any grain of sand in my eyes. Let alone your Yang family, even if it's a prince or a noble, what does it matter?"

Before he finished speaking, Lu Zhengren had already left the Yang Mansion.

So what... Mr. Yang finally understood that it was not the government that wanted to suppress or warn them, but that the young man Lu Zheng dared to do so.

This can only be said to be a blessing in disguise.

"Brother...are you okay?"

Young Master Yang San hurried to support his eldest brother.

Yang Yuanwai was in a complicated mood. He looked at his sons and said calmly, "Go back and put yourself in solitary confinement. Copy the sages' book ten times. When you finish, you can go out!"

After saying this, Mr. Yang turned away with a gloomy face.

As soon as Lu Zheng walked out of Yang's house, a man came to greet him quickly. He was a guard who was always by Zhang Bo's side.

The guard saw Lu Zheng and asked with concern: "Mr. Lu, are you okay?"

Lu Zheng smiled slightly and said, "It's okay. We just drank a few cups of tea and talked a few words. What could happen?"

"That's good!" The guard captain breathed a sigh of relief, "I have prepared a carriage, Mr. Lu, please follow me back." At this moment, a sound came from the street.

A gorgeous carriage came quickly and then stopped abruptly at the gate of Yang's mansion.

Zheng Yu jumped down from the carriage and shouted, "Where's that old man Yang? Call him out! Don't you know that Lu Zheng is my brother? How dare you..."

"Old Zheng, I'm here." Lu Zheng couldn't help but say.

Zheng Yu was about to enter the mansion, but when he heard this, he turned his head and was stunned for a moment.

"Hey, didn't they say you were captured by the Yang family..."

When he heard about this at home, he rushed over immediately.

Lu Zhengdao: "Uh, no, they invited me over, you might have heard it wrong."

Zheng Yu breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I told you, no one with the surname Yang is that bold. Come on, come on, follow me in. The Yang family won't dare do anything to you!"

"I've been there." Lu Zheng explained.

"Really? Are you really okay?"

Zheng Yu looked at Lu Zheng carefully and even reached out to touch him.

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "What could be the problem? I'm sorry to have made Brother Zheng worried."

Zheng Yu said, "You, why didn't you tell me when you encountered something like this? Do you think I'm an outsider?"

"No, it's just a small matter. There's no need to trouble anyone." Lu Zhengdao.

Mr. Yang originally wanted to go back to his study to be quiet, but he heard Zheng Yu shouting outside, so he hurried out to see what was going on.

Even the governor and the provincial governor treated a painter like Zheng Yu with respect, so how could he dare to neglect him?

When Mr. Yang saw Zheng Yu, he forced a smile and said, "Mr. Zheng..."

Zheng Yu turned to look at Mr. Yang and glared at him, "Mr. Yang, don't you know that Lu Zheng is my younger brother? What are you going to do?"

Mr. Yang never expected that Lu Zheng had such a background.

He quickly smiled and said, "I just wanted to invite Mr. Lu to come over and sit down. I have no other intentions."

"Haha, there's no best." Zheng Yu sneered, "I already know what happened earlier. It was all because of your own poor parenting! My brother Lu has cultivated a righteous spirit and is here to teach your son a lesson. It's a blessing for your son!"

"Yes Yes……"

Mr. Yang's smile was a little forced, and his heart was aching.

Zheng Yu waved his hand and said, "Alright, that's enough. If you, the Yang family, want to cause trouble for Brother Lu in the future, you'll have to cause trouble for me. Got it?"

Mr. Yang quickly said, "Our Yang family and Mr. Lu no longer have any disputes. From now on, I will take good care of my family."

Zheng Yu said calmly, "That's best."

Zheng Yu pulled Lu Zheng and said, "Come on, I'll take you to the Lin and Zhou families and ask them to judge the matter!"

Zheng Yu directly asked Lu Zheng to get on his carriage.

Seeing this, Zhang Bo's guards knew that Lu Zheng was fine, so they went back to report to Zhang Bo.

Mr. Yang felt a little relieved when he saw Lu Zheng and his companions leave.

He had previously speculated about Lu Zheng's background, but he never expected that he would be on good terms with Zheng Yu and even call him brother.

It is still unknown whether Lu Zheng has any other relationships.

Mr. Yang was somewhat glad that he did not choose to become enemies with Lu Zheng, otherwise things would have ended in a very bad way.

In the carriage, Zheng Yu pulled Lu Zheng aside and said, "Don't worry, I'll settle those two cases for you. You're in the right, they won't dare do anything to you."

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "Actually, there's no need to be like this, Brother Zheng. If they want to deal with me, that's exactly what I want."

"Ok?"

Zheng Yu was a little confused.

Lu Zheng said calmly, "The Yang family approached me so quickly, I thought they were going to do something. It's a pity they didn't take the initiative. These wealthy families seem quite rational."

Zheng Yu blinked. "Did you do this on purpose? It was the governor and the others who ordered it..."

As an old man, Zheng Yu has experienced a lot of things in life and reacted quickly, coming up with many speculations.

Lu Zheng shook his head and said, "It's not the governor's intention, but if I take the lead and make some things bigger, they can take care of it properly."

Zheng Yu slapped his thigh and said, "Oh, doesn't that mean I shouldn't have come?"

If he had known that Lu Zheng was thinking this way, he should have just stayed at home and watched the show.

Lu Zheng smiled and said, "Brother Zheng means well. It doesn't matter whether he comes or not. Those people don't dare to do anything to me openly."

Lu Zheng paused, then said, "Brother Zheng, please go back. I won't bother you with going to those two families. I'm waiting for their moves."

"Are you really okay being alone?" Zheng Yu asked with concern.

Lu Zheng whispered, "No one who is not a cultivator in the fourth realm can hurt me. Don't worry, brother. I have many hidden cards."

Lu Zheng rolled up his sleeves slightly, revealing a piece of inner armor, and then put it down again.

Zheng Yu's eyes flickered, and he chuckled, "Boy, you're quite capable. Okay, you're smart, so I don't need to worry about you. Just do whatever you want!"

Zheng Yu asked the driver to stop the car and helped Lu Zheng get off.

Afterwards, Zheng Yu returned home alone in a carriage.

He smiled and murmured, "It seems that Hongzhou City is going to change. It's interesting..."

(End of this chapter)