Chapter 599: The human heart is hard to fathom, Zhang Jiao's sorrow [4]

Zhang Ning, wearing a yellow skirt, came to the side of the bed, reached out to support one of Zhang Jiao's arms, and then helped him off the bed.

From getting up to standing steady.

Fine beads of sweat had already appeared on Zhang Jiao's forehead.

"Big Brother."

"Eldest Brother!"

Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, the two brothers, looked at Zhang Jiao with worried eyes.

Zhang Jiao frowned and shook his head, saying: "It doesn't matter, before the great cause is accomplished, I cannot die yet."

Although Zhang Jiao said so.

Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, the two brothers, were still worried.

"Yuan Kui falsely accused my Taiping Dao of wanting to gather a crowd to rebel; he truly has ulterior motives!"

Zhang Jiao said with a clear look in his eyes: "The noble clans and the eunuchs have been fighting, and for more than ten years, they have been kept in check by the eunuchs."

"He wants to use the power of the Taiping Dao!"

"He thinks I don't know what he wants to do!"

"But if I were to agree to him, then the ones who would suffer would be the tens of millions of Taiping Dao believers in this world."

When Zhang Jiao spoke, he covered a spot under his chest.

There was a long, thin scar there that went straight through to his back.

This scar came from three years ago.

If it weren't for that assassination three years ago, which damaged his internal organs, he would certainly not be like this today.

"Eldest Brother, the imperial court is so corrupt, the noble clans and powerful families disregard the people of the world, and Yuan Kui and others have falsely accused us of gathering a crowd to rebel. Why don't we..." Zhang Bao's eyes flashed with a fierce look as he said: "Why don't we just rebel for real!"

"Nonsense!"

Zhang Jiao frowned and looked at Zhang Bao with a sharp gaze: "Do you know how many people will die if we rebel?"

"When I first established the Taiping Dao, it was to educate the people to be good, it was to let the common people have a mouthful of food!"

"Now if we raise the flag of rebellion, wouldn't we become rebels?"

"What is educating the people to be good?" Zhang Jiao asked sternly.

"But..." Zhang Bao frowned and retorted: "Eldest Brother, even if you teach the people to be good, the common people still have no food to eat."

"Those noble clans and powerful families still sit high in the court, sucking the blood and bones of the people of the world!"

Zhang Jiao's two eyebrows twisted together as he said: "That is why I want to let the Emperor and the full court of officials see the common people of this world."

"That is why I want to gather the people of the nine states and go to the imperial capital to let the Son of Heaven see the common people."

"Only when the Son of Heaven sees it with his own eyes will he know the suffering of the people of the world."

"I presented the Taiping Heavenly Book to relieve the suffering of the people of the world!"

"Not to push the common people who believe in the Taiping Dao back into the furnace!"

"To make them go against the imperial court!"

"I don't want to hear words similar to rebellion again, and from now on, you are not allowed to say them again!" Zhang Jiao gritted his teeth and looked at Zhang Bao with a sharp gaze.

Zhang Bao took a deep breath and lowered his head: "I... I know, Eldest Brother."

Zhang Jiao raised his arm and waved it, saying: "Alright, you two go out first."

"Go see if the high platform has been built."

Zhang Bao lowered his head, and he and Zhang Liang walked out of the room together.

After the two left, Zhang Jiao's gaze seemed thoughtful.

He stood in place for a moment.

"Ning'er." Zhang Jiao called out softly.

Zhang Ning, who was standing on the side, immediately nodded and said: "Father."

Zhang Jiao took a deep breath, then looked at the place where Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang had walked out of the room and said: "Find two trustworthy people and have them secretly keep an eye on your Second Uncle and Third Uncle."

"Ah?"

Zhang Ning's eyebrows furrowed, her eyes full of surprise.

Zhang Jiao shook his head and said: "It's not that I doubt them, people..."

"People always change."

Zhang Jiao said in a deep voice: "Money, power, beauties... these things will change a person."

"Although they are my brothers, they are also human."

"The Taiping Dao is too big..."

Zhang Jiao's gaze became weak and helpless as he said: "The Taiping Dao is no longer the Taiping Dao it was in the beginning."

"And it is no longer a Taiping Dao that you, your father, can control alone."

"Thirty-six branches, hundreds of thousands of people, there are too few places I can reach."

"I am worried, worried that the longer things drag on, the faster they will change."

"There is definitely more than one Tang Zhou in the Taiping Dao; the noble clans' methods of controlling the human heart far exceed your imagination."

Zhang Ning nodded slightly on the side, but it seemed she did not fully understand the meaning of Zhang Jiao's words.

"I won't live much longer. If I don't complete this matter before I die, then the Taiping Dao will sooner or later become a tool for the noble clans." ===== CHAPTER 601 =====