Chapter 649

Jia Dong, sitting in the corner, wiped his nose with his sleeve, his small eyes rolling around as he looked at his surroundings.

"Don't be anxious, I have a premonition that there will be a huge change in Quliang City soon," Jia Dong said in a low voice.

"Huh?"

Hao Meng looked at Jia Xu with a confused gaze: "A huge change?"

Jia Dong nodded and said: "Haven't you noticed? Zhang Jiao hasn't come out for a long time. If my guess is correct, something must have happened to Zhang Jiao."

"These days, the ones in charge in the city have been his two younger brothers, Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang."

"Including the order to attack Quliang City that day, it was also Zhang Bao."

"It's possible that..."

Hao Meng's eyes widened instantly: "Proprietor, are you saying that Zhang Jiao might already be dead?"

"Or that he has been controlled by his two brothers?"

Jia Dong shook his head and said: "It's hard to say, let's wait and see. Anyway, I just feel that the atmosphere in this city is getting more and more wrong."

Just as Jia Xu's voice fell, a calling sound rang out on the long street in Quliang City.

Teams of burly Huang Jin Warriors walked along the long street, notifying all Taiping Dao believers to assemble.

The Taiping Dao believers in the courtyard where Jia Dong and Hao Meng were located began to walk out of the courtyard after hearing the sound.

Jia Dong gave Hao Meng a wink, and then they followed the crowd out together.

In a short while, a large number of Taiping Dao believers had gathered around the Quliang County Government gate.

In the distance, more Taiping Dao believers were gathering in this direction.

In front of the County Government.

A platform several meters high, filled with yellow flags, had already been set up.

And at this moment, in the courtyard of the County Government residence.

Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang, the two brothers, had already changed into yellow Taoist robes.

And each of them held a sword in their hand.

Zhang Bao had an excited look on his face.

While Zhang Liang was somewhat uneasy.

"Second Brother... are we really going to do this?"

Before the battle, Zhang Liang looked at Zhang Bao uneasily and asked.

"Third Brother, things have reached this point; it's not that we want to do this, it's that the government and the imperial court are forcing us to do this!"

"Only by picking up weapons, only by marching to Luoyang, and only by driving those people out of Luoyang can we live!" Zhang Bao said with a firm tone.

As he spoke, Zhang Bao reached out and patted Zhang Liang on the shoulder: "Don't worry, of the thirteen provinces in the world, eight provinces have already responded. As long as we cross the Yellow River, we can link up into one piece."

"Now the followers in Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yuzhou, and Yanzhou are advancing like a hot knife through butter."

"Conquering the eight passes of Luoyang is just around the corner."

Zhang Bao grew more excited as he spoke, the brilliance in his eyes unbridled.

Seeing that the believers outside were mostly gathered, Zhang Bao patted Zhang Liang on the shoulder forcefully and turned to walk toward the high platform.

Zhang Bao, in a yellow Taoist robe and holding a wooden sword, walked onto the high platform, and instantly the Taiping Dao believers surrounding the Quliang County Government residence began to shout.

Zhang Bao raised both hands, his face flushed with excitement.

Zhang Liang stood under the high platform with a worried gaze, looking at Zhang Bao on the platform.

"Everyone!"

Zhang Bao shouted loudly: "My elder brother, your Great Virtuous Teacher, has not appeared in the last few days because he has been setting up an altar to perform rituals, predicting the future of the Taiping Dao!"

"Today, my elder brother, your Great Virtuous Teacher, has already deduced the direction of the Heavenly Dao and learned the future of the Taiping Dao!"

"The Son of Heaven is incompetent, the people are suffering, and we, the suffering people of the world, have no one to turn to, with no support for birth, old age, sickness, or death."

"This is Heaven being not benevolent."

"The Great Virtuous Teacher wants to save the people of the world and wants to make a pilgrimage to tell the Son of Heaven of the suffering of the starving people."

"Alas, the imperial court is full of incompetent and treacherous people who do not listen to our words and even send troops to attack us!"

"Those people outside the city, they want us to die!"

"But we want to live!"

Zhang Bao shouted, waving his arms: "The Great Virtuous Teacher has set up an altar to pray for blessings from the Yellow Heaven for the people of the world."

"And has received the blessings of the Yellow Heaven."

"He wants us to eliminate the treacherous and evil, to establish a destiny for the people of the world, to return the world to clarity, and to kill the treacherous officials in the imperial court!"

"The Yellow Heaven has signaled: your Great Virtuous Teacher is the General of Heaven, I am the General of Earth, and my third brother is the General of Humanity. Lead the million Taiping Dao believers of the world to gather in Luoyang!"

Zhang Bao held his peach-wood sword high toward the sky and said: "The Blue Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall stand; the year is Jiazi, the world shall be greatly auspicious!"

"This is the instruction of the Yellow Heaven. From today on, we shall pick up our weapons and bring peace to the world!"

Zhang Bao shouted while looking at the Huang Jin Warriors around the high platform.

Driven by the Huang Jin Warriors, all the Taiping Dao believers raised their arms and shouted loudly.

Zhang Bao stood on the high platform, raised both hands, and shouted: "The Blue Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall stand!"

Below, countless voices in Quliang City followed and shouted together.

"The Blue Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall stand!"

"The year is Jiazi, the world shall be greatly auspicious!"

"The Blue Heaven is dead, the Yellow Heaven shall stand!"

"The year is Jiazi, the world shall be greatly auspicious!"

The shouting came in waves.

In the crowd, Jia Dong and Hao Meng also raised their hands and shouted along.

But while shouting, Hao Meng turned to look at Jia Dong, his gaze as if to say, "Proprietor, you're awesome, you actually guessed it."

In the room in the back courtyard of the County Government.

Zhang Ning, who was sitting beside Zhang Jiao's sickbed, looking haggard and drowsy with her chin in her hand, was awakened by the shouting outside.

Zhang Ning opened her beautiful eyes and looked toward the outside of the room with a confused gaze.

The shouting clearly reached Zhang Ning's ears.

Zhang Ning, who didn't know what had happened, got up in a yellow long dress and walked toward the outside of the room.

As soon as Zhang Ning pushed open the door, the roaring shouts became even clearer.

"The Blue Heaven is dead!"

"The Yellow Heaven shall stand!"

"The year is Jiazi!"

"The world shall be greatly auspicious!"

Standing at the door, Zhang Ning clearly heard the shouting from afar.

And Zhang Ning, with her brows tightly locked, also saw Zhang Bao on the high platform in the distance.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Ning was stunned for a moment.

"Pick up your weapons, tomorrow this General will lead you to kill your way out!" Zhang Bao shouted on the high platform.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Ning's expression changed drastically.

So she closed the door behind her and walked toward the outside of the courtyard.

However, Zhang Ning, who was just about to walk out of the courtyard, was blocked by several Huang Jin Warriors.

"What are you doing!" Zhang Ning shouted, looking at the several unfamiliar Huang Jin Warriors: "Move aside!"

The several Huang Jin Warriors blocking Zhang Ning's path did not move at all.

"I told you to move aside, didn't you hear me? Do you not know who I am? I am the daughter of the Great Virtuous Teacher, I..."

"Eldest Miss, we are acting under the orders of the General of Earth; no one is allowed to enter or leave at will unless there is an order from the General of Earth."

Zhang Ning stood frozen in place.

General of Earth?

What General of Earth.

Zhang Ning looked around.

The guards she was familiar with, who were by her father's side, were all gone.

The Huang Jin Warriors around were all unfamiliar faces.

"I want to see my Second Uncle and Third Uncle," Zhang Ning shouted, her brows furrowed.