The city gate slowly opened, and the surrounding households had already lined up outside the city gate. After verifying the talismans one by one, they filed into the city. These people carried bags and backpacks and were going to sell in the market in the west of the city.
At this time, an ox cart and seven or eight retinues slowly drove out from the city gate. Because of the assassination of the Shaofu yesterday, the city gate officials were very careful in checking everyone leaving the city.
But only seeing the style of the car, no one from the gates came forward and they all let it go, so the car hung the apricot-yellow flag of Taiping Road in Qingzhou.
But before the car had gone a hundred steps, a group of people suddenly rushed down from the city gate tower, chasing them while calling the gatekeepers to stop the car.
When the gatekeepers saw this group of people, they secretly complained.
They recognized this group of people as the Jinan King's Guards. These people had been sitting on the city gate tower all morning, observing all suspicious people and vehicles leaving the city.
Now, this group of people came out, and the gatekeepers had no choice but to stop the ox cart. The followers of the ox cart immediately drew their swords, but were persuaded by the people in the curtain car.
King Hujun of Jinan ran over panting. As soon as he arrived, he cursed at the doorman:
"Why wasn't this car inspected?"
The doorman didn't like him either, so he licked his ears, pointed to the apricot flag on the car, and said scornfully:
"You can't read it yourself?"
When the guard saw it, his heart skipped a beat. He really didn't notice that the car had this flag on the city tower, but now it was in this situation. So what if it was Taiping Road? He had identified the car.
He asked the guards to surround the car, and then stretched out his hand to pull the curtain, but was immediately stopped by a bearded man next to him.
The bearded man was worshiping his grandson. He jumped off his horse and used his body to keep the guard away. He ignored this person and just looked around at the guards present. Then he pointed at one person and said:
"I know you. Your name is Gao Jian. You live in Taigan in the east of the city. You have a sister at home who loves to laugh. Your parents often take her to the ancestral hall to pray."
Then, before the grandson ceremony was finished, he named five or six people in succession and explained them clearly, which made everyone horrified.
The leader knew that he couldn't let the bearded man talk any more, so he waved his hand and asked someone to forcefully pull down the curtain, but after waving for a long time, he couldn't see anyone.
Turning around, I saw that these guards were all over the place, as if they had driven piles under their feet, and no one moved.
Just when he was about to scold the guards, he was thrown to the ground by Ji Sun. Just as he was about to struggle, a big foot stepped on his face and ground it until his face was covered with blood.
The guard leader first cursed, then howled, and finally just begged for mercy.
But even so, the guards didn't move. They all had families.
It wasn't until the guard was dying that Jisun let go of his feet, then commanded the convoy and continued southward.
When the guards saw that Ji Sun and others had gone away, they sighed and sent his head to the doctors in the city for treatment.
Zhang Liang stayed inside the curtain during the whole process, closing his eyes and concentrating. These chores could not disturb his mind. On the contrary, it was the Zhang Chong he was going to see next, and he wanted to see it well.
The oxcart drove to Lushou Ridge in the south of the city. This place is the commanding height in the south of Dongpingling City. It is named because it looks like a deer's head. After Zhang Shang rushed to kill it, he hid here.
Zhang Chong slept in the mountains yesterday and was bitten by mosquitoes. He was worried a lot, so he was feeling depressed at the moment.
But he knew that the person he was going to meet next was someone who could change his destiny, so he steeled himself, found a stream, and took a bath.
He had seen an oxcart with an apricot-yellow flag hanging on the top of the mountain early, and knew that Zhang Liang was coming.
Since last year, Sun Ji has begun to pave the way for him to become famous in the Taoism, and the most important thing is to introduce him to his teacher Zhang Liang.
Zhang Chong naturally knew that Zhang Liang had another bad ending. Later, when Taiping Dao troops rose up, he was beheaded by Huangfu Song in Guangzong.
It can be said that this Huangfu Song was really the nemesis of Taiping Dao. Except for Zhang Jiao who died of illness, the three Zhang brothers were captured and killed by this man. As for other Qu commanders, countless others were beheaded by this man.
I don’t know if Zhang Chong can defeat this man and change history if he catches him on the battlefield in the future.
Zhang Chong was thinking about this, and the ox cart team had stopped.
Zhang Chong stopped thinking and rushed down the mountain immediately. As soon as he arrived, he saw the bearded man smiling at him and giving him a wink.
Zhang Chong understood and knew that this was not pretentious, and immediately bowed to the car:
"My servant Zhang Chong has met the great mentor of Ren Gong."
Then there was a burst of laughter in the car, and a middle-aged man opened the curtain, jumped out of the car before other guards could react, and grabbed Zhang Chong:
"If you are a hero, will you be my disciple?"
What? Zhang Chong was stunned. He thought he was good at winning people, but he didn't expect that Liang was so hungry for talents?
As soon as you meet this person, you will accept him.
Very good, Zhang Liang, you have a vision, the road to Taiping has been broadened.
Not only Zhang Chong was stunned, Ji Sun and others were even more stunned. Of course they knew the status of Zhang Liang's disciples in the Tao.
If Zhang Chong, a person like Zhang Chong who had only been in Taiping Dao for a year, became a disciple of Zhang Liang, he would really have climbed to the Dragon Gate.
Zhang Liang had a smile on his face and looked at Zhang Chong intently.
Zhang Chong still didn't think so, he kowtowed to the ground and responded to the teacher.
As for why I didn't kneel down to the head of the Jibei Kingdom Guard before, but knelt down in front of Zhang Liang, what else could it be?
Who can compare with Zhang Liang? Zhang Liang is an elder, and kneeling down is a sign of respect and love.
As a result, teachers and students got to know each other, and they were enjoying each other happily. At this time, the peach trees on the mountains of Luquling were also in full bloom.
Zhang Liang had no idea that today's whim would be the happiest decision of his life.
And Zhang Chong should also be lucky. He met an elder who still has Li Shu in his heart. Isn't this really an arrangement for Zhong Huang Taiyi?
This corresponds to the saying: "Seeing a dragon in the field is a good way to meet a great person."
Then, under this mountain of peach blossoms, Zhang Liang, Zhang Chong and others sat on the ground. They talked a lot, but basically the elder Zhang Liang did the talking.
Zhang Liang was originally a son of Gaoliang, and he never worried about wealth, wealth, food and clothing, so he followed his brother into Taoism. Since then, he has traveled deep into mountains, waded through rivers, and traveled to both sides of the river in the past twenty years.
He has seen too many scenes where the common people had no choice but to turn to the ravines to die. He also experienced too many people who were bitten like wild beasts because of a little bit of chaff.
Who cares about these people? These people don't care about themselves. But Zhang Liang cares, and he also hopes that the disciple he accepted today will also care.
As Taiping Road grew bigger and bigger, more and more business tycoons filled it. He needed people like Zhang Chong from the vast countryside to pour into Taiping Road.
Because they know the true nature of this big man, they are more willing to overthrow this unscrupulous man and build a world of yellow heaven on this earth.
Zhang Chong also confided a lot to Zhang Liang. In fact, in the more than a year since he came to this world, Zhang Chong has been confused countless times.
Precisely because he came from the lower reaches of history, he knew that the Taiping Road was bound to fail.
At first, he thought that he had been blessed by heaven and would have some good luck, so he brazenly believed that the world was like the earth, and he could change it if he wanted to.
But after fighting through all the obstacles in Mount Tai this year, he realized that compared with this society, he, Zhang Chong, was simply insignificant.
So he was afraid, a kind of fear of being alone in a dark forest with a bonfire and being surrounded by tigers and wolves.
But as Zhang Liang confided, when the elder revealed his ambition to Zhang Chong, Zhang Chong was moved. He felt that he was not a lone brave man in this era, nor was he the only person in this era who was willing to lead the people to make a living.
He also told Zhang Liang about his efforts over the years, from seeking to survive in the countryside, to leading everyone to work hard to live a good life, to now being trapped in Mount Tai, and he had no reservations about telling Zhang Liang.
He also explained his thoughts on the world to Zhang Liang.
Zhang Chong has always believed that the way of heaven is also the way of humanity. Now the way of heaven is getting colder and Yin and Yang are not harmonious, so that the grains will no longer be available, and then there will be a great famine in the world.
But Zhang Chong believes that although the way of heaven cannot be changed, the way of humanity can.
Nowadays, all the land in the world belongs to the powerful, and the powerful manage the land for profit. When it is most beneficial to support a hundred people, they will not support one more person.
This is not the case for the Li Shu people who manage their fields. As long as they can support one more family, they will not give up.
The two lead to the fact that for the same field, the latter is more capable of living people than the former.
Because what the powerful want is enjoyment, while the common people only want to live in peace.
Therefore, every time Zhang Chong broke through a wall, he collected a field of land and divided all the troops into groups to make it secure.
Zhang Chong's words should be directly sent to Zhang Liang for deep reflection.
He had never thought about this. He had always simply saved people when they were in trouble. He had never thought about the source of the suffering of the people in the world, and he had never thought about how to save them.
But now, a farmer told him.
The world is getting colder and colder, and food production is getting lower and lower. However, those powerful families who own the fields only care about their own interests, opening ditches and only irrigating their own fields.
But when they had food, they only enjoyed it for themselves and never thought of distributing it to the people. Over time, the world was in chaos and the people were in dire straits.
Finally, this farmer, right here in Lushou Ridge, told him the solution, which was just six words:
"Destroy the powerful and equalize the land."
These six characters are Lu Shou Ce. Although the characters are few, they are as powerful as thunder.
Zhang Liang was horrified, he was going to be the enemy of the world.
But after the horror, there is great joy. Today, I have accepted this disciple, which will greatly promote my Taoism. He will definitely inherit my ambition and make everyone in the world have food.
As for being an enemy of the world? So what?
I, the Taoist Taoist, came to this world to raise weapons on this earth and bring peace to this world.
Okay, this is it.
Thinking of this, Zhang Liang regarded Zhang Chong as his disciple and became his most trusted disciple.
But Zhang Liang is not the only one who feels blessed at this moment.
Everyone present, including the grandson, was all excited.
As Zhang Liang's disciples and followers, they are consistent with Zhang Liang's philosophy. In the past, they only did this with passion and benevolence, but how many of them didn't doubt it?
Why are there more and more poor people? Why are there still others who have been rescued? And if all the wise and noble people in the world cannot be cured, can we, the stubborn villagers in Taiping Dao, really be able to save them?
They were confused by all this, but they just forced themselves not to think about it, because when they thought about it, they felt that nothing would change. Since the result remained the same, what were they doing here?
But what Zhang Chong said today, they understood, they really understood.
Originally, Zhang Liang was extremely shocked by Zhang Chong today, but Zhang Chong finally said something to him, something that only a farmer like him could say:
"Master Liang, I have millet seeds in my hand, but they are barren for thousands of miles. Maybe I am afraid that I will not be able to catch them. Are our bodies worthy of this work?"
Yes, there is only a drop of seed in a thousand miles of desolation. If you don’t catch it, then let our flesh and blood irrigate it.