Luoyang city
"Is this Luoyang? What a big city gate!"
The passersby looked at Zheng Gong with amusement. At this moment, Zheng Gong was like a country bumpkin entering the city (which he was). Just the city gate of Luoyang was an eye-opener for him. The flow of people entering and leaving really gave people the feeling of "cars crashing against each other, people rubbing against each other's shoulders, people forming a curtain, sleeves forming a curtain, and sweat forming rain".
At this moment, Zheng Gong felt the corner of his right sleeve move. A voice came," Brother, let's go. Don't just stand there."”Zheng Gong turned around and saw Zhang Ning tugging at a corner of his sleeve. Ma Yuanyi and Tang Er were standing at the side and watching with a smile.
" Junior Brother, this is normal. Junior Brother Tang Zhou and I were the same when we first arrived in Luoyang," Ma Yuanyi said with a smile.
" Senior Brother Yuanyi, you're being polite." Tang Zhou was as humble as ever, just like an aristocrat.
Sometimes, Zheng Gong would also find it strange. How did a great teacher do it? He could actually teach a disciple who was like a scholar. However, he naturally could not show the strangeness in his heart on his face.
Before long, Zheng Gong and Zhang Ning followed Ma Yuanyi and Tang Zhou to the stronghold of the Road of Peace in Luoyang. There was a tavern in Luoyang. The tavern occupied a large area, at least compared to the one next to it. There was a plaque on the door of the tavern with the words 'Road of Peace' written on it. The handwriting was neat and had the style of a big family (but no one knew who wrote it). People came and went at the entrance of the tavern endlessly.
It was truly a peaceful scene.
"I was wondering why my left eye was twitching today. It turns out that Ma Yuanyi's Divine Envoy has returned!”The person walked out of the door. He was seven feet six inches tall, had tiger eyes and a bear face, and wore a black-patterned apricot yellow scarf on his head. He wore a laurel carved armor, a sword hanging from his waist, and cloud-climbing boots. There were two flags on his back. The left flag wrote 'Jiazi Year Jiazi Day' and the right flag wrote 'Tai Ping Tian Commoner.' This person was the Yellow Turban Marshal of the Road of Peace in Nanyang. Zhang Mancheng was one of them!
"Haha, Zhang Mancheng, you're so good. Hurry up and see who Tang Zhou and I have brought back.”Ma Yuanyi replied loudly as he walked up to Zhang Mancheng and smiled.
This copper whip had an extraordinary origin! Before Zhang Jiao founded the Road of Peace, he had traveled to all the provinces and counties of the Han Dynasty to cast Talisman Water to save the people. The people of the Han Dynasty offered gold, silver, and jewelry voluntarily, but Zhang Jiao refused them all. He only took one copper coin. Later, when Zhang Jiao returned to Julu, the copper coin he got weighed more than 100 catties. Therefore, when the Road of Peace was founded, he ordered a blacksmith to cast the copper coin into a copper whip. With the number of 36 heavenly spirits, the whip took 36 days to forge and weighed 36 catties. On the body of the copper whip, there was the Mountain-driving Chapter of the Secrets of Peace carved by the Great Virtuous Teacher, Zhang Jiao. Therefore, the whip was also called the Mountain-driving Whip, and it was also the punishment whip of the Path of Peace.
"This brother is unfamiliar. May I ask who he is?”Zhang Mancheng cupped his fists at Zheng Gong and asked.
Zheng Gong replied indifferently," I am Zheng Gong of Julu, also known as Fengtian. I am a Yellow-scarved Warrior under the Cult Master. I am now under the command of Ma Yuanyi, the Divine Envoy.”
Zhang Mancheng patted his head and said with a smile," I see. Divine Envoy and Brother Zheng, you're tired from the long journey. I'll get someone to set up a banquet. Come in and eat."”
After eating and drinking, Zhang Mancheng wanted to spar with Zheng Gong, but he was stopped by Ma Yuanyi, who whispered," Mancheng! It's not that I can't stop you, but with my ability, I can't fight more than three rounds under Mukden! Moreover, once Fengtian went crazy, he might not be able to stop in time. It was better to forget about the sparring.”After that, Zhang Mancheng stopped sparring with Zheng Gong. He only looked at Zheng Gong with a strange gaze.
Just like that, time flew by like a white horse. Winter passed and spring came. Zheng Gong and Zhang Ning had already stayed in Luoyang for half a year. After the new year, Zheng Gong would be nineteen years old.
In this half a year, Ma Yuanyi, Tang Zhou, and Zhang Mancheng had been in contact with each other everywhere. However, Tang Zhou had given Zheng Gong an increasingly strange feeling. In the end, he had finally made an oath with the Yellow Turban leaders of the various regions to start an uprising on the 5th of March.
At the beginning of February, the Yellow Turban commanders, leaders, and followers had already begun preparations. The followers of the Path of Peace used lime to write slogans such as " Jiazi " on the city gates and the walls of the state and county offices in Luoyang.
Even Zhang Mancheng was sent by Ma Yuanyi to Jingzhou and Yangzhou to gather tens of thousands of believers to gather in Ye City to prepare for the uprising.
The imperial court also had eunuchs such as Feng Wei and Xu Feng as spies. They were waiting for the 5th day of the 3rd month to coordinate with the outside world and take Luoyang. Zheng Gong and Zhang Ning were staying in the stronghold in Luoyang. Zheng Gong practiced martial arts all day long, and Zhang Ning prepared talisman water for him. Later, although Zheng Gong's martial arts skills improved day by day, his temper became more and more uncontrollable. He often had an anger lingering in his heart and often had the idea of destroying the surroundings. Fortunately, Zhang Ning chatted with Zheng Gong every day. This greatly reduced the impulse in his heart. It was truly a great fortune amidst misfortune. However, this made Zheng Gong look forward to the arrival of the uprising even more, because he always felt that the battlefield was his destiny!
February 15th
This morning, after Zheng Gong had finished his daily practice, he went to Zhang Ning's place to drink a bowl of talisman water with a 40-jin heavy halberd that he had asked someone to forge for him.
At this moment, the front courtyard of the dojo suddenly became chaotic. It was noisy. Zheng Gong did not stop and hurriedly ran to the front courtyard with his halberd. What he saw was chaos! More than a hundred elite soldiers of the burly man were dressed in iron armor and holding swords and shields, slaughtering the followers of the Path of Peace.
Seeing this, Zheng Gong couldn't help but be furious and shouted,"
"What happened? Don't you know that this is the Tavern of Peace? The people you are chasing are all believers of the Path of Peace! Hurry up and stop!"
One of the soldiers shouted.
These words caused Zheng Gong to be shocked. He couldn't help but think to himself, how did they know? The matter was exposed!
Thinking of this, Zheng Gong didn't have time to say anything. He grabbed the halberd in his hand and charged at the group of soldiers. In two breaths 'time, he rushed forward and a middle-aged general shouted,
" You want to rebel?!"
Zheng Gong didn't care. He exerted strength in his arms and swept horizontally. The halberd followed the momentum and instantly blocked in front of Zheng Gong's body. Four or five soldiers 'shields were shattered and their lives were lost. The rest of the soldiers were terrified and didn't dare to approach.
Seeing this, Zheng Gong roared with all his might,"
"Divine power, help me!"
He lifted his leg and kicked the middle-aged general away. Then, he raised his halberd and circled around his body. A halberd blade flashed! It was like a huge sun in the sky! Eight or nine soldiers were instantly sent flying. Zheng Gong's eyes were wide open in anger as he wanted to bravely kill the enemy. However, a sound came from behind him.
" Brother, hurry back!!"
" The former will die!!"
Zheng Gong then used his halberd to push through the crowd and came to Zhang Ning's side. He carried Zhang Ning on his back and tore off his clothes to tie him up. Zheng Gong was about to stand up when he suddenly felt a sense of danger. Zheng Gong quickly raised his right hand to block!
"Ahhh! It hurts so much!"
An arrow pierced through Zheng Gong's arm. Zheng Gong's eyes were bloodshot as he looked behind him. It was the middle-aged general!! Zheng Gong roared angrily,"
"Come and give me your name!"
Following that, he stepped on the ground and leaped upwards. He was only a dozen steps away when Zheng Gong arrived. He held the halberd in both hands and smashed down with all his might. He used the force of a move to split mountains! He vowed to smash this person in front of him into pieces!!
Seeing that there was no way to retreat, the man quickly pulled out a knife from someone else's body. He held the knife with both hands and blocked the two knives!
"Little child, don't be so arrogant. I'm the general of the Great Han Dynasty, Zhu Xi!!”
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