Three Kingdoms: Ten Times Speed, Diao Chan Says I'm Too Fast

Wearing a yellow dress, Zhang Ning came to the bedside, reached out and supported Zhang Jiao's arm, then helped him off the bed.

From getting up to standing firm.

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

"Big brother."

"Brother!"

Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang looked at Zhang Jiao with worried expressions.

Zhang Jiao frowned and shook his head, saying, "It's alright. I won't die before the important matter is accomplished."

Although Zhang Jiao said that.

But Zhang Bao and his brother Zhang Liang were still worried.

"Yuan Wei falsely accused my Taiping Dao of plotting a rebellion; his intentions are truly sinister!"

Zhang Jiao's eyes gleamed with clarity as he said, "The gentry and eunuchs have been locked in a struggle for over a decade, with the gentry being kept in check by the eunuchs."

"He wants to take advantage of the Taiping Dao's influence!"

He thought I didn't know what he wanted to do!

“But if I agree to his request, it will be the millions of Taiping Dao believers in the world who will suffer.”

Zhang Jiao covered a spot below his chest as he spoke.

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

This scar dates back three years.

If it weren't for that assassination attempt three years ago that damaged his internal organs, he would certainly not be in this state now.

“Brother, the court is so corrupt, the powerful clans and gentry disregard the people, and Yuan Wei and others have falsely accused us of gathering a crowd to rebel. Why don’t we…” Zhang Bao said with a fierce glint in his eyes, “Why don’t we just really rebel!”

"nonsense!"

Zhang Jiao frowned and looked sharply at Zhang Bao: "Do you know how many people will die in a rebellion?"

"When I first established the Way of Peace, it was to educate all people to be good, and to ensure that everyone had enough to eat!"

"If we raise the flag and rebel now, wouldn't we become traitors?"

"What does it mean to educate all people to do good?" Zhang Jiao asked sternly.

“But…” Zhang Bao frowned and retorted, “Brother, even if you teach the people to be good, they still have no food to eat.”

"Those aristocratic families and powerful clans still occupy high positions in the court, sucking the blood and bones of the people!"

Zhang Jiao frowned and said, "That's why I want the emperor and all the officials in the court to see the people of this world."

"That's why I want to gather the people of the nine provinces and go to the capital so that the emperor can see the people."

"Only when the emperor sees it with his own eyes can he know the suffering of the people under heaven."

"I presented the Taiping Heavenly Book because I wanted to relieve the suffering of all the people in the world!"

"Instead of pushing the people who believe in the Way of Peace back into the furnace!"

"Let them oppose the imperial court!"

"I don't want to hear anything that sounds like rebellion again, and you're not allowed to say it again!" Zhang Jiao gritted his teeth and looked at Zhang Bao with a sharp gaze.

Zhang Bao took a deep breath and then lowered his head: "I...I understand, elder brother."

Zhang Jiao raised his arm and waved, saying, "Alright, you two can go out now."

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

Zhang Bao, with his head down, walked out of the house with Zhang Liang.

After the two left, Zhang Jiao seemed to be deep in thought.

I stood still for a moment.

"Ning'er," Zhang Jiao called softly.

Standing to the side, Zhang Ning immediately nodded and said, "Father."

Zhang Jiao took a deep breath, then looked at the spot where Zhang Bao and Zhang Liang had walked out of the room and said, "Find two trustworthy people and have them keep an eye on your second and third uncles in secret."

"what?"

Zhang Ning frowned, her eyes filled with surprise.

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

People always change.

Zhang Jiao said in a deep voice, "Money, power, beautiful women... these things can all change a person."

"They may be my brothers, but they are also human beings."

"The Path of Peace is too vast..."

Zhang Jiao's gaze turned weak and helpless as he said, "The Way of Peace is no longer the Way of Peace it once was."

"It's no longer the Taiping Dao that your father can control alone."

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

“I’m worried that the longer it drags on, the faster they’ll change.”

"There is definitely more than just Tang Zhou in the Way of Peace. The methods the gentry use to control people's hearts are far beyond your imagination."

Zhang Ning nodded slightly, but it seemed he had no idea what Zhang Jiao meant.

“I don’t have much time left. If I don’t finish this before I die, the Way of Peace will sooner or later become a tool of the gentry.”

"I can't wait any longer."

"We can't wait any longer..."

"Go, do as I say."

"Find a few trustworthy people to keep an eye on your second and third uncles."

............

It was approaching noon.

Within Julu County.

A huge platform, surrounded by yellow flags, with a base made of rammed earth and an upper wooden structure, rose from the ground.

Hundreds of Yellow Turban warriors from the Way of Peace stood around the high platform.

Everyone was tall and strong.

The entire platform covers an area about half the size of a football field.

The platform was surrounded by Taiping Dao believers with yellow headscarves.

The crowds were so large that they stretched as far as the eye could see.

Jia Dong and Hao Zhao were also mixed in with the crowd.

"Master," Hao Zhao said, looking at Jia Dong with some doubt, "Some time ago, the court said that some rebels from the Taiping Dao had been captured."

"Didn't they say that Zhang Jiao was going to gather people to rebel?"

"But... but why don't these rebels have weapons and armor?" Hao Zhao asked, puzzled.

Jia Dong also looked puzzled.

The two traveled all the way from Zhongshan Kingdom, and along the way they met many believers of the Way of Peace.

But these believers, just as Hao Zhao said, did not seem to be there to incite a rebellion.

Who would gather a crowd to rebel with bare hands?

Even if they don't have spears and swords, they should at least bring farm tools.

Are they planning to attack the city with their bare hands?

Or are you planning to ram your head against the city wall?

How can someone rebel like this?

Even within Julu County, they did not see a single person carrying a weapon.

This looks like... like a large gathering, not at all like a rebellion.

"Shh..." Jia Dong made a shushing gesture and said, "We'll see. I reckon Zhang Jiao will be here soon."

"What he's up to will become clear soon enough," Jia Dong said.

Hao Zhao nodded in agreement.

Not long after.

Then a distant roar, like the crashing of mountains and the roar of the sea, rang out.

Both Jia Dong and Hao Zhao looked up.

"Great Master!"

"Great Master!"

"Great Master!"

The shouts from the crowd grew louder and louder.

Waves are higher than waves.

In an instant, he was surrounded by shouts, which made Jia Dong's ears go numb.

Under the watchful eyes of Jia Dong and Hao Zhao.

A man dressed in a yellow Taoist robe and with a yellow turban wrapped around his head appeared on the high platform.

It was just a matter of raising a hand.

The shouts from below immediately fell silent.

Pairs of devout eyes were fixed on the figure on the high platform.