Xuande

Chapter 126 Great Virtuous Teacher, Dead

Zhang Jiao sighed slightly, feeling that what Zhang Bao said made sense.

These disciples are very respectful in front of him, but once he is ordered to go to various places to be his commander, it will be different.

Moreover, the followers of Taiping Dao itself were not developed by Zhang Jiao alone. He could lay the foundation of Taiping Dao in Hebei, but the development of Taiping Dao in the Central Plains mainly relied on the spread of teachings by a large number of disciples. scale.

These disciples have developed huge Taipingdao branches one by one. Although everyone has the same concept of Taipingdao, when it comes to the fundamentals, I am afraid that they cannot completely get rid of regional concepts and factional concepts.

The Taiping Taoists in the local area may still be unfamiliar with this great virtuous teacher who has never met before, and they are probably more willing to obey the orders of Zhang Jiao's disciples they can get in touch with.

Zhang Jiao also felt a little worried about this, worried that the situation would get out of control, and had already begun to plan the distribution of benefits for the future after the success of the uprising.

But is it all too soon?

Zhang Jiao rested for a while, feeling more comfortable, and prepared to go to Julu County for today's scheduled social activities.

The social event scheduled today is the wedding of the Sun family, a powerful family in Julu County. The whole Sun family believes in the Tao of Taiping. Angle has to attend anyway.

Zhang Bao still had some matters to deal with, so he asked Zhang Jiao to go first, and he followed.

When going out, a gust of cold wind hit, Zhang Jiao shivered all over, tightened his clothes, boarded the carriage, and entered the warmer compartment to avoid the cold wind.

Zhang Bao dealt with the loss of grain in the granary in the manor, and after a while he figured out what the problem was, and punished the Zhang family who was guarding and stealing the child, and then got up to go to the county to meet Zhang Jiao.

It was an unlucky coincidence that Zhang Jiao's convoy happened to be besieged by a group of masked warriors. Zhang Bao was shocked, and while telling the people around him to go back to the manor to call for help, he led his people to rescue Zhang Jiao.

But unfortunately, the two of them went out to attend the wedding, and they didn't bring many entourages with them. There were only a dozen of them together, and they were mainly servants with gifts, not guards with force and weapons.

Who would have thought that he would be attacked on the road to the county seat?

This is something that has never happened before!
Zhang Bao was also terrified and did not expect that, regardless of his own safety, he rushed to rescue Zhang Jiao, but hit an arrow head-on, and was shot through the neck by the arrow, fell off the horse and died on the spot.

Zhang Jiao, who was constantly avoiding under the protection of two guards, saw his younger brother being shot, and was in great pain. He yelled and drew his knife and was about to rush forward to avenge his younger brother, but was hit by another arrow in the arm, and the knife in his hand fell to the ground. On the ground, people also fell to the ground.

The last two guards were killed by the masked warriors. Zhang Jiao collapsed on the ground and screamed in pain, while looking in horror at the masked warriors who surrounded him.

"Who are you guys? Why did you kill me?"

No one answered him.

A tall, burly masked warrior stepped forward, raised the ring-shou knife, stabbed it in Zhang Jiao's chest, twisted it, and bled him under his terrified gaze.

Zhang Jiao died.

He died with a heart full of unwillingness.

"The dead don't need to know that much."

Seeing Zhang Jiao die, the murderous masked warrior took off the black cloth to catch his breath and revealed his true face at the same time.

It is Ji Jian, the senior younger brother who has followed Liu Bei the longest.

Another tall and burly masked warrior came up to him and took a breath as he took off the black cloth. It was Ma Liang, Ji Jian's bravest subordinate. This time, he single-handedly killed four Zhangjiao's guards. , unstoppable with brute force.

"This is Zhang Jiao, and that one was Zhang Bao just now. Both of them are dead. Our mission has been completed. Now there is only one Zhang Liang left. I wonder if Cheng Dazhi can get rid of Zhang Liang."

Ma Liang looked at Ji Jian and said, "He should be fine, right?"

"Although Cheng Dazhi is a bit older, his skill is better than mine. He will definitely be able to deal with Zhang Liang. Even if he can't, as long as Zhang Jiao is dead, the main task of the eldest brother will be considered complete."

Ji Jian took a breath, covered his face with the black cloth again, and looked at where Zhang Bao came from.

"It seems that someone ran back just now. It is not suitable to stay here for a long time. We should go. By the way, pull out all the arrows and take them away. Don't leave any devices behind!"

"only!"

Ma Liang nodded, covered his face again, and twenty masked warriors of the Liu family cleaned the "battlefield" together. After cleaning, they quickly left with the two of them.

By the time the panic-stricken guards of the Zhang family rushed here, the warriors of the Liu family had disappeared without a trace, leaving only corpses everywhere.

Looking at the corpses all over the place, Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao, who were dying in peace, all the guards of the Zhang family stood on the spot in a daze, at a loss for what to do.

"The great virtuous teacher... is dead..."

The leader muttered to himself, his eyes were dull, his body was stiff, and his mind was blank.

The course of history has changed.

After Ji Jian and Ma Liang succeeded in assassinating Zhang Jiao and Zhang Bao, they led the team to sneak all the way north. When they arrived at the agreed Shenze County in the south of Anping on December 26, the sixth year of Guanghe, Cheng Dazhi was already there. side waited.

The three met and explained each other's achievements. They were very happy to learn that both actions were a great success.

Cheng Dazhi successfully led the team to carry out the task of assassinating Zhang Liang.

At that time, Zhang Liang was participating in a social event organized by a local tycoon in Xiaquyang County. Zhang Liang was specially invited as a special guest. Zhang Liang happily went to the banquet.

This itinerary was easily learned by Cheng Dazhi. He personally led people to stay, and took advantage of the setting sun when Zhang Liang was returning, he attacked the half-drunk Zhang Liang and three or five of his entourage in a place with few people in the county town, and successfully captured them. They were all killed, and by the way Zhang Liang's head was chopped off.

Then he ran away quickly, without nostalgia.

They communicated for a while, and learned that each other's success was actually not that difficult, it could even be said to be a bit simple, it was not as difficult as expected, and there was no loss.

It can only be said that Zhang Jiao and the others really don't care much about their own safety.

The three of them like to show their faces, so it is not difficult to know their appearance. Sometimes they can bump into the three who are spreading teachings or giving alms water when walking on the street.

Secondly, they like to participate in social activities. Everyone is a social expert, and they are friends everywhere. It is common to go to where to drink today and where to eat tomorrow. Just ask around on the street and you will know the great virtuous teacher and his younger brothers. Is there any public event to attend.

Again, they don't bring too many armed guards around them, it seems to be to create an image of being close to the people. Unless they travel far, they usually only have three or five entourages, and even fewer with weapons.

The assassination operation was a great success, with only one broken arm and three injured, and basically escaped unscathed.

"I just don't know what will happen after the three brothers are dead."

Cheng Dazhi said in a low voice: "In the end, I really can't believe that they dared to set off such a large-scale rebellion. If it doesn't work, how many people will die?"

Ji Jian pouted.

"What else? It's nothing more than a mess. We killed them so easily. One can imagine that they are nothing special at all."

"They are still very important. These three people, especially Zhang Jiao, are the founders of Taiping Dao."

Cheng Dazhi had come into contact with Taipingdao, and said in a low voice: "After Zhang Jiao died, the Taipingdao group will have no leader. Even if they want to rebel, they will lose their leader who can order everyone. I don't know if they will continue to rebel now, let alone It is said that the Taiping Daoists in the eight states rebelled together, the lord is right, shoot people first, shoot horses, and capture thieves first, capture the king."

Ji Jian still agrees with this.

"What elder brother said must be right, I never doubt it."

The matter was settled beautifully, and their task was considered completed, so the three of them and the entire assassination team hid in the mountains and rested for a night.

Early the next morning, they arranged for three people to go to Luoyang to report to Liu Bei, and everyone else went all the way north, heading back to Zhuojun.

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PS: When I got up this morning, I stepped out of the room with my left foot first, so I added a new chapter.

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