Chapter 33 The Day the Sky Fell
Wei Ji was seriously injured.
He was unconscious for most of the day.
He dreamed of many past events.
Wei Ji was born in the first year of Jianning. His parents were diligent farmers. He had two brothers and a sister. Although the family was not rich and hard-working, they could occasionally have a full meal, which was better than most people's lives.
When he was three years old, his father was conscripted by the court to join the army and followed General Duan Xing to attack the Western Qiang. Since then, there has been no news. It is unknown whether he died on the battlefield or on the road.
Fortunately, the eldest brother grew up and became strong. He was finally able to continue farming and paying rent, barely maintaining his livelihood.
When he was seven years old, because the emperor wanted to build a summer palace, the eldest brother was forced to leave his widowed mother and younger brother to serve in corvée. As a result, he broke his legs during the service and was sent back with only skin and bones. Half a month later, he passed away in pain.
When he was nine years old, most people in the village were sick. His sister unfortunately died in the epidemic. The few laborers in the village were nearly half lost. In addition, there was a rare drought, and many fields were barren.
Instead of distributing relief food, the imperial court announced that it would build a merit monument. The owner used this as an excuse to increase the rent by 30%. They were afraid that they would not be able to collect the money by then, so they asked for payment in advance. This was completely forcing people to a dead end!
The second brother went to the owner's house and knelt down and kowtowed to beg for some time, but he was beaten to death as a typical example. His body was hung at the entrance of the village and was not allowed to be collected, in order to deter other disobedient villagers.
This year.
Nine out of ten houses in the village were empty!
My mother was starved to death!
In order to survive, Wei Ji had to flee from famine and become a refugee.
In this process, he saw too many human tragedies. It turned out that people could really eat anything when they were extremely hungry, and he also had a question when he was dying of hunger and cold.
Ordinary people work diligently and never slack off. Is it really too much to want to have a full meal?
Why can parents and brothers end up with a bad end?
Is there really justice in this world?
Wei Ji just felt that this world is too bitter.
Maybe he can be reunited with his parents and brothers after death!
Wei Ji did not die, because when he was dying, he met someone who changed his life.
A man saved him from the brink of death with half a cake and half a pot of water, and then asked him a question:
"Do you want to change your way of life?"
"Yes!"
"Then follow me!"
"Can you have enough food?"
"Of course, we have to have enough food, and we have to make sure everyone has enough food."
"That's impossible."
"Haha, ordinary people like you and me can't do it, but I know there is someone who can do it. Let's go to him together now!"
"Okay!"
Wei Ji has nowhere to go.
He could only trust the man in front of him.
The two eventually took refuge with a Taoist priest in yellow.
It was Zhang Jue, the famous great virtuous teacher.
As for the man, his name was Ma Yuanyi, who was not only his lifesaver, but also his elder brother.
Not long after, Wei Ji was lucky enough to become one of Zhang Jue's disciples. Ma Yuanyi made great contributions in the process of preaching and protecting the Dao, made great contributions to the development of Taiping Dao, and was deeply trusted by the great virtuous teacher.
Wei Ji has been with the great virtuous teacher and Brother Ma for these years.
Although the two did not reveal too much to him, Wei Ji could vaguely feel that they were planning a grand and earth-shaking event, which was very dangerous and had the hope of completely changing the world!
Wei Ji was not afraid.
Instead, he was extremely excited and looking forward to it.
He was willing to die for Brother Ma's ideals.
He was willing to give everything for the beliefs of the great virtuous teacher!
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The scene in the dream changed.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion was accidentally exposed.
After being arrested, Ma Yuanyi was tortured cruelly, but he did not reveal any information about the Yellow Turban Army. When he was dying and about to be torn apart by a chariot, he used all his strength to shout in a sad voice: "The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established!"
On this day.
The leader of the Yellow Turbans, Ma Yuanyi, was torn apart by a chariot.
Thousands of Yellow Turbans were executed at the same time.
The Luoshui execution ground was full of heads!
The river bank was dyed red!
Wei Ji was the last batch of Yellow Turban rebels to be escorted to be beheaded. Although he was very scared, he had no regrets. He just regretted that he could not see the foolish emperor and the corrupt court being overthrown by the righteous army.
But just when he closed his eyes and waited for death.
The world changed drastically.
The earth shook.
"What happened?"
Wei Ji looked up at the sky.
He could not describe what he saw.
No matter how many languages.
No matter how many words.
It is impossible to accurately describe it.
The sky seemed to be torn into a gap as deep as an abyss, filled with billions of malicious eyeballs of various sizes.
A large amount of darkness thicker than the night seeped out from the abyss, like tens of thousands of wriggling tentacles, corroding, tearing and devouring everything in the world, and the sun was distorted and twisted with jagged claws.
"The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established!"
The voice of Brother Ma appeared in Wei Ji's ears again.
This voice was still sad but full of resentment and malice!
But Brother Ma had clearly been martyred, and his torn body was still on the scene, so how could he make a sound?
"The blue sky is dead, the yellow sky should be established!"
Ma Yuanyi's voice resounded again in the Luoshui execution ground!
The roar became more crazy, terrifying and chaotic, and it seemed to be mixed with the voices of thousands of Yellow Turban resentful souls, which were like invisible but filthy tentacles trying to drag everyone's reason into the bottomless abyss.
This day.
The blue sky fell.
The abyss descended.
Ma Yuanyi became the first existence in the Luoshui execution ground to be polluted by the abyss and turned into evil.
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“No!”
Wei Ji suddenly woke up.
He gasped for air.
It took him a while to realize that he had a nightmare again.
Although twenty years had passed, it was still as vivid as yesterday. Every time he saw the scene of Brother Ma being torn apart by a chariot and bleeding on the execution ground, he felt heartbroken and extremely sad.
Whenever he recalled the feeling of the unknown taboo existing outside billions of voids, looking through the torn sky and peeping at this land, the fear and despair were lingering, and the whole world became different from then on.
“My leg…”
Wei Ji noticed the broken leg.
Finally remembered why he was here.
Today, a group of unknown outsiders attacked Hexi Village. He and Li Niu were no match for the leader of the other party, but the other party not only did not kill him, but also treated his wounds.
Why?
Who are these people?
Wei Ji closed his eyes and sensed it, then his face turned even paler. The luck barrier of Hexi Village had disappeared, which meant that Hexi Village could no longer isolate or resist the pollution from the abyss.
In other words.
Hexi Village was in danger.
But at this moment, the door was pushed open.
Hang Yu walked in under the guidance of the villagers, and there were five or six players around him, including Chimei Wangliang, Heitong Ruige, Chenxi, Xiaolingdang and others.
"Who are you?"
Wei Ji was full of fear in the face of this mysterious existence of unknown origin. He knew that after the abyss came, there were too many strange things in this world, and sometimes knowing too much was not a good thing.
But now he has nothing to lose.