Volume 2: The Rise of the Clouds Chapter 17: Who Is God?

After several years of planning and once the army was raised, this sudden change shocked the world.

The sound of last night's fighting is still vivid, and the mansions of many civil and military officials in the imperial city are still full of smoke, and the air is filled with a strong smell of blood.

The early morning of the day is always a bit colder, but for the countless people in the imperial city, the natural temperature is far less chilling than the scene in front of them.

His Majesty the Emperor, who was high on weekdays, along with hundreds of civil and military officials, was stripped of his official uniform, his face was haggard, and his spirit was sluggish.

All were tied to a makeshift execution table at the entrance to the palace. And under their feet, there were countless fires of wood poured with grease.

Originally, the people were not allowed to approach the imperial palace, but after last night, the general of Zhenguo occupied the imperial city, and all this changed.

And he summoned tens of thousands of people to the gate of the palace, and heard that he was going to punish the emperor and hundreds of officials in front of everyone!

In the early morning, the sun curiously poked out half of its head from the other side of the mountain, hid behind the peaks, and watched this scene with great interest.

A ray of sunlight accidentally burst out, climbed through the palace gate, and clinged to the vermilion wall.

There was a majestic general sitting on the wall, but he no longer had the usual friendly appearance.

To his left, the elderly historian was shivering, hiding behind a stack of rice paper. Maybe it was because he was suddenly startled from his sleep, and he didn't have time to put on his official hat, which looked a little funny.

And beside him, several officials were also hesitant in their hearts, if they didn't usually have such a polite and virtuous corporal and love the people like sons, then there would definitely be a few more places on the execution table under the palace wall.

What makes people feel even more disobedient is that in addition to the deputy general, there are eight young men with different expressions, but they are calm and introverted, and the flamboyant soldiers stand on the right hand side of General Zhenguo.

If you just comment on their faces, then some people must think that these people are just naughty children.

Needles could be heard in the silent square, and the people were terrified and uneasy, not knowing what the big men on the palace walls wanted to do.

"Almost, isn't it?" asked Mu Teng, looking at several young people.

Seeing a few people nodding, General Mu stood up majestically, looking at the black crowd below, a loud voice spread through the echo wall in all directions.

"Before yesterday, I was still your Zhenguo general, but after last night, I believe more people will be willing to call me a rebel and thief, right?"

"But that doesn't matter, I, Mu Teng, am a martial artist, and I don't bother to beat around the bush. Originally, I wanted to start with my career, but what kind of border city pawns, brave and good at fighting, repeatedly making military exploits, counterattacking into a general of the town and other old-fashioned stories, everyone has heard a lot, today I will talk to you casually!"

Listening to the slight self-deprecation in General Muda's words, many people were confused, but he himself didn't care.

"Each of us understands from birth that God created all beings to bless the earth, to give us homes, to provide us with food and clothing, and to receive offerings from all nations. For thousands of years, God has granted the human emperor the right to rule the world. ”

"But as I walked all the way, I saw that the high hall was full of beasts, and under the human skin were ghosts. No one asks about the camping beings, and the dogs are included in the dictionary. ”

"I can't help but wonder, if God is selfless, why are people noble? If God is supreme, why is the world like purgatory? If this is God's arrangement, is God really right? Where is God?"

One stone stirs up a thousand waves, and two fingers pop up a thousand sounds.

Although Mu Teng used his lips, his voice could also pierce the clouds and crack the stones, which shocked people's ears and eyes.

In this world of divine supremacy, don't say such blasphemous words, ordinary people would not dare to think of it.

The general on the palace wall didn't seem to want to be accepted by everyone, but continued: "Later, I walked on the battlefield and watched my soldiers fall one after another, and God did not come. I walked in the Nomura and watched as the natural disaster buried countless lives alive, and God did not come. I passed by the poor houses, who were hungry and cold, kneeling and praying, and God did not come. ”

"It wasn't until I walked in front of those eunuchs and relatives that I understood. It turns out that God is in the wine pond and meat forest of His Majesty the Emperor, God is in the treasury of those dog officials who are corrupt and pervert the law and enrich their own pockets, and God is in those high-walled and deep courtyards that are arrogant and lascivious. I smelled the smell of Zhumen's wine and meat, but I saw frozen bones on the side of the road. At that time, I suddenly realized that I was gradually losing the exalted gods in my heart!"

"I asked myself, why? Why can some people only live like wild dogs covered in mud, why can emperors and generals take people's lives? Do you know why I want to take off their official uniforms? The silver money that their official uniforms can exchange for is enough for all of you here to live without worrying about food and clothing for the rest of your lives. And these are all scavenged from you!"

"Whether it's the officials or the people. Rich or poor. People are born unequal, but people's efforts are equal, and as long as they are human, they have the right to pursue happiness. The starting point is not the same, it is not terrible, what is terrible is not to pursue, what is terrible is to think that everything is predestined by God, and what is terrible is to accept fate. I have long been disgusted with the principles of this world, why God does not see the beauty of the good, and sets everything as fate, if God's vision is limited to this, then such a god, don't do it!"

The historian conscientiously recorded every word that General Mu Da said, but when he wrote it down, his trembling hands could no longer hold the pen, and he fell on the table, staining a large black ink mark on the paper.

Not only him, but the lucky officials behind him were all slumped on the ground, full of fear.

Then a knife gently came to the historian's neck, and the chill on the blade expressed the master's meaning very clearly, and the historian trembled and lifted the ink pen.

"Perhaps in your eyes I am a rebel, a madman, or a sinner. Not only did I kill the king and seize power, but I also became mad and disregarded God's grace. But I don't care, it doesn't matter if you go along with me or not, today I just want to tell the whole world. I, Mu Teng, am not only anti-man, but also anti-God!"

"If a man is not for himself, the heavens and the earth will be destroyed. God is not for himself, but man will cut him off. ”

Sixteen words rang out, and Mu Teng finally shouted out, not only spreading in front of the entire palace gate, but also floating far away over the imperial city.

"If God is not for himself, man will cut him off!"

"If God is not for himself, man will cut him off!"

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

It may be because these words aroused the enthusiasm of a certain soldier, and the powerful voice repeatedly shouted, and more and more people joined in.

There was no more noise in front of the palace, no one was discussing it anymore, and with the pride of countless soldiers, a tragic war was raging in their brains, and it was about the stalemate between man and God.

In the crowd, a lame old beggar was confused, and then as if he had made up his mind, he threw the broken bowl in his hand to the ground, and said viciously: "I have long seen that these bastards are not pleasing to the eye, go to the god of numbness, long live the emperor!"

As he spoke, the old beggar knelt directly on his knees in the shards of the ground, ignoring the knee that had been pierced by the broken bowl.

Some people were a little puzzled when they saw the appearance of the old beggar, as if he was once a parent official, who offended the powerful because of the petition for the people, and was dismissed from his official position and broke his leg.

And the old beggar's behavior was like a glimmer of brilliance in the darkness, and more and more people ended the struggle in their minds, knelt down and shouted "Long live the emperor".

Some knelt, others stood, praying reverently, and their mouths kept saying the old honorifics of the sacred scriptures.

Yue Dongxue and the others looked at Mu Teng, this kind of serious occasion is not suitable for words, but looking at each other is enough to understand each other, listening to the worship below, it seems that there is no need to use the soldiers who are planted in the civilians by Tsukasa Wuji.

"Flat!"

General Muda...... Perhaps Emperor Mu looked solemnly at the people below, and the majestic voice continued to reach everyone's ears.

"I know that there are many people who are dismissive of me and are still counting on your gods to come, but I will tell you that the gods you believe in are nothing more than a bunch of false gods who are motivated by desire, and you are nothing more than playthings deceived and deceived by them, deceived and enslaved by them. And the true gods have already come to the world, the purpose is to put the world in order, and all my actions today are the will of the true God. ”

"You've all heard of dogs, right? Many people think it's a favor from the gods, but what I'm telling you is that it's not some bullshit grace, it's because he's a reincarnation of a god himself!"

"What?"

Compared with Mu Teng's "anti-God" statement before, today's news is even more shocking.

The sun behind the mountain didn't know when to let down its guard, and quietly slipped into the sky, and the golden light sprinkled on the group of teenagers, dazzling and deeply imprinted into the eyes.

At this moment, even if no one deliberately says it, people can't help but associate them with words like immortals.

"Hahahaha!"

A disdainful mockery sounded, and on a pillar in the center of the execution table, probably because he was afraid that the pillar would be overwhelmed, he also deliberately built a wooden platform, and it was the emperor who needed the joint efforts of several people to carry even walking.

"A group of ignorant fools, Mu Teng is rebellious and misceiving the people, you still listen to slander, wait, the messenger is coming, you who disobey the gods will be punished by God!"

"Really?"

Because he was tied to a pillar, the fat emperor couldn't look back at Mu Teng, but his still domineering posture was not weak at all, and he continued to shout: "Do you really think that the emperor can do anything to anyone......?

Although he was tied, the abolished emperor was still very proud, and seemed to have thought of the result after everyone, and smiled very happily, as if he had forgotten his situation.

It's a pity that he stopped halfway through laughing, because no one looked at him anymore.

At this moment, both ordinary people and countless soldiers stared at the palace wall.

The abolished emperor and the others were tied up so they couldn't see it, but everyone else could see it, and many people who had just stood up had begun to kneel down again, kneeling very decisively, and some people were even in tears like the old historian and the officials behind him, kneeling on the ground, looking at the sky stupidly.