Zhao Zhen thought for a moment, then nodded slowly and said: "That's true... I sent people to hunt for the treasure, which is a bit disrespectful... I will issue an order to the local government offices at all levels later, instructing them to keep an eye on this matter."

When Kou Ji heard this, he let out a sigh of relief.

He was really afraid that Zhao Zhen would be interested in treasure hunting and would send people to hunt for treasures.

It would be great fun to spend a lot of manpower and material resources on this but find nothing.

After discussing this matter, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen did not discuss anything else.

The two of them sat in the palace and enjoyed fine wine and delicious food.

After drinking until late at night, Zhao Zhen was extremely drunk. Chen Lin helped him back to the palace to rest, and Kou Ji also left the palace.

Some days later.

Kou Ji has been staying at the house.

During this period, many monks visited Kou's house and offered him the method of longevity and a generous gift.

Kou Ji invited Wang Zeng to come to his house and review together the methods of longevity.

At the Kou Mansion.

After Wang Zeng finished reading a volume on the method of longevity, he slapped the table and stood up, "It should be killed! It should be killed! It really should be killed!"

Kou Ji put down the longevity method he was reviewing in his hand, stared at Wang Zeng and asked curiously: "What extraordinary thing did Wang Zeng see, and he was so moved?"

Wang Zeng threw the scroll recording the method of longevity to Kou Ji, "Read it for yourself!"

Kou Ji took the scroll in Wang Zeng's hand that recorded the method of longevity. After briefly glancing at it, his face didn't look good.

It is recorded in the scroll that if you refine elixirs with a child's heart, you can live longer.

Different amounts of childishness have different effects.

"He has completely lost his humanity and deserves to be killed."

Kou Ji put down the book and spoke with a gloomy face.

Wang Zeng gritted his teeth and said: "If this spreads out, I don't know how many young children will suffer."

Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "We should send people from the Ministry of Justice to investigate this matter carefully, and let people from the Ministry of War cooperate to eradicate the root cause."

Wang Zeng stood up and walked out. As he walked, he said: "I will go to the Punishment Department now and let the people from the Punishment Department investigate this matter."

Kou Ji pondered for a moment, then called Wang Zeng, "My lord, I'm afraid the magic they presented is more than just this volume. After we have reviewed it, we will send the Criminal Department to investigate together."

Wang Zeng paused when he heard this, turned around, and accompanied Kou Ji to review other methods of longevity without saying a word.

The two were busy for three days, and after reviewing all the methods of longevity, they discovered two more evil spells.

Wang Zeng held the three evil scrolls in his hand and said with a dark face: "They know very well how many people will suffer after this is presented to the officials. If they dare to offer it to the officials, they are simply asking for death.

It's beyond stupid."

Kou Ji frowned and said nothing.

The king once thought that those who offered sorcery were foolish, but Kou Ji didn't think so.

Kou Ji felt that they were probably trying to gain wealth, so they found another way.

If the emperor doesn't believe it, they will die.

But if the emperor believed it, they might become famous.

Wang Zeng felt that no one would believe in such a sorcery, let alone an emperor.

But Kou Ji knew that there was an emperor who would believe it.

That is Emperor Jiajing of Ming Dynasty.

During the reign of Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty, a unique palace maid coup occurred, known in history as the Renyin Palace Revolution.

The reason was that Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty was obsessed with the way to immortality and used the witchcraft of using the virgin blood of palace maids to make elixirs. This made the palace maids miserable. In the end, more than a dozen palace maids killed him while he was sleeping.

During the period when Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty was cultivating immortality, he hardly went to court, and he still firmly controlled the government affairs, which shows that he was a very powerful emperor.

Such an emperor can still believe in witchcraft.

Other emperors, even if they don't believe it, will probably give it a try.

Kou Ji would never allow such evil magic to flow into the palace, nor would he allow it to flow into the people.

Kou Ji said to Wang Zeng: "Your Majesty, it's time to go to the Ministry of Punishment and instruct the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the matter as soon as possible, dig out the people behind it, and eradicate the roots. Over at the Ministry of War, I will communicate with Li Zhaoliang.

The local military and horsemen will cooperate.

If the local troops and horses fail, I will ask the officials to dispatch the imperial army to come forward.

Such evil magic should not appear in our Song Dynasty.

I don’t care about other places, I won’t let anyone go whoever dares to use such inhumane magic in our Song Dynasty.”

Wang Zeng nodded solemnly, left the Kou Mansion with the evil magic, and rushed to the Criminal Department.

After Wang Zeng left, Kou Ji told Lu Ming: "Go to Sanqing Temple and ask them about the longevity magic in their hands, and when they will present it to them."

Lu Ming agreed and left Kou Mansion.

After Lu Ming left, Kou Ji picked through the books on longevity.

What he picked out were almost all methods of Qi training and meditation, as well as three or two volumes of longevity methods that were obviously harmful to people.

Other methods of longevity were sealed away by him.

Not long after Lu Ming left, he returned to his house, holding a brocade box in his hand.

Seeing this, Kou Ji smiled and said: "They are really big-hearted... When others offer the method of longevity, they always treat it as a treasure. They handed it to you easily."

Kou Ji opened the brocade box and found a scroll inside.

Kou Ji opened it and reviewed it, and found that it was a decent volume of longevity methods, so he didn't say anything more.

Kou Ji classified the longevity methods offered by He Xiangu into the longevity methods he had chosen, and then took them into the palace.

He dedicated it to Zhao Zhen.

After Zhao Zhen obtained the magic of longevity, he was not in a hurry to watch.

Instead, he asked: "Fourth brother, just now the king sent me a request to send people from the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the case. Please tell me what is being investigated specifically."

Kou Ji said suspiciously: "Didn't the prince tell the officials?"

Zhao Zhen laughed and said, "I saw that Wang Zeng's face looked so disgusting, so I didn't bother to ask."

Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry and told Zhao Zhen about the sorcery.

After Zhao Zhen finished listening, his face became gloomy.

"You dare to offer me such a harmful evil spell. The person behind it really deserves to be killed. I will tell Wang Zeng to go ahead and do it later."

With Zhao Zhen's support, Wang Zeng investigated and dealt with the matter, which was naturally hopeless and disadvantageous.

The monarch and his ministers discussed the matter.

Zhao Zhen ordered Chen Lin to take those methods of longevity to Longtuge for storage, then asked Kou Ji to sit down and talked about business with Kou Ji.

"Fourth brother, there is something I think I should tell you."

Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen quietly, waiting for Zhao Zhen's next words.

Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "A big event happened over there in Huizhou. It is widely rumored that there are 16 treasure places in Buddhism, and some thieves are concerned about this matter. Previously, the magistrate of Huizhou secretly reported that there were thieves in Fuze, Huizhou

Inside the temple, a treasure trove was discovered. After more than half a month of digging, a large amount of money was unearthed.

They have always been secret digs.

Something went wrong on the way to transport the money, and the traces were discovered by the Huizhou government officials.

After the magistrate of Huizhou learned about this incident, he sent people to investigate the matter.

Finally, the thief was discovered, and he led local troops to exterminate the thief.

On the way to escape, the thief left behind more than 4 million guan of money.

The thieves have fled to the sea, and I have ordered the Zhennan Army to follow their traces."

After hearing what Zhao Zhen said, Kou Ji looked shocked.

Although he arranged this matter by himself, according to his calculations, it would take at least half a month for this to happen.

Now that it was half a month ahead of schedule, he was naturally shocked.

Zhao Zhen saw Kou Ji's look of astonishment and said in a heavy voice: "The Buddhist family has sixteen treasure places, and the money in each treasure place is no less than 10 million yuan. I'm afraid it's true.

I really didn't expect that the Buddhist family could accumulate such amazing wealth.

It’s no wonder there are so many people who want to destroy the Buddha.”

When Kou Ji heard this, he said in amazement: "The Buddhist method of amassing money is really amazing..."

Zhao Zhen nodded and said: "Since they are monks, they can just eat well and chant Buddha's name. What do they need so much money for? That money should be handed over to the court for relief to the common people."

Kou Ji felt that Zhao Zhen might be thinking about the money, so he immediately admonished: "Officials, this matter can be left to the common people to discover. It is really not appropriate for the imperial court to interfere.
To be continued...