As the saying goes, when people pass by, they leave their names, and when geese pass by, they leave their voices.
Everyone will leave traces when they live in this world.
Some traces will soon disappear in the long river of time.
And some traces will remain in the long river of time for a long time.
Kou Ji lived in Huazhou for sixteen years and naturally left many traces.
Although he arrived in Bianjing, the traces of his life remained in Huazhou.
In the past, maybe no one cared.
But now that his identity is different, and his behavior in Bianjing City is different from ordinary people, he will naturally attract the attention of others.
And the person who secretly paid attention to everything about him was Kou Zhun.
When Kou Ji first arrived in Bianjing, Kou Zhun neither disliked nor liked him.
Just think of him as a junior who came to Bianjing City to take advantage of the good fortune of being the prime minister.
So when Wang Shu made things difficult for Kou Ji with the matter of the Tongtian Rhinoceros Belt, he did not stop him.
Although Kou Zhun had the intention of taking the exam for Kou Ji at the time, he was more prepared to watch the fun and see Kou Ji make a joke.
As long as Kou Ji makes a joke, he can stand arrogantly in front of Kou Ji and reprimand him, "There is a lot of wealth in Bianjing City, but to enjoy wealth, you must have the ability. If you don't have the ability, no matter how much wealth you are given,
You can’t keep it either.”
However, what Kou Zhun didn't expect was that he had already prepared a plan to reprimand Kou Ji, but in the end he didn't use it.
Not only did Kou Ji get back the rhinoceros belt, but he also tricked the Wu family and pushed the Wu family into the abyss of destruction.
Kou Ji's mind, means, and abilities all surprised Kou Zhun.
It's completely unlike what a boy from the countryside can do.
It was from that time on that Kou Zhun began to have doubts about Kou Ji.
He secretly sent people to the Kou clan in Huazhou to question the elders of the clan as to why they didn't send anyone to escort Kou Ji to the capital; but secretly, he asked people who returned to Huazhou to investigate Kou Ji carefully.
It would be okay if he didn't investigate. Once he did, Kou Zhun was really shocked.
Before the age of fifteen, Kou Ji, like other children in rural Huazhou, spent his whole day running around in the fields, fighting cocks and chasing dogs, and was extremely naughty.
But last summer, Kou Ji fell seriously ill. When he woke up, he seemed like a different person.
I no longer go to fight cocks and chase away dogs, and I am no longer naughty.
Apart from sitting by the river in a daze all day long, I just tried to find ways to get some food for the master and servant.
The first fish cage that Kou Zhun burned was made by Kou Ji when he was catching fish.
Since ancient times, Huazhou has had many water systems and springs. However, most people in Huazhou do not rely on fishing for a living. They mostly make a living by farming and hunting.
Occasionally, there are one or two people who go into the water to fish, using forks or fishing nets.
Fish traps are almost non-existent in Huazhou.
Kou Zhun had never seen this thing when he was a child in Huazhou. He only saw this thing in the south after he became an official.
And Kou Ji has lived in Huazhou since he was a child and has never been out of Huazhou. He actually knows this thing and can make it.
How could Kou Zhun not be surprised?
And that fork is a tool made by Koji for hunting in the mountains.
Kou Zhun asked people to inquire carefully. Kou Ji had never been exposed to iron smelting since he was a child. He could actually make a fork that only a skilled iron smelter could make. How could Kou Zhun not be suspicious?
And that packet of fine green salt.
Green salt was very common in the Song Dynasty.
But fine green salt is rare.
Except for some wealthy families and officials who use fine green salt, it is difficult to see it on the market.
However, Kou Ji was able to produce fine green salt in Huazhou Township.
He first bought coarse salt from the market, then took it home, used his homemade gadgets to process the coarse salt into fine salt, and then sold it on the market to make a profit. He actually made a lot of money.
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What surprised Kou Zhun even more was that the thin green salt Kou Ji made was actually thinner than the green salt used by wealthy families.
There are also the bald pens, paints, and scrolls.
Those were all things Kou Zhun ordered people to leave from the Liu family restaurant after he found out that Kou Ji had deceived the Wu family with fake paintings.
The bald pen was used by Kou Ji.
The paint was also used by Kou Ji.
The scroll is a defective product made by a writing mistake when Kou Ji was forging a fake picture.
He threw it in the restaurant and didn't care.
The shopkeeper of the restaurant didn't know its importance, so he threw it aside. Kou Zhun sent someone to bring it back.
And the box containing the elixir.
What's inside is the elixir refined by Kou Ji.
There is also that straight knife and that pair of soft armor.
It is also the style made by the craftsmen in Kou Jirang's house.
Most of the craftsmen in Kou's house were given by the palace, and their skills were superb.
They can make utensils that can be seen on the market, and even utensils that are not available on the market.
But when Kou Ji took out the straight knife, the material list for the soft armor, and the design drawings, they were a little confused.
It was after Kou Ji's guidance that they created the straight sword and soft armor.
This rumor inevitably reached Kou Zhun's ears, and Kou Zhun had someone imitate it.
As the prime minister, Kou Zhun also had to deal with military affairs on weekdays. He had a good understanding of the armaments and weapon styles of the Song Dynasty, as well as the weapon styles of the previous dynasties before the Song Dynasty.
But Kou Zhun had never heard of or seen the straight knife and soft armor designed by Kou Ji.
All of the above made Kou Zhun suspicious of Kou Ji.
It was obvious that Kou Ji had never been exposed to anything before and had never learned anything. How come he suddenly seemed like a different person, understanding everything and being able to do everything?
At first, he just suspected that Kou Ji had someone guiding him behind his back.
Therefore, overtly and covertly, no less than sixteen groups of people were dispatched to investigate the masters who were guiding Kou Ji behind the scenes.
But he investigated over and over again, but could not find out the existence of the master behind Kou Ji.
For this reason, he also sent out his confidants who had been following him for many years to follow Kou Ji secretly, trying to find out Kou Ji's clues.
But still found nothing in the end.
If several elders of the Kou clan, as well as Kou Li, hadn't confirmed that Kou Ji was indeed a descendant of the Kou clan, Kou Zhun would have almost killed Kou Ji as a monster.
Since Kou Ji is a legitimate descendant of the Kou family, it is impossible for Kou Zhun to destroy him.
But Kou Zhun couldn't find out why Kou Ji suddenly understood everything.
So he kept this doubt in his heart.
He hid some traces about Kou Ji under the bed.
Until today.
Kou Zhun understood who Kou Ji was only after hearing Kou Ji's prophecy-like words.
What Kou Zhun said about Kou Ji was all speculation and lies to him, but he already believed it in his heart.
If he didn't believe it, how could he be stunned?
When Kou Ji said those words, he carefully thought about his own situation, the situation of the official family and the prince.
He found that if he really fell suddenly, 80% of what Kou Ji said would happen after Liu E and Ding Wei took control of the government.
He felt that Kou Ji could say those words because he must have received a warning from God.
And Kou Ji suddenly understood so many things, which must have been granted by God.
Kou Ji is a strange person, a strange person given by heaven.
There are many strangers given by heaven.
Kou Zhun also met a few people.
Kou Ji has also seen two of them.
One is Yan Shu. When Yan Shu was four years old, he became famous in the prefecture. However, when other children were four years old, it was difficult for them to express themselves clearly, let alone read and write.
People like Yan Shu who have long-term wisdom are aliens.
The second one is Ding Wei. Ding Wei has the ability of photographic memory, and this ability is very unique. Other people with photographic memory, even if they want to remember a book or an article, they have to read it carefully, but
Ding said that he could see ten or even twenty lines at a time.
And basically you can remember it just by looking at it.
As Ding said, people with extraordinary talents are also strangers.
Kou Ji's behavior is obviously different from ordinary people, and he is naturally a strange person.
It's just that Kou Ji, this alien, is obviously different from other aliens.
If people like Yan Shu and Ding Wei are God's children, then Kou Ji is undoubtedly God's favorite.
That's why God gave him knowledge, wisdom, and even warned him when he was in danger.
If God had only given Kou Ji knowledge and wisdom, Kou Zhun might not have kept this as a secret.
But God actually warned Kou Ji, so that was different.
What is the difference between God's warning to Kou Ji and the prophecy?
What is the difference between a person who can predict the future based on God's warnings and God?
If outsiders find out about this, what's the point?
The whole world will go crazy.
At that time, wars will inevitably break out one after another among the countries for the sake of Kou Ji.
And in these battles one after another, Kou Ji will either be worshiped as a god or be hacked to death with random knives.
But these two points are not what Kou Zhun wants to see.
So Kou Zhun chose to help Kou Ji keep this secret.
(Many readers speculated that Kou Zhun might have guessed that Kou Ji was a time traveler... Strawberry expressed that it was very embarrassing. If Kou Zhun could guess that Kou Ji was a time traveler, then he might be a time traveler himself... After all, the ancients
There is no concept of time travel in my mind...)
In the bedroom.
After Kou Zhun burned everything, he sat in a chair in a daze. After a long time, he turned to the man in black and said, "Yuhu, do you think I might have guessed wrong?"
After hearing Kou Zhun's words, Mute Hu stood there blankly without replying.
It's not that he doesn't want to reply, it's that he doesn't know how to speak.
In addition, he could not understand the meaning of Kou Zhun's words.
He is a dull person by nature, and he is also mute.
When he was a child, his family disliked him because he was born dull and mute, and abandoned him in the wilderness, leaving him to fend for himself.
Kou Zhun had just become an official at that time and was taking his entourage to take office when he happened to meet him in the barren mountains.
When Kou Zhun met him, he was staring blankly at a big insect.
He was young and dull-tempered. When he encountered a big bug, he didn't know how to run away. He just stared blankly at the big bug, never thinking that he might become the big bug's food in the next moment.
Kou Zhun asked his followers to scare away the big insect and rescue him.
From then on, he followed Kou Zhun.
Since he was mute and was rescued from a big insect by Kou Zhun, Kou Zhun named him Dumb Tiger.
Dumb Tiger is naturally dull, but has amazing talent in martial arts.
Kou Zhun's followers saw that he had good skills, so they taught him two sets of very common martial arts.
A set of "Fliu Sword" used by Confucian scholars to cultivate their moral character, and a set of "Enemy-Killing Sword" obtained on the battlefield.
Just two such ordinary martial arts were suddenly transformed by the mute tiger.
The "Willow Sword" for self-cultivation was trained by Du Hu into the Catkin Sword.
The sword is drawn out quickly, like catkins blowing against the face, and one cannot clearly see which sword will fall on the body. By the time one sees clearly, the person is already dead.
The only eight-style "Enemy-Killing Sword" handed down from the battlefield was also linked by Du Hu into a sure-kill sword.
He trained the eight postures into one posture, killing the enemy with a sword, and he was extremely domineering.
Because he doesn't like to talk and has a dull temperament, his sense of presence is very low, and few people will care about Kou Zhun following him around.
Over time, he became accustomed to hiding in the dark and not being noticed.
In my early years on the battlefield.
He tried his best to protect Kou Zhun, but Zhao Heng saw him.
Zhao Heng thought of his loyalty and bravery and his superb martial arts, so he wanted to recruit him to serve as a weapons supervisor, but he refused.
He didn't know how to care about Zhao Heng's face, but Kou Zhun did.
Kou Zhun came up with a compromise idea for Zhao Heng. He asked Mute Hu to have a name in the equipment supervision department and receive a salary, and then asked Zhao Heng to send Mute Hu to him.
This is the best of both worlds.
Zhao Heng agreed without even thinking about it.
(The reason why so much words are spent mentioning such a person here is because this person will have an important use in the future.)
From then on, Du Hu received the salary from the court, but followed Kou Zhun loyally.
When Kou Zhun asked dumb tiger, dumb tiger would never answer.
He only listened to Kou Zhun's instructions and did things according to Kou Zhun's instructions, but never answered any of Kou Zhun's questions or asked Kou Zhun any questions.
Kou Zhun looked at Mute Hu standing beside him blankly, without saying a word. Kou Zhun laughed out loud and said, "Why am I telling you this? You don't know how to answer me."
Kou Zhun looked out the door and said quietly: "Although I have already believed that he is the one appointed by heaven, I still want to try him again. He said that the officials will find me to Qingjun, so I will wait and see the officials.
Will you ask me to help you?
If the official really wants to find me to Qingjun's side, then he is the one appointed by heaven, there is no doubt about it.
If the official doesn't want me to be the emperor's side, then I will have to take off all his disguises and see if he is really a man appointed by God."
Du Hu still stood beside Kou Zhun blankly, saying nothing.
Kou Zhun glanced at Yahu and said calmly: "You can follow him from now on."
After hearing this, Yahu finally had a reaction on his face, and he looked at Kou Zhun in astonishment.
Kou Zhun said with a smile: "I'm getting old, and I'm afraid I'll have to stay in the house all my life. Who can break into Kou's house and hurt me? If that happens one day, then the Song Dynasty will probably fall."
Du Hu opened his eyes, opened his mouth, and shouted silently at Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun rolled his eyes and said helplessly: "If the Song Dynasty is really destroyed, the people who want to kill me can line up from the gate of Kou's mansion to outside Bianjing City, and you can kill them all?"
Du Hu has been with Kou Zhun for many years, so Kou Zhun can understand his every expression and demeanor.
The silent shout that Mute Tiger opened his mouth just now meant that he was telling Kou Zhun, "If that comes one day, I will kill all the people who hurt you."