With more than 10,000 people from Ruian Town guarding him, Kou Ji was naturally very safe.
"No wonder you look down on the more than 600 people sent by the government..."
Chen Lin glanced at Kou Ji and said angrily: "Our family seems to be a bit redundant."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "Everything has just begun. Do you think this is all that a monk can do?"
Rushing into the Kou mansion like a reckless man, is that a tactic?
That is a reckless act.
Only bandits and bandits would do this.
A wise monk would never do such a stupid thing.
Fortunately, the brilliant monks and the brilliant Taoists are not inferior to those with high IQs such as Han Qi, Ouyang Xiu, and Wen Yanbo.
Kou Ji clearly knows the criteria for being judged as a brilliant Taoist.
Astronomy and geography, Ibrahimovic astrology, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, medical skills, alchemy and qi refining, learning and martial arts, military strategy, troop formation, etc. Only those who are proficient in all of them can be regarded as a wise Taoist.
If you don't understand any of them, you can't be called a wise Taoist.
How could such a knowledgeable person assassinate someone in such a reckless manner?
Therefore, those who assassinated Kou Ji this time should have been monks from some small temples in the mountains.
Those who are truly capable have not yet taken action.
Chen Lin heard Kou Ji's words and snorted coldly: "Our family naturally knows that monks have more tricks than this. Our family just feels that with tens of thousands of people in Ruian Town guarding you, no one will dare to assassinate you.
It is unnecessary for our family to stay in Koufu Courtyard."
Kou Ji slowly shook his head, "On the contrary, these incompetent monks made such a fuss, which just helped those capable people to test out the reality of the Kou Mansion.
Those who are capable will surely take action later.
Those who are capable can deduce from what happened in the Kou Mansion this morning that there really was no ambush inside or outside the Kou Mansion.
So they can do it with confidence.
Assassination Assassination, taking things by surprise and acting secretly, is called assassination.
If you knock on the door in a dignified manner, that's not an assassination.
Those who are capable can find ways to quietly appear in the Kou Mansion without disturbing the people in Ruian Town.
They did not disturb the people in Ruian Town. No matter how many people there were in Ruian Town, they could not threaten them.
What they were really worried about were the people ambush inside and outside the Kou government.
Now after testing and finding out that there is really no ambush inside or outside the Kou Mansion, they will definitely take action without hesitation."
Although what Kou Ji said was a bit complicated, Chen Lin could understand it.
To the assassin, the enemy on the surface is not scary, but the hidden hand hiding in the dark is scary.
With Kou Ji's identity, the strength of the secret hands he can mobilize cannot be underestimated.
Those who carried out the assassination could not figure out Kou Ji's secret hand, so they naturally did not dare to attack easily for fear of falling into a pit.
Now that we have found out the truth about the Kou Mansion and know that Kou Ji has no hidden agenda, he naturally dares to take action.
Although the people in Ruian Town were large in number, they would only rush to the Kou Mansion Courtyard after there was news of a fight in the Kou Mansion Courtyard.
As long as the assassin does not make too much noise, the people in Ruian Town will not know that an assassination occurred in the Kou Mansion.
And those who are capable don't like assassinations with great fanfare.
While Kou Ji and Chen Lin were talking, the big man who had been ordered by Kou Ji to count the seizures entered the courtyard of Kou Mansion again and reported to Kou Ji: "Young Master, the assassins outside the door have been dealt with. They have all been killed.
The number of people killed by the people in the town was 143. Counting the dead bodies in the yard, the number exceeded 320.
We confiscated two hundred knives, sixty-seven swords, three bed crossbows, three heavy crossbows, eleven fire crossbows and meteor arrows, and more than fifty hand crossbows of various kinds."
Kou Ji asked: "Are the men in this town hurt?"
The big man said solemnly: "Nine were broken and thirty-seven were injured."
Kou Ji thought for a moment and said, "Let their family members come to the house to collect the money later."
The big man nodded.
Kou Ji continued: "Tell the stewards in the town to take care of their families in the future and not let them be bullied. If they are bullied, I will not agree."
"Here..."
Kou Ji then ordered: "Drag out the corpses and bury them all. Seal all the weapons and send them to the Ministry of War."
At this point, Kou Ji paused and said to the big man: "Let the people in the town disperse."
The big man agreed again.
Then, amid the shouts of the big man, everyone in the Kou Mansion's courtyard dispersed.
The corpses in the Kou Mansion's courtyard were also cleaned up.
After everyone in the other courtyard had left, Kou Ji turned around and said to Chen Lin: "After this incident, those who dare to come to assassinate us openly will probably not show up again.
It seems that such a large-scale intrusion into a house will never happen again."
Chen Lin nodded slowly and said: "The remaining people are more difficult to deal with than these upright assassins."
"Let's go back to the palace to rest first and come back in the evening."
Chen Lin whispered something in a low voice and hurriedly left Kou's mansion without waiting for Kou Ji's reply.
After Chen Lin left, Kou Ji sighed and said, "I'm afraid I won't be able to live in this Kou mansion in the future."
Today, thousands of people gathered at the entrance of Kou Mansion's courtyard, which really shocked Chen Lin.
After he returned to the palace, he had to tell Zhao Zhen about this.
Kou Ji didn't know how Zhao Zhen would react after knowing this.
However, after Lv Yijian and the others learned about this, they inevitably asked Zhao Zhen and ordered him to move back to Bianjing.
Although Lu Yijian and the others knew that Kou Ji was very prestigious in Ruian Town.
I have also seen people in Ruian Town gather together to protect Kou Ji.
But today is different from the past.
After Zhong Shiheng, Zhu Neng, and Di Qing took Dali, their status and influence in the court increased a lot.
As their leader, Kou Ji's influence, not to mention, will inevitably increase with the tide.
If Kou Ji continues to live in Ruian Town, Lu Yijian and the other three will not be able to sleep at night.
Kou Ji knew what would happen when the people in Ruian Town got together again. He had already made preparations to move back to Bianjing City, so he didn't care about it.
After Kou Ji saw Chen Lin off, he returned to the wing in the backyard of Kou's mansion.
The woman Zhao Zhen sent to Kou Ji, as well as Kou Ji's own bodyguard leader, were all treating injuries in the backyard.
When Kou Ji arrived in the wing, the doctor Lu Ming invited was pulling out arrows for the two of them.
Kou Ji didn't disturb them and just watched from the side.
After the doctor finished treating their wounds, Kou Ji appeared in front of them.
When the woman saw Kou Ji, she just blinked and said nothing.
The leader of the guards wanted to salute Kou Ji, but was stopped by Kou Ji.
The leader of the guards said with a bitter face: "You have embarrassed me, young master. If this girl hadn't saved you, I would have been killed at the entrance of the main hall."
Kou Ji slowly shook his head and said: "That's enough... As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands, but you can resist more than just four hands."
The leader of the guards still had a grimace on his face, "If it weren't for the villain's incompetence, you wouldn't have to take the risk..."
Kou Ji waved his hand and interrupted him, "The fact that I'm safe now means you've done a good job."
Before the leader of the guards could speak again, Kou Ji looked at the doctor who was waiting at the side, "How are their injuries?"
The doctor bowed and said, "Returning to the master, the injuries of the two have been treated humbly, and there is no danger of life. However, they will not be able to move for a hundred days, and they need to stay in bed to rest.
Especially this girl, in order to save others, she blocked an arrow with her body and almost died on the spot.
Her external injuries didn't look serious, but the arrow wound was very serious.
At least it will take half a year.
And no force is allowed during this period.”
The reason why the doctor calls Kou Ji the owner of the museum is because the doctor is from the forensic medicine center.
The founder of the Koji Forensic Clinic and the current owner of the Forensic Clinic.
Therefore, people in the forensic clinic, in order to show their closeness, will call Kou Ji the master of the clinic.
Although the Forensic Medicine Clinic was established not long ago, it has already surpassed traditional doctors in the treatment of trauma.
Some of them were doctors who accompanied the army. They had been treating the wounded on the battlefield for a long time and could be considered experts in the surgery of the Song Dynasty.
After learning some of Dashi's surgical techniques, I became more proficient.
With the help of people from all over the country who are proficient in anatomy and dissecting corpses, their surgical skills have reached a new level.
The doctors in the forensic clinic did not all accept Dashi's surgical skills.
While learning the medical skills of Da Shi, they combined some of the surgical skills of the Song Dynasty and some traditional Chinese medicine they had learned to create their own set of medical skills.
However, there are still many imperfections in their medical skills, and many difficulties still need to be overcome.
Kou Ji didn't know much about medical skills, so he couldn't help them much.
He could only provide them with some suggestions and guide the direction of their research through the history of the development of medical skills, but when it came to specific medical difficulties, Kou Ji could not help them much.
After listening to the doctor's words, Kou Ji nodded slowly and said, "Lu Ming, please send them two back to the mansion in Bianjing City to raise them."
The head guard was a little anxious when he heard this.
The same is true for women.
Kou Ji glanced at the two of them and said, "You don't have to worry about my safety. The assassins who will appear later will carry out assassinations with great fanfare. If you stay, you won't be able to help. On the contrary, you will even hurt your life."
The leader of the guards gritted his teeth and said: "I am incompetent and cannot help the young master. Please ask the young master to send Chen Datou to guard you."
The woman heard what the leader of the guards said and thought about the two people Zhao Zhen sent to Kou Ji. In addition to her, there was also a master of equipment supervision.
The woman knows who the master of equipment supervision is.
The woman had seen that person's methods before. With that person protecting Kou Ji, she didn't have to worry about Kou Ji's safety.
Plus the mute gentleman hiding in the dark.
With the two of them guarding Kou Ji, Kou Ji should be fine.
Thinking of this, the woman lay down on the bed with relief.
The leader of the guards stared at Kou Ji eagerly, fearing that Kou Ji would reject his proposal.
Kou Ji saw that the leader of the guards was very worried about him. If he didn't agree, the leader of the guards might not be relieved, so he nodded and agreed to the matter.
When the leader of the guards saw Kou Ji nodding, he also lay down on the bed with relief.
Later, Lu Ming sent people to send the two of them to the Kou Mansion in Bianjing City.
By the way, through the secret line of the Kou Mansion, I sent a message to Chen Datou who was far away in the Mangshan Martial Arts Hall.
It took Chen Datou a day and a night to rush back to the Kou Mansion from the Mangshan Martial Arts Lecture Hall.
So that night.
In the main hall of Koufu Villa.
There were only four people, Kou Ji, Lu Ming, Chen Lin, and Du Hu who were hiding in the dark.
After nightfall.
Kou Ji once again set up a table of wine and food in the main hall of the Kou mansion, and quietly waited for the guests to come.
When the moon is at its zenith.
A faint light suddenly flickered in the courtyard at the entrance of the main hall of the Kou Mansion.
Seeing this, Lu Ming's eyes widened slightly.
Kou Ji and Chen Lin narrowed their eyes at the same time.
The shimmer grew from small to large, and gradually turned into a cloud of glow.
A faint fragrance drifted into the main hall of the Kou Mansion as the dim light gradually turned into rosy light.
Chen Lin sniffed the fragrance carefully and shook her head at Kou Ji.
Chen Lin was telling Kou Ji that the fragrance was not poisonous.
When the fragrance reaches a very strong point.
Suddenly a figure appeared from the glow.
A slightly strange voice came slowly from the figure's mouth.
"You mortals, when you see this god, why don't you kneel down and worship me?"
Lu Ming was so shocked that he was speechless.
Kou Ji and Chen Lin looked at each other.
Kou Ji slowly took out a musket from his sleeve and shot the figure in the glow.
"Bang!"
One shot fired.
The glow has dissipated.
All that was left in place was a cloud of ashes.
"Pretending to be a ghost!"
"Hahaha... some ordinary means cannot escape Privy Kou's discerning eye."
A burst of laughter sounded at the door of the Kou Mansion.
A Taoist with fluttering sleeves, swinging a fly whisk, slowly walked into the Kou Mansion Courtyard.
All the way into the main hall of the Kou Mansion.
He held up a whisk and bowed to Kou Ji.
"The poor Taoist Lingxu has met Privy Councilor Kou..."
Lingxuzi was a Taoist in his forties, with white hair and a boyish face, and a pale face without a beard. Against the backdrop of a gray and white Taoist robe, he had the aura of a virtuous man.
"Ling Xuzi?!"
Kou Ji repeated the Taoist's name and asked: "Where did you come from and where are you staying?"
Lingxuzi was stunned, smiled and shook his head: "It can't be said, it can't be said..."
Chen Lin curled her lips and said, "They are afraid that you will retaliate later, so if you ask, it will be in vain. They will definitely not tell you."
Kou Ji was speechless.
Lingxuzi bowed again, "I hope Privy Kou won't take offense if you come here uninvited and disturb me."
Kou Ji said calmly: "Sit down and talk."
Lingxuzi was not polite and immediately sat opposite Kou Ji.
Kou Ji asked: "Are they enemies or guests?"
Lingxuzi smiled and said, "Then let's see if Privy Kou can let me go as a monk."
Kou Ji glanced at Lingxuzi and said, "Are you here to negotiate terms?"
Lingxuzi nodded and said with a smile: "No one wants to die until the end of the road. As long as Privy Council Kou can appeal to the officials and give up targeting me as a monk, I, a monk, will naturally not hurt Privy Councilor Kou at all.
Not only that, there are generous gifts at all times.”
Kou Ji narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "It's not cheap to bribe me."
Lingxuzi smiled and said: "As long as Privy Kou can petition the officials to let me go as a monk, you can ask for as much money as you want."
Kou Ji raised his brows, "I originally thought that the imperial court had searched all the temples in the world and plundered all the monks' money. But now it seems that is not the case. You should still be in control of huge floating wealth."
When Lingxuzi heard this, the smile on his face faded slightly, and he said calmly: "Thousands of years of Taoism, thousands of years of accumulation, how can the imperial court plunder it all in one day?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "That's right... We, the people of Song Dynasty, are good at hiding gold, and what the imperial court collects is just superficial wealth, which should only be the tip of the iceberg.
The money hidden in secret should be much greater than the money on the surface.
If you monks could pay tribute of ten million guan to the court every year.
I can tell the officials to let you go as monks."
The smile on Lingxuzi's face completely disappeared, replaced by a cold expression, "With ten million dollars, Privy Council Kou really dares to open his mouth."
Kou Ji said calmly: "Didn't you let me speak at will?"
Lingxuzi stared at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji continued: "I, Kou Ji, have always had a big appetite. Hundreds of thousands, millions, tens of millions, it is difficult to satisfy my appetite. I took a fancy to Hexi, so Hexi became my territory of the Song Dynasty.
I fell in love with Xixia, so Xixia became my territory of the Song Dynasty.
I fell in love with Dali, so Dali became my territory of the Song Dynasty.
It can be seen that I have a huge appetite.
Whatever is big enough for me, I want it all.”
Lingxuzi stood up suddenly, stared at Kou Ji and said solemnly: "Then there is no need to talk?"
When Kou Ji saw this, he was no longer polite.
He snorted coldly: "Bullshit! What qualifications do you have to talk to me? Can you represent all the monks in the world? You can't! Since you can't represent all the monks in the world, why do you sit in front of me and talk to me?
condition.
The imperial court searched the temples all over the world, and what they were searching for were the cancerous tumors in the temples that lay on the imperial court, drank blood and sucked marrow.
The imperial court did not say that it would destroy all the temples in the world.
For those who practice diligently.
The court did not touch them in the slightest.
You guys were jumping up and down during the inspection of temples all over the world. You are obviously one of those cancerous tumors that lie on the court and drink blood and marrow.
Then you will be among those to be cleaned up.
Even if the court wants to clean up people, what qualifications do they have to speak nonsense in front of me."
Kou Ji stood up slowly, stared at Lingxuzi and shouted: "We, the Song Dynasty, are a huge country and we act in an upright and upright manner. When did we need to negotiate terms with some undercover rats?"
Lingxuzi trembled all over after being scolded by Kou Ji. He gritted his teeth angrily and said, "Okay! Very good! I didn't expect you, Kou Ji, to be so stubborn when your death is imminent!"
“It’s not certain who will die!”
Kou Ji snorted coldly and decisively raised the musket in his hand.
"It's just a mouse, why is it a big-tailed wolf?"
Kou Ji raised his gun and was about to shoot.
A flash of panic flashed in Lingxuzi's eyes, and he quickly grabbed out of the main hall.
"Bang!"
Kou Ji opened his mouth and shouted.
Lingxuzi's body stiffened.
"Bang!"
The moment Lingxuzi's body stiffened, the real sound of gunfire sounded.
However, Lu Ming had already aimed his musket at Lingxuzi. After Kou Ji hinted him to shoot, he decisively shot Lingxuzi.
The projectile penetrated Lingxuzi's neck and passed through his neck.
A ray of sword light fell from the sky when the sound of muskets sounded.
It's just that it can't stop the musket projectiles.
As the sword light fell to the ground, there was another figure.
The figure landed on the ground and saw Lingxuzi being shot through the neck. Without saying a word, he stabbed Kou Ji with his sword.
The sword light was as fast as lightning.
In the midst of lightning and flint, a knife shadow fell from the roof beam and fought with the sword-wielding figure.
The two sides went back and forth, and in the blink of an eye, they exchanged three or five moves.
Kou Ji stepped back and said to Chen Lin, who was sitting motionless at the table: "Don't be stunned. Be careful of being accidentally injured."
Chen Lin said with a gloomy face: "My body is numb..."
Kou Ji ran to Chen Lin's side while avoiding the light and shadow of the sword.
When I got to Chen Lin and took a closer look, I saw a small three-color snake in Chen Lin's hand.
The snake's tail wrapped around Chen Lin's hand, and its teeth bit Chen Lin's palm tightly.
"snake?!"
Kou Ji looked shocked.
Chen Lin gritted her teeth and said: "Don't look at that Lingxuzi who looks like a worldly master, but he is actually sinister. He is a master of poison. After he sat down just now, he released six kinds of poisons on you.
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Our family killed the first five species, but failed to stop this deadly snake."
"Are you going to die?"
"You are going to die! Help us sit aside quickly! We have ways to deal with this poison!"
Kou Ji quickly took action, helped Chen Lin back to the main hall, and asked Chen Lin to sit down.
After Chen Lin sat down, she squeezed the little snake to death.
Then he quickly took out a small knife from his arms and cut out the flesh bitten by the snake.
He took out a vial from his cuff, poured some powder from the vial and sprinkled it on the wound.
Then he took out another box, took a pill from the box, and stuffed it into his mouth.
After everything was done, Chen Lin let out a sigh of relief.
"I almost lost my life... I thought that our family was already one of the few poison masters in the world, but I didn't expect that a random Taoist would almost kill our family."
Kou Ji asked: "I have heard that after some snakes bite people, they will die. That Lingxuzi can use this snake to sting means that the snake is very poisonous. Will your medicine work?"
Chen Lin glanced at Kou Ji and said in a deep voice: "Our family has raised a few snakes like that before, so we know how to deal with them."
Kou Ji nodded slowly, "That's good..."
While Chen Lin and Kou Ji were talking, Mute Hu and the figure with the sword had already fought from the main hall of the Kou Mansion's villa to outside the main hall of the Kou Mansion's villa.
That man's martial arts skills were as good as those of dumb tigers, but dumb tigers couldn't defeat him for a moment.
Kou Ji and Chen Lin watched the battle for less than three breaths when Chen Lin's pupils suddenly shrank slightly.
"Look at that Lingxuzi corpse!"
Chen Lin shouted.
Kou Ji quickly looked over.
I saw all kinds of snakes suddenly emerging from the corpse of Lingxuzi.
When the snakes spread out around Lingxuzi's corpse.
Lingxuzi's clothes were drying out at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It seems that the previous Lingxuzi was made up of snakes.
Chen Lin said with an ugly face: "There is someone else controlling these snakes!"
"Eunuch Chen has great eyesight and is worthy of being the number one poison master in the country."
A voice sounded in the sky above the place where the snake was entrenched.
Immediately afterwards, a black cloud appeared above.
A long snake hung down from the black cloud to the ground.
A figure grabbed the long snake and slowly slid down from it.
Clouds, snakes, and people all seemed to appear out of thin air.