Faced with such a ruthless man as Zhang Zhibai, Kou Ji had nothing to say except admiration.
Not only did Kou Ji admire Zhang Zhibai, but so did Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng.
At least the two of them would never have the same thoughts as Zhang Zhibai after learning that their graves would be dug up after death.
Zhang Zhibai didn't pay attention to the expressions of Kou Ji and the other two people. He just stared at Kou Ji and said, "I'm not afraid of people digging up their graves, and I'm not afraid of my children and grandchildren being killed. What I'm afraid of is that once the longevity method is introduced into the palace, the officials will be obsessed with it and endanger the people.
Jiangshan Sheji of the Great Song Dynasty.
Your grandfather, Li Gong, us, and countless civil and military ministers spent decades to turn the Song Dynasty into the situation where all nations came to the dynasty today.
Our hard work should not be ruined by the longevity method."
Seeing this, Kou Ji said frankly: "At first, my thoughts were similar to yours, so after I got the longevity method, I burned it decisively. But later, after I thought about it carefully, I felt that this was inappropriate.
Now that the longevity method has come out, officials will definitely be concerned about it.
Even if he doesn't care about it now, he will care about it in the future.
Not only the officials, but other powerful civil and military ministers may also be thinking about this method.
Hiding this method will only make people miss it more.
If this method is kept hidden, it will cause disaster sooner or later.
So, I thought of doing the opposite.
Let the monks offer all the longevity methods in their hands.
Then spread the word widely.
There are countless smart people in the world.
The authenticity of those longevity methods, as well as the existing problems, will soon be discovered.
When the time comes, if we give you some guidance, someone will surely stand up and overthrow those longevity methods.
After the law of longevity is overthrown, the officials will inevitably wake up and will never believe in the law of longevity again.
Officials no longer believe in the law of longevity, and the law of longevity will no longer affect the country of the Song Dynasty.
After taking this as a warning, future successors will definitely not believe in the method of longevity.
If things go on like this, a hidden rule will be formed in the court, and the method of longevity will no longer appear in the court or in the palace."
The Buddhists used human nature to plot against Kou Ji, and Kou Ji also used human nature to make Zhao Zhen see clearly the methods of longevity that fooled the world.
People always gain wisdom after taking a setback.
If you don't experience pain, you won't remember the lessons at all.
Only by letting Zhao Zhen and the people suffer a loss will they understand that there is no way to live forever in the world.
Only in this way can we eliminate the harm caused by the method of longevity to the court, the emperor, and the people.
Seeking longevity is not the prerogative of emperors.
Not only did the emperor live a long life, but so did the people.
In the decades since the founding of the Song Dynasty, two great figures have been destroyed by the art of longevity.
One emperor and one phase.
The emperor is Zhen Zong Zhao Heng, and the prime minister is Wen Hui Gong Xue Juzheng.
Zhenzong Zhao Heng died because of long-term use of the 'elixir', which caused erysipelas to enter his bones and was difficult to cure.
Xue Juzheng, Duke of Wenhui, died of cinnabar poisoning.
This shows how harmful the technique of longevity can be.
Everyone has the desire to live forever, so there is no stopping you from seeking immortality.
Only if the world realizes that the longevity techniques boasted by monks are deceptive tricks, will the world give up on practicing the techniques of longevity.
After listening to Kou Ji's words, Zhang Zhibai frowned and said: "The disaster caused by the late emperor's pursuit of immortality is still vivid in my mind. I don't want to see the officials follow in the footsteps of the late emperor."
Kou Ji solemnly said: "It is precisely because the disaster caused by the late emperor's pursuit of immortality is so vivid that the officials will never look at the method of taking elixirs among the methods of immortality. At most, the officials will look at some methods of meditating, practicing Qi, and cultivating the body."
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Officials are people who practice martial arts. After seeing the methods of meditating and practicing Qi, officials will know whether they are good or bad.
We only need to hand over the longevity method to the officials, and then tell the officials about the dangers of others practicing the longevity method.
Officials will definitely lose interest in the method of longevity, and may even become disgusted with it."
Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng were slightly moved after listening to Kou Ji's explanation.
Zhang Zhibai still frowned.
Lu Yijian looked at Zhang Zhibai and persuaded him: "Yong Hui, Kou Ji's method is a once and for all solution. I think you can give it a try."
Wang Zeng mused: "Since ancient times, the wiser the emperor, the harder it is to escape the fate of pursuing immortality. In order to prevent officials from indulging in seeking immortality in the future, there is no harm in giving it a try now.
I will keep an eye on this matter, and I will take a look at it before the monks offer the method of longevity to the officials.
I will never let anything that harms the official family or the country flow into the palace."
Seeing that both Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng agreed with Kou Ji's method, Zhang Zhibai could only sigh and said, "Let's give it a try. If this matter harms the official family and the country, I will definitely participate."
You three."
Lu Yijian and Wang Zeng looked at each other and smiled bitterly, but said nothing.
Zhang Zhibai has this temperament, he is thrifty and a little paranoid in his words and deeds.
Seeing that Lu Yijian and the others agreed to his proposal, Kou Ji smiled and said: "It's time for me to go and meet the fairy girl for a while. By the way, let her bring a message to other monks."
"But that Fairy He in Sanqing Temple?"
Lu Yijian suddenly became interested when she heard that Kou Ji was going to visit He Xiangu.
Kou Ji nodded slightly.
Lu Yijian said with emotion: "Xianzi He is the most beautiful woman in Bianjing, and countless people fall in love with her. I also asked her to join the palace, but she refused.
I don’t know who would be lucky enough to be with her."
The smile on Kou Ji's face froze, and he said unceremoniously: "I am so shameless."
Lu Yijian glanced at Kou Ji with disdain, "What do you know? The sage said, 'Food, sex,' and if you don't know the fun, don't judge others."
"Old gangster!"
Kou Ji cursed again.
Lu Yijian got angry and yelled: "That's enough for you!"
"snort!"
Kou Ji snorted, ignored him, and decisively left the place.
After returning to his house, Kou Ji changed into regular clothes and drove to Sanqing Temple outside the city.
When he arrived at the gate of Sanqing Temple, Kou Ji was startled when he saw the huge crowd.
Kou Ji knew that He Xiangu was well-known in Bianjing City and had many followers, but he didn't expect there to be so many.
The sight of the long queue made people feel a little numb.
"Master, shall we wait?"
After the coachman drove to the end of the team, he turned back and asked Kou Ji in the carriage.
Kou Ji calmly ordered: "Hang the flag from the house."
The coachman agreed and hung the flag of the Kou government outside the carriage.
Those who were queuing up at the gate of Sanqing Temple saw the Kou Mansion's carriage and gave way one after another.
The Kou Mansion's carriage rushed from the end of the team to the head of the team arrogantly, and then drove straight into the Sanqing Temple.
Sanqingguan is not a big place, covering an area of less than five acres.
Compared with Daxiangguo Temple, Wuyue Temple and other temples, it is small and pitiful.
In the past, there was only one Taoist priest and three boys in the temple.
When conducting an inventory of temples all over the world, we found out that not only were they not as wealthy as other temples, but they were so poor that they couldn't even afford to eat.
The soldiers who inspected the Sanqing Temple not only failed to find any property from the Sanqing Temple, but before leaving, they even gave away some money as food money to the three of them, the master and the disciple.
The three masters and disciples have never harmed anyone, nor have they deceived the people.
Therefore, during the inspection of temples all over the world, he successfully escaped disaster.
Sanqingguan used to be very poor.
It was not until He Xiangu moved in that Sanqing Temple gradually became more popular.
After Kou Ji arrived at the gate of Sanqing Temple in a carriage, he was stopped by two boys at the gate.
The boys politely told Kou Ji that He Xiangu was waiting for guests and asked Kou Ji to wait for a while.
Then, under the astonished gazes of everyone behind him, Kou Ji picked up the two little boys with each hand, placed them on the mound, and barged into Sanqing Temple very rudely.
After Kou Ji left, the people outside Sanqing watched and yelled at Kou Ji for being rude.
After He Xiangu moved in, Sanqing Temple was renovated several times, but it did not develop in a luxurious direction, but made it very elegant.
In the curling green smoke, admiring the elegant scenery inside the Sanqing Temple will make you feel much calmer, and you may even want to become a monk.
Kou Ji would never be affected by the scenery inside Sanqing Temple, so after he broke into Sanqing Temple, he went straight to the place where He Xiangu was entertaining guests.
He Xiangu was entertaining guests in a elegant hall.
As Kou Ji approached the elegant hall, he heard someone playing the harp.
The voice is gentle and clear.
When I arrived at the door of the elegant hall, I saw He Xiangu, dressed in white, sitting at the table, playing the piano.
Opposite her, there sat a middle-aged man, dressed in rich clothes, sitting there with his eyes closed, playing the piano to He Xiangu carefully.
Zhao Zhen once said that He Xiangu was excellent at playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.
It's really not a lie.
Although Kou Ji doesn't understand guqin music, he can still judge the level of his opponent's guqin skills through the sound of the music.
Of course, this is just a rough estimate.
He couldn't tell how high or low it was.
But just being able to tell the difference between high and low is fine.
At least after hearing the sound of He Xiangu's piano music, Kou Ji could tell that He Xiangu's piano skills were of a high standard.
Kou Ji had no intention of listening to the music, so he barged into the elegant hall.
"You're such a rough guy, but you actually know how to listen to the piano?"
Kou Ji entered the elegant hall and spoke to the middle-aged man sitting in the elegant hall.
The voice was full of contempt.
The middle-aged man slowly opened his eyes, turned around, and glanced at Kou Ji.
"Although I was born into a general, I also learned music, chess, calligraphy and painting when I was young. I'm not proficient in it, but I can taste it a bit. I'm not what you call a rough and tumble guy."
When He Xiangu entered Kou Ji, her piano sound was slightly messed up, but it immediately returned to its previous level.
Kou Ji couldn't hear it, but the middle-aged man could, so he opened his eyes.
Kou Ji walked to the middle-aged man, sat down slowly, and asked very frankly: "When did you become civilized? Could it be that you have a crush on her and want to show off in front of her?"
The middle-aged man's face darkened and he yelled: "Vulgar!"
The sound of He Xiangu's piano has become chaotic.
And he raised his head, staring at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji ignored He Xiangu, but said to the middle-aged man: "If you fall in love with someone else, you will fall in love with her. What are you hiding? When I came here, that old gangster Lu Yijian told me that he also fell in love with her.
Do you think you can win over Lu Yijian?"
The middle-aged man's face turned completely dark, "Kou Ji, be careful what you say and don't offend the beauty."
Kou Ji was not happy anymore, "Okay, I'll give you some face, and you'll just slap your nose on your face, right? Go to the court and decide who is older and who is younger."
You don't even show me any courtesy when you see me, believe it or not, I will write a letter to you tomorrow."
The middle-aged man gritted his teeth in anger, but there was nothing he could do about Kou Ji.
Kou Ji continued: "Okay, you can go."
The middle-aged man said angrily: "I paid ten thousand yuan for sesame oil..."
Kou Ji raised his eyebrows and his eyes lingered on the middle-aged man and He Xiangu.
The middle-aged man's expression changed.
He Xiangu's piano sound was completely messed up. She simply put down her hand, held down the strings, and glared at Kou Ji.
The middle-aged man hurriedly explained: "Fairy He has adopted many helpless children. Those children need my charity before they can grow up."
"Then why don't you give me something? It's ten thousand guan. Are you embezzling? Otherwise, you wouldn't be so generous."
Kou Ji said casually.
The middle-aged man was completely annoyed, "Kou Ji, you should know where my Li family's money comes from, so don't slander me."
Kou Ji yawned and said, "Okay, okay, I know you, Li Zhaoliang, are making clean money now. I just said casually, why are you excited?"
But if you give away ten thousand yuan at a time, are so generous and so prodigal, aren't you afraid that Tyranny will crawl out of the grave in anger?"
Li Zhaoliang snorted, "Even if my father were alive, he wouldn't say anything. What's more, I am the head of the Li family now."
Kou Ji said in shock: "Are you sure your father won't beat you to death when he sees you being deceived out of ten thousand yuan? Although your martial arts are not weak, you can hang you up with the skills of Tyranny.
Fighting, it should be no problem."
"cheat?!"
Li Zhaoliang frowned slightly.
Kou Ji said frankly: "Since the mud figures in Bianjing City have been cleared away, there are no helpless children in Bianjing City.
As an official of the imperial court, and you have lived in Bianjing for a long time, you cannot be unaware of this matter.
Since there are no helpless children in Bianjing City, where did those children come from?
Detached, stolen, abducted, robbed?"
When Li Zhaoliang heard this, he subconsciously looked at He Xiangu.
He Xiangu stood up angrily and glared at Kou Jida angrily: "Those young children Pindao adopted were all rescued by Pindao on his way from Yongzhou to Bianjing.
There are traces to follow for each one.
Privy Kou, please don’t taint the innocence of poor people."
Kou Ji pointed at He Xiangu with a smile and said to Li Zhaoliang: "Look, is she more attractive when she is angry than when she is dignified?"
Li Zhaoliang was stunned for a moment, and when he took a closer look, he saw that it was really...
He Xiangu was trembling with anger.
Who do you think I am?
Are you kidding me?
"Kou Ji, you've had enough!"
When Kou Ji heard this, he laughed.
He Xiangu looked at her angrily.
Li Zhaoliang's eyes suddenly wandered between the two of them.
I screamed in my heart.
Enemies from past lives?
If this is the case, then there seems to be no need for me to stay here.
What a pity for a peerless beauty.
In order to see her, Li Zhaoliang paid nearly 50,000 yuan.
This is why he can listen to music inside Sanqing Temple, while others can only wait outside Sanqing Temple.
"Privacy Kou, Fairy He, Li suddenly remembered that there was an important matter that needed to be dealt with in the house, so he left first."
Li Zhaoliang stood up and bowed.
Before Kou Ji and He Xiangu could speak, Li Zhaoliang hurriedly left the elegant hall.
After Li Zhaoliang left, He Xiangu glared at Kou Ji and yelled: "Kou Ji, what do you want?"
He Xiangu can be regarded as a person who has cultivated her mind and nature. She has not been angry for a long time since she entered Taoism.
The reason why I was angry at Kou Ji today was that I really couldn't hold it back.
After Kou Ji entered Sanqing Temple, he looked at her as if he were a prostitute in a brothel. How could she bear it?
Kou Ji slowly shook his head and said with emotion: "You have such a heart and behavior, and you still want to make me a monk. I advise you to return to secular life as soon as possible, find someone to marry, and stay at home to support your husband and raise your children."
If you can give birth to ten or eight of them, it will be considered a service to our great Song Dynasty.
It is much better than your cultivation."
"That's too much!"
He Xiangu gave a light drink and started to do it.
Kou Ji's pupils shrank slightly. He felt that He Xiangu alone should be able to beat him ten or eight times.
He is definitely no match for He Xiangu.
He said decisively: "Fairy He, I am here today because I have serious business to discuss."
Hearing this, He Xiangu temporarily gave up her intention to take action and glared at Kou Ji: "What's the matter? Do you want to plot against my Taoist family again?"
Kou Ji's face straightened and he said, "What is calculation? Am I, Kou Ji, that kind of person?"
"Oh……"
He Xiangu smiled mockingly.
Kou Ji coughed dryly and said seriously: "I'm here to give you monks a chance to rise again."
He Xiangu was stunned, frowned, and said, "Are you so kind?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "I am also an upright person. The imperial court's inspection of temples all over the world is only targeting some scum among monks.
The court did not touch any of the upright and law-abiding monks.
Otherwise you wouldn’t have a place to stay.”
He Xiangu knew that Kou Ji was telling the truth, but she did not dare to take it lightly when facing Kou Ji.
He Xiangu stared at Kou Ji warily and said, "Will the court let us go?"
Kou Ji slowly shook his head, "It's impossible to let you go, but the court can give you a chance to rise again."
He Xiangu asked: "What opportunity?"
Kou Ji suddenly let out a long sigh and said, "Buddhists offered longevity rituals before, but I burned them. The officials fined me three years' salary for this.
From this, I inferred that the officials wanted to practice the longevity method.
In order to prevent officials from getting into trouble when they get old, they will ask me for my head because of the burning of longevity rituals.
I would like to suggest to the officials that monks all over the world should offer longevity rituals."
He Xiangu said with a look of astonishment: "The emperor is actually willing to punish you?"
Why is the emperor willing to punish me?!
Kou Ji cursed in his heart, and said with a look of sorrow on his face: "As human ministers, we may seem to be in a high position, but in fact we are just servants of the royal family.
The official is close to me on weekdays because I am useful to him.
Once I lose my influence on him, he will never get close to me again.
The words to accompany you as a tiger are not something you say casually."
He Xiangu stared at Kou Ji warily, "But that's not what you said at the gate of Kou's house a few days ago."
Kou Ji glanced at He Xiangu and said: "At this moment and that moment, as a minister in charge of military affairs, there must be people from the official family watching me. I have to be cautious about every word and action.
Now that I have arrived at Sanqing Temple and have escaped the supervision of officials, I dare to be honest with you."
He Xiangu still stared at Kou Ji with a vigilant face and said, "I believe you for the time being. You said that the government asked me to become a monk and offer the method of longevity, but is it true?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "If it's fake, then why would I come to you?"
He Xiangu narrowed her eyes and stared at Kou Ji silently.
Kou Ji said frankly: "Okay, I admit that I have a purpose. You should know what it means to offer the longevity method to the official family.
In the past, the Taoist sages were able to enter the Dharma Eyes of the late Emperor because they offered the Dharma of Immortality.
It is precisely because of this that the late emperor established Taoist officials in the world.
Now that I have introduced the method of longevity, if the official family achieves any results, it may not be difficult to reinstate Taoist officials.
I propose that monks offer the method of longevity.
The official then handed over the matter to me.
If you monks want to take this opportunity to rise again, shouldn't you reward me?"
After hearing Kou Ji's words, He Xiangu snorted coldly and said, "Do you think Pindao is that easy to deceive?"
Kou Ji's expression froze and he said: "Okay, I'll confess. We deceived other monks together, and the benefits we got from the deception were divided equally between you and me.
If you don’t agree, I will go find Monk Mingran from Daxiangguo Temple, I believe he will be interested in this matter.”
He Xiangu narrowed her eyes and hummed: "You really don't have good intentions."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "Just tell me whether you agree or not?"
He Xiangu showed a trace of hesitation, hesitated for a few breaths, suddenly froze for a moment, then stared at Kou Ji and said: "Okay! Pindao can promise you."
Kou Ji smiled knowingly, "Happy! That's settled, and then you will pass the matter on to other monks."
After talking about this matter, Kou Ji didn't stay in the elegant hall any longer.
He got up and left the hall.
After leaving Yatang, leaving Sanqingguan, and getting on the carriage, on the way back to Bianjing City, Kou Ji muttered in deep thought: "The personalities are so different, is it schizophrenia, or are they twins?
Let me just say...
It is impossible for normal people to understand so many things.
People who know so many things are not normal."
Before this, Kou Ji met He Xiangu twice.
For the first time, He Xiangu gave Kou Ji a feeling of being quiet and elegant, with a rather mundane aura, and very confident. She really looked like a master.
The second time, He Xiangu made Kou Ji feel very peaceful and elegant, but her aura of transcendence was not strong, and her self-confidence was not that strong either.
The first and second time we met, they looked like two different people.
See you for the third time today.
Kou Ji was finally certain that he faced two He Xiangu three times.
The He Xiangu he faced was either schizophrenic or a twin.
Facts prove.
Kou Ji's guess was accurate.
Because after Kou Ji left the elegant hall in Sanqing Temple, two figures appeared in the elegant hall.
One of them looked exactly like Aunt He Xian, no different.
Only the breath is different.
The other person was an older woman,
"Sister, master..."
He Xiangu, who was playing the piano in the elegant hall before, saw the two of them and hurriedly came forward to greet them.