"Please come over with the poor monk..."
The great monk led Kou Ji and his entourage to the front of the grotto with humility.
The monks who stood in front of the grotto looked at Kou Ji's eyes full of anger.
The great monk pronounced the Buddha's name with a sad expression on his face, and instructed the monks: "What are you waiting here to do, don't hurry down and prepare meals, don't neglect the nobles..."
The monks gritted their teeth and looked at the monk with complicated eyes.
The great monk had miserable words, so he could only close his eyes in pain, and then pronounced the Buddha's name.
Seeing this, Kou Ji coughed lightly.
The soldiers following him heard his cough and rushed to the grotto arbitrarily, pushing the monks away arbitrarily.
The monks stared angrily, and the soldiers' knives were placed on their necks.
The monks dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.
The monks of the Western Regions have a unique position in the Western Regions. Even if they meet the leaders of the major forces, they can treat each other with courtesy.
They lived arrogantly in the Western Regions for a long time, and they had never seen the scene of adding swordsmen.
So they obviously have been counseled, but they still want to put on a non-counseling look.
Kou Ji didn't bother to care about them, urging the great monk to quickly lead the way.
The great monk led Kou Ji into the grottoes and carefully introduced Kou Ji's origins, as well as the stories of Buddha statues and murals enshrined in each grotto.
The Buddha statues and murals in the grottoes are all very exquisite.
The story told by the great monk is also very fascinating.
So Kou Ji's itinerary was naturally slower.
In later generations, the grottoes have been destroyed several times, and many places have been incomplete, but in the Song Dynasty, the grottoes were well preserved, and new grottoes were being excavated.
Kou Ji had the opportunity to witness a complete grotto, so naturally he had to take a closer look.
The group passed through one grotto after another, and finally arrived in front of a closed grotto.
A huge monument is tied in front of the grotto, and on the side of the monument, there is a wooden portal.
If it weren't for the existence of a portal, no one would have discovered that there was a grotto hidden behind the monument.
There were several monks guarding in front of the portal, and after seeing Kou Ji and his party, they became very vigilant.
The soldiers following Kou Ji rushed forward, brutally took down several monks, opened the door, and revealed the true face of the grotto behind the door.
"Also... there really is a... Baoshan?"
Accompanied by Kou Ji's side, Zhu Neng, who has been silent, muttered to himself after seeing the scene behind the door.
The others stared behind the door in astonishment.
Behind the door, jeweled and precious, very compelling.
A huge amount of gold and silver jewelry shines brightly under the sunlight.
"Goooo..."
I don't know who swallowed.
Others also swallowed.
In front of the portal.
Kou Ji and the great monk were the only ones who could remain calm.
Kou Ji jumped off his horse and paced the doorway under the eyes of everyone.
In the portal, the jewels are even better.
Eighteen gold-cast Arhat statues are very gorgeous.
The gold and silver jewels piled up in the center of the grotto became a hill full of feet and eight feet high.
Kou Ji saw the hill made of gold and silver jewels, and couldn't help but sigh, "I had guessed that the Cao family has accumulated countless wealth for generations, but I didn't expect so much...
The value of such a large number of gold and silver jewelry is so great that Kou Ji can't calculate it.
The only thing Kou Ji can be sure of is that the value of so many gold and silver jewelry has exceeded his previous estimates.
Kou Ji didn't stay in the grotto too much. After looking around, he left the grotto.
After Kou Ji got out of the grotto, Zhu Neng hurried to Kou Ji and stammered: "Are you more... more?"
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, "You'll know if you go in and see by yourself..."
When Zhu Neng heard this, he went into the grotto without saying a word.
Kou Ji shook his head dumbfoundedly, his eyes fell on the soldiers who were looking forward to it, and said lightly: "Go back a group of people and drive over the carriage in Shazhou City. The rest, a group of ten, go in. Move the contents out.
Before you go in, I must remind you.
All the seizures of this expedition to Shazhou, you have a share.
Don't be greedy, don't make mistakes, don't take things you shouldn't take.
If you lose your life because of this, don't blame me for not reminding you. "
Kou Ji's voice fell to the ground, and the soldiers' hearts were overwhelmed.
Yang Wenguang took the lead in holding his fist and said: "Kou Qinchai just don't worry, brothers know the importance, so naturally they won't touch the money inside."
The other generals who led the troops followed Yang Wenguang and agreed.
Kou Ji nodded slowly when he heard the words, and said no more.
It should be reminded, he has already reminded, if someone is still alive and dead, and his head is chopped off because of greed for money, then he will not be blamed.
When the great monk was talking to Kou Ji, his gaze was a little dazed when he looked at Kou Ji.
He thought Kou Ji was an arrogant and arrogant barbarian, but he did not expect that Kou Ji's thoughts were so delicate, and he could see people's hearts so thoroughly.
The great monk can also be regarded as a guest of many powers in the Western Regions.
He naturally knew how big the gap was between an arrogant, domineering, arrogant, and understandable person, and a savage who could only be arrogant and arrogant.
Encountered such a person, can only be softened.
Head-to-head, the one who suffers in the end must be yourself.
The great monk glanced at the gold and silver jewelry inside the door, closed his eyes in pain, and announced the Buddha's name.
That huge amount of wealth, from now on, no longer belongs to him, does not belong to the Cave of Thousand Buddhas.
Kou Ji didn't care about the look of the great monk. After instructing the soldiers, he was going to let them move in.
Before the soldiers left, Zhu Neng laughed out of the grotto, shouting loudly: "If the court does not reward one or two princes, I am sorry for the money in this cave."
Kou Ji glanced at Zhu Neng, did not speak, but waved his hands to the soldiers who were going to move money.
A group of ten soldiers entered the grotto with the wooden boxes and skins that Yang Wenguang had prepared, and moved out of the grotto.
Zhu Neng took the initiative to invite Ying and sit in front of the grotto.
Kou Ji took the extra people to the square of the Thousand Buddha Cave.
Boxes and bags of gold and silver jewelry were moved to the square under the transportation of the soldiers.
Eighteen golden arhats were also moved to the square.
on the square.
Eighteen golden arhats guard a golden and silver mountain exuding jewels, which is very amazing.
One by one, soldiers and civilians stared at Jinyinshan, unable to move their eyes.
After Zhu Neng moved his money in the grotto, he returned to the square, his face a little unpleasant.
Kou Ji glanced at Zhu Neng and was taken aback for a while, roughly guessing why Zhu Neng's face was not so good, but he didn't break it on the spot.
Instead, he ordered the soldiers to load the gold and silver jewelry on the carriage sent by the servants of the Kou Mansion.
After installing the gold and silver jewelry, Kou Ji left 8,000 people guarding the Thousand Buddha Cave, and returned to Shazhou City with the others.
On the return trip.
Soldiers and civilians, cheered.
There was a slight smile on Kou Ji's face, but Zhu Neng had a gloomy face.
The group returned to Shazhou City and sent the gold and silver jewelry to the palace in Shazhou City before they reluctantly left.
Inside the palace.
Kou Ji sat on the stairs below the throne, watching the servants of Kou Mansion count the number of gold and silver jewels in the wooden boxes and skins.
Zhu Neng took three steps in two steps, walked up to Kou Ji, sat beside Kou Ji, and said with a sullen face: "You said, why are so many people looking for death?"
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, and sighed faintly, "Money is touching..."
Zhu Neng glared his eyes and roared, "No matter how touching, you shouldn't bet your life."
Kou Ji sighed again, without speaking.
The greed of the human heart is endless.
There are countless people who take risks for the sake of money.
Some soldiers stole some and hid some in the process of carrying gold and silver jewelry, which Kou Ji expected.
It was also in Zhu Neng's expectation.
Zhu Neng was angry because the soldiers who stole the gold and silver jewelry were too stupid.
Stupid enough that others want to let him go, but can't do it.
Among the many gold and silver jewelry in the grotto, many are particularly eye-catching.
Including a pure gold crown inlaid with a fist-sized gem, a gold knife inlaid with 108 gems, a dog's head gold weighing more than ten catties, a priceless night pearl, etc. .
Kou Ji and Zhu Neng went into the grotto and saw those things.
But after the things were moved out, Ye Mingzhu was gone, and the gems on the gold knife inlaid with gems were kept clean.
No one touched the fist-sized gem on the pure gold crown.
But the row of red sapphires surrounding the brim of the pure gold crown was pried clean.
There are so many gold and silver jewels in the grottoes. If you pick up one or two agates, gems, jade, or a gold cake or silver bar, Kou Ji and Zhu Neng can be regarded as not seeing them.
But when you moved those dazzling things, were Kou Ji and Zhu Neng blind
Even if Kou Ji and Zhu Neng were ignorant of their conscience and pretended not to see them, Fan Zhongyan, Liu Heng and others would find clues when they helped the court count their belongings.
Will it not be traced to the end by then
When a group of ten people go in to carry their belongings, there will always be flaws in the trace.
When the time comes, one of them will be counted as one, and all will have to be found out.
Even if you are stupid, you can get the knife yourself, and you have to hurt those who are not stupid.
"Hey… "
Zhu Neng sighed and gritted his teeth: "Should we check first, or wait for Liu Heng and Fan Zhongyan to check?"
Kou Ji and Zhu Neng went to investigate, how much they could protect the lives of those idiots.
If Liu Heng and Fan Zhongyan went to investigate, those people would surely become dead souls under the sword.
Kou Ji was silent for a moment, and said quietly: "I reminded them..."
After saying this, Kou Ji looked at Zhu Neng and said, "Didn't you remind them too?"
Zhu Neng yelled at the grottoes and other words to remind the soldiers that after this incident, the court would definitely add officials and titles for everyone.
But some people obviously didn't take Zhu Neng's words to heart.
Zhu Neng said with an ugly expression: "But they didn't die on the battlefield, but died of greed, it really shouldn't be."
Kou Ji said solemnly: "We can protect them for a while, but we can't protect them for the rest of their lives. It seems that this kind of being too greedy and mindless is a curse, and it will hurt others sooner or later.
If you keep them and harm other people in the future, it is better to take the lead in getting rid of them. "
Zhu Neng rubbed his eyebrows, and said with a headache: "No matter, I don't care. They are the fault of their greed, and it has nothing to do with me."
Leave these words behind.
Zhu Neng got up and walked away from the palace.
Kou Ji continued to stay in the palace and count his belongings.
After counting half of them, Fan Zhongyan dragged his sick body into the palace.
"Fan Zhongyan, the subordinate official, met Kou Qincha..."
Kou Ji looked at Fan Zhongyan with a slight surprise, "Why are you here? Didn't you let you recover in the house?"
Fan Zhongyan smiled bitterly: "If you don't come, you will die."
Kou Ji stunned: "Why do you say that?"
Fan Zhongyan sighed: "I heard that Kou Qinchai discovered the hidden treasure of the Shazhou Uighur today?"
Kou Ji glanced at the mountains of gold and silver jewelry in the temple, and rolled his eyes.
"Knowingly asking..."
Fan Zhongyan laughed dryly and said, "The soldiers who are going to carry their belongings must check."
Kou Ji raised his brows and looked at Fan Zhongyan and said, "What do you mean by this?"
Fan Zhongyan said frankly: "The official dismissal is just to prevent the slightest failure. I am afraid that some people will take things that shouldn't be taken, so they lose their heads."
Kou Ji pondered: "Did you know something?"
Fan Zhongyan was happy when he heard this. He smiled and said, "It seems that someone has taken something that shouldn't have been taken."
Kou Ji nodded and said: "You are my own, and I don't keep it from you. Someone did take things that shouldn't be taken."
Fan Zhongyan nodded slowly and said: "After learning that Kou Qincha had discovered the hidden treasure of the Shazhou Uighur and brought it back, he guessed that someone would be greedy.
Now it seems that the Xiaguan didn't guess wrong. "
Kou Ji questioned: "So... you came over to find me to expose this matter?"
Fan Zhongyan smiled and shook his head, "On the contrary, the next official wanted to eliminate this matter completely before it broke out."
Kou Ji frowned in confusion, "Why did you do this?"
Fan Zhongyan was taken aback for a moment, and said quietly: "They did not die on the way to Shazhou, nor did they die in the hands of the Xixia people, let alone starve to death in Shazhou City, which shows that they should not die.
They shouldn't die under greed, let alone die under their own swords.
Even if you die, you must die in the hands of the enemy. "
Kou Ji said solemnly: "So... what are you going to do?"
Fan Zhongyan said frankly: "Check them out one by one, and then chase back their greedy gold and silver jewelry. Then they will be organized into a team and let them go out to fight with the scouts."
Kou Ji asked, "Don't wait for Liu Heng to investigate together?"
Fan Zhongyan sighed: "Although Liu Heng is close to you, he is an official's minion. If he goes to investigate, those people's guilt will not be concealed, and there will be no escape."
Kou Ji thought about it, and said, "Then do what you want, and I will send someone to assist you."