Chapter 63
[At that time, the late emperor spent a lot of time and effort in building this Buddha statue. He not only took out various treasures dug out from a treasure trove of the previous dynasty and inlaid them in it. ]
[He even sent people to various places to look for various rare treasures, in order to build the most spectacular and luxurious Buddha statue in history to show the reverence of the Northern Zhao Kingdom for Buddha. ]
[Not only that, when the temples in various parts of Northern Zhao heard the news that the royal family was going to build the Huguo Temple, they also took out the treasures of their respective temples. ]
[There are also many wealthy private merchants who took out the scriptures, ancient books and even gilded Buddha statues that they had collected for many years at home. Almost every piece is priceless. 】
【Among these rare treasures, ancient scriptures, and ancient books, they were either inlaid on the Buddha statues or placed in the hollow interior of the Buddha statues. 】
【There are also some precious small gilded Buddha statues, which are placed in the temple’s special place for small Buddha statues. 】
Wei Yinuo: 【So what you mean is that Master Shikong has set his sights on these rare treasures, ancient scriptures, and gilded Buddha statues? 】
Emperor Mingde and the ministers also pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
Could this Master Shikong be so bold?
Even ordinary people in Northern Zhao would not easily touch the Buddha’s things.
After all, these things are different from ordinary treasures.
Especially in the minds of the people of Northern Zhao, these things represent the Buddha.
If you steal the Buddha’s things, you will be punished.
System: [That's right, because Master Shikong found that after the temple was built, no one checked the things stored in the temple. ]
[Especially the scriptures and ancient books and rare treasures stored inside the big Buddha statue. ]
[So he tried to secretly take some things out and put some imitations in, replacing the pillars without anyone noticing. ]
[After finding that no one had discovered, he became more and more courageous. ]
[Over the years, he almost emptied the things inside the big Buddha statue. ]
[And in order to avoid being discovered, he did not sell these things to Northern Zhao, but sold them all to neighboring countries. 】
【After emptying the things inside, he was still not satisfied, and set his sights on the jadeite jewels inlaid on the Buddha statue, as well as those small gilded Buddha statues. 】
【But those things were exposed after all, and if they were stolen, they would be easily discovered. 】
【He colluded with people from neighboring countries, asked them to draw the drawings, and then asked people from neighboring countries to copy them, and then he brought them back and secretly replaced them. 】
【So the original jadeite on the Buddha statues in your Huguo Temple is actually some worthless glass now, and those rare treasures and small gilded Buddha statues are mostly fake. 】
【If the gold on the golden body of the Buddha statue was not really impossible to get off, I'm afraid it would have been stripped off. 】
【In addition, the incense money from Huguo Temple is not small, and a large part of it has also gone into the pocket of this Master Shikong. 】
What???
Hearing this, Emperor Mingde was furious!
This man is so bold!
These things are all treasures of Northern Zhao, many of which are unique treasures, and he actually sold them to neighboring countries? !
No wonder Northern Zhao has been hit by natural disasters in recent years.
This year there was a snowstorm in the south, last year there was a severe drought in the north, and the year before last there was a flood disaster in the central region...
Could it be that all this angered the Buddha, and he blamed me for not employing the right people and letting a person who was not so vicious take charge of the Huguo Temple, and these things that blasphemed the Buddha happened, which led to so many natural disasters?
The ancients were superstitious, so it's no wonder that Emperor Mingde thought so.
In fact, many ministers also had this idea in their hearts, but they didn't dare to speak out.
Wei Yinuo was also shocked, but she was also very curious, and asked quickly: [But he did such things in the temple, has he never been discovered by anyone?]
Everyone pricked up their ears again.
Yes, even if no one goes to count those things on weekdays, Master Shikong is not the only one in the temple. There are
so many monks coming and going on weekdays, doesn't anyone notice it?
Or did the monks of Huguo Temple also participate in this?
Or are they afraid to say it because of the reputation of Master Shikong?
Doubts lingered in everyone's mind.
Such a big thing, they must figure it out.
At this time, the system spoke: [Why not? For example, once, when he was about to replace the real Buddha statue with a fake one, he was discovered by a young monk.
The young monk did not believe it at first, until he secretly followed Master Shikong and saw Master Shikong secretly selling the Buddha statue. Then he had to believe it.
But the young monk was too naive. He did not report the matter to the authorities immediately or tell others.
Instead, he found Master Shikong and asked him why he did this.
Master Shikong calmed the young monk down at the time, and later, when no one was paying attention, he led him to a remote place and killed him to silence him. 】
【Poor little monk, he looked at Master Shikong with horror until his death, and couldn't believe that Master Shikong, whom he had always regarded as his idol, was such a person. 】
【Of course, this little monk was not the only one, and more than one little monk died at his hands. 】
Emperor Mingde and the ministers all widened their eyes, as if they didn't believe it was true!
If the system hadn't mentioned it today, they would never have imagined that their number one national teacher was not only greedy and lustful, but also killed people to silence them. He was simply worse than a pig or a dog!
Wei Yinuo was so shocked that her chin dropped!
She didn't know what to say to such a poor and vicious person!
Such a person should be cut into pieces!
It's just a pity for those who were harmed by him, and the treasures of the Northern Zhao Kingdom.
By the way, thinking of this, Wei Yinuo suddenly thought of another question, so he asked: [System, according to what you said, this Master Shikong has sold so many treasures in these years, so he should have hidden a lot of money, right? Help me check, where did he hide the money? ]
[Isn't our Bei Zhao poor? If I can find a way to let our emperor know where he hides his money, it will not only make our Bei Zhao's life easier. ]
[And maybe the emperor can find out the crimes that Master Shi Kong has committed before! ]
System: [Host, please wait a moment, I will search it immediately. ]
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