Rise From the Humble

Just keep going.

Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and looked at Zhao Daying fearlessly. Their eyes were like two sharp arrows. They met on a narrow road and collided with sparks in mid-air. Suddenly, a murderous aura filled the courtroom. .

"Please ask the court to bring some water. The amount of water must be enough to completely submerge the heads. I can verify the authenticity of the remaining heads for you." Zhu Ping'an handed over to the presiding judge's seat and loudly asked the court to cooperate.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Wang Xueyi ordered the officers of the Ministry of Punishment to go to the backyard to fetch water even though he had a hundred rejections in his heart.

Soon, the yamen's fireproof bronze water tank was carried over by the guards, and two large tanks half a person's height were placed in the court hall, filled with water.

Use water to verify if the head is Tatar?

How to verify this? Zhu Pingan was not joking. Could it be said that the heads of Tatars will float on the water, or that the heads of my people of the Ming Dynasty will float on the water? Otherwise, how to verify it?

Is it reliable?

Everyone was curious and stood up from the auditorium, wanting to see how Zhu Pingan used water to verify the head.

"excuse me."

Zhu Ping'an said he was sorry to the head on the wooden board, and then asked Zuo Zuo to sweep away the stone powder from the remaining heads and put them all into the water tank.

Plop

Plop

After Wu Zuo and the servants used a brush to remove the raw stone powder from the remaining forty heads, they put them all into the water tank according to Zhu Pingan's instructions.

At this time, the bold officials gathered around the water tank curiously and looked inside to see if the heads would float in a differentiated manner as they thought.

However, to their disappointment, all the heads sank to the bottom of the water, and none of them floated.

If Zhu Pingan knew what they were thinking, he would definitely be speechless. This is a matter of density. If it were a whole person, there would be air in the lungs, and the human body would be slightly lighter than water. If you can swim, you can float by adjusting your breathing and moving your hands and feet. rise; but if it were just a human head, it would definitely sink.

"Master Zhu, this head has sunk. How can we tell the difference?"

Many officials raised questions. In their opinion, people like Zhu Pingan put the heads in the water without distinguishing whether the heads belonged to Tatars or people of the Ming Dynasty. Because these heads are all the same when put into the water. They all sink to the bottom and there is no difference.

Zhao Daying and others also looked on with cold eyes. They did not believe that Zhu Ping'an could tell whether the head was Tatar by putting his head in the water.

Of course, the most important point is that they know very well the source of these heads, which are the heads of Tatars donated by the border troops to report their merits.

They just exchanged the Tatar heads presented by the border troops with the heads that Zhao Daying had originally dedicated.

Guaranteed replacement if fake.

Real gold is not afraid of fire. This has been a natural principle since ancient times. Zhao Daying and others did not believe that Zhu Pingan could confuse right and wrong.

"My lords, please wait a moment."

Zhu Ping'an stood calmly in front of the water tank, looked at the head in the water tank, and said half explanation and half narration.

"What's the matter, Mr. Zhu, after a while, will the leader be able to speak?" Zhao Daying crossed his arms and sneered.

Can the head speak?

Zhao Daying's ridicule caused everyone to burst into laughter.

However

To Zhao Daying's surprise, after he finished taunting him, he saw Zhu Pingan turn his gaze and looked at him fiercely. About two seconds later, Zhu Pingan nodded seriously and replied, "Yes. ".

Damn it

His eyes fell to the ground in surprise.

How could the leader speak? Everyone shook their heads and burst into laughter, especially Zhao Daying and others who were extremely mocking.

At this moment, you are laughing so happily, I hope you can still laugh half an hour later.

Zhu Pingan glanced at Zhao Daying and curled his lips slightly. He could guess Zhao Daying's confidence. When Zhao Daying whispered to his uncle just now, Zhu Pingan also read some information from his lips.

So confident.

Tatar heads presented by frontier troops

hehe

Zhu Ping'an raised the corners of his lips and smiled, then looked at the water tank. The head had been soaked in it for more than ten minutes. The remaining stone powder had dissolved into the water, and the face could be seen more clearly. The hair gradually spread out, slowly like clumps of black water plants spreading in a water tank.

Um

According to this trend, it won't take half an hour.

During the half-hour wait, the presiding judge Wang Xueyi urged Zhu Ping'an twice, and Zhao Daying and others ridiculed him three times. The officials in the gallery were already impatient with the waiting, and some complained from time to time.

When everyone's patience was about to be exhausted, half an hour passed.

"Zhu Pingan, everyone has been playing with you for half an hour, how long will your farce last?" Zhao Daying mocked again.

"Okay, they've already spoken."

Zhu Ping'an withdrew his gaze from the water tank, fell on Zhao Daying, and nodded slightly.

Already healed?

After hearing this, everyone became more energetic and gathered around him curiously. They don't believe that the head can speak, but everyone is curious.

"Hahaha, Zhu Ping'an, are you just making fun of me? Where did this leader speak? Why can't I hear it? Tell us what this leader said." Zhao Daying laughed. , with a look of ridicule on his face.

Head opening?

Thinking about it with your buttocks, all of this is impossible! We are no longer children, so how can we believe Zhu Ping'an's idiotic statement. Zhao Daying started mocking, full of confidence.

"They are saying that we are not Tatar barbarians, we are people of the Ming Dynasty, descendants of Yan and Huang." Zhu Pingan nodded and said seriously.

Hahaha.

Zhao Daying and others burst into laughter upon hearing this. Ridiculous, Zhu Pingan, you really treat everyone like children!

When everyone heard this, they shook their heads and smiled bitterly.

"Master Zhu, there is no such thing as trifling in court." The presiding judge Wang Xueyi sneered.

"Ping'an is not a child's play. Sirs, please see, these heads have indeed spoken." Zhu Ping'an raised the corners of his lips and shook his head, stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, pointed at the heads in the water tank and said seriously, and Hold the sleeve edge with one hand to prevent the sleeve from falling into the water.

Um?

Everyone put their eyes into the water, and most of them were puzzled.

However, some people saw the clues. Xu Jie nodded and glanced at Zhu Ping'an approvingly. This petition should be over.

After Yan Shifan glanced at the head, his face became gloomy, and then he glanced at Zhu Ping'an again, with a flash of light in his one eye.

"My lords, please take a look at the hair of these heads. The marks on them are very clear. Are you familiar? These are the marks left by the people of Ming Dynasty who have used net scarves to tie their hair all year round. Everything they said is engraved on this net scarf. There are traces."

"Since Taizu issued the imperial edict in the early years of Hongwu, the people of our Ming Dynasty, regardless of their rank, from noble officials to ministers and officials, have all worn nets under their crowns. Over the years, nets have been left on their hair. But the Tatars are not like that. The Tatars are barbarians and disobedient to civilization. They have shaved and braided their hair since childhood and have never worn net towels. There is absolutely no chance that there will be traces of net towels on their hair."

"So, judging from the traces on this net scarf, these heads must be our people of the Ming Dynasty, not Tatars as Zhao Daying said."

Shocking and enlightening!

Zhu Ping'an's every word touched everyone's heartstrings, and like thunder, it exploded in the courtroom, waking everyone up.