Just keep going.
Zhu Ping'an smiled slightly and looked at Zhao Daying fearlessly. The gazes of the two men were like two sharp arrows that met on a narrow road, colliding in mid-air, sparks flying in all directions. Suddenly, a murderous aura filled the court.
"Please ask the court to bring some water. The amount of water should be enough to completely submerge the heads so that I can verify the authenticity of the remaining heads for you gentlemen." Zhu Ping'an bowed to the presiding judge and loudly requested the court's cooperation.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, even though Wang Xueyi refused a hundred times in his heart, he still ordered the officers from the Ministry of Justice to fetch water from the backyard.
Soon, the yamen's fireproof bronze water vats were carried over by the police. Two large vats, half a person's height, were placed in a row in the courtroom, filled with water.
Use water to verify whether the head is Tatar
How can this be verified? Zhu Pingan is not kidding. Could it be that the heads of the Tatars will float on the water, or that the heads of the people of the Ming Dynasty will float on the water? Otherwise, how can it be verified
Is it reliable
Everyone was curious and stood up from the audience seats, wanting to see how Zhu Ping'an would use water to verify the head.
"I'm sorry."
Zhu Ping'an bowed to the heads on the wooden board and said "I'm sorry", then asked the coroner to sweep away the raw stone powder from the remaining heads and put them all into the water tank.
Plop
Plop
The coroner and the servants brushed the remaining forty heads with quickstone powder and put them all into the water jar as Zhu Ping'an instructed.
At this time, the brave officials gathered around curiously and looked into the water tank to see if the heads would float up in different groups as they thought.
However, to their disappointment, all the heads sank to the bottom of the water and none of them floated up.
If Zhu Ping'an knew what they were thinking, he would definitely be speechless. This is a density issue. If it is a whole person, there will be air in the lungs, and the human body will be slightly lighter than water. If you can swim, you can float by adjusting your breathing and moving your hands and feet. But if it is just a person's head, it will definitely sink.
"Master Zhu, the heads have all sunk. How can we distinguish them?"
Many officials raised questions. In their opinion, Zhu Ping'an put all the heads in the water without distinguishing whether they were Tatars or Ming people. Because all the heads looked the same when put in the water, they all sank to the bottom, with no difference.
Zhao Daying and others also watched coldly. They didn't believe that Zhu Ping'an could tell whether the head was a Tatar's by putting it in the water.
Of course, the most important point is that they are very clear about the source of these heads, which are the Tatar heads presented by the border troops as reports of their merits.
They simply swapped the Tatar heads presented by the border troops with the heads that Zhao Daying had originally presented as a tribute.
Guaranteed authenticity.
Real gold is not afraid of fire, this has been the natural law since ancient times. Zhao Daying and others just don't believe that Zhu Ping'an can still confuse right and wrong.
"My Lords, please wait a moment."
Zhu Ping'an stood calmly in front of the water tank, looking at the head in the tank, and spoke half explaining and half narrating.
"What's the matter, Lord Zhu? If we wait a little longer, will the head be able to speak?" Zhao Daying folded his arms and sneered.
Can the head speak
Zhao Daying's ridicule caused everyone to laugh.
However
To Zhao Daying's surprise, after he finished ridiculing, he saw Zhu Ping'an shift his gaze to him and looked at him intently. After about two seconds, Zhu Ping'an nodded seriously and replied "yes".
WTF
Eyeballs dropped to the ground in surprise.
How could the leader speak? Everyone shook their heads and laughed, especially Zhao Daying and others who were extremely sarcastic.
At this moment, you are laughing so happily, I hope you can still laugh half an hour later.
Zhu Ping'an glanced at Zhao Daying and curled the corners of his lips slightly. He could guess Zhao Daying's confidence. Just now when Zhao Daying was whispering with his uncle, Zhu Ping'an also read some information from their lip reading.
What a confident person.
Tatar heads presented by border troops
hehe... ...
Zhu Ping'an curled the corners of his lips and smiled slightly, then turned his gaze to the water tank. The head had been soaked in it for more than ten minutes. The remaining stone powder had dissolved into the water, making the face clearer. The hair also gradually spread out, slowly like clumps of black water grass spreading out in the water tank.
Um
At this rate, it won’t take even half an hour.
During the half-hour wait, the presiding judge Wang Xueyi urged Zhu Ping'an twice, Zhao Daying and others ridiculed him three times, and the officials in the gallery had already become impatient and complained from time to time.
Just when everyone's patience was about to run out, half an hour had passed.
"Zhu Ping'an, everyone has been playing with you for half an hour. How long will this farce of yours continue?" Zhao Daying mocked again.
"Well, they've spoken."
Zhu Ping'an withdrew his gaze from the water tank, looked at Zhao Daying, and nodded slightly.
Are you ready already
Everyone was excited when they heard this, and gathered around curiously again. They didn't believe that the leader could speak, but everyone has curiosity.
"Hahaha, Zhu Ping'an, are you trying to make fun of us? Where did this leader speak? I couldn't hear anything... Tell us, what did this leader say?" Zhao Daying laughed, with a look of sarcasm on his face.
The first level opens
Think with your ass, this is all impossible! We are not children anymore, how can we believe Zhu Ping'an's stupid statement. Zhao Daying sneered, full of confidence.
"They are saying that we are not Tatar barbarians, we are the people of the Ming Dynasty, the descendants of Yan and Huang." Zhu Ping'an nodded and said seriously.
Hahaha... ...
Zhao Daying and others burst into laughter when they heard this. How ridiculous! Zhu Pingan, you really treat us like children!
Everyone shook their heads and smiled bitterly when they heard this.
"Sir Zhu, don't take things lightly in court." The presiding judge Wang Xueyi sneered.
"Ping'an is no joke. Please look, gentlemen, these heads have indeed spoken." Zhu Ping'an curled the corners of his lips and shook his head. He stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation, pointed at the heads in the water tank and spoke seriously, while his other hand pulled the edge of his sleeve to prevent it from falling into the water.
Um
Everyone looked into the water, most of them puzzled.
However, some people noticed the clues. Xu Jie nodded and looked at Zhu Ping'an approvingly. It was time to end this petition.
After Yan Shifan glanced at the heads, his face became gloomy. Then he looked at Zhu Ping'an again, and a gleam of light flashed in his one eye.
"My Lords, please look at the hair of these heads. The marks on them are very clear. Do they look familiar? These are the marks left by the people of the Ming Dynasty who have been using scarves to tie their hair for many years. The words they said are all engraved on these scarves."
"Since the Emperor Taizu issued the imperial decree in the early years of the Hongwu reign, all the people of the Ming Dynasty, from high officials to students and clerks, have worn a scarf under their hats. Over the years, traces of the scarf have been left on their hair. But it is different for the Tatars. The Tatars are barbarians who refuse to be civilized. They have their hair shaved and braided since childhood and have never worn a scarf. It is impossible for them to have traces of the scarf on their hair."
"So, judging from the marks on this scarf, these heads must be from the people of our Ming Dynasty, not the Tatars as Zhao Daying said."
It's a wake-up call!
Every word Zhu Ping'an said touched everyone's heartstrings, like thunder, exploding in the courtroom and waking everyone up.