Seeing Zhu Pingan stand up and return in disgrace, Zhao Qiu, Zhao Daying and all the military attachés were all very happy. Seeing Zhu Pingan defeated, they felt as if they had eaten dragon liver and phoenix marrow, they felt extremely comfortable.
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"Master Zhao, uncle and nephew, have done a good job of siphoning off the salary and using it for a living." Officials from the strict party who knew the inside story looked at Zhu Ping'an with gloating, and praised with a low smile. His uncle and Zhao Qiu are close friends.
, he was very close to Zhao Daying, and he had already gotten hints from Zhao Daying during lunch and knew the inside story.
"Hush, Brother Wang, be careful what you say. Mr. Zhao acted in accordance with the regulations of preserving the head, and he was upright, so how could he cheat and change the situation?" Another official hissed, reminding the official named Wang to be careful, but his face
He also had the same gloating expression on his face.
"Oh, it's the best, it's the best. Hahaha"
The official surnamed Wang suppressed a smile and nodded. He couldn't hold back his laughter until he was halfway through the sentence. In front of him, Zhu Ping'an had his head tampered with, and it felt good to see him deflated.
"He, Zhu Pingan, still wants to use his heads to make a comeback. Hahaha, what a fool's dream. Comeback? Let him overturn! If he, Zhu Pingan, can still use these heads to make a comeback, my name is written backwards, but it seems that he doesn't have it.
Ability, haha.”
"Hurry up and open the coffin. Finish it early and go back early to have a celebration banquet."
Zhao Daying and others were already sure of victory at this time, and they were already thinking about where to prepare a table of food and drinks, and invite some top brothel players to celebrate.
Wang Xueyi, the Minister of Justice, who was sitting at the presiding table, glanced at Zhu Ping'an and others with squinted eyes, nodded and said, "Okay, since you have confirmed that everything is correct, let's open the coffin."
"Open the coffin."
Zhang Captou answered the call and led people to open the coffin.
After driving out the stone nails and scraping off the glutinous rice glue, the officer forcefully lifted up the black board cover and placed it under his feet. The black board cover had been treated with anti-corrosion treatment, and a layer of black paint on it had the effect of isolating the air.
After the cover was lifted, a stale smell mixed with lime hit my face.
Although Zhu Pingan could conclude that the head in the coffin had been replaced, Zhu Pingan still took care of Liu Dadao, Liu Dachui and their emotions. After the coffin was opened, Zhu Pingan bowed his hands to the coffin and saluted to show respect. After all, Liu Dadao
They thought the heads in the box were their relatives.
The dead are the greatest.
If the heads inside are innocent people of the Ming Dynasty who were harmed, please rest in peace. I, Zhu Pingan, will do my best to seek justice for you and pay homage to your souls in heaven.
If the head inside is a Tatar or someone who deserves the crime, I advise you to change your mind, be reincarnated as a good person, do more good deeds, and atone for your sins in this life...
Zhu Pingan bowed his hands and came to the coffin box. He saw that the box was filled with stone powder, and the heads were buried in the stone powder.
Stone powder is quicklime.
This was a common method of preserving heads in ancient times.
In ancient times, since the Iron-Blooded Qin Dynasty, the method of testing the merits of the head has been used, and there is also considerable experience in the preservation of the head. The most commonly used methods are lime preservation and plant ash preservation. Of course, there are also methods such as salting, frying, and lacquer sealing.
Zhu Ping'an has seen relevant records in modern times. He also carefully checked the relevant materials in the Hanlin Academy a few days ago and did his homework.
Preserving the head with quicklime is a relatively mature antiseptic method in ancient times. The method is relatively simple, but the preservation effect is very good. First, the blood stains must be wiped off the head, and then the brains from the head should be taken out and left to dry in the hot sun.
After two hours, when the blood has dried, the head is completely submerged in quicklime and sealed for storage.
In fact, it uses the principle of quicklime to absorb water to keep the coffin dry and alkaline to avoid bacterial growth and prevent it from rotting. At the same time, glutinous rice glue is used to seal the coffin, and the head is completely submerged in stone powder, which can isolate the air to a certain extent.
, to avoid rot and deterioration.
Fortunately, this is the way.
Zhu Pingan breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the way the head was preserved. This method is the least destructive to the head and is less difficult to verify and identify.
"My lords, please take a look."
Two coroners who were transferred from the punishment room took out the heads one by one from the coffin, used a brush to clean the stone powder on the heads, and placed them on the wooden board. Fifty-nine heads were arranged in three rows.
. Wuzuo has been dealing with these things all year round and serving these heads without blinking an eyelid.
However, other officials did not have such determination.
Faced with so many heads at once, many officials did not dare to look this way.
"Master Zhu, if you're scared, don't hold on. It won't be good if you pee your pants." Zhao Daying felt confident at this time. He walked up to Zhu Pingan with his arms folded and sneered.
Fear?
Zhu Ping'an glanced at Zhao Daying as an idiot. He looked down upon him. Even if Zhao Daying pissed his pants, I wouldn't know how to do it. Have you seen "The Grudge"? Have you seen "The Ring"? You see.
Have you watched "Hanako the Haunted Doll"? Have you watched "Silent Hill"? Have you watched "Saw"? After experiencing the baptism of these modern horror classics, Zhu Ping'an's heart will not beat much when he looks at these heads again.
of fluctuations.
"You seem to talk a lot, do you feel guilty?" Zhu Pingan replied lightly.
"You are feeling guilty, right?" Zhao Daying shook his shoulders disdainfully and sneered.
When Zhu Ping'an and Zhao Daying were fighting, Wu Zuo had already divided the heads on three wooden boards for everyone to see.
"Guilan, little dog." Liu Dadao burst into tears. The 1.8-meter-old man cried like a child, staggering around looking for his wife and children among the heads.
However
Let him down.
I searched through the twenty heads on one wooden board and found none. Then I carefully looked at the thirty-nine heads on the other two wooden boards one by one, but found none.
Then Liu Dadao stood there with a blank look on his face, muttering: No, it's not the case at all, Guilan, Xiaozizi, where are you?
Liu Dachui and the others also looked at the fifty-nine heads displayed on the wooden board with blank expressions.
These heads were completely different from what they imagined, and none of them were their relatives.
on the contrary
These heads all seem to have the appearance of Tatars. It is easy to identify that these heads all have Tatar hairstyles. The most prominent feature is the braided hair. The hairstyles of foreigners are completely different from those of Ming people. You can tell at a glance
come out.
Some heads have the Tatar "Khuhle" hairstyle. The hair around the top of the head is shaved off, and a row of short hair is left on the forehead. On the back of the head, the hair on both sides of the hair is braided into a whip; some have their hair loose and braided.
There are little braids; some have their hair hanging down on the left and right shoulders.
At first glance, they are not from my race.
"These are all Tartars."
"The heads presented by Mr. Zhao are all Tatars."
There were many officials who were familiar with Tatars at the scene, and many officials had seen Tatars on the city wall from a distance last year when Tatar soldiers were trapped in the capital, and they could recognize this as a Tatar hairstyle. So in