Chapter 658: Not My Kind
Seeing Zhu Pingan stand up and come back disgraced, Zhao Qiu, Zhao Daying and all the military attaches were very happy. Seeing Zhu Ping'an deflated, they felt as if they had eaten dragon liver and phoenix marrow, feeling extremely comfortable.
"Master Zhao, uncle and nephew, did a good job of siphoning off salary and using it to make 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 were close friends, and he was very close to Zhao Daying. During lunch, he had already gotten hints from Zhao Daying and knew the inside story.
"Hush, Brother Wang, be careful. Mr. Zhao acted in accordance with the regulations of preserving the head, and he was upright. How could he cheat and change his life." Another official hissed, reminding the official named Wang. Be careful, but he also had the same gloating expression on his face.
“Oh, it’s extreme, it’s extreme. Hahaha”
The official surnamed Wang suppressed a smile and nodded. He couldn't hold back his laughter until he was halfway through speaking. It felt good to have his head tampered with in front of Zhu Pingan and see him deflated.
“He, Zhu Pingan, still wants to use his heads to come back. Hahaha, what a fool’s dream. Comeback? Come over, let him! If he, Zhu Pingan, can still use these heads to comeback, my name will be written backwards. .But it looks like he doesn’t have this ability, haha.”
"Hurry up and open the coffin. After the inspection, go back and throw a celebration banquet for Mr. Zhao."
Zhao Daying and others already had a chance to win at this time, and they were already thinking about where to go. A whole table of wine and food was served, and a few of the brothel's top names were ordered to celebrate.
Wang Xueyi, the Minister of Justice at the presiding table, glanced at Zhu Pingan and others with squinted eyes, nodded and said, "Okay, since you have confirmed that everything is correct, let's open the coffin."< br>
"Open the coffin."
Zhang Captou responded and led people to open the coffin.
We wedged out the stone nails and scraped off the glutinous rice glue. The officer forcefully lifted up the black board cover and placed it under his feet. The black panel cover has been treated with anti-corrosion treatment, and a layer of black paint on it can isolate the air.
After the plate cover was lifted, a smell of staleness 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 and Liu Dachui's emotions. After the coffin was opened, Zhu Pingan bowed his hands towards the coffin and saluted. To show respect, after all Liu Dadao and the others 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 bows When the hand 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 using the head to test the merits has been used. There is also considerable experience in the preservation of the head. The most commonly used methods are lime preservation and plant ash preservation, and of course salting and frying. , paint sealing and other methods.
Zhu Ping'an has seen relevant records in modern times. He also carefully checked the relevant information in the Hanlin Academy library a few days ago and did his homework.
Preserving heads with quicklime is a relatively mature antiseptic method in ancient times. The method is relatively simple, but the preservation effect is very good. The first step is to wipe the blood off the head, then take out the brains from the head and dry it in the hot sun for one to two hours. After the blood dries, the head is completely submerged in quicklime and sealed for storage.
In fact, the principle of quicklime absorbing water is used to keep the coffin dry and alkaline, to avoid bacterial growth and not easy to decay; at the same time, glutinous rice glue is used to seal the coffin, and the head is completely submerged in stone powder to keep the coffin dry and alkaline. Isolate 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."
The two gangsters who were transferred from the punishment department took out the heads from the coffin one by one, and used a brush to clean the heads. Stone powder, placed on wooden boards. Fifty-nine heads were arranged in three rows. Wu Zuo has been dealing with these things all year round and serving these heads without blinking an eyelid.
But other officials do not have this kind of determination.
Faced with so many heads at once, many officials did not dare to look this way.
"Master Zhu, if you are afraid, don't hold on, it will be bad if you pee your pants." Zhao Daying felt confident at this time, walked up to Zhu Pingan with his arms folded, and teased with a sneer.
Afraid?
Zhu Ping'an glanced at Zhao Daying as an idiot and looked down upon him. Even if you, Zhao Daying, can make you wet your pants, I can't. Have you seen "The Grudge"? Have you seen "Midnight Fierce"? "Bell", have you seen "Hanako the Haunted Doll", have you seen "Silent Hill", have you seen "Saw"? After experiencing the baptism of these modern horror classics, Zhu Pingan's heartbeat would not fluctuate much when he looked at these heads again.
"You seem to talk a lot. Are you feeling guilty?" Zhu Pingan replied lightly.
"You must have a guilty conscience." Zhao Daying shook his shoulders disdainfully and sneered.
During the confrontation between Zhu Pingan and Zhao Daying, Wu Zuo had already divided the heads on three wooden boards for everyone to inspect.
"Guilan, Xiaozizi." Liu Dadao burst into tears. The 18-meter-old man cried like a child, staggering around looking for his wife and children among the heads.
However
he was disappointed.
I searched through the twenty heads on one wooden board and found none, and then 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.
Others Liu Dachui and the others also looked at the fifty-nine heads displayed on the wooden board with blank expressions.
These heads are completely different from what they imagined. None of them are their relatives.
On the contrary
The heads all seemed to be of Tatar appearance. It is easy to identify. These heads all have Tatar hairstyles. The most prominent feature is the bonnet. The hairstyles of foreigners are completely different from those of Ming people, which can be seen at a glance.
Some heads have the Tatar "Khuhel" hairstyle. The hair around the top of the head is shaved off, and a row of short hair is left in front of the forehead. The hair on the back of the head and on both sides of the hair is braided into a whip. ; Some have their hair loose and braided in small braids; some have their hair loose on their left and right shoulders
At first glance, they are not from my race.
“These are all Tatars.”
“The heads presented by Lord 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 Tatar hairstyle. So when they saw these heads, they all nodded. (End of this chapter)