The rise of the poor

Chapter 658
Seeing Zhu Ping'an stand up and come back with a disgraced face, Zhao Qiu, Zhao Daying and all the military officers were very happy.Seeing Zhu Ping'an deflated, they felt extremely refreshed as if they had eaten dragon liver and phoenix marrow.

"Master Zhao's uncle and nephew are very good at drawing salary from the bottom of the pot and exchanging money for the day." The official of the strict party who knew the inside story looked at Zhu Ping'an gloatingly, and praised with a low smile.His uncle was close friends with Zhao Qiu, and he was very close to Zhao Daying, and he had already got a hint from Zhao Daying when he was eating at noon, and he knew the inside story.

"Shh, Brother Wang, be careful. Mr. Zhao acted in accordance with the rules of preserving the head, and he is upright. Why do you steal the beam for another day?" Another official hissed, reminding the official surnamed Wang to be cautious, but his face On the face is the same gloating expression.

"Oh, yes, yes. Hahaha"

The official surnamed Wang nodded with a suppressed smile, and couldn't help laughing after speaking halfway.In front of him, Zhu Ping'an, he fiddled with his head and watched him suffer. It felt good.

"He, Zhu Ping'an, still wants to use the first-level heads to come back, hehehe, what a fool's dream, come back? Turn him over! If this is him, Zhu Ping'an can still use this batch of heads to come back. Lao Tzu's name is written backwards. But he didn't This skill, haha."

"Hurry up and open the coffin, finish the inspection early and go back early to hold a celebration banquet for Mr. Zhao"

Zhao Daying and the others already had the chance to win at this time, and they were already thinking about where to go to set up a table of wine and food, order a few brothels, and celebrate.

Wang Xueyi, the servant of the criminal department on the presiding judge's seat, glanced at Zhu Ping'an and the others with squinted eyes, nodded and said, "Okay, since all the adults have confirmed that they are correct, let's open the coffin."

"Open the coffin."

Zhang Butou responded and led people to open the coffin.

Wedge out the stone nails, scrape off the glutinous rice glue, and forcefully lift the black board cover and place it under his feet.The lacquered black board cover has been treated with anti-corrosion, and a layer of black paint on it has the effect of isolating the air.

After the lid was lifted, a stale smell mixed with lime came to the face.

Although Zhu Pingan can conclude that the head in the coffin has been replaced, Zhu Pingan still took care of the emotions of Liu Dadao and Liu Dachui. After the coffin was opened, Zhu Pingan bowed to the coffin to show respect. After all, Liu Dadao They thought the heads in the box were their relatives.

The dead are great.

If the leaders inside are the innocent victims of Daming people, please rest in peace. I, Zhu Pingan, will do my best to seek justice for you and pay homage to your spirit in heaven.

If the leader inside is a Tatar or someone who deserved it, I advise you to change your mind, reincarnate to be a good person, do more good deeds, and make atonement for your crimes in this life...

Zhu Pingan bowed his hands and came to the coffin box, only to see that the box was filled with stone powder, and the heads were buried in the stone powder.

Stone powder is quicklime.

This is a common method of preserving heads in ancient times.

In ancient times, since the iron-blooded Qin Dynasty, there has been a practice of using heads to test their merits, and they are also quite experienced in the preservation of heads. 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, and has also carefully checked relevant materials in the library of the Imperial Academy a few days ago, and has done his homework.

Preserving heads with quicklime is a relatively mature anti-corrosion method in ancient times. The method is relatively simple, but the preservation effect is very good.The first step is to wipe off the blood stains on the head, and then take out the brains in the head, and put it in the hot sun to dry for one to two hours. After the blood stains dry up, the head is completely submerged in quicklime and sealed for storage.

In fact, the principle of quicklime absorbing water is used to keep the inside of the coffin dry and alkaline, avoiding the growth of bacteria, and not easy to rot; at the same time, the coffin is sealed with glutinous rice glue, and the head is completely submerged in stone powder, which can isolate the air to a certain extent. , to avoid rot and deterioration.

Fortunately, it is this way.

Seeing how the head was preserved, Zhu Pingan breathed a sigh of relief.This method is the least destructive to the first level, and it is less difficult to verify and identify.

"My lords, please take a look."

The two foremen transferred from the class room of the Ministry of Punishment took out the heads one by one from the coffin, cleaned the stone powder on the heads with a brush, and placed them on the wooden board. The 59 heads are arranged in three rows.Wu Zuo has dealt with these things all year round and served these heads without batting an eyelid.

However, other officials did not have such determination.

Faced with so many heads at once, many officials dare not look this way.

"Master Zhu, if you are afraid, don't hold on. It's not good to pee your pants when you're scared." Zhao Daying was confident at this time, and walked up to Zhu Ping'an with his arms folded, teasing with a sneer.

Scared?
Zhu Pingan looked at the idiot and glanced at Zhao Daying, and couldn't bear the contempt, even if you, Zhao Daying, peed your pants, I wouldn't know it. Have you seen "The Grudge", have you seen "Midnight Ring", you see Have you seen "Ghost Doll Hanako", have you seen "Silent Hill", have you seen "Chain Saw"?Having experienced the baptism of these modern horror classics, Zhu Ping'an's heartbeat will not fluctuate much when he looks at these heads again.

"You seem to talk a lot, are you guilty?" Zhu Pingan replied lightly.

"You must be guilty." Zhao Daying shook his shoulders in disdain and sneered.

When Zhu Pingan and Zhao Daying confronted each other, Wu Zuo had already divided the heads on three wooden boards for everyone to check.

"Guilan, puppy." Liu Dadao burst into tears, and the 1.8-meter man cried like a child, staggering in search of his wife and children among the heads.

however

Let him down.

The 39 heads on one wooden board were searched and found, and then the [-] heads on the other two boards were carefully checked one by one, but they were also found.

Then Liu Dadao stood there with a blank face, muttering: No, why not, Guilan, little dog, where are you.

The other Liu Dachui and the others looked at the 59 heads displayed on the wooden board blankly.

These heads are completely different from what they imagined, and none of them are their relatives.

in contrast
These heads all seem to be of Tatar appearance.It is easy to recognize that these heads all have Tatar hairstyles, and the prominent feature is the haircut. The hairstyles of foreigners are completely different from those of Ming people, which can be seen at a glance.

Some heads have the Tatar "Huhele" hairstyle, with the hair around the top of the head shaved off, a row of short hair left on the forehead, and the hair on the back of the head and on both sides of the hanging hair is braided into whips; some are braided with loose hair. A small braid; some are left and right shoulders
At first glance, it is not my race.

"These are Tartars."

"The heads presented by Mr. Zhao are all Tatars."

There were many officials who were familiar with the Tatars at the scene, and many officials saw Tatars from a distance on the city wall when the Tatar soldiers trapped the capital last year, and they could recognize the hairstyle of the Tatars.So when they saw these heads, they all nodded.

(End of this chapter)