The second day, the meeting hall.
This time it was a large-scale court meeting, and what was discussed was a special event in the court. Almost all the Ying family members were present, and together with the ministers in the court, the number of people could be said to be the largest since Ying Zheng succeeded to the throne. once.
The court meeting was still chaired by Lu Buwei.
After Lu Buweinuan passed the scene, Ying Zheng went straight to the topic and said: "You must already know the purpose of convening this court meeting. The royal family named Ying actually gave birth to an unscrupulous descendant, and a piece of paper made Xianyang full of trouble. Defaming me. Not to mention, he actually raised troops to rebel against the country, what do you think of this matter?"
The highly respected Ning Gong was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, raising troops to rebel against the country is not a trivial matter. Besides, Cheng Yu is the king's younger brother after the late king. Can this matter be investigated clearly?"
Ying Zheng said in a deep voice: "As the supervisor of the army, Mr. Changping came back overnight to report the news yesterday. He knows the cause of the matter best. Let Mr. Changping tell you."
Changping Jun stood up, bowed his hands to Ying Zheng and Ning Gong, and then told what happened and what happened to Fan Yuqi.
"Damn it!" Mr. Shang, who was sitting next to Ning Gong, stamped his feet angrily. "It's not just that I have rebellious intentions, but I'm dragging Chenglong into rebellion as well."
The one whom Ning Gong scolded was naturally Fan Wuqi.
"That's right." Ning Gong was a little calmer than Mr. Shang, but he was also very angry. "Cheng Xi was brought up in the palace, and everyone watched him grow up. With Cheng Xi's character, if no one instigated him, he would definitely do what he did. There is no treason."
The two most senior clan elders spoke, and the others also started talking, but their eyes were different.
Obviously, some people believe that although there is no evidence for what Cheng Jiao said, it is not impossible, but it is just difficult to ask directly.
Ying Zheng glanced around for a week and knew what everyone's different expressions meant, so he asked: "As for my life experience, you must really want to know the truth."
The hall fell silent for a moment, no one said yes or no.
Ying Zheng cleared his throat and said loudly: "Ying Fu, help grandma go to the hall."
Everyone's eyes turned to the back hall, because the name Ying Fu was not unfamiliar, it was just that they hadn't heard it for a long time.
In full view of everyone, Ying Fu supported an old woman with gray hair and walked out slowly.
Ning Gong and Shang Lao stood up at the same time, because they knew the old woman walking slowly, and it was Mrs. Xia, one of An Guojun's princesses back then.
In fact, many people know that Mrs. Xia was taken back to the palace by Ying Zheng. Although she did not make it public, Mrs. Huayang's acceptance of Mrs. Xia attracted the attention of many people, especially some elderly elders surnamed Ying.
“Mrs.
The so-called mother is more valuable than her son, but now it is the grandmother who is more valuable than her grandson.
Mrs. Xia nodded to the two clan elders, then came to Ying Zheng's side and sat down gently.
"I bet all the elders will recognize her," Ying Zheng said, "This is the late king's biological mother and the widow's biological grandmother, Mrs. Xia."
"Mrs. Xia." All the ministers saluted in unison.
"Since the ministers have no doubts about the identity of my grandmother." Ying Zheng paused and said, "Then I have to prove something to the ministers."
Everyone's eyes were focused on Ying Zheng again.
"Ning Gong." Ying Zheng looked at Ning Gong and said, "Does it mean that as long as you prove the blood relationship between me and my grandmother, it also proves that I am the biological son of the late king?"
"This..." Ning Gong rolled his eyes and said, "This is natural, but I don't know what method the king wants to use to prove this."
"It's very simple." Ying Zheng said confidently, "Recognize your relatives with blood."
"A blood confession?" Ning Gong asked doubtfully.
Everyone in the entire hall looked shocked, including Lu Buwei.
Mr. Shang questioned: "I heard that the accuracy of this method of identifying relatives with a drop of blood is not very high. It is probably just a way to deceive others."
"The reason why the probability of accuracy is not high is because of the lack of adjuvant intervention." Ying Zheng raised his voice and said, "Xuan Li Si comes to the palace."
Li Si, who was waiting outside the door, walked into the hall very calmly after hearing the summons, knelt down and saluted.
"This is the gentleman who accompanies me to study. His name is Li Si." Ying Zheng said.
Everyone looked at Li Si.
Although most people have never seen Li Si, Li Si's name is relatively loud. Because those who accompany the king will have a certain degree of popularity.
"As we all know, Li Si studied under Xunzi." Ying Zheng said, "But in fact, Li Si had a master when he was young, and this master once gave Li Si a pill. This pill can be used as a blood test to identify relatives. Adjuvant, thereby greatly increasing the accuracy of blood identification."
"Oh? Is this happening?" Ning Gong said in surprise.
The ministers also looked at each other.
"It's absolutely true." Ying Zheng said, "If you don't believe it, please bring more people and give it a try and you will know."
"Your Majesty." Li Si said with cupped hands, "If we find some civilians in the market to verify this method, some people will definitely suspect that it is a fraud. How about we select a few pairs of fathers and sons in this hall to verify this method, so that everyone can convince."
Ying Zheng nodded and said: "To show fairness, this is how it should be. Sirs, who will verify this method?"
Needless to say, Meng Wu, Meng Tian, and Meng Yi were the first to stand up.
At this time, two more people stood up. One is Ning Gong's grandson Ying Cheng, and the other is Wang Jian's son Wang Ben. Both of these people once accompanied Ying Zheng in studying and practicing martial arts, and they had a very good relationship with Ying Zheng.
"Since my grandfather is also in the palace, my grandson would like to borrow a drop of his grandfather's blood to verify whether being separated by one generation is effective." Ying Cheng said with a cupped hand.
"The minister's father is also in the palace. My father and son are willing to personally verify this matter for the king." After Wang Ben said this, he glanced at his father secretly. Apparently, he did it without asking for his father's consent. Decide.
Wang Jian didn't say anything, and nodded slightly to express his acceptance.
Thus, the verification of blood recognition began.
Li Si first took out a small square box and took out three red pills.
Several young eunuchs brought three buckets of water from the back hall and placed them in the center of the hall.
Li Si said: "The principle of blood recognition is very simple. As long as there is a direct blood relationship, the blood of both parties will blend together. If it is not a direct blood relationship, even between cousins, the blood will not blend. If you want to achieve this condition, you must use heated mountain spring water, supplemented by a special adjuvant, and then blend the blood of both parties into it. This adjuvant is to prevent two drops of blood from being mixed due to similar blood types. It is not a phenomenon of being closely related by blood and merging with each other.”
Everyone seemed to understand. In short, except for blood relatives, other people's blood cannot blend.
Li Si took a dozen pottery bowls, then used a dagger to cut the red pills into several sections, and melted them into the hot spring water with vinegar.
Everyone observed the changes in the water.
After the hot spring water melted the pills, it turned into light red, and gradually turned into light pink.
"Okay." Li Si said, "Whoever comes first."
Meng Wu stood up and said, "I'll go first."
Meng Tian also stood up and followed Meng Wu to the center of the hall.
"Master Yingcheng, can you do me a favor first?" Li Si looked at Yingcheng.
"Of course." Ying Cheng also walked to the center.
Li Si took out a dagger and pricked the fingertips of the three of them.
Meng Wu dripped blood into the first and second bowls.
Meng Tian dropped blood into the first and third bowls.
Ying Cheng drops blood into the second and third bowls.
Everyone's eyes widened, watching the changes in the bowl. Some people were far away, even raising their feet and stretching their necks.
There was no change in the second bowl and the third bowl. Only in the first bowl, the two drops of blood kept a certain distance, rotated in a circle, and then quickly got closer, closer together, and finally completely blended.
"As you can see, only the two drops of blood in the first bowl are blended together, because the blood dripping into this bowl is the blood of Meng Wu and Meng Tian and his son." Li Si said, "Then, please invite the next group. A few of them.”
Wang Jian, Wang Ben, and Ning Gong all came out, and together with Ying Cheng from before, the four of them dropped their blood into the hot spring water one by one.
The result is the same, the blood of Wang Jian and Wang Ben fuse together, and the blood of Ning Gong and Ying Cheng fuse together. But the others are not integrated.
"It's amazing, it's really so accurate." Old Shang sighed.
"It seems that this method really works." Lu Buwei said.
Li Si said: "Do you still have any objections to the accuracy of this method?"
No one answered, and no one stepped forward to give it a try. Everyone seemed to agree.
"So, as long as the king's blood and Madam Xia's blood are fused together, it can prove the king's bloodline. Do you agree?" Li Si said again.
"I agree." Meng Wu and Wang Jian said in unison.
Everyone who had just dripped blood and verified it all agreed, including Ning Gong.
When everyone saw this, they all agreed.
"Okay." Li Si turned around and said, "I have to trouble Lu Xiangbang to do a verification with the king."
Lu Buwei walked up to Ying Zheng without saying a word.
Li Si took two bowls of hot spring water with red pills in them and placed them in front of Mrs. Xia and Lu Buwei respectively.
Lu Buwei took the lead in pricking his finger and dripping blood into the light pink water.
Mrs. Xia also made the same move without any hesitation.
Ying Zheng also pricked his finger and poured a drop of blood into each of the two bowls.
Everyone moved forward unconsciously and carefully observed the changes in the blood in the spring water.
During the first few breaths, there was no movement in the two bowls.
Suddenly, two drops of blood gradually began to move in the bowl in front of Mrs. Xia.
As before, the two drops of blood kept a certain distance and circled in the bowl, and then the distance gradually became closer, and finally stuck together, and finally merged completely.
But there was no movement at all in the water bowl in front of Lu Buwei.
The result is clear.
Everyone raised their heads and looked at each other, but didn't say anything. The facts are right in front of us, so what can we discuss?
Li Si cleared his throat and said: "Everyone has seen that the king's blood is blended with Madam Xia's blood, not with Lu Xiangbang. This proves that the king is of the blood of the royal family with the surname Ying. "Jiao is indeed a slanderous word, and it actually has the intention of treason."
Meng Wu suddenly stood up, raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty, now that the truth has been revealed, I would like to lead an army to annihilate the rebel Cheng Jiao to appease Your Majesty's anger."
Before Ying Zheng could speak, Lu Buwei said, "Wait a minute, the truth of the matter has not been revealed yet."
Everyone looked at Lu Buwei.
"Many of Cheng Yu's rebels were unwilling to follow Cheng Yu to rebel, and a few of them escaped yesterday. In my house, there are also bachelors who went to Wei State as guests, and they all brought back some extremely Important news."
The people Lu Buwei mentioned were actually the informants arranged by Lu Buwei. Most of the people knew it, but it was hard to tell them.
"What kind of important news is it?" Ying Zheng asked.
"Why don't you, Your Majesty, listen to their own statements." Lu Buwei raised his voice and shouted to the guards at the door, "Let them come up."
