Liu Heng walked to Sherlock and comforted Sherlock: "Don't worry, father, I have a way to deal with it."
After speaking, he smiled at the lawyer and said, "I have a way to cut off a pound of Mr. Antonio's flesh without letting him shed a drop of blood."
The lawyer stared at Liu Heng and looked up and down, not believing what Liu Heng said.
Lawyer: "You have to think carefully. If you let Antonio shed an extra drop of blood, you will lose your life, or your father will lose all his property."
Liu Heng: "I'm sure."
His confident look made everyone curious about what he could do.
Liu Heng: "Let me demonstrate it to you first."
After he finished speaking, he called his servant's name.
A young servant walked into the court and put down what he was holding. ,
Everyone was surprised to see two live chickens inside.
Liu Hao smiled and said to everyone: "I will cut the meat from the live chicken now. Let's see if I can leave an extra drop of blood in the live chicken."
As he spoke, he poured a powder into a bucket filled with water, and then threw a live chicken into the bucket.
White smoke came out of the bucket, and it actually started to freeze. Live chickens were frozen in the bucket.
When the live chicken is completely frozen, Liu Heng takes it out of the bucket of water.
The whole body of the live chicken was frozen, but it was still alive.
Liu Heng picked up the knife, cut the chicken, and cut off a piece of meat.
The chicken blood had been frozen, so it did not flow out with the knife wound.
Liu Hao smiled and said to everyone: "Look, if you cut the flesh like this, there will be no bleeding."
Everyone in the court looked pale.
Antonio was trembling all over, he was like a frozen chicken, feeling that he would not live long.
Liu Heng: "I have a second method."
As he spoke, he lit ten candles and then placed the knife on the fire to roast.
When the blade of the knife was roasted red, Liu Hao quickly cut the knife on a live chicken outside.
The hot blade directly solidified the blood from the wound, and there was no blood dripping either.
Liu Heng smiled and said to Antonio and the lawyer: "How? Which method do you choose?"
Antonio looked pale and shaky.
The lawyer was not much better. Although she was smart, she was just a spoiled young lady. She had never seen such a bloody scene before and was completely frightened.
"You, you are a devil!" the lawyer shouted.
Liu Heng: "No, I just deal with the problem the way you want, Mr. Lawyer. Oh, by the way, I can't call you sir, I should call you miss."
Liu Heng: "I have a question, Mr. Judge, please explain it to me. Why can one, oh, no, two women disguise themselves as men and come to the court to show off their power? Is there any justice in this court?"
As soon as these words came out, the whole place was in an uproar.
In Europe of this era, women's status seemed to be high, and some young ladies from powerful families still had the right to inherit and so on.
But in fact, men are still superior to women, and women will not be allowed to participate in some important political places.
The lawyer, Ms. Portia, had to disguise herself as a man in order to defend Antonio.
Portia's identity was revealed by Liu Hieragi, and her expression was extremely ugly.
Portia's maid Nerissa, who was disguised as a secretary, was completely panicked and full of fear.
Liu Ting said: "It is natural to borrow money and repay money. Miss Portia, you are chasing after my father and not letting Antonio exchange money. What is your intention? You don't want people to know that the reason why Antonio borrowed money from my father is To pursue you for my friend Bassanio?"
"It stands to reason that you are so rich. You could have taken out three thousand gold coins to help Antonio pay back the money before Antonio's debt was due, and then paid it back to you after Antonio's merchant ship arrived. But you are not like that Yes, Antonio was taken to court by my father and forced to have his flesh cut off, why is this?"
"Is it because you don't actually like the person you chose, Bassanio, but you were forced to choose him? Therefore, you hate Antonio who gave Bassanio money, so you want to use my father's affairs to deal with Antonio? Or have you been keeping a close eye on him for a long time? You took advantage of my father's property and set up such a trap for him. Is your choice of husband just a part of the conspiracy?"
"Miss Portia, your family is very rich, but as far as I know, when your father was still alive, the family did not have so much property. Could it be that the current huge wealth was obtained by such a conspiracy? "
"..."
One accusation after another was thrown at Portia.
Others in the court followed Liu Heng's words and continued to think...
The looks they looked at Portia became more and more weird, filled with fear and disgust.
Even Antonio began to doubt Portia and looked at his friend Bassanio worriedly.
Bassanio did not doubt Portia and trusted his lover wholeheartedly.
Portia was so angry that she was shaking all over and almost vomited blood.
"Slander, you are a naked slander." Portia shouted.
Liu Heng asked calmly: "Then, Miss Portia, why didn't you help your lover's friend exchange money early in the morning? And now you are still bent on seeking my father's property?"
Portia: "..."
Portia actually just wanted to seize property for her lover's friend, not herself.
But if she says it now, others won't believe her and will only think that she is an insidious woman who has really been calculating Sherlock's property from a long time ago.
When such a statement spread, not only Jewish merchants, but also merchants from other countries may be afraid of being tricked by her again and stop coming to Venice.
When Venice's economy declines, she will become a sinner in Venice.
The Duke of Venice and the local nobles could not spare her, and were afraid that they would attack the family property in her hands.
How could she, a weak woman, keep her family's wealth when surrounded by wolves?
I'm afraid I can't even protect myself.
"You..." Portia glared at Liu Heng angrily, wishing she could bite Liu Heng to death.
Liu Heng said calmly: "You are too pushy and I have to fight back. If you just give up and let my father get his capital back instead of returning my family's wealth, I will not reveal your identity. All this is your fault."
In fact, as long as Ms. Portia is not so aggressive, stops in moderation, and lets Shylock get his money back, Liu Hiong will not come forward.
In his previous life, he watched "The Merchant of Venice" and really admired this smart woman.
But unfortunately, in this life, he is Shylock's son, so he is naturally on the opposite side of Portia.
And he understands that his father is not the ruthless loan shark in the play. Everything is just the slander of Shylock by others.
Liu Heng naturally wanted to help his father.
