Due to the fact that Wang Pu's Datong troops had no fixed garrison since their arrival, and because Gyeonggi Jiannu was rampant, the officials of the military department had not had the opportunity to check the beheading of each department, and those heads captured by Wang Pu's army were also transported to Tongzhou with the army.

The generals surrounded Zhu Cihong and Cao Huachun to Wang Pu's camp, although Cao Huachun was the supervising army, but he did not interfere with Zhu Cihong's military operations at all, he watched Zhu Cihong grow up, and he knew the ability of the crown prince better than anyone else, he was simply a prodigy.

Cao Huachun took several officials from the military department to verify the heads, and because the weather was too hot, all the more than 1,000 heads in Wang Pu's camp were preserved with lime to avoid decay and could not be identified.

Although Cao Huachun was extremely disgusted, he also endured the nausea and carefully checked them one by one, and there were three professional military officials next to him who carefully studied them.

They checked each head very carefully, from the braided hair, face, teeth and other aspects, and even picked it up to look left and right, looking extremely professional.

Some of the generals who had never seen the head of Jiannu looked at it curiously, but several general soldiers and generals didn't care at all, they climbed up from the bottom all the way, and they were already familiar with the matter of checking the head, only Wang Pu was a little nervous in his heart.

As the number of heads inspected, the brows of the officers of the military department furrowed even tighter, and one official asked people to fetch several large buckets of water and threw some of the heads into it.

The officer of the military department lay on the barrel and carefully observed the head floating in the water, waiting for the lime on the head to dissolve.

Not long after, the official of the military department spoke: "These two heads face up, the women's heads, and the men's heads face downwards. ”

Hearing this, all the generals and officials were shocked, and the meaning of this military department official was very clear, and many of the Tartar heads in Wang Pu's army were replaced by women's heads for killing good and imposting functions.

Wang Pu stood dumbfounded, he didn't expect that these officials of the Ministry of War would expose him in person, and under normal circumstances, even if they found out that they had killed good and faked their merits, they could be shut up as long as they sent some silver to do so.

These officials of the Ministry of War also want to collect some money to do things, but their own heads are more important, this crown prince is not easy to mess with, some time ago, officials of their rank were killed dozens of times in one night.......

Wang Pu pointed to the military officer who spoke, and said in a hurried tone: "You fart!" Dare to frame Lao Tzu! ”

The official of the military department ignored him, picked up another head, and said: "The stiffness of the braid on the scalp is caused by the new shave, and this is not the head of Jiannu." ”

Wang Pu was annoyed, pulled out his sword with a sonorous sound, and wanted to rush up and cut the military official.

Cao Huachun said sharply: "What does Mr. Wang mean? Is this to take the crown prince and our family into account? ”

Hearing this sharp voice, Wang Pu sobered up a lot, took back his sword, and confessed to Zhu Cihong and Cao Huachun.

Although the officers of the military department were frightened, they continued to inspect them, and finally all the heads were examined, and there were 1,104 heads, most of which were impersonated by women or beloved.

Wang Pu trembled in his heart when he heard this, and shouted: "Your Highness, you can't believe their words!" ”

Zhu Cihong was already dissatisfied with Wang Pu, and he said angrily: "The head is in your camp, and all the generals and officials also know what Jiannu looks like, who can wronged you?" Come on, take down Wang Pu! ”

People from the left and right tied up Wang Pu, Wang Pu shouted that he was not guilty, Zhu Cihong didn't have the heart to take care of him, a personal guard moved a chair for Zhu Cihong, and Zhu Cihong sat down.

At this time, Xu Sheng waved his hand, and a few dragons walked in with a few women, and said: "This is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Dynasty, who will drive on behalf of the Son of Heaven. ”

At the beginning, these women saw that this general was very timid, and after hearing that the young man in front of them was the prince, and seeing Wang Pu being tied up, only then did a slightly bolder woman cry and preach:

"The little woman is from Zhuozhou, last month when Zhuozhou was just beaten by the Tartars, the little woman's family took the opportunity to flee to the countryside to hide, the little woman's family was able to return to Zhuozhou after the Tartars retreated, I didn't expect the Tartars to come as soon as the front feet left, the officers and soldiers came, we met a group of officials and civilians on the road to cut the people, the little woman's man grabbed me and ran, I didn't want to be chased by an officer and soldier is a knife, the little woman's man's head was cut off, and said that he was a Tartar, they also wanted to cut off the little woman's head, Fortunately, these kind-hearted military masters passed by and saved the little woman. ”

As she spoke, the woman also pointed to a few dragons around her who didn't accept it at night.

Then several other women also wept and cried about the murder of their families, and identified several generals in Wang Pu's army on the spot.

The other generals didn't have much fluctuation on their faces when they heard this, and they were already surprised by killing good and risking their merits, and even they had done this kind of thing that lacked virtue and smoked, and now they just wanted to see how this little prince would deal with it.

Zhu Cihong stared at Wang Pu and said coldly: "Wang Pu, what do you have to say?" ”

Wang Pu's heart was already half cold at this time, but he was still dying and quibbling, and said with an innocent face: "Your Highness has a clear investigation, these generals don't know, it was the people below who did it without the generals, and the generals are indeed guilty of negligence and lax management of the army." ”

After Zhu Cihong heard this, he sneered and said sharply: "What a crime of failure to investigate and lax management of the army, the Son of Heaven asked you to wait for the king of Weiqin, but you used the heads of the local people to risk the military merit, do you think there is an impermeable wall in this world?" Afraid of the enemy, cowardly fighting, corrupting the military discipline of the Ming Dynasty, and still trying to use strong words? ”

Wang Pu's face was shocked, and he also knew that he could not escape this catastrophe, so he also plucked up his courage and said: "Your Highness's good news has beheaded more than 10,000 people in a few days, are you really the head of Jiannu?" ”

Zhu Cihong sneered and said: "The more than 10,000 heads won by this palace are still stacked in the western city of the capital, and millions of people in the city have witnessed it!" And this palace killed four thousand Jiannu in Miyun City, and the head is in the camp, in order to let you understand the death, this palace will take you to see it today! ”

Hearing what the crown prince said, the generals who came with him couldn't wait to see the capture of the Yongwei camp and see where the crown prince's cowhide blew to.

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Regarding the inspection of the head level in the Ming Dynasty, it is recorded in the "Shuyuan Miscellaneous Records": Where the military is in front of the discipline, the first three levels of the Southern Barbarians are one merit, and the first level of the North Di is one merit, and all women are only rewarded for their first ranks, and they are not promoted.

The face of the Beidi woman is no different from that of the man who has no beard, so the person who repays the merit is mostly mixed with the head of the woman, and it is impossible to distinguish it. When the governor Ma Yi talked about this, Yiyun: "There is also a law to distinguish it, and there are many scholars and ministers, but I don't know this law." The first one is thrown into the water, and the woman who is on his back, and the man who is on his bow. ”

To taste the floating corpse in the water, the man leans down and the woman leans up, this yin and yang fix the wonder. Although manpower is overturned, it will eventually return to the old, and the same is true of the unknown head. The instrument is on the side for the longest time, and you must try to know it.