Chapter 343 Blood Test
It was not until the old imperial physician proposed a blood test to Emperor Liang that everyone woke up from their dream.
All the attention had been drawn to the matter of Chen's mother and daughter and the birthmark, and no one actually reacted.
Yes, isn’t it enough to just drop blood to identify the relative?
The old imperial physician straightened his back and glanced at everyone in the hall, feeling a sense of superiority.
...I'm really impressed.
What's the old saying? It's better to learn medicine than literature and martial arts!
All the civil and military officials in the court are not as useful as an old man like me!
With the permission of Emperor Liang, the old imperial physician asked someone to bring some clean water on the spot, took out a small knife, burned it with fire, and handed it to Yan Xiuyun.
Emperor Liang's dragon body cannot be easily damaged, and the same goes for the blood test between Yan Xiuyun and Old Lady Chen.
Yan Xiuyun was completely confused. Up to now, he only wanted to know one question -
who I am.
Where am I.
He no longer had the mind to worry about whether the prince was a prince or not.
Yan Xiuyun had a fearless expression. He grabbed a knife, cut his finger, and let the blood drip in.
The old imperial physician came to Old Lady Chen and took blood from her hand and dripped it into the bowl.
Everyone waited with bated breath for the result.
Only Zhu Lan looked away indifferently, with a bit of disdain in his expression, and turned to look at the weather outside.
Everyone was anxious except her.
She was in no hurry at all.
If Yan Xiuyun and Old Lady Chen's blood don't mix, then it's just a good idea to back off and say nothing.
If it melts...it doesn't matter.
After a moment.
Under the gaze of countless extremely nervous eyes, the old imperial physician trembled and shouted:
"It's melted, the blood has melted!"
The court was in an uproar.
Yan Xiuyun's dazed gaze slowly moved up from the bowl of blood and stopped at Old Lady Chen's face, his expression extremely complicated.
The old imperial physician's face also changed. He was silent for a long time before he prostrated himself on the ground in fear and said to Emperor Liang:
"Your Majesty, their blood has mixed, which means they are biological mother and son!"
Emperor Liang's expression changed. Wu Chengqi looked at Zhu Lan proudly and asked her if she had anything else to say.
The blood test is now solid and irrefutable evidence!
The weather is really nice today.
Zhu Lan slowly withdrew his gaze and looked at Wu Chengqi mockingly.
"why are you laughing?"
Wu Chengqi thought she had nothing to say, so he pretended to remain calm, feeling even more proud.
Zhu Lan ignored Wu Chengqi and bowed to Emperor Liang and said:
"Your Majesty, I would like to borrow something from you gentlemen in the palace."
Emperor Liang asked her what she wanted to borrow.
Zhu Lan raised his head and smiled slightly.
“Borrow three drops of blood.
Each person borrows three drops of blood. "
Hearing this, some people immediately became unhappy.
"Zhu Xiuzhuan, what do you mean? Just because you say one thing, you want everyone in the hall to be stabbed. How unreasonable!
"How can a mere editor from the Imperial Academy like you be allowed to mess around in the Golden Palace?"
"Your Majesty, I am an old minister who is weak and cannot stand the sight of blood..."
Zhu Lan had expected the reactions of the court officials. She did not answer but simply scanned their faces one by one.
Zhang Lun stood up at this time and said loudly:
"Isn't it just a cut? Why should a man of seven feet tall be afraid?
As long as the truth can be revealed and His Majesty is not deceived, I will go through mountains of swords and seas of fire!"
As he said this, the Minister of Revenue rolled up his sleeves and reached for the knife, but was stopped by Zhu Lan.
"Sir, please don't rush."
After Zhu Lan finished speaking, he asked if there was anyone else in the hall who was willing.
Unexpectedly, the next people to stand up were the Minister of Rites Zhou Xianqing and Scholar Dong from the Hanlin Academy.
The two looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
One was Zhu Lan's mentor when he took the imperial examination, and the other was Zhu Lan's current boss. Both of them stood up at the same time, wanting to lend a helping hand to this young man.
Of course, compared to Zhou Xianqing, Mr. Dong has an extra layer of selfish motives.
After all, his last name is also Dong.
Then seven or eight ministers came forward one after another and were willing to "borrow blood."
Seeing that there were enough people, Zhu Lan asked someone to bring a dozen small bowls and fill them with water.
Then she asked the courtiers who had stood up to pair up in pairs and drop their blood into a bowl, and each of them had their blood tested with three different people.
Soon, the ministers' voices of surprise were heard in the court.
Dong Xueshi looked at Zhou Xianqing beside him in shock, "This, this, this, Master Zhou, this——"
Zhou Xianqing was also shocked. He didn't expect that his blood could merge with Master Dong's.
Decades of faith collapsed in an instant.
Zhou Xianqing opened his mouth and stared blankly at Mr. Dong - the other party was twenty years older than him, and was actually the same age as his father.
but……
Can't it?
No way???
The young Censor Zhang on the side was even more shocked. His blood actually mixed with Zhang Lun's blood!
Censor Zhang was an orphan who was later adopted by a kind-hearted person. He passed the imperial examination and became a censor, but he never knew who his biological parents were.
He only knew that when his adoptive parents picked him up, they embroidered the word "Zhang" on his swaddling clothes, so they still gave him the surname Zhang.
My last name is Zhang, and Zhang Lun's last name is also Zhang. Our blood has mixed. Doesn't this mean...
"father!"
Censor Zhang cried out with tears in his eyes.
Zhang Lun was so frightened that he staggered and even his official hat tilted. He wanted to rush over and cover Censor Zhang's mouth.
"Don't shout nonsense, don't shout nonsense!"
My wife is a jealous person. She has been keeping herself chaste for so many years and has never even taken a concubine.
Such a big son suddenly appeared out of nowhere... What would happen if my wife knew about it! ?
If I go home, won’t I kneel through the tiles?
Zhang Lun racked his brains to figure out why his blood obviously didn't mix with Zhou Xianqing's and Master Dong's, so why did it mix with this little Censor Zhang? It was simply bizarre!
Then there were several pairs of officials who had nothing to do with each other and their blood mixed together. These officials screamed as if they had seen a ghost.
The old imperial physician in the hall had been stroking his beard calmly, but now he was dumbfounded.
This...what is going on!
What the hell?
Emperor Liang's gaze deepened, as if he understood Zhu Lan's intention.
Zhu Lan took a step forward and said loudly:
"My Lords, please do not panic. I am borrowing your blood only to prove one thing -
Blood cannot test paternity. "
Zhu Lan said slowly in the shocked eyes of everyone:
“I once learned from a folk expert that human blood can be roughly divided into several types. As long as the blood is of the same type, it can mix. Otherwise, blood coagulation will occur, which is the so-called incompatibility.
Children's blood type is usually the same as that of one of the father or the mother, but there is a very small possibility that they have a different blood type from both parents.
In other words, the idea of using blood to identify relatives is completely false."
"Put—"
The old imperial physician was furious, and a lifetime of self-control was almost broken at this moment.
He swallowed the last word and pointed at Zhu Lan and scolded:
“The method of blood testing was passed down by our ancestors and has been used for hundreds of years, so how could it be wrong?
If it is really like what you said, how could it continue to this day! ? "
Zhu Lan glanced at the courtiers who were still in shock and asked:
"Then how do you explain their blood mixing? Could it be that they are all blood relatives?"
Censor Zhang's gaze became even more intense. Zhang Lun's face turned even paler and he quickly stood further away from him.
The old imperial physician was speechless for a moment, but he was not convinced.
Zhu Lan looked at the old imperial physician seriously and said with a stern look:
"I have no intention of disrespecting the wisdom of our ancestors. In most cases, children will have the same blood type as one of their parents, so the idea of blood testing does make sense.
However, there are countless people with the same blood type in this world, but no one is idle enough to go around looking for people to do blood tests. Otherwise, how could they not discover the problem?
What I want to say is that although this method makes some sense, it is not accurate and is prone to errors. The current issue concerns the crown prince of Daliang, how can we use such an inaccurate method to judge it?
If something goes wrong and the heir to the throne is injured, who can bear the responsibility?"
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