I just don't know where Zhao Qingzhu is right now, I just don't know if she thinks I'm dead, and I just don't know if she'll be very sad if she does.
Zhu Yunwen took a deep breath. He knew that if the plan proposed by the two assassins were to proceed, the whole world would believe that Zhu Yunwen had been assassinated.
If this were to happen, the shock it would bring would be self-evident; at the very least, for the Ming Dynasty, it would be an earth-shattering event.
Seemingly sensing Zhu Yunwen's worries, the burly assassin stepped forward and said to him:
"If His Highness the Crown Prince really wants to go outside and take a look, there is a way."
Zhu Yunwen was even more puzzled:
"What method?"
The burly assassin laughed and said:
"We assassins must never show our faces when we're on a mission. If our true faces are seen, it means we're done for."
Therefore, we often study the art of disguise, and I am a master of it, a true expert. I can easily disguise His Highness the Crown Prince, making him unrecognizable to anyone.
When the time comes, you can still go out and find out what's going on, and then decide whether to reveal your identity at the appropriate time.
Zhu Yunwen immediately nodded and said:
"That's a good idea, let's give it a try."
So the two assassins began to disguise Zhu Yunhua. Disguise, in this context, refers to a combination of makeup, disguise, and a mask, all working together to change a person's appearance.
Just as the two assassins were making fake human skin, preparing to use the simplest method to change Zhu Yunwen's appearance.
The news that Zhu Yunwen had voluntarily been killed in a village for the sake of thousands of people had quickly spread throughout the Ming Dynasty and even to neighboring countries.
This news swept through the Ming Dynasty like a tornado, causing towering waves wherever it passed. All the people and officials of the Ming Dynasty who heard the news were shocked.
Immediately afterwards, the whole country was plunged into grief.
The changes and benefits that His Highness the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty brought to the Ming Dynasty and its people are indescribable.
And it will always be unforgettable.
But ironically, this very person died.
This is obviously unacceptable, but unfortunately, some things happen, and that's that.
This news wasn't unfounded; many people had seen it.
It wasn't just the thousands of people in that village, but also the hundreds of Zhu Yunwen's guards, including Zhu Yunwen's grandson's wife, Zhao Qingzhu.
That night, Zhao Qingzhu was stopped by a group of assassins, who did not seem to intend to take her life.
However, they managed to restrain her, giving the other two people a chance to take away Zhu Yunwen, who appeared to be dead.
This might be because they were planning to take Zhu Yunwen's body away to curry favor.
That's at least what they thought, since that arrow did indeed hit Zhu Yunwen.
Moreover, Zhu Yunwen also vomited blood, and even under these circumstances, there was still a glimmer of hope for his survival.
But if they fell into the hands of those two assassins and were taken back by them, there was clearly no way they would survive.
This is the kind of thinking a normal person would absolutely have. They would never consider any other possibilities under these circumstances, so Zhu Yunwen's death was almost certain.
That day, Zhao Qingzhu was in a daze, refusing to eat or drink, and was helped into a carriage by the guards.
They rode at full speed towards the capital.
Halfway there, Zhao Qingzhu suddenly came to her senses. She couldn't accept that Zhu Yunzhu was dead, so she frantically rushed out of the carriage and used her lightness skill to rush towards the village again.
The two hundred guards had no choice but to send some back to find the Crown Princess and others back to the capital to report the matter.
They were all furious that very night. They killed all the assassins from Chechi Kingdom, even though they felt that the assassins from Chechi Kingdom didn't seem to put up much resistance when they killed them.
But none of that matters anymore. In the eyes of these guards, the death of the Crown Prince was caused by these assassins.
Regardless of whether these killers are innocent or not, they are the culprits and they all deserve to die.
This includes the King and Prince of Chechi Kingdom behind him.
Therefore, they had to report this matter to Zhu Yuanzhang as soon as possible.
They were determined to avenge Zhu Yunwen; this had become an obsession for these guards.
They felt they were sinners, sinners of the entire Ming Dynasty. They had failed to protect Zhu Yunwen, they had failed to protect the myth of the Ming Dynasty, the benefactor of all the people of the Ming Dynasty.
So when they returned to the capital, they all knelt at the gate of the palace.
Upon hearing the news, Zhu Yuanzhang fainted and was hurriedly carried to bed by his ministers and the imperial physicians who rushed to the scene.
Most of the civil and military officials were disheartened, and some of the senior ministers even fainted.
Examples include Zhang Shan, the Minister of Revenue, and Fu Youde, the Minister of War, who were both promoted by Zhu Yunwen.
This also includes his two maternal uncles, the Chang brothers, and his great-uncle, Lan Yu.
These are the people who are related to Zhu Yunwen, those who have been kind to Zhu Yunwen, and those who are grateful to Zhu Yunwen for his great achievements.
They were all filled with sorrow, grief, and despair; they beat their chests and stamped their feet, and wept with emotion.
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