Then, together with Zhu Yunwen, they headed towards the main hall of the imperial court.
At this moment, in the main hall, the officials were still discussing their various opinions.
Some officials felt that Zhu Yunwen only had a grudge against the Kingdom of Chechi, and that the prince of Chechi had been utterly defeated by Zhu Yunwen, so he must want Zhu Yunwen dead.
Zhu Yunwen cooperated with the western countries, but not with Chechi Kingdom. This put Chechi Kingdom in a crisis, and it was unwilling to let other countries cooperate with the Ming Dynasty and thus trample Chechi Kingdom underfoot.
Therefore, all these reasons combined give them a legitimate reason to assassinate Zhu Yunwen.
This way of thinking makes sense and is quite reasonable.
However, some ministers believed that it was unreasonable, because if they looked at the matter rationally, they should have considered what consequences and troubles killing the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty would bring.
Even the destruction of a nation could lead to a situation similar to the present one.
The fact that the King and Prince of Cha still dared to come here to explain under these circumstances shows that they truly have a clear conscience.
On one side are the reasoning faction, and on the other are the emotional faction.
From any perspective, as long as they stick to their own ideas, they are all reasonable, justifiable, and feasible.
But these two things are in conflict, and there is only one truth.
No matter which side you take, it seems impossible to persuade those who hold different opinions.
This put the officials present in a stalemate, while the King and Prince of Chechi Kingdom remained focused on the situation.
Moreover, their expressionless faces suggested that they had absolutely no guilty conscience, as if they were completely open and honest.
Many people present felt that they were so fearless.
Such composure and calmness in the face of danger suggest that he may indeed not be the culprit behind Zhu Yunwen's murder.
However, some people think that the prince and king of Chechi Kingdom are really good at enduring things, or that they are really good at acting.
At least that's how it seems to Zhang Shan and Lan Yu, the Ministers of Revenue, as well as the Chang brothers and even Fu Youde.
They are not very willing to think or ponder too much.
They felt that the two people in front of them had a grudge against Zhu Yunwen, and that Zhu Yunwen's death would be of great benefit to them.
As for those other convoluted things, they don't really need to think about them.
Sometimes, if you overcomplicate a problem, you'll only get further and further away from the truth.
Therefore, they firmly believed that these two guys had a grudge against Zhu Yunwen and wanted him dead, so they were the most suspicious.
As for other convoluted possibilities, they may have considered them from that perspective and made such a prediction.
Just as they were arguing, Zhu Yuanzhang spoke again:
"There's no need to argue anymore. Such pointless debates are completely meaningless."
From any perspective, it cannot be denied that the Crown Prince was murdered by the Kingdom of Chechi. Of course, there is currently no conclusive evidence to prove this.
After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, the King of Chechi Kingdom then spoke:
"His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming is right. Since there is no evidence to prove that our Chechi Kingdom sent someone to kill His Highness the Crown Prince, we cannot simply conclude that this matter is related to us."
Therefore, I urge Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty to continue the investigation. The fact that the King of Chechi Kingdom is willing to bring his son to the Ming Dynasty is sufficient proof that we have absolutely no connection to this matter.
If anyone present, or His Majesty the Emperor, still has any doubts, then please present compelling evidence. After all, in this world, everything requires evidence.
Without evidence, it probably wouldn't be convincing to anyone.
After he finished speaking, the officials in the court fell silent.
Although some officials believed that Zhu Yunwen's death was inextricably linked to them.
But indeed, there is no conclusive evidence, or even the slightest bit of evidence, to prove it, right?
However, at that moment, a voice suddenly rang out from outside the main hall:
"Who says there's no evidence? There's not only evidence, but also witnesses."
As soon as the words were spoken, everyone immediately looked outside the court.
Two burly men walked in from outside the court, which puzzled the officials, including Zhu Yuanzhang.
This is the main hall for discussing state affairs. Normally, no one would be qualified to swagger up here like this.
Only high-ranking officials or those specifically summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang could swagger in through the guards.
These two burly men were neither officials in the imperial court nor people that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to summon. In fact, no one even knew who they were. So how did they manage to swagger up like this?
Of course, besides this question, what people are even more curious about is what evidence and witnesses these two people are talking about?
Just as everyone was wondering, the two people walked up.
The King of Chechi frowned and said calmly:
Who are you two?
Zhang San, who was in the lead, sneered and said:
"Your Majesty, surely you can't even tell the accents of your own people?"
Upon hearing this, the King of Chechi frowned. He said to Zhang San and Li Si:
"You two are from my Chechi Kingdom? What brings you here?"
This was also a question on the minds of the officials present, including Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhang San then pulled out a very strange token from his person.
The token was not large, only about the size of a thumb, and it was engraved with some incomprehensible characters, or rather, markings.
Upon seeing the strange token, the King and Prince of Chechi Kingdom immediately changed their expressions.
Zhang San continued speaking:
"Well, Your Majesty, do you recognize this? This is a token that every member of the assassin organization established by the Chechi Kingdom must wear. And the two of us are assassins from the Chechi Kingdom."
Furthermore, we are the assassins from Chechi Kingdom, ordered by His Majesty the King and His Highness the Prince, who last time, outside a village on the western border of the Ming Dynasty, risked the lives of the common people to kill the Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty!
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