The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 377 Assassination at the City Gate
The civil and military officials were also unaware that such a thing would happen at the city gate of Yingtian Prefecture. They were all in a panic, while the generals were already holding their weapons and guarding Zhu Yuanzhang and the others. Zhu Yunwen was surprised to see these people coming to assassinate Zhu Xiong Ying. Then he was extremely excited. If Zhu Xiong Ying was assassinated in this chaos, he would be the only one to inherit the position.

These men in black were direct.

They started shooting at the carriage, and arrows flew towards it from a distance. Everyone who saw this gasped in shock.

If it were just an ordinary man in black, there wouldn't be much of a problem. Nowadays, there are quite a few people in the Ming Dynasty who possess swords and sabers, which is perfectly acceptable. However, possessing swords and sabers are not the same thing as possessing bows and arrows.

If bows and crossbows were controlled by others, no one could predict what the future would hold.

Those people charged straight towards the carriage.

As soon as a group of workers went over, they turned the carriage that Zhu Xiong Ying had built into a sieve.

People from the Five Military Commands and the Five City Garrison arrived inside the city gate.

These people also realized that if they didn't leave this place soon, they might not be able to leave at all.

So they had no choice but to retreat to this place. Everyone was terrified. Looking at the carriage in front of them, which was covered with arrows, they didn't know if Zhu Xiong Ying was alright. Zhu Yun Wen was extremely excited when he saw this. Now that the carriage had been beaten to this state, even if Zhu Xiong Ying had skin of copper and bones of iron, he would surely die.

Now that no one is competing with him for that position, Zhu Yunwen burst into tears.

"Brother, you died such a tragic death! You were assassinated right at your own doorstep. Don't worry, I will definitely avenge you!"

Then, clutching the carriage wheel in front of him, he began to wail loudly.

Everyone frowned at Zhu Yunwen's appearance. Everyone knew that the relationship between the two brothers, Zhu Xiong Ying and Zhu Yunwen, was very bad. Now, Zhu Yunwen was actually crying for Zhu Xiong Ying. Wasn't he crying at the wrong grave? Lan Yu, who was standing to the side, snorted and curled her lips.

"A crocodile cry for a mouse—a false show of compassion!"

"Does he really think he can fool anyone with this act?"

He didn't believe Zhu Xiong Ying would die in this chaos, but since someone dared to assassinate Zhu Xiong Ying so openly, it seemed this matter needed to be thoroughly investigated, especially the source of these crossbows. There weren't many forces in the entire Yingtian Prefecture that possessed crossbows, so an investigation would definitely reveal who was behind it.

Some military officers who had already pledged allegiance to Zhu Xiong Ying couldn't help but make sarcastic remarks when they saw Zhu Yun Wen's appearance. However, Zhu Yun Wen didn't care about these people at all. As long as he could ascend to that position, these people would all die. He secretly memorized their identities and continued to cry in that place. At this moment, someone suddenly appeared next to him, and a very familiar voice came from there.

"Why are you crying like this? How old are you? Do you want me to give you a handkerchief to wipe your tears?"

Zhu Yunwen shook his head hurriedly upon hearing this.

"No need. My brother and I were deeply in love. Now that he has passed away at a young age, it is only natural that I am extremely grieved and cannot help but feel sad!"

The man burst into laughter upon hearing this.

"You're probably the only one who believes I was killed!"

Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment. When he looked up, he found that the person looking at him was Zhu Xiong Ying. This startled him. He looked at the carriage from before, then at Zhu Xiong Ying, his face full of disbelief.

"Strange, wasn't Zhu Xiong Ying just assassinated? How come he suddenly appears here?"

Then he looked at Yu Huatian beside him. Yu Huatian remained silent, but lifted the curtain of the carriage and found that there was indeed a person sitting inside, but it was just a wooden dummy.

At this moment, Cao Guogong Li Wenzhong, who was standing to the side, said with a smile.

“Xiongying went to my residence as soon as he returned.”

Fortunately, that's how we escaped disaster!

Zhu Yunwen felt extremely embarrassed upon hearing this. This was troublesome. He had cried for so long, only to find that Zhu Xiong Ying was still alive. He didn't know how to face these guys when he got back. Thinking of this, he glared angrily at Zhu Xiong Ying in front of him and said...

"Brother, aren't you going a bit too far? Everyone thinks you're in this carriage. Even if you went to Lord Cao's residence, you didn't even inform Grandfather and Father. Aren't you showing no respect for Grandfather and Father by doing this?"

"To put it bluntly, this is a crime of deceiving the emperor!"

Zhu Xiong Ying smiled after hearing this.

"Alright, put away your old tricks. Your teachers taught you about benevolence and morality, but they never taught you how to be an emperor!"

After saying this, he turned and left. Zhu Yunwen's face was extremely ugly. He didn't take him seriously at all. Then he looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Crown Prince Zhu Biao. Now that such a big thing had happened, Zhu Xiong Ying had played such a big joke on them. Was it just going to be left like this? At this moment, he looked in the direction of Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang was very calm, as if he had expected this. At this moment, he felt a chill in his heart.

That's it, it seems I'm the only one who doesn't know about this.

Zhu Xiong Ying stepped forward and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma, and Crown Prince Zhu Biao in front of him.

"Xiongying greets Imperial Grandfather, Imperial Grandmother greets Father!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang burst into laughter.

"Good, good, it's good that you're alright. I've heard about what happened to you. You handled the situation in the southwest quite well. Now, apart from the Liang King being destroyed, the Dali Kingdom, the Dayue Kingdom, and the Nanzhang Kingdom are all under our control!"

"I believe that with Mu Ying's abilities, he only needs a period of accumulation to turn his military might towards the Khmer Empire. Once we destroy the Khmer Empire, we will have no more enemies to the south!"

Zhu Xiong Ying nodded after hearing this.

"That's right. Right now, apart from the Khmer Empire, which still has some fighting power, the rest of the country in the south consists of small nations!"

"Once we wipe them out, we can control the waters there!"

"The terrain and waters there are extremely advantageous. Once we control those areas, we can use them as a base to train our navy!"

"At that time, even attacking the Delhi Sultanate to the west will be a piece of cake!"

"Now, the Delhi Sultanate is much weaker than before, and to their south are the Bahmani Sultanate and Vijayanagara, among other countries!"

(End of this chapter)