Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 926: On the Crime of Ma Ye
Seeing that Zhu Su had no intention of giving up, Song Qin nodded and went across the street to lobby Mrs. Shezi with Zhu Su's advice.

Shuixi did not rebel against the Ming, but the Ming army attacked Shuixi without any explanation, causing many casualties to Shuixi who were caught off guard. Many leaders of Shuixi were indeed very angry. If the person who came was not Shuidong chieftain Song Qin, but a general of the Ming army, they would have been directly driven out by them.

But even when Song Qin, on behalf of the Ming army, proposed that King Zhou of the Ming Dynasty wanted to consult with Madam Shezi, a group of leaders still strongly advised Madam Shezi not to attend the meeting.

"After doing such a thing, why would they want to talk to us Yi people? Why don't they just attack and kill us all?"

"Madam, the people of the Ming Dynasty are treacherous. Who knows if they have set an ambush for us... We can't go!"

"It is the Ming people who are sorry for us..."

There was a constant stream of voices trying to dissuade Mrs. Shetz.

Seeing this, Song Qin felt a little unhappy. If Shuixi fell out with Daming, Shuidong would be implicated, so his wife would travel thousands of miles to help Shuixi. Now these leaders of Shuixi have forgotten that his wife is still in Daming's Yingtian Prefecture, and they are threatening to speak harshly to Daming... If Daming gets angry because of their words, how should Shuidong and his wife Liu Shuzhen deal with it?

So Song Qin snorted coldly and said sarcastically: "Is the Ming Dynasty sorry for you? You are acting like everything is someone else's fault."

"Your Majesty, King Zhou, is magnanimous. Your Highness did not pursue the matter when Adu from your Shuixi region attacked you at night. Instead, he brought people to help your Shuixi region in the dark and captured Ma Ye to seek justice for you."

"Why, you Shuixi feel wronged, but our Shuidong warriors who died because of Adu and His Royal Highness King Zhou who was nearly assassinated don't feel wronged? For the sake of the overall situation, His Royal Highness doesn't want to hold you Shuixi accountable, but you Shuixi still want to continue to take advantage of us?"

Song Qin's words were like thunder, and the group of people in Shuixitou who were still shouting just now were speechless. His Royal Highness King Zhou was attacked? This news was like a bolt from the blue, and it shook their hearts.

"Adu attacked Your Highness? Is this true?" Mrs. Shez narrowed her eyes and asked anxiously.

"It's absolutely true. Would I lie to you?" Song Qin said.

Mrs. Shetz pursed her lips and said nothing. Adu was a second-generation rich man in Shuixi. Everyone knew that he was stupid and didn't know the general situation, but they just thought that he couldn't bear it, so he went back to the village to rest. They only found that Adu and his men were missing, but they didn't think that he would dare to eat a bear heart and a leopard daring to run and attack the prince of Daming...

If this is true, then Shuixi is also in the wrong when facing the Ming Dynasty, and they cannot really stand on the moral high ground to accuse His Royal Highness the King of Zhou.

"Ma Ye is Ma Ye, and the Ming Dynasty is the Ming Dynasty. The attack on our Shuixi was ordered by Ma Ye, the thief, and has nothing to do with His Royal Highness Prince Zhou... We shouldn't confuse the Ming Dynasty with Ma Ye." Madam Shez comforted the many leaders under her command.

"Then, are we just going to let it go like this, our chieftain, and the warriors who just encountered the surprise attack and died heroically?" said the leader unwillingly.

"His Royal Highness King Zhou is fair and just. I believe he will give us a fair judgment," said Mrs. Shetz. Then she turned to Song Qin.

"Chief Minister Song, please tell His Royal Highness Prince Zhou that I will go." Madam Shezi said. She was willing to trust Zhu Su, and knew that going against the Ming Dynasty would inevitably bring disaster to Shuixi and even the entire Yi people... Previously, she wanted to avenge her husband Ai Cui who died tragically, but now the Ming Dynasty's Prince Zhou was willing to give them an explanation without sacrificing the future of the entire Shuixi and even the Yi people. Even if there was danger, she was willing to give it a try.

The place where the two sides met was in a ruin ten miles outside Guiyang City. It used to be an affiliated inn of Shunyuan City of the Yuan Dynasty. After the Yuan Dynasty was destroyed and fled north, this place was abandoned along with Shunyuan City.

Here, Mrs. Shezi met Zhu Su again. She did not show any resentment towards Zhu Su because of the previous situations. Instead, she still performed the etiquette of a subject to Zhu Su and said respectfully: "I have seen your Highness. I am very happy that your Highness is safe and sound."

"I heard that Your Highness was attacked by our Shuixi chieftain Adu... Shuixi chieftains are incompetent in controlling their subordinates, so please take the blame!"

As soon as they met, Madam Shezi took the initiative to plead guilty, which made Zhu Su's favorable impression on Shuixi even more. He smiled and said, "Madam, there is no need to be so. I am fine. Besides, Adu is Adu and Shuixi is Shuixi. They cannot be confused."

"There are always bad apples everywhere. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, didn't we also have a bad apple like Ma Ye?"

Speaking of Ma Ye, Zhu Su's expression turned cold. He waved his hand to the back and said, "Go, bring Ma Ye up to me!"

Di Meng clasped his fists in response. After a while, Ma Ye, who was tied up, was kicked and dragged over by Zhou Wangwei.

"Your Highness! I am a third-rank official in the imperial court! Your Highness cannot humiliate me like this!"

Zhu Su turned a deaf ear to what he said, and instead said to Madam Shezi, "Madam, the incident with Tusi Aicui was all caused by this Liao."

"Today, I will hand this beast over to Madam. Shuixi will decide how to deal with it, and the imperial court will not interfere... How do you think?"

Since Ma Ye appeared, Mrs. Shezi's eyes have been fixed on him. Her husband died because of Ma Ye, and she really wanted to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin. Hearing that Zhu Su was so happy to hand Ma Ye over to Shuixi without even negotiating, she was really happy and surprised.

"Your Highness!" Ma Ye certainly understood the consequences of being handed over to Shuixi. He struggled and said, "Your Highness, I am a third-rank official of the Ming Dynasty..."

"I just wanted to make plans for the Ming Dynasty. What crime have I committed? Your Highness wants to punish me with lynching?"

"Your Highness, you are disregarding the laws of the court! I am innocent! Not guilty!"

"Not guilty?" Zhu Su's eyes flashed fiercely, and he turned to look at Ma Ye. "You sent someone to assassinate me, do you really think I don't know?"

Ma Ye's eyes flashed, but he remembered that those assassins had poison sacs in their mouths, so he said stubbornly: "Absolutely not! I, Ma Ye, am loyal to the Ming Dynasty and Your Majesty, how could I send someone to assassinate you!"

"Who on earth is this person! How dare he slander me, Ma Ye, to Your Highness..."

"I am a third-rank military officer in the court. Even if Your Highness wants to punish me, I will hand over the evidence I have collected to the relevant officials and I will be punished according to the law..."

"Do you think that because your assassins are so loyal, I won't be able to find evidence?" Zhu Su said sarcastically.

Ma Ye's heart skipped a beat, thinking, no way, could there really be a assassin, and this kid caught him alive...

"Haha, come on, bring a witness." Zhu Su clapped his hands.

There was a commotion outside, and then, in front of Ma Ye's stunned expression, a large group of "witnesses" filed in from outside...

(End of this chapter)