Daming: Internship also counts as work experience

Chapter 91 Idleness is also idleness
Just when Hao Wen came to the house and knocked on the door, Jia Chuan asked Gao Yunduo to write a secret letter, and ordered someone to take all the necessary evidence, leave the city through the secret passage, and send it to the capital. Then he asked Gao Yunduo to write the letter to Hao Wen without an envelope.

Naturally, the blacksmith would not be mentioned in the letter to Hao Wen, as it was not yet time to make an official announcement.

When dinner was ready, Chen Mo came back from the secret passage, and Wu Bing also came back.

Chen Mo did not go through the city gate. This was something they had agreed on beforehand. Anyone who was walking in the open in the house, if they did not follow Jia Chuan, would have to leave the city through the tunnel first, and then enter the city through the city gate in disguise. Anyone who needed to leave the city outside would go directly through the tunnel when they came back.

This arrangement was naturally made to ensure the safety of the people in the house, but unexpectedly, the first person to be rescued was Chen Mo.

If someone hadn't brought Wu Bing into the house, Jia Chuan would not have recognized him at all.

Wu Bing smiled and said, "I just did it simply to avoid being recognized when I go out. Now that I'm out in the open, and I'm walking around the street where the blacksmith shop is, it doesn't hurt to be careful."

Jia Chuan quickly ordered someone to bring clean water. Wu Bing washed himself and returned to his original appearance. Jia Chuan ordered someone to serve the dishes, and several people sat around to eat.

Wu Bing knew that Jia Chuan had few rules and it was normal for men and women to sit at the same table. They mainly discussed their next plans together during and after meals to avoid further rumors. Now that he knew from Chen Mo that Gao Yunduo and Dong Yuanyuan were not ordinary girls, he naturally had no objection.

"...The commotion at noon today gave me an opportunity to find the entire path from the blacksmith shop to the palace." Wu Bing quickly took a few mouthfuls of food and said.

Jia Chuan asked carefully and enthusiastically, and Wu Bing answered seriously. Gao Yuntian said disdainfully, "You act like you know a lot about the streets of Le'an, but where are all those street names Old Wu mentioned? Aside from the river behind the blacksmith shop, you don't even know the directions. Let Old Wu handle this alone. You should first tell me how to save your life!"

Jia Chuan shrugged and said, "Didn't I tell you today that every time he comes, I'll capture two and send them away. If he doesn't mind, you can just treat it as exercise. When the number of people is enough, he won't be embarrassed to come openly again."

"Are you still hoping that he will come secretly?" Chen Mo asked.

"First of all, the only place he wants to come secretly is the provincial government office. He has no chance of planting anyone in this house. Since he knows he can only use people from the provincial government office to attack me secretly, you two should be more vigilant when the time comes."

"He seems quite relaxed." Chen Mo looked at Gao Yuntian speechlessly.

Wu Bing said, "Given the King of Han's temper... tonight might be a test for us. It's a good opportunity to see if this house can hold up."

Jia Chuan frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Tell me, if they didn't have a way to kill me, would they still do it?"

Several people didn't understand and looked at Jia Chuan with frowns.

"What I mean is, everyone knows this is not the Yongle Dynasty anymore. Even if the Prince of Han acts out of habit, shouldn't he consider the Emperor's opinion? Today, from what I saw from that Tongzhi Hao, the Prince of Han wasn't trying to hide anything, as if he was sure of victory. But this morning, the Prince of Han didn't send anyone to the state government office to stop the trial. At noon, I took some people to the Prince's palace and made a scene, but no one came out to do anything to me. It shows that the Prince of Han is still far from being fully prepared. Otherwise, with the Prince of Han's temper..."

"What does this have to do with Hao Tongzhi? What did you see from him?" Gao Yuntian asked puzzledly.

"He didn't know how the palace was going to arrange for me today. His rank in the palace probably wasn't that important. So, I suggested that the grain be shipped back within three days. He agreed a little slowly, probably because he was thinking about how to respond. But then he was very happy. I asked him if he still had the grain, and he answered 'yes' without hesitation."

"What does this mean?"

"It shows that he knows all about that grain. He said there's plenty in the palace granary. You have to understand one thing: if the King of Han has already made preparations, what difference does it make whether the grain is in the provincial granary or the palace granary? If the day of rebellion comes, won't Le'an's grain belong to the King of Han? Why would he transport the grain to his own granary? Before the time of rebellion comes, he must have other uses for the grain. It's too troublesome to transport it from the provincial granary every time. If he moves it all at once to the palace granary, he can do whatever he wants with it."

Jia Chuan paused and continued, "What I don't understand is that this Hao Tongzhi never concealed his relationship with the Han Palace when he was in the government office. The Han Palace also blatantly transported grain. But it was still too early for them to start a rebellion. Why are they like this..."

Jia Chuan scratched his head, he couldn't find the right words to describe it.

Wu Bing thought for a moment and said, "The King of Han has always been like this. The officials in the government office, though educated, don't necessarily have foresight. They think that as long as the officials in the state government don't say anything and the court doesn't investigate, no one will know about this for a while."

Chen Mo smiled for the first time and said, "I didn't expect that after you just tricked him today, he would tell the truth."

"Which one was he lying about? Why didn't I hear it?" Gao Yuntian asked anxiously.

Chen Mo was speechless and asked, "We've been following him the whole time. When did you ever hear anyone tell him that the grain was being transported to the palace granary? I only mentioned it once, saying that the provincial governor was in charge of grain, and then he thought of using this as a trick."

Jia Chuan didn't give Gao Yuntian a chance to sigh, and said:

"As long as the King of Han isn't ready, he'll have to check the almanac before he can kill me. I've made such a big fuss about this today, and I've made it clear in front of the King of Han's mansion. If he kills me, there will be others. If he has any brains, he'll have to think carefully: is now the time to kill me? I hope he does it. If he does, he might not have to wait until Old Wu makes his move, let alone the New Year. He'll have to act hastily, and my job can be completed ahead of time."

Gao Yunduo frowned and asked, "Will he take action tonight?"

Dong Yuanyuan said seriously, "Brother, what you mean is that only a fool would do that."

……

Jia Chuan slept soundly that night, but had nightmares all night long.

Maybe he was frightened and shocked during the day, and when he woke up in the morning he was still thinking that if he faced such stimulation every day, no matter how young he was, he would not be able to bear it.

He stood up and wanted to ask Gao Yuntian, and learned that it was very quiet in the second half of the night, and no one had come to the palace. He nodded and went to the yard to do a full set of radio gymnastics, and then had breakfast with everyone.

Last night he chatted with Wu Bing until late at night, mainly talking about the safety of Wu Bing and his men when traveling. Jia Chuan inferred that the King of Han would wait and see the situation before making arrangements for his life or death, but other people would not have this treatment. From tomorrow on, this house will be under the surveillance of the King of Han's Mansion. Except for those who follow him, other people who travel must follow the previous requirements and must not have any luck.

When Jia Chuan took office, Zhang Zheng asked most of the people who had been lurking in Le'an in advance to come to the house. This was a public display of power, which was a kind of protection for Jia Chuan, but relatively speaking, it also restricted their actions, which Jia Chuan thought was a pity.

Wu Bing said:

"Those of us who survived are the ones that the Han Palace had gone to great lengths to find, and now our sudden appearance is nothing but a provocation to the Han Palace. It's no different than the corpses you sent to the Palace today. The Censor said that everything has its priorities, and your safety is the most important. Now that all of us have entered the house, the Han Palace will have to think twice about what to do at night. Unless they mobilize troops, relying on a few assassins will only give you another handle. Don't worry, I said that more people will come one after another. These people are indeed Jinyiwei. They will act secretly like we did before and will not enter the house."

Jia Chuan said, "I'm afraid it will delay your actions."

"It won't delay me. I don't have to go out every day to do what I need to do right now."

Jia Chuan took a deep breath. He wondered what the King of Han would feel like when faced with these questions. To fuel the King's anger, Jia Chuan brought Wu Bing and his six men with him to work, in addition to Chen Mo and Gao Yuntian. Gao Yunduo and Dong Yuanyuan couldn't be brought along; he would be staying at the yamen for several hours, and it would be inconvenient to bring them along. As for whether someone would attack while Jia Chuan was away?

Before leaving, Jia Chuan instructed Gao Yunduo: "Don't open the door no matter who calls. Anyone who dares to enter without permission will be killed!"

Gao Yunduo didn't need Gao Yuntian to tell her much this time. She knew she could only stay in the backyard. After the commotion yesterday, she and Dong Yuanyuan were on the list of people the Prince of Han's Mansion wanted to arrest. If they dared to act alone, they would definitely get into trouble.

……

Jia Chuan had two guards yesterday, and eight today, and the group went to the provincial government office in a grand manner.

The moment Hao Wen saw Jia Chuan, the hairs on his body stood up. In his mind, Jia Chuan should be a corpse now. He arrived at the yamen early because he wanted to see if anyone had come to report to the police last night, but after asking around, he found that it was very quiet last night.

Hao Wen was wondering why it was so quiet when Jia Chuan appeared before him in the second hall.

Jia Chuan guessed something just by looking at Hao Wen's frightened expression and asked, "Did you deliver the letter I sent you yesterday?"

Hao Wen nodded subconsciously, then realized something was wrong and quickly shook his head.

Jia Chuan asked with a smile, "What made Hao Tongzhi panic?"

"No, I didn't panic."

“Oh, when will the food be delivered back?”

"Ah? Oh, that's what I'm going to do."

"Please tell me something. If you don't kill me soon, I don't know what else I will do to surprise the King of Han."

Hao Wen had already stood up, but after hearing Jia Chuan's words, he almost sat down again. He pretended to be calm and said, "Jia Tongpan, you're joking. Who can I bring this message to? Hehehe..."

Hao Wen walked out the door with an awkward smile, but he didn't lift his legs high enough and almost tripped over the threshold.

After Hao Wen left, Gao Yuntian asked in confusion, "You knew he was the King of Han's man, why didn't you arrest him immediately?"

Jia Chuan stood up, raised an eyebrow, and said, "You're talking about the governor's envoy coming down for inspection. What's their rank? What's mine? Besides, if I want the palace to know something, I have to have someone to pass on the message. Don't underestimate him, he's very important. Hey, don't you think it's fun to scare him for fun? Come on, follow me to the back court to meet Prefect Lin."

Wu Bing and six others were originally standing in the corridor outside the second hall. When Hao Wen came out and saw them, he was shocked again.

These people, unlike Gao Yuntian and Chen Mo, who were wearing the uniforms of the Jinyiwei, were dressed very casually, led by Wu Bing. Hao Wen was startled and then stunned for a moment before shouting, "Who are you? How dare you trespass into the provincial government office?!"

"My people, are they considered trespassing?" Jia Chuan walked out of the house with his hands behind his back. "Hao Tongzhi also knows that I was almost killed by the people in the Han Palace yesterday. If I don't bring more people with me, I'm afraid that I won't be able to complete the emperor's mission and will have to go to see the ancestors first... How is Hao Tongzhi's fighting skills? Is he not as good as..."

"I'll go to the Prince of Han's mansion first to report the matter, no, to discuss the matter of transporting the grain back." Hao Wen left in a hurry.

Jia Chuan looked at the clothes of the few people and said, "We need to prepare a uniform. It's a good time to talk to Lin Zhizhou about this."

……

Lin Wei woke up this morning and his right eye kept twitching. He wondered if it hadn't twitched yesterday, or if it was a flare-up of the twitching sensation. Could anything more exciting than yesterday possibly happen?

Jia Chuan made him understand that everything is possible.

Jia Chuan came for two purposes. After listening to him, the little bit of color that Lin Wei had recovered after a night of hard work disappeared again.

Jia Chuan first asked for work clothes to be arranged for his men. The job of yamen runner did not require appointment from the court, and Jia Chuan did not ask for anything else, just a few work clothes. He also felt that he had wronged his own people, but Lin Wei kept wiping his sweat.

Secondly, Jia Chuan suggested that since he had nothing to do anyway, he wanted to re-examine the prisoners in prison, release those who should be released, and sentence those who should be sentenced.

Lin Wei had just broken out in a sweat, and this sweat was because he was worried that since he was helping Jia Chuan in this way, if the King of Han really rebelled in the future, would his head be the first to be affected?

But after hearing Jia Chuan's second request, he began to feel cold again. He wanted to cover himself with another quilt and re-examine the prisoners? Wouldn't that be handing the evidence of bribery directly to Jia Chuan?

Lin Wei and Cui Youzhi both agreed on this point. In the past, when a case arose, how could they have the energy to conduct a thorough trial and reach a fair verdict? Naturally, they would first check whether the banknotes and silver were in place.

Who was Jia Chuan? Lin Wei knew nothing else but that he was sent by the Emperor. What difference was there between him and a provincial governor or a censor? How could this man be so close to the Emperor... He wanted to be demoted and transferred, but he didn't want to lose his position.

"What are you afraid of? You're all going to die anyway." Jia Chuan sat in front of the bed with his legs crossed, adding fuel to the fire.

Lin Wei licked his dry lips, trying to find a suitable reason to refuse both of these offers. Jia Chuan spoke again:

"I'm afraid you have no chance of playing fence-sitter right now. I used to sympathize with you, thinking it had been tough for you over the past year. With two suns in the sky, you'd be roasted alive. But you've persevered. What does that mean? It means you have some ability and foresight. Otherwise, you would have joined Hao Wen and defected to the King of Han long ago."

Lin Wei hurriedly said, "I dare not, I dare not!"

"How dare you be corrupt! The people are being bullied by the King of Han. You're afraid the King won't stand up for them, but you never miss an opportunity to oppress them. I only had a few words with the prisoners, and I know you only care about money. How can the people of Le'an survive with you and the King of Han both weighing on their shoulders?!"

"me……"

"You're really trying to get something out of this tight spot! I'll send a message back to the capital today, and in a few days, your wish will be fulfilled. You won't need to serve in this place anymore, but can go to the underworld and ask if there's an official position for you!"

(End of this chapter)