Daming: Internship also counts as work experience

Chapter 42 Big Brother
Jia Chuan was a little uncomfortable with his sudden domineering attitude. He moved his butt slightly and straightened his waist.

Xu Gong nodded repeatedly and said, "I have my own plans for Li Shun's matter, but if the Crown Prince asks..."

"Don't worry, now that you understand what's going on, I'm no longer so upset. Li Shun's thoughts and actions really make me feel a little depressed. You say I'm working hard, and suddenly this person pops up and insists that I call him brother and follow his orders. If I don't, he'll start threatening me. What is he trying to scare me with? Isn't it just because he relies on the power held by the Jinyiwei? But this power is not his, it was given by the emperor. He can easily implicate you by doing this!"

Xu Gong nodded heavily and said thoughtfully, "Even though I admonish them every day, they still get carried away!"

Jia Chuan sighed, stood up and said, "If it were me, I would also be arrogant. This has nothing to do with Xu Chenshi, but Li Shun went a little too far. I didn't do anything to him. Investigating the case was enough to occupy my brain. How could I have time to go against him? He was just imagining things and ended up killing himself. But if I had risked my life at that time, I still had a chance to save him..." Jia Chuan clasped his fists and said, "I hope Xu Chenshi won't blame me!"

"I should be the one to apologize. I'm sorry for scaring you. Did the captain of the police see anything?"

"Captain Gao is focused on fighting the enemy. He's not as adept as Li Shun. The slightest mistake could cost him his life. How could he have the time to pay attention to what's happening here? I'm a loser. My brain is good, but my hands are useless. Besides, our relationship these days is between Li Shun and me. No one else in the county government knows about it, and I haven't told anyone."

Xu Gong nodded.

Jia Chuan knew that now was not the time to reveal Gao Yuntian's identity. The Jinyiwei were very cunning and could force them to involve even the most unrelated things. If he told the matter now, all the preparations he had made would be wasted. He had to wait for another two days and find a seemingly accidental opportunity to say it out loud.

Jia Chuan thought about it. He had learned a little about psychology. When you learn something in a different state of mind, you will come to completely different conclusions.

"Han Zhen... is not a fool. Some things may not escape his eyes." Xu Gong said with a frown.

Jia Chuan hurriedly said, "When he arrived, he thought Li Shun had died trying to save me. General Han has already reported the details of the bandit suppression to the Crown Prince. If I don't say anything more, the matter will be over."

Xu Gong nodded slightly, then bowed to Jia Chuan and said seriously, "It's rare that Brother Jia is so broad-minded and insightful. You are much younger than me. If I have any problems in the future, just let me know!"

Jia Chuan quickly stepped back, bowed, and said, "Brother, I'm serious!"

Xu Gong laughed heartily, took Jia Chuan's hand, and said, "Brother, you have performed a great service this time. General Han's memorial clearly stated it. The Crown Prince is very pleased. After the Huangluling case is investigated, brother will definitely be promoted!"

Jia Chuan asked, "Brother, are you escorting all the prisoners back to the capital this time?"

"Interrogate him first, and then bring the important people back to the capital." Xu Gong released his hand and motioned Jia Chuan to sit down. He also sat back in the top seat, as if nothing had happened just now.

"I've always had a question. Big Brother, when you're interrogating us, you must help me clarify it. Why did they leave one of us alive? How did they know that our bodies would be so decomposed by the time we returned that we couldn't be identified? And how did they then leave one of their own dead bodies behind?"

Xu Gong was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I thought you wanted to ask why the traitor became a traitor?"

"I don't care what he thinks. Everyone has their own aspirations. But right now, he's the only one who knows all this. I'm afraid he's not telling the truth."

Xu Gong nodded slightly and said, "At this point, his life or death is no longer important. What matters is what the people behind him will do."

Jia Chuan leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "Prince, do you know who is behind the third group of people?"

Xu Gong raised an eyebrow and praised, "The Crown Prince said you were very clever... If that's true, how did you determine that the Crown Prince knew who it was?"

Jia Chuan shrugged and said, "Therefore, the status of this person and the King of Han cannot be too different. I don't understand the affairs of the royal family, but the Crown Prince knows. Who would try so hard to push the King of Han to the forefront? The Crown Prince will understand once he thinks about it. Those people are just deceiving people like me."

Xu Gong nodded and said, "It must be the King of Zhao."

Jia Chuan reacted for a moment, but still couldn't figure out who King Zhao was.

Seeing Jia Chuan's dazed expression, Xu Gong sighed, stood up and sat on the chair next to Jia Chuan, and whispered, "If you want a smooth career in the future, how can you not know the people and things in the royal family and the court?"

Jia Chuan spread his hands and said, "Brother, do you believe what I said before? All these skills of mine were learned in dreams. In reality, I don't know anything."

Xu Gong smiled and nodded, patted Jia Chuan and whispered, "Prince Zhao is the prince's third uncle."

Jia Chuan said "Oh" and was not too surprised, but he was thinking in his heart: The uncle and nephew of the Zhu family are all doomed to be together.

"Our Prince of Zhao is no less capable than the Prince of Han. He was enthroned as Prince of Zhao in the second year of the Yongle reign. He shares the same mother as the late Emperor and the Prince of Han, both legitimate children. The Prince of Han was always restless, and the Prince of Zhao followed closely behind. They both had fiefs, but neither was willing to accept them... Later, perhaps because he felt that the Prince of Han could not shake the late Emperor's position as Crown Prince, the Prince of Zhao... Alas, in the twenty-first year of the Yongle reign, Emperor Taizong fell ill, and someone reported that the Prince of Zhao had found someone to poison Emperor Taizong, and then forge an imperial edict to depose the late Emperor and establish him as Emperor..."

Jia Chuan opened his mouth in shock, unable to utter an "Ah". However, he shouted in his heart: Isn't this courting death?

"The King of Zhao had someone from the Imperial Observatory, the adopted son of the eunuch Yang Qing, and another man named Gao Yizheng. This Gao Yizheng was quite a peculiar person. After a few plans, he thought that a high position and generous salary were just around the corner. Coincidentally, his relative came to visit him, and after a few too many drinks, he started boasting about his upcoming success and the reasons behind it. When his relative heard this, he was nearly scared to death. This was a crime punishable by the death of all nine generations of his family. If the plan failed, his head would be chopped off too. So, the moment the relative left Gao Yizheng's house, he reported the matter."

Jia Chuan gasped, choking himself, and coughed several times. Xu Gong quickly brought a cup of tea. Jia Chuan took a sip and stopped coughing. He said, "Are they so careless in their rebellion?"

Xu Gong smiled and shook his head, saying, "Perhaps the King of Zhao has calculated that Emperor Taizong will not do anything to him..."

"That's it... you didn't do anything to him?"

"No, Emperor Taizong already doted on this youngest son. He only said that after investigation, he found out that Prince Zhao was unaware of the situation, so he banished Prince Zhao to his fiefdom of Zhangde, Henan. Prince Han had also done the same many times before... Emperor Taizong didn't do anything about it, and it wasn't right to favor one over the other. And then the late Emperor ascended the throne, and Prince Han hadn't given up on his faith yet, so how could our Prince Zhao give up on his faith?"

Jia Chuan thought for a moment and asked in a low voice, "I have a question. If you don't want to answer, just think of it as me talking nonsense. I don't want to cause trouble for you."

"You go first." "I vaguely remember it, but I don't know where I saw or heard the term 'death warriors'. Logically, if they really existed, why would the King of Han only use his servants and not his death warriors? That night in the Earth God Temple, the King of Han's servant entered the temple and had the opportunity to kill all of us, but he would rather injure himself than do it. Later, I thought of the death warriors. If there were any among these people..."

Xu Gong smiled and waved his hand and said:
"It's not surprising that you know about death squads. Perhaps you've read a few books. Death squads have existed since ancient times. Sima Yi, a veteran of four dynasties of the Cao Wei Dynasty, served as regent and minister in charge of the imperial guards three times, and finally usurped power with 3,000 death squads and the Imperial Guards. However, death squads are all desperate criminals, capable of fighting ten enemies with one, but they are not easy to raise. In all dynasties, raising death squads was a capital crime, equivalent to having an army for personal gain. How many could they raise secretly? And how many could they train? The King of Han and the King of Zhao might have them. If they planned carefully, like Jing Ke's assassination of Qin Shi Huang, knowing the prince's whereabouts and being able to get close to him, they might be of some use. But in those days, which path would the prince take? They could only guess, send more people, and cast a wide net..."

"So even if there are death squads, they are definitely not many, and they can only be used on the road that the King of Han thinks the prince will take."

Xu Gong nodded and said, "This is God's will!"

Jia Chuan let out a long sigh and said, "It seems that I was overthinking it before. I met another smartass again."

"Huh?" Xu Gong didn't understand.

"Oh, what I mean is, there are some things in this case that I can't figure out. Now that I've heard what Big Brother has said, I think it's right that I can't figure it out. If I were to think about them like normal people, how could I possibly figure anything out?"

Xu Gong smiled and said, "Well, I've ordered someone to bring the bandits to the county government office. You'll interrogate them with me. You're smart, so I'm sure you can tell more clearly than my brother."

Jia Chuan knew that this case was also a precarious one for Xu Gong. It was just a louse on a bald man's head, but for Zhu Zhanji, was there still a need for trial? It was just that it hadn't reached the point of forcing the emperor to abdicate, so it was difficult to convict him. Just like what happened with the King of Zhao before, Zhu Zhanji was unable to make a decision without knowing the truth.

That's why Zhu Zhanji said to him before, "...I don't have time to pretend with him if he investigates it in a big way. I don't want to wait even a day longer!"

Jia Chuan thought over and over again about the meaning of this sentence. It should be to force the King of Han to do more unjust things. But he was just a small clerk. Even if he was a financial official now, he was not a good person. How could he force a prince?
Now that he had a new understanding of the personnel structure of the royal family, he had a clearer mind. Zhu Zhanji wanted him to find not only evidence and witnesses, but also to infer what his uncles would do next so that he could respond, until he found evidence that his uncles "knew".

Jia Chuan smiled bitterly. Was this something he could do? Did Zhu Zhanji overestimate him or underestimate his uncles? Besides, he didn't know how to tell fortunes, so how could he know what his uncles would do next? If he just kept his head down and waited for the next opportunity...

Seeing Jia Chuan keeping his head down and silent, Xu Gong assumed he was unwilling to participate in the interrogation, so he advised, "The case is now clear. If you can find out anything else, it will be a credit..."

"Big Brother will judge the case, and it's enough for me to listen in."

……

Jia Chuan was a little depressed. He had lost a lot of hair while analyzing the case these days. In fact, it was just people in high positions playing house. Could he imagine the life of people in high positions?

But since it's just playing house, there's no need for logic and meticulousness. Just play however you want. But Jia Chuan still wants to know why they left one person alive?
As for the other question, why did they dare to dump the body of an outsider at the scene? Jia Chuan basically had the answer: they didn't think that much at all!

Jia Chuan knew that all the suspects were now detained in the Dongguan County Court. Logically, to be on the safe side, it would be better to deal with the suspects as little as possible. Jia Chuan just followed Xu Gong on the trip.

Xu Gong did think about going directly to the Dongguan County government office, but when he thought of Jia Chuan being there, he brought his team here and sent someone else to Dongguan County to escort several main criminals over.

Just when Xu Gong and Jia Chuan were enjoying the brotherhood, the Jinyiwei were already on their way to Dongzhao County with the suspect.

When Jia Chuan learned of this arrangement, he thought of the imposing and majestic Jinyiwei team he had seen before...

Jia Chuan was speechless. Why bother? Is scaring people so fun? Who was he hinting at? Didn't I still take him down in the end?
……

By the time all the suspects were escorted to the Dongzhao County Government Office, it was already midnight.

Jia Chuan didn't sleep, he was waiting.

Gao Yuntian was also waiting, and was waiting very anxiously. He recited Jia Chuan's words that day over and over again, just waiting for the Jinyiwei to come and ask questions, but no one came until dark. He should be type A blood, and his mind was full of the worst possibilities at this time, such as Jia Chuan had been arrested and was being tortured to force him to reveal his accomplices, but Jia Chuan was unyielding and refused to speak.

It's no wonder that he thought so much. He hadn't seen Jia Chuan since the Jinyiwei came to the county government office. He wanted to find out some information, but Cui Youzhi also knew nothing. But at least he knew that Jia Chuan had not left the room, and the same was true for Xu Gong.

Finally, Xu Gong was hungry.

So Gao Yuntian knew that Jia Chuan was still alive, and he began to wait again. He thought that after questioning Jia Chuan, he would come to question him, but he didn't expect that while he was waiting, all the suspects showed up.

Jia Chuan followed Xu Gong to the dungeon for interrogation. Seeing Gao Yuntian's outstanding figure from afar, he waved to him.

At this time, the county government office was already lit, and it was as bright as day. Normally, Cui Youzhi would not be willing to light the lights like this, but even so, Gao Yuntian's first reaction was to misread the gesture. He turned around and wanted to run, but a voice in his heart told him, "I can't abandon him!"

So, Gao Yuntian strode over with an attitude of being ready to die.

"Brother, let me introduce you. This is the county constable Gao Yuntian. Constable Gao was very brave that day. If he hadn't risked his life to protect my brother, you and I wouldn't be able to meet today."

Gao Yuntian was stunned.

Xu Gong hurried forward, raised his hand and patted Gao Yuntian on the shoulder and said, "You can tell at a glance that he is a brave and capable man! It's a waste of his talent to be a constable."

Gao Yuntian opened his mouth in confusion and let out a "Huh?"

Jia Chuan hurriedly said, "Brother, if you have a chance in the future, you might as well consider him."

(End of this chapter)