Daming: Internship also counts as work experience

Chapter 4 Trust
Jia Chuan said no more, stood up and walked to the temple gate, squinting his eyes to look around, and saw Captain Xia surrounded by five or six people four or five steps away from the temple gate, unable to take care of himself. There were faint signs everywhere in the darkness, which meant that there must be other people watching. He looked down at the man who was lying at the temple gate pretending to be dead, turned around and squatted down next to Zhu Zhanji again.

It was just a movement of standing up and turning around, and Jia Chuan didn't see the change in Zhu Zhanji's expression.

If Jia Chuan really wanted to leave like this, he would not be able to leave the temple.

When Zhu Zhanji saw Jia Chuan coming back, he waved his hand casually and glanced at the unshaven man opposite him. The man silently put away the sharp knife in his hand.

"How should I explain to the inspector that the person in the temple is... Your Highness?" Jia Chuan asked with a frown after squatting down.

Zhu Zhanji first breathed a sigh of relief, then jokingly asked Jia Chuan: "Do you believe that I am the king?"

Jia Chuan nodded. At this moment, he was very glad that he didn't know much about the history of the past few years. Otherwise, even if he wanted to pretend to analyze the results, he would probably be seen through by people around him, or at least leave a knot in his heart.

"He...can't leave the capital at will, right?" Jia Chuan pointed at the old man next to Zhu Zhanji:
"Not everyone can have him by their side. This is the first reason. Secondly, His Highness clearly intended to use the Inspection Office to help His Highness deal with those people outside. Our Inspection Office is located in a remote place. Who could dare to use the Inspection Office and know that there is an Inspection Office here? Thirdly, the man just now was right in front of us, but he didn't dare to attack. For him, this should be a credit... In addition, the people from the Inspection Office retreated after a short fight, which shows that the people outside are not ordinary. Correspondingly, the people in the temple are definitely not bad. If His Highness is not His Highness and is only using the title of Crown Prince, it is a capital crime. Judging from the few of you, I am afraid it will be difficult to silence all of us... If His Highness is His Highness, then the master of the people outside may be a member of the royal family..."

Jia Chuan turned his head to look at Zhu Zhanji's expressionless face, and said, "Of course, it's also possible that you are lying to me. His Highness is not His Highness, but someone close to His Highness. But no matter what, I have to help him when I meet him!"

Jia Chuan spoke with righteous indignation, but his legs went numb at this moment, forcing him to stand up. After shaking his legs, he said, "Hurry up, Your Highness, you have to give me a reason why you are in such a mess. If you delay any longer, Old Xia will be killed in battle, and then it will be really troublesome."

Jia Chuan has adapted to basic life in the past three years, but he has not had the chance to adapt to the imperial power. Although he has tried his best to be respectful, it is only what he thinks is respect.

Zhu Zhanji looked up at Jia Chuan inquiringly and asked, "How do you know you can run back?"

"I look like a member of the Inspection Office, and I know Dong Shuben. Even if he were our inspector, he wouldn't have retreated far. He must have believed the nonsense of those people outside and was at a loss for words. If I go out and shout that I am from the Inspection Office, no one will stop me. If he really wants to kill me, Dong Shuben will not ignore it, and it will only cause trouble for them."

Zhu Zhanji hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took off a thick rope from his neck. Attached to the rope was a jade pendant in the shape of a blue lotus and cloud. He rubbed it gently in his hand and said, "This was given to me by my grandfather when I went to war with him. He gave it to me in the barracks. I have never taken it off. Perhaps your inspector knows that this is the prince's."

After Zhu Zhanji finished speaking, he reluctantly handed the jade pendant to Jia Chuan.

With a token of gratitude, you don't have to tell the reason.

Jia Chuan didn't quite understand the ancient way of recognizing people and their identities, and he needed time to adapt to this. He took the jade pendant, put it under his nose and looked at it carefully. It was engraved with the words: Only the best and the only one.

Jia Chuan didn't dare to delay any longer, as Captain Xia outside was probably about to collapse.

Sure enough, when Jia Chuan ran out of the temple gate, Captain Xia already had two swords in his hands, and he was pounding the ground with both swords, gasping for breath.

Jia Chuan was full of energy the moment he walked out of the temple. He thought about how he had never lost to anyone in the short-distance running event in the past. Coming here, he would run when he had nothing to do, and he had trained his body quite well.

Just as he was running wildly and shouting "I am from the Inspection Office", he discovered that the battle at the temple gate was taking a break. He passed by the scene in a flash, but his eyes remained on the people surrounding Captain Xia.

At the temple gate lay a conscientious man who had just stabbed himself in the thigh. He watched Jia Chuan run out, pointed at his back, and wanted to shout, "Prince! Prince!" But he had used too much force in that strike, thinking that stabbing the most flesh would be less painful and would not bleed too much. However, he did not realize that there was also a large artery at the base of the thigh. When he tried to shout, the sound was like the buzzing of a mosquito, and only he could hear it.

In this strange posture, Jia Chuan ran into Dong Shuben's arms without anyone stopping him.

"Old Dong, the person in the temple is the prince!" Jia Chuan didn't have time to say anything more. He broke free from Dong Shuben's arms and handed over the jade pendant.

Dong Shuben took the jade pendant with his mouth open and looked at it carefully.

"Hurry up and deal with these people, and then send the prince away. These people should have a backup plan. Once that group arrives, it will be difficult for us to save our lives."

Dong Shuben's mouth was still open, and very wide. He stared at the jade pendant in his hand. It was the jade pendant that the prince always carried with him. He had heard people talk about it. No one dared to imitate it, and no one could imitate it.

Dong Shuben felt that breathing was a little difficult.

"You can't try to smooth things over. You don't have the chance to do so. Both sides have the surname Zhu. If you support the prince, you can live. If you support that side, we will all die!"

"No, how did it come to us?" Dong Shuben asked in a trembling voice.

"Why don't you come in with me and ask?"

"I..." "We don't have time for arguments at this critical moment. Since we're on your territory, it's up to you to decide what to do."

"That man said that the Prince of Han was arresting a thief in his household. He had a badge from the Prince of Han's palace. I was wondering, since there was a thief in his household, he should have been arrested in Le'an, the Prince of Han's fiefdom. Even if the thief escaped from Le'an, a warrant would have been issued to arrest him. Why bother the people from the Prince of Han's palace to arrest him personally?"

"Look! Since they dared to reveal their names, they have no intention of letting us live... Who? The King of Han? It's really him! I remember he is..."

Jia Chuan immediately stopped talking. He remembered that Zhu Gaoxu died during the Xuande period in a very fiery death, and the specific implementation of the rebellion plan was after Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne. What was the current situation?
And did this King of Han really, as the history books say, openly and unequivocally intend to usurp the throne? Did he simply loudly inform everyone present that they were from the Han Palace?

Jia Chuan didn't understand, and Dong Shuben didn't bother to notice the flaws in Jia Chuan's words. He turned around twice and said, "You're right. Since they've signed up, they don't plan to keep us. They're short on manpower right now. If they get reinforcements, we... how do you know they'll get reinforcements?"

"Let's not talk about this for now," Jia Chuan snatched the jade pendant from Dong Shuben's hand and said anxiously, "If we lose this thing, we will all be dead. Now mobilize all the archers. I will go back and hide the prince and his men. When those people are not prepared, you order them to shoot." Jia Chuan leaned close to Dong Shuben's ear and whispered, "Now it's not about saving the prince's life, it's about saving our own lives!"

After Jia Chuan finished speaking, he turned around and ran towards the land temple, clutching the jade pendant.

At this time, the intermission was over. Captain Xia was fighting with the surrounding people again. A figure rushed through the darkness and shouted, "Old Xia, come in quickly!"

Several people stopped at the same time and watched a man run into the temple gate in a flash, puzzled.

If someone runs out, everyone can understand, but if someone runs in...

Not only were the people outside puzzled, but Zhu Zhanji in the land temple was also puzzled when he saw Jia Chuan panting. He thought it would take some time before the sounds of fighting would be heard outside again, and then the young man would only come in again after the situation outside calmed down.

Jia Chuan handed the jade pendant to Zhu Zhanji, wiped the sweat from his face, pointed behind the candlestick and said, "Hide behind it. The archers from the Inspection Office will soon fire arrows at us. This broken temple has no windows or doors. Old Xia, come in quickly!" Jia Chuan turned around and suddenly shouted, then turned back and said hurriedly, "I think they will have more people coming soon. The people outside are from the Prince of Han's Palace. The next ones who come are probably gangsters. They don't know Your Highness and will kill without hesitation. Hurry and hide behind the candlestick."

The two men without stubble on either side supported Zhu Zhanji and the other intellectual and quickly hid behind the candlesticks. The old man shouted at the top of his lungs, "Captain Xia, come in!"

Xia Qianhu rushed into the Earth God Temple with the tail end of his duck voice, but there was no room behind the candlestick. Jia Chuan pointed at the fallen Earth God and said to Xia Qianhu, "You are strong, stand him up, and we can hide behind him."

At this time, the sound of arrows piercing the air could be heard from outside, accompanied by a man's shout: "Put down your weapons and become a Buddha right here and now! No, put down your weapons and surrender!"

Jia Chuan was too embarrassed to listen. He pulled Xia Qianhu to the side of the Earth God when an arrow flew into the temple. Jia Chuan quickly squatted down and used all his strength to help the Earth God up. Xia Qianhu staggered to sit down, and only then did Jia Chuan smell the strong smell of blood.

"Tell me the truth, is there anyone among you who is not injured?" Jia Chuan asked in a low voice, hiding behind the God of Land.

The long scar on Xia Qianhu's face twitched, but he didn't say anything.

"You're all in this state. Even if you get through this, how will you get through the next one? Is the Crown Prince going back to the capital?"

"Hmm!" Zhu Zhanji hummed heavily.

Jia Chuan held the Earth God with one hand to prevent him from falling, and with the other hand he held Xia Qianhu to prevent him from falling. After just a moment, he felt exhausted. Thinking that it would be safer for Xia Qianhu to fall, he let go of Xia Qianhu's hand and said, "Lie down for a while."

Xia Qianhu fell down.

Jia Chuan held the God of Land with both hands, slowly stuck half of his head out and stared outside the temple gate, then saw someone rushing towards the temple gate.

Jia Chuan cried out, "Hurry up!"

"We are servants of the King of Han, and we are here to capture the thief. How dare you do this to us? Oh...are you plotting a rebellion?!"

After hearing this shout, the archers outside seemed to stop, and the people who were about to rush into the temple also stopped and looked around.

Someone else shouted, "We'll leave as soon as we catch the thief. We'll definitely report our achievements to the inspector tomorrow..."

"You're talking nonsense!" Jia Chuan said anxiously, "You still have a chance? You're just murderous bandits. You're trying to keep the patrol officers at bay while your men aren't all here yet. Once they're all here, you'll start a killing spree! If you were the King of Han's men, why didn't you inform the patrol officers in advance to help capture them? You're full of lies and nonsense! Old Dong, your daughter isn't even married yet!"

The sound of arrows leaving bows was heard outside again. The man who had already run to the temple gate was shot and fell down. Jia Chuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)