Chapter 78 I ask you, where have you been?
The mine was bustling with activity, and many more torches were added.
Qin Zhaoqiong personally led the team, and officials from the Tiangongsi surveyed the surrounding terrain along Tiezha Mountain and finally determined the route of the drainage ditch.
They worked until the beginning of the Yin period before returning to the temporary tent to rest.
After taking off his armor, wiping it, changing into his underwear, and drinking a cup of hot tea, Qin Zhaoqiong listened to the sound of the rain hitting the tent, his worried expression remained unchanged.
This rain probably indicates that the flood season has arrived. How can she not worry?
"General, get some sleep."
The personal guard just gave some advice, and Qin Zhaoqiong lay down to rest.
After the flood control work in Mingyan County, her mentality became much calmer.
No matter how urgent it is, she has to do her best and leave the rest to fate. As she is the chief commander of flood control, she naturally has to take care of her health.
Soon, snoring began to sound.
The miners, civilian laborers and previously dispatched garrison troops worked in three shifts. More than 2,000 people were spread out among the slag heaps and ditches. They were so densely packed that they looked like industrious ants, never having a moment's rest.
Bubbles kept gushing out of the mine shaft. If it weren't for the wrong color, you would have thought it was a clear spring gushing out from the mountains.
Yinzhe tightly wrapped Canglan with his true energy and blended into the rain of heaven and earth, unnoticed by anyone.
Canglan is the fourth-grade warrior who is best at water under her command. She brought him along precisely because of the task of flood control, but she didn't expect that he would be used here.
There were no soldiers guarding the vertical shaft, and the person hiding in the dark and spying was paying attention to the eldest princess and Meng Jian in the main tent, so he couldn't take care of this place, so the journey was smooth.
Everything that needed to be explained had been said in advance, and Canglan also memorized the map well.
He nodded slightly, and his feet quickly fell down after touching the accumulated water, like a swimming fish blending into the water, without stirring up any waves, and in the blink of an eye, he completely disappeared into the deep pool.
Yinzhe waited quietly for dozens of breaths, making sure that the person in the dark did not notice any unusual movements before leaving.
On the other side, Zhao Qingshan returned to the temporary village through the underground waterway.
The true energy in his body was almost dried up and he almost collapsed. He leaned against the edge of the well and gasped for a long time before quietly returning home.
I closed the door as gently as possible, and before I could turn around, I heard someone behind me asking, "Where have you been?"
His breathing suddenly stopped and his body instantly stiffened like a sculpture.
A dim oil lamp lit up in the room, illuminating Qi Zhenyuan's gloomy face.
Zhao Qingshan exhaled a breath of foul air and slowly turned around, "Uncle Qi, you found me..."
"I ask you, where did you go?"
Qi Zhenyuan obviously had no intention of letting him go easily, and shouted sternly.
Perhaps because he was afraid of "disturbing" the neighbors, his tone was stern but his voice was low, and his eyes were fixed on Zhao Qingshan's.
"Uncle Qi, I...I'll go find someone to help."
Qi Zhenyuan sighed deeply and strode to the front of him. The two of them were almost touching each other.
"Don't you know the supervisor's methods? Do you want to put everyone to death?!"
Zhao Qingshan's eyes dodged, his fists clenched, and his chest heaved violently. "I just want to ask someone to go down to the mine and save my father..."
"Qingshan!" Qi Zhenyuan shouted, "It's been more than twenty days, more than twenty days already. Hengjiang must have been killed."
"Stop being such a child. It's time for you to learn to accept reality."
Zhao Qingshan's shoulders slumped, as if all his strength had been drained away, but he stubbornly kept his eyes tilted to the side.
If I didn't know that Uncle Qi was from that faction, I would have thought that this was just an elder's advice to him.
The lord from Xuanji Guard had reminded me that when getting along with others, I should think more about how they would react to the information before getting to know them.
If you don’t know what to do, it’s better to lower your head and think slowly.
With the premise that the father had "died in trouble", it was not easy to make mistakes.
So he lowered his head, looking dejected.
"Pa pa pa," the broad palms slapped on the wet coarse linen clothes, making a somewhat crisp sound, followed by another long sigh.
"Cheer up! If your father in heaven saw you like this, I wonder how disappointed he would be."
After a long while, Zhao Qingshan finally responded dejectedly, "I understand, Uncle Qi."
"Okay, think twice before you act next time, and go change your wet clothes first.
If you catch a cold at this critical moment, it could be fatal..."
Zhao Qingshan didn't reply, but changed his clothes as he was told. Then he said a little embarrassedly, "Uncle Qi, I seem to have been discovered..."
"What!" Qi Zhenyuan, who was leaning against the door, rushed to him in one stride, "Were we discovered?"
"Well, it looked like they were patrolmen, but I immediately dived into the well after I discovered it, so they didn't see my face clearly."
Qi Zhenyuan's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could kill a mosquito. "Are you sure you didn't see it clearly?"
"No," Zhao Qingshan said firmly, "It was dark and raining heavily at the time, so I definitely didn't see it."
"That's good, that's good..."
Qi Zhenyuan heaved a sigh of relief and sat down on the edge of the bed, looking terrified. "These are the names of hundreds of men and women in the village."
"I know," Zhao Qingshan said, like a child who had just realized his mistake. He gritted his teeth and promised as if he had made up his mind, "I won't go there again."
Qi Zhenyuan nodded. "That's a reasonable thing to say, but Qingshan, what exactly do you want to do in the city?"
Zhao Qingshan's heart skipped a beat, but he finally brought up this issue.
He had anticipated this, had rehearsed it in his mind.
After some "thought struggle", he finally revealed the truth:
"My father once told me that if anything unexpected happened and I was desperate, I could ask for help from the county constable Jiang Mingyuan."
"Found her?"
"No, we were discovered before we even got close to the county government office."
This is true. His father probably had some hidden intentions. The place where he hid the secret files was not far from the county government office. The direction he was heading originally matched this.
"Oh, let's not talk about this. As long as we weren't discovered, we won't take any more risks."
"Uncle Qi, don't worry...I'll save it."
After repeated exhortations, the two men went to rest.
Separated by a thin bamboo wall, Zhao Qingshan tossed and turned, not sure whether he had successfully gotten through.
I listened carefully and soon heard snoring coming from next door, as if the person was fast asleep.
Uncle Qi’s name is in the second tier, but it’s just a suspicion and not a confirmation. Could my father have made a mistake?
I don't know how long it took me to fall asleep, filled with deep doubts.
Many people did not sleep well that night, but Qin Zhaoyue slept soundly as usual.
She had many maids. When they took turns on duty, there was one in the inner room and one in the outer room. There was also half a group of Qingluan Guards guarding in the dark.
I can sleep soundly without a night light, not to mention the sound of rain.
Because the machine was forced to start in the middle of the night, Qin Zhaoyue didn't wake up until early noon. After a simple wash, he took the meal prepared by the kitchen in advance and set off for the mine.
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