Chapter 170 This shameless old man, the smallest thing will be said to be a great achievement

The next morning, the sun was bright and the breeze was blowing.

Lord Qin held Qin Yue, Qin Yue held the bottle, and slowly got on the carriage and drove towards the palace.

Old Lady Qin and Lu stood at the door of the house, watching the carriage gradually go away, and couldn't help feeling a little sour in their hearts: It's great, the old man and father can see the three goods in advance, which is really enviable...

And Qin Yue in the carriage was still immersed in a sweet dream.

When she finally woke up, she dazedly held the pacifier in her mouth, sucked hard for a few times, and then slowly opened her eyes.

At this moment, in the court.

Zhou Tishou, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, was standing in front of the emperor with black circles under his eyes, reporting to the emperor in detail what happened last night.

"Your Majesty, you don't know! The situation in the Ministry of Industry was very dangerous yesterday. Fortunately, I arrived at the scene in time to take command, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable!"

Zhou Shangshu held the wat tablet with a serious look on his face, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and a little proud, as if he had done a great feat.

When the courtiers who were familiar with him heard this, they all rolled their eyes and couldn't help but complain: Hey! This shameless old guy, every time he does a small thing, he has to treat it like a huge achievement. It's really shameless! ! Pooh! !

Emperor Jin Yuan was naturally familiar with the temper of his minister, and patiently asked: "Oh? How dangerous is it? My dear minister, please tell me in detail."

Seeing that Emperor Jin Yuan was interested, Minister Zhou immediately began to describe it vividly.

Last night, all the people in the Ministry of Works received the order and returned to their posts in a hurry. Although everyone was full of doubts, no one dared to be negligent. The

Ministry of Works Office is located in a corner of the city. It is an ancient and elegant courtyard building.

There is a spacious open-air venue in the center of the courtyard. Usually, few people stay here. It is only occasionally used to store some large equipment.

When Minister Zhou hurried to the office, a group of nervous officials and craftsmen from the Ministry of Works followed closely behind him.

Just as everyone was talking and discussing, suddenly, there was a loud bang that shook the earth.

The sound was like thunder, which made people's eardrums hurt.

Everyone was shocked and looked in the direction of the sound. They saw that the originally peaceful open-air place was collapsing from the edge to the inside in the blink of an eye!

In an instant, dust flew and gravel splashed everywhere. The scene was thrilling.

Seeing the ground sinking deeper and deeper, in a blink of an eye, everyone could no longer see the bottom!

It can be seen that the collapse was at least ten meters deep!

However, surprisingly, in the center of the collapsed area, something seemed to be holding it up, so that small area did not completely collapse, as if it was protected by an invisible force, forming a sharp contrast with the surrounding area.

Seeing the wonder in front of him, Minister Zhou couldn't help but have a little doubt in his heart: Could it be that this is the reason why His Majesty insisted that he come to the office tonight?

Thinking of this possibility, he had no time to care about anything else and made a decision on the spot.

So, he selected a brave and careful person - his nephew Zhou Da, to go down to the depression to investigate the situation.

Zhou Da himself is also an extremely outstanding craftsman. Although he has not been an official, no one in the Ministry of Works knows more about technology than him.

In this situation, sending Zhou Da down to investigate is naturally the most appropriate.

Whether the cause of the collapse was some kind of mechanism on the ground, or whether the protruding piece was something special, Zhou Da could carefully identify it.

Then, the people around him also took action quickly.

Some people hurriedly took out ropes from the warehouse and carefully checked whether each knot was firm; some people nervously fiddled with fire starters and torches to ensure that they could be used normally; and some people carefully selected excavation tools in case of emergency.

The whole scene suddenly became busy and orderly.

When everything was ready, Zhou Da's body had been tightly tied with a rope, and the other end of the rope was firmly tied to the eaves column, as if it was a life tie.

In this way, if Zhou Da encountered an emergency below, everyone could immediately work together to pull him back to a safe area.

After Zhou Da confirmed once again that he had all the tools he had, he took a deep breath and began to carefully climb down along the steep rock wall formed in the depression.

The people around him stared at Zhou Da's every move with full concentration, not even daring to blink.

Although they were not the ones going down to investigate, they had to remain highly vigilant at all times. Once they found that Zhou Da was in danger, they could react immediately and launch a rescue operation.

Zhou Da was even more careful. Every move he made was extremely cautious, for fear of causing any vibration and causing another collapse.

Although he was protected by a rope, no one could predict what would happen in the next second. Perhaps the rope would suddenly break, or perhaps a collapse would occur again.

Therefore, he had to be careful and avoid mistakes as much as possible.

With this caution, Zhou Da went down to the bottom of the collapse safely.

When his feet stepped firmly on the solid ground, his heart was slightly relieved.

Then, he reached out and touched himself, found the fire starter, untied the torch hanging around his waist, and lit it with agility.

In an instant, the blazing flames illuminated the surrounding space.

Although the officials of the Ministry of Works above were all holding torches, the pit was too deep and the light could not penetrate to the bottom at all.

However, at this moment, as the torch in Zhou Da's hand lit up, the people above felt relieved: Fortunately, no accidents happened, and now it depends on what Zhou Da does next.

In the light of the fire, Zhou Da slowly walked towards the raised position in the center.

The people above anxiously watched the movement of the fire, silently praying that everything would go well.

Time passed by minute by minute, and about half an hour later, Zhou Da's excited shout suddenly came from below: "Uncle! Uncle! Great news!"

When Shangshu Zhou heard his nephew calling him like this again, he couldn't help but feel an inexplicable annoyance in his heart.

He really wanted to grab his nephew's collar and solemnly warned him: "How can you call my uncle when you are on duty! If His Majesty hears it, won't he think that I can't distinguish between public and private!"

Minister Zhou couldn't remember how many times he had said similar words, but his nephew never learned his lesson and still stubbornly called him uncle every time.

He really couldn't figure out whether his nephew was really stupid or did it on purpose!

Probably the former!

After all, his nephew was wholeheartedly devoted to various researches in the Ministry of Industry, and didn't care about many things in the outside world, and he was extremely rigorous and serious in his style of doing things.

Well, he just wouldn't lie, and he wouldn't read people's expressions!

Because of this, when this silly nephew said it was a great thing, then he must be telling the truth!

Thinking of this, he hurriedly shouted to the bottom: "Dar, come up quickly!"