Chapter 081: Finding the Dark Layer
In the hall on the top floor of Guantao, there is a large painting table with an unfinished landscape map on it. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć info to be precise, it is a "map of mountains and rivers" that depicts the topography of the world, but this kind of map needs the first will of many places as a reference, otherwise it will only end up in a nondescript way.
Spitfire walked over to the drawing table and found that there were many differences from the calligraphy on the wall, and the brushwork was more aggressive, obviously not from one person.
"This should be my father's work, I seem to have seen another one when I was a child, this should be a copy!" Qingwen looked at the unfinished calligraphy and painting on the table and said, "But why draw such a thing?"
"This should be very understandable, people like the Tang Sect Master are normal to look at the world!"
Spitfire walked to the window, and the window was different from the downstairs, it was actually floor-to-ceiling, so that the view was even wider, and he could overlook the entire island. The shape of Bessaishima is similar to a circle, and the architectural pattern in it is neatly aligned in each area, and the center of the entire circle is the council hall of the front hall, the "Huixin Hall".
"How long has it been since Yunmeng Tangmen came to Beesao?" Feihuo turned his head and asked, Qingwen, who was looking at the "Mountains and Rivers General Trend Map" behind her, that picture reminded her of something and fell into deep thought.
"Oh, I've been here for more than 20 years!" Qingwen came back to her senses for a moment, and continued: "It is said that my father and my mother have known each other, and it has been a matter since my father came to the Central Plains, and the pattern of other islands was jointly determined by my father and my mother!"
"Is this so, no wonder in the neat and somewhat rigid pattern, there are still so many gardens with gardens!" Feihuo smiled faintly, "It seems that your mother should be a very gentle person!"
When Spitfire turned around, he noticed something unusual under the desk. Originally, there were very few people on this top floor, so there would be more or less dust, but under this square table, it was spotless.
The custom-made painting table, about two zhang long and one zhang wide, is too clean even if there is little dust under the table, compared with the ground with slight dust around it.
"Qingwen, look under the desk, do you find anything?" Feihuo interrupted Qingwen's thoughts, originally he didn't come to Guantao Tower to explore treasures, but maybe what he wanted was nearby.
Qing Wen paused for a moment, and quickly looked under the desk, there was nothing under the desk, and she didn't realize anything unusual.
"No, there's nothing under the table!" Qingwen frowned, thinking that Spitfire was teasing her, "Surprised!"
"Don't you think it's too clean under the desk, look around!" Feihuo walked over, leaned over and gently knocked on the ground under the desk, and then knocked on the other parts, but the sound was not unusual, it didn't look like there was some dark grid underneath.
"What are you looking for, looking for a secret grid?" Qingwen sneered, "Even if there is a secret grid, the secret door of my Yunmeng Tang Gate has two layers of bottoms, one layer of stainless steel and one layer of cotton board, and it is impossible to find it by knocking!"
"No wonder, I think there must be a secret door down here, at least a secret compartment, and it has been opened recently. Because there is dust all around, but there is nothing under this table!" Feihuo stood up and circled around the table again, only the middle part of the table did not have dust under it, which also confirmed his judgment.
"Dark layer?" Qing Wen shook her head, "Although I have only been in the third to sixth floors a few times because of the many weapons and books made by my father, but these seven-story Guantao Towers should not be able to hide that kind of thing!"
"Seven floors, you say?" Feihuo recalled the scene before entering the Tower, he looked up and saw that this seven-story pavilion was indeed seven floors, and there were only seven floors of windows, and the distance between the windows on each floor seemed to be the same.
"No! only the seventh floor is floor-to-ceiling, but from the outside, the distance between the windows on each floor is surprisingly consistent!" Spitfire understands why the windows on the seventh floor are made floor-to-ceiling, in order to hide the hidden "eighth floor" between the sixth and seventh floors, which is why there is no staircase connecting the sixth and seventh floors!
"You mean, there's another floor below us!" Qingwen was awakened by the flying fire, and suddenly thought of this, "And the entrance is under this painting table!"
"Yes, I don't know what the mezzanine in the middle of this tower is for, but I think your dad must have hidden a lot of good stuff in it!" Spitfire thought for a moment, "Now we just need to find the switch of the mechanism and we should be able to get in!"
"Well, maybe the book you're looking for is in there!" Qingwen hesitated slightly, she didn't know what kind of punishment she would incur for hacking the mechanism of Guantao Tower casually, but since she had decided to help Spitfire, she would definitely do it.
Qing Wen looked around, the Tang Gate's mechanism was eclectic, and it was very likely that the switch to open the mechanism was not near the mechanism.
Her gaze returned to the drawing table, "If it were me, I would put the switch in my room!"
"The mechanism on the bookshelf just now!" The two of them thought at the same time, after triggering the mechanism on the bookshelf, there was no change in the Guantao Building, if it was the opening and closing of a secret door, it might be able to explain.
Qingwen thought, leaned down to explore the wooden floor on the ground, her beautiful long hair hanging down from the side of her face, and she looked a little gentle and dignified for a moment.
Feihuo originally looked at Qingwen, and couldn't help but be attracted by this beautiful side face freely, but he quickly turned his head, and there was an emotion that had been thrown away many years ago, and it seemed to be stimulated little by little.
He took the initiative to cut off this thought, it was too dangerous for him.
What Qingwen discovered, after all, she is a member of the agency, and she has also learned the principles of the agency, and the double-layer partition may be able to deceive others, but it can't hide from her eyes.
She stood up and stroked the hair in front of her forehead, took a few steps back, and gently moved her feet away from the long strip of floor in front of the painting.
"It should be this, it's more delicately made, two layers, the upper layer is camouflage, and it can only be opened if it is lifted from above!"
Qingwen was about to lift the floor with her hands, but there was no gap for her to start, and Feihuo hurriedly stepped forward when she saw this, took out the red lotus behind her, and gently picked up the floor with a sword step.
As Qingwen judged, after lifting the floor, the part connected to the bottom of the table was a thick cotton board that was used to eliminate different sounds from the surroundings.
"Then lift the board under the table!" Spitfire nodded, leaning over and lifting the boards under the table that were joined together. The boards were so finely made that they couldn't be seen to be different from the surrounding floor, and if it weren't for the dust and stuffing, it would have been almost impossible to notice.
Just when Feihuo leaned over to look at the cotton board underneath, he only heard a creak, and the cotton board under his feet suddenly fell, but fortunately, Feihuo's body was agile and quickly dodged.
Beneath the table, a staircase descending suddenly appeared, but it was pitch black and nothing could be seen.
"This is it!"