Jiangshan Fengwuzhi

Chapter 167 Eye of the Sky
Yin Jinggeng had a lot of affairs to deal with every day, but after Gu Jingnian arrived at the Eastern Palace, he only waited for a while before being brought to him.

There were many documents on the table, blocking half of Yin Jinggeng's face. He held a seal with different patterns engraved on all four sides. While stamping the documents, he began to speak.

"I also heard about your battle with Bai Yuze yesterday. I didn't expect you to be so strong. It would be a pity if you didn't go to the battlefield. Of course, I'm not forcing you. I'm just expressing my feelings."

Gu Jingnian did not respond to this conversation. He stated his purpose directly, told Yin Jinggeng about Zhang Xiaofang being taken away, and asked Yin Jinggeng to help find her.

"That's strange. Why would you take an ordinary person away?" Yin Jinggeng said, "I will send someone to look for her. Also, you can take my token to Jinghe Tower to see the Sky Eye."

"Eye of the Sky?"

"Yes, the Sky Eye overlooks Yongjing, and most things cannot escape it." Yin Jinggeng said: "You just need to prepare a portrait of the person you are looking for."

"Thank you, Prince."

Gu Jingnian had also heard about the Sky Eye at Yuewei Academy this morning. After asking about the location of Jinghe Tower, he left the East Palace.

As soon as I went out, I saw a carriage parked there. The curtain was opened, and it turned out to be Pei Nian and Yin Wanqing.

They also knew that Zhang Xiaofang was missing.

"Where are you going next?"

"Jingheta, another portrait is needed."

"I come."

Pei Nian volunteered, asked for paper and pen, and started drawing in the slightly bumpy carriage.

Gu Jingnian thought she was an excellent painter, but when he looked at the painting after it was completed, he found that it was just a very simple outline with Zhang Xiaofang's characteristics noted in small characters. It looked like a warrant for an arrest warrant.

But I have to say that this arrest warrant has the charm of Zhang Xiaofang, and it can be recognized at a glance...

Jinghe Tower is located in the southern part of the city, towering into the clouds.

After the three of them arrived, they walked around the tower but did not see any stairs and had no idea how to go up.

Just as they were wondering, perhaps someone on the tower saw them, and a man came down from the tower riding on a cloud.

Gu Jingnian handed over the token, and the man said, "Come up."

The three of them walked into the clouds and found a wooden frame hidden in the mist. On top was a small platform that could accommodate several people. Water was boiling underneath, and mist was constantly rising.

It is difficult for the Ji people to fly high in Zhongzhou. With such a device, they can create larger clouds and fly higher at any time.

Flying higher and higher, the three finally reached the top of Jinghe Tower.

The top of the tower is in the shape of a pavilion. The strange thing is that although the tower is tall, it is not thick, while the pavilion is very large, giving people a top-heavy feeling. The top of the pavilion is strangely shaped and is not an ordinary pointed dome.

The three of them came down from the clouds and stood in the huge pavilion on the top of the tower. They could feel the ground shaking constantly under their feet.

Looking into the distance, I found that my vision could see very far.

At the junction of heaven and earth in the east, the winding Yongjiang River can be vaguely seen.

No wonder Bai Yuze stirred up the river water yesterday to destroy Gu Jingnian’s fire wings, and the whole city of Beijing could see it.

"The tower is so tall, why is there no wind at all?" Pei Nian asked.

"It can swallow the wind." Yin Wanqing raised her head and looked at the pavilion cover above.

Suddenly, the pavilion lid opened one eye, glanced at the three people, and then closed it again.

When I turned around again, I saw eyes everywhere on the pavilion roof, sometimes open and sometimes closed.

It's like a starry night sky, with the stars flickering.

Only then did they realize that this was not a pavilion, but a giant bat-like monster squatting on the top of a tower.

A monster with big eyes all over its body.

The pillars in the pavilion are not pillars, but tentacles hanging from the monster, there are about thirty of them.

There is an old man sitting under each tentacle.

They were all bald, with huge heads and very small bodies, and the monster's tentacles were attached to their heads.

There was a small table in front of them, with pens and ink on it.

Seeing someone coming, one of them took off the tentacles on his head, stood up and asked, "What's the matter with you guys?"

Yin Wanqing stepped forward and said, "A girl disappeared in the city yesterday. This is her portrait."

"Where did you disappear?"

"Outside Yuewei Academy."

"That's in Kun position, follow me."

The old man then led them to a tentacle and handed the portrait to the old man who was sitting cross-legged.

"Junior Brother Kun, did you see this woman yesterday?"

"Wait a moment, brother."

Obviously, the monster's tentacles had grown larger, and bulging blood vessels could be faintly seen.

The old man whose head was being sucked frowned, showing a hint of pain.

After a while, he seemed to have gained some memories from the monster, and he felt a little confused besides the pain.

Finally, he took off the tentacles on his head, picked up the brush in front of him, quickly drew a few strokes on the paper, and handed over two sheets of paper.

It must be said that his painting skills are much better than Pei Nian's. With just a few strokes, he can capture the shape and spirit.

The first piece of paper showed a very old man with grey hair and a hunched body. There was no pupil in his left eye. It was probably not because it was missed, but that the eye was blind.

Gu Jingnian recognized the man at a glance and murmured, "Half-blind man?"

"Is he an acquaintance?" Pei Nian asked.

"Ah."

The meaning of this question is that the person came from Switzerland.

That might involve their identity as spies.

When Gu Jingnian looked at the second piece of paper, his eyes became even more fixed. On that piece of paper was a map of a district in Yong State, with several streets and lanes outlined and a house circled in ink.

Coincidentally, Gu Jingnian had been to this house before, and it was where Wei Li had a tryst with a man.

"People were brought here?"

"Yes."

"What else do you know?"

“That’s all the Heavenly Eye sees.”

After that, no matter how Gu Jingnian tried to inquire, the old man under the tentacles just shook his head and stopped talking.

"please."

The Naji man came back and invited the three of them to ride on the clouds again and descend from Jinghe Tower.

When we reached the ground and looked up, the monster above Jinghe Tower was no longer visible.

"What is that 'Eye of the Sky'?" Gu Jingnian asked Yin Wanqing.

"I don't know." Yin Wanqing said, "The Sky Eye has always been directly under the Emperor's command, and it is very mysterious."

Gu Jingnian asked, "If that's the case, why did the incident at the Bai Family Villa spread so quickly yesterday?"

"There was such a big commotion in Yongjiang, and many people saw it. Sky Eye must give an explanation."

Gu Jingnian, however, believed that the reason was not just that. He might also be thinking that Yin Jinggeng was deliberately trying to make him famous.

Obviously, after Yin Kuo's death, the one who is in charge of the Heavenly Eye is not Emperor Yin Yuhe, but Crown Prince Yin Jinggeng.

Now that he had found out Zhang Xiaofang's whereabouts, Gu Jingnian planned to go and rescue her. He did not rashly visit her, but went to find Yin Jinggeng first.

Upon hearing that this matter was related to Princess Wei Li of Yue State, Yin Jinggeng's eyes became solemn. He remained silent for a long while, tapping on the table, thinking about something.

Gu Jingnian did not urge him. He waited for a moment before hearing Yin Jinggeng say, "Okay, I'll send someone to search with you first."

But when Gu Jingnian and his men broke into the villa and searched it, they found nothing.

In the small attic, the table where Wei Li and the mysterious man had had their secret affair was still there. If you look closely, you can see the marks left by the two buttocks on the table... It was clear that no one had been there in the past two days.

"Marquis Chengye, I have indeed searched everywhere, but found nothing."

The people sent by the Eastern Palace were planning to give up.

Pei Nian, who was standing in the attic overlooking the entire courtyard, suddenly narrowed his eyes, went downstairs and walked towards the back door.

There is a small courtyard at the back door, with a stable on one side and a tack room on the other.

Pei Nian stood there, staring at the door frame for a long time.

"what happened?"

"Is this the wrong door?"

"What's wrong?"

"It's too narrow." Pei Nian raised his hand and pointed, saying, "This door has no threshold, which shows that it is used for carriages and horses to pass through, but the width is too narrow, and ordinary carriages can't pass through at all."

Gu Jingnian said, "Maybe the carriages are parked outside."

He thought of the day when Wei Li had a secret meeting with someone, and the mysterious man's carriage was parked outside the back door.

Later, Feng Niang asked a bird to chase the carriage and found that the carriage had left the city and finally disappeared in a direction similar to the Bai family's villa.

Thinking about it this way, could the mysterious man be Bai Yuze?

"No." Pei Nian said, "A carriage has come in before. Look at the ruts on the ground."

There were no more tire tracks on the mud ground, as they had all been swept away, but there were still two shallow marks on the stone slabs under the corridor.

Looking back at the corner of the courtyard, there is a square patch of grass on the ground that grows much denser than other places. I guess a carriage must have been parked there?
Gu Jingnian observed it again and again, and said, "Is this carriage wider than the door?"

"Yes." Pei Nian pushed the door and entered the tack room. He searched around, picked up a row of cushions, and returned to the back door. He said, "Look, the cushions on most carriages are wider than this door."

"so what?"

Pei Nian said: "I have heard that there is a rare treasure in the world, called Obsidian. If you put an object between four Obsidian stones, you can change the location of the object."

The reason why she knew all this was because she had worked in Kaipingsi, and it was no secret.

Yin Wanqing glanced at Pei Nian, who was efficient in his work, walked towards the door, walked out of the alley, and then walked back again, doing this several times, and knocked on the door frame with her fingers.

"It is indeed made of stone, but there seems to be nothing unusual about it."

Gu Jingnian also walked forward, looked back and forth several times, and observed the door frame.

Pei Nian frowned slightly and began to look around. When he turned his eyes, he suddenly saw a big thick stick hitting the door. He walked forward and lifted it up. It felt heavy in his hand, but it was a stone stick.

"Wooden sticks are often used to push open doors, why use stone sticks?"

As he spoke, Pei Nian gestured and placed the stone stick horizontally under the door frame. The length was just right.

The three of them looked at each other and knew that this was probably the only way to piece together four obsidian stones.

Gu Jingnian signaled Pei Nian and Yin Wanqing to step back a few steps, and he walked over to the stone stick that was used to tie the wood.

Everything is still normal, nothing has changed.

Gu Jingnian walked forward naturally.

If you didn't look around, you would have actually walked out of that door.

But soon the vision darkened, and when Gu Jingnian looked around, he found that he had teleported somewhere else.

The scene before me looked familiar.

Looking up, there is a dry well above, looking down, there is a door below, and long stone steps leading to the depths of the underground.

This is the entrance to the underground palace built by Yin Kuo.

(End of this chapter)