Deer seeks fairyland

Chapter 168 The Auspicious Necklace

Seeing Hu Yizhi's eyebrows frowned and his face showing thoughtfulness, Liu Xiaolu immediately said, "Father doesn't know that Jixiang is Sixth Sister's favorite pet.

Now that Sixth Sister is trapped by the formation, Seventh Grandpa isolates Ji Xiang's planting of redbuds alone. Presumably, Sixth Sister and Ji Xiang did something together that made Seventh Grandpa furious. "

Hu Yizhi nodded slightly, but his eyebrows did not relax, and said in a low voice, "Although I have no contact with this child Ruyi, I have heard about it in the clan these days.

It is heard that she seldom walks with other clansmen on weekdays, and she seldom even goes out of her own yard. She is a stable child.

Possessing the aptitude of the three spiritual roots, she is not too outstanding among Ruzi's generation, but it is already very good.

It's just that her mother left early, her father was on duty in Zongyuan City all year round, and Seventh Uncle made an agreement with Taoist Yuqing two years ago, which may have caused some pimples in the child's heart.

It is heard that she has cultivated to the fourth level of Qi refining two years ago, but she has not broken through to the fifth level of Qi refining until now. "

"Seventh Grandpa made such a decision, but it's hard for Sixth Sister."

Liu Xiaolu sighed, Sixth Sister's aptitude is not bad, but she hasn't made any progress in two years, she also knows that this is because she doesn't want to go to the Hedao Sect to be a Taoist partner for the foundation-building monk named Yuqing, so she doesn't want to practice .

Thinking of this, Liu Xiaolu suddenly thought of what Hu Ruxing said when he came back from Qingyu Valley that day.

Now that I think about it, it is probably because Sixth Sister has not made any progress in her cultivation in the past two years, and little is known about the agreement between Seventh Grandpa and Yuqing Daoist in the Hu family, so Hu Ruxing thought that Seventh Grandpa withheld Sixth Sister's cultivation resources.

Liu Xiaolu glanced at the two-color civet cat curled up on the desk again, and thought, no wonder Jixiang was raised by the sixth sister so round and fat, thinking that the sixth sister has been with it every day since her mother passed away.

Jixiang probably had a hard time these two days, and his fluffy and smooth hair had become messy and dull.

Liu Xiaolu stretched out his hand with some distress, and used his fingers to help it comb the hair on its body a little.

The girl's slender fingers caressed the top of the cat's head and back, but just after combing it twice, Liu Xiaolu stopped the movement with some doubts.

There is an exquisitely crafted leather collar on Jixiang's neck, which she has noticed before.

But now, the collar is still around the cat's neck, but most of the flannelette wrapped outside has been torn off by someone, leaving only half of the cloth strip still connected to the collar.

"How is this going……"

Liu Xiaolu fiddled with the auspicious leather collar a few times in doubt.

Sixth Sister loves Ji Xiang very much, and it is impossible for her to tear its favorite collar, and it is very abnormal for Seventh Grandpa to poison a cat, so why would he want to break the cat's collar?

"what happened?"

Hearing the sound, Hu Yizhi also cast his gaze over, wondering.

Liu Xiaolu pointed to the cat's neck and said, "Father, someone has torn the auspicious collar."

"Oh?"

Hu Yizhi raised his eyebrows, bent down and took off the collar on the cat's neck, and observed it carefully.

This ring is exquisitely made, and the uneven checkered pattern on the leather is actually made of alligator skin.

Although crocodile skin is precious, its texture is hard.

The cat's owner seemed to be afraid that the alligator skin would hurt the cat's delicate skin, so he sewed a circle of soft flannel thinly on top of the leather.

"No." Hu Yizhi rubbed the torn flannel and frowned.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaolu hurriedly asked, "What's the matter? Did father find out?"

Hu Yizhi smoothed the flannel on the collar and said, "Look, the rest of the collar is only sewn with one layer of flannel, but the place near the cat's jaw is sealed with two layers."

"So what, after all, it's the cat's throat, so it's understandable to add an extra layer of protection." Liu Xiaolu said puzzled.

"I'm afraid it's not just for this." Hu Yizhi shook his head, and used two fingers to pick up the partially torn flannelette.

Liu Xiaolu paid special attention to that piece of velvet cloth earlier, it was indeed sewn twice, and the outer layer was embroidered with a small fish and auspicious names.

But how does this relate to the current situation?

Hu Yizhi moved the lighted lamp on the case closer, and said, "Look carefully at this piece of flannelette to see if there is anything unusual about it."

Liu Xiaolu showed suspicion, but seeing that Hu Yizhi's expression didn't look like he was joking, he had to look carefully through the light patiently.

The flannelette was torn in half, and only half was still attached to the flannel at the bottom.

The person who sewed it is obviously good at embroidery, the stitches are fine and neat, even the torn upper and lower sides can still see the thread ends.

Liu Xiaolu frowned and looked at this small piece of flannel from top to bottom, and from left to right, only then did he discover some subtle differences.

"This flannelette is stitched on the bottom flannelette on three sides, but the right side is smooth and flat, without any trace of stitches. It seems to be an opening left on purpose."

The girl in white raised her eyes and secretly looked at Hu Yizhi's face, and then said in a small voice with some uncertainty.

"exactly."

Unexpectedly, Hu Yizhi smiled when he heard the words, "You're right, the function of this piece of flannel for decoration and protection is just a cover. I'm afraid the main purpose is to allow the owner to use it to carry items."

"Important?" Liu Xiaolu asked in surprise, "But this circle is only this small in size, and this piece of flannelette is less than two fingers wide. What can be entrained in such a small space?"

"Look, there are some old ink stains here, maybe it was not stained on the fingers when writing, and rubbed here again." Hu Yizhi lifted a corner of the flannel and said.

Liu Xiaolu followed Hu Yizhi's gaze, only to find that there was indeed a small ink stain on the right side of the velvet cloth, which was less than half the size of a finger belly. It seemed that the color had faded a lot over the years.

"So, Sixth Sister actually uses the collar on Jixiang's neck to send messages?" Liu Xiaolu thoughtfully.

Hu Yizhi nodded and said, "It should be so."

Liu Xiaolu scratched his head and said doubtfully, "Even so, Seventh Grandpa wouldn't be so angry.

Sixth Sister is only about the same age as me, and has no chance to get in touch with any family secrets, and now Sixth Sister doesn't have to marry in the City Lord's Mansion, even if it's not harmful to pass on a letter to someone else. "

"The Hu family in Yuchuan is surrounded by water on three sides, and it is more than ten miles away from Zongyuan City. Even the Xiuxian family closest to our Hu family is more than twenty miles away." Hu Yizhi shook his head slightly.

"What does father mean to say that Sixth Sister's letter is actually passed on to the people in the clan?" Liu Xiaolu was stunned, then murmured.

Hu Yizhi frowned slightly, and nodded calmly.

Seeing this, Liu Xiaolu couldn't help but have a strange look on his face. He hesitated, "Maybe Sixth Sister is just exchanging letters with a certain sister in the clan? It's not what we think."

Hu Yizhi glanced at her, and said lightly, "If you are open and aboveboard, why bother to cover it up, the civet cat passes on the letter."

(End of this chapter)