Clouds of doubt immediately arose. Sky silk was so precious, invulnerable to fire and water, and naturally warm. It was the supreme material for making clothes. Mengchanjuan's soft armor was woven with sky silk.
If this is Hu Xiaoling's swaddling clothes, it would be very strange. Why is it that the outside is just ordinary linen, but the inside is lined with such luxurious things?
As Hu Xiaoling said, she was an abandoned baby, but what kind of family could use Qitian silk as a swaddling clothes? This piece of lining is five feet square. Let’s not talk about its value. The main reason is that it has a price but no market. To be honest, even Jiang Fan, the world’s richest man, regarded it as a valuable treasure. Back then, in order to search for the Dragon Ao in the deep pool, He once used this material to weave a silk rope, which really hurt his flesh.
Grandma Wang probably didn't know about this kind of treasure and had probably never noticed it, but Jiang Fan immediately felt that the matter might not be simple.
As he was thinking, his fingers unconsciously slowly twisted the swaddling clothes. After a while, he suddenly stopped because he felt some subtle difference.
The small piece in the corner was obviously a little harder than other places, very, very subtle, but Jiang Fan's five senses were extraordinary now, and the touch from his fingers made him immediately realize that there was something inside.
After just concentrating for a moment, he gently pulled open the outer layer, put his hand in and groped for a while, and unexpectedly took out a two-inch square piece of silk.
This is a small, boxy silk bag, the seal is finely sewn with needle and thread, but there is still something soft inside.
Jiang Fan did not hesitate and tore it open directly, and two things fell out. One is a folded square towel, only the size of a handkerchief.
The second one is a pendant about the size of a finger knuckle. It is all silver and inlaid with a round and somewhat weird silver bead.
Slowly unfold the silk handkerchief, with some words embroidered on it.
This was already very bizarre, but what made Jiang Fan's eyes shrink the most was that the words were actually the inscriptions on the bell and tripod specially used for sacrifices.
This is unusual. This kind of writing was used to worship heaven, earth, ghosts, gods, and Sheji ancestral temples in ancient times. How could it be rusted in the swaddling clothes of a baby girl?
Reading it attentively, the content made Jiang Fan's eyes become more and more strange.
The book on the scarf begins with four lines of greetings, which roughly translate to: God-given fox girl, whose auspicious extreme turns evil into evil, sacrifice her alive to bring down the Holy Spirit.
Then, a secret was recorded in dense small characters.
The general idea is that a young master in a certain top wealthy family has awakened the bloodline of his distant ancestors and is extremely valued by the family. On the day of his wedding, a fox fairy came unexpectedly on a moonlit night. Soon after, his wife became pregnant. It was widely rumored that he was delivering a child to the fox fairy, which was considered auspicious.
A year later, his wife gave birth to a baby girl, but for some reason the young master's energy and blood failed and he gradually became terminally ill.
After giving birth, his wife also became haggard and physically weak.
Slowly rumors spread, and no one considered this incident to be auspicious anymore. Instead, they believed that the fox fairy was a demon, who used the young master and his wife to give birth to a demon child, sucking out their life source and vitality, causing the two of them to be on the verge of death.
The baby girl naturally became the daughter of the demon fox and was regarded as a great evil.
Later, the clan asked an expert to open an altar and perform rituals, saying that the girl needed to be sacrificed to ghosts and gods in order to induce the Holy Spirit to descend to earth and save the young master from danger.
Then, according to the so-called will of God, they threw the baby girl into the Baiyun Peak Cloud Pool.
However, the baby girl's biological mother did not think so. She said she knew some secrets and believed that this was not the case. But he couldn't disobey the elders of the clan, so he could only record what happened and hid the baby girl in her swaddling clothes, hoping that God would show mercy. If she was lucky enough to survive, please be kind to this girl...
Afterwards, Jiang Fan suddenly discovered that the person who left the letter turned out to be Grandma Wang.
She turned out to be the dowry grandmother of Hu Xiaoling's biological mother. She was someone who had accompanied the young lady since she was a child and had a certain level of cultivation.
This makes sense, otherwise how could a lonely old woman live in such a bitter cold place for a long time, even far away from the village.
"The sacrifice was scheduled, but the young lady had no way to save her life. When she was dying, she cried blood and asked me to hide at the foot of Yunchi Mountain and wait for everyone to leave to try to rescue her. However, it took half a day for everyone to disperse. I searched hard and couldn't find it. I have fulfilled the great trust of the young lady, so I am here. I live in seclusion in a hut at the foot of the mountain, hoping that one day a miracle will come from heaven..."
A miracle finally happened. Nine-tailed fox sent Hu Xiaoling. She was overjoyed, but she didn't dare to return, so she hid here as a widowed old woman and raised her silently.
But she was old and exhausted, so she could only hold on with her martial arts skills. Seeing that time was running out, he planned to send Hu Xiaoling to another place. At the same time, in order to prevent unexpected events, he wrote this letter and his biological mother's belongings to the destined person who would adopt Hu Xiaoling in the future.
Finally, she begged this destined person that if Hu Xiaoling could live a safe life, he would never need to tell the matter. If he met the Fox Fairy in the morning, there would be no need to be frightened. It was Hu Xiaoling's destiny. Leave it to Hu Xiaoling, and those who are destined will also receive blessings...
Jiang Fan probably knew what happened next. The old mama didn't expect that the accident would come earlier. The barbarians broke out and turned into robbers, burning, killing and looting. She could only start to flee, but later died suddenly on the way because her vitality disappeared.
I just don’t know why this key item was not taken away. Is it because I was afraid of being discovered, or was it because I was in a hurry?
That's all there is to the narrative. It doesn't mention which wealthy family it belongs to, nor does it reveal the identities of the young master and his wife. Of course, there are no subsequent records. In the end, Grandma Wang just said that she, like Xiaoling's biological mother, hoped that the girl would live well now that she was saved. No matter whether she was poor or rich, she just wanted her to be safe and happy. It would be best if she never knew her identity and never returned to that family. .
After Jiang Fan read it over and over for a long time, he felt more and more strange in his heart. Several important messages were revealed in it.
The first point is that Hu Xiaoling came from a very unusual family. Even the ancient bell and tripod inscription used in the record reflects this.
The second point is that strange things have happened in this family, even involving the fox fairy in folklore, but the inside story is different.
The third point is that Hu Xiaoling and the Fox Fairy have an unusual and secret connection, otherwise the final reminder would not have been made.
The fourth point is that the recorded words seem to predict that Hu Xiaoling is very likely to survive. Otherwise, he should not have such a long narrative and leave the pendant.
And according to what Grandma Wang said, Hu Xiaoling was indeed sent by the nine-tailed fox. So is the so-called fox fairy the nine-tailed fox?
But what is the relationship between the nine-tailed fox and that family or that young master? Why does it appear in that family? Wasn't Hu Xiaoling thrown into the Cloud Pool? How did Nine-Tailed Fox get Hu Xiaoling?
According to Hu Xiaoling once said, freshly killed animals can often be seen at the door of the house, which ensures that the two of them can survive. Was it the nine-tailed fox?
If this is indeed the case, is Hu Xiaoling really the nine-tailed fox who gave birth to a child through the womb of a nine-tailed fox? This is a bit ridiculous...
No, it's definitely not, otherwise why would the narrative be so weird? Many places are unclear, but there is a strong atmosphere of weirdness.
And that fate, what kind of fate is it...
