Chapter 12: Secret Words
Lou Yiyi frowned, reflexively protected Xiaoru behind him, and Widow Wang leaned down and patted Hu Niu's head gently, so that Hu Niu stopped roaring.
Lou Yi took a deep breath and kicked the broken door open, although it was sunny outside, but it was dark inside the City God Temple.
"Fu'er? Are you there? Xiao Lou casually threw in a handful of small stones, there was still no sound inside, he listened attentively, except for the occasional sound of the wind, the whole temple was silent, with his ear power, if there were really people inside, it was impossible not to hear the sound.
After shouting a few words, no one accosted him, Xiao Lou nodded and said in a low voice: "Go." Pulling Xiao Ru, a few people walked in cautiously, the temple was too dark, and after a while, Xiao Ru got used to such a light and could barely see.
Menier casually tore down the straw curtains from the broken window, the door was open, and the temple was brightened.
"Young lady, look!" Meniel's eyes were sharp, and she saw a red head rope that had turned half gray next to the dusty statue of the god God. "This is the one Fu'er wore this morning."
Xiao Ru's heart tightened, closed her eyes, let out a long breath, and reluctantly calmed down: "Look carefully, Fu'er's child is shrewd, see if she leaves any information behind......"
Monier answered, and obediently began to rummage back and forth.
Lou Yi squatted down, looked at the small patch of grass and ashes in the center of the City God Temple, and sighed: "The ashes are still hot, and the people haven't been gone for long...... Can the tiger girl still be tracked? ”
Widow Wang shook her head and smiled bitterly, "I see that there are a lot of rut marks ahead, and there are many people in this vicinity, if Fu'er gets into the carriage, it will really be difficult to chase." ”
"Huh?" Meng Nier suddenly stopped, and swept the dust on the case where she picked up the red head rope, "Ah, young lady, you are really right, come and take a look." ”
When a few people heard this, they hula surrounded them, and when Xiaoru looked at the divine case, even if she was very worried, there was a little smile on the corner of her mouth.
Lou Yi looked at the table for a long time, and raised his eyebrows suspiciously at the pile of vertical bars and twisted patterns: "What is this?" How do I look like a child's graffiti? He remembered that Ding Feng's five-year-old grandson often scribbled on some fancy patterns, which was similar to this one......
Xiao Ru smiled and said: "That girl is really ghostly, this is a game that Fu'er often plays with us, converting what you want to say into a 'secret language' that only your own people know, in fact, it is very simple, these symbols represent numbers, they are all two in pairs, the first number is the number of pages, and the latter represents the number of words, generally using a commonly used book as a reference...... It's just to coax children to play...... Well, I think about it, Fu'er doesn't have any books around, she should use her literacy booklet, Moniel, do you have a booklet with you? ”
Meng Nier nodded, untied her purse from her waist, and took out a booklet that was only half the size of a palm and one finger thick, this booklet was written when Xiaoru taught Meng Nier and Xiaoyan to read, and it was very delicate and beautiful, because it was easy to carry, and the three girls usually carried it with them.
Xiao Ru took it, looked at the table, opened the book and looked at it a few times, and smiled: "That's right, it's ......" took the booklet and turned a few pages according to the password on the table, "Well, Fu'er said she was very safe......" Seeing this sentence, Xiao Ru completely relaxed, and suddenly felt a little weak.
Meng Nier hurriedly stretched out her hand to support her, and said with a smile: "Young lady, let me come." ”
Xiao Ru felt that there were some flowers in front of her, so she nodded quickly and gave the booklet to Meng Nier, for a while, several people in the City God Temple were very nervous, Lou Yi's forehead even began to break out in a cold sweat, and when Lou Yi felt that most of the day had passed, Meng Nier looked at the sentence she wrote on the table with a stone in disbelief - "Well, the front is normal, it was a couple who abducted Fu'er, the man's surname is Lin, in his thirties, thin and tall, with a scar on the corner of his mouth, wearing a gray shirt and a cyan square scarf, The woman was a young woman of about twenty, with a pink skirt and a white jade bracelet on her hand...... Later, he also said that the couple was very good to her, and the man said that he was Fu'er's father, and he also bought sugar gourds and sugar people for her to eat...... This is probably what those two abductors coaxed Fu'er! ”
Xiao Ru blinked, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
Lou Yidao was the first to react, "Let's go back immediately, let the government block the city gate, since you have the appearance characteristics of the kidnapper, it is easy to say, it must not be difficult to find, if you have anything to say, wait until you find her." ”
Xiaoru sighed, and had to do it for the time being, squatted down, pulled the tiger girl's ear and instructed: "When you get to the street, let your fox friends and dog friends help me pay attention, if anyone finds out Fu'er's whereabouts, don't forget to report to me!" ”
Lou Yi has a good ear, so he naturally heard his daughter-in-law's whispering, and couldn't help but turn his head to look at her a few times, thinking, Sister Xiaoru is quite childlike, but she still jokes when she is so nervous, and her mentality is really good!
After such a toss, it was almost noon, Xiaoru was worried about her mother-in-law, and Lou Yi couldn't rest assured that her mother-in-law was gone, so the two of them looked at each other and simply went home and waited for news.
Xiaoru and the others came home, Mrs. Lou had already woken up, and Xiaoyan and the others had come back early, but no one thought about cooking on the fire, but fortunately, these people had something in their hearts, and they didn't feel hungry at all, so they didn't forget it.
When Lou Pozi heard the news that Fu'er was safe, she finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly returned to the quiet room to recite Amitabha Buddha vigorously, apparently planning to keep chanting until Fu'er returned safely.
Xiao Ru, Gongsun Zhi, Lou Yi and Ding Feng, the four of them sat quietly in the living room, and Meng Nier made a pot of medicinal tea to dispel fire.
In such a quiet and peaceful afternoon, Xiaoru tasted a hint of apprehension, the officials and the small animals on the street mobilized all over the city, a couple with obvious characteristics, with a blue-eyed little girl known by many people, it must not be difficult to find, but what made her uneasy seemed to happen after finding the child.
Xiao Ru was tired of being on the chair for a long time, and felt that it would be better to find someone to inquire about the situation: "Old man, I don't know the laws of our Great Xia Dynasty in detail...... I would like to ask, for example, if a person has raised a child since childhood, and one day the child's biological father comes and wants to take the child away, does this person have to ...... Give the child back? ”