While he was thinking, he took out the letter paper from the envelope.
The content of this letter is even more bizarre. There are only two poems on the paper, "Like the children of the Xie family, they are upright in their clothes; they are like the family in the courtyard, riding gracefully" and "To keep the warriors in Weiyang, Qi Yong defends against the Western Qiang."
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There is no title at the top, no signature at the bottom, a letter with no beginning and no end, which makes people feel impenetrable and also gives off a strange atmosphere.
Xie Liuyun recalled the verses in the letter and tried to figure out his father's intention. He still didn't understand the meaning. Not knowing how to deal with it, he picked up the envelope and looked at it again.
The words on the envelope were not written by my father, but the letter inside the envelope was written by my father. This is the first strange thing.
The second strange thing is that the envelope looks old and dark in color, but it can be seen that it has been well kept and there is no trace of wear on the corners.
But the entire envelope, from paper to style, is incompatible with the brand-new letter paper. It is simply "new wine in old bottles."
Xie Liuyun looked at the envelope carefully and found that it was not the standard envelope sold by the post office.
The envelope found was much smaller than the common envelopes on the market today. After careful inspection, it turned out that the envelope was completely handmade.
At the seams of the entire envelope, the paper is cut slightly unevenly. If you don't look carefully, you won't notice it at all.
However, this cannot escape the critical eyes of Xie Liuyun, a bridge engineer.
He is recognized by the county highway bureau as a "fierce eye". Any irregularities or problems at the engineering office's construction site cannot escape his inspection.
Where Xie Liuyun is around, the leaders are completely at ease, but the construction team is the most nervous.
Xie Liuyun continued to observe the envelope carefully, and found that the workmanship of several places where the envelope was folded and pasted was very meticulous, and there was no perfunctory work just because the envelope was handmade.
The envelope itself isn't worth much, so why go to the trouble of making it yourself instead of buying it ready-made?
Xie Liuyun took the envelope and looked at it over and over, wondering what the people who used such envelopes thought in those days.
Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the person who uses the envelope is not necessarily the person who made the envelope, and there is no necessary connection between the two.
If this is really the case, then the origin of this envelope would be even more bizarre.
Xie Liuyun picked up the envelope and looked at the lamp on the desk, hoping to find some useful clues.
His seemingly unintentional actions actually led him to discover a big secret.
Under the light, this envelope has a lot of mystery.
Under the strong light, Xie Liuyun noticed that there seemed to be something mixed in the paper used to make the envelope. He pinched it with his hands. It was soft and elastic, and he didn't know what kind of object it was.
This kind of object is arranged in strips in a very regular manner in the paper.
Xie Liuyun stood up hurriedly, walked to the center of the room, under the chandelier, held the envelope high, raised his head and continued to examine it.
According to the observation of the shadows in the paper under the light, there is a pattern inlaid in the paper, a very beautiful pattern, perhaps some kind of pattern with special meaning.
Although it is unclear what the hidden pattern in the paper means, it can be concluded that the paper used to make the envelope must be specially made.
Xie Liuyun felt that it was not that simple to make it so painstakingly just for use as an envelope.
What is hidden in this paper is crucial, otherwise it would not be so carefully concealed.
There is only one explanation for making envelopes, and that is to conceal people's eyes and ears, and to convey important information or items without people noticing.
Xie Liuyun held this special envelope and didn't feel anything unusual in its weight. He had to admire the craftsmanship.
The people who make this kind of envelopes are impressive in their ingenuity and amazing in their skills.
Xie Liuyun returned to his desk and sat down. He lowered his head and continued to read the contents on the envelope. He saw that the recipient written on it was a person named Yong Ji.
This confirmed that the character "Yong" on the wooden box was a surname. Xie Liuyun did not know this person named Yong Ji, but since this person's name appeared on the envelope, this person must have an unusual relationship with his father.
This kind of analysis gave Xie Liuyun a glimmer of hope. At least this person named Yong Ji might be able to help him find his father at this stage.
If this were not the case, my father would not have allowed himself to send this incomprehensible letter.
Because, from another perspective, this is a signal for help.
Xie Liuyun glanced at the address to which he received the letter. It read "No. 2, Wangping Street, Anqiu County, Shandong Province."
Xie Liuyun knew that his family's roots were in Kaifeng, Henan, and they moved here from the north.
At that time, after my great-grandfather Xie Yifeng moved to Tonglu in Hangzhou, so many years have passed. Except for some estranged clan members who are still in Kaifeng, it can be said that their family has no close relatives in the north.
Now, such a place that was far away from here appeared unexpectedly and was related to his father. This surprised Xie Liuyun and made him feel a little uneasy in his heart.
Xie Liuyun missed his mother who had passed away a long time ago. She was thoughtful and meticulous in her work. She might be aware of these things. It would be great if she was still alive.
Xie Liuyun was a little emotional, thinking about what was on his mind while looking at the signature on the envelope.
The sender's address was his home. Xie Liuyun read the sender's address several times to make sure he got it right.
Based on this, Xie Liuyun judged that the person who wrote on the envelope was either his great-grandfather or his grandfather.
Because, since my father had written the letter, it didn't take much trouble to write a new envelope.
But my father did not re-write the envelope, but chose to still use the old envelope that was not written by himself. This shows that his father cherishes the old envelope, which proves that the old envelope is extremely important.
Furthermore, judging from the content on the letterhead, it is by no means a simple transcription of verses. There must be deep meaning hidden in it.
Now that my father is not around, no one can explain it to me. At present, it seems that only the recipient of the letter can solve this mystery.
The sender signed on the envelope is Xie Chunyu. The name is very unfamiliar, and it is also something that Xie Liuyun does not understand.
The letter paper contained in the envelope only contained incomprehensible content, without a title at the beginning and no signature at the end, which was not normal.
I don’t know either of the recipients or senders on the envelope, which is understandable.
From the perspective that the wooden box collection is so secretive, it is a secret. I have never heard my father talk about it before, and the only people who know about it are my great-grandfather, grandpa and father.
I don’t know how many years this mysterious envelope has been lying in this wooden box. If you count it from your great-great-grandfather, it has been hundreds of years.
Xie Liuyun thought that maybe this was a precautionary arrangement adopted by his great-grandfather out of some considerations.
Doesn't his family have some secrets that he doesn't know about?
Thinking of this, Xie Liuyun suddenly felt that his father was a little strange to him.
Such a secret thing, if it weren't for his father's unexplained disappearance, he would not have thought of searching for clues in his father's bedroom, and thus found this wooden box containing the letter.
The sender wrote the name Xie Chunyu, and the only thing related to this name was his surname.