After hearing the old eunuch's question, the woman lowered her head even lower and remained silent. Zhao Meng's expression also became very unnatural. Seeing this situation, the old eunuch was a little embarrassed. He felt that he had said something wrong. What did he say, but he really couldn't think of anything inappropriate. Zhao Meng patted the woman's shoulder lightly, then winked at her, and the woman stood up and pulled the young man out.

Zhao Meng watched the two of them come out of the house, then turned his head, let out a long sigh, then leaned close to the old eunuch's ear and whispered a few words. After listening, the old eunuch seemed extremely shocked and was stunned. After looking at Zhao Meng for a long time, he finally woke up, raised his face, and sighed to the sky: "Hey, maybe this is destiny."

It turned out that Zhao Meng rescued Qin Shihuang's concubine from the ditch on that rainy night with thunder and lightning, took the opportunity to carry her to the nearby woods, and then snatched the concubine away. In this environment, no one cares about their whereabouts, and no one is rounding them up or looking for them.

However, after all, this was the First Emperor's woman. Of course Zhao Meng was afraid that others would know about it. When he escaped with his concubine, he made up his mind to find a secret place to live in seclusion. Where could he go? After thinking about it for a long time, he finally came up with the idea. In the mountains of my hometown, this hidden mountain valley.

He discovered this valley by chance when he went into the mountains with his father to collect medicine. The valley is surrounded by high mountains. The mountains are very steep and dangerous. They are located deep in the mountains and are inaccessible. Almost no one knows about this place, and even fewer people can get here. , due to the special terrain of this valley, the climate inside is warm in winter and cool in summer, which is very suitable for human life. The terrain in the valley is very flat, and it is also covered with fertile soil, woods, grass, and clear streams. From the mountains Going upstream was a paradise-like place, so Zhao Meng made up his mind to bring his concubine to live in this valley.

In the first few days, the concubine resisted very much, crying and fussing, but later, she saw that Zhao Meng was young, handsome, tall and burly, and he was very gentle and considerate to her. They were only a few years apart in age. So after going back and forth, I actually felt good about him.

As they got along more and more, the relationship between the two became deeper and deeper. When the concubine was fine, she often couldn't help but think: Although she was the wife of the First Emperor, the First Emperor loved her, and she also enjoyed all the glory in the world. Wealthy, but in the final analysis, she was just the plaything of the First Emperor. She trembled with fear when she was around the First Emperor every day. As the saying goes, accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. Moreover, she already knew the news of the death of the First Emperor. Thinking of the turmoil in the world, she was alone. A weak woman doesn't know where her destiny will go, so she might as well follow this Zhao Meng and live an ordinary life in a down-to-earth manner. Although she is poor, she also has peace of mind and sweetness.

In this way, a pair of young men and women who could never be together, under the magical arrangement of fate, turned out to be an ordinary couple who love each other. Many things in the world are so coincidental that people cannot understand them.

The two of them traveled a long distance and went through a lot of hardships before they finally came to this valley and built a house. Usually, Zhao Meng often went out to purchase some daily necessities, and would also hunt in the mountains or collect medicine. Selling at the foot of the mountain, life was very miserable, but also extremely sweet.

But just after she escaped and went to the valley for more than a month, the concubine told Zhao Meng that she was pregnant with a child, and that it was not Zhao Meng's child, but the child of the First Emperor Ying Zheng.

This news made Zhao Meng a little panicked. He really didn't know what to do. When it came to killing the enemy in battle, he was not vague at all, but when it came to this kind of thing, he was really at a loss. In many special moments in life, Sometimes women have more ideas. This woman has made up her mind to give birth to the child. No matter who the child's father is, it is her flesh and blood after all. Although this decision made Zhao Meng feel a little uncomfortable, he still agreed.

After a few months, the child was born in this thatched house in the valley. This woman who had once been the emperor's concubine was indeed stronger and braver than ordinary women. When she was born, she only asked Zhao Meng to take care of her. After preparing a tub of hot water and asking Zhao Meng to wait outside the house, she cut the umbilical cord herself and wrapped the baby before letting Zhao Meng in. From then on, their family changed from a world of two to a world of three. human world.

This is the whole story. After hearing this, the old eunuch couldn't help but sigh with emotion. Zhao Meng knew that the old eunuch was alone and had no one to take care of him at such an old age, so he suggested that the old eunuch should not go back and stay with them. Forget about living together as one family, this way, the two of them can still chat together and take care of each other.

The old eunuch thought what Zhao Meng said was quite reasonable, so he lived in the valley. Zhao Meng built a thatched cottage next to their house for the old eunuch to live in.

Since the old eunuch settled in, this deserted valley has become a lot more lively. Zhao Meng still often goes to the mountains to hunt, collect herbs, and then goes to the mountains to sell some money in exchange for other daily necessities, and Zhao Meng's "son" , she likes this new "grandpa" very much. She will come to play with the old eunuch when she has nothing to do, and listens to the old eunuch's chat with curiosity and obsession. The woman felt awkward at first, but as time went by, she gradually became familiar with it, and gradually became familiar with it. She also chatted more and more with the old eunuch. After all, she had stayed in the palace. Although she and the old eunuch did not know each other at that time, they still had many topics in common, such as which concubine had the most tragic fate and which concubine suffered the most. Chong, what unusual things happened among the concubines in the palace, etc. Of course, when talking about these topics, you must avoid that young man.

In this valley, Zhao Meng reclaimed a lot of wasteland and planted some crops. When Zhao Meng was hunting in the mountains during the day, the old eunuch, the woman, and the young man worked on the cultivated fields. They became a family. We talk and laugh every day and have a good time, which is really the happiness of a family.

However, the old eunuch noticed that there was a strange-shaped cave in this valley. Whenever the old eunuch saw it, he would be a little embarrassed, because the entrance of the cave looked very much like a woman's vagina.

When I read this, I couldn't help but feel shocked. Could it be that the valley where they live is the valley deep in the mountains here, and the vulva-shaped cave? It should be correct, although the professor has not yet mentioned it in the book. I won’t be specific about the location of this valley, but I firmly believe that this valley is the one that Sister Li, myself, and Butcher Zhang once explored together.

It suddenly occurred to me that the mysterious place name engraved on the stone slab that the professor found in the cemetery was "Xuanpu Mountain in Xuzhou, Huiji County", which is the name of the valley where Zhao Meng and the old eunuch lived. However, this should be from ancient times. So what dynasty does this ancient place name originate from?

Based on my limited historical knowledge, I think it is probably the place name used in the Qin Dynasty, because at that time, the system of prefectures and counties was implemented, and people often called certain places "prefectures" and so on. If this ancient place name can be found out, it will indeed be If it refers to our area, it will be very important to our next plan.

How to check? There is no relevant information at home, so I can only search online. So I turned on the computer and entered the words "Xunzhou Xuanpu Mountain, Huiji County" to search and see if I could find it out, but the result disappointed me. , there is no information about this ancient place name.

The more I couldn't find it, the more curious I became. Suddenly, I felt that I was really stupid. Of course, it is best to ask my cousin for this kind of question. I left such an expert in literature and history without asking, and I was still searching here. It was really of

I looked at the watch and saw that it was already close to eleven o'clock in the evening. My cousin should sleep very late every day, and this was related to our next plan, so I no longer hesitated and quickly dialed my cousin's phone number.

I originally thought that this matter would be a piece of cake for my cousin. He would definitely be able to find out immediately whether the ancient place name refers to our area. However, after chatting on the phone for a while, I realized that the problem was bigger than I thought. is much more complicated.

My cousin said that when he heard the Feng Shui master mention this place name, he felt really weird, because the "Xuanpu" in the place name "Xunzhou Xuopu Mountain in Huiji County" refers to a woman's private parts in ancient times. How could it be there? There are such naked words in place names. This does not seem to be a regular place name.

However, one thing I guessed is quite reliable: this is very similar to the place name of the Qin Dynasty. My cousin said that he also thought this was possible. However, my cousin thought that this place name seemed to be a modified place name because of taboos. .

Taboo, my original impression is that "taboo" seems to be only related to people. For example, when a person's name has the same characters as the name of an emperor or an elder, he must change his name. The names of places and things also have to be changed. Is this a problem?

My cousin said that my understanding was one-sided and wrong. He also gave an example: Before the Tang Dynasty, the chamber pot was called Huzi, but after the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the chamberpot could no longer be called "Huzi" because The great-grandfather of Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty was called "Li Hu", so to avoid taboos, the chamber pot could no longer be called "Hu Zi". What was it called? It was called "Mazi". Now many Hong Kong and Taiwan movies and TV series refer to girlfriends The name "Mazi" comes from here, but this is a very disrespectful name for women.

Just like that, I listened to my cousin's explanation for a long time. Although I gained a lot of knowledge, I still didn't get the answer I wanted. It seemed that this place name really stumped my cousin. It was indeed mysterious enough.
Chapter completed!