At the foot of Guigu Mountain, the four seasons are distinct. In spring, the birds are singing and the flowers are full of life, in the summer, the trees are verdant and the rain is abundant, in the autumn, the mountains are bright red and fruitful, and in the winter, the flowers are covered in snow. A small stream flows down the hill to Weishui, which is suitable for farming. A middle-aged couple lived in seclusion in a thatched hut in an open field at the foot of this Guigu Mountain, they were farming and weaving, living a kind of free and uncontested fairy life. This is indeed rare for the early years of the Warring States period and the era of melee wars among various countries. The man's name is Wang Houshi, and the woman's name is Xi Linming.

"Husband, this mountain is inaccessible, a paradise, this time it's good, we can live a stable life. ”

"You're right, but I always feel that it's a bit ashamed to say that a dignified seven-foot man, full of martial arts, can't serve the country, but lives here. ”

"Don't forget, husband, that our two sons, your father and four brothers were all killed in battle. If you hadn't been badly wounded on the battlefield, you would have been conscripted again, and perhaps you would have died on the battlefield like them. ”

"yes, when I think about it, it's a little scary. Alas, it is indeed sad that they are both descendants of China and kill each other. The monarchs of various countries carry out endless wars for their own selfish interests, which really suffers the people of the world. It is indeed a good thing that we can live a stable life out of war now. ”

"It is said that after the Battle of Changping, the Zhao State had too few soldiers, and in order to start another war with the Qin State, even women were conscripted to the battlefield. If we don't come to live in seclusion at the foot of this Guigu Mountain, your injuries will be a little better, and you will definitely be dragged to serve as a soldier again. ”

"You're right, but I'm conflicted, I want to serve my country, but I'm hiding from it. ”

"Alas, we small people just want to live a stable life, but God still doesn't give it, what kind of world is this! When will this war be over?"

The couple walked along the mountainside, saying that they hated the war, but there was nothing they could do to end it, only to vent some complaints. They came up to the hill just to chop some firewood and go home and make a fire. When they were almost to a forest, Wang Houshi didn't know what to do, he no longer answered her lady Xi Linming, but stopped, and gestured to tell her not to speak, and pulled her to a place to hide.

After a while, they saw a group of people chasing a person, hurrying by.

"Now the world is very chaotic, except for war, there is no peace in the rivers and lakes!" Xi Lin said.

"I don't know what those people were doing, why did they chase and kill that person?"

"You know here and there, whatever. "Xi Linming is afraid that her husband will take care of things.

Wang Houshi and his wife didn't care about these pursuits anymore. As usual, they came to a low wood, cut some trees, tied them into bundles with straw ropes, and carried a bundle on each of them, and went down the mountain road.

When they were halfway up the mountain, Xi Linming faintly heard the child's crying, and she involuntarily stopped.

"Listen, husband, it looks like a child crying. Xi Lin Ming said.

Wang Hou also stopped, listened carefully, and said, "This voice seems to be coming from the left." ”

"Yes, it's coming from the left, so let's take a look. ”

They walked to the left in response to the cry, and Xi Linming said again: "Listening to the cry, it seems to be a baby." ”

"Yes, it's like the cry of the child when you gave birth. Wang Houshi said with a smile.

"What are you talking about, what are you kidding!" Xi Linming squinted at Fu Jun with his eyes, "This place is never inhabited, where are the babies?"

"yes, let's go take a look. Wang Houshi replied.

They followed the baby's cry and soon came to a very hidden cave. Although Wang Houshi didn't recognize a few words, he saw that there were three words "Guigu Cave" above the entrance of the cave, but he recognized them, and he was a little surprised.

"The cry came from this hole. Xi Lin Ming said, she didn't think much about it, she put down the firewood on her back and was about to go in. Wang Houshi grabbed her and said, "Slow! I'll go first, and you will follow me." Wang Houshi also put down the firewood he was carrying, took Xi Linming's hand, and entered the cave.

The eerie and faint sunlight in the cave passes through the cave opening, obliquely on the cave wall, and continuously passes through the reflection of the cave wall, so that the cave can be seen and walked. When they came to the depths of the cave, they saw a pale-faced woman lying on a bluestone slab, giving birth to a baby, and the blood stained the bluestone slab, and the baby was crying beside her.

Xi Linming picked up the baby and stuffed one of his fingers into his mouth, and the baby stopped crying.

"Zhongda, you're here......" the woman said in a very low voice.

When Wang Houshi and his wife saw that the woman had shed so much blood, they panicked and didn't know what to do. Wang Houshi wanted to help her up, but only then did the mother see that he was not Zhongda, but an ordinary middle-aged man and woman. She waved her hand at him, signaling that it couldn't be like this. She struggled to take out a small bronze sword from her body, and said weakly and intermittently: "Two nobles, this is what his father left him...... The only inheritance, if you can ...... him Raise an adult, me and his father...... In the spirit of heaven, it must be protected...... You guys. Don't you ...... me, ...... Take the child away quickly, just in case you ...... die before you finish speaking.

When Wang Houshi saw that the woman was dead, he picked up the small bronze sword, and saw that it was engraved with patterns, and it looked exquisite.

"I don't know where this mother came from, she gave birth to this child, lost too much blood and died here, it is very pitiful, it is better for us to bury her before leaving. "Xi Lin Ming was born as a woman, and she felt the same way, and it was not easy to give birth, so she was merciful.

Wang Houshi clearly remembered the words of the mother before she died: "Don't you ...... me, ...... Take the child away quickly, just in case it ......" and said hurriedly: "Lin Ming, we can't stay here for a long time, she told us to leave quickly, maybe someone will find here, let's leave here quickly, just in case!"

"Don't bury her?"

"Don't bury it!

Xi Linming felt that her husband was right, so she held the baby and hurriedly walked out of the cave with Wang Houshi. Then he put the two bundles of firewood on his back and left the cave with the baby.

As soon as they left not far away, they saw a man with a sword flying towards the Guigu Cave.

Wang Houshi and his wife found a hidden place and squatted down, observing the movement of the man with the sword, only to see that the man had arrived at the entrance of the cave and looked at it, and then entered the cave. This person is Chen Zhongda.

Seeing this, Xi Lin stretched out her tongue to Wang Houshi, meaning that you were right. They don't know who this man is, but one thing is certain: he must have something to do with the dead mother in the cave. If they still haven't left the cave, they will meet Chen Zhongda, and the result will be different in the future.

In order not to have more complications, Xi Linming and his wife hurriedly left the Guigu Cave with the baby boy.

They walked for a while, and at a bend, they suddenly heard a sound of footsteps, Wang Houshi and Xi Linming became alert again, and they lurked under a big tree again, and saw a group of people rushing away.

It's also very strange to say that the baby boy has never cried since he arrived in Xi Linming's arms, as if he was in his own mother's arms.

"Look at this group of people like the ones we've seen hunting down. Xi Lin Ming said.

"Yes, it's them. ”

"Why did they return to the mountains?"

"I suspect that the man who went into the hole with the saber was probably the one they were going after and killing. ”

"Yes, it's very likely. ”