This is indeed a somewhat mysterious valley.
The Shennongjia Mountains, located at the junction of Chuzhou and Xiangzhou, was originally a mysterious primeval forest in Dahua, with many ancient and mysterious legends circulating.
The most famous one is the legend about the Shennongjia savages. The villagers who live in the villages on the edge of the Shennongjia Mountains still firmly believe that there is a terrible savage hiding and living deep in the Shennongjia primeval forest.
But the middle-aged man walking towards him at this time was by no means a savage, nor was he scary.
A dark face, a strong figure, hands covered with calluses from years of hard work, and simple eyes.
From the looks of it, they are not much different from the villagers in the remote rural areas on the edge of Shennongjia. The only difference may be the clothes the man is wearing.
Even in the most remote mountain villages, no one would wear this kind of old-fashioned clothing that is actually very inconvenient for working activities.
More than two hundred years have passed since the Gengshen Revolution. The Baiyi culture has had an increasingly profound impact on Dahua, and has penetrated into every aspect of the daily life of the Dahua people, including the basic necessities of life, including food, clothing, housing, and transportation.
Nowadays, people dressed like this can almost only be seen in movies.
Of course, the most important thing is that the clothes worn by this middle-aged man and those who followed him are undoubtedly the clothes of ancient Dahua. According to Xu Chuxiang's judgment, they should be the style of clothes before the Guangxi Dynasty.
What does this mean?
It shows that the people in this mountain village are not the savages who have always lived in this valley.
Then there are two possibilities. One is that the villagers of this mountain village moved in from outside.
Another possibility is that this valley can be connected to the outside world.
Unlike ordinary girls, Xu Chuxiang, who had excellent science scores since she was a child, was able to enter Injili Imperial College of Technology. She quickly made judgments based on logical thinking, but it also brought her more doubts.
If it was the first possibility, how did these people cross the cliffs that normal humans could not climb and come to this valley?
You must know that technological products such as helicopters have only been around for a few years.
If it was the second possibility, when they were flying around the surrounding cliffs just now, they didn't find any road leading to the outside of the valley.
Is there a secret passage?
"Who are you! What are you doing in our village?"
At this time, the middle-aged man walked up to Xu Chuxiang, stopped a few meters away, stared at him with guarded eyes and asked.
Xu Chuxiang gave the other party a friendly smile.
Although she is the daughter of a military governor, she is not a shallow official lady. Even if she is proud, she will not act condescendingly in front of such ordinary people.
Moreover, it has been more than 20 years since the founding of the Republic of China. Today’s young people in the country, especially those who have received Western education, have great respect for freedom and equality. Xu Chuxiang, who has studied abroad, is no exception.
"We come from Jingcheng."
She answered the other person's questions candidly.
Then she also asked the other party a question.
"Uncle, how long have you lived here? How did you come to this valley in the first place?"
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Jingcheng!
When this extremely beautiful young woman was talking to those weirdos with dazzling white skin and golden hair on their arms, Wang Erniu couldn't understand a word.
But now Wang Erniu understood what he was saying.
Then the head of Taoyuan Village fell into huge confusion and excitement.
There are very few literate people in Taoyuan Village. In the past, there was one old cripple, one Shuguan, and one Wang Erniu. Otherwise, how could he be the patriarch of Taoyuan Village? After all, the patriarch is also responsible for inheriting the source of their village. of responsibility.
Therefore, Wang Erniu also read the notes left by the old scholar more than two hundred years ago.
Their ancestors seemed to have fled here from a place called Jingcheng.
At this moment, Wang Erniu was extremely excited.
Although he already knew that these people flying down from the sky should not be sent by the immortal more than two hundred years ago, otherwise this woman would not ask them how long they have lived here, nor how they came here. In the valley.
But after all, these are visitors from their ancestral homeland, and they can fly in, so can they also fly out?
Countless thoughts flashed through Wang Erniu's mind, and his original fear of these people coming on the iron bull suddenly dissipated a lot.
So he answered honestly:
"The ancestors of our village came to this valley more than 200 years ago... probably 2780 years ago, and have been living in this valley ever since."
"More than two hundred years..."
Professor Holt next to him exclaimed.
Holt understands Mandarin, which is something Xu Chuxiang already knows. As a well-known explorer, it is normal to know multiple languages.
Xu Chuxiang and Professor Holt quickly exchanged glances.
Just like when Shu Guan first came to this valley, anyone with modern scientific knowledge would realize that something was wrong with this matter.
They had seen clearly from the air just now that the village in this valley was not big, and there would never be more than a thousand people living here.
It is unreasonable that such a closed environment and such a small population base can last for more than two hundred years without extinction.
Of course, for Wang Erniu, he didn't think there was anything abnormal about his ancestors living here for generations.
So he continued:
"More than two hundred years ago, our ancestors suffered from war and fled here from Jingcheng."
"The Gengshen Change..."
Xu Chuxiang's expression changed, he murmured softly, and then asked:
"Uncle, do you know how your ancestors climbed over those cliffs and came to this valley?"
This time, Wang Erniu hesitated for a moment before continuing to answer:
"According to the legend passed down by our ancestors, an immortal sent us into the valley."
Wang Erniu's answer made Xu Chuxiang suddenly startled.
Professor Holt from the Injili Empire next to him suddenly flashed his blue eyes under the lenses, and his expression became a little excited.
"It's true..."
He shouted excitedly, then quickly turned around and shouted to the white young man behind him:
"James, open the box quickly."
Xu Chuxiang was still in a daze, while Professor Holt asked his assistant to open the brown suitcase, quickly rummaged through it, took out a photo from the box, and then rushed to Wang Erniu and fucked With a stiff and weird accent, he asked Wang Erniu in Mandarin:
"Do you know where this place is?"
Wang Erniu looked at the photo, with a confused expression at first. Just when he was about to shake his head, he seemed to finally see clearly what was in the photo.
Wang Erniu's expression suddenly changed.
In the distance, Shu Guan was sitting on the edge of the grain drying field, smoking a dry cigarette. A strange look flashed in his eyes. Then he knocked the cigarette cup on the bench a few times, knocked out the unfinished tobacco, and then He put the cigarette rod back into his belt, stood up slowly, and walked towards Wang Erniu.
