Beyond the Great Wall, it was still white, and the wind and snow on the steppe hadn’t melted away so easily.
But at this moment, there was a black line, travelling through the wind and snow.
The black line was like a grass snake, heading towards the Hun royal court.
Just before they reached the royal court, there was another black line that converged with them.
Then it came all the way to a campsite.
Soon enough, a line of people greeted them and
“Xiongnu! You are still here! The princes are still here too!”
A leading tribal chief, extremely happy to see Bolden’s wife, said.
“Quickly return to the tent! We have prepared horse-milk wine and meat!”
Looking at the familiar faces in front of her, Bolden’s wife was also extremely excited at this time, she came back! She finally came back!
“Where is Shan Yu! Where is he!
Bolden’s wife asked at this point, all she wanted to do now was to go to Bolden.
She also wanted to show the other man that she had safely brought back all his children!
“Xiongnu, you don’t need to worry, we have already sent someone to tell Shan Yu, and it’s almost time for the snow to melt, so he should come over with his army soon.”
“Xiongnu, let’s go into the tent first!”
The tribal leader hurriedly welcomed Bolden’s wife into the tent first, and as soon as he opened the tent, a warm, still milk-scented moist air greeted him.
Asking about this familiar smell, Bolden’s wife couldn’t help but reveal a happy expression, she had been pining for this smell for several years now!
But just at that moment, there came a sound of dry heaving from behind the
“Vomit!”
The crowd looked over in confusion, and realised that it was the youngest of the three children who had come back from their singularity, and the chief of the tribe hastened to ask that the
“Prince! What’s wrong with you!”
Lian at this time blanched and was about to say something, when the oldest Rei beside him said.
“It’s nothing, it’s just that we’ve been travelling for a long time and we’re already tired.”
The tribal leader nodded repeatedly, then said.
“Yes, yes, yes, come, let’s hurry in and rest!”
Soon, several people all walked in.
After they were seated, all of them excitedly surrounded Bolden’s wife, this time, they could be considered to have taken credit!
“Don’t forget to give credit to those scouts and herders who saved the Xiongnu back!”
“Have someone send some more horse milk wine and food!”
The tribal leader quickly ordered.
But no one noticed that at that moment, at the border of the tents, the youngest Lian said to the oldest Li, in the Great Qin language, that
“Brother, it smells so bad here! I don’t want to stay here, I want to go back to my uncle!”
It was warm inside this tent, and there was the scent of horse milk wine, but there was also the body odour of countless Huns mixed together!
They also grew up on the grasslands when they were young.
It was certainly a bit of an exaggeration for people on the grasslands to say that they only bathed three times in their entire lives.
But it’s a fact that bathing is rare.
And then in the winter, it’s even more so.
But they had spent these two years, most of the time, in the Crane Schoolhouse.
Where, in the summer, they basically bathed daily.
In the winter it was also bathing once every two to three days.
This is the academy’s students, followed Zhao Lang to learn, the way to bathe is also very interesting, simple, with a bamboo tube to make holes, and then slowly sprinkle down.
Anyway, they stayed extremely refreshed throughout the year.
And in this tent, they were doubtful, how many out of all these people had taken a bath in the winter?
The odour that had been hoarded for so long suddenly pounced out, and he simply couldn’t bear it!
Rei also exhaled slightly at this time, and said.
“We are now being brought out by father’s people, I’m afraid we won’t be able to get to uncle’s side.”
“And…”
Saying this, Rei’s eyes flickered slightly before he continued, and
“There’s a good chance that Uncle made us come back this time.”
“What?”
Yi, Lian froze at this point.
Rite returned with a
“Remember what Uncle specifically told us before the evening?”
“No matter what happens, we must be calm and cool, and hold fast to our hearts.”
“This time, it might be a test that Uncle has given us.”
The youngest Lian’s eyes lit up at this time and said.
“Are you saying that if we can pass the test, we can return to uncle?”
Rei nodded his head affirmatively and
“You see, we’ve been away for so long and the lives of the clan haven’t changed a bit.”
“And when we were in Great Qin, think about it, which day did the teachers and brothers of the academy no longer delve into new things?”
Yi, Lian Du nodded, indeed, when they were in Great Qin, there were new things coming out of the academy every day.
There were also some things that they didn’t even understand.
Li said at this time.
“That’s why Uncle also said that the clan needs our help, and that’s what Uncle meant when he asked us to come back!
At this time, several people nodded with a firm expression!
They had followed Zhao Lang for so long, they could also feel Zhao Lang, that heartfelt concern for the Huns.
This was something that could not be faked.
Just as several people were discussing in the corner, the voice of Boldon’s wife came from the side and
“What are you still doing there, all of you, come over here and show everyone!”
Soon the three were back in the centre of the tent.
For the rest of the time, the trio basically spent their time in the tent.
The only time they needed to go out for a bit was when they went to the toilet.
Two days down the line, and their bodies were re-stained with the odour of the
“Brother, I want to take a bath!”
Lian cried out at this time, he was now stinking.
Li laughed bitterly, Lian is the smallest among them, he and Yi usually let him, just in the Great Qin, uncle has also been taking care of them, now Lian is a bit petulant, can only explain,…
“Do you still remember uncle’s words? Where we are, we must integrate into where we are? We must reintegrate into the clan as soon as possible and then help him.”
Lian, however, said, disgruntled.
“That uncle also said that we have to be hygienic, otherwise, we will easily get sick, I see that the children in the tribe tend to die early for this reason!”
On the grasslands, it was indeed not easy for newborns to survive.
They seem to be just like the wild beasts, the weak ones are eliminated and the strong ones stay!
When he heard this, Rei couldn’t refute it, his uncle did say so.
It’s just that the situation is different now, Rite could only change the topic and said.
“Lian, let’s go and help the clan first, and in a couple of days, I’ll find a place for you.”
Lian could only agree.
They didn’t have any problem with working for the clan, and usually when Zhao Lang encountered someone who needed help in the academy, he would take the initiative to help out if he had the time.
And so the three brothers also quickly blended in amongst the clan, after all, three princes who were willing to get close to the clan, who could not like that?
On this day, Rite was thinking about how to find a place for Lian to take a bath when the other couldn’t stay up any longer.
And he was also a bit topsy-turvy, there was the odour that was not really a problem anymore, the key thing was that they were also re-stained with bugs.
Suddenly, a Hun attendant hurried in and said.
“Three princes! Shan Yu has arrived!”
Hearing this, the looks of the three Li Yilian people, all changed slightly.