At the city gate, two Hun soldiers stood weakly, allowing passers-by to enter and exit at will. The low city walls are not as good as the walls of some small towns in the Celestial Empire. The earth is sandwiched with stones, and there are large and small gaps everywhere on the city wall, and there are many Huns who walk directly through the gaps without going through the city gate, but no one will stop them.

Although Xuanqi had seen many Xiongnu cities, he still didn't expect the dignified Xiongnu royal court to be so dilapidated, which may be caused by the so-called nomadic culture of the Xiongnu.

Xuan Qi led the horse and walked slowly through the city gate. For Xuan Qi, who was dressed in Han costume, the two Hun soldiers guarding the door didn't even bother to raise their heads, so they let Xuan Qi pass. The roads in the city are potholed, and the houses on both sides are very low, most of them made of earth and stone, which is very effective against the cold Siberian winds.

Xuan Qi casually walked into a restaurant on the side of the road that looked larger, but there were no customers in the restaurant, and the two guys were sitting on stools and napping boredly. And the boss was behind the counter, sitting in a daze. The boss who heard the footsteps was very happy when he saw a guest coming to the door, especially the Han guests from the Celestial Empire, who were often very generous. Seeing that there was only one guest for Xuan Qi, the boss didn't wake up the two guys, and personally stepped forward to welcome Xuan Qi and sit down. Xuan Qi exchanged a few words with the boss who spoke stiff Chinese, and asked for a roast leg of lamb and two catties of sour milk wine.

The roast leg of lamb is grilled on the outside and tender on the inside, Xuan Qi uses a knife to cut it in small pieces and put it in his mouth, but it is very crispy and tender, which is very different from what he eats in the Central Plains. Although the taste of sour milk wine is still a little fishy, it is sweet and sour in the mouth, and it is a perfect match with roast lamb shank.

While eating, Xuan Qi casually asked the boss about some information. At this time, the Xiongnu royal court was in the hands of the fifth prince Helian Han, due to the war with the eldest prince Helian Chu and the second prince Helian Lu, many people left the royal court and went to Juyanhai, and the royal court became much more depressed.

Xuan Qi was chatting with the boss, but there was the sound of carriages and horses outside the door. The carriage stopped in front of the store, and the boss heard the noise, hurriedly called the two guys, and greeted them. A moment later, the boss walked in laughing while talking to the guest, and seemed to be very familiar with the guest.

Xuan Qi felt that the guest who spoke Chinese had some familiar feelings when he spoke, and raised his head slightly, sure enough, it was the person he knew, but it was Lin Quan, a wealthy businessman from Shanxi who he had met in Tubo. Behind Lin Quan, followed by Lin Quan's daughter Lin Ruoxi. I haven't seen her for a few years, but Lin Ruoxi is much more mature and brighter than she was at the beginning, but there is a little sadness in her eyes. Among the dozen or so people behind the two, there are also a few who are quite familiar, and they are the guards that Lin Quan brought to Tubo.

Xuan Qi didn't expect to meet the old man here, but he didn't think to go up to say hello, he lowered his head at the moment, and continued to take a knife to cut the meat on the roast leg of lamb.

Lin Quan kept talking to the boss, and only after sitting down did he see Xuan Qi in the corner. Being able to meet people of the same clan in the court of the Huns, Lin Quan seemed very happy, picked up a bowl of sour milk wine, got up from his seat, and walked in front of Xuan Qi.

"This gentleman, can you allow someone Lin to toast a glass of wine?"

"Oh! why?" Xuan Qi deliberately lowered his voice slightly, a little hoarse, not wanting Lin Quan to recognize his voice.

"Mr. Kan should be from the Celestial Empire, and it is rare to meet someone from the Celestial Empire in this bitter cold place, so he naturally feels very cordial. ”

Xuan Qi smiled slightly, picked up the wine bowl, touched it lightly with Lin Quan, and raised his head to drain the remaining half of the sour milk wine in the bowl.

"It's really refreshing!" Lin Quan laughed, but sat down opposite Xuan Qi, asked people to take the wine and food on his table, and slowly poured a bowl of sour milk wine for Xuan Qi, "Mr. Gao's surname?"

Xuan Qi knew that businessmen like Lin Quan often had a familiar character, but he was not disgusted by Lin Quan's actions, and when he saw that he was dressed in white, he simply pinched a surname and replied: "The surname is Bai!"

"It turned out to be Mr. Bai, the old man Lin Quan, from Shanxi. I don't know where Mr. Bai is from, and where do you want to go?"

"Hello Mr. Lin! In the capital, my ancestral hometown, I just came here to travel. ”

Lin Quan saw that Xuan Qiyi was dressed in white, spotless, and had a long sword stuck in his back, no different from the noble son who went out to travel, so he did not suspect it.

Lin Quan was very talkative, and Xuan Qi knew that Lin Quan was not only doing business in Tibet, but that the Xiongnu were one of the directions of Lin Quan's largest trade in goods. Almost every year, Lin Quan will bring dozens of truckloads of goods, and the Xiongnu come to the north, but recently the Xiongnu are very depressed, and the goods are sold a lot less. Every time Lin Quan came to the court of the Xiongnu king, he lived in the inn behind the restaurant, but the owner of the restaurant and the inn were also the same person.

Lin Quan will only stay in the court of the Xiongnu for three or four days this time, and then turn westward, and finally return to Shanxi through Juyanhai. When he knew that Xuanqi did not have a fixed route, he immediately invited Xuanqi to accompany him. Xuan Qiyi didn't agree for a while, but he couldn't refuse Lin Quan's kindness, so he had to say that when Lin Quan's caravan was leaving, if he didn't have anything to do, there would be no problem with the caravan on the road. After he was full of wine and food, Lin Quan asked the boss to open an extra room and asked Xuanqi to stay in the inn.

For three or four consecutive days, Xuan Qi traveled to every place in the Xiongnu Khan Court, but he did not find any trace of Hua Yingchun and Li Mengyao. I saw the Hun cavalry constantly going in and out every day, as if the war was over. When all the Hun cavalry returned, they were very tired, and it was obvious that the battle was not so pleasant.

After only two days of sale, the goods of the forest rights were put away, and they began to buy some special products such as furs, and filled the vacated wagons to the brim. On the morning of the fifth day, Lin Quan and his entourage were finally ready to leave, and Xuan Qi, who had not found any useful news, also set off with the caravan.

The caravan left the court of the Xiongnu Khan in the morning sun and headed west, ending at Bayan on the south side of the Hangai Mountains. Along the way, the caravan encountered the scene of battle countless times, but the warring parties did not bother the passing caravan at all, and sometimes they would temporarily stop in order to let the caravan pass, and only after the caravan passed, did they fight together again.

The Huns have always respected the Han caravan that can bring them some necessities, which also makes Xuan Qi, who followed the caravan, a lot less unnecessary trouble. To find this site, please search for "6 Mao" or enter the URL:.