The brothers had just encountered such a terrifying ordeal, yet remained unusually calm. Eldest Brother Qingyiao silently leafed through the family chronicles. This lineage actually traces back to the Han-Xiongnu wars of the Western Han Dynasty. Due to the immense passage of time, our ancestors originated in the Gobi Desert, yet their exact location remains elusive. The Gobi spans a vast 1,295,000 square kilometers, making the search for records within its sands a task that cannot be accomplished overnight.
Part One: Lineage Author: Hu Xiaoqiu (171 BC – 106 BC) Xiaoqiu was the second son of Hu Longquan, the first documented member of the family. Longquan originally had six sons, but three died in infancy. In ancient times, medical care was inadequate; even a minor cold could prove fatal, making childhood mortality commonplace. The Huyan Hu clan has no recorded history of hereditary diseases. Whether this reflects genuine absence or whether afflicted children died too young to be documented remains impossible to determine.
Page two records that marriages within the family were arranged by the father. If the father passed away, the decision fell to their uncles. Family members had no right to seek partners independently. To ensure the family bloodline thrived, Longquan strictly forbade marriages between close relatives. Offspring born from such unions invariably suffered numerous defects or died young. Instances of incestuous marriages were commonplace within royal families, where members generally sought pure bloodlines. Consequently, many family members married close relatives, such as cousins. The children born from these unions either died young or were afflicted with a host of strange ailments.
The Huyan Hu clan exhibits a significantly higher birth rate for male offspring than female infants. Most members bear a striking resemblance to their fathers, with only a few resembling their mothers. However, without exception, eye color is invariably inherited from the father. Members possessed striking good looks, with heights generally exceeding 1.8 meters. The tallest male member currently stands at 2.2 meters, while the shortest is 1.8 meters. The tallest female member reaches 1.8 meters, and the shortest is 1.73 meters. Although it has been verified that some members' wives were under 1.6 meters tall, the height of their offspring was largely unaffected. At the time, some members believed marrying a woman under 1.6 meters would result in extremely short offspring, potentially even dwarfism. However, when one member married a woman under 1.6 meters during the early Northern Song Dynasty, all four of their sons grew over 1.8 meters tall.
The four brothers studied the records carefully. The earliest documented lineage traced back to the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, where the Huyan Hu branch descended from a Xiongnu tribe. The first recorded member was Huyan Longquan, nicknamed the Desert Giant. According to reliable sources, Huyan Longquan stood over two meters tall, possessed long, curly black hair, and blood-red eyes—features strikingly similar to what later generations termed the ‘demonic race’. He adhered strictly to monogamy. If his wife was abducted in a bride theft, Longquan would annihilate the perpetrator's entire clan.
The Huyan Longquan family lived peacefully in the northern deserts for generations. But prosperity was fleeting. When the Han-Xiongnu wars erupted, the family was forced south to Chang'an. After arriving in the capital, the six members struggled to find a place to settle. Their life was extremely difficult. They endured discrimination from the Han Chinese and faced cultural integration challenges. Tragically, three of their sons died within two months. While the exact cause of death is not explicitly stated in the text, it is widely speculated to be illness stemming from an inability to adapt to the new environment. To better assimilate, the entire family diligently learned the Han language and even changed their surname. Since their neighbors referred to them as Hu people, and the pronunciation of Huyan was similar to that of Hu, they adopted the surname Hu.
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