The next morning, Chechen woke up from his sleep. He carefully took Natalie away, put his snow-white arm around her, and got out of bed.

Chechen didn\'t want to disturb his wife\'s dream, so he opened the door and went downstairs.

The servants in the manor were preparing breakfast under the leadership of valvalvalla. When they saw Cherchen coming down, they all showed a knowing smile.

"Give me a breakfast," said Chechen.

Aunt VARVARA spooned a large bowl of thick onion and potato soup to Chechen. After beating, she still inquired with laughter in Chechen\'s ear: "Captain, did you sleep well last night?"

Chechen didn\'t answer, but this made Chechen blush to his ears. Although it was not the first time for him and Natalie to be asked, he felt embarrassed and shy.

Therefore, he buried himself in his breakfast and ate it.

When Chechen was halfway through his breakfast, heavy and hurried footsteps sounded outside. Chechen looked back and saw Uncle Pedro come in with Blair.

Blair!

Cherchen was startled when he saw Blair\'s face. There was a deep cut in his forehead made by a sharp object. Although the wound scabbed, the new flesh rolled out; And one of his ears was gone, leaving only a black hole in his ear.

Chechen stood up with a brush.

"Blair, what\'s the matter with you? Who hurt you like this!"

Blair\'s sad face made him sob in a low voice.

"Bao Hong, he\'s dead," Blair said.

Pedro also had a sad look on his face. He said to Chechen, "dear nephew, don\'t be too sad. I\'m sorry for the change."

Hearing that Bao Hong was dead, Chechen\'s eyes darkened. When he couldn\'t stand steadily, he fell back.

His hand instinctively supported the table behind him, but he used too much strength. The table was pushed back by him, and the table feet made an unpleasant friction with the ground.

Then, Chechen sat down heavily on the ground.

Two lines of tears flowed from Cherchen\'s eyes. He did not expect that the meeting with Bao Hong in Kiev was a farewell.

Pedro stepped forward and tried to help Chechen up, but Chechen didn\'t move.

"Bao Hong... How did brother Bao Hong die?"

After a long time, Chechen asked.

Until now, he still can\'t believe how brother Bao Hong died. He\'s a Cossack eagle. He has nine lives like a cat.

Blair\'s voice trembled with tears: "Bao Hong, Bao Hong died to recapture his child."

Then Blair told the story off and on.

At this time, Chechen knew that Bao Hong had never thought of robbing his son in zbalari by himself or Fatima. Since he learned the news, he thought of going to zbalari.

"You came to Baohong to borrow troops to Pskov that day. In fact, we didn\'t go back to Bratslav at all. Baohong took us to zibalage to recapture the child," Blair said.

Chechen remembered that when he saw himself coming, why did Bao Hong look so strange, and he was still dressed so brightly - because he was going to see his children and Helena.

"When we came to zpalage, Bao Hong ordered us to pretend to be ordinary Cossack robbers and deliberately let the poles in the small fortress see it. Sure enough, they lit fireworks and sent a signal to the zpalage fortress. Jan skzedusky was fooled. He took a whole team of winged cavalry out of the city to encircle us. Bao Hong and I led a small team to hide When they got up, the large army fled towards the northeast and played hide and seek with the poles. "

Hearing this, Che Chen secretly sighed that brother Bao Hong was thoughtful. Colonel Jan skzedusky\'s elaborate arrangements were used by him as a tool to lead the snake out of the cave.

In fact, Bao Hong has long planned to sneak attack on zbalari fortress. But at first, he was for Princess Helena. Bao Hong always wanted to take Helena back from the colonel and fly with her.

"At night, we quietly hid in front of the trench of the fortress. The trench was very deep and filled with sharpened wooden sticks - but Bao Hong couldn\'t fall down. He asked us to meet him at the side of the trench and went down by himself against a rope. Soon, he climbed up from the other side of the trench. Bao Hong climbed up the wall of zbalari with a rope. His movements were light Like a cat, he smeared himself black with tar. The poles didn\'t find him at all. "

"And then?"

Blair swallowed, and he continued: "Bao Hong went in for more than two hours. I don\'t know what he did and what happened in the fortress. But when we were worried about Bao Hong\'s accident, there was a loud gunfire in the fortress. I knew that Bao Hong must have been found, so I climbed up from the ground with people to prepare to meet Bao Hong. At this time, I saw a figure jumping down from the wall."

"That\'s brother Bao Hong!"

"It\'s Bao Hong. He held the child in his arms, and then jumped down the trench. At this time, the wall of zbalazh was full of poles. They kept shooting down the wall, and even the artillery fired. We shot to attract the attention of the poles and cover Bao Hong. Bao Hong climbed up the trench and I knew I had caught her hand. But at this time... At this time..."

"What happened then?"

Although Che Chen expected that Bao Hong might have lost his life or suffered a fatal injury at this time, he couldn\'t help asking anxiously.

Blair covered his face with his hand.

"Damn it, damn it! Just then, a bullet broke the rope. Bao Hong only came and threw the child in his hand to me, so he fell down. When we lifted him up under gunfire, a wooden thorn pierced his back and penetrated his lungs. Bao Hong went before he returned to Bratslav."

Chechen cried again. He felt that he was a sinner. If he hadn\'t been for himself, brother Bao Hong might not have died.

"I\'m guilty, I\'m guilty. Is it me or brother Bao Hong? It\'s me!" Chechen scolded himself.

At this time, Blair comforted Cherchen in turn.

"No, Chechen. It\'s not your right or wrong. You know what? Bao Hong was dying when we protected Bao Hong and the baby to escape to a safe place, but when he saw the child, Bao Hong smiled. Hey! Bao Hong\'s life has been depressed since he lost that unfriendly woman. Bao Hong often anesthetized himself with wine. That\'s also since then Since then, I haven\'t seen him smile so happily. I believe that that time must be the happiest moment in his life. We Cossacks don\'t pursue the length of life, only care about the happiness of life. "

Hearing Blair say so, Cherchen\'s heart is still remorseful.

He stood up and said to Blair, "Uncle Blair, I\'ll go to Bratslav with you. I want to worship brother Bao Hong at his tombstone."