Highest Ranking #218 in Historical Fiction 6/22/2017
[ Iron Blooded Heart is the first book of three books in the story of Legend Of The Condor Heroes. The story itself is the first part of the Condor Trilogy. Historical background : The Song Dyna...
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By now, the horse neighs and the human voices from all 4 direction were loud and chaotic. Yang Tiexin opened up a window and looked outside. A group of soldiers had already surrounded the entire village with torches in hand. Seven or eight of them are galloping back and forth on horsebacks.
The soldiers shouted as one, "Catch the traitors, don't let them get away!" Yang Tiexin thought to himself, "Are they here to catch Qu San? Haven't seen him around recently. Luckily, he isn't here, or else there is no way he could beat all of these soldiers, no matter how great his kungfu is." Suddenly one of the men on a horse shouted, "Guo Xiaotian, Yang Tiexin. You two traitors come out now and get what's coming to you!"
This shocked Yang Tiexin and Bao Xiruo's face turned white. Yang Tiexin whispered to her, "Don't know what's gotten into the authorities, they only know how to malign us normal citizens. We won't get a chance with the authorities. The only thing we can do is run for our lives. Don't panic, with this spear of mine, I can assure you that we'll get out of here." His kungfu was good and had made a living in the martial world before, so even though he is in grave danger, he did not panic. He put the arrow bag onto his back and grabbed his wife's right hand.
Bao Xiruo spoke up, "I'll pack." Yang Tiexin replied, "Pack what? We are leaving everything!" Bao Xiruo's heart suddenly went sour as tears rolled down her cheeks. She said in the shaking voice, "What's going to happen to our home?" Yang Tiexin answered, "All we need is to survive. We can start another home somewhere else." Bao Xiruo asked, "What about these little chicks and cats?" Yang Tiexin sighed, "Silly, why are you still worrying about them?" After a pause, he tried to console her, "Why would the authorities bother the little chicks and cats?"
Just as he finished his sentence, the light from the torches outside fluttered. The soldiers had just lit two thatched cottages on fire. Two more foot soldiers were heading this way with torches to light the house on fire, all the while shouting, "Guo Xiaotian, Yang Tiexin. If the two of you don't come out now, we'll burn all of Ox Village down to the ground!"
Yang Tiexin had about all he can take, so he opened the door and walked out. He shouted at the top of his lungs, "I am Yang Tiexin! What do you people want?" The two foot soldiers were shocked as they dropped their torches, turned around, and ran back. In the firelight, a man rode forth on his horse and shouted, "Good, so you are Yang Tiexin. Come with us to the magistrate. Seize him!" At once, 4 or 5 foot soldiers ran up. Yang Tiexin twirled his spear, pulled a "White Rainbow in the Sky", and swept three of the soldiers onto the ground. He followed it up with "Madly Deafening Spring Thunder" as he picked up a soldier by the spear shaft and threw him into the crowd. He shouted, "If you want to catch me, first tell me what crimes I committed."
That man shouted back, "Traitor! How dare you resist arrest!" Even though he was calling names, he nevertheless feared his foe's courage as well as skill and was afraid to get any closer. Another man on horseback behind him shouted, "Just come with us to the courthouse peacefully, that way there won't be anymore punishment to add for your crimes. We have the official document for your arrest here." Yang Tiexin replied, "Let me see it!" That man replied, "What about the other traitor, Guo Xiaotian?"
