IRON BLOODED HEART (Book 1 of Legend Of The Condor Heroes)

Shocking Events In The Blizzard Part 8

After talking for a while, Bao Xiruo suddenly noticed that he was staring at her with a trance-like gaze and immediately stopped talking. This snapped Yan Lie out of his trance, he smiled and said, "Sorry. I was just thinking about how we can escape without being caught by the soldiers."

Bao Xiruo started to cry and replied, "My... My husband is gone now, how can I live on? Why don't you just escape by yourself and not worry about me?" Yan Lie replied with a straight face, "Madame, your husband was murdered by those bastard soldiers, his death has not been revenged for. Yet you are not trying to bring the culprits to justice and is only seeking death. Your husband was a hero among men when he was alive, I'm afraid he won't rest in peace when he finds out about this in the netherworld."

Bao Xiruo replied, "I'm only a weak female, how can I possibly avenge his death?" In anger, Yan Lie replied, "Madame's burden, I will gladly take upon my shoulders. Do you know who the culprit is?" Bao Xiruo thought for a bit and answered, "The leader of the soldier's name is Duan TianDe. He has a knife scar on his forehead and a birthmark on his face." Yan Lie replied, "With a name and a way of recognizing him, no matter how far away he runs off to, we have to bring him to justice!" He went outside and came back with a bowl of porridge with some salted eggs. He spoke up, "If you don't take care of your health, how can you get your revenge?" Bao Xiruo thought what he said made some sense, so she took over the bowl and started to slowly eat its contents.

The next morning, Bao Xiruo arranged her cloth and got off of bed. She brushed her hair properly against a mirror, found a piece of white cloth and placed a white flower in her hair to pay respects to her husband. What she saw in the mirror was a beautiful woman in the prime of her life, yet her husband had already left her behind. Overwhelmed by sadness and loneliness, she put her head down and started crying. Yan Lie walked in and saw her. He said softly, "The soldiers are gone now, let's go." Bao Xiruo followed him out. Yan Lie gave a bit of silver to the master of the house and then led the two horses over. The horse that Bao Xiruo had ridden on was hit by an arrow, but Yan Lie had taken care of the wound.

Bao Xiruo asked, "Where do we go to now?" Yan Lie gave her a look, signaling her not to talk so much in front of others. He helped her onto the horse and the two of them rode side by side northward. After riding for over ten kilometers, Bao Xiruo asked again, "Where do we go to now?" Yan Li replied, "Let's find a place where we can settle down for a while and wait out this storm. After the soldiers stop looking for us and let their guards down, then I'll go and find your husband's body so we can give him a proper burial. After that I'm going to find that bastard Duan TianDe and kill him."

Bao Xiruo has a very tender and selfless personality, rarely does she come up with ideas of her own. Besides, right now she's all by herself in the world, seeing that he has it all figured out, she could not help but be touched. She said, "Mr. Yan, how... how will I ever be able to repay you?" Yan Lie confidently replied, "Madame, this life of mine was saved by you. So even if I have to jump into boiling oil or be smashed into dust, I would serve you for the rest of my life." Bao Xiruo replied, "I only hope that we can avenge my husband's death and kill that evil Duan TianDe as soon as possible so I can join him on the other side." When she thought to here, tears started to roll out of her eyes again. The two of them rode for the rest of the day and then stopped at a little hotel in ChangAn for the night. Yan Lie put the two down as a couple and got one room. Bao Xiruo could not help but feel that there is something wrong about this. So she did not utter a word during dinner as she secretly touched that dagger that Qiu Chuji gave her to make sure it's there. She made up her mind, "If he gets the slightest bit of ideas, I would kill myself right there on the spot."