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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A row of people came down the mountain. After walking for a while, they suddenly heard the roars of wild beasts in front of them. Han Baoju leapt on his yellow horse, and went to see what was happening. After galloping for a while, the yellow horse suddenly stopped and no amount of urging would make it move.
Knowing in his heart that there was something strange ahead, he stood in the stirrups and looked into the distance; he could see a group of people with some leopards clawing at the earth. Knowing the yellow horse's fear of leopards, he jumped off and took hold of his Golden Dragon whip. Moving forward, he saw that the two leopards had uncovered a body. Continuing forward a few more steps, he saw that the body was that of 'Copper Corpse' Chen Xuanfeng. The area from his collar bone to his lower abdomen was a blood covered mess, as though the skin had been sliced off.
Surprised, he thought, "He was killed by the boy last night with a dagger thrust through his navel, so why is his corpse here? Since he is already dead, why would anyone do this to his corpse? Who did it and what is the meaning behind it? Do the 'Twin Killers of the Dark Winds' have another enemy in the desert with hatred that strong?"
Not long after, Zhu Cong and the others arrived. No one could understand the reason behind the mutilation. They looked at Chen Xuanfeng's corpse, whose face still showed a fierce expression, which caused a quick shiver of fear in everyone. Thinking back to last night's terrifying fight on the barren hills, they knew, that if not for Guo Jing's lucky hit with his dagger, the outcome might have been very different. Just thinking about it brought a chill to their hearts.
By this time, the two leopards were chewing on the corpse. To one side, there was a little boy on a horse loudly urging the leopard handlers to drag the leopards away.
Turning his head, he saw Guo Jing, and shouted to him "Ha! So you are hiding here. You didn't have the guts to help Tolui fight, what a useless friend!" It was Senggum's son Dukhsh.
"You all fought Tolui again? Where is he?" worried, Guo Jing asked.
"I'm taking the leopards to eat him up. You'd better surrender now, or else I will include you too," Dukhsh replied smugly. He had seen the 'Six Freaks of the South' at one side, if not for them, Dukhsh would have already sent the leopards to attack Guo Jing.
Guo Jing persisted, "Where is Tolui?"
Ignoring him, Dukhsh shouted loudly, "The leopards will eat Tolui now!", as he led the leopard handlers away. One leopard handler advised him, "Little master, that boy is Temujin Khan's son." Dukhsh immediately hit the leopard handler with a slash of his riding whip, shouting, "What is there to be afraid of? How dare he raise his hand to hit me today? Move aside!" The leopard handler, not daring to disobey his order, followed Dukhsh. The other leopard handler was afraid that this might cause some irreversible problemss; he turned and ran, shouting, "I'm going to inform Temujin Khan." He was gone before Dukhsh could stop him. Dukhsh said bitterly, "Fine, by the time Uncle Temujin comes, it'll be too late! Then we'll see what kind of solution he comes up with." He whipped his horse, forcing the group to move faster.
