Chapter 1 (1/1)
Tock tock tock, tock tock tock… In the rolling yellow sands of the great desert in the Muslih into the air Two horses were galloping past, one in front of the other The white horse in front had strong legs and a long body On it rode a young ht, tightly in her arms The second horse was coloured a date red On it crouched a man as tall and thin
An arrow protruded from the left side of his back Blood flowed froround He did not dare to pull out the arrow, for he was afraid that he would succumb to the pain and die immediately But who does not die? But then, ould take care of his lovely wife and young daughter riding before him? Their ruthless enemies were close behind them
His date-red horse had galloped for ued Under its , it was already breathless, and was foaave way, and crashed to the ground The th, but the horse only gave a sorrowful neigh, then tre woman heard the commotion and turned back to look She was shocked to see the date-red horse die suddenly, and cried, “Da ge (Chinese for elder brother, although the man is the woman’s husband, not brother), what… what happened?” The man merely frowned and shook his head, only to realise that their eneht
The young wouided it towards her husband’s side When she saw the arrow sticking out his back, and the pool of blood that has formed, she iirl cried, “Father, father! There’s a arrow in your back!” The ht!” Then he leapt up, and landed gently on the saddle, right behind his wife Although he was seriously injured, hiswoman turned to look at him, both sadness and concern written on her face She whispered, “Da ge, you…” The rabbed the reins The white horse sped on
The white horse was strong and fine, but it had galloped for a long distance without rest, and was tired Further whipped, the white horse ran as fast as it could, not caring for its own life It was as if it knew that this was a matter of life and death
But after galloping a long distance, it began to slon……
The enemies were close behind There were only sixty-three of them, but they had more than a hundred and ninety horses As soon as their horses got tired, they would switch steeds At this rate, they would catch up with their quarries in no time
The man turned around, and saw the silhouettes of the enemies, amidst the storms of yellow sand After a while, he could see their faces clearly Gritting his teeth, he said, “Honger sister), I have soe , “Have I ever disobeyed you in my entire life?” The man replied, “Good Escape with Xiu’er, prevent our flesh and blood fro Labyrinth froiving an order
The woive the map to them and we’ll concede defeat Your… your life is more ientle tone, he said, “We have braved innuether and survived, we may be able to survive this one Not only do the ‘Three Heroes of Lu Liang’ want thisit for you” The wo that we learnt under the sa therovel at others for o!” With a loud cry, he fell off the horse
The woman reined in her horse, and wanted to help her husband back up, only to see his angry face and hear him say furiously, “Go quickly!” She always obeyed her husband, so she pulled at the reins, urging the horse forwards But her heart had turned into frozen ice; it was not only her heart, but all the blood in her body seemed to have frozen into ice
When the pursuing enemies saw the man fall from his horse, they all cheered, “White Horse Li San has fallen!” Souided their horses towards him, while the rest continued to chase the woman
Theat all, as if he were dead Soht shoulder When the spear was removed, blood spurted from the wound, but White Horse Li San did not move one bit
The leader, a bearded man, said, “He’s completely dead, what’s there to be afraid of? Quick, search his body” Two men leapt off their horses to search his body There was a sudden flash of white light White Horse Li San twirled his long blade, and with two strokes he had killed both men
nobody had expected Li San to have feigned death,stabbed a spear, then suddenly attacking them Half a dozen men backed their horses away The bearded leader waved the blade in his hands and shouted, “Li San, you are athe blade towards Li San’s head Li San used his blade to ward of the blow But both his shoulders were injured, and his arth He retreated three steps, and then spat out a ht their horses forwards, lifted their blades and spears, and brought their weapons down…
White Horse Li San had been a hero all his life To his death, he refused to yield Before he finally collapsed, hewory howls, and was totally heartbroken She thought, “Since he is dead, how can I live?” From inside her clothes, she removed a handkerchief woven frohter’s clothes She said, “Xiu’er, you ood care of yourself!” She then whipped the white horse’s buttocks before leaping from the saddle The horse’s burden was iirl aiftly The woht, “This horse’s power is ht; they will never be able to catch up with her” In front, the little girl’s cries of “Mama, mama” faded into the distance, while the sound of hoof beats behind her became louder In her heart, she prayed, “Oh Heaven, please ensure that Xiu’er will be like h we led a tuhtened her clothes and smoothed her hair In a short while, around ten horses rode up to her, led by shi+ Zhongjun, one of the Three Heroes of Lu Liang