The Bandit's Wife

In a world torn by war, their family fell into decline, and a delicate young girl fled with her younger brother.

A warlord ruled the north, and the south was on the brink of collapse. They fled north of the Huai Ridge, into the territory of the Yan army.

One evening at sunset, Old Li, a camp hand, found a filthy little fellow. Seeing how obedient she was, he kept her in the kitchen to stoke the fire. The smoke left her pretty face black all day long, and everyone called her a little brat.

She thought she might find a safe place amid the chaos.

But one day, her younger brother looked at the group of burly men in the camp and asked, trembling,