Yang Tiexin

Yang Tiexin's History

Yang Tiexin was the sworn brother of Guo Xiaotian, husband of Bao Xiruo, and father of Yang Kang. The bond between Guo Xiaotian and Yang Tiexin was so strong that they swore to each other when their children were born, they would become sworn siblings if they were the same gender or be married if one was a boy and one was a girl.

One day, a pregnant Bao Xiruo came upon a severely injured man and saved his life. This man was Wanyan Honglie, a prince of the Jin. Bao Xiruo's beauty enchanted him, so Wanyan Honglie kidnapped her and ordered the murder of her whole family, leading to the death of Guo Xiaotian. Yang Tiexin was thrown off a cliff and believed dead as well.

Yang Tiexin was nursed back to health by the parents of a girl named Mu Nianci. After the death of the couple, he took Mu Nianci as his adopted daughter. Traveling throughout Jin country under the name Mu Yi, Yang Tiexin disguised himself as a martial arts performer while looking for his wife and child.

Eighteen years later, during one of his travels through Jin country, Yang Tiexin met Guo Jing, son of his deceased friend Guo Xiaotian. Unbeknownst to him at the time, he also met his son Yang Kang who went by the name Wanyan Kang, after his foster father.

Yang Tiexin wanted to marry off his adopted daughter and held a martial arts contest in which whoever could defeat her would have her as a wife. Yang Kang came upon the contest and defeated Mu Nianci, but refused to marry her, taking her shoe with him as a souvenir. Guo Jing fought with Yang Kang to retrieve the shoe and the girl's honor, but was easily outmatched. The fight only ended after Bao Xiruo came to the scene, but Yang Kang still refused to return the shoe to Mu Nianci. Yang Tiexin immediately recognized Yang Kang's mother, his own wife, but did not reveal his identity.

Later, Yang Kang imprisoned Yang Tiexin and Mu Nianci. Bao Xiruo came to free them both, and Yang Tiexin went to visit her later on that night to reveal his true identity to her. Yang Kang ran into them and his mother told him, that Yang Tiexin was his true father, but he didn't want to believe it.

Wanyan Honglie found out about this meeting and Bao Xiruo's plans to flee together with her old husband, and responded by chasing them down with his army. He begged Bao Xiruo to stay, but she refused. The couple wanted Yang Kang, who was making progress on accepting his true father and falling in love with Mu Nianci, to come with them, but he stayed with his stepfather. Both Yang Tiexin and Bao Xiruo committed suicide, as they had no hope to escape from the capital of Jin alive.