AGENT 11 (Chu Te Gong Huang Fei novel/Xiao Xiang Dong Er 潇湘冬儿

Agent 11-ch9

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Q11 Chapter 9
Chapter 9 Jing Family Extermination

Chu Qiao carried Xiao Qi back to their courtyard. She then quickly got her to a room to clean and dress Xiao Qi's severe wounds. Yan Xun's medicine worked very well. Not only did it stop the bleeding, it also had a mild narcotic effect. Xiao Qi was soon humming in sleep.

Xiao Ba, who had been still sick in bed, was waking up. She still could barely get out of bed. So, she tried hard to look only to see Chu Qiao who was boiling water while taking care of Xiao Qi looking a fool. It kind of frightened her.

The day was getting late as Chu Qiao wiped the sweat off her brow. The amount of pain she felt from her shoulder was intense. She had to lean against the wall just to catch her breath. Listening to Xiao Qi's sleep painfully. It sounded like someone squeezed her heart tightly and threw it into the world of ice and snow. She closed her eyes to rest but Lin Xi's image started reverberate in her mind again. That pretty smiling face of a pure boy turning into that lurid appearance, never to have that pure image again.

A single tear trailed down from her tightly shut eyes. It flowed slowly to her sharp chin before dropping down to her homespun cloth shoes.

Suddenly, a horrified sound came from the door. Chu Qiao, startled, walks to the door and opened it. She saw a 12 or 13 year old little girl standing in the courtyard. When the little girl saw her, she ran up to her crying out, "Yue'er, Zhi Xiang and the other slave girls were seized by Zhu Guanjia (the housekeeper title, ie Zhu Shu). They were taken away!!!"

Hearing these words, Chu Qiao's brows knit, "Taken away? When did this happen?"

"First thing in the morning. I only found out from Lin Xi. He went to beg Fourth Young Master for mercy but it has already been a day since then. What should I do?"

"Did he say anything else?"

The little girl wiped away her tears, still crying, "That....he sent them to the venerable's house."

"What!?" Chu Qiao shouted like she was hit by lightning. She knew from rumours these days that the beast like venerable old man had a couple of bad habits.....Like a tornado, images swept through her mind. Her face suddenly became white.

Xiao Ba stood in the doorway, having heard what was said. She stared foolishly before walking up to pull on Chu Qiao clothes. With a small voice like she been wounded, she began to question Qiao, "Big sister Yue, Where is Big Sister Zhi Xiang and the rest? Where are they?"

Chu Qiao finally recovered from her shock and ran out the door.

"Yue'er!!!" Behind her the little girl let out a cry. But for Chu Qiao, she couldn't turn back. A sense of foreboding quickly occupied her mind. She didn't know what else to do, but she knew there wasn't enough time to think. The children needed to be rescued. She could only do her best by running forward, not stopping for a moment.

She ran past Qingshan courtyard, the stable, the gardens and further on. Finally, she reached the gate before the five curved corridors. Her rapid footsteps halted as she became wary.

"Sister Yue?" A little voice sounded behind her. She looked behind her only to find Xiao Ba, still wearing a loose blouse, standing there. She wasn't even wearing shoes,"Big Sister Zhi Xiang, where did they go?"

Chu Qiao pulled Xiao Ba down and squatted by the flowerbed to the side. It was winter, so the flowers had long since withered, but at that night, with the sparse lights, it would be very hard to see them by it.