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

Agent 11 ch35

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Q11 Chapter 35
Chapter 35 Down the Tiger's Den (complete edit)

In the darkness outside of Zhen Huang city, a small shadow near the east city gate was moving quickly along the cliff. A huge leather coat covered the child's head and face. A small bag made of mink on the child's back bulging and looking very heavy.

   Snow was piling up, and the wind was blowing so hard that she could hardly keep her eyes open. The child continued to walk with difficulty, but never stopped as if there was vicious wild animal pursuing her.

   Between wails of the wind, there was a sudden sound of crisp hooves. From afar in the plains a black horse was quickly approaching. A small child with thin stature, appearing no older than seven years old and wearing guard clothes, could be seen clinging on it's back. A pair of dark eyes glanced in the night, like a sharp eagle. Seeing the lone child walking in front, the child quickly whipped the horse, urging it to speed up.

   "Xiao Ba!" Chu Qiao shouted. Because the wind was whistling in the sky, her voice was blown and broken in the wind, so the child walking in front did not notice her. She still had her head down, walking in a hurry. Chu Qiao's horse rushed forward until she stopped a few steps front of the child. Knitting her brows, she spoke, "Xiao Ba?"

   "Hee hee," a low husky laughter suddenly sounded. A thin stature man looked up, with a wrinkled face. Where is the young child? This is clearly 40 year old middle aged dwarf!

   At that time, a sleeve arrow shot out from the dwarf's cuff heading straight towards Chu Qiao's face. The cold force trembled through the dense trees at it threatened to take life. Being caught off guard, the child giving suppressed groan was only heard. Her body slumped over the horse's back, head first.

   A hoarse sneer cackled in the night sounding very eerie. The dwarf threw away the sack on his back, and slowly walked up and kicked the child's legs. Seeing that the child's dead body gave no response, he squatted over to test her breath.

   "Old Master Ye really is silly. He even sent me to deal with such a small hairy child." The dwarf coldly snorted as he turned over the child's body lying on the floor.

   However, in a flash, the soft body that originally fell on the ground suddenly sprung up. With eyes bright as stars, bursting with intensity, coldness, zealousness, an aura of death assaulted his senses. In a blink, and even colder feeling overcame the dwarf as the child pressed an even colder knife against the arteries of his neck. Then with a 'pah', she spits the sleeve arrow out of her mouth to the ground.

   "Where is the Xiao Ba?"

As her cold voice resounded, she pushed the dagger deeper into his neck, breaking skin. Dark blood pools against the knife immediately.

   "What, who's Xiao Ba?" The gloomy strange man suddenly lost his arrogant pride and was replaced with a fear of death. With a trembling voice, he quickly said, "I do not know who's Xiao Ba, I just work for others."

   Chu Qiao sound calm, slowly said: "Xiao Ba is the owner of that burden you used to pose as a child."

   "I, well, I do not know," said the dwarf, "it was 4th young master's people who found me. I am just the Zhuge's Residence doorkeeper, and you made enemies."

   "You do not know?" The child frowned, boring into the dwarf's eyes. Seeing the dwarf hastened to nod endlessly, anger suddenly rose in her heart. With a flick of her wrist, she slashed horizontally, piercing. The dwarf's eyes opened wide as they dilated and his body stiffen, no longer breathing. Only leaving a long line of blood across his neck.