Chapter 9 Sneak Attack

Xing sighed, "Xiao Yishui assigns beggars to steal from rich merchants and sends official servants to cheat girls, so he has collected a lot of money in recent years. In Huize County, everything is under his authority..." Looking at Yang Ning, he said, "Little brother, according to your voice, I can tell that you are still young. I believe, what you did today was out of impulsion. You must know that if you irritated Xiao Yishui, then the consequences would be unbearable. You can move the sword from me first and then leave here straightly, and I will pretend that nothing has happened tonight."

Yang Ning thought to himself that if he had been afraid, he wouldn't have come, so he asked, "Since you don't know where the girls are sent, then is there anybody else knowing about it except Xiao Yishui and that mad dog?"

"Madam Hua should know." Xing thought for a while, and then said, "Madam Hua has long been engaged with Xiao Yishui. That coquette has get involved in these activities from beginning to end, so she must know much about it. I have told you everything I know. Please...take your sword from me first."

"Where is Xiao Yishui now?" Instead of moving away this sword, Yang Ning tightened it against him. If Xing said that Xiao Yishui was not in the Hua Mansion, he must be telling lies. In this case, he was going to let this guy bleed.

Xing answered him instantly, "He is in this mansion right now. There is a separate yard beside the backyard with two banana trees in front of the door. When he comes here, he always lives there."

Yang Ning frowned slightly, shifting the sword away in a slow manner.

When the blade of the sword was away from Xing's neck, Xing breathed a sigh of relief. All of a sudden, the look in his eyes got cold, his right hand spreading a handful of dust over Yang Ning’s face.

It turned out that he had quietly grabbed a handful of dust on the ground with his right hand. On the surface, he pretended to tell Yang Ning the truth, but indeed he was ready to launch a sneak attack.

Although Yang Ning was masked, he could judge from Yang Ning's voice that he was still young, so he expected that Yang Ning with little experience would not think that he would take the opportunity to attack him. If he could catch the guy who sneaked into the house in the middle of the night, it must be a great achievement.

Having spread the dust, Xing expected Yang Ning to panic because he was off guard. When Yang Ning was flustered, he would raise his feet to kick at Yang Ning, and took the opportunity to evade his attack and call for his companions.

However, Yang Ning seemed to have been prepared for a long time. He dodged sideways and easily avoided the dust. When evading the attack, he waved out his hand. Xing felt a tingling in his throat in an instance and his eyeballs suddenly protruded, but his throat had already been cut by Yang Ning. A stream of fresh blood spewed out, glamorous but cold in the moonlight.

Xing covered his throat with both hands, but the blood still flew out through his fingers. The noise of "quack" was made out of his throat, but he couldn't make a sound at all. His body twitched and writhed, but very soon, he stopped wriggling until he was motionless.

Staring at Xing's protruded and lusterless eyes, Yang Ning slowly stood up and took a deep breath, walking out of the yard gently. In the darkness, like a ghost, he quickly walked to the yard where Madam Hua lived with the sword.

He remembered what Xing said. Xiao Yishui lived in the independent courtyard beside the backyard with two banana trees in front of it. He searched for a moment in the night, soon he found that there were two banana trees not far away.

There was really an independent courtyard by the banana trees, so Yang Ning sneaked into it. The courtyard door was closed, but fortunately, the wall of the courtyard was not high. Yang Ning hung the sword around his waist and climbed up the courtyard wall in a breeze, only to see that there was light penetrating through the window paper of one room. He jumped carefully into the courtyard, knowing that Xiao Yishui and Madam Hua would just be in the room if there was no accident.

When he came to the window in a sneaky way, he heard groan which would make people blush with shame from the house. The voice of Madam Hua could be heard clearly, so he knew that the man and the woman were having fun now and he could confirm that the man inside was exactly Xiao Yishui.

Glancing at the courtyard, he found a big tree in the garden, so he slipped past the tree and hid behind it.

He was bold but not reckless.

Xiao Yishui was tall. In this age, people's heights were generally short, but Xiao Yishui's height was out of the ordinary. Besides, he was the Head Constable of Huize County, so he was definitely not too weak.

Although Yang Ning was quite confident in his own kung fu, it was limited by his young body and he still lacked strength. If he confronted Xiao Yishui face to face, he might not be qualified to become Xiao Yishui's opponent.

Moreover, there were several assistant constables in the mansion, and once they were disturbed, the consequences could be disastrous.

Xiaodie had obviously been sent away by Assistant Constable Feng, and now her whereabouts was unknown and her future was uncertain. Yang Ning was always ready to help the weak, so he was certain to reveal the whole truth even if an ordinary girl was caught in this trouble, let alone Xiaodie who saved his life.

It's very quiet around. The other assistant constables in the mansion obviously knew about the affair between Xiao Yishui and Madam Hua, so no one dared to come here.

Yang Ning didn’t mind waiting.

When he was trained in the past, he could lie motionlessly in the grass for a few hours. At this time, waiting under the tree, he was quite patient and not worried.

Late at night in September, the moon was bright while the stars were sparse. It was a bit cool, so Yang Ning, dressed in an unlined garment, felt kind of cold, but he still kept motionless.

Having not heard any sound from the room for a long time, Yang Ning looked up at the sky and found that it was at midnight with the moon hanging in the west.

Yang Ning gently put down the sword in his hand and slightly moved his numb body. Then after he tightened the piece of burlap over his face, he took up the sword again.

When arching his back to sneak under the window, he heard grunt coming from inside. He assumed that Xiao Yishui, who had tortured the mature woman till midnight, must be drowned in sleep for tiredness.

He moved to the front door. This kind of door was usually locked with a wooden bolt at night, but the method of opening it was very simple. Yang Ning put the thin blade in his hand into the crack of the door, moving upwards slowly and soon reaching the barrier.

He acted lightly, and raised the blade a little bit with strength. Then the bolt fell down without making much noises. After making sure that the grunt inside still could be heard, Yang Ning gently pushed open the door and entered the room silently.

Xiao Yishui was in the left room, but Yang Ning didn’t walk over before his eyes were adjusted to the dimness of the house. Perhaps because the front door had already been locked, he didn't think anyone would be able to come in, so the door was actually unlatched.

Yang Ning held his breath and gently pushed the door open little by little before entering the room with light steps.

The room was filled with strange smell, a mixture of sweat, rich fragrance and strong fishy smell.

Seeing that the brocade curtains of the bed have been put down, Yang Ning moved quietly to the bed, and tightened the sword in his hand. He extended a hand, gently parting the curtains.

In the dusk, he saw that Xiao Yishui was lying naked across the bed and Madam Hua’s plump white body was lying on the side facing Xiao Yishui, with one arm resting on Xiao Yishui's chest and one thigh pressing against Xiao Yishui. It looked like that they were closely bound to each other.

Yang Ning naturally had no intention to appreciate Madam Hua's plump and seductive body. With gleams of coldness flashing in his eyes, he held the sword in his hand forward slowly, and approached the blade towards Xiao Yishui.

But before the blade was close to Xiao Yishui, Yang Ning suddenly felt that something was wrong. Suddenly he recalled that Xiao Yishui was snoring originally, but now there was no such sound anymore. It was just at this moment, Xiao Yishui opened his eyes and kicked out one leg diagonally to throw the brocade quilt towards him.

Yang Ning scolded himself for being muddleheaded in mind. But at this moment, he could only choose to fight with him instead of hesitating. He uttered a growl and slashed the bed with the sword in his hand. During this short time, Xiao Yishui had turned over, and kicked at Yang Ning with his leg.

Yang Ning knew that he had got into a thorny business. As he expected, Xiao Yishui was not ordinary.

But he knew that he needed to calm down at this time. Seeing that Xiao Yishui was kicking at him, he didn't retreat and dodge. Instead, he stooped over, sweeping his sword across Xiao Yishui's leg which still stood.

Kicking into the air, Xiao Yishui immediately felt a sharp pain in his leg and his body sank, only to find that Yang Ning cut his leg with the sword.

Yang Ning's sword was really sharp. Just during the glint and flash of the sword, Xiao Yishui's half leg had been separated from his body, and blood spewed out. With his leg cut, Xiao Yishui could not stand on his feet anymore, falling on the bed with a thump.

After the successful attack, Yang Ning did not hesitate, holding his sword against his neck when Xiao Yishui fell on the bed.

Everything happened in a flash. When Yang Ning pressed his sword against Xiao Yishui's neck, Madam Hua just sat up with seductive and drowsy eyes, asking coquettishly, "What's wrong?" Then she felt obviously that something was wrong. After a close look, she found a masked man holding a sword on Xiao Yishui's neck. She was stunned for a moment and then shouted sharply. Yang Ning snapped, "Stop shouting, or I will kill him immediately!"

Madam Hua raised her hand to cover her mouth, her eyes full of terror, and when she saw the half bloody leg next to the pillow, her eyeballs rolled up and she fainted backwards.

Half of Xiao Yishui’s leg was cut off, and there was blood flowing from the cut. His face was pale, his forehead was perspiring cold sweat, and his body was trembling. But this person was a tough guy, holding the pain and staring at Yang Ning's eyes, and asked, “Do you... Do you want silver or...or my life? "

"I want your silver, but if you are not honest, I will take your life!"

"That’s fine..." Xiao Yishui said, "Sliver...silver is in the money bag of my garment and there is a jadeite ring and headdresses on the table. You...you can take them all..." Although he forced himself to keep aware, the pain in the leg still made him twitch and shudder uncontrollably.

Staring at Yang Ning's masked face, Xiao Yishui naturally couldn't see it clearly, and he knew that his future was ominous this time from the murderous and sensational eyes of him. But he thought, he would die if his opponent didn’t cover his face because he was not afraid being seen. Now that his face was covered, there might be a last glimmer of hope.

"Put aside the silver first!" Yang Ning said in an indifferent voice, "Where are the people?"

"People?"

"The girls you sent away." Yang Ning lowered his voice, "Where have they all been sent? If you tell me honestly, I will spare your life."

"Is your...is your relative among them?" Xiao Yishui said, "If so, I... I apologize to you, and... I can assure you that she will be returned to you."

"Stop talking rubbish." Yang Ning said coldly, "Where are them?"

Xiao Yishui answered, "They are sent everywhere. Your Excellency... Whose whereabouts do you want to know?" He pointed to the pillow. "There is...there is a booklet, which records the destinations of them. I... We can find it in this..."

"Bring it here!"

Xiao Yishui raised his finger and pointed to the sword on his neck. Yang Ning loosened it a little. Xiao Yishui nodded and said, "Thank you... Thank you!" He turned over his head slightly and reached his hand under the pillow. When Xiao Yishui drew his hand out, Yang Ning heard a growl and a streak of pallid light flied directly to him.