Chapter 256: See it with your own eyes?

"This..." Old man Liu stared at the patterns drawn on it, shook his head and was about to say that he didn't recognize it, but suddenly his eyes flashed as if he thought of something.

He asked tentatively, "Princess, field mice are not ordinary people like us, right?"

Knowing that he was afraid of getting into trouble, Song Yanxi simply said, "Don't worry, old man. He is him, and you are you. I can tell the difference."

Hearing her say this, Old Man Liu felt relieved and said hesitantly, "This person has a bad memory as he gets older, and it's been so long, I'm not sure if that's the case.

If I were to say something wrong..."

"But it's okay."

Seeing that he was still hesitant, Song Yanxi said directly: "As long as you tell the truth, no matter whether it is useful or not, I will not pursue the matter of Tiedan's nonsense this time."

Before Old Man Liu could be happy, she reminded him, "But this is only for this time.

If he still refuses to change his ways and continues to speak harshly to others, even if I don't bother to argue with him, there will still be people who will not tolerate it."

"The person who attacked him this time was a half-grown child. He will recover after a few days of physical pain. But this won't happen every time."

Song Yanxi didn't say anything more unpleasant, but Old Man Liu knew it clearly in his heart.

He has watched his grandson grow up since he was a child. What kind of person is he? Doesn't he know better than outsiders?

People like him will be beaten to death sooner or later if they go out, and their bodies will never be found.

But what can he do?

When his wife died, she held his hand and made him swear to take good care of his only grandson and not to let the Liu family's lineage, which had been passed down for three generations, end with him.

When the son and daughter-in-law got into trouble, they didn't even have time to leave a word before they both died.

He is already this old and has lived enough. If he didn't have this grandson to worry about, he would have found a crooked tree to hang himself on to find his partner.

Old Man Liu sighed, wiped his tears, and said, "Let's not talk about that debt collector anymore. Let's get down to business."

He turned around, looked around, picked up a stone, squatted on the ground and started drawing.

After the painting was finished, he pointed to the outermost circle and said, "This is missing from the princess's painting."

What he drew on the ground was a horseshoe print.

Guessing that Song Yanxi might be on guard against him, Old Man Liu was not angry and explained, "At that time, my wife was seriously ill, and I came to the city to get medicine but didn't bring enough silver. As a result, I ran into Lao Guai as soon as I left the house.

He didn't have any money, so he said he would take me to a good place to try my luck. As soon as we arrived there, a soldier happened to pass by. We were so scared that we quickly rolled into a haystack on the side of the road and hid there for the whole night.

The field mouse should have told you everything that happened the next day."

Song Yanxi nodded and asked, "Do you remember exactly when those people left?"

"I don't remember clearly. I was so scared at the time that I didn't dare to fart, let alone look at him."

Just recalling this incident, Old Man Liu was so frightened that he trembled a little, stammering: "Anyway, from the noise, several people fought for a long time, and not long after they left, it was dawn.

I was so scared that I didn't want to go, and when I was struggling with Lao Guai, I accidentally fell and landed right next to these horse hoof prints."

Song Yanxi frowned, "Why didn't you report this to the authorities before?"

Old Man Liu was immediately anxious when he heard this. "What government should we report to? It's obvious that this guy has committed a crime, which is why those military officers are hunting him. If ordinary people like us get involved with him, will we still be alive?"

When he mentioned this, he became angry and couldn't help cursing, "If I had known earlier that he was an ungrateful person, I wouldn't have let Laoguai save him no matter what!"

After saying this, he felt that what he said was a bit unreasonable. He sighed, squatted on the ground dejectedly and didn't say anything.

Thinking that he might know something else, Song Yanxi asked again: "Old man, do you remember anything else about those people who hunted the field mice?

Did they say anything when they left?"

"What are you saying, Princess? They came here specifically to kill people. What can you say?"

As Old Man Liu spoke, he couldn't help but mutter, "Those soldiers were really strange. They scratched the field mouse all over, leaving no trace of skin intact, but they didn't kill it."

Song Yanxi raised her eyebrows in surprise, "What do you mean?"

Old Man Liu choked and asked instead, "Have you ever killed a chicken, Princess?"

After he finished speaking, he slapped his thigh and cursed himself for having lived in vain for so many years.

What is the identity of the princess?

Not to mention killing the chicken herself, even if she wanted to eat it, there might be someone to serve her, so she wouldn't have to pick up her chopsticks and could just open her mouth and wait.

Old Man Liu was feeling annoyed when he suddenly heard Song Yanxi say, "Killed him."

When the silver hairpin was pulled out, warm blood splashed on her face.

She thought she would never forget that warm and sticky touch.

It's just strange that in the few months since that day, she couldn't count how many nightmares she had, but she had never dreamed of this person asking for her life.

In her previous life, Song Yanxi didn't understand until her soul dissipated why some people could do so many evil things and yet remain calm and sleep peacefully every night. She also didn't believe in the existence of retribution in the world.

Now she finally understood that if a person is evil enough, even ghosts will stay away from him.

The evil ones will be punished by God, they are all just fools.

The only right way is to fight evil with evil.

Although Old Man Liu felt that Song Yanxi's voice sounded a little strange, he didn't think much about it and continued hurriedly: "When people kill chickens, they either cut the chicken's neck directly or stab it through with a knife.

A few slashes and even if the vole had nine lives, it wouldn't survive."

Yes, if those people really came for the field mouse's life, several people could stab him into a sieve with one knife each.

Rather than taking his life, those people's actions seemed more like... a lesson?

Could it be that this matter has nothing to do with the extermination of the Bai family, but that Tian Shu accidentally offended some important figure while working as a killer, and thus suffered this misfortune?

Song Yanxi was full of speculations when she suddenly heard Old Man Liu say, "Tian Shu is indeed a real man. If anyone else encountered this situation, their legs would be paralyzed with fear, but he actually injured someone."

"Did you see it with your own eyes?"

Old man Liu shook his head hurriedly, "How could I dare to look? I guessed it because I saw a lot of blood next to the horseshoe prints after those people left."

He rubbed his hands and said embarrassedly: "Princess, I have told you everything I know. Can you please not tell anyone else? I told you these."

At the end of his words, he said more humbly: "I am just an ordinary farmer. I came to the city to beg for food so that I can survive with my grandson. I can't afford to offend those military masters..."

Song Yanxi nodded, said a few perfunctory words absentmindedly, took out a bottle of external injury medicine for him, turned around and left.

Thinking about the field mouse, Song Yanxi hurriedly checked the pulse of Tian Laoer and five others, and then went to find him.

Unless he deliberately concealed this matter, it can only prove one thing.

Those people had personal grudges against him, and their concern was in the wrong direction.

As soon as Song Yanxi went out, she saw the field mouse standing not far away, scratching his head in the direction of her tent, with an expression that seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

She walked over quickly, and before she could speak, she heard Tian Shu say in surprise: "Doctor Song, you're here just in time. I just happened to have something to ask you."

"What is it?"