After returning to the restaurant, Yang Ruoqing prepared hot water for Xiaoyu to take a bath and wash her hair. Then she went to the restaurant owner and brought a set of clothes belonging to the owner's daughter for Xiaoyu to change into.

Yang Ruoqing went to ask the waiter in the kitchen to deliver a bowl of shredded pork noodles, and then went to Chen'er's room.

Chen'er was explaining things to the secret guard there. When he saw Yang Ruoqing coming in, he nodded towards her and continued to explain to the secret guard.

"Do as I say. Just talk about the fight. Miss Xiaoyu, don't mention it."

He warned the secret guard again, and the secret guard nodded, turned around and left the room.

After the secret guards left, the two of them were the only ones left in the room. Yang Ruoqing gave Chen'er a thumbs up.

"You are very witty and know how to reserve." She said.

Chen'er smiled, if you don't have such a little wit, then you are a fool!

"Mom, please sit down, my son has something to say to his mother," he said.

"I know what you want to say." Yang Ruoqing said with a smile.

Chen'er looked at Yang Ruoqing in surprise, but Yang Ruoqing raised her hand to make a silent gesture, and said with a sly smile: "Don't say it yet, let mother guess."

Chen'er curled her lips and nodded.

I am not pedantic at all, but I am very stubborn, like a child sometimes.

Chen'er likes a woman with such a personality to be his mother.

Yang Ruoqing held her chin with her hands, staring into Chen'er's eyes with her beautiful red phoenix eyes, and said: "You want to remind mother not to believe anything easily before you have investigated Xiaoyu's situation clearly, right?"

Chen'er was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "Mom, can you read minds?"

Yang Ruoqing smiled proudly and continued: "You have actually sent secret guards out to investigate Xiaoyu, right?"

Chen'er nodded again, "I think what happened tonight is a bit strange. It's impossible for an ordinary girl to be hunted down in the middle of the night."

"Moreover, the same group of people split into two groups and fought for her. This is not a simple matter. It may be related to the bizarre deaths that occurred in the city in the past two days." He said.

Yang Ruoqing pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "To be honest, I actually met Xiaoyu and his daughter once in Wa City eight years ago."

"She was younger than you at that time, only four years old. Her father seemed to be an honest and kind man from a farmer's family with little ability."

"The kind who was bullied by the butcher and couldn't even fart loudly," she said.

"At that time, I did stand up and help the father and daughter teach the butcher a lesson, and I also gave them four kilograms of pork belly."

"The father and daughter thanked me profusely and left. At that time, I remembered that her father seemed to say that their home was south of Xiushui Town, near the border with Nanmanzi."

"He also said that he still has his mother at home, and she is still pregnant. The reason for buying meat is to replenish her health..."

"After that goodbye, we didn't see each other for eight years."

"In these eight years, a lot of things have happened and a lot of people have changed."

"Chen'er, don't worry. Your mother and I don't have any intention of harming others, but I always have the intention of guarding against others. Otherwise, this sinister world would have swallowed me up long ago," she said.

After hearing Yang Ruoqing's words, Chen'er finally let out a relieved breath.

"That's the best!" he said.

"My son is not the kind of person who likes to be suspicious of others, but out of concern for your safety, my son has to investigate clearly." He explained.

Yang Ruoqing blinked her eyes happily, "Of course Mom understands your feelings. Your Aunt Xiaoyu is taking a bath at the moment. When she finishes washing, please invite her over and let her explain what's going on."

"When the time comes, we will compare it with your investigation and we will know whether she lied to us or not," she said.

…

Half an hour later, Xiaoyu finished taking a bath, changed out of her blood-stained clothes, and ate a few mouthfuls of noodles before shaking her head and losing her appetite.

"If you don't eat, you will be hungry at night. Now is the time to grow stronger at this age." Yang Ruoqing sat aside and advised.

Xiaoyu shook her head again and smiled bitterly: "Growing a body? If I could go back in time and give me a chance to choose again, I would rather die with my mother and my unborn brother eight years ago!"

Hearing this, Yang Ruoqing and Chen'er were both surprised. Then, Yang Ruoqing frowned and asked Xiaoyu: "Xiaoyu, what's going on? How did your mother and your brother die?"

Xiaoyu sat there, her face after washing away the dust and mud, looking delicate and beautiful, like a lotus emerging after a rain, fresh and full of rain.

But at this moment, her face was really pale, and her eyes were full of pain and hatred.

"Not only my mother and brother, but also my uncle's family, my aunt's family, my grandmother's family, and our entire village, old and young, are all dead!"

"If my father and I hadn't gone to the Wa Market in Xiushui Town to buy pork, we would have been killed too," Xiaoyu murmured.

Yang Ruoqing took a breath, and Chen'er beside her also frowned.

Yang Ruoqing quickly asked: "This is a massacre of the village. Who did it? Do you know?"

When asked about this, Xiaoyu's originally pretty and charming face suddenly became distorted, and her fingers subconsciously dug at the table.

Yang Ruoqing glanced at the scratches on the yellow pear wood tabletop, and then her eyes returned to Xiaoyu.

"Xiaoyu, please don't get excited. Tell me who is so cruel and commits such a heinous thing!" Yang Ruoqing said.

Xiaoyu took a few deep breaths and managed to prevent herself from fainting due to anger.

"This is my shame, and it is also the thing I regret and hate the most!" she gritted her teeth.

"I will never forget that day. When my father and I returned to the village, we saw black smoke coming from the other side of the village, blackening the sky there."

"Everyone in the village died, all the houses were burned down, and my mother was burned to ashes..."

Xiaoyu's tears fell down and her whole body trembled.

Yang Ruoqing quickly stood up and came to her side, holding her shoulders.

"Stop talking about this, just say who did it!" Yang Ruoqing said.

Xiaoyu's whole body was tense and she said in pain: "My father and I found an uncle next door to my house in a sweet potato cellar on the mountain at the entrance of the village."

"That uncle was also dying. Before he died, he held my father's hand and said, never believe the officers and soldiers. It was the officers and soldiers who massacred the village..."

"Officers and soldiers? Officers and soldiers of Daqi?" Yang Ruoqing opened her eyes in surprise.

Eight years ago, there were actually two groups of officers and soldiers stationed in Xiushui Town in the south. One group was Luo Fengtang and Ning Su, and the other group was a general named Zhu.

Luo Fengtang and Ning Su would definitely not do it. Could it be that General Zhu was the one who massacred the village?

"Xiaoyu, I remembered the massacre of the village." Yang Ruoqing said.

Xiaoyu looked up at Yang Ruoqing.

Yang Ruoqing continued: "To be honest, my man, Chen'er's father, was in the army in Xiushui Town at that time, but there was another group of troops in Xiushui Town at that time. They were temporarily sent by the emperor to come from the army.
Chapter completed!