"All right, back off, stop showing off here."
Chun Xiaoman, holding a bamboo pole in her hand, pushed away the braggart dog and walked up to the collapsing man. After contemplating her words for a moment, she slowly began to ask, "Why did you come to our village? Why did you start killing people upon arrival in our village? When have we ever offended you?"
Facing Chun Xiaoman's questioning, the man hurriedly spilled everything he knew, fearing that any delay would bring the rope down upon him.
"We... we were driven out by those horse-riding soldiers, and on the way fleeing, we ran out of food. So, we followed the witch's instructions, looking for a village far from the Government Office to find something to eat. It just turned out that yours was the farthest from the county town."
"Horse-riding soldiers?" The man's disjointed words left Chun Xiaoman confused. So, they targeted Niuxin Village without any particular reason?