A Farm Girl: Three Acres of Fertile Land Can Be Exchanged for a Country

Chapter 4 Wu Datou's Conspiracy

Abdo looked bewildered. The soldier who had called him earlier caught up and said breathlessly, "General... something terrible has happened! Wutong has been captured by Commandant Wu's men!"

Abdo immediately released Nanxing, frowned, and asked him, "What happened?"

The soldier said, "Commander Wu said he found out that Wutong was communicating with the outside world and suspected that she was a spy from Dongqi. He arrested her and took her to the yamen jail, saying that he wanted her to confess."

Abudo's face turned even uglier, as black as charcoal: "When did this happen?"

“Just now!”

"That Wu Datou, he actually dared to pull some tricks while I was away, I think he's tired of living!"

Abdo strode back to his room, took his large cleaver from the weapon rack, and headed out the door, preparing to ride his horse to the government office.

The yamen (government office) in Dagua Town was an independent entity, originally responsible for maintaining local order.

After Abdo's army was stationed there, the government office's function was greatly diminished, and it is now practically defunct. The only two useful things left are a city defense patrol team of nearly a hundred people and a prison of several hundred square meters.

He was already angry, and when he heard that Wutong had been taken away, he became even angrier, his hair almost standing on end.

As he reached the door, he mounted his horse, and a straight figure walked past him.

It's Nanxing.

Abdo asked irritably, "Hey kid, what are you doing?"

"Save Wutong!" Nanxing said firmly without turning her head.

"Wutong is my guard! I will save him!" A strange possessiveness arose in Abdo's heart, and he felt that his rights had been taken away.

Nanxing's reasoning was even more compelling: "She is my benefactor!"

"You son of a bitch..." Abuduo was furious. With one last spur of his horse, he rushed over and lifted him onto the horse's back.

"Let's go together, don't block the way!"

Nanxing moved slightly but did not dismount.

The big yellow horse carried the two men and sped towards the government office.

Several guards stood outside the yamen, half of whom were already there, and half of whom were under Wu Datou's command.

When everyone saw Abdo approaching, they all respectfully greeted him, "General."

Abdo jumped off his horse and asked, "Where's Wu Datou? Tell that guy to get out here!"

Wu Datou's subordinate said, "The captain is interrogating the prisoners inside. Shall I go and inform him?"

Abudo was about to nod when Nanxing suddenly reached out and blocked his way: "No need, take us there."

The guard looked at the brat blankly, while Abdo curled his lip and said, "Listen to him."

"Yes."

The group walked inside.

Meanwhile, inside the yamen (government office) prison.

Wutong never expected that, a few months later, she would end up in such a place again.

Damn it, do I have to do a good deed every day to get rid of this bad luck?

But these days, no old lady would help her up...

Wu Datou raised his hand and lashed her with his whip, scolding, "What are you daydreaming about? Speak up! Are you a spy from Dongqi? Are you colluding with us and betraying us?"

Wutong moved her lips and spat at him: "Even if you whip me to pieces, I'm not a spy."

Wu Datou scoffed, "You lousy bastard, I bet you won't learn your lesson until you're dead!"

After he finished cursing, he raised his hand and lashed out again. After a few lashes, Wutong was in so much pain that her whole body went numb.

A guard rushed in from outside the door, kneeling on one knee before him: "Captain, something terrible has happened! General Abdo is already on his way!"

Wu Datou immediately stopped and asked, "How many people did he bring?"

"Just him... no, he also has a child?"

"Son?" Wu Datou looked bewildered, then waved his hand and said, "Never mind that, take out that confession and have this guy put his fingerprint on it. He must insist that he is a spy from Dongqi, understand?"

"Yes!"

This looks like they're trying to extract a confession through torture.

Wutong groaned and, enduring the pain, asked Wu Datou, "I don't understand, when exactly did I offend you?"

Wu Datou smiled sarcastically: "You think you're worthy?"

"Then why did you frame me?"

They still used the serious charge of treason to deliver the message.

Wutong is a time traveler and has no attachment to this country, but this kind of crime is no joke.

Lingchi (death by a thousand cuts), branding with hot irons, burning alive...

She didn't want to experience any of those cruel ways to die.

Wu Datou glanced at her a few times, then said mercifully, "Considering that you risked your life to pave the way for me, I'll tell you the truth: I don't want your life."

"Who is that?"

"plum."

As soon as that one word was uttered, Wutong instantly realized what it meant.

Li Duwei...

Li, the military officer who took her in.

If she was a spy sent by the Eastern Qi, then what was Commandant Li? Could he extricate himself from the affair?

Wu Datou really knows how to play the game.

Wutong said to him dismissively, "I used to think that the general valued Lieutenant Li too much and was a bit biased, but now I think his choice was absolutely correct."

If someone stationed on the border has the mind to engage in such tricks that kill their own people, how much energy can they spare to protect their country?

Lieutenant Li is not a man of many words, and because of his seriousness, he is not very popular. However, he is absolutely loyal to Abdo and to the country.

Wu Datou is not suited to be a border general; he's better suited to be a eunuch in the palace.

Wu Datou laughed indifferently: "Go ahead and say it. You're about to die, huh?"

The snort had barely faded when shouts from the guards outside rang out.

"General..."

Abdo's voice boomed like thunder: "Where's Chief Wu? Tell him to come out here!"

"This... ah..."

Abdo kicked the man over and strode in.

Wu Datou gave the guard a wink, and the guard nodded, took out a confession from his pocket, grabbed Wutong's hand, dipped it in the blood seeping from her wound, and then pressed it onto the confession, thus completing the task.

Wu Datou, holding the confession, went up to him with a fawning smile, saying, "General, you've come at the right time. I've captured a spy sent by Dong Qi, please..."

Before he could finish speaking, Abdo pushed him away and walked straight toward the sycamore tree.

"How about it?"

Wutong shook its head.

Nanxing, who followed her in, frowned as he looked at her with a complicated expression, but he didn't say a word. He took out his short sword and cut the ropes binding her, then took off his coat and covered her tattered clothes with it.

Wutong glanced at him gratefully, everything understood without words.

Wu Datou stood up, clutching his chest, which felt tight from being kicked, still holding the piece of paper in his hand.

“General, I know you trust him a lot, but he has already confessed. He really is a spy.”

His voice was so sincere, as if he were an old general who had devoted himself to his master but was not trusted.

Abdo was persuaded and asked, "What evidence do you have?"

Wu Datou picked up the confession in his hand: "Isn't this the evidence? He has already confessed."

Wutong coughed a few times, clutching her chest, and shouted, "You forced me to do that!"

Abudo said, "This is invalid. Do you have any other evidence? If not, get out of here."

After he finished speaking, he was about to lead Wutong out when Wu Datou rushed over and blocked their way.

It's rare that Commandant Li is not here; if he misses this opportunity, he'll have to wait a long time.

End of this chapter