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

Wutong was most afraid of seeing others cry. Seeing him like this softened her heart, and she forgot how terrible he had been. She went over and took his hand.

"I won't leave, don't worry."

Wenxin hugged her again, this time with extremely gentle force, as if embracing a precious treasure, as if afraid that he might accidentally break her.

The guard watched for a long time before finally asking, "Your Majesty, where have you been these past two days? Master Wenxin and Lord Li were so worried they almost turned the whole town upside down searching for you."

Wutong glanced at the street, worried that someone might pass by, and said, "This is a long story, we need to sit down and talk it over... Where is Lord Li?"

"He led his men to search in the east."

"Go and find Lord Li right away. Tell him I'm back and waiting for him at the inn."

"it is good."

The guards obeyed and left. Wutong hugged the baby boy tighter and said to Wenxin, "Let's go."

Since she appeared, Wenxin's gaze had never left her. Hearing this, she had no objections and followed her to the inn where everyone was staying. Because she had been wronged before, she refused to lag behind this time, fearing that she would disappear again.

Wutong was both amused and exasperated, but luckily she had so much to say. On the way, she told Wenxin about the human slave trader. Wenxin was also surprised, never expecting that they would meet again after so many years.

If it weren't for these human traffickers, he and Wutong might never have had the chance to meet.

However, this can hardly be considered a favor; it's more of a coincidence.

After entering the inn room, Wutong placed the baby boy on the soft couch, intending to prepare some hot water for him to bathe and change his smelly clothes.

She picked up the copper basin, but before she could even stand up straight, it was snatched away. Wenxin said, "I'll take it."

She couldn't refuse him, so she handed over the copper basin. Wenxin went downstairs to get hot water, then opened the cabinet and took out a few clean sheets and blankets, intending to wrap the baby boy in them after his bath.

I wonder whose child this is. His parents must be worried sick right now.

Thinking of the days when she was in unbearable pain after losing Haozi, Wutong softened her movements and took care of him with all her heart.

Wenxin returned quickly, and Wutong began to bathe the baby boy.

Wenxin sat to the side watching, not because she thought it was dirty and didn't want to help, but because she really had no experience and didn't even know how to hold a baby.

He rarely saw children and didn't feel much for them; his gaze remained fixed on the sycamore tree.

She was still wearing the Second Master's clothes, which smelled terrible, and her hair was stuffed into her hat, making her look somewhat androgynous.

But his face was still the same as he knew, smaller than the palm of his hand, with big eyes, a mouth, a slightly upturned nose, and thick, dark eyebrows.

Such a slender woman was actually the powerful and influential King of Eastern Qi. He would never have believed it if he hadn't witnessed it firsthand.

After Wutong finished taking off the baby boy's dirty clothes, she wanted to turn him over, but she didn't have a free hand, so she said to Wenxin, "Come and lend a hand."

Wenxin hurriedly followed her instructions, lifting the baby boy by his ribs and back to turn him over. The moment his front was revealed, Wutong gasped.

The baby's fair skin was covered with large red spots, like lice bites, a shocking sight.

"These bastards... I must kill them..."

Wutong held back her tears and gritted her teeth as she washed the baby.

Just helped the baby boy

After taking a shower, Li Deming arrived. In his haste, he didn't knock and pushed the door open, just in time to see Wenxin Wutong helping the baby boy get dressed. The three of them looked... just like a couple and their child.

"Who is this?" Li Deming asked.

Wutong helped wrap the baby boy in the last sheet, handed him to Wenxin to carry to bed, and then explained to Li Deming.

However, Wenxin, who could fly over rooftops and climb walls with ease, was clumsy and afraid to even breathe loudly while holding a child.

Wutong was both amused and exasperated. She took over the baby herself, put the baby down, and then came back to tell Li Deming everything that had happened.

Li Deming only knew that Wutong had joined the army before rising through the ranks, but he didn't know that she had experienced something like this before joining the army.

He understood Wutong's eagerness for revenge, but in his heart, nothing was more important than Duan Fufeng's safety.

“Your Majesty, I only agreed to let you bring the Prince out because you said you could save him. Now the Prince’s condition is very bad. If you keep delaying here, what if something happens to him… How am I supposed to explain this to the soldiers and people of the Southern Frontier?”

He uttered not a single word of reproach, but his intense gaze made Wutong feel ashamed.

Duan Fufeng... human slave trader...

She can't let go of either side.

After pondering for a while, Wutong tentatively asked, "How about you give me two days? Whether I succeed within two days or not, I'll go with you after that time."

Li Deming stared at her without moving, as if trying to gauge the truthfulness of her words.

"Why did you save them? A man of the Eastern Qi should not be so soft-hearted," he said.

Wutong shook his head with a wry smile.

"It's not that I'm soft-hearted, it's just that when I was kidnapped and couldn't escape no matter what I tried, I must have really hoped that someone would fall from the sky and take me to safety."

Back then, God gave her such a person, and that person was Wenxin.

He was a bit simple-minded, but he was highly skilled in martial arts. He knocked all the slave traders off the boat, allowing everyone to jump into the water and escape.

Although he wasn't a good swimmer and it was Wutong who pulled him up, he was indeed her savior.

Li Deming hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.

"Alright, I'll wait for you for two more days. If you need anything during that time, just let me know."

Wutong breathed a sigh of relief, then remembered something and asked, "By the way, did you report it to the authorities?"

Li Deming shook his head.

"They all have special statuses, and reporting this to the authorities could easily cause a disturbance, so we haven't told them yet."

Wutong said, "That's good... Those human traffickers have powerful backers. Once their backers find out that we were the ones who did it, they will definitely try every means to escape. We can't alert them now."

Li Deming asked, "So what do you want?"

Since escaping, Wutong had been thinking of a solution. Now, she had a clear plan in mind: to gather everyone together and explain it to them.

"Let's ignore the trafficked people for now. The human traffickers will definitely be on high alert after tonight. We have limited manpower and can't split up. You wait a day, and after nightfall, come with me to their residence, capture Brother Jin and a few key figures, and throw them out at the market with people watching them. The rest of you can come with me to rescue the prisoners. After dawn, when the morning market is open, we'll take the trafficked people there and let them expose Brother Jin's evil deeds to the public. At that time, the government will have no choice but to intervene, and we won't have to reveal our identities."

After speaking, she looked at Li Deming and asked, "Lord Li, what do you think?"

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