Can't a princess ascend the throne?

Chapter 139 Rescue
At this moment, the child who could not speak seemed to notice Jiu Que's difference. She seemed to be different from the fierce overseers in the salt field. Moreover, she was a woman, and there were no female overseers in the salt field.

So he gradually calmed down. Perhaps because he had been so tense the whole time, the sudden quiet made him lose his composure, and his body went limp. If Cui Zhufeng, who was standing behind him, hadn't reached out to support him, the boy probably would have collapsed to the ground.

Cui Zhufeng knew some basic medical principles. He reached out and pressed a few acupoints on the child's body, and the child quickly felt much better. However, the child couldn't speak. His dark eyes darted around as if he were searching for a way to survive. Seeing this, Jiu Que was a little worried and squatted down in front of him, carefully speaking to him.

"I know you can't speak, but you should be able to understand what I'm saying. If you've been wronged, I hope you can cooperate with me."

"..."

"Did you escape from this salt field?"

The child nodded.

"Is that saltworks treating the salt workers badly? Are you a salt worker there too?"

nod.

"Were you forced to work as a salt worker?"

nod.

"Do you want to bring those who forced you to justice?"

Nodded vigorously.

As he nodded, a glint of light flashed in the child's eyes, like a wolf that hadn't eaten for half a month finally seeing its prey. This child had a wolfish nature deep within him.

Not only that, he also stood up and pointed to the north.

"Do you know a way to sneak in?"

"Uh-huh!"

The child made a strange sound, but the urgency in it was obvious even to Cui Zhufeng, an outsider. She was completely dumbfounded. Actually, Cui Zhufeng really wanted to ask Jiu Que how he understood the child's meaning and could communicate with him so freely.

However, it's best for her not to speak at times like this.

After thinking for a moment, Jiu Que asked one last question.

"Do you still have relatives in those salt fields?"

If this child were all alone, his greatest wish would probably be to escape and find a safe place to hide away. But judging from his eagerness to return, it seems he still has relatives left in the saltworks. And given this child's physical condition, how did he manage to escape? Could it be that his few remaining relatives were helping him?

But he's been out of the water for so long, could he have already been discovered? If that's the case, his family left behind in the salt fields will definitely be in trouble.

As expected, Cui Zhufeng heard the unusual noise, turned his head to look at the salt field below the hillside, and showed a displeased expression. "Jiuque, there's a smell of blood coming from down there. It seems someone is injured."

"Let's go in and take a look first."

As she spoke, Jiu Que left a mark for Wei Yuan and the others behind her. Then, she once again experienced that feeling of floating on clouds. Turning her head, she looked at the little boy beside her, who was also being carried. The child seemed terrified, trembling uncontrollably. Jiu Que reached out and patted his shoulder. The child finally mustered the courage to open his eyes, and seeing the ground rushing past below, he shuddered violently.

Good heavens, he's flying! Could it be that he really encountered the legendary kind-hearted immortal?
In the blink of an eye, the three of them arrived in the direction from which the little boy had escaped, and with the help of Cui Zhufeng's agility, they successfully infiltrated the area.

Before they even arrived, they heard a growing commotion and shouts of pain coming from ahead. Hearing this, the previously quiet little boy suddenly broke down, desperately reaching out in that direction. If Jiu Que hadn't caught him quickly by grabbing his clothes, the child would probably have run out. But judging from his appearance, Jiu Que knew without asking that the people being punished inside were probably the child's remaining family members.

They were only a few hundred steps away from the noisy crowd, and they could hear exactly what was going on inside.

"Kill him! Kill this audacious woman! How dare she secretly help someone else escape? Doesn't she know that once you enter this saltworks, you're slaves to it for life? Oh, she dares to glare at me? She's asking for trouble! Beat her! Beat her to death!"

"Manager Yan, this woman has too fiery a temper. If it weren't for her decent looks, I would have beaten her to death long ago. Now you can rest assured and leave her to me. I will definitely train her to be obedient! It's just a pity that her younger brother ran away. If you ask me, her brother is quite good-looking and young. I heard that he used to be a student of the Imperial Academy and has an academic degree!"

"I wasn't angry when you didn't say anything, but the more you say it, the angrier I get. You damn thing, you still think you can talk back when you're at the salt field, and you even want to run away. Do you really think I can't control you?"

Interspersed among them were weak, painful groans and cries.

Just listening to these words made Jiu Que's palms itch with rage, let alone the child beside him, one of the parties involved. The boy beside him was already in tears. In truth, the moment he escaped, he had already foreseen what fate awaited his sister, but he carried an important mission on his shoulders—his family could not die in vain! So, as he ran away, he always remembered his sister's teachings and never looked back. But now, unexpectedly back at the saltworks, he couldn't help but want to run towards that direction. This was his only remaining family member in the world. If he lost even his sister, he would truly be all alone, utterly desolate…

Jiu Que quickly pulled the child back from his impulsive rush and covered his ears.

"Why are you so impulsive? Don't worry, we will definitely save your sister, but you, with your small frame, shouldn't go and join the fun. Just stay here and behave yourself."

After saying that, Jiu Que rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush over there, but the next moment someone grabbed him by the back of the neck. When he turned around, he found that it was Senior Cui, and he immediately started to resist by waving his arms and legs.

"Senior, I'm not like this kid. I'm very strong, not some weak little girl. This bastard talks so rudely, I'll slap him to death!"

"What the hell?"

Cui Zhufeng thought that Jiu Que truly deserved to be called the smartest person in the world. Even his insults were so original. Although she didn't know what it meant, it was definitely an insult. Very good.

"You're just a child, stay here quietly, I'll go rescue them. But are you sure you want to go rescue them now? Won't we alert them?"

Jiu Que thought for a moment, then made a fawning request.

"Senior, um, could you please ensure that someone manages to rescue that girl without anyone noticing? But still, how about we do it?"

After saying that, Jiu Que blushed. What an inhuman request that was...

(End of this chapter)