The Bai family hadn't had time to think about how Bai Banban and the others would leave and come back.
The carriage has arrived at the door of Bai's house.
"It seems like the officers and soldiers are coming."
A thunderbolt was dropped from the white plank.
Old Mrs. Bai staggered and almost lost her balance.
"No time." Bai Banban jumped off the carriage, picked up little Fuyuan and stuffed it into the carriage. Qiuniang held little Fuyuan in her arms, while Xu Jiaojiao held Xiao Fuyuan's hand tightly.
Bai Banpan had no time to explain. As soon as they left the village, they saw a group of people with torches in the distance.
No need to think about it, they must be here to capture the Bai family.
So they turned back.
On the carriage, Bai Banpan thought clearly, if the Bai family could save anyone - only their daughter.
It’s not that other people are unimportant, it’s that the situation is greater than others.
"Daughter, you follow Qiuniang and Jiaojiao and don't think about anything." Bai Ban said wiping his eyes. The girl he dotes on will never be seen again from now on!
When Zhen saw this formation, there was nothing she didn't understand.
The scene of nearly thirty years is repeated.
It was the Zhen family then, and it is the Bai family now.
"Mom, get on the carriage." Zhen said to Mrs. Bai.
Old Mrs. Bai was obviously shocked by the news and stood numbly under the moonlight.
"Jin Gui, help your baby get on the carriage, Chuntao, help Mai Miao get on, and Xiao Lang."
Mrs. Zhen calmly gave orders to her daughter-in-law.
Since this dynasty has changed the laws, if men commit crimes, women will not be greatly implicated as long as they do not participate. Then let the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law take the daughter with them. The younger brother can also take him with him if he is under three years old.
She also knew that if Mrs. Bai and the others escaped, if they were discovered, they would be punished more severely than if they had not escaped.
But just thinking about being caught by officers and soldiers, I don’t know what will happen to me.
Mrs. Zhen couldn't bear it.
The law is one thing, but the execution of it by the people below is another.
At the beginning, when the Zhen Mansion was involved in rebellion and the female family members were imprisoned, many of them suffered humiliation and committed suicide on the spot.
So she only focused on the present and ran away if she could.
"Mom, what about you?" Xie Chuntao asked tremblingly.
Zhen didn't say a word, but forced Mrs. Bai to get into the carriage.
I'm afraid the whole family won't be able to escape. She is the wife of the Bai family and she must be with her son and husband.
The eyes of the white wooden board are sour. She was implicated by her grandfather and father when she was a child, and her family was ruined. I thought I would protect Mrs. Zhen for the rest of my life, but this good life has just begun, and my son is implicated again.
"Big strong lady, you take your daughter and daughter-in-law with you, and I'll stay." Mrs. Bai grabbed the armrest of the carriage and said sternly.
There seemed to be bursts of noise accompanied by dots of firelight in the distance.
Xiao Fuyuan looked at the mountain road leading to the village entrance with a worried look on his face. The officers and soldiers were getting closer and closer.
"Mom, hurry up and get in the car. It's too late. I won't leave. I have lived so many more years and I have enough. I want to be with his father," said Zhen.
The white wooden board felt even more uncomfortable!
"Tainai, get on the carriage quickly. Take good care of my little aunt."
Although Dalang and Sanlang didn't know why they couldn't be taken away, they still moved forward very sensibly and helped old Mrs. Bai get into the carriage.
All the female members of the Bai family got on the carriage.
Old Mrs. Bai sat inside, hugging Xiao Fuyuan and bursting into tears.
If she refuses to accept it, the good days of Lao Bai's family will come to an end.
"When you meet officers and soldiers, say they are the slaves on the other side." Zhen told everyone.
"Auntie, I don't have to." Qiuniang held Old Mrs. Bai in her arms and shed tears on her face.
"Uncle Bai, Aunt Bai, I will take them to Huaicheng." Xu Jiaojiao raised her hands and swore, wiping away tears.
"Take me away." Chen Xuan'er held on to the carriage and refused to let go, but was kicked to the ground by Xu Jiaojiao and Eugene Gui.
Wu Langzhong waved his whip, and the carriage started to move in the opposite direction to the road outside the village.
He decided to take everyone through the crop fields and take the back mountain path.
There are lush pine forests there, and even if the cat is discovered, the cat can hide in the woods.
The sparks in the distance are getting closer and closer, and the sound is getting louder and louder.
Suddenly, Tian Maimiao, who had a big belly, jumped out of the speeding carriage.
"The third wife."
"Third sister-in-law."
"Third siblings."
The old lady Bai, the white wooden board Zhen family, Xiao Fuyuan and others all exclaimed in unison.
Wu Langzhong sighed, held the horse and stopped the carriage.
"Third daughter-in-law, why are you doing this?" Zhen helped Tian Maimiao up.
Tian Maimiao's face was frighteningly pale in the moonlight. She took a breath and said, "If I don't leave, even if I die, I will die together."
Zhen was speechless.
She couldn't say anything to persuade her. On the contrary, she understood Tian Maimiao very well.
"I, an old woman, have been buried in the soil. I'm not going anywhere." Mrs. Bai stuffed the little Fuyuan into Qiuniang's arms with a stern look on her face, "Qiu Niang, take them away with you."
Old lady Bai jumped out of the carriage.
Almost without hesitation, Xiao Fuyuan jumped out of the carriage, stumbled into Mrs. Zhen's arms, and said in a tearful voice: "Mom, dad, I won't leave either, I want to be with my parents."
"I won't leave either. We'll die together. I can't bear to leave Da Zhuang and the child." Xie Chuntao wiped away her tears and jumped from the carriage, landing unsteadily and falling.
"Mother." Dalang held his mother in his arms and burst into tears.
Then Qiuniang also jumped off the carriage. She had nowhere to go anyway, so she stayed at the Bai family to advance and retreat together.
Wu Langzhong gritted his teeth and saw that only Xu Jiaojiao and Eugene Gui were left on the carriage. He didn't know whether to start the carriage or not.
"Then I...since my sister-in-law is staying, I will stay too. If my sister-in-law is lucky, I will follow her." Eugene Gui was scared to death and didn't want to stay at all, but the little man in her arms tried hard to pull out, and Sanlang was there. She burst into tears under the carriage, and her mother's heart suddenly softened, and she jumped out of the carriage with the young man in her arms.
"Miss Xu, I will take you back." Wu Langzhong said softly.
"Forget it, I won't leave either. This whole family wants me to leave." Xu Jiaojiao said, stamping her feet.
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The officers and soldiers who came to Bai's house to fetch people thought that the country people had never seen such a formation and would be frightened out of their wits.
Unexpectedly, they kicked open the door of the Bai family and found the Bai family sitting in the upper room with the door open and holding candles.
The most eye-catching ones are the old lady from the Bai family sitting at the top and the pretty little girl sitting at the bottom.
One of the agents, Lao Zhang, was Liu Hong's former subordinate. He followed Liu Hong to Lao Bai's house and knew the situation of Lao Bai's house. When he saw Xiao Fuyuan's big, watery eyes, he shook his head unbearably.
Why is this family suddenly so unlucky?
In the summer, the daughter was named the head of the village, and in the autumn, she was charged with treason.
"Is this Bai Sanzhuang's home?" the leading officer asked sharply.
"My lord, may I ask what crime my third grandson has committed?" Old Mrs. Bai asked in a deep voice with a serious face.
"Rebellion." The leading officers and soldiers sneered again and again.
The Bai family all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Dare I ask you, sir..." The white wooden board stood up
"You still don't know what the charge of rebellion is, right? You think it's as simple as stealing a chicken, so there's no point in what you say." The leading officer and soldier broke the white board, pulled out a knife and slashed it on the Bai family table with a swipe.
Xie Chuntao and Eugene Gui screamed in fright.
"Lock them up and start ransacking their homes."
A group of officers and soldiers came around and wanted to lock people up.
