From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 562

Generally speaking, the imprisonment of the whole family often involves a serious crime, so men and women are often detained separately, and at most three or four people are in one room. This is to avoid collusion and for safety reasons.

But this time it was strange. The core members of the Bai family, three old men, six middle-aged people, and a group of young people, more than 20 people, were all squeezed into a large cell.

As a businessman who has experienced many hardships, Bai Jingtang saw that something was wrong and winked at the family members around him. The women leaned back and the heads of the family leaned forward.

The crowd did not panic. They rested on the spot first. It was not until late at night when most of the jailers left and only two people were on duty that Bai Jingtang stood up.

He quietly walked to the cell door and whispered, "Brother, brother, can this guy help me?"

The jailer narrowed his eyes slightly, leaned over, looked at Bai Jingtang, and said, "Why? Want to escape from prison!"

Bai Jingtang hurriedly said, "Of course I dare not, but Bai was suddenly arrested and imprisoned, and many business matters have not been arranged. Can you help me take a letter after get off work at dawn?"

The jailer sneered, "What are you thinking about? You are a serious criminal. The prefect has specifically instructed that you must be strictly guarded."

Bai Jingtang said, "I'm not going out either. I just want to ask you to take a message."

The jailer glanced at his waist, snorted and said nothing.

Bai Jingtang understood, and hurriedly took off the jade pendant hanging on his waist and handed it over.

"Young man, this jade pendant is made of top-quality jadeite, worth at least a thousand taels of silver. Please help me pass on a message to the Bai Family's time-honored pharmacy on Xiukou Street. It's just a simple instruction, asking the shopkeeper to hurry up and sell the medicine."

The jailer took the jade pendant, took a good look at it, and then said lightly: "I know, I will help you convey it tomorrow, but I'll say it in advance, if they reply, I will charge you extra money."

Bai Jingtang hurriedly said: "Young man, don't worry, I will never treat you unfairly."

The jailer then laughed and strode away.

He was secretly shocked in his heart. What kind of jade pendant is worth a thousand taels of silver? If I sell it, it will be enough for me to spend two lifetimes.

Even if I put it in a silver shop to earn interest, I will have more than ten taels of silver every year. This is better than being a jailer!

But he only dared to think about it. He dared not forget the words of the Duke.

"Third brother, do you think the Xu family will really save us?"

Bai Jingtang's eldest brother is currently the oldest person in the Bai family. It is precisely because of this that he is not suitable for work and delegates power to Bai Jingtang.

Years of leisure life have made him lose his judgment and sensitivity of the current situation.

Bai Jingtang whispered: "Don't worry, brother, the Xu family has a close relationship with the Yangzhou prefect, and they are absolutely capable of saving us."

"They can't ignore us, otherwise if we bite them back, they can't stand it."

The eight major families are rivals, but the Bai family and the Xu family are the most intertwined. Both sides understand each other. At this moment, the Bai family is suffering, and the Xu family is naturally panicked.

After all, Bai Jingtang didn't know that Zhou Yuan had reached an agreement with the Wu family and the Xu family.

The next morning, the jailer took him to the Bai family's old-fashioned medicine store and brought the message. The shopkeeper really gave a reply-the medicine will be sold at midnight in the evening.

Under Zhou Yuan's close surveillance, the old shopkeeper went to the Xu family mansion and came out dejected after a while.

Soon, the old shopkeeper went to the He Gang in the east of the city and never came out again.

Zhou Yuan knew that the other party was going to do something big, so he asked Guan Lu to keep an eye on the Yangzhou prefect Yue Lingkang and found that he met three groups of people in the afternoon.

Guan Lu was a little confused and couldn't help but said: "Is the Bai family crazy? Are they really going to escape from prison!"

Zhou Yuan said: "At this point, even if they become wanted criminals, it is better than sitting in jail and waiting to die."

"The Bai family should have a backup plan. Perhaps they have already arranged the escape route and bases along the way, but they don't know where to escape to."

"The matter of checking salt is like the wind, coming in waves. They think that the wind will not be so tight in two or three years. If they bribe a group of people, they will naturally withdraw the wanted order."

"As for the money, just don't want it. Who can guarantee that they don't have a silver vault somewhere else?"

Guan Lu nodded and said: "That's right, what should we do now? Let Zhang Fei take action?"

Zhou Yuan said: "Go, cooperate well, and play the trick well."

"Tonight, completely shatter Bai Jingtang's last dignity and luck! Otherwise, I don't know how long he will last."

After receiving the order, Guan Lu immediately retreated.

Only then did Zhou Yuan look behind him and said with a smile: "Sister Saint, are you ready?"

Li Yu'an smiled and said:Of course, they can't wait. "

On May 26, at midnight, more than 60 members of the Yangzhou River Gang, wearing black clothes and masks, quietly came to the back door of the government office.

The insider of the government office opened the back door and let the people in.

With the guidance of someone familiar with the terrain, they bypassed the sentries and finally entered the prison.

They brought the Bai family out, and were eventually discovered by the arrest and the jailer, and the two sides started fighting.

For a while, there were constant shouting, and it was clear that both sides were acting. In the end, the Bai family successfully arrived at the River Gang branch and hid separately. into the wooden barrel filled with medicine.

After dawn, the whole city was under martial law. The Bai family's old pharmacy sent the Bai family out of the city under the guise of transporting medicinal materials, and arrived at the first supply point at noon.

This is an old manor with only two servants living in it, but there are a lot of supplies and silver in the manor.

Bai Jingtang did not dare to stay, but after eating and drinking, he disguised himself, and then turned into a caravan and set off again.

But this time they were unlucky and were blocked by a team of soldiers.

"It's over, it's over now."

Bai Jingtang's face was pale, and he didn't know which link had gone wrong, but when he saw these sixty soldiers, he still fell into despair.

"Escape! How many can escape! The Bai family can't all die!"

He roared, and under the cover of the Yangzhou River Gang, the Bai family began to flee separately.

The war had begun, and at this moment, a roar came from afar.

"Wusheng Old Mother! Hometown of Zhenkong!"

Accompanied by angry shouts, dozens of strong men came from a distance, holding weapons and martial arts, and beat the team of officers and soldiers.

Seeing this scene, Bai Jingtang was overjoyed. It was a coincidence that he happened to encounter the ambush of the Wusheng Sect, otherwise it would be over today.

"Thank you all for your help! There is silver in the manor, please go and get it!"

Bai Jingtang was also a wise man. He was afraid that the Wusheng Sect would also turn against him, so he hurriedly said that he would give silver.

Just at this moment, the drums thundered, the horses' hooves rang, and thousands of officers and soldiers came on horseback, surrounding everyone.

The leader was wearing a python robe, riding a maroon horse, full of vigor and spirit, and who else could it be if not the Duke of Weiguo.

"Bold Bai family! Colluding with the Wusheng Sect to attack the Yangzhou government office, escaping from prison, fighting against the government, ambushing officers and soldiers, rebelling and treason, the crime is unforgivable! "

Zhou Yuan's voice was cold and murderous: "Bai Jingtang, you should be executed with all your nine clans!"

Bai Jingtang was already dumbfounded.

Zhou Yuan said: "Come here, go to Quzhou and Huzhou, and arrest all the people from the Bai family's side branches!"

Hearing this, Bai Jingtang finally realized what happened, and shouted: "Wait! No! No, Duke Weiguo!"

"We didn't collude with the Wusheng Sect! We didn't rebel! We just met by chance!"

Zhou Yuan was furious: "Meet by chance? Dozens of good fighters helped you ambush the officers and soldiers! You dare to say it was an encounter!"

"The evidence is as strong as a mountain, no need to say more, I will write to the emperor and execute all your nine clans of the Bai family!"

Bai Jingtang's body trembled, and he collapsed directly to the ground, and he lost all his strength.