Carrying the little lucky star, leading the villain on the road to exile

Chapter 52. Leaving the City
Liu Yun felt even more bitter in her heart. If she had known that this day would come to the Gu family, she would have made her stepmother happy even if she had to humble herself. Even if she could not acquit the entire Gu family, she would have saved her two children so that they would not suffer with her.

"Hurry up and find someone to pass the message back. As long as they help our Gu family get through this difficult time, I will let Kaiping and your father follow the orders of the Marquis' Mansion." Xu Huizhen seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw. If the Zhenyuan Marquis' Mansion was really willing to help speak for her, maybe there would be room for maneuver.

"Mother, you know I am just a concubine's daughter. Moreover, the Marquis's Mansion has fallen on hard times, and my brother has no power to speak before His Majesty."

"How will you know if you don't try?" Xu Huizhen felt that this was all Liu Yun's excuse. She hadn't even tried, but she was telling her it wouldn't work. "If you don't think about yourself, you should also think about Tong'er and An Liang."

"Yes, sister-in-law, this is not the time to dwell on personal grudges..."

"..."

Seeing the fight break out, Bai Suihe folded his arms, closed his eyes, and began to rest.

At night, Bai Suihe was also taken away by the jailer. Xu Huizhen wanted to follow him, but the jailer whipped her and she immediately became obedient.

I could only anxiously shout from behind, "Bai, remember to bring back more food."

Bai Suihe responded and left.

It was still the same cell, and Wu Qingshui and Gu Kaiyuan were already waiting there.

"Miss, tomorrow the officials will escort you to exile. Madam will take care of it. Do you have any other plans?"

Bai Suihe shook his head, "We have made all the necessary preparations. Madam, go back and tell mother that I am fine and tell her not to worry.

If you come to see me off tomorrow, please keep it simple."

Wu Qingshui glanced at Gu Kaiyuan, who then spoke up, "Madam's meaning is exactly what I mean. We shouldn't be too conspicuous at this moment."

Nanny Wu nodded and said, "I'll report this to Madam when I get back."

Another silent night passed. Early the next morning, Bai Suihe and the others were taken outside the prison without even returning to their original cells. The Gu family was already waiting there.

"Young Master Gu San," the jailer came over with the shackles, "I'm sorry, all of you men will be shackled."

"Thank you very much," Gu Kaiyuan cooperated very well. People had given them convenience in the past two days, so he couldn't make things difficult for them.

"Mr. Gu, come here quickly. The escort who will take you to Lingnan is already waiting." With the shouting, the whole family was brought to the team.

Just as recorded in the book, quite a few people were exiled to Lingnan.

In addition to their family, there are many others, including criminals and corrupt officials.

Bai Suihe took a look and saw that there were nearly a hundred people there.

Gu Kaiyuan followed her closely with the shackles on, "If you get tired, hold on to me. Don't ever leave me."

"Don't worry, I cherish my life very much." Bai Suihe saw the worry in his eyes, "But why are so many people exiled?"

The book did not record it in great detail, and Bai Suihe did not look into it carefully at the time.

"You could say there are people exiled every month. We were just lucky to be in this situation, so we didn't have to suffer any more incarceration."

Gu Kaiyuan began to explain the law to Suihe. Those officials who were found guilty outside would be sent to the capital to be punished.

Among them were those convicted of crimes by the Shangjing Yamen. With so many prisoners, there were also many escorting officers, who were already shouting for everyone to line up quickly for roll call.

When a name is called, one has to step forward and sign to confirm that this person is in the team, and then slowly move forward with the officer in front.

Of course, the Gu family members were walking together, but they didn't seem to be as restless as they were in prison before. They all had their heads hung down, and it was obvious that they were ashamed to see people.

Bai Suihe had never seen such a scene before, and began to look around curiously.

Gu Kaiyuan was also a little surprised by his wife's reaction. "Aren't you afraid?"

I don't know what I was doing in my previous life. Maybe I was too embarrassed to face people like my parents. So I didn't notice my wife's behavior at that time.

“This is the first time I’ve seen someone exiled, but I didn’t expect that I would be the protagonist.

You said we were exiled to Lingnan, are we criminals or commoners?"

"They are criminals," Gu Kaiyuan sighed. Later, in order to get the missing silver, the third prince still tried to find a way to help them remove the label of criminals and turn them into ordinary commoners.

But this happened after I arrived in Lingnan. I don’t know if there will be any changes in this life.

Bai Suihe kept trying to figure out where Lingnan was. It was a pretty broad area, so he didn't know where they were exiled.

"Do you know where we were exiled?"

Gu Kaiyuan, "It is said that we will be sent to the border of Hubei and Hunan, but the specific arrangements will have to wait for the local officials to make the arrangements.

I will try to find a better place for us by then."

Bai Suihe wouldn't look at Lingnan today through the eyes of later generations. The area is extremely mountainous, with many undeveloped deep forests and dense miasma. Many people exiled there, let alone hard labor, died soon after arriving due to acclimatization issues.

There was a reason why the emperor liked to exile people to Lingnan. He wanted to increase the population there.

"We're a family, so we're still together, right?" Bai Suihe was already thinking about the future. Since that place was so difficult, life wouldn't be as hard as he imagined if he had fewer people holding him back.

"I'll figure out a way when the time comes," Gu Kaiyuan already had a plan in his mind. If he didn't get involved in this life, his parents would still die on the road due to illness and various reasons. Without his parents around, the family could be divided, which would save him a lot of worries.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but clench his fists. It wasn't that he was unfilial, but he had been hurt too much in his previous life.

Just wait and see, the Gu family won't calm down so easily. If it happens again, they will destroy this kindness, not to mention that he no longer has that thing.

After counting the number of people, the long team was led out of the city, and they were subjected to a lot of pointing and talking along the way.

Among them, Gu Kaiyuan saw many familiar faces, but everyone was just watching a show, and even felt a little gloating.

This time, he no longer kept his head down like a coward like before, but took care of Bai Suihe carefully, which made some people look at him with more respect.

"Rest here for half an hour." When we arrived outside the city gate, there were already many people waiting there, all of whom were there to see us off.

The purpose of Jiechaxing was to get these relatives and friends to give them some money so that they could gain more along the way.

He stood guard by with a whip in his hand, and the vendors nearby immediately gathered around him. He gave them some bribes first, and then they started doing business with their goods.

(End of this chapter)