"This..." Bai Hong walked behind the screen and looked at the pile of fresh soil behind the screen, dumbfounded.
"It's probably too late to dig a secret passage now."
As early as when he went to the south to chase Zhao Cheng's rebels, he had thought of digging a secret passage in the mansion leading to the outside of the city.
But after thinking about it carefully, he realized that this method was not feasible.
Not to mention how to transport the dug soil out of the study, it would take his son three or four months to dig a secret passage in the study alone and get out of the city.
We can't let too many people get involved in this matter. If someone leaks the news, their family will be in trouble.
What's more, there are so many secret guards in his house. If his son suddenly stays in his study and doesn't go out, it will easily arouse suspicion from those secret guards.
"Shh, don't talk." Old Madam Bai was worried that there might be eavesdroppers on the other side of the wall, so she shook her head at Bai Hong and the others.
Bai Hong looked at his wife squatting in the middle of a pile of dirt with a puzzled look on his face.
She lifted the top layer of tattered mat and knocked three times on the big stone underneath.
After knocking the stone, Mrs. Bai immediately stood up and left the edge of the stone.
The family stared at the stone, watching the stone embedded in the soil being pushed up.
"General Bai!"
After Xiao Yunhao moved the stone away, he jumped up and landed easily in front of General Bai.
He clasped his hands together and saluted Bai Hong with a smile.
Bai Hong suddenly widened his eyes and looked at Xiao Yunhao as if he had seen a ghost.
"Bang!"
Bai Hong was stunned for a moment, then raised his fist and punched Xiao Yunhao in the chest.
After punching Xiao Yunhao's strong chest, Bai Hong's eyes lit up and he laughed excitedly.
"Good boy, you're still alive."
"Yes." Xiao Yunhao looked at Bai Hong with a smile on his face, "How can I not be alive when I haven't defeated you yet?"
Bai Hong laughed heartily, "You kid, your father and the others...?"
"He's still alive and well." Xiao Yunhao smiled and nodded.
"Now is not the time to reminisce about the past. We must leave the capital quickly."
It took him two days to dig all the way from his father-in-law's secret passage to General Bai's study.
He had been in the capital two days ago and found that his father-in-law's house was heavily guarded, so he gave up his preparations to rescue people from the ground.
No matter how high his martial arts skills are, he can't protect so many people at once. It's faster to dig a tunnel.
While digging tunnels was slow and difficult for others, it was very easy for him.
His endless energy finally found a place to be put to use.
It took him two days to accurately dig out General Bai's study.
"Yun Hao is right. Everyone in the palace is guarding the gate of the mansion. Let's go quickly."
Old Madam Bai looked at Xiao Yunhao with excitement on her face, and then gave him some advice.
Bai Hong's study is not like other people's study which is filled with pens, ink, paper, inkstone, books and the like.
His study might as well have been an armory.
The pens, inkstones, paper, and books only took up a small area of the bookshelf.
She has always cleaned her husband's study personally.
This morning, when she came to clean the study as usual, a tall man suddenly came out from behind the screen, almost scaring her to death.
Fortunately, she had a good memory and recognized at a glance that this was Xiao Yunhao, who often sneaked into the study in the middle of the night to discuss military strategies with her husband.
"That's right." Xiao Yunhao nodded. "This secret passage leads directly to the manor outside the capital. If we move faster, we can leave the capital by midnight."
"Traveling at night can help you avoid a lot of trouble."
The secret passage is narrow, and walking is definitely not as fast as walking on the ground, but it is safer and there are no obstacles along the way.
The entrance to the secret passage on his father-in-law's side had been blocked by him with large stones.
The main reason was that he had transported a lot of soil and piled it nearby. In order to prevent it from being discovered, he simply sealed the exit.
Bai Xu looked at Xiao Yunhao flying out from the ground, his heart pounding with excitement.
"Xiao--Brother."
Xiao Yunhao smiled and nodded at Bai Xu, "Brother Xu and General Bai will lead the charge, and I will follow behind."
"Okay, okay." Bai Xu nodded excitedly and looked at Bai Hong with bright eyes, "Dad, let's go."
Bai Hong frowned and said to Bai Xu,
"You go down first, and then your mother and the others."
"Okay." Bai Xu said without hesitation. As soon as he said the word "Okay", he jumped towards the cave entrance and his body was halfway down.
Bai Hong looked at Haodaer who was so impatient, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
"All of you follow me down, be careful."
"Dad, I'll catch it from below. Just let Mom and the others jump down."
Bai Xu's voice came from the secret passage.
Mrs. Bai frowned and glanced at Bai Hong, then turned to look at her daughter-in-law.
"Jia'er, I'll hold you. You go down first."
Jiang Yue also knew that this was not the time to be polite, so she immediately handed her son in her arms to Mrs. Bai.
Bai Hong squatted at the edge of the cave, threw his daughter and grandson in, and looked at his daughter-in-law.
"Ma'am, it's your turn."
Madam Bai looked at Bai Hong deeply, "You're not planning to leave, are you?"
Bai Hong's expression froze, "If I leave, Geng Wu won't survive."
"I already have a plan. Just follow Xiao Yunhao and escape."
Xiao Yunhao frowned and looked at Bai Hong and his wife, remaining silent without interrupting.
He knew Bai Hong's temper very well, and any decision he made must have been carefully considered.
Mrs. Bai's eyes turned red, and she held Bai Hong's wrist tightly.
"You must take care of yourself. I will always be waiting for you."
After Mrs. Bai finished speaking, tears suddenly fell from her eyes and fell on Bai Hong's hands.
She immediately let go of Bai Hong's hand and jumped down the hole.
Bai Hong listened to his son's cries from inside the cave and said in a deep voice,
"Walk!"
A faint sound of sobbing could be heard from inside the cave.
After a while, Bai Hong heard the sound of several people moving around in the cave, and stood up to look at Xiao Yunhao.
"I'll leave them to you."
"Don't worry." Xiao Yunhao glanced at the cave entrance.
"General Bai, let's go together. I'll go and rescue Geng Wu."
Geng Wu is a bachelor, so he has no pressure to save someone.
"No." Bai Hong shook his head.
"It's not difficult for Geng Wu and I to leave the capital alone."
"But there are still those personal soldiers and officers who follow me. It won't be so easy for them to leave."
Bai Hong took a deep breath, pulled the corner of his lips, raised his hand and patted Xiao Yunhao's shoulder.
"I must lead the 200,000-strong army. Otherwise, anyone else will fight the Heavenly God Army to the death."
"Even if Emperor Wu of Liang still doubts me, he has no choice but to use me when there is no one else available."
"Go ahead, we'll see you on the battlefield."
Bai Hong pulled Xiao Yunhao towards the cave entrance, raised his chin and smiled.
Xiao Yunhao looked at Bai Hong deeply.
Thinking of the Bai family members in the secret passage, he didn't dare to waste any more time.
Xiao Yunhao clasped his hands together towards Bai Hong and said, "Okay, see you on the battlefield!"
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