The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 157

Seeing that the King of the Western Regions was quite drunk, Xu Tian immediately turned and left, hoping that Yan Ji could hold off the King of the Western Regions for a longer period of time.

As night deepened, Xu Tian changed into a set of night clothes and wandered around in the shadows.

Now, there were not many people left in the study of the King of the Western Regions. He pried open the window and went in, putting all the defense maps and other materials into his arms before leaving.

Then, he encountered the black cat again.

Xu Tianxin thought to himself that he was afraid the black cat might do something to disrupt his plans again.

But this time, the black cat seemed to know what Xu Tian was going to do. It just glanced at him and left without making a sound.

Xu Tian breathed a sigh of relief, then left the study and followed the dark path to a secluded spot in the Western Regions Palace.

There's a dog hole here, probably because the place is so remote that no one has cleaned it or noticed it.

Although it's called a dog hole, it's big enough for one person to leave, and there are traces of it being dug by humans, so it must have been dug by someone in the past.

Xu Tian didn't think too much about it and crawled straight out of the hole.

He originally intended to climb over the wall, but crawling through the dog hole was much more time-saving and labor-saving than climbing.

Once outside the palace walls, he went directly to the prison.

Even now, there are still many soldiers from the Western Regions patrolling the streets, but their eyes are glazed over, clearly exhausted.

Xu Tian watched and found them particularly amusing.

He is currently under orders to conduct a full-scale search, and a group of Tang people have not yet left the Western Regions.

But these soldiers were so lazy that they didn't bother patrolling at all, which gave him an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

After figuring out the soldiers' patrol routes, he dressed in night clothes and walked in the shadows, dodging as he went.

Before long, he arrived at the prison.

After the last incident, the prison guards were much more cautious.

But a prison is not a dungeon, nor can it be said to be completely airtight.

Therefore, once Xu Tian reached the high wall, he could see an iron window.

Behind the iron bars were sleeping prisoners and weary jailers.

After climbing for a while, he saw the Second Prince and a group of soldiers.

The second prince now looked indifferent, drawing something on the ground, seemingly an escape route.

He really is the Second Prince.

The Second Prince's hair was now disheveled, his face was gaunt, and there were several whip marks on his body, indicating that he had been severely tortured.

He was, after all, Xu Tian's student. When Xu Tian saw this scene, his face naturally turned cold and he was furious.

Xu Tian landed on the ground, picked up a pebble, then climbed back up the high wall and threw the pebble at the Second Prince.

The second prince felt a headache coming on, but he quickly grabbed the pebble to prevent it from falling to the ground and making a sound. Then he turned his head and saw a figure on the window.

In the dim light of night, the second prince almost mistook it for a ghost.

Xu Tian made a "shush" gesture.

The second prince immediately shut his mouth, looked at it carefully, and found it particularly familiar.

It took the second prince quite a while to recognize who it was.

His expression brightened with surprise, and he asked silently, "Grand Tutor Xu?"

Xu Tian nodded.

After he nodded, the second prince smiled.

Just then, another group of people quietly sneaked into the vicinity of the prison.