The First National Preceptor of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 159

Upon hearing this, Xu Tian paused for a moment, then asked, "Where were you arrested?"

"The Western Regions are far to the west," the second prince quickly replied.

Xu Tian then turned to look at the other bandits and asked, "Where were you arrested?"

"Reporting to the leader, we were captured in the eastern part of the Western Regions Kingdom." The bandit leader was furious when he mentioned this incident. "Originally, we planned to come to the Western Regions Kingdom to find a way to steal some things and then return to the Tang Dynasty. However, we didn't expect to encounter a group of horse bandits and soldiers who captured us just as we were about to sneak in!"

He spoke at length, his expression growing increasingly angry.

The second prince's expression changed. He lowered his voice slightly and asked Xu Tian, ​​"Grand Tutor Xu, are these people bandits?"

Xu Tian nodded slightly.

"This..." The second prince was somewhat surprised, never expecting that the people who saved him were actually a group of bandits who had harmed others.

Xu Tian, ​​however, did not react much. Not only did he already know the identities of this group of bandits, but they also had not done anything heinous in recent days.

"Are they really trustworthy?" the second prince asked, still uneasy.

At that moment, the leader of the bandits heard the Second Prince's words and became extremely angry. In the night, his face appeared particularly ferocious and menacing.

He stepped forward, glaring angrily at him: "Hey! How dare you talk like that? We're in the Western Regions now, we're all Tang Dynasty people, what's this talk of trustworthiness or untrustworthiness! If he were untrustworthy, would our leader have let us follow him?"

"I meant no harm, I was just feeling uneasy. If I have offended you, please forgive me." The Second Prince's voice was hoarse for a moment, then he chuckled and said this.

But the robber was unwilling to swallow his anger. He had always had a bad temper, and he was resentful if he didn't fight back.

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing, Xu Tian simply interrupted the robber before he could speak: "Alright, let's think about how to leave the Western Regions first. If we break into the prison again today, the Western Regions soldiers will probably search even more intensively the next day, and then it will be difficult for us to leave."

The adjutant added, "That's right. The most important thing right now is to leave as soon as possible."

As he said this, Xu Tian already had other thoughts in his mind.

The east, west, and south sides were heavily guarded, leaving only the north side untouched.

After thinking it over, Xu Tian said to his adjutant and the group of soldiers brought by the Second Prince, "Go and investigate first, but be careful of danger."

Just as everyone was about to search, the adjutant suddenly spoke up: "Grand Tutor Xu, I know where we can escape."

Xu Tian was taken aback upon hearing this. He had been so busy these past few days that he had almost forgotten that his adjutant, who was capable of infiltrating the Western Regions, was naturally also capable of leaving.

When Xu Tian first saw his adjutant in the Western Regions, he immediately recognized the adjutant's exceptional abilities.

Xu Tian and the Second Prince then prepared to wait where they were.

The adjutant had already gathered clues from all directions with others, and now he said with a delighted expression, "The soldiers in the north are extremely lax; several of them are fast asleep. It would be good if we could escape from there."

Upon hearing this, Xu Tian nodded slightly, and then said to everyone, "Follow me to the north."

The group followed Xu Tian to the north of the Western Regions Kingdom, where they indeed saw many Western Regions soldiers sleeping.

The adjutant skillfully led them around the soldiers and found a cave entrance.

The hole was obviously newly dug. Xu Tian glanced at his adjutant and knew that this was a good deed done by the adjutant's men.

Without saying a word, everyone jumped into the cave.