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Chapter 147 Prison Break
Huyan Chao naturally couldn't sit idly by and wait for his death. He turned around and barely avoided the sword's edge.

"The mantis is using his arms as a chariot, and he is overestimating his own abilities!"

The man in black's second sword strike came like a shadow, pressing closer and closer.

"Your fate is intertwined with my general's; you share both glory and ruin. How can I spare your life?!"

The cell was cramped, and Huyan Chao's wrists and ankles were chained, making it difficult for him to move around. However, the man in black was still no match for him. He easily disarmed the man and knocked him to the ground with a single palm strike.

Huyan Chao also wanted to kill people to silence them!
Just as things were getting critical, the commotion alerted the jailers: "Guards! Someone's trying to break into the prison! Arrest the assassin!"

With a shout, countless soldiers surged in from outside like a tide, surrounding the cell.

The man in black, having survived the ordeal, turned to flee, but his attempts to break through the encirclement proved futile. He was eventually captured alive by the officers and even received two solid blows from their blows.

Shanyu Beixiong and the jailer walked out from behind the soldiers with their hands behind their backs.

"He dared to break into the imperial prison, General Huyan, this man is truly a hero with courage to save you."

Huyan Chao roared, "This man is an assassin sent by Chang'an to kill me!"

Shan Yu Ye sneered: "Assassin? Did the rescue attempt fail and you turned against each other? I was in the cell next to you just now, and we heard your conversation clearly. He is clearly a spy sent by Tong Shouliang to collude with you!"

Huyan Chao's heart sank; he knew he had fallen into Shanyu Beixiong's trap. His every move was under his surveillance, and this man in black was deliberately placed in prison by him.

"So what if he's one of Tong Shouliang's men? What does that prove?"

Shanyu Beixiong's face was filled with righteous indignation:

"This is enough to prove that in the battle of the Great Rift Valley two years ago, Huyan Chao, you really colluded with Chang'an, exchanging 10,000 elite troops and my son's life for your military merit."

“Heh,” Huyan Chao scoffed, “This is just your own wild guess.”

"The witness has been apprehended. After I have interrogated him, I will immediately report to the King and see what he has to say! Guards, tie this assassin up. I, the general, will personally torture him to extract a confession. Let's see if his mouth is tougher, or if my blade is tougher!"

Upon hearing this, the assassin in black was terrified: "I'll confess, I'll confess everything! Spare my life, sir!"

Hu Yanchao felt a sense of foreboding and became somewhat uneasy, wondering how much this person knew about his and Tong Shouliang's secrets, and whether he would confess everything.

Don't do it again and again.

It might be easier to silence him than to rescue him from this prison.

He decisively pulled the hairpin from his hair, flicked his finger, and swiftly stabbed it towards the man in black's throat.

As if he had been prepared, Shanyu Beixiong threw a dart, knocking the hairpin down from mid-air.

The man in black stiffened his neck: "It's better to live a wretched life than to die. I'm not going to risk my life by being stubborn. I'll confess. I was sent by General Tong Shouliang of Chang'an. General Tong and he have been secretly colluding for two years."

"In the Battle of the Great Rift Valley, it was he who, following the plan agreed upon with my general, lured the elite army led by Chanyu Ye into an ambush, where they were completely annihilated by my general. I have evidence."

Hu Yanchao, imprisoned, quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind.

This person will undoubtedly have his crimes confirmed, and the prison has already been taken over by Shanyu Beixiong. He won't even have a chance to argue with the King of Xiliang.

If he could escape this place, he could save his life by revealing Liang Jiang's identity to the King of Xiliang and the conspiracy between him and Shanyu Beixiong to deceive Princess Mumin and frame him.

He hesitated only briefly before making a quick decision: rather than staying here and being controlled by others, he might as well take a gamble.

In a moment of impulse, without thinking it through, he yanked his arms and snapped the iron chains off his hands.

"You think you're asking for death!"

Using the iron chains on his wrists as weapons, he fought his way through the prison guards.

"Huyan Chao is trying to escape from prison! He wants to rebel! Guards, shoot arrows! Seize him!"

At the command of the Xiongnu chieftain Beixiong, arrows rained down like locusts.

Seeing the unfavorable situation, Huyan Chao did not linger in battle. He leaped out of the prison and fought his way out. Once outside the cell, he vanished like a fish into the sea, disappearing in a few leaps. Soldiers pursued him relentlessly, searching everywhere.

Once the surrounding soldiers had finally dispersed, Shanyu Beixiong helped the black-clad assassin to his feet and said apologetically, "My men are reckless. Brother Guanqi, I'm so sorry to have wronged you."

The man in black ripped off his mask, rubbing the bruises on his neck, still shaken: "It's nothing. As long as we can make Huyan Chao confess his crimes and avenge the soldiers who died unjustly, what is this little danger?"

Shanyu Beixiong said, "After Huyan Chao escapes, he will definitely try every means to sneak into the palace. We should not delay and should proceed with the next step immediately."

Guanqi took off all his black clothes and threw them at his feet: "Then I'll leave the aftermath to General Chanyu. I need to hurry and send a message to my princess so she can be prepared."

Shanyu Beixiong nodded: "I hope that this time, we can annihilate the Huyan Dynasty in one fell swoop, so as to avoid any unforeseen complications."

royal palace.

Peacefulness.

The King of Xiliang held a palace banquet, and Liang Jiang was among those invited.

Knowing full well that this journey was fraught with danger, Liang Jiang had no choice but to come.

Killing Huyan Chao is imperative.

Liang Jiang knelt on the ground, listening to the female official read the imperial edict, filled with trepidation.

This was an imperial edict from the King of Xiliang, bestowing upon her the title of the Golden Knife Consort of Xiliang. The marriage was to take place ten days later.

If he did not accept the order, he would be disobeying the imperial decree.

But to accept it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor.

She knelt on the ground, caught in a dilemma, unsure how to refuse.

Princess Mumin stood beside the King of Xiliang, smiling sweetly and content, showing no sign of wanting to refuse.

Above them, the eunuch delivering the imperial decree urged again, "Your Highness, why aren't you receiving the decree and expressing your gratitude?"

Liang Jiang gritted her teeth. For now, she could only accept the imperial decree and appease the situation. Once Huyan Chao was executed, she would immediately find a way to escape and leave Xiliang.

In any case, neither he nor Princess Mumin would suffer a loss.

Liang Jiang glanced at the princess, lowered her head, and raised her hands high: "Wu Ming accepts the decree and thanks Your Majesty for your great favor."

A chorus of congratulations erupted around him.

After the eunuch finished offering his congratulations, he was about to hand the imperial edict to Liang Jiang when a battle erupted outside the palace, and someone cried out in alarm that there were assassins.

Liang Jiang instantly perked up. Here it comes! Just as Gu Xizhi had predicted!
Immediately, the Imperial Guards swarmed in, surrounding the King of Xiliang and his concubines, ready for battle.

"Your Majesty, Huyan Chao has killed the jailer, escaped from the prison, and stormed straight into the palace! Please excuse us for now."

The King of Xiliang was instantly enraged:
"How dare you, Huyan Chao! Is he plotting a rebellion? I will stay here today and see if he has the guts. Let him in!"

At his command, the Imperial Guards surrendered, and Huyan Chao, covered in blood and carrying a blood-stained longsword, strode in.

The King of Xiliang roared angrily, "What kind of Huyan Chao is this? How dare you kill someone, break out of prison, and trespass into the royal palace! What are you trying to do?"

Huyan Chao glanced around and pointed his sword directly at Liang Jiang: "Your Majesty, you've been tricked! This man is a spy sent by the Emperor of Chang'an."

The King of Xiliang was taken aback, and the Imperial Guards immediately surrounded Liang Jiang to prevent any unforeseen events.

Liang Jiang was already mentally prepared, so she pretended to be calm and casually dusted off the dirt on her clothes: "General Huyan, what makes you say that?"

Huyan Chao roared, "You colluded with the Xiongnu chieftain Beixiong and the princess to poison me during the competition, causing me to lose my mind and go berserk. You intended to kill me so you could take my place and become the consort of Xiliang. Your intentions are despicable!"

(End of this chapter)