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Danma, Chu Mingyao, and the others mounted their horses and hurriedly headed towards the city gate of Suiyang County.
Suiyang County was not a large city, unlike Shangjing which locked its gates at night. They galloped along on horseback, and the Western Rong people's advantage of being skilled horsemen proved evident at this moment. By the time they rode out of the city gate, Ge Fanghai's yamen runners had just arrived on horseback, too late to notify them to lock the gate, and could only watch helplessly as they escaped.
Danma was only slightly relieved after escaping from Suiyang County.
He and Chu Mingyao rode side by side against the night breeze, and he asked, "Third Princess, do you know that woman?"
Chu Mingyao said, "I just met her too. She's with Xiao Yi. I don't know her name either. She's a very interesting girl. I didn't expect that she would be the one to help us out of this predicament."
Danma nodded and said, "Indeed, if she hadn't been beating the drum to plead her case, we might have really started fighting."
Chu Mingyao asked, "Your Highness, shall we head to the General's Mansion now?"
Danma said, "My father was healed by the goddess. I owe her a debt of gratitude and I must not carry out this plan again. I will go and inform the general as a way of repaying the goddess."
After a pause, Danma said to Chu Mingyao, "Third Princess, what about you? The Emperor of Southern Chu wants to take action against Great Jin, and you are, after all, a princess of Southern Chu..."
Chu Mingyao interrupted him, saying, "Your Highness, please stop talking. I'm already married to you, I'm your wife, how could I do anything to betray you? As the saying goes, a wife follows her husband's lead, your decision is my decision."
Danma nodded and said, "Very good, I..."
Before he could finish speaking, suddenly more than a dozen flashes of cold light appeared from the darkness, horses neighed, and screams of agony rose from the horses of his followers behind him. One follower shouted, "Your Highness, an ambush!"
Danma was shocked and, together with Chu Mingyao, reined in their horses. Looking back, they saw that each of their followers had been hit by five or six arrows and was clearly beyond saving.
A large group of soldiers carrying longbows emerged from the darkness, lighting torches to illuminate the entire road. Leading them was a man dressed as a military general.
“I’m sorry, Your Highness,” the military officer said with a smile, “if I let you go to the General’s Mansion, I’m doomed. You absolutely cannot go.”
Chu Mingyao stared at the general and said, "You are the undercover agent in the general's mansion."
“Exactly,” the general chuckled in a low voice, “There are two hundred soldiers here. Are you going to obediently dismount and surrender, or should I use force?”
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