Chapter 533 Breaking through the city gate
Qian Fanji was reading a file. Upon hearing this, he lifted the car curtain and looked over.
The horse had already run a long way, and the little man was bouncing on the horse's back. In a blink of an eye, the horse turned a corner and the man disappeared from sight.
Qian Fanji couldn't sit still any longer, so he got out of the carriage and jumped on his horse.
The guard understood and unloaded the carriage quickly, and the horses galloped out.
"Master, I'm going too..."
The guards hurriedly looked for horses.
Ye Qianning lay on the horse's back and arrived at the city gate in a blink of an eye. The search at the city gate had not yet ended, and there was a long queue at a glance.
Sang Zhi had left the palace an hour ago. If it was a fast horse, it would have run twenty or thirty miles by now. She couldn't wait.
The horse slowed down.
Ye Qianning stroked his mane with her small hand and whispered, "Go ahead."
The horse neighed as if encouraged and ran past the queue of people.
The pedestrians queuing to leave the city suddenly saw a flash before their eyes, and a horse galloped past. Only after it passed by did everyone realize that it was a fast horse.
The crowd began to scream and clamor, and those in the front of the queue looked back. The horses rushed straight towards the city gate, scaring everyone and causing them to scream and scatter.
The fast horses did not rush into the crowd until they were almost at the city gate, by which time most people had already dispersed.
The soldiers at the city gate pointed their spears at the horses that were rushing towards them.
The horse was timid for a moment, but then it regained its spirits, neighing even louder and charging towards the officers and soldiers.
Ye Qianning saw a group of officers and soldiers, holding the horse's neck and raising his head. The officers and soldiers not far away only then saw that there was a child on the horse's back.
"Sir, there is a child on horseback."
"Who cares if she's a child? Entering the city gate without permission is a capital offense."
"The horse seems to have gone mad. The child is innocent. Your Excellency, do you think..."
"Shut up! Anyone who enters the city gate without permission will be killed."
The leader drew his sword and slashed at the approaching horse.
Ye Qianning used his hand as a knife. When his long sword was about to cut into the horse's belly, he quickly broke the hilt. The sharp hilt turned a few times in the air and fell towards the leading officer.
The leading officer cried out in surprise, narrowly avoiding being stabbed by the hilt of a knife. Before he could look up, his horse had already rushed past the city gate.
The spears in the hands of more than a dozen soldiers were scattered all over the ground. Everyone was extremely surprised. It happened so quickly that they didn't know what happened.
"Come on, chase them quickly." The leading soldier exclaimed.
The soldiers came to their senses, bent down to pick up the spears on the ground, and led their horses to chase in that direction.
At the city gate, in the panicked crowd, Gu Yuan's face was filled with horror as he turned and rushed out of the crowd. If he was not mistaken, the child who had just rushed out was Miss Xiang.
"Hurry, follow me out of the city." He called to the servants of the caravan behind him.
"What happened to the young master?"
"Don't ask, get out of the city first."
Gu Yuanlai didn't say much and ran towards the soldiers who were about to leave the city.
"Sir, wait a moment." He stopped the officers and soldiers who were about to leave the city to chase after him.
The officers and soldiers guarding the city gate all recognized the Gu family. Seeing that he was trying to stop them, they did not take action: "Master Gu, you have delayed us from catching the thief. You cannot bear the blame."
"I don't mean to stop you. I just want to be with you gentlemen." Gu Yuan said as the servant brought the horse. He took it and climbed onto it.
"Master Gu wants to join us?"
"The child on your horse is General Xiang's daughter. If anything happens to her, you will all be held responsible."
The leading officer was shocked when he heard this: "Is she really General Xiang's daughter?"
(End of this chapter)
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