County Magistrate Xu, upon hearing this, dared not delay and immediately shouted, "Prepare the horses, prepare the horses, I must hurry to pursue."
"Yes," the servants complied and quickly went to prepare the horses.
Soon, two horses were led to the government gate, and County Magistrate Xu and Steward Tian hurriedly mounted.
Xu Dexian, who had learned much from studying with Zou Jiang for a period, upon learning that Zou Jiang had left without saying goodbye, also immediately rode out to pursue.
Scholars of Great Chu value the six arts of a gentleman, and horseback riding is one of the essential subjects to learn; thus, all three of County Magistrate Xu and his company could ride horses. Spurring their horses into a gallop, after three hours of pursuit, they finally caught up with the mule cart that Zou Jiang was in.
"Uncle, please wait!" County Magistrate Xu called out from a distance.
