Chapter 784 - 781: Strong Contradiction_1
Once, in his youth, Zhao Sheng went on expeditions with his grandfather and father. He had seen the Bai family’s army.
The soldiers of the Bai family had an unmistakable sharpness about them, something he couldn’t find in other Jin Kingdom armies. It made them easily identifiable.
"Let’s go!" Zhao Sheng said.
Zhao Ran led Zhao Sheng, half-soaked, out of the dark and cold dungeon. As they passed the cells, the captured Daliang commanders spotted Zhao Ran and crowded to the gates, shouting General Zhao’s name.
But Zhao Sheng, facing death with equanimity, did not turn his head. He guessed... that the Princess of Zhen might interrogate him using the same methods his grandfather once employed against the Bai family army. He expected something similar to what his brother had faced.
However, much to Zhao Sheng’s surprise, he was not brought to a blood-smelling interrogation room. Instead, he was taken to the barracks at Qingxi Mountain Pass, the very place he had recently recaptured.
The supposedly dying Princess of Zhen, Bai Qingyan, was kneeling at his desk, holding an oil lamp and carefully examining the maps he had stored in his chest.
Zhao Ran entered first to report that Zhao Sheng had arrived. He also informed Bai Qingyan, "Last night was a fierce battle. All the defeated Daliang soldiers have eaten the sent biscuits without leaving any crumbs. Yet Zhao Sheng here, has not touched a single one."