The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 782: profit for the country
Chapter 782: Profit for the Country
Furthermore, rather than speculating that the Princess Zhenguo wanted to rebel, Liu Hong privately preferred to believe that the Princess Zhenguo was moved by the Crown Prince’s ambitions, was loyal to him, and was using her own wisdom to plan for his future.
For the sake of the overall situation, Liu Hong felt that at this time… he could only put the matter aside and wait until the war in Daliang was over and he could ask the prince for confirmation after returning to the court.
“Since the Princess Zhenguo said so, I will not mention the fact that the Princess Zhenguo came to help in my report. When we return tomorrow and can give back the credit of this battle to the Princess Zhenguo, Liu Hong will not be greedy for the credit and will definitely report truthfully!” Liu Hong bowed to Bai Qingyan and said solemnly.
Bai Qingyan straightened his back and returned the greeting: “Bai Qingyan doesn’t care about merit. General Liu doesn’t have to worry about it. We fight and kill… As long as we can win, it doesn’t matter whose merit it is. The ultimate goal is to benefit the country.”
“I admire the magnanimity of Princess Zhenguo!” Liu Hong said.
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Bai Qingyan came out of Liu Hong’s tent. Zhao Ran, who had been waiting for a long time, stepped forward, saluted Bai Qingyan, and said angrily: “Miss, according to your instructions, we boiled the medicine for curing the plague and sent it to the Liang army, but some Liang army captives actually knocked over the medicine, saying that they would rather die for their country than accept charity from the enemy country. They are simply ungrateful! I am here to ask… how should we deal with these captives?”
Zhao Ran was extremely angry. If he wanted to die, why didn’t he just bang his head against the wall and slit his neck? What kind of patriotic hero was he? Nowadays, medicines for treating epidemic diseases were so precious that even the prices of herbal medicines in Jin State had doubled. The Emperor of Daliang was not as generous as their eldest daughter in giving them medicines, and they actually dared to knock over the medicines. If it weren’t for the eldest daughter’s life… Zhao Ran wanted to kill those turtle bastards.
Bai Qingyan thought for a moment and said, “Go and invite General Zhao Sheng of the Zhao Army. I want to see him!”
Zhao Ran nodded, clasped his fists and said, “Yes!”
When Bai Qingyan returned to Bai Jinzhi’s tent, she heard Ji Langhua say that she had cleaned and bandaged Bai Jinzhi’s wound. She stood in front of the bed, leaned over and gently touched Bai Jinzhi’s forehead, and tucked the quilt for Bai Jinzhi. She had a lot of words in her mind that she wanted to teach Bai Jinzhi a lesson for his audacity, but after seeing Bai Jinzhi’s tired sleeping face, she quietly disappeared without a trace.
She untied the dry cloak from her shoulders and prepared to change into clean clothes.
Ji Langhua came forward with a medicine tray for cleaning wounds. Seeing Bai Qingyan, who looked exhausted, sighed deeply and was about to take off her boots, she quickly put the tray aside and knelt on one knee to help: “I’ll help the young lady…”
Ji Langhua took off Bai Qingyan’s boots. The boots were warmed up by Bai Qingyan, leaving only a little bit of moisture. Seeing Bai Qingyan’s feet swollen and white from being soaked, Ji Langhua felt uncomfortable. He helped Bai Qingyan dry her feet and put on clean socks again. He whispered, “Young lady, you have rushed all the way here. You also fought hard last night. You should take a rest!”
Bai Qingyan picked up the clean boots at hand and put them on. He stood up and took the clean clothes. While unbuttoning his armor and walking behind the screen to change clothes, he said, “You take a rest. I have something else to do.”
Ji Langhua wanted to say something but stopped himself. Seeing Bai Qingyan change his clothes and leave the tent again, Ji Langhua chased after him for two steps. Standing in front of the tent, his heart ached as he watched Bai Qingyan walk away. He thought of Bai Jinzhi who was so tired that he fell asleep as soon as he came back, and then thought of Bai Qingyan who came with troops to help… After a big battle last night, he still hadn’t eaten yet.
Ji Langhua rubbed his palms on his clothes, turned around and saw Bai Jinzhi sleeping soundly, so he let down the curtain of the big tent and told the soldiers guarding the tent not to disturb Bai Jinzhi. Then he trotted off to find a familiar fireman to borrow tools to make hot noodle soup for Bai Qingyan and Bai Jinzhi.
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Zhao Sheng and several Daliang generals were imprisoned in a dungeon at the Qingxi Mountain Pass. It rained heavily for a day and a night, and the dungeon was filled with rainwater.
The Daliang general who was imprisoned in this dungeon had his feet soaked in water and had no place to sit.
A dissatisfied Daliang general kicked the door of the cell fiercely and shouted: “Damn it! Can’t you give me a table? Give me a stool?! My feet are all swollen!”
The Jin soldier assigned to guard the cell turned a deaf ear and stood upright on the high steps of the dungeon.
The general who kicked the prison door shook it hard. The sound of iron chains colliding, the sound of water splashing caused by people walking in the cell, and the sound of cursing continued to come from the dungeon.
The dungeon at the Qingxi Mountain Pass is deep and long. The torches on the walls are burning flickeringly, reflecting the dirty water surface in a yellow glow. If it weren’t for the feet still soaking in the cold water, it would definitely give people an illusion of warmth.
Some self-destructive generals sat down in the water. Their physical fatigue was slightly relieved, but the cold feeling came back again, which was really torturous.
Zhao Sheng, who had been stripped of his armor and sword, was imprisoned alone in the innermost part of the dungeon. He sat cross-legged in the water, closed his eyes, and was filled with despair.
A person’s courage to commit suicide is only temporary. After he was rescued by Princess Zhenguo, he no longer had the courage to commit suicide. But when he was captured a second time… Even if he could return to Daliang, he would still be dead.
Just when Zhao Sheng was still thinking about whether he should end his life or wait until the war was over and return to Daliang… when he was dying in Hancheng, several Jin army soldiers wearing swords came down from the dungeon, showed their tokens, and said that they were here to pick up the person on the orders of Princess Zhenguo.
Upon hearing the noise, the impatient general of Daliang hurried to the prison gate and shouted at the Jin army soldiers who came to pick up the prisoners: “Hey! Damn it… If you want to kill us, then give us a quick blow. If you don’t want to kill us, then give us another clean place!”
Zhao Ran, who was walking in the front and leading the way, put the token back on his waist and led his troops to the innermost dungeon… He glanced at the several Daliang generals who were shouting with a bone-chilling gaze, and his footsteps did not stop for those generals: “Defeat the prisoners, you can die if you want!”
“You!” The Daliang general was suddenly speechless.
The defeated army surrendered, a great shame and humiliation…
Zhao Ran led his men to the cell door where Zhao Sheng was imprisoned. He glanced at the cakes on the black lacquered square plate floating on the water. Knowing that Zhao Sheng had not eaten yet, he did not care much and just said, “Zhao Sheng, my princess wants to see you!”
The cell door was opened. Zhao Sheng slowly raised his head and looked at the tall and straight young man. He stood up with one hand supporting the wall. The dirty water flowed down his thin clothes.
“Are you… from the Bai family army?” Zhao Sheng asked.
“Exactly!”
Once a member of the Bai Family Army, always a member of the Bai Family Army.
Although Zhao Ran returned to Bai Mansion after being injured and became the guard of Bai Mansion, and although he later went to Niujiao Mountain with Ji Tingyu to train new recruits and were called Niujiao Mountain soldiers, in his heart… the soldiers of Niujiao Mountain were the Bai Family Army!
Zhao Sheng nodded…
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