Clearly, these two individuals were once War Generals in the Zhao state who commanded great renown: Li Mu and Sima Shang.
On the day Guo Kai set an ambush to kill Li Mu, had Yanting not intervened, both men would surely have perished.
"Shangjiangjun. We've been held here for over half a year now. Why hasn't the person behind this come to see us yet?" Sima Shang asked, looking at Li Mu. "What exactly are their intentions?"
Upon hearing this, Li Mu was quite indifferent. "You've asked that dozens of times over the past half-year. I eat and sleep in the same conditions you do; how would I know?"
"However, we can be sure that the person behind all this will eventually come to meet us," he continued. "Otherwise, they wouldn't have gone to such great lengths to save us, much less let us live this long. Just wait."
Sima Shang nodded, his face etched with sorrow. "After all this time, I wonder if Zhao still stands."
