Upon receiving the news from Zhao Jing, Yao Zhi immediately furrowed his thick brows. "Before the war broke out, we neither sent out any messages nor issued any warnings. I am afraid the entire court and country now believe we are all traitors."
Hearing this, the group of pedantic scholars grew even more distraught, acting as if the sky had fallen.
"We traveled thousands of miles to the Western Regions to serve the court and educate the populace... Who could have predicted that before accumulating a shred of merit, we would be branded with this indelible stigma? What face do we have left to live in this world? To continue living would only bring disgrace upon the sages and our ancestors. We might as well die!"
With that, one of them actually lunged forward, intending to bash his head against a pillar.
But where would he find a pillar inside a tent?
