Yet, faced with Xiyan, Chenrong Yi had chosen to surrender. One could only wonder what General Yanzhuan would have thought in heaven. Those who surrendered always found various excuses for themselves; true, he had preserved his family's bloodline, but at the same time, he had sacrificed their honor. Perhaps to the vanquished went the status of bandits, and the Chenrong clan had long since been buried beneath the yellow sands. How could the defeated ever be worthy of honor? Yet, honor or no honor, even had they been buried in the sand forever without a soul to care, those dry bones surely would not have wished for their descendants to bear the stain of surrendering ministers. Surrendering ministers? Then what, pray tell, had their tragic sacrifices amounted to?
Seeing Xiaoyao fall into deep thought, Anian asked:
"What is it, Sister? Do you have anything else to say about Chenrong Yi?"
Chapter 235