"May I ask where our Xu Family has offended you, sir, to warrant such a murderous assault? If it's wealth you seek, we are willing to give all our assets to you, just to spare our family's lives."
Xu Liangpan's voice was hoarse as he saw his third son's severed head on the table, yet he still had to beg Su Jie for mercy.
"Beg for mercy?"
Su Jie pointed at the corpses of the butchered commoners scattered on the ground, raising his eyebrows as he spoke, "When you killed those commoners, did they not beg for their lives?"
Xu Liangpan was trembling all over, but he forced himself to remain calm and said, "These commoners were the ones driven away by the court; in doing what we did, we were also helping relieve the court of its worries. Otherwise, leaving these commoners unchecked as they stormed the cities and countryside, who knows what destruction and casualties they would have caused."
