Zhang Gaoqiu fell to his knees and begged Zhang Chen for mercy.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen glanced at Zhang Gaoqiu and reached out to stroke his head as though petting a little dog. "You want me to spare you?"
Zhang Gaoqiu nodded frantically. "Big Brother, we're brothers of the same clan. What hurdle can't be crossed? So long as you spare me, I'll serve you like a horse before the saddle and a servant behind it. From now on, I'll follow wherever you lead. If you tell me to go east, I'll never go west. Please, spare me!"
After hearing Zhang Gaoqiu's words, Zhang Chen patted his head. "I would like to spare you for the sake of our shared clan, but when you held the upper hand back then, did you ever think of sparing me? Besides, your father, brothers, and sisters are all waiting for you below. A family ought to be reunited neat and whole. You should hurry down and join them. How could I bear to make you suffer the pain of separation?"
After speaking, Zhang Chen stood and said to the guards beside him, "Do it. Send them on their way."
"Zhang Chen, you son of a bitch! You're this cruel, and the world will not tolerate you! Sooner or later, you'll suffer retribution!" Seeing that Zhang Chen showed him no mercy and directly ordered the guards to kill him, Zhang Gaoqiu lost all restraint in his terror and cursed loudly.
"Do you want to die by a thousand cuts?" Zhang Chen asked with a smile.
Upon hearing Zhang Chen's words, Zhang Gaoqiu's curses came to an abrupt halt, and he became quiet as a cicada in winter.
If he shut up now, he might still receive a decent death. At worst, his head would