The moment those words came out, everyone present stared at one another, eyes wide.
Even the three members of the Dugu Clan present fell silent.
Dugu Han's eyes bulged, his mouth hanging open. The words were on the tip of his tongue, yet he could not force out a single sentence.
Because what Lin Heng had said was the truth, the universal principle of the world!
The strong oppressed the weak. In wars between clans and aristocratic houses, the grave ones ended with cities slaughtered, the light ones with households exterminated. After their Dugu Clan seized three cities, who knew how many people they had butchered in a single month.
All of this was unavoidable!
Compared with what Lin Heng had done, first, he had not subjected them to cruel punishment, devastation, and torture; second, he had not allowed his subordinates to grind them down or act wantonly.
Although he had touched Dugu Xuexue, relatively speaking, he could indeed be called a kind person.
Just then, the young man behind Dugu Han suddenly said, "Second Brother, don't be bewitched by his words. He kept us alive to detain us as hostages. If he killed all of us, they would also die without a burial place."
Hearing this, Dugu Han jolted awake and said, "Fuck! I almost got fooled by you. We're alive because we have value, not because you're kindhearted at all!"
Damn it, he truly wanted to slap himself right now. If Fourth Sister had not reminded him, he would almost have started thinking that Lin Heng was a kind person.
However, since he had indeed fallen into confusion just now, he had definitely still had that thought.
"Looks like you still have some brains. That's right, you are indeed meant to be exchanged as hostages, but that does