Jiang Wan added with a cold sneer, "This man is so cold-blooded. Poor Shi Xie even raised him as his heir."
"Heir? What a colossal joke. I thought it was already in the bag too, but a few words from 'Sun Bu' changed everything. Cold-blooded, you say? Whenever I think of the faces of those Shi Clan relatives these past few days, they could hardly wait for me to die. What wrong have I, Shi Hui, done?"
Provoked by Jiang Wan's words, Shi Hui had now revealed a crazed look.
Lan Tian barked in a deep voice, "I don't have time to watch your performance. Even if you refuse to confess, it won't change your fate of execution. Since you're so afraid, what were you doing earlier?"
"Hmph. If I hadn't resisted, would you have spared Jiaozhi? Would you have spared the Shi Clan?" Shi Hui snorted with his head lowered, his hair hanging loose.
"Jiaozhi belongs to Great Han, not to your Shi Clan. If the Shi Clan had been willing to hand over power, it might not have been impossible for them to meet a peaceful end. But you chose the worst possible path." Lan Tian frowned.
Shi Hui swept aside the hair before his forehead and burst out laughing. "Things have come to this. Say whatever you want—I, Shi Hui, do not regret the decision I made."
"Then why—"
"I already said it just now. Your judgment is unfair. The three of us shouldn't be the only ones dying. Shi Zhi's betrayal is one thing, but what about Shi Xie? What about Shi Xun? And Sun Bu? At the very least, those three should die too."
After hearing Shi Hui's words, both Xu Shuang and Jiang Wan laughed. Lan Tian clasped his hands behind his back and