」魏王曰：「諾！
When the men had surrounded his establishment, Fan Cuo stood on the roof of his tallest structure and said to the king’s emissary, “Would it not be better to use a live Cuo, rather than a dead Cuo, to purchase land?
」使吏捕之，圍而未殺。
If I die, then Zhao will not give the promised territory—what will his highness do then?
痤自上屋騎危，謂使者曰：「與其以死痤市，不如以生痤市。
有如痤死，趙不與王地，則王奈何? 故不若與定割地，然後殺痤。」
As you see, it would be best to settle the question of the territory first and kill me afterwards.