Chapter 477: Didn’t Treat Us as Human Beings [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

"How disgraceful, how disgraceful..."

Seeing Liang Yue beating the Imperial City Guards in public, the officials of Wen'antang immediately shrank back and only dared to whisper outside.

Wen'an Hall is not like Wu'an Hall and has no real power. Although many court officials hold the title of Grand Secretary of Wen'an Hall, those who hold some real power outside will not often hang out here. Of course, there are no heavyweights watching the fun here today.

Even though Song Zhicheng in front of him was a Grand Secretary, he would not be able to show off his power if he did not have a brother who was the Right Prime Minister.

Now that Song Zhicheng himself has backed down, who else would dare to stand up and confront Liang Yue?
Instead, Liang Peng tugged at Liang Yue's sleeve and advised, "Brother, this is Wen'antang after all, calm down first. Everyone present is my colleague and senior, and no one will frame me. There must be some misunderstanding here."

After hearing this, others felt a little relieved, thinking that it was a good thing that he had such a kind-hearted brother, otherwise Liang Yue would have started a scene in Wen'an Hall and who would have dared to stop him?

Liang Yue frowned and said, "Xiao Peng, mother has always said that you are too kind and easy to be bullied. Looking at the current situation, I am afraid it is true. I will investigate this book theft case right away. If it is a misunderstanding, it is not a big deal. If someone really framed you, then I will be furious!"

The last words suddenly became more serious, and everyone in Wen'antang present was shocked.

Even a Confucian cultivator with some accomplishments would be no different from a weak scholar in front of a martial arts expert of Liang Yue's level and a large group of ferocious imperial guards.

At this time, the imperial guards blocked the entrances and exits, and Wen'an Hall suddenly became an isolated island. The person in charge was still Liang Yue, a person who could lose his temper at any time and kill people without paying with his life. It was really easy for people to feel insecure.

After shocking everyone, Liang Yue looked at Liang Peng and said, "Tell me, what happened?"

"Yeah." Liang Peng nodded, looking like an honest child, and began to describe the situation in detail.

When he handed over the items to Liu Wenyang early this morning, he had already carefully checked with his spiritual sense and found that all the jade seals were there, except for the gaps where the borrowed books were.

But when Song Zhicheng came here to look for the book just now, the copy of "Spiritual Examination of Mountains and Rivers" was gone. No one had borrowed the book all morning, so it was confirmed that it was stolen.

"So, everyone who came to the Bingzi warehouse this morning is suspected of theft?" Liang Yue pondered.

These words made many people present gasp.

"No." Liang Peng shook his head and said, "The jade seal on the books is to prevent this kind of situation. Because of the seal, the books in the library cannot be put into the storage instruments and can only be carried with you. The jade seal on it is very eye-catching. When someone enters the library and leaves, the bookkeeper only needs to scan with his spiritual sense to know whether this person has secretly taken any books away. And for everyone who leaves when I am on duty, I can confirm that they did not steal."

After he finished explaining, the people around him relaxed again.

What they fear most now is being targeted by Liang Yue.

"That's strange..." Liang Yue heard this and walked into the library. He fell into thought again and said, "There was no vacancy when you came, and no one stole anything in the whole morning. But suddenly a book is missing?"

He looked around. Even though it was just one of the libraries, the Bing Library could still be described as vast and boundless. The books in it could probably be piled up into a mountain. No wonder a jade seal was needed to help manage it.

So Liang Yue asked again: "The Jade Seal should not know which book it is specifically about, right? Is it possible that someone moved the book and then put it in the wrong place?"

"The jade seal on each book is indeed the same, but there are special book finders in the warehouse. They can find the book just by calling out the book's title. We have already looked for it just now, but there is no "Spiritual Examination of Mountains and Rivers" in the library." Song Zhicheng added.

The so-called bookworm is a kind of monster raised in the library. It usually likes to practice by absorbing the fragrance of books and literary energy among the piles of classics, and become familiar with all the classics here.

It looks like a white butterfly, and its only spirituality is that if you call the title of a book at it, it will quickly fly to it.

Otherwise, it would be quite difficult to find a book in such a huge library by manpower.

As Liang Yue listened, he walked to the place where the missing bookshelf was. There was indeed a bright and clear gap on the top of the tall bookshelf. It seemed that the book had been lost not long ago.

After staring for a moment, Liang Yue nodded, "I think I have an idea."

"Ah?" The Wen'antang officials outside looked at each other. It took only a few words to come up with this?

Seriously? Is he looking for a scapegoat to take the blame for his brother's crime?

"Come here, take down the Treasury Inspector Xue Chi and the Dianshu Lang Liu Wenyang, and lock them up in separate rooms. I want to interrogate them separately!" Liang Yue gave an order, and the surrounding imperial guards immediately moved.

"What are you going to do?" The two people who were called suddenly panicked.

"Stop!" Song Zhicheng shouted, "What qualifications do you have to interrogate the people of Wen'antang?"

"Since I am investigating the case, I naturally have the power to interrogate the criminals. If you are dissatisfied, you can go to the Ministry of Justice to sue me!" Liang Yue said, "Or you can simply report it to the emperor and let his majesty punish me. But before that, I will definitely come to a conclusion."

"..." Song Zhicheng was speechless after being confronted by him. After a while, he said, "You can interrogate me, but someone from Wen'antang must accompany you throughout the process. Otherwise, who knows if you will confess under torture in order to protect your relatives."

"Heh." Liang Yue sneered, "When you were trying Xiao Peng just now, did you forget to let people watch?"

"How can we, as scholars, be the same as a cruel official like you?" Song Zhicheng said with a wave of his sleeves.

Liang Yue waved his hands. A lot of time had passed, and he was also worried that things would get more complicated. Song Zhicheng might have the support of Song Zhili. If someone strong enough came to intervene, things would be difficult to handle.

"You can only watch from outside, and are not allowed to make any noise." Liang Yue said, "If you make any unusual movements, you will be treated as an accomplice."

"Hey! Hey - Lord Song, save me!" Seeing that the negotiations were fruitless and a team of imperial guards still took the two men away separately, Xue Chi and Liu Wenyang both shouted loudly.

The imperial guards found two empty rooms in Wen'an Hall and locked up the two men separately.

Liang Yue brought a group of Wen'an Hall officials to Xue Chi's house first. He asked everyone to stand outside the window and walked in alone. Although the door was closed, for these Confucian cultivators, as long as there was no formation, they could not block their eyes and ears, which was equivalent to allowing them to watch.

Liang Yue walked up to the trembling Xue Chi and said, "I have seen through your tricks. It's just a little trick. If I had come later, you might have succeeded. Unfortunately, I arrived early."

"Actually, I don't know what you are up to. Are you so eager to frame my brother and drive him away from Wen'antang? You should have heard that I don't have much time left to live, right? Aren't you afraid that if you force me into a corner, I'll die with you?"

"Liang Xianguan, I don't know what you are talking about..." Xue Chi, the treasurer, stepped back again and again, "Calm down, we... I didn't..."

"I'm very calm." Liang Yue suddenly smiled. "I said I had guessed your trick. I wasn't lying to you. I know that this plan requires both of you to participate. No one can be missing. Now I'll give you a chance. You have one stick of incense to write down the entire process of your involvement in this case. After that, one of you will be fine."

"If he confesses and you don't, I will kill you and let him go; if you confess and he doesn't, I will kill him and let you go."

"Ah?" Xue Chi was shocked.

Liang Yue continued, "I don't have many days left to live anyway. If you two are stubborn, come and stay with me. You knew about this before him, so you can make the decision first, which is an advantage for you."

"It's about a book, Liang Xianguan..." Xue Chi murmured.

"Lord Xue, please think about it carefully." The other party ignored him.

After saying this, Liang Yue turned around, opened the door and walked out, amid Xue Chi's inexplicably complicated expression.

Everyone in Wen'antang standing outside the door opened their mouths in shock.

No.

There are so many of us listening outside, how dare you be so arrogant? There was no interrogation at all, it was just threats!

Don't you think of us as human beings at all?!

(End of this chapter)