Chapter 478 Not Enough Paper [Please give me a monthly ticket! ]

Liang Yue said the same words to Liu Wenyang and Xue Chi. When he walked out, he saw Song Zhicheng with a bad look on his face among the trembling officials of Wen'antang.

"Liang Xianguan, if you keep threatening and intimidating us like this, even if we get a confession, it cannot be used as evidence." He said gloomily, "Under your coercion, the two of them will inevitably make random accusations and frame others, which will not count."

"Their confessions can at most be used as a piece of evidence to help us locate the location of the book 'Spiritual Examination of Mountains and Rivers'." Liang Yue said calmly, "As for who stole the book and how it was stolen, I should have guessed it."

"Oh?" Song Zhicheng looked doubtful.

The people around were a little bit skeptical and thought that Liang Yue was probably just making it up. Everyone had searched for a long time and couldn't find it, and you guessed it after just a few glances?
So we are all trash?
Faced with many suspicious looks, Liang Yue turned around and pointed to the bookshelf where "Spiritual Examination of Mountains and Rivers" was located.

"It's very difficult to make a book in this library disappear, but it's actually very simple if you can bribe two of them." Liang Yue began to explain, "There is actually a loophole in the handover process of the bookkeepers. That is, they will only check whether there are vacancies in the borrowed books and whether there are vacancies in the unborrowed books. But they can't know exactly what each book is, because the jade seals on the books are the same in the divine consciousness."

"Now let me propose a hypothesis..." Liang Yue looked at Song Zhicheng and smiled, "Suppose that when you were on duty at Liu Wenyang last night, you came to the Bingzi Library and took away the book "Spiritual Examination of Mountains and Rivers"..."

"Don't slander me!" Song Zhicheng was immediately furious and shouted, "If you insult someone's innocence without any evidence, I will definitely hold you accountable to the end!"

"I've already said it's just a hypothesis, why are you so excited?" Liang Yue waved his hand, "Okay, let's assume that I have a friend named Song Gou, okay. This Song Gou came to Bingzi Library last night and took away "Spiritual Examination of Mountains and Rivers". But in that case, there will be a vacancy on the bookshelf, and Liang Peng will find it when he comes tomorrow morning."

"..." Song Zhicheng frowned, as if he was about to lose his temper again.

Qi Yingwu pulled him from behind and whispered, "Sir Song, he doesn't have much time left. It's better not to argue with him..."

Song Zhicheng thought it made sense. Liang Yue was in control of the situation with the imperial guards at this moment. If he got angry with him, he would be desperate and there would be nothing he could do.

When a man is about to die, his words become smelly.

Just bear with it.

"Song Gou thought of a little trick. He borrowed another book from the Bingzi Library, but the book did not leave the library. He put the book that he was supposed to take away in the place of "Shanhe Lingkao". In this way, when Liang Peng checks according to the procedure tomorrow morning, he will not find that there is a missing book there, and there is no mistake in the borrowed book."

"They also need to bribe someone, that is Xue, the treasurer. Xue Chi is responsible for checking the books every morning and evening, and he might find something wrong. So Song Gou relied on his official qualifications and pulled Liu and Xue together to target the new and simple-minded bookkeeper."

"After they changed the location of the books last night, they just left." Liang Yue continued, "Song Gou only needs to come to the Bingzi Library today and take away the book that was placed in the location of "Shanhe Lingkao", so that the plan can be completed. If he opens his mouth to ask where "Shanhe Lingkao" is, the book seeker will naturally not be able to find it, and there is no registration of borrowing the book, so it is natural to frame Liang Peng for the loss of the book."

"Even if there is a subsequent search and it is found that Song Gou is carrying that book, he can still explain that it is a book he borrowed from the Bingzi Library and he just brought it with him to read. Anyway, the library librarians will usually check whether anyone who leaves the library has taken any books out, but they will not check whether anyone who comes in has brought any books in."

"Do you think what I said makes sense, Lord Song?" Liang Yue finished speaking, staring at Song Zhicheng with a pair of eyes as sharp as torches. Song Zhicheng felt uncomfortable being stared at by him, frowning and saying, "What you said is just a story you made up. Even if I have books with me, what does it matter? I have the habit of carrying classics with me to read at any time..."

As he said this, he took out a book from his sleeve and slapped it directly on the table. On it was the words "Songyang Records". Then he raised his head and looked at Liang Yue with a righteous look on his face.

"I've already said that this Song Gou is not you, why are you in such a hurry to refute it?" Liang Yue said with a smile: "It's just that I didn't say this to the two people in the room. If they confess exactly the same thing at that time, wouldn't it be too coincidental?"

When everyone present heard the techniques Liang Yue described, they suddenly felt enlightened.

This little trick was actually very simple. The only difficulty was that it required the cooperation of both the Dian Shu Lang Liu Wenyang and the Treasury Inspector Xue Chi. But if it was really the Grand Secretary Song Zhicheng who wanted to deal with Liang Peng, then these two would certainly not dare to disobey.

They had not thought before that the three people had joined forces to frame Liang Peng, but now it seems to make sense.

With just this little trick, it looked as if "Shanhe Lingkao" had disappeared out of thin air. But in fact, during Liang Peng's time on duty, there was not one less book in the Bingzi Library, but one more!

Everyone immediately believed that this must be the truth.

But the simpler the plan, the fewer loopholes it has. As Song Zhicheng said, it is really difficult for you to find any concrete evidence.

He said he carried the book with him for future reference, what could you do?
After all, we don’t know where the original copy of “Spiritual Examination of Mountains and Rivers” is, so it’s difficult to get solid evidence against him.

As long as Liu Wenyang and Xue Chi hold on and don't tell anyone what they know, Liang Yue will still not be able to find a breakthrough.

Even if there is no concrete evidence that Liang Peng stole the books, the books were lost while he was on duty, and according to the rules Liang Peng still has to bear certain responsibilities.

As long as the two people in the room don't confess, the two brothers of the Liang family will suffer a small loss no matter what.

But this was already very impressive, thanks to Liang Yue's timely arrival. Otherwise, if the Imperial City Guards had taken Liang Peng away, they would definitely not have been as civilized as he interrogated him in public. Under torture, who knows what Liang Peng would have admitted...

Just as everyone was speculating, a soldier from the Imperial Guard stepped forward and said, "Liang Bandu, there is something wrong in the room."

"What's wrong?" Liang Yue asked, "They don't want to recruit?"

"No." The imperial guard shook his head and said, "There is not enough paper inside. It can't be written down."

(End of this chapter)