A Single Edict Changes the Winds and Clouds

"Whether it concerns you or not is not for you to decide. It is for this official to decide."

The Censorate Inspector sent from the Sacred Capital this time was not from the same school as the Spring-Autumn Brush, nor was he even of the Confucian School lineage.

He came from the Legalist School.

He was thin and gaunt, with a pale face and narrow eyes.

He looked like someone who was exceedingly difficult to provoke.

"Repeat, honestly and in full, everything that happened within the Imperial Tomb," the Censorate Inspector said coldly, then lit a glass lamp beside him.

He did this for every interrogation.

From Fang Xun's memories, Li Shun had learned the origin of this lamp.

It was an interrogation tool used exclusively by the Legalist School: the Heart-Illuminating Lamp.

Its bright light illuminated the heart. It was said to determine whether someone was lying, and it could also record interrogations.

But the matter of the Imperial Tomb Burial Mound being forced open had nothing to do with Li Shun to begin with.

As usual, he recounted his experiences truthfully from beginning to end, merely concealing the fact that he had obtained Wu Peng's inheritance.

With most of his mind curled up within the Square Inch space, Li Shun was not afraid that anyone would truly spot a flaw.

After Li Shun finished his account, the Censorate Inspector turned things over and over again, repeatedly questioning every detail.

The interrogation lasted from daytime until nightfall and still did not end.

Li Shun visibly grew irritable. "Is this all your Legalist School can do? How many times have you asked the same questions?

"I already told you, it has nothing to do with me!"

"It is nearly dark, and you still do not intend to let me go