Take him into custody?
Li Zhixing visibly froze at Jiang Xiaobai's words.
He admitted that the scholar in blue did seem suspicious.
Especially his reaction just now-it clearly wasn't that of an ordinary angry scholar.
But the problem was...
Were they really going to seize him in front of all these scholars?
Wasn't that going a little too far?
The scholars inside the Clear Pavilion were already seething with outrage.
If Jiang Xiaobai forcibly arrested someone now, he could easily be branded a bully abusing his power.
If the uproar grew, the situation would become even harder to contain.
At that thought, Li Zhixing's brows knitted tightly. He couldn't help lowering his voice. "Heir Jiang, isn't this rather inappropriate?"
"Even if he is suspicious, this is still the Clear Pavilion."
"If word spreads that we arrested someone in front of so many scholars..."
"So what if it spreads?"
Jiang Xiaobai cut him off coldly.
As he spoke, Jiang Xiaobai swept his gaze over the mess on the floor, then looked at the papers pasted on the walls. "Hmph. The Clear Pavilion was originally a place for studying and exchanging ideas."
"A place where scholars from humble families could eat and study, and climb another level."
"But now?"
Jiang Xiaobai's voice grew colder. "Certain people have turned it into a rallying ground for denunciations."
"Wasting food, slandering the Chancellor's Residence, and inciting scholars."
"What? Is the Clear Pavilion supposed to keep feeding people like that?"
"Well..."
Li Zhixing paused, then glanced at the scholar in blue.
That was true.
He, too, had sensed something wrong with this man.
If someone had indeed planted him here, then Jiang Xiaobai wasn't the only one he was targeting today.
There was also the Clear Pavilion, and even... the Chancellor's Residence!
At that thought, Li