"Some people ate the academy's food and enjoyed all the benefits it brought them, yet paid lip service while defying it behind its back, selling the academy out," Grand Elder Cui Tingjiang said in a snide tone.
"Who are you referring to, Grand Elder? Say it outright." Li Xinyang was displeased when he heard this and asked coldly.
"I was wondering about that myself. We had only just agreed to requisition Tang Wen's soldiers.
"Yet someone tipped him off in the blink of an eye. When we went to the Commander-in-Chief's Office to discuss it, they told us the Tang soldiers had already been requisitioned.
"Tell me, only the few of us were there for that discussion, with no outsiders present. What could it be but a traitor among us?" Vice Dean Zhao Zhenhong snapped.
"I'm not that traitor, so why are you taking veiled shots at me?" Li Xinyang sneered.
"Heh, I wouldn't dare say whether it was you. But afterward, your son Li Zitong often ate and drank with Tang Wen. He must have pocketed plenty of benefits, eh?" Cui Tingjiang asked with a sinister smile.
"You had my son followed?" Smack! Enraged, Li Xinyang slammed his palm onto the table.
"So what if we did? He did something despicable that harmed the academy's interests. Shouldn't we have?" Chen Wancai sneered.
"What should the punishment be for harming the academy's interests? Elder Chen, you're the Enforcement Elder. You tell us," Cui Tingjiang demanded aggressively.
"Someone like that is worse than a pig or dog. He should be seized, stuffed into a pig cage, and drowned as a warning to others!" Chen Wancai snorted.
"Produce your evidence! If you have proof that my son tipped Tang Wen off, then we'll drown him in a pig cage!" Li Xinyang roared.