Thanks to Shen Cong's ledger created earlier, Official Liu merely needed to pull out the list in his hands, for it was complete with all pertinent information, thus saving much time in the investigation.
Official Liu was true to his reputation for fairness and integrity. He not only investigated the students accepted by the officials to closely associated with Bai Yanxi, but even summoned and questioned Hu Zhonghua and Wu Chaoping.
The men of the Dali Temple were not to be trifled with.
For individuals like Huang Haibo, the Left Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, they were not likely to confess easily. Once admitting to it, there could be no redemption, so they chose to deny adamantly instead.
However, the disciples under him were students from all around the country - young and naive. After being frightened repeatedly by the men of Dali Temple, they confessed everything.
