The reason State Duke Lu left in a hurry was that he was eager to tell the Emperor about the new clue.
It was the same reason why Monk Duhai gave the interrogation a break.
Now that the matter was related to the Center Sect and the Prince Jing Xin, how the interrogation would proceed was not something the people present in the hall could decide anymore.
The officials of Taichang Temple and the Pure Heaven Bureau and the representatives of various sects left Taichang Temple in tandem.
The Great Marsh Sect felt satisfied with the misfortune of certain people; the Kunlun Sect and some other sects were worried. And those smaller sects wished that they had never attended the meeting that day in the first place.
Zhang Yiai couldn't leave the place of course. He was brought to a side room in Taichang Temple.
Monk Duhai sat on a futon outside the room, for the purpose of guarding the door, obviously.