Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

The chief constable's surname was Cai, and his given name was Xinzi. He was a middle-aged fat man with a shiny, greasy face, the kind who was well-nourished. His belly was very big when it protruded, and his whole head was round.

He looked no different from those incompetent, deadbeat leaders in companies in later generations.

He waved to Li Gu, signaling him to come closer.

With a stern face, he said, "New guy, you were clearly with Kailong this morning helping with the night watchman case at Jinzhu. How come you're suddenly here on Chuqimen's pharmacy street catching fake medicine vendors? Can you explain this to me?"

Li Gu's heart skipped a beat: So that's what it was about? You were sitting inside the Six Doors and didn't go out at all, and all your constables were outside dealing with the night watchman's case. How did you know I went to Chuqi Gate?

Tsk!

There's only one answer: the Thirteen Gang notified you.

Li Gu instantly understood something and cursed inwardly: I'm truly impressed.

Cai Xinzi said sarcastically, "Now that you've become a constable and have some power, you want to use it, right? You want to skim some money, make some extra cash, and squeeze a few coins out of the Thirteen Gangs, right? Tsk tsk tsk! On your first day in my Six Doors, you're already resorting to these crooked tricks. Don't you want to stay in this job anymore?"

Li Gu cursed inwardly: "Hasn't this just admitting your guilt? Looks like you've taken a lot of money from the Thirteen Gang."

Cai Xinzi sneered, "I'll let you off this time because you're new and don't know the rules. But if you act recklessly again, pack your things and get out, understand?"

Li Gu secretly thought to himself that things were going badly.

He still heard the warning from the Thirteen Gangs: if he lost his constable uniform, he would be reporting to the King of Hell the moment he stepped out of the yamen.

Cai Xinzi was cooperating with the Thirteen Gang's threat against him, issuing a double warning.

If Cai Xinzi kicks him out of the yamen and he loses his status as a constable, the Thirteen Gang will kill him.

Oh shit!

Li Gu cursed inwardly, but clasped his hands in a fist salute: "I am new here and truly unaware of the rules of Jiangzhou. I was rash. I will never act without permission next time, and will always consult the chief constable first."

"Okay, that's good. Go now." Seeing that he had given in, Cai Xinzi didn't say anything more. She waved her hand, crossed her legs again, and leisurely drank her tea.

Li Gu scurried into a corner of the room and sat there, keeping a low profile.

After a while, Kailong and the other constables returned one after another, mostly from the prison. They had already interrogated the murderer who killed the night watchman and found out his motive.

Kailong sat down next to Li Gu and whispered, "The guy who killed the night watchmen has spoken. He's a demonic cultivator who just came from the Central Plains. His cultivation method is to replenish yang by absorbing yin energy. He likes to operate at night, capturing women and taking them to alleys to do his business and practice his skills. He was caught by the night watchmen on several occasions, and he even killed several of them to silence them. He was the one who committed the previous night watchman cases."

Li Gu clicked his tongue twice.

Seeing his unpleasant expression, Kailong whispered, "Did you take the Chief Constable's money?"

Li Guqi said, "Huh? You knew that too?"

Chiron laughed: "From the moment you started asking about selling fake medicine, I could guess what was going to happen next."

Li Gu was both amused and exasperated: "You really didn't remind me at all? What happened to mentoring the newcomers? Are you just letting them fend for themselves? Are you just letting them run into a brick wall and die?"

Kailong suppressed a laugh: "Haha! Don't worry, Cai Xinzi won't really kick you out."

Li Guqi asked, "How do you know about this?"

Kailong: "You were personally placed here by Governor Hong. How dare Cai Xinzi kick you out? At most, he's just trying to save face by scaring you! If you scare him back, he might be even more panicked than you."

Li Gu Daqi: "I got in so easily. I thought Prefect Hong liked to make arrangements for people and didn't think I had any special status at all."

Kailong shook his head: "No, over the years, Prefect Hong has only assigned the four of you to the position. Apart from that, he has never placed anyone else in the government office."

Upon hearing this, Li Gu was puzzled again: Why?

The four of us had never met Prefect Hong before, so why was she helping us like this? Wait a minute! Let me think about it carefully.

She said at the time that she kept us here to make the Demonic Sect fight back, and my system didn't alert me, so it must be true. But a person's thoughts can be layered, and she might have had more than one reason for keeping us here.

She only gave one of the reasons, without revealing the real reason.

Think about it carefully, what other reason could there be?

The first thing Li Gu thought of was the letter from his senior sister, Bai Yan.

That encrypted letter made up of strange numbers!

Li Gu didn't know what the letter said, but he was certain that the letter was the reason why Prefect Hong had used his connections to get the four men into the government.

Kailong patted him on the shoulder and lowered his voice, "What you really need to worry about isn't Cai Xinzi. The more like him there is, the less likely he is to do anything to someone like you with powerful connections. What you really need to worry about are the other constables, especially those who worked their way up from the bottom to get this position... They hate colleagues who can get on equal footing with them through connections. Jealousy can drive people crazy. They don't care if you have the prefect backing you up; they can secretly sabotage you without you being able to defend yourself. This is Jiangzhou; if even your colleagues sabotage you, you'll be dead very quickly."

Li Gu: "!"

Just then, a constable who looked to be about thirty years old walked past the two of them and said in a sarcastic tone, "Everyone is busy maintaining order in the city, but the newcomer is running off to Chuqi Gate to beg for money. He's really lucky."

Li Gu turned his head and glared at the man, thinking: This guy also knows about Chuqimen? He also took money from the Thirteen Gangs?

Another constable chimed in, "After maintaining order, we still have to send the murderer to jail for interrogation. The new guy, however, went straight back to the yamen to have tea and rest. He's just different from us."

"If he really had skill, that would be one thing, but his cultivation level doesn't seem that impressive." Another constable spoke up: "Could he not even have reached the Qi Refining stage, just some lowly Body Refinement cultivator?"

Li Gu turned his head and glanced at the man indifferently.

The man actually glared back defiantly, displaying an air of "come and have a go."

Li Gu had figured it out: in this godforsaken place like Jiangzhou, being humble would only earn him contempt. What he needed to do was to be like the Golden Bamboo Gang, showcasing his strength in front of all the other gangs and factions to earn respect.

He slammed his hands on the table, stood up, and said, "It seems you are all not very satisfied with me."

He spoke loudly enough that everyone in the Six Doors heard him clearly, and all eyes turned to him. Zhang Yi walked in at this moment, paused for a moment, and then leaned against the door to look him over.