Anti-fraud manual for the cultivation world

The delivery wagon has left.

Meng Ting was also panting heavily, sitting at the kitchen doorway with her tongue sticking out.

The cook walked past her, muttering, "Can't even move this little bit of stuff? Ugh! How utterly useless!"

Meng Ting was timid and dared not argue with her superior, so she could only endure her grievances and pout.

Li Gu removed his hand from the iron ruler...

It turns out the cook was a man of Prefect Hong!

It seems that Prefect Hong is very meticulous and has already prepared cover for the four of them in every aspect. The Demonic Sect will have to outwit and outmaneuver Prefect Hong before they can pinpoint their location.

Take advantage of this time to develop!

Development is the only important thing.

That night, Li Gu began to desperately unblock and expand his meridians to adapt to his newly acquired cultivation level. He worked hard all night, but his progress was not fast. He still could not flexibly use the cultivation provided by the fake medicine he had taken the night before. It was clear that unblocking and expanding the meridians could not be accomplished overnight.

At this rate, progress is going to be far too slow!

No, we need to think of a better way.

To expand the meridians, you still have to take medicine, and to take medicine, you inevitably have to deal with the Thirteen Gangs.

Early in the morning, after Li Gu had finished his shift at the Six Doors, he greeted Cai Xinzi and said he had to go out to handle a case.

Cai Xinzi didn't ask him what he wanted to do and let him go.

Li Gu walked onto the bustling streets of Jiangzhou, paused briefly, and then headed towards Chuqi Gate.

However, this time he couldn't easily enter the medicinal herb street.

Just as he reached the street corner, he was blocked by two men in green, who said in a sarcastic tone, "Oh, isn't this the new constable? The constable full of justice, catching fake medicine dealers all over the streets, what brings you to Chuqimen again today? Didn't you learn your lesson last time and want to have some more?"

Seeing this, Li Gu knew he would never find fake medicine in Chuqimen; he could only find real medicine.

What good is that? He can't afford the real medicine.

Okay, let's go with Plan B.

Li Gu smiled and said, "I'm not here to arrest fake drug dealers or anyone else. Take me to your supervisor; I have something to discuss with him."

The two men in green exchanged a glance, and after a few seconds, they reached a consensus. One of them beckoned to Li Gu: "Come with me."

Li Gu followed behind him and entered the medicinal herb street for the second time.

The streets were still bustling, with rows of pharmacies open to customers. Carts and trucks carrying all sorts of medicinal herbs filled the streets, and most of the people coming and going were merchants. Every few steps, you could see a boy selling counterfeit medicine on the roadside. Li Gu spotted Qin Zhen, the boy who sold counterfeit medicine last time, squatting on the side of the road, carefully observing passersby, looking for a sucker who "looks easy to fool".

Upon seeing Li Gu arrive, Qin Zhen stuck out her tongue and quickly retreated into the alley. The other underage fake drug dealers also all shrank back into the alley. It seemed this was a special strategy devised by the Thirteen Gang to deal with Li Gu, this "ignorant constable."

Before long, Li Gu met the merchant from before.

Li Gu clasped his hands in a fist and palm salute: "We meet again."

The merchant wore a strange expression: "You dare to come a second time? Have you already forgotten what Chief Constable Cai told you last time you went back?"

"Of course I haven't forgotten." Li Gu revealed a strange smile that said, "You know what I mean." "Last time, when I first arrived, I was really ignorant of the rules and was reprimanded by the chief constable. Only then did I realize the strength of the Thirteen Gangs and understand my recklessness. This time, I won't make a fool of myself again, but rather want to talk to your gang about cooperation."

The merchant said irritably, "The best way to cooperate with us is for you not to come and hang around this street."

"No, no, no, that's not necessarily a good thing." Li Gu waved his hand. "If I don't come here, I won't be able to catch criminals, and my performance won't look very good. Your gang will just be able to do business as usual and won't get any more benefits. How about we cooperate more deeply? I can improve my performance, and your gang's business can also grow bigger."

The merchant shook his head: "I can't think of any area where we can cooperate."

Li Gu chuckled and lowered his voice, "If I'm not mistaken, your gang isn't the only one in Jiangzhou City involved in the medicinal herb business, is it? Even the most powerful local tyrants will always face challenges from outsiders. Are there any outsider medicine merchants trying to get a piece of the pie in Jiangzhou City? If they're selling counterfeit medicine, report them to me, and I'll arrest them. That way, I'll catch the thief and gain face in the government, while you'll have one less competitor. Isn't that wonderful?"

The merchant exclaimed in surprise, clearly somewhat taken aback: "You really intend to do this?"

Li Gu's voice turned serious: "Fortune favors the bold. If I want to climb up, I have to catch thieves. Local thieves have protectors, so I'll catch outsiders. What's a little risk? The real risk in life is being complacent and living at the bottom. People above can crush you at any time without even looking down at you, just like crushing an ant."

As Li Gu spoke, his voice carried a hint of emotion. He thought of Hua Gu. Zhou Shijie was paralyzed with broken meridians, and Wu Wangshu had run into and died while trying to escape the defensive formation... Hua Qianfang knew that there were other reasons behind these two incidents, but he was too lazy to investigate. Such matters were not worth his attention. He only needed a reason to reassure his other disciples.

The merchant sensed the resentment in Li Gu's tone, stared at him intently for a few seconds, and then suddenly clasped his hands in a fist and said, "I am Duan Musheng, the head of the Thirteen Gang's Monthly Affairs Department, in charge of tax inspection, warehouse management, dispute mediation, and external documents. The disputes with foreign medicine merchants are precisely what I am responsible for."

This is the first time he has volunteered, so it seems he has agreed to cooperate.

Li Gu also clasped his hands in greeting: "My name is Li Mujin, a newly arrived constable. I hope Chief Duan will take good care of me in the future."

Duan Musheng turned to the man in green beside him and said, "Go and call Qin Zhen here."

Soon, the boy who sold fake medicine that Li Gu had caught last time was brought before him.

The boy's face was very pale. He thought that the Thirteen Gang had reached some kind of deal with the government, and that they would sacrifice him and hand him over to the government as a gift. He was so frightened that his lips turned purple.

Fortunately, things didn't turn out the way he thought. Duan Musheng simply instructed him, "Tell Officer Li what you saw at the dock last night."

Qin Zhen breathed a sigh of relief. "Phew, thank goodness," she said obediently. "The night before last, I was fishing in the middle of the river in a small boat when I smelled medicine on a passing cargo ship. So I followed it. The cargo ship docked at Yinglongmen Wharf and secretly unloaded its cargo. I'm sure it was full of medicinal herbs."

Yinglongmen? Li Gu immediately remembered that when he clocked in for work yesterday, Chief Constable Cai Xinzi said that she had received a tip-off and asked Niu Xin and Ma Zhi to go to Yinglongmen to check a batch of shady goods. At the time, Niu and Ma complained that Yinglongmen was the territory of the Yangtze River Gang, and since the Jinzhu Gang and the Yangtze River Gang were at odds, it must have been the Jinzhu Gang that reported it.

It matches perfectly! It matches exactly!