usatvline Chapter 508 Guidance on the Maze
Chapter 508 Guidance on the Maze
Su Xiao, mindful of the superior-subordinate relationship, asked his questions tactfully, despite having many doubts:
"Li, the cultivators use spirit stones for transactions. What can worldly gold and silver be used for?"
Although his tone was calm, Su Xiao was already making plans in his mind, thinking about how to reduce expenses in winter, which projects could be cut, and which collaborations could be declined.
Instead of answering, Li, the urban management officer, asked a question:
"Xiao Su, do you think I did something wrong?"
"Because of unfounded divination, the real well-being of the people has been sacrificed."
Su Xiao remained silent.
In fact, she had noticed the change in Li Chengguan a long time ago. She didn't know when it started, but the once carefree and dissolute man had become worried.
Then came many actions that others could not understand.
If it weren't for the fact that Li, the urban management officer, has been enriching the people for many years and has an excellent reputation, there would probably have been complaints long ago. This is because the foundation is too good and can withstand being ruined.
Furthermore, there is the public's trust in Li, the urban management officer.
I believe she wouldn't make things up without reason.
Su Xiao thought for a moment and said:
“Li, the city management officer, you have rarely made mistakes in making decisions about how to manage various areas over the years, so I am willing to trust you this time as well, but—”
Su Xiao suddenly paused.
As she was saying those words, she suddenly thought of the lost note. Did the word "xin" refer to "honesty" or "trust"?
After Su Xiao explained all his thoughts, Li Chengguan nodded.
Then I casually asked:
"What brings you to the Urban Management Bureau so late? Is there something urgent?"
While talking to Li, the city management officer, Su Xiao remembered Miss Wu in prison.
Upon hearing Li Chengguan's question, she immediately told him the truth about how she had wronged the "fortune teller," and mentioned that this Miss Wu seemed to have some strange characteristics.
Li, the city management officer, seemed to be deep in thought.
She placed the wine jug on the stone steps, immediately stood up, straightened her clothes, and said:
"Come on, I'll go with you."
"This Miss Wu... she's blind but can see. Little Su, didn't you ever think of her as a cultivator?"
Su Xiao nodded, then shook his head, and said:
“Few cultivators are approachable, and they certainly wouldn’t let me wrong her and leave her in prison. They would probably have already swaggered away.”
"If they harbor resentment, they might take revenge on me."
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Zhu Wuyao already knew the two would come.
Therefore, when Su Xiao and Li Chengguan stood in front of the prison gate, they saw a woman sitting cross-legged with her eyebrows lowered and eyes closed, who seemed to have a rather high-ranking demeanor.
Li, the urban management officer, personally stepped forward and opened the cell door for her.
She is still in the Qi Refining stage and knows that any cultivator might be at a higher level than her.
They never put on airs because they were disciples of the Star-Picking Tower.
"Senior, our young Su is young and ignorant and has offended you. I have prepared fine wine to apologize. Why don't we move over and have a chat?"
Following behind Li Chengguan, Su Xiao clasped his hands in a fist salute and said:
“Miss Wu, I have thought it through these past few days. If all these coincidences come together, it is indeed impossible to argue against them. However, I have misunderstood you because of these coincidences, and I feel really bad about it.”
Zhu Wuyao's ultimate goal was to build a good relationship with Li Chengguan. Now, the two are treating each other with courtesy, personally coming to the prison to release people and even preparing fine wine.
She was naturally going to take the bait.
Moreover, although Li, the city management officer, was of low rank, he was still a city management officer dispatched by Zhaixinglou.
Even cultivators who come and go, even those with higher cultivation levels than her, have to give Zhaixinglou face.
He immediately stood up and said with a smile:
"This must be the city management officer here. Since there's fine wine, we can't let it go to waste."
"I am just a wandering cultivator in the martial world, with a low cultivation level. I came here to live in seclusion and do not want to get involved in disputes."
These slightly wary words actually put Li, the city management officer, at ease.
She's probably here to cause trouble!
Upon hearing that this Miss Wu had come to lie down, he immediately found her more pleasing to the eye and smiled:
“I know that Miss Wu did not intend to cause trouble. Otherwise, she would not have been misunderstood by Xiao Su and only thought about keeping the peace, and would have spent many days in jail.”
After the others left.
The jailer slammed the cell door shut, trembling with fear. He remembered that on the very first day this swindler—no, this fortune teller—came here, he had almost made things difficult for her…
Now, when the guard thinks back to that line, "Don't cause trouble, it'll make things difficult for me," he realizes just how dangerous it was back then!
Be kind to others... Be kind to others...
Zhu Wuyao overestimated Li Chengguan.
The "fine wine" that Li Chengguan mentioned was just some loose liquor she picked up from a street vendor on her way back.
In other words, Su Xiao guessed Li Chengguan's style of work.
On the way back, I bought some side dishes.
Otherwise, the three of them sitting on these stone steps wouldn't even have peanuts to eat.
"Li, the city management officer, has quite the refined taste..."
Seeing the meager offering of wine as an apology, Zhu Wuyao offered only a perfunctory compliment.
Li Chengguan didn't care at all. The reason she was so interested in this fortune teller was because Su Xiao had told her that this person could tell fortunes!
She needs guidance right now.
Regardless of whether she will listen, it's always good to have a few more people to guide her.
"I've heard that Miss Wu is skilled in divination?"
Li, the city management officer, blinked with a hint of curiosity, wondering if Miss Wu would still dare to claim she knew divination now that he, a genuine disciple of the Star-Picking Pavilion, was here.
Little did she know that the person in front of her was Luo Ye Yao Qiu, who almost became a disciple of the Star-Picking Pavilion.
Zhu Wuyao is in high demand right now.
She nodded, then asked in return, "As a disciple of the Star-Picking Tower, doesn't Director Li know divination?"
That's a very pertinent question.
Li, the city management officer, scratched his head, looking rather embarrassed, and said:
I don't know if I can do it.
"It's this area, and several surrounding towns, that's under my jurisdiction. But I don't know when it started, I suddenly felt uneasy, as if some disaster was about to happen in my territory."
"The outlook seems bleak."
"But I can't quite put my finger on it."
"Then I put a lot of effort into preparations, but a year or two passed and things remained calm. Instead, I wasted a lot of the people's hard-earned money."
"I'm starting to wonder if the disaster I foresaw, the source of the impoverishment of the people, is actually due to my over-preparation?"
Su Xiao listened attentively from the side.
In fact, those who were close to Li Chengguan knew about her "premonition," but since even Li Chengguan herself was unsure, others would certainly not take it seriously.
the most important is--
"I once reported this premonition to the sect, but the reply said that the elders cast a divination for the Changxiao Town area and did not believe that there would be any disaster."
So I'm the only one who's being paranoid.
"But I keep thinking, what if the elder is wrong, and I, a Qi Refining cultivator, am right?"
At this point, Li Chengguan himself found it amusing and quickly picked up the wine jug, saying "Drink, drink!" as if trying to move on from the matter.
Zhu Wuyao's expression turned slightly serious.
Elder Zhaixinglou actually said that nothing happened here?