The Wheel-Turning Master

Putting the medical book in his arms, he put on his raincoat and hat again, and said goodbye to Baicaotang.

He hurried back home, bolted the door, moved a stool to sit under the eaves, and briefly flipped through the "Neijing Tongyao".

Closing his eyes and emptying his mind, Lin Bai appeared in the stone disk space again.

Thinking back to the content of "Neijing Tongyao", the words on the pages appeared in his mind.

This is another magical thing about the stone disk space. Things seen in the outside world, whether it is the text in the book, or the people or things seen, as long as you recall them once in the stone disk space, you will not forget them for a long time, and even the details will be engraved in your mind.

Moreover, when you are in the stone disk space, your mood will be much calmer, you will not feel anxious and depressed, and you will not feel hungry.

"After reading the medical book, it's time to continue to exercise your body. Get up!"

Hundreds of plum blossom piles one foot high appeared on the stone disk.

Lin Bai had a 20-jin sandbag tied to each leg, and a 20-jin stone hammer in each hand, with a bell hanging on each stone hammer.

He jumped onto the plum blossom pile, glanced at the layout, closed his eyes, and ran fast and non-stop, with very little sound of the bell.

The years passed slowly in the stone plate space, and the mist outside changed from thick to thin for more than 30 times. After about 30 days, Lin Bai calmed down and returned to the real world.

The rain had stopped long ago, and it was just getting dark.

He moved his hands and feet, and felt that he had unlimited energy that needed to be released, but his stomach was hungry.

Just as he was preparing to cook, there was a knock on the door.

"Xiao Linzi, are you home?" A gentle female voice came from outside the door. It was Mu Zhen.

"Sister Zhen." Lin Bai opened the door and saw Mu Zhen standing two steps away, wearing a cloth scarf on her head. I don't know if it was an illusion, she seemed to be a little brighter.

"There are a few buns left in the shop. I can't finish them. I brought them to you because you are still growing."

Mu Zhen seemed to notice Lin Bai's gaze. She straightened her chest and said, "You are not going out to the stall, why are you still locking the door? It's very lively outside today."

"What's lively?" Lin Bai threw away the evil thoughts of the young man and intuitively felt that Qi Wangzu's matter had been exposed. "Sister Zhen, come in and tell me." Lin Bai invited Mu Zhen to the yard.

"Here." Mu Zhen stuffed the lotus leaf bag into Lin Bai's hand, stepped into the yard, came to the jujube tree, and whispered, "I remember you and Qi Wangzu are still relatives, right? I heard people talking about it after noon, saying that Qi Wangzu and his wife were killed."

"Killed? Has the murderer been caught?" Lin Bai made an amazed expression.

"No..." Mu Zhen sighed and lowered his voice, "I heard that the murderer was a rapist who killed Qi Wangzu first and then raped his wife Yan. I don't know if he killed him first and then... or if he killed that first and then..."

Lin Bai: "..."

"People in these streets are in a panic now. Those with women at home are even more afraid, fearing that the rapist will find them." Mu Zhen sat on a low stool in the yard, his tone was quite uneasy, as if he was afraid.

"Not that bad." Lin Bai defended himself, "Did anyone come from the county government?"

"The county government doesn't bother to take care of the mess in our North City." Mu Zhen sighed.

"I remember Qi Wangzu was hanging out with the Axe Gang. Didn't the Axe Gang care? This incident happened on the Axe Gang's territory. Even for the sake of face, the Axe Gang has to take care of it." Lin Bai continued.

"I hope so." Mu Zhen sighed sadly, her tone was faint, "I can see that in this world, we women still need a man to rely on. At the critical moment, at least there is someone to protect us..." After saying that, she actually glanced at Lin Bai meaningfully.

Lin Bai was not stupid, and immediately understood that Mu Zhen wanted to live together... Maybe this is why she came to deliver buns these days.

But Lin Bai couldn't figure out why it was him?

He was just a mat weaver and shoe seller, with no money or power. Moreover, there was a six or seven year age difference, right? Appearance? It's indeed okay, but who among the poor people in the north city would look at appearance first when getting married? Isn't it all about whether they can do it?

But Mu Zhen's conditions are not bad. Although she is a widow, she is single and has no burden. She also has a bun shop at home, and she looks good...

As a mud leg from the north city, if he can marry Mu Zhen, it is indeed a great bargain.

However, Lin Bai had never considered the issue of getting married and having children. Instead, he occasionally thought of "sleeping with more women"...

"You are not young anymore, have you ever thought about finding a marriage?" Mu Zhen may have seen Lin Bai's hesitation, so she changed the subject.

"My family is poor, who would like me? Even the matchmaker has never come to my house." Lin Bai said.

"There will always be someone who knows what you are worth." Mu Zhen stared at Lin Bai and smiled, then stood up and walked out, "It's getting late, I'm going back."

Lin Bai hurried to follow and see him off.

After leaving the door, Mu Zhen suddenly turned her head, straightened her chest, and whispered: "I see that you are living a tight life. If you are hungry in the future, come and eat my buns, I will give you enough."

After saying that, without waiting for Lin Bai to reply, Mu Zhen chuckled a few times and walked straight forward.

After pulling the bolt, Lin Bai sighed, "Are you going to eat this bun? If you eat it, you will be responsible..."

The cicadas on the jujube tree are still chirping, which is very noisy.

"Why does this black cicada keep chirping all day long?" Lin Bai glanced at it, but didn't pay much attention.

It was another night of hard practice, and when he opened his eyes again, it was already dawn.

After breakfast, listening to the cicadas, Lin Bai planned to continue selling straw sandals.

Yesterday, Qi Wangzu and his wife had an incident, so he had to behave more normally and go out to get some information.

He picked up the bamboo basket and was about to go out when he heard footsteps in the alley outside. It was two people.

The two footsteps stopped at the door of his house.

“Bang, bang, bang!”

The person knocking on the door outside used his hands and feet to break the door, and his voice was even louder, "Open the door! I know you are at home!"

Lin Bai put down his burden and opened the door. There were two men standing outside.

One was thin and tall, holding a machete, named Dong Chao; the other was fat and short, holding a whistle stick, named Xue Ba.

These streets are the territory of the Axe Gang. They have always been responsible for settling things, so Lin Bai knows them.

No matter what the other party's intentions are, just by listening to the empty footsteps just now, Lin Bai is confident that he can easily deal with it.

"Brother Dong, Brother Xue, what's the matter this early in the morning?" Lin Bai put down his burden and bowed to greet.

"Qi Wangzu's incident has been exposed! Someone saw you committing a crime in the middle of the night!" The thin and tall Dong Chao spoke loudly, and the short and fat Xue Ba observed Lin Bai with a gloomy face.

Lin Bai immediately realized that the other party was bluffing, and quickly expressed his position: "Brothers, this is really unfair. I only learned the news yesterday, how did it implicate me?"

"Someone saw Qi Wangzu coming to you a few days ago. What was it about?" asked the short and fat Xue Ba.

"This..." Lin Bai smiled bitterly, "Brothers, this matter cannot be discussed..."

"What can't be said? Come on!" The tall and thin Dong Chaoqi stepped forward.

"Well, okay." Lin Bai pretended to take two steps back in fear, sighed again, and said: "He came to me that evening for..."

"For what?" The short and fat Xue Ba asked with narrowed eyes.

"To borrow seeds." Lin Bai whispered, and bowed again, "Brothers, this matter cannot be spread."

After these words came out, Dong Chao and Xue Ba looked at each other, both of them were a little confused, because this answer was unexpected, but also reasonable.

Qi Wangzu has been married for many years and is now 25 or 26 years old, but Yan's pregnancy is still not going well. There is a lot of gossip on the street, most of which say that Yan is not good enough. But some people also say that Qi Wangzu has been hurt by alcohol and sex and can't do anything serious.

Dong Chao and Xue Ba don't think much of Qi Wangzu, but after all, they are all members of the Axe Gang. They know that he is looking forward to having a son. They have also visited the secret door together and have seen Qi Wangzu go in and out easily.

"Why did he ask you to borrow his seed?" Xue Ba frowned and asked.

"You two must know that Qi Wangzu and I are relatives, and his father is my uncle. Although Qi Wangzu and I don't have any contact, we are blood relatives after all. When Yan has a child, she will at least have some blood relationship with Qi Wangzu."

Lin Bai said here, stood up straight, and said proudly: "The second reason is that I have a handsome face and extraordinary appearance."

"What do you mean by extraordinary appearance when you sell straw sandals?" The tall and thin Dong Chao despised.

"Have you slept with Yan?" Xue Ba, the short and fat man, asked with squinting eyes.

"No." Lin Bai sighed and said with great sorrow: "At that time, I was sick for a long time and was weak. Qi Wangzu asked me to recover first and said that if I borrowed seeds, I should borrow good seeds. It would be best if I could get pregnant at once, otherwise, wouldn't it make me sleep more times? Alas, I have recovered now, but I... I heard that Yan was very white and tender, and I... I haven't lent out my seeds yet!"

It was seamless and logically self-consistent.

"You just didn't lend out the seeds, but they both died!" Dong Chao despised Lin Bai even more.

The short and fat Xue Ba stared at Lin Bai for a while and said, "Okay, go sell your broken straw sandals. If you see any unfamiliar faces these days, especially those with knives, tell us immediately, understand?"

"That's for sure." Lin Bai responded immediately.

Xue Ba and Dong Chao left, and Lin Bai picked up the bamboo basket, slowly locked the door, and pricked up his ears.

Lin Bai made up his mind that if the two of them had any suspicion, he would run away immediately.

In the alley outside, Dong Chao and Xue Ba were walking and chatting.

"How to deal with this? Is what the surnamed Lin said true?" Dong Chao asked Xue Ba.

"It should be true. This kid was indeed sick for several days a while ago, and the neighbors all knew it. Besides, he didn't have the ability to kill Qi Wangzu. The murderer did it cleanly and neatly, and left no traces. It was obviously an old hand. I guess it was from the Qinglong Gang." Xue Ba said casually.

"It's a pity for the Yan family. Tsk, tsk, tsk, it's really white!" Dong Chao sighed.

"Who said it wasn't!"

The short and fat Xue Ba spat on the ground and said angrily: "Fuck Qi Wangzu, instead of borrowing seeds from brothers in the gang, he went to find a weaver and shoe seller? Isn't the seed of brothers good?!"