The Wheel-Turning Master

Lin Bai thought for a long time and decided to be Xiuxiu's partner in collecting herbs.

More than 20 days have passed since the incident, and there is indeed no movement in the city. Even if Elder Tong left at that time as a false alarm, he probably can't be vigilant all the time after enduring until now.

In addition, he also has a reasonable motivation to collect herbs. Everyone on the street knows that Lin Zhuanlun is weak and wants to heal himself.

Of course, he still has to be careful and can't show any arrogance. Try to show that he doesn't practice martial arts.

Moreover, he has to go to another place to collect herbs, not to the place where he met the man in green last time. Anyway, Tianlang Mountain is very large, and there are many ways to go up the mountain.

And the most important thing is that Lin Bai can't bear to disappoint Zhong Xiuxiu's expectant eyes.

Although this little girl is a bit nagging, she is a teacher. She also stretches out three fingers whenever she has nothing to do, implying that he owes her family three taels of silver.

But she is actually a good person.

Moreover, this girl probably has no friends, otherwise she wouldn't come to him as a partner.

"Ahem, I have something else to do." Lin Bai said.

Zhong Xiuxiu's shining eyes dimmed immediately, "Okay." After she finished speaking, she lowered her head and walked out, her steps were sluggish.

Seeing her extremely disappointed, Lin Bai immediately regretted it in his heart, and felt that he shouldn't bully a child.

"Don't go! I haven't finished yet!" Lin Bai quickly grabbed her bun and said, "Call me brother, and I'll go with you."

Zhong Xiuxiu turned around, raised her head, stared at Lin Bai with her dark eyes, as if she was trying to figure out whether Lin Bai was teasing her.

She hesitated for a long time, biting her lower lip with her little tiger teeth, and said with difficulty: "Brother."

"Let's go!" Lin Bai locked the door, feeling very proud.

If you can't bully Elder Tong, you can't bully a child?

Grabbing her backpack, Lin Bai walked away.

Zhong Xiuxiu was stunned for a moment, and followed with a stern face, but she didn't say a word.

After leaving the city and crossing the market, the two came to the foot of the mountain.

"I went to the market to find you first. They said you haven't been out for a long time and have been recuperating at home. Is that true?" Zhong Xiuxiu had been holding it in all the way, and finally couldn't help it and continued to nag.

"Don't ask about this kind of thing!" Lin Bai put on the most annoying adult face of children.

"You are afraid of seeing a doctor." Zhong Xiuxiu whispered.

Lin Bai ignored her and looked for herbs with a medicine hoe while paying attention to the surrounding environment.

There was nothing unusual this time. On the way, she met a few farmers who went up the mountain to collect herbs and firewood. Zhong Xiuxiu chatted with them for a while.

After a busy day, the two went down the mountain.

The market at the north city gate had not yet ended. Those who were familiar with Lin Bai also greeted him, but they just winked and looked meaningfully.

Lin Bai ignored him, but Zhong Xiuxiu kept looking at Lin Bai with doubts.

Back to Baicaotang, Lin Bai found that Doctor Bai's face was less bloody than before, and he also looked decadent.

"Doctor Bai, what's wrong with you?" Lin Bai asked with concern.

Lin Bai's words were not false and polite, but genuinely concerned.

In this world, the only ones who really treated me well were Sister Zhen and Doctor Bai.

Sister Zhen gave me steamed buns and shoes, and even gave me money, which showed that she wanted to live together;

Doctor Bai not only borrowed money for medicine, but also borrowed medical books, which showed that he was a truly kind-hearted doctor who did not ask for anything.

"You see patients every day, and it's so hot, you must be tired." Zhong Xiuxiu's face, which had just been full of smiles, immediately turned into a sad expression, and she stepped forward to give Doctor Bai a back massage.

"I'm fine." Doctor Bai shook his head and smiled, "I'm old, and I have no appetite in summer, and my qi and blood are weak, but it's okay."

"I always say that." Zhong Xiuxiu whispered.

"Go cook first." Doctor Bai looked at Zhong Xiuxiu lovingly, and said with a smile, "I'll chat with Xiao Lin."

Zhong Xiuxiu glanced at Lin Bai, then nodded and walked to the back of the hall.

"Have you finished reading Treatise on Warm Diseases?" Doctor Bai's voice was a little weaker than usual.

"I have finished it." Lin Bai bowed his hands to express his gratitude for the book.

Doctor Bai pressed his hands, motioned him to sit down, and asked a few more questions about the book.

Lin Bai had already memorized it, so he answered fluently.

"You really put your heart into it." Doctor Bai nodded, quite satisfied.

The two chatted about some questions about the medical book, and Zhong Xiuxiu had already prepared the meal.

Rice porridge, steamed buns, pickles, and three boiled eggs, which were slightly better than those of ordinary people.

After dinner, Xiuxiu collected the bowls and chopsticks, and poured the wild chrysanthemum tea that had been brewed earlier.

"I heard that you haven't been selling straw sandals." Doctor Bai drank the tea, and his pale face looked a little better. He smiled and said, "You are still young, don't be angry, and you should know that what people say is not to be feared."

This was to let himself not get angry because of the rumors of "kidney deficiency", and Lin Bai naturally accepted the lesson.

"Have you ever thought about doing something else for a living?" Doctor Bai asked again.

"I just want to learn some medical skills." Lin Bai guessed what Doctor Bai was going to say.

Sure enough, Doctor Bai continued: "If you want to learn medicine, it is not enough to just read books. You also need to see more patients to verify what you have learned. If you are willing, why not come to Baicaotang to help me? Although I can't be a teacher, I can still give you some guidance."

Lin Bai immediately stood up and bowed down to worship.

More skills are better than less! Lin Bai still wants to go out and make a living in the future, and learning some medical skills is a hundred benefits and no harm.

It is not good to stay at home, travel, kill people and rob goods without knowing some medical skills.

"Good boy, come tomorrow." Doctor Bai said, looking quite tired.

"Yes, then I won't disturb you to rest." Lin Bai stood up and said goodbye, and his address changed.

"Let Xiuxiu see you off." Doctor Bai said again.

Zhong Xiuxiu saw Lin Bai out of the door, and immediately became proud, whispering: "You will be an apprentice of Baicaotang in the future. I entered the door before you, and you have to call me senior sister in the future."

Lin Bai smiled, flicked her bun, and said: "You are the granddaughter of Doctor Bai, and I am the apprentice accepted by Doctor Bai. I am of the same generation as your parents. According to the generation, you should respect me as your uncle!"

Zhong Xiuxiu was stunned. She sorted out Lin Bai's words and found that there was nothing wrong with it.

Lin Bai walked forward proudly for a few steps, and suddenly found a problem: Doctor Bai didn't mention the salary.

In fact, apprentices don't get paid, but the meaning of Doctor Bai's words just now clearly showed that he didn't treat himself as an apprentice.

Although Lin Bai still owed three taels of silver, Doctor Bai was so meticulous and gentle that he must mention it.

"Does Doctor Bai want to leave Baicaotang to me?"

"It seems that there is nothing wrong with it. He has no successor, he is old, and Xiuxiu is still young. What if something happens to her..."

Lin Bai turned around and looked at Baicaotang. Xiuxiu was still standing stupidly at the door, tilting her head and looking at him.

Back home, Lin Bai continued to practice Wujigong.

As he practiced for a long time, Lin Bai felt that Wujigong became more and more difficult and his progress became slower.

But because of this, every little progress was a great improvement.

Since breaking through the second level of Wujigong, Lin Bai has practiced hard in the stone plate space for more than three years and has seen the threshold of the third level.

The next day, Lin Bai got up before dawn and went to Baicaotang after washing up.

Doctor Bai had just gotten up, and Xiuxiu was still rubbing her eye mucus.

After having breakfast, no patients came, so Doctor Bai asked Lin Bai to open the medicine cabinet and identify the smell and shape one by one.

If a patient came to visit, Doctor Bai would feel the patient's pulse first, then let Lin Bai feel the pulse, and then let Lin Bai speak first, and then he would teach and correct.

For patients with dislocated or broken bones, Doctor Bai would explain in detail, and let Lin Bai touch the bones.

Anyway, as long as there was a patient, Doctor Bai would definitely take Lin Bai to the side to take a closer look, and explain in detail bit by bit.

If there was nothing to do, Lin Bai would look through medical books, or let Doctor Bai explain past cases.

Most of the poor people in North City had received the favor of Doctor Bai, and no one stopped Doctor Bai from teaching students. Instead, they thought that if Doctor Bai accepted an apprentice, Baicaotang could continue to be passed down in North City in the future.

Therefore, even the women who came to visit, Lin Bai could feel their pulse.

This was so open and honest, it was not the attitude of treating an apprentice at all, but it was like a personal teaching, and Xiuxiu was a little envious.

After ten days, Lin Bai studied medicine during the day and practiced martial arts at night, without delaying either.

This morning, the sky was a little cloudy.

Lin Bai went out and was stopped by Mu Zhen's bun shop when he passed by her.

"Going to Baicaotang to work?" Mu Zhen asked while busy serving buns.

Many people in Beicheng knew that Lin Bai had become Doctor Bai's apprentice. Some people already called him Doctor Lin, but some people still called him Lin Zhuanlun in a mean way.

"Yes, is there something wrong, Sister Zhen?" Lin Bai looked like a gentleman, thinking that Sister Zhen seemed to have grown up a little.

"I had a stiff neck yesterday. Bring me some medicine when you come back tonight." Mu Zhen said casually.

But her hands and feet were flexible and her neck could stretch freely. How could she have a stiff neck?

Besides, there was no need to take medicine for a stiff neck. Just heat up the rolling pin and roll it...

"Okay, I'll come back early then."

Lin Bai looked at Mu Zhen again and found that Mu Zhen looked better and better... It would be nice to roll her neck, as white as flour.

Recently, I have been staying in Baicaotang mostly except sleeping, and I haven't talked to Mu Zhen. I guess she has something to say...

"I guess she wants to ask if my kidney deficiency has been cured. In this world, maybe only Sister Zhen cares about me...my kidneys the most."

Lin Bai muttered as he walked towards Baicaotang.

Another hard and tiring day, after dinner, Lin Bai was ready to say goodbye and comfort the widow's lonely heart.

"Don't leave yet, let's talk."

Doctor Bai actually spoke to keep him. He took out a small wine jar and said, "Try it, this is the medicinal wine I made. There has been a lot of rain recently, and the humidity is heavy, just right to get rid of the humidity."

"Okay." Lin Bai sat down, took the wine jar, and poured wine for Doctor Bai, thinking that he could only let Sister Zhen wait a little longer.

"I'm going to sleep first, you have to take care of my grandfather." Zhong Xiuxiu cut a melon as a snack and seriously reminded Lin Bai.

"Don't worry." Lin Bai agreed, still thinking about what Doctor Bai was going to do today. Was he going to teach me his special skills? That would lack a sense of ritual. He should have used the medical book to knock on my forehead three times first...

After drinking a cup, Doctor Bai suddenly asked with a smile, "Have you learned martial arts?"

Lin Bai was still chewing the melon. He was shocked when he heard this, but his face didn't change much.

The Flying Knife Manual says that even if the mountains collapse and the earth collapses, and there is thunder in the chest, one should remain calm.

Lin Bai immediately thought of a way.

These days, following Doctor Bai day by day, Lin Bai is very sure that Doctor Bai has no martial arts.

And because he is with Doctor Bai day by day, he also noticed his abnormality.

Sure enough, Doctor Bai smiled kindly and continued, "Although you act like you have unsteady steps every day, your hands and feet are very steady when you pick up and weigh medicines, and your sense of smell, hearing and eyesight are much sharper than ordinary people. Your breathing is also long and you rarely sweat. You are not an ordinary martial artist."

At this point, Doctor Bai asked, "Have you practiced internal martial arts?"

Lin Bai suddenly remembered that after he recovered from the illness, he came to Baicaotang to thank Doctor Bai, and Doctor Bai took his pulse. Maybe he had some doubts at that time...

"You can't escape Mr. Bai's wise eyes." Lin Bai smiled bitterly and poured Dr. Bai wine.

Doctor Bai shook his head with a smile, took a sip of wine, and said, "It's just that your situation is too much like my daughter's."

"Xiuxiu's mother? She also practiced internal martial arts?" Lin Bai was puzzled. He remembered that people on the street said that Doctor Bai's daughter married far away. Later, both husband and wife seemed to have died outside, leaving only the orphan Xiu Xiu. .

"yes."

Doctor Bai looked at the night outside the window and said, "That girl is just like Xiu Xiu. She has been smart since she was a child. But she is not as well-behaved as Xiu Xiu, nor is she as down-to-earth as Xiu Xiu."

"One day, she went into the mountains to collect herbs and met someone. She was given some ecstasy soup. She insisted on going with him. I had no choice but to go with her."

"Eight years later, she came back alone and said she was married. After staying for a few days, she left again."

"Three years later, she sent Xiuxiu, who was two years old, here. She stayed in the medicine hall for another half a year, telling me many things about the world, and she also said she would teach me good internal skills to prolong my life, but I am not good at medicine. How can I learn martial arts if I have never learned anything in my life?”

"Later she left Xiuxiu behind and left alone, saying that if she didn't come back within a year, she wouldn't have to wait for her."

Doctor Bai's voice became lower and lower, and his tone was quite sad.

Obviously, Xiu Xiu is ten years old now, and has already passed the one-year limit, so Xiu Xiu's parents are probably gone.

The shadow of the candle flickered, and for a while, the old and the young were speechless, each just sipping the bitter wine.

After a long time, Lin Bai asked: "Which sect does Xiu Xiu Niang belong to?"

Doctor Bai drank another glass of wine, thought for a while, and said, "It seems to be some kind of Qingyang sect. She said that the founder of the sect saw Qingyang and enlightened him, so he named it Qingyang sect."

"Qingyang Sect... Qingyang Sect..."

Lin Bai remembered Pei Wuyou's last words, asking him to find some Qingyang sect.

Could it be that Pei Wuyong was actually talking about the Qingyang Sect, not the Qingyang Sect?

In this way, Xiuxiu and Pei Wuyong may know each other...or have some kind of connection.

Lin Bai suddenly thought that he had never understood anything about Jianghu and did not dare to ask around. Mother Xiuxiu had told Dr. Bai, and it had not been many years, so it was just right to ask.

"Mr. Bai, has Mother Xiuxiu ever told you who are the masters in the world?" Lin Bai asked.

Doctor Bai thought for a while, shook his head and said, "She said a lot, but I don't remember a few of them. But she said that she and her husband were not convinced by anyone, but she was most convinced by one person."

"Who is it?" Lin Bai asked.

"Said to be a swordsman," the candlelight reflected on Doctor Bai's old face wavering, "it seems to be called Pei Wuyou."

Lin Bai was silent, only feeling that it was a coincidence.

If he hadn't been discovered by Xue Ba's brother-in-law in Nancheng, he wouldn't have taken Xue Ba to Tianlang Mountain.

If he hadn't gone to Tianlang Mountain, he wouldn't have been asked by Pei Wuyong on his deathbed, nor would he have been frightened half to death by the man in green.

If he had not come to borrow medical books, he would not have caught Doctor Bai's eyes, nor would he have known about Xiuxiu's mother, nor would he have known that Xiuxiu's parents were related to Pei Wuyong.

Lin Bai felt a headache, and felt that he had entered the Jianghu, and he was afraid that he would be in more trouble in the future.

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