The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 30 Pei Ning's Ning
"The price of medicinal herbs and food has also increased, and no one cares about the victims."

Doctor Bai sent the drug dealer away and sighed helplessly.

"The county magistrate will worry about it." Lin Bai comforted.

"The money that the county magistrate's wife sent yesterday was a relief. I could buy some herbs for future use. But the victims..."

Doctor Bai sighed and said, "Hunger is also a disease."

Lin Bai didn't know what to say and could only remain silent.

Three days later, there were more and more disaster victims outside the city. The county government sent constables to distribute porridge every day, and even the rich families in the city came out to set an example.

However, even so, the price of food in the city remained high, and the number of hungry people outside the city increased, and they could not get enough food.

In the past three days, Lin Bai heard that Pei Ning often went to South City, apparently to collect disaster relief food, and did not worry about Jiang Rong's affairs at all.

"I don't understand what Miss Pei is going to do..." Lin Bai still didn't dare to take it lightly.

That morning, Lin Bai came to the clinic as usual.

Before I could even sit down, an acquaintance showed up.

Niu Er, with his bald head, smiled and greeted Dr. Bai first, then greeted Lin Bai, and finally said hello to Xiu Xiu.

"What do you want?" Doctor Bai asked.

Niu Er bowed his hands, very humbly, and said kindly: "Our nobleman invites Doctor Lin to come over."

"We only have Apprentice Lin here, but no Doctor Lin." Xiuxiu muttered in a low voice.

"Mrs. Pei...Mrs. Pei invited me?" Lin Bai was puzzled.

"Yes, I specifically asked you to go." Niu Er showed a flattering look on his face, "I also specifically asked you to bring a medicine box with you."

Bring a medicine box? Need to see a doctor? Then you should ask the highly respected Dr. Bai, why me?

How could she, a martial artist, get sick so easily? But if she were to get sick, a doctor like me wouldn't be able to cure her!
Could it be that my reputation as a “gynecological expert” has spread and she wants to see a gynecologist?
Or has she already found out that Jiang Rong's death was related to me, and this is a trap to lure me into?

Lin Bai was puzzled and could only nod in agreement.

"I'll buy you some candied haws when I come back." Lin Bai glanced at Xiuxiu, picked up his medicine box, and went out with Niu Er.

Not long after walking, Lin Bai casually asked, "Brother Niu, is the noble looking for me to see a doctor?"

"Don't call me Brother Niu, just call me Niu Er." Niu Er was overly humble and shook his head, saying, "I don't know either, but I specifically asked you to go."

Lin Bai didn't ask any more questions.

I followed Niu Er all the way to the county government office, but was led to the backyard.

After passing a door, I saw someone waiting there. It was Ren Qiaoyun.

"Madam, the person has been brought here." Niu Eryi bowed and then left.

Lin Bai's scalp tingled, thinking, what's going on? Don't talk about sleeping with me, right?
"Madam." Lin Bai bowed and said bitterly, "Madam, please give me some advice. What do you want me to do? I am not good enough to treat your illness."

"I'm not here to treat her." Ren Qiaoyun smiled and whispered, "It's a good thing anyway, just follow her. Remember, her status is extraordinary, you have to curry favor with her."

"Yes." Lin Bai nodded, and looking at her coquettish expression, he knew that she didn't know about Jiang Rong.

"I asked around these past two days, and heard that your nickname is Wheel, but it's actually quite fake... Is it true?" Ren Qiaoyun spoke in a threatening manner.

"It was that guy Niu Er who said that, right? He insisted that I serve some noble lady, and also wanted to let some old brothel owner test me. I could only make up an excuse to get away with it." Lin Bai sighed.

Ren Qiaoyun nodded. She had indeed heard what Niu Er said, so she believed Lin Bai's words a lot.

"Come to the county government office more often in the future, got it?"

Ren Qiaoyun glared at Lin Bai with lust in her eyes, and pinched the soft flesh under his ribs, and said with a smile: "I didn't realize you were so strong." Seeing Lin Bai tremble in fear, she giggled even more and said: "You have never touched a woman? Turns out you are a virgin."

"Madam, I have to go see Miss Pei right away." Lin Bai couldn't bear it anymore.

"Go quickly. Go to the main hall of the county government." Ren Qiaoyun laughed non-stop.

Lin Bai fled in panic, came out from the backyard, and came to the main hall of the county government.

Pei Ning was already riding on his horse, followed by six swordsmen in gray, who should be members of the Qingyang Sect, and a dozen constables.

The most interesting thing is that there were people from the Qinglong Gang, and they were carrying a few empty wine jars.

Pei Ning saw Lin Bai coming hurriedly from the backyard, sneered and said, "Give him a donkey. It's not wrong for a doctor to ride a donkey." Immediately someone led a short black donkey over. Lin Bai had no temper, so he could only wipe the sweat from his forehead and get on the donkey.

Pei Ning rode his horse forward, and the group followed. Lin Bai followed at the end on a donkey, still confused about what Pei Ning meant.

All the way to the South City, passers-by on the street looked at him sideways, also confused as to what he meant.

After a quarter of an hour, they arrived at the gate of a wealthy family.

Lin Bai remembered that the family's surname was Li, and they were a well-known wealthy family in Huaxi County. Several generations of the family had officials, although they were minor officials, but they could be considered a family of aristocrats.

The Li family opened the door wide and the head of the family hurried out to greet them.

"Miss Pei, you are visiting my humble home. No..."

Before the Li family master finished speaking, Pei Ning said impatiently: "Capture him."

Two constables immediately stepped forward and held down the head of the Li family.

Seeing this, the servants of the Li family were about to come and rob the person, but the head of the Li family shouted: "What do you mean, Miss Pei? I don't agree to give you food, so you rely on your status to rob you? You must know that my family also grows food with great effort. I can sell it for as high a price as I want! You have no right to interfere!"

The head of the Li family was in his fifties or sixties, with a white beard. Although his arm was pressed, he still had the same aura.

Lin Bai finally understood at this moment that Pei Ning came to borrow food, but why did he ask me to carry the medicine box?

Pei Ning rode on his horse, holding a whip in his hand, without even looking at Master Li, and just said, "Where's the wine jar? Bring it here."

The members of the Qinglong Gang immediately came forward carrying wine jars, nine in total.

"Capture his son." Pei Ning pointed the whip at a young man.

"Understood sir!" Two more constables stepped forward to arrest the man.

"Who dares!" The young man was quite aggressive and drew the long sword from his waist.

Pei Ning stepped on the stirrup and flew up. Then the sword flashed and he flew back on the horse with the sword sheathed.

The long sword in the Li family's eldest son's hand was broken and one of his arms was missing, but few of the onlookers could see it clearly.

"Far better than Jiang Rong." Lin Bai made a silent judgment.

"How dare you..." The head of the Li family was also shocked.

"I am here today, and I will not leave until I get the food."

Pei Ning had no expression on his face. He sat upright on his horse and said word by word: "Every quarter of an hour, I will take one of your young master's arms. If the arm is gone, I will switch to the leg. If all four limbs are gone, I will switch to someone else."

She pointed at the wine jar and said, "Chopping off limbs is called... is there a name for it? You are a doctor, you should know." Pei Ning looked at Lin Bai.

Everyone also looked over.

Lin Bai wiped the sweat off his forehead, got off the donkey, and said, "My Lord, I don't know. But according to ancient records, there is a kind of torture, which is to chop off the limbs, dig out the eyes, poke the ears, cut off the tongue and nose, pull out all the hair, and put them in the pigsty... Such people are called human pigs."

For a moment, no one spoke, and even the passers-by who came to watch were frightened.

"You are a doctor who saves lives, what kind of books do you read?"

Pei Ning was also startled. She pointed at the wine jar with her whip and said, "Did you hear that? The human pig must be placed in this jar. Since your Li family likes to store grain, then fill the jar with more grain."

The scene was chilling enough to think about, and no one said anything.

Patriarch Li looked at his son with lifeless eyes, while his son covered his wound with fear evident in his eyes.

"Master Li, don't worry." Pei Ning pointed at Lin Bai with his whip and said with a smile: "I have invited a doctor. Even if your son becomes a human pig, he can still save his life."

So it really is me who is asked to save the wounded and sick!
"..." Lin Bai touched the medicine box, not knowing what to say.

"It's been a quarter of an hour." Pei Ning suddenly spoke, and a figure moved, and the eldest son of the Li family lost another arm.

Lin Bai was very sure that it was not even a quarter of an hour! It was Pei Ning who was murderous!

"Doctor Lin, why don't you go up and apply medicine to Mr. Li? Look how much pain he is in." Pei Ning said.

Lin Bai was holding the medicine box, looking at the two arms on the ground, and he finally understood:

The word "Ning" in Pei Ning's name does not mean peace and joy, but the Ning that would rather die with honor and the Ning that makes the whole family uneasy.

(End of this chapter)