The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 55 This is the Death Pulse (First Order)
The wind was blowing and the snow was flying as the two scoundrels left the county government office.

Both of them felt like they had survived a calamity and escaped death.

"If you don't see the immortal master, you won't know how insignificant you are! It's like a firefly seeing the sun and the moon!" Lin Bai sighed.

"Indeed." Pei Ning nodded in agreement, "It is really something that makes people yearn for it, but it's a pity that the Immortal Master doesn't seem to like my destiny."

The two were secretly flattering the immortal master when they saw a black streak appear in the sky, rushing into the dark clouds and disappearing in the wind and snow.

When passers-by saw this, they knelt down and prayed to the gods for protection.

"Look at the direction. The Immortal Master is going to the cave." Lin Bai said.

Pei Ning nodded and said, "Master, you went out in the snow, it must be hard work."

When the two men saw that their worries had gone, they both felt lighter, to the point that their legs even felt a little weak.

After resting for a while, the two stopped talking and walked towards the clinic.

It's already noon since I left home this morning.

Although the wind and snow were strong, there were many people walking on the street, most of them were talking about the strange phenomenon of the divine tortoise today.

Some people said that the royal family did not practice moral governance, so the Taoist Ancestor sent down punishment; others said that since there was a turtle, it meant that a noble person would appear in Huaxi County; and some even said that someone had become a huge turtle, so there was the phenomenon of the divine turtle.

Lin Bai and Pei Ning walked for a long time and finally breathed a sigh of relief when they were farther away from the county government office.

"Why is she helping us secretly?" Pei Ning asked softly, leaning against Lin Bai.

What she meant was that although Master Qu had great magical powers, he didn't skin us alive, so it must be the woman from Jiuyin Mountain who contributed.

Pei Ning didn't know Lin Bai's secret, so it was normal for her to think this way.

Lin Bai shook his head and said, "Who knows?"

"Why are you protecting you and me? And you said I was a slut, but who have I been slutty with?" Pei Ning leaned close to Lin Bai, leaning close to his ear, and whispered, "The person you slept with, wasn't she? That's why she protected you, and I benefited from it. Because I'm close to you, she called me a slut."

Isn't this woman too sharp? Although the starting point of her reasoning was wrong, the result was correct!
Lin Bai frowned and said, "Sister Ning, if I could sleep with the female immortal master, would I still fight to the death with you? I would have enjoyed my life long ago!"

Pei Ning stared into Lin Bai's eyes, pondered for a long time, and asked: "Who are you sleeping with?"

"I was young and ignorant, and I made a mistake." Lin Bai sighed, "Besides, I have compensated him. There was no coercion at all."

Every word Lin Bai said was true.

"You clearly have a nostalgic tone in your words." Pei Ning suddenly smiled, "I guess it must have been a beautiful spring, with warm tents and harmonious music, right? How was it? How did it feel? Tell me about it."

Is this what a girl should say? However, Pei Ning's personality cannot be regarded as an ordinary woman.

Lin Bai frowned and said, "You are so boring!"

"I'm warning you!" Pei Ning said seriously, "You'd better behave yourself. Xiuxiu is still young. If you do anything, don't blame me for not remembering our friendship and following the story of the immortal master to destroy your power!" After she said that, she strode forward.

Lin Bai's crotch felt cold unconsciously, but he immediately followed and said angrily: "Who do you think I am? A beast?"

Pei Ning glanced at the wooden hairpin on Lin Bai's head and sneered, ignoring it.

Lin Bai followed in frustration, thinking, what's wrong with this woman? She was fine just now, having just survived a disaster, why is she picking on me?
After thinking for a long time, Lin Bai came to the conclusion: Sister Pei might have her period.

The two stopped talking and rushed back to the clinic in the snow and wind, where they saw the detectives still guarding the door, all of them covered in snow.

Pei Ning took out a silver ingot and threw it over, saying, "Thank you for your hard work. Take this and have some hot soup."

"Not hard, not hard." The leading Constable Xing immediately smiled, put the silver ingots into his sleeves, and bowed, "Sir, there was a strange phenomenon in the sky just now. A big turtle was floating in the sky, and there was also a black light, whooshing into the clouds. Is the Imperial Master performing a ritual?"

The master of the imperial court is sticking his butt out! Lin Bai thought of Zhang Yuanshan's embarrassment.

Pei Ning shook his head and asked, "You have been guarding for the whole morning, is there anything unusual here?"

"No, no." Captain Xing immediately reported, "Only Miss Xiuxiu kept coming out to check on us and asked when our brother Zhuanlun would be back."

Pei Ning looked at Lin Bai, only to see that Lin Bai had already stepped into the clinic.

Just as he was about to catch up, a bald yamen runner came up and asked, "Sir, is Doctor Bai not doing well?"

Pei Ning nodded. She remembered that the man was called Niu Er and was a remnant of the Qinglong Gang.

"Alas," Niu Er sighed, "Speaking of which, Doctor Bai is the only good man in our North City. If he dies, there will be no good people left."

He is a gangster, yet he said such a thing.

However, Niu Er immediately realized that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly apologized with a smile: "And Lin Zhuanlun is also a good person, and you are an even better person!"

Pei Ning sighed, shook his head, and pushed the door open helplessly.

I came to the back hall and stepped into Doctor Bai's bedroom.

There was a charcoal fire burning inside, it was very warm, and there was a smell of medicine.

However, the place is filled with the air of decay and death.

Doctor Bai was seen unconscious. Lin Bai was sitting beside the bed, holding Doctor Bai's hand and transferring his internal energy to him.

Xiuxiu sat by the charcoal fire, looking at it with her head tilted, not knowing what she was thinking about.

After a moment, Lin Bai withdrew his hand.

"How is it?" Pei Ning asked softly.

Lin Bai glanced at her and said nothing.

Sitting by the charcoal stove, Lin Bai held Xiuxiu's little hand again and asked, "Why are your hands so cold? Have you had lunch?"

"I'm not hungry." Xiuxiu shook her head, looked at Lin Bai, and asked, "Why don't you wear ear protection? If your ears are frozen, they will itch until spring."

"You knitted it yourself, I can't bear to wear it." Lin Bai teased her.

"It's for people to wear." Xiuxiu did smile, but then she lowered her head again, aggrieved, "I thought you wouldn't come back."

"Didn't I tell you that I would definitely come back?" Lin Bai patted her shoulder gently and took out a small porcelain bottle. "Look, I asked for the elixir."

This was exactly what the girl Ruyi gave to Lin Bai.

"Can grandpa be cured?" Xiuxiu asked with concern.

"Xiu Xiu." Lin Bai was silent for a while, then he held her arms with both hands and helped her sit up straight. "You and I are doctors. You studied medicine earlier than me and have seen more patients than me. You should have known what Mr. Bai would do."

Lin Bai knew what Xiuxiu's problem was. She lost her parents when she was young and was brought up by Mr. Bai, so she was extremely dependent on Mr. Bai.

Now that Mr. Bai was about to die, she was extremely scared and sad, so she was at a loss and didn't know what to do.

She used to be so smart and capable, but now she is dumb and stupid. "Mr. Bai has been practicing medicine all his life. What you should do is to inherit Mr. Bai's legacy." Lin Bai said.

Xiuxiu nodded in confusion, with a light in the corner of her eyes. She nodded and asked in a low voice: "What about you?"

"Didn't I tell you a long time ago?" Lin Bai pinched her face, "I'll help you."

Xiuxiu nodded, wiped her tears with her sleeve, and seemed to be about to laugh, but then she started crying again.

Pei Ning watched silently from the side without saying a word, just staring at Lin Bai and Xiu Xiu, no one knew what he was thinking.

By the evening, Doctor Bai still hadn't woken up. Although he was still breathing, he was very weak.

In the past, whenever Lin Bai injected his internal energy, Doctor Bai would feel a little more energetic, but today it had no effect.

He took out the pill bottle given by the girl Ruyi. The pill bottle was only the size of a thumb. He shook it and found that there was actually a lot of pills inside.

He poured out a pill the size of a soybean. Lin Bai sniffed it and it seemed to have the scent of some herbal medicine, but he couldn't tell which kind it was.

Place the pill in a small bowl and slowly dissolve it in warm water.

Xiuxiu picked up the bowl and used the medicine spoon in her other hand to feed the medicine. Lin Bai stretched out his hand to help Doctor Bai swallow it.

It took me half an hour to finally finish feeding the baby.

For a moment, the three of them were silent, just waiting quietly for Doctor Bai to wake up.

But the wait lasted all night. By the next day, a thick layer of snow had accumulated outside.

In Doctor Bai's room, the charcoal stove was glowing red. Lin Bai was sitting in front of the bed, Xiu Xiu was leaning against Lin Bai, rubbing her hands nervously.

When it was dawn, Doctor Bai suddenly coughed twice and then opened his eyes.

His eye sockets were sunken, his white beard was withered, and there was some blood red on his face, as if he had recovered.

"Grandpa." Xiuxiu said excitedly.

"Help me up." Mr. Bai actually showed a smile on his face and his voice was quite powerful.

Lin Bai supported him and put a pillow behind him for Doctor Bai to lean on.

"It's very windy outside," Doctor Bai looked toward the window, "Is the snow heavy?"

"It rained for a whole day and night, and people couldn't walk on the road anymore," said Lin Bai.

"How many patients are there?" Doctor Bai asked again.

"Not many. Two people with fever came last night, and no one has come this morning." Lin Bai replied.

"It seems that the disease hasn't occurred yet." Doctor Bai nodded, stretched out his withered hand and touched Xiuxiu's face, "Why is your face swollen from crying? Compared with your mother, you are nothing." He spoke gently with a kind smile.

"Grandpa, please get better soon. I'm still waiting for you to teach me medical skills!" Xiuxiu said in a low voice.

"Okay, I'll teach you..." Doctor Bai held Xiuxiu with one hand and Lin Bai with the other, and said, "You two should study medicine well. Don't think you are a miracle doctor just because you can recite a few prescriptions."

Lin Bai and Xiu Xiu nodded.

"Speaking of which, how can there be so many miracle doctors?" Doctor Bai turned his head to look at Xiuxiu and said, "I have studied for many years with my father, your great-grandfather. He always urged me to study hard and take notes seriously. I said I didn't want to be a miracle doctor, why should I learn so much? It would be enough if I could cure common diseases. Your great-grandfather beat me up and I didn't get out of bed for three days. He told me that he didn't want you to be a miracle doctor or a master. Instead, the more sophisticated your medical skills are and the more you know, the more you can help patients spend less money and save a few dollars. The money saved and the money spent less may be the life-saving money of the whole family."

"Xiu Xiu will remember it." Tears welled up in Xiu Xiu's eyes.

Doctor Bai smiled with satisfaction, then looked at Lin Bai and said, "We can be considered as a master and apprentice. You learn quickly and can draw inferences from one example. You are a good material. What's rare is that even though you are rich, you don't look down on the poor. On the contrary, you are a bit arrogant. You, cough cough..."

He coughed a few times and Xiuxiu quickly handed him some tea.

Doctor Bai drank a few sips, looked at Lin Bai, and continued: "If you want to continue doing this business in the future, I hope you can be kind and help others when you can, and don't lose the original intention of a doctor. You have a bright future, and even if you leave the medical field in the future, you will achieve something. Don't forget your old days of weaving mats and selling shoes."

"Lin Bai will remember this." Lin Bai replied.

"That's good, that's good..." Doctor Bai was very pleased, with a smile on his face, and seemed to be in a very good mood.

He held Lin Bai's hand, his eyes filled with anticipation, and said, "And Xiuxiu..."

"I won't teach her martial arts, I just want her to live a peaceful life." Lin Bai immediately made a promise, "No matter what she wants to do or where she wants to go in the future, I will do my best to help her."

"Don't spoil her. She is reasonable. If you can convince her, she will listen to you in everything." Doctor Bai said with a smile.

"Yes." Lin Bai lowered his head.

"Take my pulse again." Doctor Bai looked rosy-cheeked, as if he was getting better.

Lin Bai extended his finger, and retracted it after a moment.

"Xiu Xiu is here too." Doctor Bai said with a smile. When Xiu Xiu stretched out her fingers to take his pulse, his face became even more kind. He kept staring at Xiu Xiu, smiling with satisfaction.

"Remember this, this is a dead pulse." Doctor Bai's face relaxed and he smiled kindly, "I guess you guys feel my pulse every day, so you're very familiar with it. If you encounter this kind of pulse in the future, you will definitely not make a mistake."

Lin Bai remained silent while Xiuxiu cried softly.

Pei Ning stood outside the house with his arms folded, not saying a word.

After a long while, Doctor Bai smiled and asked, "Is the coffin ready?"

"It's ready." Lin Bai nodded, "According to Master's instructions, we'll use the cheap Paulownia wood."

"Okay, okay." Doctor Bai was very satisfied. He wanted to raise his arm to stroke his beard, but he had no strength.

He leaned on the pillow, looking out the window, not knowing what he was thinking about.

But his eyes became increasingly cloudy, his breath became increasingly weak, and the rosy glow on his face gradually faded, leaving only a withered and lifeless look.

After a long while, Doctor Bai spoke tremblingly and asked, "What time is it?"

"It's just morning." Lin Bai replied.

"At noon..." Doctor Bai thought for a moment and smiled, "Don't delay, bury him in the afternoon. I have a long cough, don't infect others."

Xiuxiu's crying became increasingly unbearable.

"Yes." Lin Bai agreed.

"Don't cry..." Doctor Bai held Xiuxiu's hand tremblingly and said kindly, "Silly child, remember, money is the least valuable."

After saying this, Doctor Bai's eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of dust, and his hand tightly grasped Xiuxiu's hand. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly closed his eyes and loosened his grip on Xiuxiu's hand.

The wind howled outside the house, like sobbing; it also seemed as if the earth was being used as a chopping board, wanting to chop off all living things one by one.

(End of this chapter)