The Wheel-Turning Master.

Chapter 6 Notoriety
Putting the medical book in his arms, putting on his straw raincoat and hat, Lin Bai bid farewell to Baicaotang.

He hurried back home, bolted the door, moved a stool to sit under the eaves, and briefly read through "Essentials of the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine".

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

Thinking back to the contents of "Essentials of the Internal Classic", the words on those pages appeared in my mind.

This is another magical aspect of the stone disk space. Anything you have seen in the outside world, whether it is words in books or people or things you have seen, can be remembered for a long time as long as you recall it once in the stone disk space, and even the details will be engraved in your mind.

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

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

Hundreds of plum blossom piles, each ten feet high, grew on the stone plate.

Lin Bai had a 20-jin sandbag tied to each of his legs, and held a 20-jin stone hammer in each hand, with a bell hanging on each of the stone hammers.

He jumped onto the plum blossom pile, glanced at the layout, then closed his eyes and ran quickly without stopping, with very little sound of the bell ringing.

Time passed slowly in the stone disk space, and the mist on the periphery changed from thick to thin for more than thirty times. After about thirty days, Lin Bai calmed down and returned to the real world.

The rain had stopped by then and the sky was just beginning to darken.

I stretched my arms and legs and felt like I had endless energy that needed to be released, but I was very hungry.

Just as I was about 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 with a cloth scarf on her head. He didn't know if it was an illusion, but she seemed to be a little brighter.

"There are a few buns left in the shop. I couldn't finish them. I thought you were growing up, so I brought them to you."

Mu Zhen seemed to notice Lin Bai's gaze. She straightened her chest and said, "You're not going out to sell things, so why did you lock the door? It's very lively outside today."

"What's all the fuss?" Lin Bai put aside the young man's evil thoughts and instinctively felt that Qi Wangzu's matter had been exposed. "Sister Zhen, come in and talk." Lin Bai invited Mu Zhen into the yard.

"Here." Mu Zhen stuffed the lotus leaf bag into Lin Bai's hand, stepped into the yard, and came to the jujube tree, then whispered: "I remember that you and Qi Wangzu are 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 astonished expression.

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

Lin Bai: “…”

"People in these streets are in panic now. Those who have women at home are even more scared, fearing that the rapist will come after them." Mu Zhen sat on a low stool in the yard, his tone was quite uneasy, and he seemed to be afraid.

"Not really." Lin Bai defended himself, "Has anyone come from the county government?"

"The county government is too lazy to care about the trivial matters in our North City." Mu Zhen sighed.

"I remember Qi Wangzu was hanging out with the Axe Gang. Wouldn't the Axe Gang do anything about it? This incident happened on the Axe Gang's territory, so the Axe Gang has to intervene even for the sake of face." Lin Bai continued.

"I hope so." Mu Zhen sighed sadly, her voice faint, "I have come to realize that in today's world, we women still need a man to rely on. At critical moments, at least there is someone to protect us..." After she finished speaking, she glanced at Lin Bai meaningfully.

Lin Bai was not stupid and he immediately understood that Mu Zhen wanted to live together... Maybe that was why he came to deliver buns to her house these days.

But Lin Bai couldn’t understand why it was him?

A mat weaver and shoe seller, with no wealth or power. Besides, there is a six or seven year age difference, right? Appearance? It's indeed OK, but who in the poor northern city would consider appearance first when marrying? Isn't it all about whether one can do something?

But Mu Zhen's conditions were not bad either. Although she was a widow, she was single, had no burdens, had a steamed bun shop at home, and was not bad looking...

As a peasant from the northern city, it would be a great bargain if he could marry Mu Zhen.

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

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

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

"There are always people who know what's good." Mu Zhen stared at Lin Bai and smiled, then stood up and walked out. "It's getting late, I'm going back."

Lin Bai hurriedly followed to deliver it.

After leaving the house, Mu Zhen suddenly turned around, 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 as much as you want."

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

After bolting the door, Lin Bai sighed, "Are you going to eat this bun or not? If you eat it, you will be responsible for it..."

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.

Another night of hard training, when he opened his eyes again it was already daybreak. After breakfast, listening to the cicadas chirping, Lin Bai planned to continue selling straw sandals.

Yesterday, something happened to Qi Wangzu and his wife, so I have to behave more normally and go out to get some information.

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

The two footsteps stopped at the door of their house.

"Bang bang bang!"

The person knocking on the door used both his hands and feet to beat the door open, his voice soaring, "Open the door! I know you are home!"

Lin Bai put down his burden, opened the door, and saw two men standing outside.

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

These streets are the territories of the Axe Gang. The two of them have always been responsible for settling disputes, so Lin Bai knows them.

No matter what the other party's intentions were, just by listening to the light footsteps just now, Lin Bai was confident that he could deal with it easily.

"Brother Dong, Brother Xue, what's going on so early in the morning?" Lin Bai put down his burden and greeted them with a bow.

"Qi Wangzu's incident has been exposed! Someone saw you committing a crime in the middle of the night!" The tall and thin Dong Chao spoke in a loud voice, while 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 opinion: "Two brothers, this is a false accusation. I only learned about the news yesterday, how did it implicate me?"

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

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

"Is there anything you can't say? Say it quickly!" The tall and thin Dong Chaoqi stepped forward.

"Oh, okay." Lin Bai took two steps back in fear, sighed again, and said, "He came to see me that evening because..."

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

"To borrow seeds." Lin Bai whispered, and then bowed, "Two big brothers, this matter cannot be spread outside."

When 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 had been married for many years and was already 25 or 26 years old, but Yan's pregnancy was still not happening. There was a lot of gossip on the street, most of which said Yan was not good enough. But some people also said that Qi Wangzu was damaged by alcohol and sex and could not do anything serious.

Dong Chao and Xue Ba didn't think much of Qi Wangzu, but after all, they were all members of the Axe Gang and knew that he was hoping to have a son. They also went to the secret door together to inspect it and saw how Qi Wangzu went in and came out very quickly.

"Why did he ask you to borrow his sperm?" asked the short and fat Xue Ba with a frown.

"You two must know that Qi Wangzu and I are relatives, and his father is my uncle. Although Qi Wangzu and I no longer have any contact, we are blood relatives after all. When Yan gives birth to a child, she will at least have some blood relationship with Qi Wangzu."

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

"How can a straw sandal seller like you claim to have an extraordinary appearance?" the tall and thin Dong Chao said with disdain.

"Then have you slept with Yan?" asked the short and fat Xue Ba with lustful eyes.

"No." Lin Bai sighed, and said with great sorrow: "At that time, I was ill for a long time and was weak. Qi Wangzu asked me to recover first, and said that if I wanted to borrow a good seed, I should get pregnant at the first try. Otherwise, wouldn't it mean that I would have to sleep with him several times more? Alas, I have recovered now, but... I heard that Yan's is very fair and tender. I... I haven't lent out my seed yet!"

It fits perfectly and the logic is self-consistent.

"You just didn't lend them out to plant, 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 in the next few days, especially those with knives, tell us immediately, okay?"

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

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

Lin Bai made up his mind that if they had any suspicion, he would run away immediately.

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

"How do we deal with this? Is what Mr. Lin said true?" Dong Chao asked Xue Ba.

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

"It's a pity for the Yan family. Wow, they are so white!" Dong Chao sighed.

"Who says it isn't?"

The short and fat Xue Ba spat on the ground and said angrily, "Damn Qi Wangzu, why don't you ask your brothers in the gang for seed, but go to a mat weaver and shoe seller? Aren't your brothers' seeds good enough?!"

(End of this chapter)