"Okay, you don't need to change the dressing for your injury. Wash it with warm water every day, and don't do anything to others. It will be fine in another ten days or so."
"This scar?"
"Scar? Tsk, there is an ointment for removing scars. Your scar is over half a foot long. Can we count it as two boxes? One box costs money. Are you going to sell hooks? Or are you going to rob the bank?"
"Ah? Forget it, I'm just asking casually, don't take it seriously."
"Hmph, are men afraid of scars? People with scars on their faces are not as pretentious as you. Get out of here!"
Bai Lang was not afraid of scars, he thought it would be best if there were no scars. I was worried that the doctor would get used to being harsh and not take it seriously, but now I understand. It’s not that people don’t take it seriously, it’s that scar-removing medicines are so expensive that ordinary people can’t afford them.
The injury is now very good, but according to the doctor's advice, he can't do anything yet, so Bailang can still recuperate at home for a few days. Of course, it’s impossible to do absolutely nothing. Although doctors have a high status in the knife studio, they don't always get what they say. If Bai Lang wants to continue to hang out in the knife shop, he still needs to show his attitude.
So after coming out of the medical hall, Bailang went to find Zhou Dong, preparing to start spinning again.
"Xiao Bai, why are you coming to my place if you don't want to rest at home?"
"Brother Dong, the doctor I just went to said that my injury is almost healed. Look, the bandages are gone and the scars are all gone."
"Ah? So fast?! Are you like an animal? The boss shut up so quickly?" Zhou Dong said the same thing as the doctor in the medical hall. He had seen a lot of mouths opened due to trauma, and many of them that were not as big as Bailang could only be closed in recent months. This was the first time he had seen Bailang in this situation.
What can Bailang say? Animal is not a good word, but he has no way to object now, and his ability to recover so quickly is indeed unusual for ordinary people. But he knew very well that the reason why the injury healed so quickly this time was not because of his special constitution, but because of the "Qi Nourishing Technique".
The cold inner energy generated during the practice of this technique not only stimulates the potential, but also nourishes the body like nectar, greatly shortening the original recovery time.
In fact, "Qi Nourishing Jue" improves the body's affinity to the five elements' qi, which is changing the body's constitution. Bailang's injury this time was just a coincidence.
Bailang hadn't noticed these yet, and he didn't even pay attention to what the "Five Elements Qi Affinity" was for the time being.
"Brother Dong, where shall we go later?"
It's the middle of the month, but all the errands for the second half of the year have been settled, and there is nothing urgent to do for the time being. Just wait until the end of the year to share the rewards during the New Year's wine in the knife shop. That's why Bai Lang asked Zhou Dong where he was going. After all, he was free now.
The only variable is the blood guards of those state capitals. When Zhou Dong came to visit Bailang before, he said that he was "too busy to touch the ground" because of the temporary errands brought by these blood guards.
Ever since Bai Lang was severely tested at home a few days ago, he had no news about the Blood Guard for a few days. It is inevitable that I feel a lot of anxiety. He knew that he had passed the test, but he was not sure whether there would be doubts about him later.
"Where are we going? There is someone looking for trouble on Yuhua Street. If you have nothing to do, come with me and have a look."
"Yuhua Street? Didn't you say that those people in the state capital..."
Before Bai Lang could finish speaking, Zhou Dong waved his hand and said, "The people of the Blood Guard have all left. In other words, they have gone to a dark place."
"ah?"
"Ah what? They have been struggling for so long, they can't keep dragging it out like this, right? Even if our sword shop doesn't say anything, the Yamen and the City Lord's Mansion still can't stand it?
Since yesterday afternoon, we can no longer see them on the streets. But I guess it won't be so easy to completely break up. It should be a different approach. If the light doesn't work, then it will be the secret.
But this has nothing to do with us. The Red Sword Master also told us this morning that we should not talk about the Blood Guard in private. I guess I'm just trying to prevent some unpleasant words from being heard in the dark, and we can't afford to offend others..."
Zhou Dong spoke very quietly, ensuring that only he and Bailang could hear it. And while he was talking, he kept walking.
Bailang followed half a step behind, chatting with Zhou Dong. But I was greatly relieved. It seems that he did get through it before. Although the Blood Guard had doubted him, these doubts should have been dispelled after testing. I think the man in black must be dead. Nowadays, the Blood Guard is still "unwilling" to insist on refusing to leave. After all, there is a blue-lettered skill in the clay figurine. It would be easy for Bailang to come here to find it for a year or two.
Now Bailang only needs to maintain his "completely unaware" behavior trajectory.
"You know Ma Liu, right?"
"I know, there's a well-known gangster on Yuhua Street. He works as a pimp. I heard that half of the odd jobs outside Hualou are done by him. I don't know if it's true." Bai Lang knew that this was happening. Let’s get down to business.
"Of course it's fake."
"Let me just say, it's an exaggeration to say that half of the casual work is done by Ma Liu."
Unexpectedly, Zhou Dong shook his head and smiled: "No, Xiaobai, you don't understand. I mean half is less, so the rumor is false, it should be 70 to 80 percent."
"Ah?" Bai Lang was stunned. In his impression, Ma Liu was just an ordinary street gangster. Just some reputation. How could a pimp endure such a big scene? Can the knife shop accommodate him?
"The flower building is renovated every year, and the decoration, food, wine, rooms, and girls inside also change every year. Old people go and new people come. The only thing that remains unchanged is the ability to swallow gold inside. Ordinary people can't afford it. Even if I am alone, People who have eaten enough for their whole family and are not hungry dare to go. Only when they are lucky in Qianfang will they go to the tooth ceremony. On weekdays, they only find scattered paths to play.
Therefore, the flower shop business in Yuhua Street accounts for the majority, and it accounts for the high prices. In terms of quantity, in fact, the largest number of businesses are scattered businesses.
This Ma Liu is much more powerful than you know. "
"The sword shop doesn't care about him?"
Zhou Dong smiled and patted Bai Lang on the shoulder, then flirted with him and said with a smile: "You are not very old, and you always see things in such detail. You are born to be a knife master, and you are much better than me back then."
After a pause and some emotion, Zhou Dong continued: "The kind of business that Ma Liu does is not worth the tax. It should be done. But it must be stopped. So instead of cutting off one crop after another, it is better to change the name. Get a share of the pie. This is the job of our knife studio. But there is someone behind Ma Liu? The knife studio can’t afford to offend him, so it can only be out of sight and out of mind.”
"Such a strong backer? Who is it?" This was the first time Bai Lang heard that the knife shop suffered a setback due to his business.
"How do I know who it is specifically? But, I heard that it may be a direct kinship through the city lord's wife."
"Tsk tsk, that's no wonder. But brother Dong, didn't you just say you were in trouble? It couldn't be that Ma Liu, right? Is it related to us?"
"Well, several people died over there. The Yamen didn't want to take care of it, so they left it to us."
Bai Lang was stunned when he heard this.
"Huh? This kind of thing can happen to us?!"
