Chapter 143 - The Doctor's Skills
Chapter 143 - The Doctor's Skills
Although Shalai was only twelve years old, when he saw the body lying on the floor in the middle of the living room, he was just stunned for a moment and frowned, and there was no further reaction.
Without any complaints or fear, she and Ning Fei moved the body into an old blanket and wrapped it up. Then he used the medicine given by Ning Fei to wash the floor and clean up the mess after the house was smashed, working alone until dawn.
When Ning Fei woke up, the house was basically clean. There was no body, no broken pieces of porcelain, no blood (unless you looked closely), and no signs that a murder had occurred that night. Shalai also reported that in the morning, she followed Ning Fei's instructions and asked the coachman to help transport the body to a place outside the city to dispose of it. After returning, she also wiped the carriage and even ventilated it. Also, the window repairman will come this afternoon.
"Outside the city? Why go so far? Just throw it in a place full of garbage. It's all garbage anyway." Ning Fei said after listening, "It's better to put it face up, so that 'others' can see their faces and know what will happen if they mess with me."
"'Others'? Doctor Ning, were they really sent by someone to target you?" Shalai asked, "You went to the church's manor a few days ago, and when you came back you told me to be careful. Did the church want to hurt you?"
"It has nothing to do with you, don't worry about it." Ning Fei was too lazy to explain, "What were you doing after you rang the bell last night?"
"I hid under the bed. I came out only when you knocked on the door." Shalai scratched his head a little embarrassedly. "I heard them kicking the door, and I was afraid they would kick it open and come in."
"You did the right thing. I'll do the same next time." Ning Fei was not worried that she would tell others that she could use light magic. His light magic has reached perfection, and almost everyone in the world who can find this magic is practicing it. His level is even much higher than that of wind magic. The magic used on the two bandits last night was small-scale precision magic, which could not affect the room much.
"There will be a next time?" Sha Lai frowned. "Doctor Ning, I think those two people are thugs from the civilian street. If the news that you are rich spreads among these people, I am afraid that their harassment will continue. They failed this time, what if more people come in the future..."
"What do you want to say? Are you trying to persuade me to move out or hire more people?" Ning Fei sneered, "I'm just a little maid, don't be so nosy. If you're afraid, then leave. Don't be idle and give your sponsor random advice."
Sha Lai's expression was a little difficult to maintain, and he said awkwardly: "Doctor Ning, I don't want to comment on your life, I'm just worried..."
"It's not your turn to worry." Ning Fei interrupted her and waved his hand, "You are here to work, not to chat, and certainly not to waste my time. Go do your work."
Sha Lai had more questions, but Ning Fei turned and left after he finished speaking, obviously not wanting to answer her. She hesitated for a while, and could only go to do her work in disappointment.
***
In the afternoon, the window repairman arrived as scheduled. He is very young, a seventeen-year-old teenager, but the tools he brought and his skillful movements looked quite authentic. Ning Fei watched his work site for a few minutes, seemed to be sure that the boy was really capable of doing the job, and left silently.
Shalai was left to watch the window replacement process.
"…The two men's faces were completely scratched."
Amid the noise of nails and frames, the young repairman whispered, "Take off all the clothes and bury them in a mass grave. I guarantee that even their mother won't be able to recognize them."
"Don't be ridiculous. How can those two have mothers?" Sha Lai leaned over and mocked, "They are just scoundrels who can't even get a seat on the street, yet they dare to say that they want to play with me and Dr. Ning at the same time. How funny. Their brains and butts must be the opposite!"
"They really don't even look down on the gangs, so I'm quite surprised why you are so cautious." The repairman said this while keeping his eyes on the work in his hands. "Even if others find out that they are dead, they are dead. No one will solve the case and seek justice for them."
"No. They were obviously sent by someone to threaten Dr. Ning. If the employer knew they failed, who knows who would send someone else to continue harassing him." Shalai crossed his arms and pouted, "I like being here. I don't have to worry about food and drink every day, and the work is easy. Dr. Ning looks indifferent, but he is actually much better than those bosses who cheat people and suck blood. He doesn't beat me, I have a share of everything he eats, and he doesn't use a handkerchief to check for dust. It's better than being the daughter of a bakery. I don't want this fairy-tale life to end so soon."
"He's so nice to you, but you always give us his things. Aren't you afraid that he'll chase you away if you're found out?"
"I suspect he knew it a long time ago and just turned a blind eye. I knew my limits and only took small things to eat and use instead of expensive things. He has money and doesn't care about these things." Shalai replied, "He should be quite smart and capable, but I don't know why he is willing to live in a small place like ours."
The repairman guessed, "Could he have committed some crime and is hiding in the civilian streets?"
"Impossible. If he had committed a crime, he wouldn't have taken on a job at the church. Otherwise, he would be exposed in a matter of minutes." Shalai shook his head. "To put it another way, even if he was a criminal, so what? Aren't there enough criminals among us? Who is cleaner than who?"
"You're right." The repairman banged his hammer for a while, then lowered his voice and asked, "But who exactly is he? I saw those two blind bodies. They had huge cuts on their necks, but almost no other scars. It's not something that ordinary people can do to inflict a fatal wound. Not to mention our people, I've never heard of such a capable person in all the gangs on Civilian Street."
"I'm also puzzled. Logically, even if he managed to kill the first person unexpectedly, the other person wouldn't just stand there and watch, waiting for him to kill him, right? But the scars on these two people are almost exactly the same." Shalai replied, "And when I saw the doctor last night, he was basically clean, without any injuries on his body, and didn't look embarrassed at all. It's impossible that he went upstairs to change his clothes and treat his wounds, and then came down to call me, right? He doesn't seem like the kind of person who would take me seriously."
After a pause, she remembered something: "Oh, by the way, I listened behind the door yesterday, and I actually heard those two people shouting something like 'I confess'. But the sound before and after was too quiet, so I didn't hear it clearly."
"Confession?" The repairman thought for a moment, "Could it be that Dr. Ning threatened them in some way, asking them to confess before they die?"
"Ah?" Shalai looked strange. "No way. Look at Dr. Ning, who is always dark, gloomy and cold. Does he look like a clergyman who wants to influence the world? Sometimes he takes out some potions that I have never heard of. I worry that he is being hunted for witches!"
"Although you described him as 'dark and eerie', I have to admit that he is indeed very handsome." The repairman commented, "Even if the church doesn't teach him a lesson, once the gangs on the civilian streets find out, there won't be a few days of peace here. Besides, doesn't the church like to snatch good-looking people to use as toys for the nobles? In my opinion, the church will not let him go."
Shalai frowned and said, "Doesn't the church only like children?"
"I don't think so. The church sometimes releases adult 'apprentices' because they have become ugly or in poor health, and the church doesn't want to waste money to keep these broken 'toys'. If someone is as healthy and beautiful as Dr. Ning, the church may make an 'exceptional admission'." The repairman turned his head to look at Shalai, and then said, "I think you should go out to the street and get some more sun. After living here with Dr. Ning for a while, your skin seems to have gotten better. Don't make it so that you can't be safe unless you scratch your face... Oh, Dr. Ning is the only one who can't be safe unless he scratches his face."
"The ones who deserve to be humiliated are the hooligans and the nobles who are no different from them!" Shalai showed disgust. "I heard that the nobles' bodies are covered with spots, and you can smell a foul stench when you get close to them. Ugh! It's more disgusting than the sewers on the streets of ordinary people!"
"Hush, keep your voice down, the sound of my hammer can hardly be covered up." The repairman reminded, "Also, there are many people with piebald spots on the streets of common people, just as many as the nobles. You are so young, don't be curious. Since it is safe here with Doctor Ning, you can stay here longer. To be honest, if he is clean, I think it would be nice for you to follow him in the future. Doctor's wife, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, and you are safe and healthy. Just think about it... Oh!"
"Go to hell! Do your job and shut up!" Shalai slapped him hard, a little angry, "I won't talk to an old man... If you dare to say that again, I promise to tear your mouth apart!"
"Okay, okay, just be your little maid obediently..."
***
Shalai remained on guard for several nights in a row, but no intruders came to cause trouble again. I don’t know whether the church thought the first two were successful, or they simply forgot to deal with Ning Fei.
Ning Fei, on his side, heard some news from the merchants who often bought medicinal herbs.
"Why has the purchase volume of these uncommon medicinal herbs suddenly increased?"
Ning Fei counted the things he wanted while chatting with the merchant: "Then what, what do you want to say?"
"Haha, you must understand what I mean, brother." The businessman smiled, "I want to say that it may not be convenient to provide you with those materials recently..."
In short, unscrupulous businessmen are going to raise prices.
Ning Fei sneered in his heart. These herbs were used in a small number of folk remedies before, but recently I basically only buy them myself. So even if the quantity is small, it cannot be sold at a high price. Now the purchase volume from other places has suddenly soared. After all, it is actually because of Ning Fei.
When he was treating the candidate for the Holy Son, he wrote out several prescriptions, one of which was for controlling disease X. This prescription is relatively new to the world, but based on the current medical level, it does not exceed the world's technological level. Therefore, it is better to use it instead of wasting luck by obviously changing the world. And it is precisely in this prescription that there are several ingredients that were rarely used before. Now merchants directly say that these materials are in short supply, which means that the church is using Ning Fei’s formula on a large scale.
Oh, to be precise, it’s the recipe from Bai P.
Perhaps the rumor had also spread widely among the nobles, because these people were very fond of playing and spreading the word widely, and they all had some Irene Mei in them. Now there is a new prescription, and it really works. These guys who are not short of money will definitely use it immediately.
In fact, this may even become a trend. Anyway, they have money, so why not use it? They can just drink and take medicine at the party as a preventive measure. People of this age are still unable to comprehend the truth that “all medicines are poisonous to some extent”.
——What’s more, I took a lot of drugs…
In every world and every age, aren’t there enough people who have been killed by accelerated doses?
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