County Magistrate Hao was delighted and excited that Princess Changning was willing to help. This first-rank princess, with her own fiefdom, held a higher position than even the prime minister. Finally, someone was available.

"Horse Magistrate, your Majesty, our entire town is under lockdown. No one is allowed to leave. Food and medicine are running low in the city. With the outbreak, riots will break out if food and medicine are not available."

My lady, I wonder if you have any preventive measures.

Siyu took out a mask from her own space, using her clothes to cover herself.

Lord Hao, please go find some embroiderers to sew masks. The more masks the better, and then distribute them to everyone to prevent them from spreading the virus through droplets. They must also be disinfected every day.

The princess has to disinfect every day, but I’m afraid there aren’t enough people!

This isn't a problem. Get those who aren't sick to get involved in disinfection. Then isolate those who are sick. And, yes, use limewater for disinfection.

After receiving the instructions, County Magistrate Hao felt confident and immediately ordered the yamen runners to take action.

Siyu put on the mask and the gown she had prepared earlier, and her aura changed instantly.

Yanan, you come with me. Third brother and Master, let’s go to the place where the illness is most serious!

Okay, okay, the four of them, master and apprentice, went out to the place where the illness was most serious.

Lingxi group leader: I will go with you too.

Siyu: Ling'er, don't go. What if you get infected? You wait for us here. Ling'er pouted. Why don't you let me go? I also want to participate and do my part. As a member of the royal family, I don't want to hide behind.

Now that everyone knows there might be an epidemic, you shouldn't go. We need people to help us with food and medicine at the restaurant.

All right! I'll arrange some herbs and food for you.

Oh, it's so itchy! Someone come and save us.

Siyu, her master, and her senior brothers looked at the people stumbling on the ground. They saw those groaning in pain, and their expressions were filled with pity. How could this happen? In just a few days, the once bustling streets had become a living hell. The faces of the people, once cheerful and happy, had turned into a picture of pain.

From that day on, the four masters and apprentices followed the doctor in Qingxia Town and began to work tirelessly to develop an antidote.

The county magistrate also began to look everywhere for the cause of the disease, but he couldn't find it.

"Master, our prescription is effective, so why isn't it working? It's actually getting worse."

Siyu asked, are the number of people infected with the disease increasing?

The county magistrate and the doctor answered at the same time: "No."

Siyu is pacing back and forth on the ground. What could be the reason? Why hasn't she stopped and is it getting worse?

Oh no, oh no.

What happened.

The princess and the county magistrate's men, along with a family of nine from the Jixiang Cloth Shop in town, have all fallen ill today. They're all sore and weak, with red rashes and high fevers, just like those in the sick ward.

How is it possible that these shops and wealthy areas were not infected? How could they suddenly be infected again?

The yamen runners reported that yesterday, for some unknown reason, rats suddenly appeared at the Jixiang Cloth Shop and began to gnaw at the fabrics. The shop's family hunted the rats. A rat accidentally fell into the well. The family, believing the water was unclean, stopped drinking from their own well and went to the well west of the town to draw water. Strangely, everyone in their family had developed fevers, rashes, and general weakness.

County Magistrate Hao: How could this happen? Originally, only the four slums in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest had the epidemic, and the rest of the places would be fine. How come there is a problem in the town as well?

Qingxia Town is actually arranged in a pattern of poverty in the east, poverty in the north, virtuous people in the west, and wealth in the south. Officials, scholars, and merchants all live in the west and south. The closer one is to the center of town, the more prominent one's status.

What the county magistrate is angry about now is that his illness is getting worse, but people are still allowed to enter but not leave the city gate.

The additional patients today are even more annoying.

We've been using so much medicine that it's almost gone. Why is it getting worse and worse? It's not even slowing down the symptoms. The prescription is right! Why isn't it working?

Where exactly is the deviation?

Siyu walked out of the isolation ward in frustration and walked towards the front. Hey, junior sister, where are you going?

Siyu waved her hand and said, "I'm going out to get some fresh air. You guys go ahead and do your work."

Yanan: Master, wherever you go, I will go with you!

You don't need to follow the master to learn! I want to be alone and quiet. No one of you should follow me. I will go by myself.

Siyu walked and thought. Ever since her master brought them to Qingxia Town, it had been like an invisible net, enveloping her. Everything that had happened seemed pre-planned.

I'd just arrived in Qingxia Town when an epidemic suddenly broke out. I'd bet there wasn't some conspiracy behind this, and everyone was falling ill at the same time. The city gates were sealed off right after the outbreak broke out. This is incredibly unusual. Siyu continued to think about things as she walked away.

Suddenly, a little girl in front of me said in a delicate voice, "Hey, little fatty, did you fish out the rat in your well? Is the water still drinkable?"

Li Xiner, what nonsense are you talking about? There are no mice in my house, it's the Jixiang Cloth Shop that has mice. The water in my well is clean.

Otherwise, why did everyone at Jixiang Cloth Shop get sick, but my family didn't? Don't talk nonsense, there are no mice in my well.

Li Xianer: She called the little fat boy unconvinced, “If I didn’t get in, then I didn’t get in. Why are you so anxious?”

Little Fatty: I can be patient. If I am diagnosed with the same symptoms as someone who has fallen ill, I will be isolated.

Siyu hurriedly ran forward and stopped. "Kids, what were you talking about just now?"

The children looked at Si Yufan's impatient look and shrank back in fear. "We don't know what you are doing. Let us go." They struggled to leave.

Seeing the children so excited, Siyu realized that her expression was too extreme and scared them, so she hurriedly explained, "Don't be afraid, I'm just asking you something."

Several children stood up and said, "We don't know you. Our parents told us not to talk to strangers."

Sister is not a stranger. Now there are delicious candies here. Sister wants to know who remembers the most and most clearly what you said just now and gives the best answers. These candies will be given to you. Watching Siyu take out various candies wrapped in colorful candy wrappers from her bag.

They couldn't help but gasp, and gathered around to compete to answer Siyu's questions, "Sister, sister, please ask, please ask what you want to know."

Okay, now I’ll start asking questions. You just said whose house had mice infestation and whose house didn’t get sick.

Big sister, I’m telling you, I’m telling you.

Little Fatty, I know it clearly.

My elder sister, Li Xian'er, asked me, "Fatty, there are rats in your well, and the water is undrinkable." I said there weren't any rats in my house. It was the well at Jixiang Cloth Shop that got in. They didn't drink the water from their well; they drank water from an outside well, which is when the illness started.

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