Hu Pingcheng also arranged for people to inspect each household, ensuring they were following the Imperial Physician's advice to disinfect by boiling vinegar and wiping hands with white wine.
When encountering those stubborn individuals, Xiao Chengyu personally led a group to visit them.
For those who refused to listen, Xiao Chengyu ordered them to be imprisoned to prevent them from endangering others while disregarding their own lives.
The city seemed to be becoming more orderly, yet the daily deaths of citizens continued.
However, the number of those recovering was greater than before.
Xiao Chengyu finally had time to investigate the origin of this epidemic.
As time passed, the letter Cheng Yuanshan sent from Ganning, by way of a nearby town, finally reached the Fu Mansion.
Three days ago, the first letter Xiao Chengyu sent regarding the Ganning epidemic reached Emperor Jiawen's desk, and the news spread throughout the capital.
