Xu Xie's worry showed plainly on his face.
He said, "Mm, the situation is still very serious."
Several counties, towns, and villages in Tianhai Commandery had reported cases.
They had already begun sealing off villages.
He didn't know whether they'd be able to contain it.
Xu Xie was trapped in Fugu City and couldn't leave easily, so he sent a bluebird message to his trusted attendant stationed outside the city, ordering him to take the Xu Family Patriarch's token back and withdraw supplies. That way, no one could use it to criticize them. The Xu Clan wasn't united, either. Some people had always opposed helping Wu Xian. They were unhappy with Xu Xie's decision and wanted to control Wu Xian as a puppet instead.
Xu Xie wasn't worried about anything else.
He was only worried that these fools would rush headlong to their deaths.
If Wu Xian killed them over this, Xu Xie truly wouldn't be able to stop him.
Wu Xian could even bring himself to harm his own brothers.
Just thinking about it gave Xu Xie a dull, throbbing headache.
Shen Tang frowned in concentration, then smoothed her brows and smiled. "Literary Scholar, don't you want to hear the good news from my side?"
"Good news?"
Xu Xie looked at Shen Tang, his heart seeming to beat faster for a moment.
Lord Shen could still smile after hearing that an epidemic had appeared in Tianhai. Could it be—? A possibility surfaced in his mind.
"Could it be that Lord Shen has found a cure for the epidemic?"
"Not exactly." She didn't want to overstate things.
Xu Xie's expression fell for a moment.
Shen Tang immediately continued, "Though we haven't found a cure, we've already identified the source of this epidemic. It's only a matter of time before we