When Su Muxue saw Su Yi enter the VIP room, she happily called out "Fifth Brother." However, when she saw Zhao Yefan, she pretended not to see him and casually picked up a green hairpin and asked Mu Jin if she liked it.

When Su Muxue asked Mu Jin to go out for a stroll today, she originally intended to refuse.

Later, when she heard that Su Muxue was coming to Shuyu Tower to give her a gift, she thought about it and agreed.

Mu Jin came to Shuyu Tower not because Su Muxue wanted to give her a gift. Her main purpose was to ask if Shuyu Tower could take back the jewelry that Su Yi had bought for her as an apology. After all, she urgently needed money to treat Eleven's amnesia at Nangong Shenzong.

Unexpectedly, Su Yi, whom I met just yesterday, was encountered again at Shuyu Tower today.

Asking Zhao Yefan how much silver he would pay to buy back the jewelry Su Yi had given him in front of Su Yi, Mu Jin didn't consider herself shameless enough to do so.

Seeing Su Yi arrive, Mu Jin was somewhat uninterested. She glanced at Su Yi.

"What brings King Yi here today? Is he here to see the princess?"

Su Yi looked at Mu Jin and smiled slightly: "No, it's just that I'm a little short on cash lately. I bought an antique porcelain vase from Boss Zhao and wanted to ask if he can still buy it back."

When Mu Jin heard Su Yi say that, her eyes lit up. She pretended to be casual and asked Su Yi.

"Oh? Can Shuyulou still recycle items purchased here before?"

Su Yi raised an eyebrow and looked at Zhao Yefan.

"So, Mr. Zhao, I'm a bit short on cash lately. Can you still recycle the porcelain vase I bought from you before?"

If Su Yi were short of money, then Zhao Yefan wouldn't need to work at Shuyu Tower.

Shuyulou is just one of Su Yi's businesses. He is certain that even if Shuyulou were to close down now, the money he has worked so hard to manage for Su Yi would be enough for Su Yi to live on for ten lifetimes.

Zhao Yefan was speechless, unsure of what Su Yi was up to this time.

Seeing that Zhao Yefan didn't respond, Mu Jin became even more anxious than Su Yi, and couldn't help but call out to Zhao Yefan.

"Boss Zhao, King Yi is asking you a question."

Su Yi glanced at Mu Jin, who was looking rather impatient, and a subtle, unintentional smile appeared on his lips.

Zhao Yefan forced a smile and said to Mu Jin with a forced grin.

"That's natural. However, very few people in Shuyu Tower buy things and then resell them back to the tower. After all, every item here can be used as a family heirloom."

"What is the original price for recycling?" Mu Jin asked eagerly.

Zhao Yefan glanced at the nonchalant Su Yi and said, "Fifty percent off? I still need to ask our boss about that. After all, in all these years of opening this building, this is the first time someone has bought something here and then resold it here."

When Mu Jin heard Zhao Yefan say that the buyback price for rare items was 50%, she breathed a sigh of relief. The rare items that Su Yi gave her were originally bought for 260,000, so 50% off would only be 130,000. After paying for Eleven's medical treatment, there would still be some money left over, which would cover the cost of medicine.

"Fifth Brother, are you so short of money that you've fallen to the point of having to sell things? If word gets out, it's not just you who will lose face, but also mine! Whatever you're short, I'll make it up to you," Su Muxue said discontentedly.

Su Yi tapped Su Muxue's head with his fan: "I just didn't like that porcelain vase, and I was just making an excuse to have Manager Zhao take it back. Go look at your hairpin, and don't cause trouble!"

At this moment, a waiter came looking for Zhao Yefan.

"What is it?"

The shopkeeper said, "The capital city gates were suddenly closed this afternoon, and a batch of our goods couldn't get into the city."

The people in the VIP room were taken aback when they heard that the capital gate had been closed urgently. It wasn't curfew time, so the sudden closure of the capital gate must mean something had happened.

Zhao Yefan asked the shopkeeper if he knew why. The shopkeeper said that he saw a notice posted outside the city gate that in order to curb the spread of the plague in the capital, the city gates would be officially closed from today, and the opening time would be announced separately.

In addition, the imperial court recruited many physicians who could create prescriptions to curb the plague. The court rewarded them with a thousand taels of silver and allowed them to have an audience with the emperor to ask for a favor as a reward.

Plague? Upon hearing the shopkeeper's words, the group frowned. Even Su Yi, who usually greeted people with a smile and seemed indifferent to everything, couldn't help but put away his smile.

Although none of them had experienced the plague, from their historical records and their understanding, the plague was as terrible as a flood or a ferocious beast, and could potentially lead to the destruction of families and the death of people.

Of these people, Su Yi was the first to learn about the plague outbreak among the local refugees after the earthquake in Rilong.

Judging from the changes in physical symptoms of those who contracted the plague, the plague could remain dormant in the human body for up to half a month before manifesting. Initially, it was just a high fever, which gradually spread to difficulty breathing and chest tightness, eventually leading to edema throughout the body and death from respiratory failure.

Su Yi told the people in front of him what he knew.

"Having been dormant for half a month, doesn't that mean that some people have already been infected with the plague? Doesn't that mean that many people have unknowingly contracted it and then spread it to others?" Zhao Yefan said in surprise.

Mu Jin suddenly stood up. As a modern person, she knew what a plague represented. Even for a modern society with advanced technology and medicine, a plague was a thorny problem. To contain the epidemic, the manpower and resources consumed could even affect the economic development of the entire society, the country, and the world.

Mu Jin looked at Su Yi: "You said yesterday that the people of the Nangong Divine Sect would appear to save people when a large-scale plague occurs. Do the people of the Nangong Divine Sect know about this? Have they already begun to treat people?"

Mu Jin didn't know if the people of the Nangong Divine Sect were as miraculous as the legends suggested. After all, in this modern world with its advanced medicine, it would take a great deal of effort to contain a plague. However, the wisdom of our ancestors should not be ignored; they might just be that miraculous.

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