After taking a deep breath, she sighed deeply, rubbing her forehead.
"Lord Xie, you can doubt me, you can investigate me. Don't worry, I won't leave Phoenix City. I'll wait for your investigation. However, I think now is not the time to investigate me. Lives are at stake. As the lord of a city, it's pointless for you to investigate me at this time. You should try to appease the outsiders who come to the city early in the morning to prevent them from panicking and causing unrest. We also need to exterminate the rats in the city as soon as possible, isolate the sick from the healthy, and minimize the losses from this plague. If this plague spreads from Phoenix City and spreads throughout the Celestial Empire, the Emperor will blame you, and you won't be able to escape responsibility."
Her words startled Xie Tianyang. Since he learned that someone in the east of the city had contracted the plague that morning, he had been wondering about Luo Zhiwan's identity and regretting not listening to her last night.
If the city gates had been sealed off last night, these out-of-towners who came to the city to do business or visit relatives wouldn't have been able to get in this morning, which would have saved a lot of trouble.
But he didn't listen to her, which put him in a very passive position. On the way here, some people from other places had already started to panic and even caused trouble at the city gate.
Now he suddenly realized that what she had just said made a lot of sense. He regretted not listening to her yesterday, so today he would listen to her for the time being.
Although what she had just said to him was very rude, he still intended to prioritize the bigger picture.
Thinking of this, he looked at her coldly.
"Alright, I will investigate your matter later. Did you see Xun'er at noon? He seems to have contracted the plague somewhere. Give me some medicine, and I will pay the full price."
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