Bai Ruozhu personally dealt with the remnants of the Gu Master—the black powder. Don't underestimate this stuff; if not handled properly, it could poison countless people, or even trigger a sudden outbreak of plague.
After everything at the drying ground had been taken care of, she let the patients return to their places. Many were still trembling with fear, with some of the more timid women even chasing after Bai Ruozhu to ask, "Will there still be bad people? Will they kill us?"
Bai Ruozhu thought to herself that those people were counting on you to spread the plague to others, so how could they bear to kill you?
Of course, she couldn't say that out loud. She comforted everyone by saying, "The traitor has been found, and we have discovered that the plague was deliberately released by the Gu Master. Now that he is dead, the plague is under control, but those of you who have not recovered yet still need to be quarantined for treatment; otherwise, you might still infect others."
