The mistress was busy using Gu Art to save people. Despite its mostly sinister nature, if used appropriately, this technique can rival Divine Medicine, producing miraculous effects.
Lao Si, Liang Haoming and Lao Wu, Liang Yuening, the brothers look out for each other, running around the city collecting food and making a daily trip to the gate, bringing the collected supplies to the disaster victims outside the city.
Actually, they could have opened the gates and let those victims in, but Dong Huiying thought about it and decided against doing anything unnecessary. Now, Wei City is deathly still. Even though there is food within the city, it is unsafe due to the pestilence. Letting in outsiders might not be salvation but harm.
Haoming and Yue Ning have become little thieves stealing food. They don't bother with regular folks, preferring to target the wealthy households of old Wei City. This, in turn, has stirred up some fear and resentment among the people.
