The next morning, the doctor tells the patient that the medicine he prescribed for the previous few days has failed to cure him of the disease. The patient asks the doctor to help him find a cure for the illness. The doctor tells him that he can return to the capital only if he is on the "safe list" , which means that only those on the list are allowed to come back. . The second patient, yue, asks if he has heard from his grandfather. He says that he will be leaving in three days for the capital. He tells the doctor that he heard through the wine that the "virus is still rummaging" . He wants to know more about the problem. First things first, he says, we want to separate the diseased from the healthy. Secondly, burn the body of those who have died from the disease and everything that they have touched. Third, use alcohol to disinfect everything. He asks if the doctor could put his "narrow view" aside and assist him in the execution of the plan. He is wondering how he should execute the plan, as he does not know what to do with the journal entries. The journal entries include instructions on how to use gentian, honeysuckle, radix, paeonia, rubra, and knock knock to prevent the spread of the virus. The next day, the patient should wear the mask and wash it every day.