Chapter 539: Changing into Regular Clothes and Flying Fairy Hair
"General, Sun Ze has reported that he led his troops on a successful surprise attack on Hongya on New Year's Eve. The four passages are under garrison. Yazhou and Jiading Prefecture have not yet received the news."
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, Jia Cong received news from Hongya.
"Good!" Jia Cong couldn't help but clap his hands and laugh when he heard this. Although they would still have to fight the next war if they couldn't take Hongya, after taking Hongya, they could cut off the passage to the east for the Xishan and Yechuan tribes. As long as they defended Hongya, they could first deal with the southern border troops in the Jiading area.
"Order Meng Hua and Hou Xiaokang's troops to prepare to march south into Jiading Prefecture!"
After the soldiers left, Lu Feng walked into the tent with a chuckle.
"Marshal, they're here to invite us again!"
After glaring at Lu Feng fiercely, Jia Cong stepped out of the camp and headed towards the courtyard where Miaoyu lived.
For some reason, ever since she came back from the Wuhou Temple, Miaoyu has been cooking meals every day and asking Jia Cong to come over to eat.
At first, Jia Cong refused several times, but he could not resist Miaoyu's repeated requests.
Moreover, although Miaoyu was a monk with hair, the meals she prepared were not limited to vegetarian food. Although she did not eat them, the meals she prepared for Jia Cong were extremely exquisite and rich.
What’s even more rare is that all these meals were made by Miaoyu herself.
This really made Jia Cong drop his jaw in shock.
Although he didn't know Miaoyu's identity, in Jia Cong's view, she was almost a person who was detached from the world. In addition, her identity as a nun with her hair uncut made her somewhat incompatible with the secular world.
However, nowadays, this fairy from other world seems to have fallen into the mortal world, and starts to study cooking every day, adding a touch of worldly air. This makes Jia Cong feel weird and with a sense of inexplicable accomplishment!
When I arrived outside the house where Miaoyu lived, I could indeed smell the fragrance.
The female guards outside the gate all stepped aside and saluted, without stopping Jia Cong or informing him.
When I came into the hall, I saw Miaoyu placing piles of hot dishes on the table!
Seeing Jia Cong enter the room, Miaoyu stepped forward and naturally took Jia Cong's robe, then smiled and said, "Yesterday you told me that you like tofu skin buns the most. I tried making them today, and I don't know if they suit your taste."
Jia Cong washed his hands and face, took the handkerchief handed to him by Miaoyu and wiped his hands, and then sat down opposite Miaoyu.
Two baskets of steaming buns were placed in front of Jia Cong. He took one and put it directly into his mouth. Miaoyu held her cheek and blinked her eyes as she looked straight at Jia Cong.
After finishing one, Miaoyu handed over the handkerchief again and brought over the brewed tea.
"how?"
“Excellent!”
Jia Cong's answer was like the greatest reward to Miaoyu. A smile spread across her calm face. "This is my first time making this, and I thought it wouldn't suit your taste. After all, all the food you've eaten before was prepared by the royal chefs. At the very least, they were well-known chefs, much better than me, a latecomer."
Jia Cong smiled and finished all the buns, then drank two cups of tea before standing up.
“Thank you for the treat!”
" Miaoyu is under the protection of Marquis Guanjun, so what does all this matter to her?" Miaoyu said with a smile.
Jia Cong nodded, then walked towards the door. When he reached the door, Jia Cong stopped and said to himself in a low voice, "Why bother!"
After a while, Miaoyu's voice came, "I prepared some fresh bamboo shoots. How about making a pot of soup tonight?"
Jia Cong did not answer, but sighed softly, then walked straight out of the courtyard.
Miaoyu watched Jia Cong's departing back for a long while, "Someone, change my clothes for me!"
"Change into regular clothes!"
"Mammy, please help me comb my hair into a bun. I want...fairy hair..."
Feixianjinbin, the hairstyle of an unmarried girl!
"Love comes from nowhere, yet it's so deep!" Miaoyu muttered to herself, looking at the unfamiliar self in the bronze mirror...
After returning to the camp, Jia Cong rubbed his brows. He really couldn't guess what Miaoyu was thinking! First of all, Miaoyu must have come to him for a reason and a purpose, but at least until now, Miaoyu had never asked anything, and she and the people in her courtyard had never gone out, let alone pass on information.
And now, the fairy has come down to earth, like a young wife, making fire and cooking for herself all day long. With Miaoyu's personality, it is really hard to imagine.
He shook his head, suppressing his complicated thoughts. Looking at Lu Feng who was laughing, Jia Cong glared at him and asked, "Have you checked all the information I asked you to check?"
"Marshal, everything has been checked!" Lu Feng said hurriedly.
"Tell me... "
"If we talk about the most powerful families in the Sichuan-Shu region, there are three! Moreover, at the end of the Song Dynasty, because this area of Shu was isolated and later directly submitted to the Daqian Taizu, it was not greatly affected. Therefore, these three families are basically the descendants of the local powerful families of the Zhao Song Dynasty."
"The first one is the Wang family of Huayang County!"
"General, you don't know, this Wang family is quite remarkable. Their ancestor was Wang Gui, the runner-up in the second year of the Qingli reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty and a former prime minister!"
"Even if the Song Dynasty moved south, the Wang family's influence would still be significant."
Speaking of Wang Gui, he is indeed a remarkable person.
Serving three dynasties, he was a famous prime minister in the Northern Song Dynasty and was granted the title of Duke of Qi! During the Zhao Song Dynasty, almost every generation of this Wang family had someone who passed the imperial examination!
Wang Gui's fourth son was named Wang Zhongshan, whose son-in-law was the renowned Qin Hui. Wang Gui's eldest daughter married Li Gefei, a student of Su Shi, who later gave birth to a daughter, Li Qingzhao. Another daughter married Zheng Juzhong, a prime minister during the reign of Emperor Huizong.
"The current head of the Wang family is Wang Hui. The Wang family controls approximately 70% of the raw silk and textile business in Shu."
"The second family is the Fan family of Huayang County, and the patriarch is Fan Zhize! You may not have heard of this man, but his ancestors are Fan Chong and Fan Yuanchang!"
Jia Cong thought about it, then took a breath!
Fan Yuanchang was the tutor of Emperor Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty. The Fan family had a long history, and this lineage was inherited from Fan Changsheng in the Jin Dynasty.
This man was a member of the Tianshi Dao clan and had assisted the Qiang leader Li Xiong in establishing the Later Han Dynasty in Shu. Later, the Fan family experienced ups and downs, but during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty, a remarkable figure, Fan Zhen, emerged.
Fan Zhen and Ouyang Xiu were classmates, and both were top scorers in the imperial examination! Fan Zhen also had another close friend named Sima Guang.
"Who is this third family?" Jia Cong asked.
"The third family is the Yuwen clan from Shuangliu County! Furthermore, in addition to the Shuangliu County branch, there's also a branch in Mianzhou. This Yuwen clan is extremely low-key, yet they control over half of the grain and rice trade in Shu."
The history of the Yuwen family is much more glorious than that of the Wang and Fan families. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, they were powerful officials of the Northern Dynasty and the royal family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. In the Sui Dynasty, as long as Yuwen Huaji and Yuwen Chengdu were mentioned, one would know the power of the Yuwen family.
