Chapter 634: Beauty's Favor
"Jia Cong, Miaoyu once liked you."
Jia Cong's hand holding the wine cup trembled slightly, and he answered subconsciously, "Hmm... I've heard a little bit about it."
“I still like it now!”
"Hmm...I'd love to hear more about it!"
"Miaoyu will always like you..."
"I... am honored..."
"Will you... like me?"
This time, Jia Cong was silent for a long time before he slowly drank the remaining wine in the cup. "Perhaps... we are not destined to be together in this life..."
Even when she was drunk, a crystal tear still fell from Miaoyu's eyes, "If there is an afterlife..."
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Jia Cong left Miaoyu's house and rode on horseback. He was a little dazed for a moment. Suddenly, he felt a little regretful and a little disappointed.
"Maybe...that's it!"
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Five days later, Guan Jin and his men said goodbye to Jia Cong and headed for Shiquan and other places with thousands of soldiers and horses. Although they still owed a lot of soldiers and horses, it was not difficult to recruit them.
Chengdu was in chaos and the people were living in dire straits. Countless people were displaced. Although joining the army was not a good place to go, it allowed them to have food to eat and even support their families.
Jia Cong had previously wiped out the Wang and Fan families in one fell swoop, and the Yuwen family also used most of their family assets to supply a large amount of food and fodder to the army. Therefore, Jia Cong had plenty of military pay and food and fodder. With food and silver, it was naturally easy to recruit soldiers.
On June 15th, Jia Cong finally received the imperial edict, and what followed was letters from the girls in his family.
The decree stated that Jia Cong should depart for Southern Xinjiang before the end of June to preside over the enthronement of the King of Qiongdu. Furthermore, Jia Cong had already reported all the officials, both large and small, that were lacking or needed to be replaced in various parts of Sichuan and Shu. Therefore, after Jia Cong and Southern Xinjiang returned to Chengdu, the officials from various places would have gradually arrived. After all the people in various places were settled, Jia Cong could leave Chengdu and return to the capital.
Afterwards, Jia Cong read the letters from the girls again. The longing expressed in the letters from Daiyu and Baochai, the trivial matters at home described in the letters from Yuanyang, Youshi and Keqing, the complaints in the letters from Fengjie, and the worries in the letters from the three sisters finally calmed down Jia Cong's heart, which had been troubled for a year.
He wrote back to all the girls in his family one by one, and even sent someone back with gifts. Only then did Jia Cong arrange all the affairs .
The decree also mentioned one thing, which was the handling of the Nan'an Palace.
Previously, Prince Zhao Guang of Nannan was captured, actually in the hands of the Xuhen tribe. After the Xuhen tribe surrendered, Meng Xiluo and Shentu Mou also mentioned that they planned to release Zhao Guang.
However, Jia Cong ignored the matter and instead mentioned, "This war has caused suffering to millions of people in Daqian and Southern Xinjiang. The culprits are guilty of unforgivable crimes. Such traitors should be executed."
Meng Xiluo immediately understood that although Jia Cong did not want to do it himself, he did not want Zhao Guang to continue living.
Therefore, Zhao Guang originally thought that after the Xuhen tribe surrendered, he could finally go back. Although he made a big mistake, he was a prince, and the court could not directly execute him. At most, he could only demote him.
But he never expected that even though the Xuhen tribe surrendered, they would directly kill him, and he didn't even have the qualifications to go back...
After Zhao Guang was killed by the Xuhen tribe, Jia Cong reported that Zhao Guang led his troops to fight in southern Xinjiang, but was defeated and died in battle.
As for the treatment of the Nan'an Palace, it was even simpler. The court issued an edict to strip him of his title of Prince and demote him to "Marquis of Rong".
To be honest, this title is not too good. Shu was once known as Hibiscus City. During the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period before the Song Dynasty, Meng Chang, the last emperor of Later Shu, was dissolute and extravagant. He only liked hibiscus trees. He ordered the people of Chengdu to plant hibiscus trees everywhere, and the flowers bloomed like brocade. Unfortunately, the hibiscus trees all over the city did not preserve the foundation of Later Shu, and the country was destroyed not long after.
Now the title of Ronghou has been given to the Prince's Mansion of Nan'an, and the meaning is self-evident.
In addition, all the people in the Nan'an Palace moved to Shenjing to live. Jia Cong sent troops to cooperate with the Jinyiwei to escort the Zhao family members and help transport all the properties.
It is no exaggeration to say that this is almost an alternative form of house confiscation.
The Zhao family was sent all the way to the capital. If the court or Jia Cong was unhappy, even if a few died on the way, that was perfectly reasonable. As for the transportation of property, was it really just as much as you said? It was just as much as you sent. At this point, did the Zhao family still dare to argue with Jia Cong and the court about whether they had embezzled their own property?
After receiving the decree, Jia Cong led his troops directly to announce the decree, and then discussed it with Zhao Xu. Finally, Zhao Xu "requested" Jia Cong to help deal with all the family properties.
In just two days, the Nan'an Palace was ransacked... No, it should be said that Jia Cong helped to organize the property and transport it to Shenjing, and all the members of the Zhao family, under the "escort" of Jia Cong's more than a thousand soldiers and a group of Jinyiwei, embarked on the long journey back to Shenjing.
Outside Chengdu Palace, standing in the carriage, Zhao Xu looked at the tall Chengdu Palace sadly , his heart full of thoughts.
The Zhao family had ruled Sichuan for a century, occupying Chengdu. Unexpectedly, they were suddenly reduced to ruin. All of the Zhao family's wealth was swept away by Jia Cong, representing the imperial court. Fortunately, Jia Cong was a soft-hearted man. The Zhao family not only prepared several thousand taels of silver for their departure, but also other belongings, worth at least 20,000 to 30,000 taels...
"Ancestors, I, Zhao Xu, am unfilial..." After a long time, Zhao Xu suddenly broke down and burst into tears, kowtowed repeatedly towards the Chengdu Prefecture in the carriage.
The rest of the Zhao family members were also extremely sad, but the winners are kings and the losers are bandits, so today's ending for the Zhao family was already a blessing.
"Marquis Rong, the journey is long, it's time for us to get going." A Jinyiwei stepped forward and spoke.
He did not have much respect for Zhao Xu. The court had already issued a secret order that if anyone was ambushed on the road, all members of the Zhao family would be killed!
Although the Zhao family has fallen, there must still be various hidden forces in Shu. If Zhao Xu wants to escape, he may be able to do it even with one or two thousand soldiers. However, if Zhao Xu really wants to do so, the Zhao family will really be wiped out.
After more than ten days, the affairs of the Nan'an Palace were finally settled. The main reason was that the Zhao family's wealth was too huge. Even though Jia Cong had seen the wealth of the Beijing Palace, it was still far behind the Zhao family. Fortunately, with the help of the Yuwen family, Jia Cong saved himself a lot of trouble.
During these days, Miaoyu asked Yueling to come and invite Jia Cong several times, but Jia Cong refused them all. However, Miaoyu asked Yueling to bring all the food and supplies she prepared to Jia Cong every day. In addition to food, she even made robes for Jia Cong herself.
The beauty’s kindness...left Jia Cong speechless!
