The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

"Dad! No! You beast! How could you do this to your daughter?"

"Shu'er, Dad, Dad is like you because you look too much like your mother. I, I can't control myself!"

"My mother? Are you saying that the mother I have now is not my real mother?"

Jia Zhuang nodded and said, "Your mother and I grew up together. We were childhood sweethearts."

"We had a very deep bond. I never expected your mother to die of complications during childbirth."

"Dad married Wu to find someone to take care of you."

"You're growing up to look more and more like your mother. You're practically the same person!"

"When Dad sees you, he thinks of your mother. Dad, Dad is not a human! Dad is a beast, worse than pigs and dogs!"

After saying that, he slapped his mouth hard.

Zixuan was speechless, holding his forehead, thinking to himself, the world is so big that there are really all kinds of wonders.

Jia Shu said angrily with tears in his eyes: "Have you ever thought about how your daughter will get married after you ruined her body?"

Zhen Meng waved his hands angrily: "Jia Shu, stop talking nonsense with him. What do you want to do with him?"

Jia Shu was at a loss and choked up, saying, "Girl, I, I don't know. You can do whatever you want. Just don't kill her."

Zixuan sighed in his heart. The girl was too kind. Her own father had harmed her to this point but still couldn't bear to kill him.

She stretched out her hand and took out a dagger from the space, sweeping it across Jia Zhuang's lower body.

I heard two screams of "Ah", and the pile of things in my lower body immediately fell to the ground.

Jia Zhuang rolled on the ground in pain, wailing.

Zixuan asked Jia Shu, "Is this okay?"

Jia Shu stared at Jia Zhuang fiercely and said, "Girl, dig out his eyes too, so that he won't have any evil thoughts when he sees me!"

Zixuan nodded: "Okay!"

Before he finished speaking, Jia Zhuang's eyes turned into bloody holes in an instant after two swish sounds.

Jia Zhuang screamed and fainted. Jia Shu's face was expressionless and showed no mercy.

He stared blankly at Zixuan: "Thank you, Miss. The matter here is over."

"Leave Fancheng quickly, or he will take revenge on you when he wakes up."

Zixuan responded, "Okay! Then, can you handle the things here?"

Jia Shu nodded: "Sure!"

Zixuan returned to the inn and told Boyuan what had happened there.

Bo Yuan was furious after hearing this: "Xuan, why don't you kill that beast? Why do you keep him alive?"

Zixuan sighed: "Alas, Jia Shu is kind and can't bear to see his biological father die..."

The next day, as the group was preparing to leave Fancheng, they passed by the prefectural governor's mansion and saw two dead bodies being carried out.

This attracted many people to watch, and Zixuan, curious, asked Boyuan to find out what was going on.

A moment later, Bo Yuan came back. Zi Xuan saw that he looked unhappy and asked hurriedly, "What's wrong, Bo Yuan?"

Bo Yuan sighed: "Alas, Jia Shu hanged himself last night."

"When Jia Zhuang heard his daughter commit suicide and that he himself had become like this, he was so desperate that he drew his sword and kissed himself."

Upon hearing this, Zixuan blamed himself: If he had not taken down the notice to treat Jia Shu, perhaps this would not have happened.

It seems that doing good things does not necessarily lead to good results. I must be cautious when doing things in the future.

The caravan left Fancheng and, after twenty days of sightseeing, finally arrived at Yicheng, the capital of Jin.

Duke Ding of Jin led the six nobles of the Fan, Zhi, Zhonghang, Wei, Zhao, and Han families out of the city to welcome them.

Zixuan was very happy. She was welcomed into the palace like a star.

At the banquet, Fan Shiyang bowed and asked, "Does City Lord Zixuan still remember Shiyang?"

Zixuan smiled and nodded, thinking to himself, even if I peel off your skin, I would still recognize your bones.

"Of course I remember. I wonder if your father is still healthy?"

Fan Shiyang sighed, "My father has passed away."

Oh, Zixuan just said "oh" twice and didn't express his opinion.

After the banquet, Zixuan returned to the villa. Just as he sat down, the guard came to report that Fan Shiyang wanted to see him.

Zixuan thought that Fan Shiyang must have had bad intentions when he came to see him, so he ordered the guards to bring him in.

As soon as he entered the room, Fan Shiyang knelt down before Zixuan and said, "King Zixuan, save me!"

Zixuan was surprised: "What's wrong? Who is chasing you?"

"No one is chasing me for now. The thing is, for many years, Zhonghang and I have been dealing in many items produced in Fugui City."

"As a result, their wealth grew, and the other four families became extremely jealous."

"So he slandered me to the king, accusing Zhonghang Shi of corruption and bribery."

"The king is extremely dissatisfied with our two families because of this. I heard from the palace that the king wants to order the Zhi clan to attack our two clans."

"Xun Yao, the head of the Zhi family, also harbored resentment due to repeated conflicts between our two families."

"According to reliable information, Xun Yao has already begun preparations for war."

"Please, King Zixuan, save Shi Yang for all the years I have been trading with Fugui City!"

"Oh? Is there such a thing?"

Zixuan thought for a moment and said, "How about this? I'll ask the Duke of Jin tomorrow."

"If it is really as you say, I will persuade him to let you go."

Fan Shiyang kowtowed repeatedly: "Thank you, King Zixuan! Thank you, King Zixuan!"

The next day, Zixuan went to the palace to meet Ji Wu. At that time, Ji Wu was discussing the attack on Fan and Zhonghang families with Xun Yao, the head of the Zhi family.

Hearing that Zixuan had arrived, he hurried out to greet him. After a few pleasantries, Zixuan asked:

"Lord, I heard you were sending people to arrest the heads of the Fan and Zhonghang clans. I wonder why?"

Ji Wu and Xun Yao looked at each other and thought, this matter was carried out in secret, how did City Lord Zixuan know about it?

Ji Wu asked in surprise, "How did City Lord Zixuan know about this?"

"My Lord, it was Fan Shiyang, the head of the Fan family, who told me this."

"Oh, I see. City Lord Zixuan doesn't know something."

"Fan Shiyang and the Zhonghang clan have been colluding for many years."

"They have embezzled and accepted bribes, misappropriated public funds, and seized land. Many people have been persecuted to death by them!"

He pointed to a pile of bamboo slips on the table and said, "City Lord Zixuan, take a look."

"These are memorials submitted by officials at all levels and the victimized people."

Zixuan came to the table, picked up a bamboo slip and looked at it.

It was filled with the crimes committed by the two families.

She took a few more books, and sure enough, all the charges showed that the two families were extremely evil and unforgivable.

Zixuan nodded. Based on her understanding of Fan and his son, she believed that these charges were most likely true.

"My Lord, I understand. Such a corrupt official should have been eliminated long ago!"

Gou Yao saluted and said, "City Lord Zixuan is wise. I was just discussing with the king how to attack these two families.

"Well, have you discussed it yet?"

"We've discussed it. The Fan and Zhonghang families have many soldiers in their mansions. I alone can't do it."

We plan to join forces with the other three to encircle and wipe out the two tribes in one fell swoop.

Zixuan was puzzled: "Aren't we only going to arrest the Fan and Zhonghang clans? Why are we going to exterminate their clans?"

Xun Yao cupped his hands again and said, "City Lord Zixuan, we must root out the weeds!"

"If we leave them here, they might seek revenge in the future. We must not give them this opportunity!"