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On September 12, the Ming Dynasty's Liaodong West Route Army was ambushed by the Jiannu. The battle lasted for more than a day, and the Ming Dynasty suffered heavy casualties and was defeated.

Then, the main force of Jiannu went north to meet the Northern Army. The Northern Army commander initially planned to hold the hilltop and wait for reinforcements. But later, he found that the Jiannu army was less than 5,000, so he took the initiative to attack. Later, he was cut off from behind by another Jiannu army. The Northern Army commander fought hard and died of exhaustion.

Afterwards, the Jiannu army quickly headed eastward, sent out a group of troops, dressed in Ming army uniforms, pretended to be Ming army, and lured the eastern army led by Wang Ziteng to advance lightly.

Wang Ziteng separated part of his troops as the vanguard and quickly advanced towards Hetuala City. When passing through Abuligang, they were ambushed and the vanguard was defeated in one fell swoop.

Immediately afterwards, Nurhaci personally led a large army to attack the main force of the Ming army led by Wang Ziteng.

At this time, Wang Ziteng finally received the news of the disastrous defeat of the western and northern armies. Facing the aggressive Jiannu army, Wang Ziteng had no choice but to order a retreat.

Soon, the retreat turned into a great rout. The Ming army was chased by the Jiannu and fled in disarray. Even Wang Ziteng's personal soldiers were dispersed by the Jiannu cavalry.

Xue Pan, who went to the battlefield for the first time, was soon left behind because of his poor horsemanship. He died from the bows and arrows of the Jiannu army, and even his body was trampled into meat paste by the following war horses.

Wang Ziteng fled all the way back to Liaoyang Prefecture and immediately resigned.

At the end of September, news of the defeat in Liaodong and the fall of Jiangsu and Zhejiang reached the capital at the same time. Emperor Changtai, who was attending the morning court, was shocked and angry when he heard the news. He stood up angrily and pointed at the civil and military officials below and cursed: "I am not the king who lost the country, you are all the ministers who lost the country! Wang Ziteng misled me!"

After saying this, Emperor Changtai vomited blood and fainted in the hall, and all the civil and military officials were in a panic.

Not long after, Emperor Changtai regained consciousness and immediately ordered Wang Ziteng to be arrested and sent to the capital for punishment.

At the end of October, Wang Ziteng was escorted back to the capital to be questioned. Not long after, he was executed, and the Wang family was also raided, with the men exiled and the women forced into the church.

After a series of defeats, the originally open-minded Emperor Changtai became moody and hated the nobles in the court for being good-for-nothings. He ordered the Imperial Guards to keep a close eye on the noble families and collect evidence of their illegal activities in recent years.

The major noble families also sensed the danger. Some directly expressed their loyalty to Emperor Chang Chang Tai, while others pleaded with the retired emperor.

The Jinyiwei also took this opportunity to expand their power and showed no mercy to the noble families.

First, the Zhen family in Jiangnan was investigated for financial deficits, and finally the former Prince Yi Zhong was implicated and his family was confiscated by imperial decree.

Before the Zhen family's property was confiscated, they transported a batch of valuables to the Shi family and asked the Shi family to help hide the valuables.

The two marquises of the Shi family were also foolish. They actually helped to hide the property out of consideration for their old friendship. Naturally, this could not be hidden from the Jinyiwei, and was soon known to the emperor.

Soon after, the family of historians, who had two marquises, also had their property confiscated.

Jia Mu of the Rongguo Mansion was originally the eldest daughter of the Shi family, and the aunt of the two marquises of the Shi family. After hearing that the Shi family was confiscated, the old lady could no longer bear it. She was overwhelmed with blood and fainted due to acute illness. When the doctor came to diagnose her, the old lady had already died.

In the backyard of the Rongguo Mansion, Daiyu was crying bitterly: "Brother, my grandmother...she..."

"Junior sister, don't be too sad. The dead cannot be resurrected. The old lady is also..."

Lu Cheng comforted Daiyu softly for a while, and when she calmed down, he said, "Junior sister, after the old lady's funeral is over, let's go south. This capital is no longer suitable for staying."

"I'll listen to my senior brother. It's a pity for Sister Xiangyun that the Shi family has fallen into such a state, and Sister Xiangyun has also been implicated."

"Don't worry, Junior Sister. I will make arrangements for Sister Xiangyun."

"Hmm~"

In fact, Daiyu was not the only one who was sad in Rongguo Mansion at this time.

Xue Baochai and her mother were also busy arranging the funeral of Xue Pan. Since Xue Pan died in the chaos of war, even his body was not brought back, so they could only set up a cenotaph to commemorate him.

At the same time, the three sisters Yingchun, Tanchun and Xichun were also very sad.

When Grandmother Jia was alive, she always showed more care and concern for these young girls.

Now that Grandmother Jia has left, the Jia family seems to have lost its vitality and spirit all of a sudden, and even the servants in the house have sad looks on their faces.

There are also Lady Wang and Wang Xifeng, who are also very sad about the demise of the Wang family.

It can be said that looking at the entire Jia Mansion, there is sadness everywhere.

Among the four major families of Jia, Shi, Wang and Xue, the Shi family and the Wang family were successively raided. The Jia family and the Xue family were also very sad and cautious, and they even did not dare to hold a grand funeral for Jia's grandmother.

Even during the funeral, many of the Jia family's former relatives and friends did not dare to come to pay their respects.

At this point, even the servants in the mansion knew that the Jia family had fallen into decline.

Just after the funeral of the Jia family was over, Lu Cheng discovered that many spies from the Jinyiwei had appeared near Ningrong Street, watching the Jia family day and night.

In the backyard of Duke Rong's mansion, Daiyu and several maids including Zijuan, Xueyan, Jinchuan and others were already packing their luggage.

"Brother, I have already said goodbye to my second uncle and second aunt, and I can leave at any time. The rest of me needs to say goodbye to a few sisters. I will prepare a banquet to entertain all the sisters."

"Well, we should say goodbye properly. However, when I came here just now, I found that there were many spies hiding outside the mansion, secretly spying on Ningrong Street. As I expected, they should be the Jinyiwei. Perhaps the Jia Mansion has also been targeted by the Jinyiwei."

Daiyu was shocked when she heard this: "Ah? Then what should we do? Should we fight our way out?"

Although Daiyu, who has mastered martial arts, has not experienced much fighting, she is also full of courage.

"Don't worry, Junior Sister. I will arrange everything. When I host a banquet for all the sisters later, I will invite everyone to come. We can talk behind closed doors."

"Yes. Zijuan, you and Xueyan go and inform Yingchun, Tanchun, Xichun, Baochai and other sisters, as well as Sister Feng and the others. Jinchuan, go and ask the kitchen to prepare a banquet."

"Yes, girl."

Half an hour later, in Daiyu's courtyard.

The three sisters of the Jia family, as well as Baochai, Wang Xifeng and others, all rushed there.

Lu Cheng and Daiyu asked all the maids serving in the house to go out, and asked Qingwen and Zijuan to walk at the gate of the courtyard, not allowing anyone else to come in.

"Sister Lin, what happened today? Why did you suddenly gather everyone together? Is there something important?"

"My dear sisters and sisters, I am about to leave Kyoto. Today's banquet can be regarded as my farewell to everyone."

"Ah? Sister Lin is leaving?"

"Why is Sister Lin leaving suddenly?"

"Everyone, all good things must come to an end. I came to Beijing to visit my relatives because I wanted to show my filial piety to my grandmother. Now that my grandmother has passed away, I want to go back and serve my father to show my filial piety."

Upon hearing this, the girls were all somewhat indifferent. They lowered their heads, unable to hide their sadness.

Baochai looked up at Lu Cheng: "Brother Cheng, are you leaving too?"

Lu Cheng nodded: "Right now, the situation in Kyoto is changing rapidly and it is not suitable to stay here for long. The Shi family is an example. If you are interested in leaving Kyoto, you can follow Daiyu and I to the south."