Family Rise: Beginning with Grandfather

Inside the imperial city, Emperor Jianxing sat decadently in Fengxian Hall.

Now the person who led the court of Darong was no longer Emperor Jianxing, but Chen Wansong, the Prince of Yu.

"Do we have any other options?" Emperor Jianxing looked at Chen Wansong.

Chen Wansong looked at the ancestral tablets, "The situation is over, and there is no way to turn it around!"

"Then~~" Emperor Jianxing wanted to ask himself what to do, but he couldn't ask.

At this time, he had lost all his spirit, no longer wanted to revive the court, no longer wanted to be the emperor, no longer wanted to rule the world, he just wanted to save his life.

A good death is worse than a bad life, he didn't want to die.

But as an emperor, he had no way out.

Chen Wansong turned around abruptly and looked at him fiercely, "Don't embarrass our ancestors!"

Emperor Jianxing paused, stared at him blankly, and said after a long time: "I know!"

He stood up slowly, walked out of Fengxian Hall slowly, and stood in front of the door of Fengxian Hall. He turned his head and glanced at the ancestral tablets, and then left quickly.

The enemy was approaching, and the fall of Kyoto was inevitable.

But he still had to struggle. He wanted to lead the last strength of Darong to defend Kyoto.

Chen Wansong looked at his departing back and said in a deep voice: "Did Mingxi leave?"

"To answer your Highness, His Highness Mingxi left by boat at Jinhaiwei yesterday!" A figure walked out of the corner of the hall and bowed slightly.

This person was none other than Chen Zhongshu.

Chen Zhongshu was still the same, but he looked a little more vicissitudes than before.

Chen Wansong nodded slightly, walked to the door of the hall, and looked at the clear sky.

"The blood of the royal family must continue. This is all I can do now!"

Chen Zhongshu stood quietly by the side without saying anything.

At this point, nothing can help.

To be honest, Chen Zhongshu did not expect that Darong would reach the point where it is now.

He has not been in Kyoto for these years, but went to the imperial mausoleum to guard the mausoleum for Emperor Chengping.

However, he did not expect that in just a few years, the situation of Darong would deteriorate to such an extent.

"What are your plans?" Chen Wansong asked.

Chen Zhongshu was silent for a while before saying, "The old slave will continue to guard the imperial mausoleum."

"Okay!" Chen Wansong nodded.

He understood what Chen Zhongshu meant. Chen Zhongshu did not want to stay in Kyoto and fight to the death. He just wanted to guard in front of the imperial mausoleum of Emperor Chengping.

Perhaps in the future he will fight to the death to protect the imperial mausoleum of Emperor Chengping, or perhaps he will give up guarding the imperial mausoleum and live alone.

But no matter what choice he makes, Chen Wansong cannot force him.

Although Chen Zhongshu called himself an old slave, no one could regard him as a slave now.

"Old slave, take your leave!"

Chen Zhongshu left, leaving Kyoto alone.

At the same time, nobles, families, and aristocratic families in Kyoto were also fleeing the city.

The country is a dying country, the people are dying people, but the powerful are not dying nobles.

Ordinary people can't escape, but those powerful people have many choices.

They can surrender, they can join other forces, or they can run away.

At this time, the gates of Kyoto have been opened, and countless carriages and horses are formed into a long dragon, trying to escape from Kyoto.

No one can stop them, not even Chen Wansong.

In fact, there are still many warriors and troops in Kyoto. The emperor's sixteen guards have all entered Kyoto, ready to defend Kyoto. Those nobles and aristocratic families have many warriors, including many martial arts masters, and even many innate warriors.

However, people's hearts were scattered. Except for ordinary soldiers who could not control their own destiny, the powerful families all sought their own way out.

Among them, the most powerful people fled to Jinhaiwei, because Jinhaiwei was the closest dock to Kyoto, and Jinhaiwei had enough merchant ships and warships.

Ningguo Mansion.

Zhou Mao and Zhou Xu sat opposite each other, and neither of them looked anxious.

"Dad, let's go!" Zhou Xu said softly.

Now Zhou Mao is a hundred years old and is about to die, but he is still very energetic.

He is not a congenital warrior, and it is rare to have such a long life.

Zhou Xu is also over eighty years old, and his white hair looks older than Zhou Mao.

"Hey, I'm so old, there's no need to toss!" Zhou Mao sighed.

He didn't want to leave Kyoto. Although he had given up Darong, he didn't want to leave Kyoto.

In fact, Zhou Mao and Zhou Xu both had resentment towards the court.

Their resentment was caused by Emperor Chengping and Emperor Yanping.

How prominent was the Duke of Ningguo back then?

But what about now?

Zhou Lan is the only one who supports the huge Duke of Ningguo Mansion.

Is it because the descendants of their Zhou family are incompetent?

No, because the emperor is suppressing their Zhou family.

Is Zhou Xu incapable?

How is it possible?

No matter how bad Zhou Xu is, can he be worse than An Guo An and An Huairen?

But Zhou Xu has never been a proper official in his life, nor has he inherited a title.

Zhou Mao is very dissatisfied with this.

If it was Emperor Chengping who suppressed their Zhou family, it would be fine, after all, the Zhou family was too prominent at that time.

But Emperor Yanping is still suppressing their Zhou family. Zhou Mao has repeatedly asked Zhou Xu for an official position, but Emperor Yanping is unwilling to let Zhou Xu enter the court for the balance of the court.

Emperor Jianxing really wants to ask the Zhou family to help, but it is too late to think of their Zhou family at this time?

Zhou Xu looked at Zhou Mao helplessly, "Dad, if you don't leave, how can I leave? If I don't leave, can your grandchildren leave?"

"My sister has already sent a letter, betrothing Xian'er to Yang Mingzhao's son. This marriage was arranged by my sister and Yang Zhengshan. Our family can just go to Shenmu Island to settle this marriage with the Yang family!"

"After the two children get married, the situation in Darong will be almost stable. We can come back then!"

Zhou Lan did not explain the Yang family's plan, but just said in the letter that she had arranged a marriage with Yang Zhengshan, and asked the Zhou family to go to Shenmu Island to handle the engagement of the two families. They can also stay in Shenmu Island for three or four years to wait for the two children to get married.

In fact, Zhou Lan just found a suitable reason for the Zhou family to go to Shenmu Island, so that people would not think that the Zhou family was shameless and ran to the Yang family.

Zhou Mao was still hesitating. He was so old and didn't have many years to live. Was it necessary to leave?

"What are you still doing here? Why don't you pack up and leave?"

At this moment, a scolding voice sounded in the room.

Hearing this voice, Zhou Mao and Zhou Xu immediately stood up tremblingly.

"Grandfather!"

"Great-grandfather!"

An old man with gray hair and a gray gown walked in with a bad look.

This is Zhou Mao's grandfather Zhou Tianci, who is also the innate warrior who has never appeared in the Ningguo Mansion.

Speaking of which, Zhou Tianci was also a famous figure in the past, but he was always traveling outside, and he did not travel only in the territory of Dayong like Liang Shengze, but often left Dayong.

Every time he went out, he would not return for several years, or even more than ten years.

Zhou Tianci glared at Zhou Mao, "I told you a long time ago to take everyone away from Kyoto, but you haven't left yet!"

"There are many people in our family. If we don't do things well, many people will suffer!"

The Zhou family is a big family. Zhou Tianci has three sons and six grandsons. Although most of his sons and grandsons have passed away, there are still a lot of great-grandsons and great-great-grandsons.

Although he didn't have too deep feelings for those great-grandsons and great-great-grandsons, he didn't want to see them die in this chaotic world.

"Don't worry, great-grandfather, all the branches have left Kyoto, and now only the eldest branch has not left!" Zhou Xu hurriedly explained.

In fact, he had asked the Zhou clan to move out of Kyoto a long time ago, but at the beginning their target was not the Shenmu Island of the Yang family, but the Liusheng Dynasty in the east of Darong.

The Liusheng Dynasty is just a small dynasty with a population of only three million and a territory of only a few small islands. It is a very humble dynasty.

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But the Liusheng Dynasty has always been a vassal state of Darong. The Zhou family has a good relationship with the Liusheng royal family and is also a relative by marriage, so the Zhou family's first choice is the Liusheng Dynasty.

As early as three years ago, Zhou Xu had arranged for the clansmen to start migrating to the Liusheng Dynasty. Up to now, all the clansmen from all parties have moved to the Liusheng Dynasty.

Now, only their main lineage descendants are left in Darong.

Zhou Tianci heard this and his face looked much better, "Hurry up, I'll go with you old man!"

Zhou Mao may still have some feelings for Darong, but Zhou Tianci has no feelings for Darong. For so many years, he has been traveling abroad and has been to countless places. He even stayed in the Dazhao Dynasty across the storm sea for several years. If he didn't still care about his descendants, he would not return to Darong.

Now that Darong is about to be destroyed, he doesn't care about the right and wrong of Darong at all. He just wants his descendants to have a place to go so that the Zhou family can be passed on.

In this way, the entire Zhou family moved out of Kyoto, and at the same time, the Liang family also moved out of Kyoto.

Outside the gate of Kyoto, Liang Shengze and Liang Chu looked back at the majestic Kyoto City.

They both sighed.

Kyoto at this time seemed particularly lonely, and the whole city was filled with a depressing atmosphere.

"Let's go!"

Liang Shengze turned around and rode away.

Liang Chu nodded slightly, turned around and left.

In troubled times, many powerful and wealthy families were helpless and had no choice.

The once prosperous Kyoto was abandoned by them at this time. It was not that they were unwilling to stay in Kyoto, but that Kyoto had become a place of disaster.

For themselves, for their relatives, and for their families, they had to leave.

Whether it was imperial power or the court, they were nothing more than a disaster in troubled times.

With the help of the Liang family, Wang Sheng also left Kyoto with his family. Wang Bin had passed away many years ago, and now Wang Sheng was the head of the Wang family.

Wang Qianzhong, the son of Wang Sheng, is also the grandson-in-law of the Yang family. The Yang family will evacuate from Kyoto, so they will not forget the Wang family.

In addition to the Wang family, there is also the Xue family. In fact, the first family to leave is the Xue family.

Xue Changan has also passed away. The current Haichangbo is Xue Changan’s eldest son Xue Feng, who is Xue Ping’s elder brother and Yang Chengmao’s elder brother-in-law.

The Xue family has accumulated a lot of wealth over the years. They have been in charge of Jinhaiwei. Relying on the convenience of maritime trade, they have not only accumulated a deep wealth, but also a lot of sea vessels.

So it is still very easy for the Xue family to escape from Darong.

The sixth year of Jianxing, April 5th.

Three hundred thousand Daliang troops approached the city of Kyoto, the dust was flying, the army was pressing, the iron cavalry was mighty, and the black mass swept across the suburbs of Beijing.

Since the first year of Jianxing, the King of Daliang started the rebellion, and it has only been more than four years.

However, in just five years, the King of Daliang occupied the four northern provinces of Darong, with an army of 500,000, including many elite soldiers and generals.

This may sound incredible, but it is actually reasonable.

The court was corrupt, people's lives were difficult, and a natural disaster made 30 million people in the three provinces of Longyuan miserable. Bandits rose up everywhere, and the bandits were in chaos. As a result, in just three years, only one in ten people in the three provinces of Longyuan survived, and almost all the remaining people turned into bandits.

The King of Daliang was able to accomplish things so quickly, and both natural disasters and man-made disasters helped.

Although the 300,000 Daliang troops at this time were not elite, 100,000 of them were veterans.

They were well-equipped, their war horses were majestic, and they had experienced hundreds of battles. They were all brave warriors who crawled out of the pile of dead bodies.

The 100,000 elite Daliang troops were by no means a mob.

The rumbling sound of horse hooves resounded, and the emperor's personal troops on the walls of Kyoto seemed very nervous.

The Sixteenth Battalion of the Imperial Guard was originally the most elite army of Darong, but over the years, the military of Darong has been in decline, and the Emperor's Imperial Guard and the Imperial Guard of Kyoto have long lost their former glory.

To put it bluntly, twenty years ago, the Emperor's Imperial Guard and the Imperial Guard could be called elite, but it is not certain how much combat power they have now.

The Twelve Battalions of the Imperial Guard were able to cripple themselves when they were encircling and suppressing a group of bandits in Shanhe Province, which shows that the so-called elite Imperial Guard is just a facade.

The current Emperor's Imperial Guard is similar. Those soldiers stood on the city wall, looking at the vast and boundless Daliang Army, and they couldn't help but feel a little scared.

They haven't been on the battlefield for many years, and even the most basic military training has been abandoned for a long time.

In addition, the people in Kyoto are now demoralized, and the powerful and wealthy families have left one after another, and the morale of the Imperial Guard has reached the bottom.

On the Guang'an Gate Tower of the West Gate of Kyoto.

Holding a telescope, Li Feihe, the Marquis of Haining, looked at the Daliang army setting up camp outside the city with an extremely solemn expression.

Li Feihe is 43 years old this year and is a generation that has just risen in recent years.

Speaking of Li Feihe, we have to talk about his grandfather Li Chao.

Li Chao, a congenital warrior, broke through to the congenital realm about 30 years ago and belonged to the same era as Yang Zhengshan.

However, before Li Chao became a congenital warrior, the Li family of the Marquis of Haining had been in decline for many years, so Li Chao had not held a very important official position in the army before.

It was not until he became a congenital warrior that the Li family gradually rose.

Back then, when Yang Zhengshan conquered Xingyuemen, Li Chao had followed the army to the battle. In that battle, Li Chao seemed very inconspicuous and was almost just a bystander.

But later, Darong established the Navy Governor's Office, and Li Chao was the first left governor of the Navy Governor's Office. Since then, the Li family began to truly rise.

That is to say, it was almost after Yang Zhengshan left Darong that the Li family became the new nobles in the court.

And Li Feihe also had some relationship with Yang Zhengshan. Li Feihe was a bastard of the Haining Marquis's Mansion. Logically, he was not qualified to inherit the title.

But Li Feihe was a disciple of the Martial Arts Pavilion, and he was also a disciple of Yang Zhengshan.

This person was outstanding in talent and generous. He performed extremely well in the Martial Arts Pavilion. When Yang Zhengshan was choosing a husband for Yang Wanqing, he also considered him.

It was only because Li Feihe was a bastard that the Li family's backyard was a little restless, so Yu Qingyi rejected him.

And the result was just as Yu Qingyi expected. Li Feihe could inherit the title, and naturally there was a struggle within the Li family.

Li Feihe had outstanding qualifications and showed great potential in martial arts, so he could inherit the title with the support of the Li Dynasty.

Li Feihe did not disappoint Li Chao's expectations. Now Li Feihe's cultivation has reached the half-step innate level, and he is also the commander-in-chief of the Four Jinwu Guards, the emperor's personal army.