shi dakai finally reached nanjing in october and blamed wei changhui for the excessive bloodshed. wei in turn suggested that shi may be a traitor having been warned that he could be assassinated next, shi fled nanjing, leaving the same day he arrived. that night, wei and qin rigang stormed shi's mansion and slaughtered his family and retinue. shi then consolidated an army of 100,000 and demanded the heads of wei and qin. wei directed qin to block shi's advance and began plotting to imprison hong xiquan. hong xiuquan was able to preempt those plans, however, and had his bodyguards kill wei. qin was lured back and killed shortly thereafter.