Qi Ning didn't expect that the capture of Xianyang would be so smooth, and the people of Xianyang didn't expect that the city would change the Great King Banner overnight.

The Chu army entered Xianyang City and controlled the situation in Xianyang as quickly as possible, and many people only felt like they were in a dream until now, and only when they saw the Chu cavalry passing through the streets, the people knew that Xianyang had really changed the sky.

For more than ten years, the people of Xianyang have become accustomed to the Qu family being powerful in the northwest.

Although the father and son of the Qu family are greedy, Qu Yuangu is tyrannical, and Qu Manbao bullies men and women, for most of the people, they can at least survive.

Ordinary people have always had very low requirements for themselves, as long as they can be fed and clothed, they are already satisfied.

Overnight, the people of Chu occupied Xianyang City, people were not only frightened, but also panicked, they did not know what kind of fate they would face next, and after the Chu army entered the city, they immediately blocked the streets and alleys, and issued a grounding order to the people of the city, so that the people could not go out easily.

The atmosphere of the entire Xianyang City was extremely solemn and depressing.

The northwest is a place of many disasters, before the Northern Han Dynasty completely pacified the northwest, the northwest land and mountains were filled with countless large and small forces, fighting each other, and countless people were torn apart by the war.

It is better to be a peaceful dog than a troubled world.

No matter how the Qu family and his son squeezed, as long as there was no war, the people were already satisfied.

However, the Chu people appeared in the northwest, and people feared that the Chu people would soon indulge in plundering in Xianyang.

For a long time, when the Northwest rebels were fighting, they always treated the people as fish to be slaughtered, and the last strand of clothing on the people had to be stripped off.

Chu and Han are enemy countries, and now that the Chu army has entered Xianyang, of course they will not show mercy to the people of the empire, they have no action for the time being, maybe they are just planning how to do it, Xianyang is the largest giant city in the northwest, there are hundreds of thousands of people in the city, if you really want to carry out looting, there should be a plan.

The people were worried, and the gentry and wealthy were even more terrified.

The Ma family has lived in the northwest for hundreds of years, and is a native of the northwest, although the northwest mountains have gone through countless wars, but the Ma family has survived in this war after war, and in the eyes of the northwest people, the Ma family is definitely a famous family in the northwest.

Ma Wencheng just celebrated his 60th birthday a few months ago, and he is also the patriarch of the Ma family today.

After the Northern Han Dynasty conquered the northwest, it was very polite to the people in the northwest, perhaps the court of the Northern Han Dynasty knew very well that in order to let the northwest truly belong to the Northern Han Dynasty, it was first necessary to let the people in the northwest kneel in front of the court.

The Ma family under the jurisdiction of the Northern Han Dynasty, did not suffer too many disasters, even if Qu Yuangu came to the northwest later, to the Ma family and other big families are also quite polite, although everyone tacitly every year some families to send a large number of heavy gifts to the Zhenxi General's Mansion on various festivals, but the tranquility in exchange for the destruction of wealth and disasters also makes some wealthy families in the northwest enjoy it very much.

The Ma family is not only a prestigious family in the northwest, but also many clansmen hold official positions in the northwest.

The people of Chu ordered the whole city to be grounded, and Ma Wencheng could only stay in the house, worried in his heart.

When a group of Chu soldiers knocked on the door of the Ma family's house, the Ma family was scattered, thinking that this group of soldiers would rush in, burn and loot in the house, but when the other party took out an invitation and invited Ma Wencheng to go to the Zhenxi General's Mansion as a guest, the Ma family was very surprised, and they didn't know what kind of medicine the Chu people sold in the gourd.

For the invitation of the Chu people, of course, Ma Wencheng did not dare to refuse in the slightest, so he cleaned up and changed into extremely close-fitting clothes, and then went out of the house and found that the other party not only sent an invitation, but also sent a carriage.

Boarding the carriage, along the way, Ma Wencheng was thinking about various possibilities, and also thinking about how to deal with various situations at that time, until he arrived at the Zhenxi General's Mansion, the carriage stopped, and after Ma Wencheng got down from the carriage, someone in front of the door had already stepped forward to invite Ma Wencheng into the house, and everything seemed very polite.

Ma Wencheng tried his best to appear calm.

He has lived for most of his life, he has gone through countless ups and downs in the land of the northwest, and has seen too many roles, during the chaos in the northwest, Xianyang really rotated the king's flag, every time Xianyang changed hands, the family here will be found, on the surface it seems polite, but the purpose is nothing more than to let the family pay out the silver, once there is a slight hesitation, the gang of people will change their faces, and the trick of killing chickens and monkeys, Ma Wencheng has also seen too much.

The more polite the other person is, the more they will be requested.

Today, the people of Chu asked someone to come to the door to pick them up, which has been extremely polite, Ma Wencheng knew that the other party was nothing more than to ask for something from him, and now, even if the family wealth was taken away, there was no way, as long as the Ma clan could survive this catastrophe peacefully.

Ma Wencheng was led to a huge hall in the Zhenxi General's Mansion, in fact, he was quite familiar with the Zhenxi General's Mansion, and he had to come here three or four times a year.

Zhenxi General's Mansion is a great building in Xianyang, after Qu Yuangu came to the northwest to take office, several times to expand the Zhenxi General's Mansion, now this Zhenxi General's Mansion is a well-deserved first building in Xianyang City, covering an extremely wide area, how many courtyards there are, even Ma Wencheng, who often goes in and out of the General's Mansion, can not say, only remember that there are thirty or forty places in the light courtyard of the General's Mansion.

He came to this hall, not the main hall of the General's Mansion, but it is also very spacious, as soon as he entered the hall, he saw that there were already many people in it, he glanced at it, but most of the people in this hall are very familiar, it is some of the patriarchs of the family who live in Xianyang, they are very familiar with each other on weekdays, everyone saw Ma Wencheng come in, they were not surprised, but they all arched their hands like Ma Wencheng.

"Let's drink tea first." The man who led Ma Wencheng over said: "The lord has a little official business to deal with, and he will come over soon." "Don't talk nonsense, just retreat.

As soon as the man left, more than a dozen people had already come forward and gathered around Ma Wencheng.

"Master Ma, I got the news early this morning that the big and small officials in Xianyang are all under the control of the Chu people." One of them said in a low voice: "The guards in the city have also been confiscated, and now Xianyang is already in the hands of the people of Chu." ”

"What do you think he's going to do when he brought us here?"

"What to do? What else can we do is to salute first and then soldiers, invite us to have a cup of tea, and then force us to come out with the silver. ”

"Chen Ye is right, we are going to break the fortune and eliminate the disaster again this time, but I don't know how big the appetite of the people of Chu is."

"Breaking wealth is bound to be broken, and whether it can eliminate disasters or not is a matter of two words. You can see that after the people of Chu entered the city, they did not loot on a large scale, which is very unusual, but the more this is the case, the more difficult things are. ”

Everyone gathered together, lowered their voices, and talked about it.

Ma Wencheng raised his hand and signaled everyone not to talk too much, and waited for everyone to calm down before he said softly: "Anyway, if they just ask for silver, it is not a big deal, I am afraid that they have other plans." ”

When everyone heard this, they all looked at each other, and someone whispered: "Master Ma, is it possible that he still wants our lives?" ”

Ma Wencheng didn't speak, and someone next to him sneered: "That's not for sure, we are all old clans in the northwest, maybe the people of Chu feel that we are in trouble, and this time they will find us over, and they will sweep them all away." ”

The crowd changed color.

"Don't even guess." Ma Wencheng walked over and sat down on a chair and said, "If you come, you will be safe, what their intentions are, you will soon know." ”

Everyone had their own thoughts, and they all returned to their seats and sat down, some people exchanged their heads and ears, but more people waited silently for the lord to appear.

After a while, they suddenly heard footsteps outside, everyone looked up at the door, and soon saw a figure coming in, the person who came was dressed in civilian clothes, looking young, the man glanced at everyone, and said with a smile: "You have been waiting for a long time, I am Qi Ning, I invite you to come over, there is something to discuss." ”

Everyone had already stood up one after another, and Ma Wencheng said boldly: "Excuse me.... May I ask you, are you the lord of the Qi family of the Chu Kingdom? ”

"Exactly." Qi Ning said with a smile.

Everyone's hearts are a dign, the reputation of the Jinyi Qi family is naturally known to the world, these northwest wealthy families are well-informed, after the Chu army entered the city, everyone soon knew that it was the Qi lord of the Qi family who led the army into Xianyang, seeing that Qi Ning was young, he was a little hesitant, at this time, he heard Qi Ning's self-confession identity, and he was busy bowing to Qi Ning, but he was surprised in his heart, secretly thinking that this Qi lord was so young, he could lead the Chu army to defeat Xianyang without blood, it was really incredible.

Qi Ning raised his hand and said, "Everyone doesn't have to be restrained, sit down and talk." Walked over and sat down on the main seat first, everyone dared to sit down, and then someone brought tea, Qi Ning smiled and said: "The Chu army entered the city, I was worried that if there were no rules, many soldiers would make mistakes, so the military order was just issued, after entering the city, all the soldiers of the Chu State must obey the three military orders, not only the soldiers of the Chu State, but even the other people in the city must abide by these rules." ”

Everyone looked at each other, Qi Ning saw everyone's thoughts, and said with a smile: "The murderer must be executed, the wounder must be punished, the looter must be severely punished, and the thief must be convicted, these four rules must not be violated, even me, I must abide by the four chapters of the covenant." ”

Everyone was stunned, and then many people showed suspicion, obviously not believing it.

In the memory of everyone, in the past, any army and horses invaded Xianyang City, and none of them did not kill and plunder first, that is, when the Northern Han army entered Xianyang, the first few days were also burned and looted, and the city was in chaos.

This Lord Qi suddenly threw out the four chapters of the covenant, just as if it was to hold down Chu Jun's hands and feet firmly, everyone really didn't believe it.