The Emperor is Above

Chapter 2 Horrible Palpitations
The world advocates repaying kindness with kindness and repaying evil with justice.

There is never a shortage of ungrateful people in this world.

Qing Yi knew that some people in Huaiqiu would privately call him Bing Yi because of their many illnesses, but calling him that in person was obviously an insult, not to mention that it was also a curse for him to die early.

Frowning, he saw two burly men standing outside the crowd, with disdainful looks on their fleshy faces, and they didn't care at all about the angry looks of the people around them.

"Dawai, Erwai, don't you feel guilty saying that?" An eight-foot-tall, brave and strong man pushed through the crowd, stepped out and shouted angrily.

"Hey! Chai Yong, you're really good at flattering Bing Yi!" The sturdy man called Dawai sneered, "You better hurry up and flatter him, or you won't be around for long!"

"Dawai, you have to have a conscience. There has been famine in recent years. If Qingyi hadn't been the village head, everyone would have starved to death!"

The old people couldn't stand it anymore and stepped forward and said angrily,

"Erwai, have you two forgotten who lent you food during the famine? You will be punished for repaying kindness with enmity!"

"hey-hey······"

Da Wai turned around and sneered at the old men.
"Ting Qiudao - Kou and my family are relatives. Kou is a low-ranking officer and a noble. How dare Bing Yi, a low-ranking officer, not lend me food?"

Erwai was even more arrogant than Dawai: "Bingyi has been weak since childhood. Even if he survives this time, he won't live long.

Besides, he will be fifteen in a month. In previous years, he could still ask for help from the neighbors because he was young and weak. But now he is about to become an adult and still can't afford to offer tribute in winter hunting. Sooner or later, he will be stripped of his title of lower commoner. I think the head of Huaiqiu Village may have to be replaced by the end of the year!"

“Maybe we will change the village head at the end of the year?”

This important news made all the neighbors look at each other in bewilderment. The atmosphere suddenly became quiet as it concerned everyone's future destiny.

"Whether or not to change the head of the village is not up to you two bastards to decide. You are so ungrateful. Let me teach you a lesson!" Chai Yongqi's face turned red and he was about to go up and fight with the two men.

"Uncle Chai, please wait!"

Qing Yi first stopped Chai Yong, then turned to look at Dawai and Erwai, "Whether to change the head of the village or not, it's not up to you two to decide, and it's not up to Kou to decide either, but you two should get out of Huaiqiuli now!"

He said calmly,

"Back then, you two were helpless and alone, and my father took you in because he was on good terms with Kou Rui. But now you two are repaying kindness with hatred, so get out of Huaiqiu.

Disrupting the harmony of the neighbors, defaulting on taxes for many years, and wantonly provoking the head of the village, even if Kou Rui came forward to hold me accountable, I could debate with him in public at Maoqiu Changting."

Dawai's face changed, but he immediately said nonchalantly: "Well, let's go, I'll be back in a month at most!"

"That's right, by then everything in my house will still be ours, but your house may not necessarily still be yours!" Erwai also laughed unscrupulously and followed Dawai closely into the locust hill.

"stop!"

Qing Yi shouted loudly, his face calm, "Did I tell you to leave? I told you to get out of Huaiqiu!"

Dawai and Erwai were immediately furious and shouted, "You little brat, don't go too far! Naigong——"

Before he could finish his words, the two men seemed to be hit by a blow from nowhere and fell heavily to the ground. Then, they seemed to be beaten continuously by someone, and they rolled over and screamed and disappeared in front of everyone.

"Haha, evil will be punished, these two bad guys got the upper hand!"

The young children who were watching burst into laughter.

The young and strong women regarded the miserable situation of the two as a coincidence. They couldn't help laughing, but they couldn't help but murmur in their hearts that Qing Yi was just a low-ranking official. If he offended the low-ranking official Kou, would he still be able to be the head of this place? "Don't worry, nothing will change in Huaiqiu!"

The old men, who were always afraid of trouble, unexpectedly didn't care about the Kou family hiding behind the scenes.

While comforting the neighbors, they looked at each other thoughtfully, then glanced at a few locust trees, and then each of them went back home with a calm expression.

"My dear uncles and aunts, please go about your business. I will talk to you all after I have fully recovered." Qing Yi stood at the gate of his house, smiled and waved goodbye to his thoughtful neighbors.

When the last young man who sent the bird away left, Qing Yi, who was originally smiling, suddenly changed his expression and said softly, "Daniu, you go search for information about prey first. I won't go hunting today."

Da Niu felt puzzled. They had agreed to go out hunting, but now Qing Yi wanted to go back. However, he never questioned any of Qing Yi's orders.

"Boom-"

The door to the main room closed behind him, and Qing Yi took a slow, deep breath.

Just when he was about to walk out of the coverage of the four dragon claw locust trees, he suddenly felt extremely palpitating, as if there was some terrifying existence hiding nearby and staring at him.

This feeling of oppression was so strong that it almost made people breathless. Even when Qing Yi saw the ghost on the first day, he did not feel such fear.

Fortunately, there are several locust trees guarding the place, so the throbbing feeling only appears for a moment and then disappears completely, but the uneasiness in my heart cannot be suppressed.

"There are four dragon claw locust trees in my house, various ghosts attacking from time to time, and terrifying existences hidden in the dark. This world is full of weirdness, but I'm just an ordinary person..."

Qing Yi's face was gloomy and uncertain. He really didn't understand why he, an ordinary person and a former teenager, attracted so many horrible things.

Thinking of this, Qing Yi calmed his mind. The vague information that Longzhuai had just given him showed that there was something he needed here.

Looking around the room, it was dark, with only the sunlight shining through the window frames providing some light inside.

On the altar in the middle of the main hall, there is an incense burner, several plates of offerings, and a long sword. Above the altar is a spirit tablet with the name of my cheap father in this life - Mu Qing.

"What on earth is this thing?" Qing Yi looked around in confusion.

He picked up the sword first. The black scabbard was heavy and had been wiped clean.

What was pulled out was a sword made of exotic animal bones. The hilt and blade were engraved with more than a dozen complex inscriptions and symbols, and it was worth at least a hundred gold.

"As expected, he is holding a sharp sword with murderous intent!" Qing Yi waved the bone sword lightly, flashing cold light, which made people feel a sense of heroism.

"But this sword is not what I'm looking for!"

After playing with the long sword for a while, Qing Yi shook his head and said, "This bone sword is at most made from the leg bones of a sixth-grade exotic beast. It is certainly a rare and good sword, but it is simply unable to contend with that terrifying existence."

Glancing at the east and west sides of the main room, on the west side there were scattered piles of plows, hoes, winnowing baskets, hoes, rakes and other farm tools, and on the east side there were dozens of grain granaries piled high, and nothing else.

After searching around, Qing Yi turned his attention back to the god's spirit tablet.

The ancestral tablet is about three feet high, one foot wide, and five inches thick. It is made of dense dark red wood and carved into the shape of an auspicious beast. The form is extremely exquisite, but there is nothing magical about it.

"I'm sorry for now, my cheap father!" Qing Yi couldn't see any problem, so he prepared to take down the ancestral tablet.

The moment his hands touched the god's spirit tablet, the tablet shone brightly and enveloped him completely.

(End of this chapter)