The Emperor is Above

Chapter 23 Is this the upper commoner?
When I saw Niu Niu again after many days, she was dressed brand new.

The whole set of twill winter clothes is light and warm, and inside you can see the lining made of snow silkworm silk.

Over the winter coat was a fur coat made of sable fur, on the hands he wore gloves woven from green antelope wool, and on his feet were black sheepskin boots embroidered with exquisite patterns in gold thread.

The little girl didn't have any expensive jewelry on her body. She simply braided her black hair into a dozen small braids and tied them up. However, this outfit alone was worth more than tens of gold. Only her eyes were still clear and bright.

Qing Yi liked this sensible, well-behaved, beautiful and lovely girl from the bottom of his heart, and immediately called Niu Niu and the thin and dark old man in.

Niuniu didn't sit down either, she looked around and asked, "Big brother, where is Xiaobai hiding? Why can't I see it? Did it know I was coming and play hide-and-seek with me?"

"Look, it's right there!"

Following Qing Yi's pointing, I saw two chubby figures of a little white fox and a civet cat lying side by side on the top of a locust tree, basking in the sun lazily and almost falling asleep in comfort.

"Wow, Xiaobai is so amazing that he can climb so high. And that fat civet cat seems to be even more amazing!" Niu Niu widened her eyes and her attention was attracted by the civet cat.

The civet cat is getting fatter and fatter. I weighed it yesterday and it weighed more than ten kilograms. Now it is lying on a branch as thick as a little finger and still able to maintain balance and stability. I really have to admire it.

"Xiaobai, come down quickly. I brought you some delicious food!" Niuniu took a package from the thin old man and opened it excitedly, saying loudly, "Look, these are all top-quality meat jerky and honey."

"Meow-"

"Ah wu——"

The lazy civet cat and the little fox heard Niu Niu's call, and first opened their eyes lazily, and then smelled the fragrance of the food, and suddenly widened their eyes, and were about to climb down in high spirits.

"Click——"

The originally shaky branch of the locust tree was stepped on excitedly by the civet cat and it could no longer hold on and broke completely.

"Meow-"

"Ah wu——"

The little white fox and the civet cat screamed as they fell from a tree several feet high. Fortunately, there was a lot of fodder for feeding reindeer piled below. The two foodies didn't care whether they were injured or not and rushed to Niu Niu to act cute.

"Little White, be good. The cat should be good too!"

Niuniu smiled as she fed the food in the package to the two little ones. Her big eyes curved into crescents. "How cute."

"Wow!" Tu Shigu whispered in surprise not far away.

"These days, humans are really inferior to animals. When animals grow fat, they will be praised for being cute and will be fed actively. But when humans grow too fat, they will just be called fat."

"Little Fatty, you are wrong!" The skinny old man who was watching Niuniu feeding him with a smile, turned his head and looked at him twice after hearing what Tunshigu said, then he said jokingly,
“If you are too fat, people will not only call you a fat person, but also call you a glutton, a fat man, a fat dumpling, a water tank…”

"I go--"

Tu Shigu was so angry that he couldn't say anything. He could only squat in the corner and draw circles in grievance, his chubby body seemed to have shrunk into a ball.

The dark and thin old man then looked at Qing Yi, and after looking him up and down, he smiled and said, "We met in a hurry at Maoqiu Pavilion last time, and I didn't have a good chat with you. Qing Yi, you did a great job."

"I haven't asked for your name yet!" Qing Yi noticed that the old man was in a good mood this time, so he smiled and said, "We said goodbye in a hurry last time. Now that you are visiting my humble home, I must entertain you well." The dark and thin old man laughed and said, "Just call me Old Man Shi. There is no such thing as a name. I am just a gatekeeper.

This time I just happened to be passing by your place, and Niuniu happened to be clamoring to come and play with the little fox, so I will leave her here for two days, and someone from my family will come to pick her up when the time comes."

Before he finished speaking, Old Man Shi threw something to Qing Yi: "Here, this is what the king gave you as a reward. It's not a big deal anyway, there's no substantial reward, take it and have a look."

"Am I now a commoner?"

Qing Yi opened the animal skin scroll in his hand and was stunned when he saw the few lines of ancient characters and the bright red seal of Lord Xing on it.

"Wow, now you've become a commoner!"

Tu Shigu was also startled, and he came over and was stunned, "You can be promoted to a noble just by offering a ninth-grade exotic beast. This title is too easy to obtain."

"There is no difference between a high-ranking official and a low-ranking official. It's just that they have two hundred acres of land!" The dark-skinned old man waved his hand nonchalantly and continued,
“Also, hunting down the ninth-grade exotic beast was just a military achievement. The main reason was that the sled and skis invented by Qing Yi were highly valued by the monarch.

Soon someone will come from the capital to copy your sled. Also, you are not allowed to keep any secrets about how to use the skis but must teach them all.

As for the additional 200 mu of land, Maoqiuting will be responsible for verifying it before the spring plowing in March. Just remember this."

"Old Man Shi gave the order, and I will keep it in mind!"

Qing Yi nodded solemnly. The other party helped him without asking for anything in return, and he easily obtained the title of upper commoner. Naturally, he would remember this favor forever.

"Old Man Shi, Old Man Shi——"

Tu Shigu approached the skinny old man with envy in his eyes, rubbing his hands nervously and said, "I have also made a few sets of top-grade wild wolf leather armor in the past few days. I want to give them to you for trial. What do you think?"

"The little fat boy from the Tu family!" Old Man Shi glanced at Tu Shigu and chuckled, "Back then, your father Tuan Yizhong didn't dare to let me wear his armor, so you are quite courageous.

I don't need to wear armor because of my special cultivation method. I also heard that your skills in making armor have surpassed those of your ancestors. When someone comes later, you can ask that person if he is willing to try it out."

"Thank you, Mr. Shi!"

Tun Shigu was somewhat touched. Even though the skinny and dark old man politely refused to try it, just this sentence could save him a lot of effort.

"Isn't it shameful for a man to piss himself on the ground?" Old Man Shi snorted coldly, "Now Xing is facing constant troubles both at home and abroad, and recently there are scoundrels causing trouble in the capital.

In the northern and southern borders, there are also the Ghost Witch Tribe and the Black Wind Tribe causing trouble, and on the border, there is the aggressive army of Xian Yu. If you do your job well, someone will naturally appreciate and promote you. "

Old Man Shi gave Niu Niu a few words of advice and soon left Huaiqiuli and his whereabouts were unknown. It was not until the moment he left that the news that Qing Yi was promoted to the rank of Shang Shushi spread throughout Huaiqiuli.

"Qing Yi was actually promoted to the rank of commoner!"

"The village head is now a high-ranking commoner! That's great!"

Aunt Bo, who had just come out from the kitchen, was so excited that tears streamed down her face and she almost fainted. Young children like Daniu, Erhei, Xizi and others were running around the village spreading the news.

After everyone finally calmed down, Chai Yong, wearing armor and holding a halberd and shield, came to report: "Village head, village head, there is a senior doctor with a lot of people in Huaiqiu. He said he came from the capital to visit you."

(End of this chapter)