She wanted to refuse again, but before she could speak, Tian Guoguo sneaked out!

Grandma Tian wanted to chase after them, but General Cui quickly stopped her. He also invited her to come with them, saying there was a surprise in store.

old lady?

Seeing her granddaughter climb onto General Cui's carriage, the old lady didn't care about any surprises; she had to catch up quickly.

The group arrived in the city.

On the way, General Cui told the village chief and others that he knew a shop that bought wolf pelts and that the prices were quite reasonable.

The village chief, thinking of the wolf meat he was selling, immediately asked General Cui where he was and if he could take them there.

General Cui was certainly willing.

Therefore, after entering the city, everyone went to the shop that bought wolf pelts first.

When the shopkeeper saw General Cui coming, he immediately stepped forward to greet him. General Cui gave him a wink and introduced the village chief and others.

The village chief then greeted the shopkeeper and asked the villagers to bring out all the wolf pelts.

The shopkeeper accepted General Cui's "gaze" and became exceptionally polite to the village chief and others.

The shopkeeper was a clever man. He understood that General Cui wanted him to raise the price when buying wolf pelts, so he thought he would give an extra 5 taels of silver for each pelt.

He couldn't afford any more than that.

His thoughts were quite calm, but after seeing the wolf skin the village chief and the others opened, he felt…

Perhaps he could give more.

Their shop doesn't buy wolf pelts by weight, but by freshness and size.

The heaviest wolf hunted by ordinary hunters weighs only a little over 100 pounds, so you can imagine how small the wolf pelts would be. But the wolf pelts that the village chief and his men had…

The shopkeeper's voice trembled, "So many, and each one must weigh at least 200 pounds, right?"

"How...how did you hunt it?"

Given this issue…

The village chief didn't really want to say it, but at that moment...

Suddenly, the sound of a gong came from outside the wolfskin shop, followed by a somewhat effeminate shout…

"His Majesty bestows a reward upon the villagers of Qingshan Village. All bystanders, step back! Villagers of Qingshan Village, come out immediately to receive the decree..."

Everyone in the shop was taken aback.

Subconsciously looking in the direction of the sound, I saw a number of people standing outside the door, with the man in the front wearing a fine robe and an official hat being the most eye-catching.

The main feature is that the man is holding a scroll with auspicious cloud patterns.

Two large characters were prominently written on the scroll…

Imperial edict?

The village chief and the other villagers were stunned. They had never seen an imperial edict before, and they had only just arrived in the capital when they saw one.

Everyone could hardly believe their eyes.

General Cui urged from the side, "Hurry up and go out to receive the imperial decree!"

The village chief and other villagers then realized that they had to kneel upon seeing the imperial edict, and they quickly ran outside.

Nevertheless, they only knelt down instinctively, completely ignoring the earlier shout from Eunuch Gao, "Qingshan Village, receive the imperial decree."

Until Eunuch Gao read out the imperial edict.

"By the Mandate of Heaven, the Emperor decrees..."

He read it in a very literary style, which no one could understand, but he kept repeating "Qingshan Village" over and over again...

They heard it.

However, it seems I still don't understand.

The main reason is that they simply couldn't believe their village's name was on the imperial edict.

Grandpa Gao has finished reading.

Many villagers who were watching the spectacle were both surprised and envious.

They all heard it: Qingshan Village resolved the "haunting" issue in Anping Village, and His Majesty rewarded them with houses and land!

Although it's a house in the village.

But because it was Kyoto, even houses in the village cost at least 100 taels.

Moreover, the emperor himself bestowed this gift—what an immense favor! Qingshan Village is truly incredibly fortunate!

"Come on, that's 'ghost hunting,' not luck. In my opinion, it's definitely the villagers' own skill!"

"Yes, yes, that's amazing!"

"From now on, no one will dare to bully Qingshan Village!"

Many people were discussing it.

The village chief and several villagers from Qingshan Village finally understood.

Eunuch Gao was still waiting for them to receive the imperial decree.

The men were still kneeling.

Grandpa Gao coughed twice, but they were still kneeling.

Eunuch Gao was somewhat helpless. He glanced at General Cui opposite him and saw General Cui nod and smile faintly at him. Only then did he laugh and call out to the village chief, "Village chief, stop kneeling! Get up and receive the imperial decree!"

The village chief was stunned.

He was very excited.

So excited was he that upon hearing Eunuch Gao's words, he immediately stood up to respond, only to find that Eunuch Gao was clearly startled...

He was so frightened that he quickly knelt down again.

While kowtowing to Eunuch Gao in gratitude, he shouted, "Receive the imperial decree! Receive the imperial decree!"

Grandpa Gao…

He was at a loss for words, and while gently helping the village chief down, he told him that he didn't need to kowtow anymore and to quickly take the imperial edict.

The village chief, supported by Grandpa Gao, was incredibly excited, his whole body trembling.

When he received the imperial edict, even Eunuch Gao was afraid that he wouldn't be able to handle it properly!

Fortunately, the village chief held firm!

Eunuch Gao still had official duties to attend to. After exchanging a glance and nodding with General Cui, he turned and left.

Tian Guoguo was being held by her grandmother when she saw that Grandpa Gao was about to leave. She quickly took out a purse from her spatial storage and stuffed it into the hand of Qian Bao, who was standing next to her.

Qian Bao knew exactly what his boss meant.

She quickly ran to Grandpa Gao's side, tightly grasped his hand to thank him, and kept flattering him.

When Grandpa Gao felt the purse in his hand, a smile appeared on his usually calm face.

After seeing Grandpa Gao off, the village chief was so excited that his hands were trembling, and the other villagers were also extremely excited.

Everyone said they wanted to see the imperial edict.

The village chief almost opened it for them, but then he thought that they were on the street, and how could he open such an important document as the imperial edict?

He then deliberately said, "What are you looking at? I still have things to do. Take care of them first, and we'll look at them when we get back."

As he spoke, he glanced at the imperial edict.

The village chief's "other business" was naturally the wolf pelt. The shopkeeper was also surprised by the "ghost-catching" in Qingshan Village. He urged them to come inside while pressing them for details.

The village chief only said a few words to him before quickly asking about the price of wolf pelts.

The shopkeeper smacked his lips.

He used to buy the pelts of wolves that weighed over 100 jin (50 kg) for 20 liang (100 grams), but this wolf weighed over 200 jin (100 kg), so he originally wanted to pay double the price…

But just now…

Because of His Majesty's imperial decree, Qingshan Village is likely to become a sensation in the capital, and the price of their wolf pelts will surely skyrocket!

He gritted his teeth and said, "I'll give everyone 50 taels of silver each. What do you all think?"

The village chief and the others were stunned once again.

This is almost three times more expensive than the wolf pelts they sell in Qingshan Village!

With such a good price, how could they possibly disagree!

The village chief immediately took the lead and agreed!

The 14 wolf pelts sold for a total of 700 taels of silver. The village chief's hands trembled even more violently as he held the silver.

He had never seen an imperial edict in his entire life, nor had he ever seen so much silver. He had to thank General Cui for this...

The village chief immediately wanted to thank General Cui again.

General Cui said, "The village chief should think carefully about how you caught the ghost, and who should really be thanking you!"

The village chief paused slightly.

Then, an adorable baby face unconsciously popped into my mind.

It was none other than Tian Guoguo.

It was Guoguo who discovered the "poison," it was Guoguo who helped the villagers test for the poison, and it was Guoguo who came up with the idea to successfully catch the "ghost"!