Chapter 43: Conspiracy
"Grandpa Siri, what should we do next? I always feel that this wolf plague is too strange, I always feel like someone is playing behind the scenes, as if someone has used some magic to summon the demon wolf. If you think about it, our ancestors have lived here for generations, and we have not killed demon wolves before, but there has never been a situation where demon wolves have besieged the village, and this time we just robbed them of a little food, and it is impossible for them to cause such a murderous revenge. Seeing that the old chief did not leave after checking his injuries, Zuo Feng expressed the doubts in his heart, as if he wanted to get a clear answer from the old chief's mouth.
"Oh, why do you have such thoughts, and have you made any new discoveries?" said the old Cili chieftain, looking lovingly at the brave and strong young man in front of him, and his tone was full of appreciation and encouragement. I have always had a good impression of this bold and careful young man, this young man, usually seems to be silent, not very fond of talking to others, but his observation of everything around him is much more detailed than ordinary people, others do not notice. The reason why I came here to visit him just now was because this young man was seriously injured in order to save Ji's granddaughter, and he had to come to express his gratitude as a grandfather, and at the same time, why didn't he also want to hear the opinion of this young man? Many people in the clan did not believe that this wolf plague was caused by the clan themselves, so simply let everyone say what they thought in their hearts, maybe there would be any new discoveries.
"Grandpa Xili, you first ask everyone, see if anyone has gone into the mountains to fight wolves in the past few days, is there someone catching wolf cubs in the mountains, has someone killed these wolf cubs and dumped them in the woods outside our village?" Zuo Feng did not directly answer the question of Chief Xili, but asked a question that seemed to be not answered.
"Did you see a slain wolf cub in the forest outside the village? When did you find it? How many did you find?" I found my hunting dog coming out of the woods opposite yesterday afternoon when it was almost dark, and I didn't care much about it at the time, but now that I think about it, I feel very suspicious. With the strength of the demon wolf, ordinary hunting dog food is not their opponent in the first place, how can they take away the wolf cubs that they focus on guarding? This must have been deliberately put in the forest after being killed. Zuo Feng was much more detailed than the others, and soon noticed something unusual about what had happened last night.
"A few of you, hurry up and inquire to see if there are any other people who have seen similar situations, and if so, how many have been found, tell me as soon as the statistics are completed. "The saber-toothed demon wolf is very vindictive, if it hurts the adult demon wolf, it is better, usually it will only be the demon wolf that will retaliate against you when it meets you in the future, but if you kill their cubs and let it know who killed them, then it will gather several wolves to avenge the blood hatred together. Today's wolf disaster, if people deliberately plan to deliberately kill the wolf cubs and throw them into the woods outside the village, the hunting dogs in the village will definitely take them back to the village to eat, so it will be easier to attract demon wolves. But to recruit so many demon wolves at one time, how many manpower and how many wolf cubs must be killed. There must be a conspiracy in this, and it is a big conspiracy. If you don't find out the real culprit behind the scenes, I'm afraid that these people will be plotting in the future.
"Chief, I have inquired, as early as three days ago, it was discovered that the hunting dogs in the village had brought back very small demon wolves from outside, and from the number of people known so far, there were at least forty or fifty of them. Zuo Liancheng said. He and a few other people who had gone to inquire about the situation had returned, and the results had shocked everyone.
"Sure enough, why didn't everyone tell me about this in the first place!Hey, if we had known that something like this had happened, we would have taken corresponding measures earlier, at least not like so many clansmen!" the old chief slammed his fist on the stone pier beside him, and his tone of voice was a little angry. There was such an anomaly in the tribe's stockade that he was kept in the dark. If we had known earlier, even if we couldn't avoid the revenge of the wolves, we could at least have transferred our property and people earlier, but now, with such heavy casualties among the clansmen, what is even more troublesome is how much of all the livestock and food can survive this catastrophe?
"Chieftain, what should we do next? I'm afraid this demon wolf pack won't disperse so easily for a while, maybe it will come back again from time to time, and the saber-toothed demon wolf will not give up so easily. Zuo Liancheng remembered the tragic situation in the village just now, and he was also very worried.
"I think the first thing you have to do is to find out who is behind the scenes, who is not planning such a vicious plan against you. If you don't find them and get rid of them, even if the demon wolves outside temporarily retreat or find a new place to live, they will also use other schemes to harm you. Qiao Wanshan also said at this time.
"Yes, Brother Qiao has a point. If we do not address the root cause of this disaster, we will never live in peace. In fact, I think that this wolf disaster must be a ghost behind the fire tribe, think about it, a few days ago, they ambushed Amu and the three of them on the way, but not only did they not succeed, but they were killed by us, and the eldest young master of their chief was also killed by us, although the other captives were finally put back by us, but they can really easily swallow this evil breath?"
"Yes, it must have been done by the Agni Tribe, so don't you order, let me take my brothers to the Agni Tribe right now to ask for an explanation for those dead folks!" Scarface Lei Zhentian has always been a person who can't tolerate a grain of sand in his eyes and has a fiery temper, but now that he has locked the biggest object of suspicion in the Agni Tribe, he doesn't want to endure it anymore, so he has to take his brothers to take revenge.
"Revenge!"
"Revenge!"
"Blood debt and blood payment!"
"Blood debt, blood payment?"
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The angry people of the Shenlong tribe, such as Si poured oil on the dry pyre that was suddenly thrown into a burning torch, immediately shouted loudly, one by one filled with righteous indignation, grinding their fists, eager to rush to the fire tribe now, and eat those damned enemies alive one by one.
"Nonsense!" Looking at Lei Zhentian, who was about to explode, Chief Lao Xili shouted angrily, and then raised his hand to stop the rioting and emotional clansmen. After everyone had quieted down, he spoke again, "We all suspect that this was done by the people of the Fire Tribe, but in fact, we don't need to think about it at all, they must have done it, but do we have evidence? What if they don't admit it when the time comes? Could it be that we just rely on our own speculation to bring people over to fight them?" Even if they are unprepared, in the way we are now, we have just been fighting for a day, and there are so many wounded people, can we be their opponents? The most important thing we should do now is to find a place to settle everyone down, and the outside stockade will definitely not be able to return for a while. Let's talk about it first, is there any suitable place? Although this secret passage is still very safe for the time being, there is not much food and water stored in it, at most it is enough for everyone to live here for ten days, if we can't find a place to go after ten days, and the demon wolves outside have not retreated, then we will all have to die here. As for revenge, let's talk about it when we have settled down and everyone's injuries have healed, 'Ten years is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.' Someday we'll find evidence of them. “
The old chief's words are indeed very reasonable, the most important thing now is not to immediately go to the Shenlong tribe for revenge, as for whether the fire tribe has any other conspiracies, send people to their tribe's mountain pass to keep an eye on, and be more careful. The most important thing now is to find a place to live, solve the problem of food and clothing, and let everyone heal their injuries as soon as possible, so that they can recover in the shortest possible time.
The excitement of everyone gradually calmed down, and they began to discuss the appropriate place to go, but although everyone said a lot of place names and put forward a lot of suggestions, none of them really worked. After all, all of them are up and down, old and young, there are 14,500 people, and it is not so easy to find a place suitable for so many people to live and live together. What's more, it can't be too close to the place where you live now, it's too close and easy to be easily found by the saber-toothed demon wolves outside, if they are found, without the protection of the wall, there is no secret way to dodge, I'm afraid the danger will be greater.
"If it really doesn't work, then after I return to the Qinglong tribe in two days, I will discuss with our chief to see if we can let everyone come over and live there for a while. This matter is too big for a small elder of mine to have the final say, so I have to go to the chief first and get everyone's consent. Qiao Wanshan saw that everyone couldn't think of any good ideas for a while, and after pondering for a while, he spoke. This can't be blamed for his lack of courage, his own Qinglong tribe is only more than a thousand people, everyone's life is not very well-off, and it is a huge test to suddenly receive a population about the same number as his own tribe.
"That's the only way, Brother Qiao, tomorrow I will go with Zuo Liancheng and the Great Elder Dan Wanghai to meet the chief of your Qinglong tribe, Mr. Qiao Wanli, to see if he can help us first, just let us live in the village, as for not having a house, we can go into the mountains to cut wood, build it by ourselves, we also have some food, young people can go into the mountains to hunt, grit their teeth, and they should be able to survive for a while." When we found the right place, we moved out immediately. "The old Xili chief didn't want to trouble the Qinglong tribe and send people under the fence, but in this situation, what can he do if he doesn't ask for people from all over the place?"
Time passed little by little, but although the people of the Shenlong tribe were already very tired, none of them could close their eyes and fall asleep. The disasters that took place yesterday during the day and night hit them so hard that they lost not only their homes, but also their loved ones. The endless sadness and endless anger weighed on their hearts like mountains, making them almost breathless, wanting to vent, but unable to find a breakthrough.
When the first rays of morning light finally dawned on the ground, the clansmen rushed to the lookout on the top of the stone gate to look out, they really wanted to know what was going on outside. But every member of the tribe who came down from the lookout mouth was full of tears and sorrow. The sky outside was overcast, as if it was going to rain at any moment. Under the black clouds, the entire village has turned into ashes, and green smoke is still rising in many places. The wolves did not disperse, they roamed around the original land in the stockade, occasionally digging through the rubble with their claws, searching for what remained of them for food. More demon wolves were surrounding the entrance of the secret passage, squatting or standing, without any intention of leaving.