Chapter 249 Frame-up

"Second Elder, do you know why I called you here?" asked the First Elder.

The Second Elder was sweating inwardly and said with his head down, "I don't know."

"You know that some time ago, we planted a batch of seeds on the farm, but they just wouldn't germinate?"

"I know." The second elder said, bending over. "We even went out of our way to find new seeds and plant them in the soil. Everyone in the tribe knows this."

“But other people don’t know that those seeds that don’t germinate are because someone steamed the seeds, so they can’t sprout.”

"What?!" The second elder was shocked. "To think there's such a shameless person in the tribe! He did something like this, we can't let him off easily."

"You don't know anything about this?" asked the elder.

"What inside story should I know?" The second elder pretended to be confused.

"The seeds were delivered to the warehouse and you are in charge. If something goes wrong, does that mean it has nothing to do with you?"

"Oh, Great Elder, please don't wrongly accuse me. Although I'm in charge of the warehouse, there are so many people coming in and out every day. With so many people and so many hands, it's inevitable that someone will take advantage of it."

The Great Elder pondered for a moment, feeling that what the Second Elder said made sense. He asked, "Then, in your opinion, who is most likely to damage these seeds?"

"Then I don't know. Isn't it Li Yuan's responsibility to take care of spies sneaking into the tribe?" The Second Elder said, "Besides, when I handed over the seeds, you didn't say anything was wrong. Could someone have tampered with them before they were planted? Li Sangtian, what do you think?"

Li Yuan and Li Sangtian never expected that the matter would involve them.

Li Sangtian thought for a moment and said, "The seeds were distributed and planted immediately after they were received. If there was any manipulation, I'm afraid no one would be able to do it so quickly. I think it must have been a problem when they were stored in the warehouse."

Li Yuan said angrily, "I'm responsible for the safety of the people of the tribe. As for that important warehouse, my people dare not go there recklessly. Otherwise, if something is lost, your men will blame us, Second Elder. We can't bear the responsibility."

"So, from what you're saying, I was the one who did this?" The second elder said with trembling anger, looking like he had suffered a great injustice.

"We didn't say that." Li Yuan and Li Sangtian formed a united front to confront the second elder.

"That's what you mean!" The second elder's face flushed red.

"Alright," the Great Elder ordered, "Stop arguing. Second Elder, I'll leave this matter to you. Make sure you find the traitor in the tribe as soon as possible and eliminate him."

"Yes, Great Elder." The Second Elder bowed his head and accepted the order.

The second elder breathed a sigh of relief after leaving the tree house, hoping that the two brothers Song Lu and Song Cheng would get things done quickly.

In the morning, Ye Li took the two children to the farm to work, and Winnie stayed at home alone.

The brothers Song Lu and Song Cheng took advantage of this opportunity, each carrying a bag of lime, and sneaked into Ye Li's tree house, intending to hide the lime in Ye Li's home and frame Ye Li himself.

Two people pushed the door open and went in.

Song Lu said, "My bag is downstairs, and yours is upstairs."

"Okay." Song Cheng carried the lime and went upstairs. As soon as he got upstairs, he bumped into Winnie head-on.

"Woo woo..." Winnie made a low threatening sound.

"Ah..." Song Cheng screamed, dropped the lime, and ran downstairs. Although Winnie was not an adult yet, he was growing very fast and had begun to look like an adult wolfdog. He was also incredibly lethal, baring his fangs and chasing Song Cheng downstairs.

(End of this chapter)