Qinglang glanced at Wu and said nothing.
He wanted to be the leader and wanted his father to give him advice on how to restore his reputation and not hide the truth. But he was unwilling to talk about the embarrassing incident in front of his woman.
Fire turned to Wu and said, "You can get out."
Wu curled his lips and walked out.
Qinglang then told his father the whole story.
"You mean she beat the tiger to death with her fists in front of you?" Huo's eyes widened. Even though he knew Qinglang would not lie to him, he still doubted the truth of the matter.
He had lived for more than fifty years, and he had never heard of anyone being able to kill a tiger.
Qinglang nodded.
"Has the tiger been injured by you and is about to die?" Huo asked again.
He was shocked. At this moment, his mind was not at all on the conflict between Shan and Qiao Yu. He was simply expressing doubt and surprise at this unbelievable thing.
But his question gave Qinglang an idea. He thought his father's words were a hint for him to approach the matter from this perspective, to mislead everyone into understanding it in this way, thereby downplaying Qiao Yu's role in the tiger-slaying operation: Qiao Yu wasn't that strong, she had simply picked up a big bargain.
He thought a little deeper.
Women are synonymous with the weak in the tribe. No man in the tribe would be willing to admit that he is not as good as a woman, right?
"Father, you are really smart." He said to the fire with admiration.
Huo was stunned, his mind raced, and he instantly realized that his son had misunderstood him.
But he likes this kind of misunderstanding.
He acted nonchalant and waved his hand: "It's nothing. You should use your brain more when encountering problems in the future. Don't panic before things happen."
Qinglang accepted the teaching.
"So let's not talk about the leader's matter for now. I'll spread what I just said in the next few days and make everyone oppose Yu. That way, no matter what Shan and Yu say, their words will be useless."
"I'll do whatever you say, father." Qinglang said respectfully.
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Qiao Yu didn't know that Huo and Qinglang were plotting something bad again. She didn't even notice Huo and Wu quietly retreating. Even if she knew, she wouldn't care.
In the face of absolute strength, all ghosts and monsters are nothing but clowns.
As she skillfully skinned the tiger, she said to the men watching, "Since you're all here, I'd like to know what happened when the tiger first chased you."
She pointed to a wound on the tiger's hind leg and asked, "When you encountered the tiger, was it injured here?"
She pointed to a wound on the tiger's right shoulder and said, "Look here, don't you think it was bitten by a wolf?"
Hearing Qiao Yu's words, everyone's expressions immediately became serious.
Yes, the tiger is the king of the mountain. Ordinary wild animals dare not and are unwilling to provoke it. Only a pack of wolves can fight it.
The two elders Lu and Shi, who were attracted by the news that Qiao Yu had killed the tiger, and several experienced middle-aged men such as Cang gathered around to examine the injuries on the tiger.
Qiao Yu had already stood up, giving them his seat, and then looked at Shanshi who was standing in the crowd. "Shanshi, come and take a look. Your team was the first to encounter the tiger. Take a look at the wounds on its body and see if they were there before you encountered it."
Shanshi was friends with Qinglang and had supported him since Shan was injured and even after learning Qinglang's intention to become leader. But he also knew what it meant to have a wolf pack near the tribe. It was no joke.
His expression also became serious, and he called two people from their team to go and check the tiger's injuries together.
After a few words of discussion, another upright member of their team, Chai, stood up and said, "The wounds on the right shoulder and hind legs were there before we encountered the tiger. We didn't hurt the tiger, so it chased us. Later, we ran into Shan. To save Qinglang, Shan stabbed the tiger's right shoulder wound with a bone spur. That's why there's a deep hole in the wound, which caused the tiger to bleed even more. That's why the tiger went crazy and tried to bite Shan."
The tree was carrying the mountain on its back, and when Qiao Yu asked everyone to go forward and see the tiger's wounds, he wanted to go forward. After all, no one could know the wounds on the tiger better than the mountain that was facing the tiger directly at that time.
But the mountain stopped him.
As the leader, Shan Shen naturally has the best brain in the tribe and thinks a lot.
Why did his daughter ask Shanshi and the others to go up and identify the wound? Firstly, they were the first to encounter the tiger, and secondly, they were members of the Blue Wolf Squad. Their words would definitely not favor him and Yu. This would be more convincing than the one-sided statements he, Yu, Lu, Cang, and the others had.
Now that Chai had stated their conclusion, he said, "Yes, that's it."
Lu Heshi had finished examining the tiger's wound and said to everyone, "Look at the wound. It was a wolf bite. There's also a wolf claw mark on the tiger's wound. But the tiger's skin is thick and tough, so there's no scratch. Only some fur was torn off, leaving a mark."
The expressions of all the onlookers were solemn.
"But why did the wolves and tigers come here to fight? Where are the wolves?" someone asked the question that everyone was thinking.
Both wolves and tigers have their own territories and usually keep to themselves. Furthermore, the territories of both the tigers and wolves are definitely not nearby. Otherwise, their tribes would have been forced to relocate long ago.
There aren't many large animals in wolf and tiger territory, so hunting there isn't likely to yield much. Furthermore, hunting in the mountains is extremely dangerous; a single careless move could easily lead to a tiger or wolf's death. If there were truly tigers and wolves in the nearby mountains, they wouldn't be able to survive.
"The tiger's den is to the east, over four hills, and around to a location closer to the west. I went all the way there from the east and didn't see any traces of wolves. I guess the wolves are not nearby." Qiao Yu said.
After hearing this, everyone felt relieved.
The mountains to the east were all tall earthen hills, lush with vegetation and abundant with game, with only a few boulders on the top. Their tribe was small, so they usually confined themselves to the two eastern mountains and rarely ventured to unfamiliar, more distant mountains to hunt.
The mountain where the tiger lived was far from where they hunted, not to mention that the tiger had been killed by Yu. The wolf was probably not nearby either.
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