471 Leaving
The surrounding land had been turned over again and again. They only stopped after they confirmed that there was no cannabis.
On the other side, the three senior civil servants from the Agricultural Bureau could already vaguely see the location of the ditch.
Duan Lei squinted his eyes and looked toward the front. Suddenly, his expression changed and he shouted, “Huh? Something’s not right, there’s someone in that elm forest!”
“What! How could this be?” Zhao Ran asked in disbelief.
“Quick, get them!” Duan Lei didn’t bother to explain and chased after them.
The two people beside Duan Lei also followed without hesitation.
However, even though they saw people in the elm forest, the residents of Qinghe Village also noticed the three people running towards them.
“Let’s go! According to Village Chief Wen’s instructions, after we leave Qinghe Village and destroy the cannabis, we shouldn’t return for a period of time!” one of the four immediately said.
Each of the four villagers carried a bundle of fresh cannabis leaves on their backs and speedily left the place.
Duan Lei saw the four of them sprinting and immediately realized that things were not going well. He quickly shouted to stop them. “Stay where you are!”
However, the four residents of Qinghe Village seemed not to have heard anything and ran even faster.
They were now sure that someone wanted to use the cannabis to frame the Qinghe villagers. Fortunately, Wen An had gotten someone to find the cannabis in time. Otherwise, if someone had found evidence against them, the consequences would be unimaginable.
“Duan Lei, we can’t catch up.” Looking at the figures that were getting more and more blurry, Wang Shou knew that they had come in vain.
“I told you not to waste time. Now look what happened!” Duan Lei was also extremely depressed. Of course, he knew that he couldn’t catch up with them. Those people were about to disappear from his sight.
“What can you two pieces of trash do!” Duan Lei immediately pointed at the two people beside him and scolded them.
“You, Duan Lei, are no better than us!” Zhao Ran couldn’t take it anymore. The three of them were supposed to act together, so why was Duan Lei ordering them around?
“Alright, stop quarreling. Now that they’ve run away, let’s think about what we should say when we get back.” Wang Shou sighed. Quarreling would not solve the problem.
“Hmph, go back and wait to be criticized! Don’t even think about being promoted in this lifetime!” Duan Lei said angrily.
“Who would have thought that they would arrive before us? Could it be that they were discovered last night?” Wang Shou asked with a puzzled expression.
“If it was discovered by the residents of Qinghe Village in the middle of the night yesterday, do you think we would still have the chance to come here today?” Zhao Ran also said in an unpleasant tone.
“How unlucky. If I knew this would happen, I would have come alone.” Duan Lei turned around and left.
“Who said it wasn’t?” Zhao Ran was clearly enraged as well, and he intentionally kept a distance from Duan Lei.
“Why didn’t you tell me in advance that you three guests from the Agricultural Bureau would be coming to our Qinghe Village?” Wen An looked at the silent trio in front of him and smiled.
“Village Chief Wen, you’re quick to react this time.” Duan Lei also smiled, but there was too much information hidden in his smile.
Wen An shook his head. Then, he pushed his glasses up and looked at the three people in front of him with a sincere expression. “I don’t quite understand what you’re saying. Would you guys like to go to the office and sit for a while? I’ll entertain you.”
“There’s no need for that. It’s Qinghe Village’s good fortune to have a village chief like you,” Wang Shou said weakly.
If they had found cannabis in Qinghe Village, they would not be speaking to Village Chief Wen An like this.
“Since that’s the case, I won’t force you to stay. However, the next time you come to Qinghe Village, please let me know in advance,” Wen An smiled.
“Village Chief Wen, I’m afraid you won’t be so lucky next time!” Duan Lei naturally knew that the discovery of the batch of cannabis had something to do with Wen An. However, he could not figure out how Wen An knew that there was something in that area.
After all, they had only been informed before they set off in the morning to prevent the news from being leaked.
“Qinghe Village and I are upright and honest. We don’t need the luck you’re talking about,” Wen An softly said.
A moment later, the three civil servants of the Agricultural Bureau left.
They had made a wasted trip.