Chapter 46: Skin Change
Deep winter, late at night.
The moon and stars are sparse.
In the dilapidated temple halfway up the mountain, lights flickered.
The bonfire in the yard was burning fiercely, crackling.
At some point, two black bears appeared in the cage, real black bears.
Jiang Zifeng and Li Sanlang lay at the door and looked out through the crack. The black bear was tied up and roared.
Jiang Miaomiao's eyes were covered by her eldest brother to prevent her from seeing.
Too bloody, not suitable for children...
"What's so good about it? It will be your turn soon..." A resentful voice came from the corner.
"What do you mean?" Jiang Zifeng looked towards the corner.
"Why don't you come over and see for yourself? We don't eat people."
Jiang Zifeng hesitated for a moment, then walked over with his sister in his arms.
My sister's eyes were bright. Apart from being a little surprised just now, she didn't seem to be afraid of the thing in the corner at all...
By the flickering light of the fire.
Jiang Miaomiao saw clearly the person in front of her.
Then I got goosebumps all over my body.
You can vaguely see the human features and the fair skin beneath the mane...
And the hand hidden in the bear's paw is like giving these two people a new layer of skin.
The baby's tiny heart was greatly shocked
After living two lifetimes, the cruelty of these people has somewhat overturned her cognition.
Jiang Zifeng's pupils trembled slightly.
The outstretched hand trembled and retracted.
He just thought that the group had made black bear skins into clothes and put them on them, but he didn't expect it to be like this...
"How...how did this...get up there?" Li Sanlang came over.
Even if he was slow-witted, after seeing the group of people skinning the bear outside and seeing these two people...
I understood it in an instant.
What did that group of people do after they captured him and Jiang Zifeng?
He trembled all over and fell to the ground.
The man in the corner said quietly, "My name is Song Siyuan, his name is He Lingjun. We are both students of Donglin Academy. We went out for fun at the beginning of last spring, and unexpectedly we were kidnapped by this group of people..."
"Hasn't anyone noticed that you are not real bears?" Jiang Zifeng looked at the two of them in disbelief.
If you look at it from a distance, it is really hard to tell whether it is real or fake.
Song Siyuan couldn't help but shed tears, his voice a little hoarse, "They used needles to poke many bloody holes in our bodies, then peeled off fresh black bear skins and stuck them on us piece by piece, mixing them with our flesh and blood. When the blood coagulated, it was difficult to remove them..."
That kind of pain is so sharp that it will be unforgettable for them forever.
Jiang Zifeng took a deep breath and asked, "There were so many people in Qingshi Town that day, why didn't you call for help?"
He Lingjun smiled bitterly, "Do you think we don't want to? There was another classmate who was abducted on the same day as us. He started talking during the performance and was killed on the spot before he could finish his words..."
"Then they fed us poison. We had to take the antidote once a month, otherwise our intestines would rupture and we would die."
The air was silent for a moment.
After a long time, Li Sanlang got up and excitedly pulled Jiang Zifeng, "Brother Feng, what should I do? I don't want to become like them..."
That group of people were already outside skinning the black bear. Didn't they say they wanted to stick the skin together while the blood was still fresh?
So is it their turn next?
So scary!
"Brother Feng, let's run away!"
Song Siyuan gave a bitter laugh, "Escape? How can I escape? There are people everywhere in front of and behind the house..."
If those people hadn't caught the black bear today, they might have had a chance to escape.
Now, they are all meat on the chopping board.
Too late...
Li Sanlang suddenly lost his mind and ran over to bang on the door, "Let us out... I don't want to be a black bear..."
Black bear demon!
Song Siyuan and He Ling both looked pale. How did they become black bear spirits?
They are not.
They never forget that they are human beings.
Jiang Miaomiao's eyebrows twitched.
Does Li Sanlang think that they are not dying fast enough?
Sure enough, the door opened.
Li Sanlang was dragged out, crying and shouting.
“Help…Help…”
The door was slammed shut again.
Xu Baiyan and Heiwa were so scared that they burst into tears.
Jiang Miaomiao was whimpering.
“Awoo, awoo, awoo… Awoo, awoo, awoo…”
Jiang Zifeng held Jiang Miaomiao's hands tightly and covered his sister's ears.
But his sister's cry was strange, a little baby sound of "wuuu wuuu", which made him feel less panicked.
Jiang Miaomiao heard a lot of strange noises.
"Woooo ...
The wolf is howling...
"Gugu Miao~~Gugu Miao~~"
The night owl made a creepy cry.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak~~”
I don't know what kind of animal it is, but it sounds a bit like a yellow fox...
A faint green light slowly approached around the dilapidated temple.
"Boss, something terrible has happened..." A man stumbled into the temple gate.
The bearded man grabbed his collar and shouted angrily, "What are you so flustered about?"
"Master, there's a group of people coming this way from the foot of the mountain. They look like soldiers."
"Officers and soldiers?" The bearded man plunged his broadsword into the ground. "Who? Who of you has provoked the officers and soldiers? Stand up!"
Everyone present looked at each other in confusion.
One of them suddenly pointed at the scarred man and the fat woman, "Da Hu, Ru Yan, did you kidnap someone you shouldn't have?"
The fat woman waved her hands repeatedly, "No, no, boss, we don't have any... They were all captured from the villages near Qingshi Town, except..."
She choked mid-sentence.
Thinking of the few people who were captured during the day, almost all of them were from Taoxi Village, except for the boy wearing a satin jacket.
They were afraid of causing trouble and never kidnapped children from wealthy families.
Of course, one or two would be caught occasionally.
Children from wealthy families are almost all born with delicate skin and tender flesh, and can be sold at a good price.
The bearded man's expression changed: "Hurry up and tell me, except what?"
The fat woman trembled a little and replied, "Except for the fat boy...we found him in the big tree behind the government office..."
When I saw him, the kid was climbing a tree in the open space behind the government office...
"Behind the government office!" The bearded man twitched his brows.
"Are you crazy? How dare you kidnap someone and take him to the government office?"
The bearded man slapped the scarred man on the face and shouted angrily, "Look at the woman you found. She's more likely to cause trouble than help."
"Hehe! You are finished. Do you know who you have tied up?" Li Sanlang was stripped naked and tied to a tree.
He was looking at a few people with sighing eyes.
"Tell me quickly, who is it?" The bearded man stepped forward and grabbed his throat.
"Ahem...let me go...let me go and I'll tell you..." Li Sanlang blushed and looked up at him, "untie me and I'll tell you."
The bearded man picked up the knife, cut the rope with one stroke, and threatened, "Tell me now! If you don't, I'll twist your neck."
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