Chapter 342 Wolf Shedding Skin

Living under the same roof with a scum like Lao Bai for many years, I think it's hard not to learn the skill of changing one's face like turning the pages of a book. The frightened face immediately changed into a smile, and the hand that was originally pressing on the old woman's shoulder, ready to push her out, changed the force from pushing to pulling, and immediately pulled her into the house.

Taking this opportunity, I took a look outside. The streets were full of cars and horses, and everything was in order. Everything was very calm, without any chaos. This was very different from the scene I expected.

I closed the door, winked at Brother Yaozi, and made a cup of tea for the old woman, as if we were old friends who hadn't seen each other for many years, and greeted her warmly.

The old woman has a very mean personality. She can easily confuse right and wrong and make up stories. Anyone she has arranged will end up being stinking ten miles away. I can imagine my fate by actively welcoming such a plague god into the house. But in order to find out the origin of this wolf skin, I have to sacrifice myself.

After a long greeting, I saw the old woman smiling, and my eyes finally fell on the wolf skin under her armpit again. I pretended to be surprised and said, "Oh, Auntie, this skin is good..."

Before I could say anything else, the old woman who was kind and benevolent just now suddenly became alert, wandering around me with her thief eyes, and asked with a slight warning, "What do you want to do?"

Brother Yaozi hates gossipy women the most in his life. He has been impatient for a long time. He took a step forward calmly. It seems that he doesn't want to waste any more words and directly snatches it.

I raised my arm to stop Brother Yaozi. He had never lived in this area, so he didn't know how difficult the old woman was. This person's main business was to fight. The so-called fighting, you have to tear it apart to see, can tear it with hands and can fight, this is a qualified little expert in fighting. The old woman is a leader in this field. It's not one or two days that she has been a scourge to the neighbors. Of course, she has a bad temper and can't help but want to fight, but the old thing is still alive and kicking, which is enough to explain the problem.

The father and son of the Wang family who sell Chinese medicine not far away couldn't bear it and exploded once in the early years. As a result, the old woman played a few sets of eagle claws on their faces. The father and son were ashamed to see people for a month.

Of course, I don't doubt that Brother Yaozi will not be able to beat such an old woman, but this kind of stuff must be beaten to death, otherwise she will scream with a broken voice, tear her clothes and shout indecent assault. Will we brothers be able to go out and see people in the future? It's not like the old woman hasn't done this kind of thing.

If the hard way doesn't work, then I can only use the soft way. I touched my nose and smiled awkwardly, saying that I also like furs. When I see good furs, I can't help but want to touch them, and even pay a high price to buy one.

I emphasized the word "high price" very much. The old woman was always greedy for money. When she heard this, her eyes really lit up. After a long hesitation, she finally handed me the roll of fur under her armpit...

As soon as the fur was spread out, Brother Yaozi's unhappy mood immediately disappeared, and he came to the table to observe it carefully.

This fur was cut from the neck, and one of the cut wounds was extremely flat. I could tell at a glance that this was the wound left by my knife on the neck of the giant wolf.

Brother Yaozi turned the fur over, lifted the fur of the leg and took a look. Sure enough, there was another crack under the forelimb, which was also left by me.

I was right, this fur was indeed from that giant wolf! !

That thing escaped from us alive and kicking, how come it was skinned and pulled out in the blink of an eye?

When it came to the issue of money, the old woman was very honest and asked nervously: "Xiao Wei, how about this skin?"

I pondered how to get the question, so I said: "If I am not mistaken, this is a wolf skin. To be honest, the value of this kind of thing is directly related to its origin."

The old woman hurriedly asked how to calculate the origin?

I smiled and said that wolves are second-level protected animals. Except for the Ewenki people in the north, wolf skins in other places are obtained by poaching. It is illegal to buy and sell such things. Who dares to provoke such bad luck?

The old woman immediately said that she actually has a relative, who is an Ewenki in the north...

As she made up a story, she saw that I was speechless and couldn't say anything anymore.

Brother Yaozi gently stroked the wolf skin and sneered: "Ewenki people are good hunters. There are rarely bullet holes on their skin, not to mention such a long cut by a knife. This thing is most likely poached. We dare not cover it for you. We can only call the police first."

The old woman is least afraid of this. At her age, the police dare not provoke her...

I rolled my eyes and said: "I heard that you have a grandson who is preparing to join the army? It turns out that his grandmother is a shameful poacher. How can she be a soldier with such a composition? She will definitely be beaten back!"

This hit the old woman's soft spot. The old thing finally panicked and shouted that she was old and why was she still hunting wolves. This was just a pick-up.

Brother Yaozi and I bluffed for a long time, and the old woman finally told the truth.

Since I came back to the store, the old woman has been thinking about coming over to sit down. In order to enrich people's lives with some gossip, she got up early today, cleaned up the house quickly, and watched her grandson eat. She came to my side happily. As a result, when she arrived at the door of my store, she heard bursts of shrill cries.

The cries were full of energy, clearly a man's voice. The old woman was curious and walked over. She didn't see anyone, but saw a piece of skin lying on the ground.

This is what happened. Brother Yaozi and I were quite disappointed. We originally thought that we could dig out some big news!

"That's mine too!"

At the end, the old woman asked unwillingly: "Xiao Wei, you like leather, how about I sell it to you at a lower price?"

I already knew what I wanted to know. Why would I want such a broken leather? I rejected the old woman in a few words, and immediately turned hostile, snatched the teacup in her hand, threw it into the trash can with the cup and water, and stretched out my hand to make a "please" gesture.

The old woman's nose was crooked with anger, and she left angrily with a loud curse.

Brother Yaozi and I looked at each other and couldn't help laughing a few times. After laughing, we both fell into silence at the same time.

"Wolf sheds its skin?"

Brother Yaozi said to himself: "I've never heard of it. It seems that what we met was not a wolf at all!"

I agreed with him and whispered: "Although the old woman was confused, there was some important information in her words. The key point was the man's crying.

Somehow, I thought of the legendary painted skin ghost!

Do you think we have also encountered such a similar thing? That man was wearing a wolf skin and disguised as a wolf to harm people? After I damaged his skin, he could only throw away the skin and escape, like a cicada shedding its shell. Moreover, there is a high probability that there is a spirit under the wolf skin. Once the wolf skin is shed, normal people can't see it at all. Otherwise, the outside would have been a mess!"

Brother Yaozi nodded and agreed with my statement. At least the bits and pieces we have now show that the wolf is just a disguise!

As for why he disguised himself as a wolf, Brother Yaozi and I can't figure it out.

The two of them discussed for a long time, but they didn't come to any conclusion, so they called down the old man Qi who was taking care of his daughter and son-in-law upstairs.

I carefully described the appearance of the little girl I met last night, and asked old man Qi hopefully if he knew this girl.

Old man Qi was very confused, and he shook his head again and again...

I sighed and leaned back in the chair to rest. My head was full of what I had encountered in the past two days. I always felt that I seemed to have missed some very critical clues.

Not long after, Wushuang brought Lao Bai and Zhang Xinya back. After seeing the embarrassed appearance of me and Brother Yaozi, they immediately knew that we must have had some unusual encounters, and hurriedly sat down to ask questions. Brother Yaozi and I had to carefully recount our experiences of the night and half a day.

As I expected, Lao Bai and the others were also confused about the current situation.

Seeing that the wounds of Brother Yaozi and I were treated roughly, Wushuang took out the medical kit again, helped us suture the wounds, and bandaged them carefully.

After a sleepless night and various emergencies, I was already exhausted. After Lao Bai and the others came back, I relaxed, ate something, washed my body, fell on the bed and fell asleep...

This is probably the weirdest sleep I have ever had.

I was extremely tired, but I couldn't fall into a deep sleep. I lay on the bed with my eyes half open and half closed. I could always hear someone walking back and forth in the room. The footsteps were very clear, and occasionally I could see a figure flashing in front of my eyes. I couldn't see the whole picture, but I could basically judge that it was a woman.

I was scared awake several times. After turning over and sitting up, the room was empty and there was nothing. Even I used the purification spell among the eight great spells, but still saw nothing.

This shows that there should be nothing unclean in the house.

However, as soon as my head touched the pillow, it would not be long before that person would appear again...

Later, after I was awakened again, I probably understood that I was dreaming.

A very, very real dream was actually confused with reality, and it was difficult to distinguish which was a dream and which was reality...

This situation is difficult to explain, and out of professional habit, I did not simply regard these as dreams. In my opinion, there must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Although I can't find the root cause for a while, it does not prevent me from being vigilant and starting to pay special attention to the woman walking around in the house.

However, no matter how much I pay attention, I can only see the other person's figure, but I can't see her true face. When I suddenly want to stop her, I will naturally wake up from the dream.

After such a toss, sleeping has become a battle. When I dragged my heavy and tired body out of the bedroom, it was already the middle of the night.

I was very weak and sweating all over. I touched my forehead and it was very hot. I rushed into the bathroom and prepared to wash my face with cold water. When I looked at myself in the mirror, I was shocked.

My eye sockets were sunken. I didn't know if it was an illusion. Even my cheekbones were more prominent than before.

This is a typical symptom of being swallowed by essence. As far as I know, some men were entangled by female ghosts or monsters. They were damaged every day and their essence was damaged. They looked like this and died soon.

At most, I had a strange dream. I also confirmed that there was nothing unclean around. How could my essence be damaged?

I couldn't stay calm. I was ready to call Lao Bai and others to discuss this matter. But before I walked out of the bathroom, I suddenly felt a burst of burning pain in my shoulder.

I screamed "Ah", took off my shirt quickly, removed the gauze bandaged by Wushuang, looked carefully in the mirror, and immediately found the cause.

"Could it be that... whether it's the strange dream I had or the loss of my energy, they are actually related to that thing in wolf skin?"

I gently stroked the wound on my shoulder. The giant wolf plowed several deep cuts, and the skin and flesh rolled up. Now the whole shoulder is swollen. If you look closely, you will find that there are a few sparse green hairs growing on the wounds that have been sutured...