Chapter 540 The Past in Xiangjiang (21)
Afa took two Taoist priests to the entrance of Kowloon Walled City Park. Looking at the scene inside, he said with a sigh: "It's finally built~"
< br>He turned back and said: "This park was built after the Kowloon Walled City was demolished. It took more than two years to build and was completed some time ago. If you want to go in and see it, I will show you. But after the demolition of the Kowloon Walled City, I haven’t been in it since I came here, so this is actually my first time visiting this park.”
Afa took the lead and took the two of them in for a stroll. The previously chaotic and huge building complex had long since disappeared. There is no trace, and instead there is a beautiful garden with a pond, Chinese-style buildings, and some remaining Kowloon Walled City ruins, such as the remains of the Yamen of the Qing Dynasty. From the surface, it looks like an ordinary park.
"Sure enough..." Lingkong Taoist priest took the compass and explored the surroundings. He said to himself: "The Feng Shui of this park was specially invited to be inspected. The purpose is to suppress and eliminate something. Something.”
Taoist Jingde nodded and said: "After all, it is the Kowloon Walled City. It is normal. If we don't build a park here to let people visit and increase the popularity, but build other buildings, such as residential communities or office buildings, sooner or later it will be necessary." It's haunted."
"Isn't it?" Ah Fa asked, "Is it that evil? I didn't see anything wrong growing up there."
Taoist priest Jingde looked at Ah Fa in a funny way. Fa: "Are you sure there's nothing evil there?"
Afa shut up immediately. He suddenly remembered that there seemed to be a lot of weird things happening in the walled city. The various haunting rumors were no better than those outside. Shao, even he doesn't dare to run around in many places. It seems... a bit evil indeed?
Qian Xiaoyi and Lingkong Lao Dao followed them, strolling slowly.
Ling Kong Lao Dao explained: "If we were asked to choose a location for a man-made ghostland in Xiangjiang, then the ruins of the Kowloon Walled City are the most suitable place in our eyes. Before the Kowloon Walled City was demolished, it can be said that it is the culture of Xiangjiang. Business cards, in the world It enjoys a high reputation in the area and is also a holy place for artistic creators to find inspiration. The spread of fame is comparable to that of a scenic spot, gathering the awareness of countless people in the entire world."
"And not only. So." Qian Xiaoyi He added: “In addition to the spread, the remaining awareness of the place itself is also very important. It only has an area of less than 3 hectares, but at its peak, it accommodated 50,000 people living here, which was the largest population in the world at that time. The highest density place, and for some historical reasons, even the Xiangjiang government at the time had no jurisdiction over it, because according to the rules, this was originally a land managed by the Qing Dynasty.
It was such a place where fish and dragons were mixed. , hides dirt and evil, but there are It has its own unique order. The accumulated love, hatred and knowledge over the past few decades are enough to make this place a very special place in terms of Feng Shui."
" That's true." Lingkong Lao Dao continued: "The Kowloon Walled City is well known to everyone in the ghost realm of urban legends, so there are widespread legends that can serve as a framework for real facts. , the residual knowledge that tens of thousands of people once lived in Kowloon Walled City can be used as To fill in, next, if you want to create an artificial ghost world, what is missing?" Qian Xiaoyi said: "There is a core missing. If the main content of urban legends is a haunted house where food is ordered, then the core is that room. , and if the content of urban legends is watching ghost movies, then the core is the location... But now that the Kowloon Walled City has been demolished, how can we reshape such a huge place? The core building itself has disappeared. "< br>
"Although the walled city is gone, the people living in it are still there." Lingkong Laodao explained: "The ghost domain itself is a thing formed by the gathering of human cognition, and it is idealistic, so the focus of our research at that time was In the case of Afa, he grew up in the Walled City since he was a child. He has deep feelings for it and is the purest resident of the Walled City. If we can use him as the core and use his cognition to guide us, maybe We can recreate that place..."
After walking around in the park, Afa sighed with some regret, then cheered up and said: "Okay, I have basically seen it all, already After shopping for so long, I’m feeling hungry. Master, have you finished reading? Why don’t I invite you to eat? There’s a restaurant nearby that does pretty good roasted goose and barbecued pork. I like it very much. I’ll take you there and I’ll give it to you. Satisfied."
"Don't be in a hurry to eat." Taoist Jingde suddenly asked: "Afa, it seems that you miss the life in the walled city very much. Didn't I hear that there used to be a place? The slums are chaotic, full of gangs, and the living conditions are very bad. Why do you miss it?”
“It’s actually not as bad as it sounds~” Afa said, “As for living there, For ordinary people, it's quite manageable. People who live in it can't survive outside, so they escape inside. And my father used to be a dentist with a good income, so I don't have much to eat or wear. How much pain you have suffered."
He took out the cigarette case, took out a cigarette, lit it in his mouth, and puffed out smoke as he recalled: "Don't look at the Kowloon Walled City, it's inside. There is a school, and I also studied there. And it is said that there is chaos. In fact, there is an order of its own in Kowloon Walled City. Even if those gangs fight life and death, it is none of our ordinary people's business, as long as we don't go to those gangs. In a dangerous place, our daily life is very simple. Neighbors help each other. We don’t have to think too much. The only thing we have to think about is life. ”
What is not mentioned is that when his father was in Kowloon Walled City, he was at least a dentist. Although the fees were cheaper than outside, it was still a considerable income. However, after moving out, his father lost his job immediately without a dental license. If you can work as a handyman for others, no matter how cheap the public housing is, you still have to pay rent.
The family has lost its source of income, so he can only imitate the movies and run to the streets to join gangs, thinking about becoming a big shot and moving into a big house. As a result, now that he has become famous, he realizes that this place is not so easy to live in. He is disturbed by all kinds of intrigues and entanglements of interests. If he makes a wrong step, he risks going to jail or dying. He is far from living in a walled city. Free time.
His thoughts began to wander, as if he had returned to the carefree time when he lived in the Kowloon Walled City.
While Ah Fa was smoking in silence, Taoist priest Jingde asked: "Then do you want to go back and have a look? Back to the Kowloon Walled City?"
This Let Ah be in a daze for a while, he flicked the ashes of his cigarette, then took a deep breath, and asked in surprise: "Did I hear you right? Go back to the Walled City? Hasn't the Walled City been demolished? Is it possible for you to travel through time and space?" Can you do it? Aren’t you some kind of gods who descended from the earth?”
(End of this chapter)