Chengzhai District is located in the northwest of Liuguang City, to the north of Jianggu District, and to the east of Lanni Pond.
It was still morning, and a motorcade with a Seth logo was on its way to the Walled City.
Elizabeth was sitting in the back seat of one of the off-road vehicles, looking through the car window at the city that was getting closer and closer in the distance. It was really strange that she had lived for so many years and lived in Jianggu District for nearly a year. Why?
I have never been to the Walled City Area.
The so-called upper class people almost never visit the Walled City, as it seems to be isolated by a huge wall.
Sin City, this is another name for the Walled City.
"Ayako, do you know the history of the Walled City?" Elizabeth asked Ayako, who was also in the car, looking for someone to chat with.
"I don't come here much..." Ayako sat in the front row and didn't quite understand what she meant.
Even though Ayako is already working for her, every move Ayako makes in a short period of time will still be watched by the security personnel nearby.
Monk Wu Zhen and Taoist Yu Cheng were in the other car, and they also went to the walled city with her to investigate today.
Last year's walled city fire case was the first major case that the Red Rain Investigation Team focused on.
From the announcement on citywide TV last night to now, the investigation team has received countless reports involving various cases.
It was impossible for Elizabeth to see through it alone, and it was difficult to tell the truth from the false. For the time being, she had to rely on the team members provided by her family, as well as cooperation with the Metropolitan Police Department and the Secret Bureau.
Her strategy is to catch the big cases first since she has no other skills, and the master will guide her to the Walled City.
However, there are no valuable clues about this fire case in the current reports.
"More than fifty years ago, Chengzhai District was the first municipal housing project launched to benefit the people."
Elizabeth looked out the car window and told Ayako about the history of the city.
"At that time, the municipal government planned to build a new district on this land, and it gathered a lot of money, enthusiasm and hope from countless citizens... About halfway through the construction, the project was stopped. The municipal government said it had no money to continue building it, and it was an economic crisis.
“People who had subscribed for houses looked at the unfinished buildings and launched protests, but they failed to allow the construction to continue...
"Now everyone assumes that it was not that the municipal government ran out of money, but that the project was stopped by the New World Bank because the bank did not want housing prices in the city to drop. At that time, the bank expressed its willingness to provide loans to the project. But in this case, every home buyer would
We will be burdened with a heavy mortgage, which will take the whole family a lifetime of hard work to pay off, and there will be no 'benefits for the people' as mentioned at the beginning."
Elizabeth talked about this history she learned from books with a somewhat complicated expression. She would not be born until more than thirty years later.
"This is a financial scam designed by both Santo and Seth."
"Then what?" Ayako asked without making any comments.
"Then some home buyers moved directly into unfinished buildings. Some spent their own money to buy materials for decoration, and some just took a few pieces of cardboard to block the wind.
“In the end, almost all the home buyers moved in, built and built, expanded and expanded, and it became the current walled area.
“The streets have found a use for those unfinished buildings.”
While Elizabeth was speaking, the motorcade drove into the Walled City area.
The lanes began to become smaller, but the flow of vehicles and people on the road began to increase. There were many dilapidated high-rise buildings on both sides of the street, closely sticking together, with almost no gap of one meter.
More than fifty years ago, after just one night, the unbuilt streets were suddenly filled with various shacks and iron covers.
Homebuyers and street dogs breed wildly like bacteria here, and they are of all races, making it a chaotic mess.
Even now, traces of unfinished buildings can still be seen in these buildings. Some of the broken steel and concrete are just exposed, and various additions and modifications are extended in strange structural ways.
In this shabby chaos, the iron frames on the walls of the building are covered with neon shop signs, which are hard to see at a glance:
"Jinxin Clinic", "Beautiful Life Photo Studio", "Striptease Club", "Knife Shop" and "Wanlong Rice Shop"
And above the driveway, between the high-rise buildings on both sides, there is a shaky-looking overpass not far away, connecting the buildings on both sides.
Elizabeth could see people coming and going on the overpass, shuttling between the buildings on both sides, and it was only busier than the streets on the ground.
It is said that this is the case everywhere in the Walled City. The Walled City uses a square-shaped street as a "walled city", and each walled city is connected to each other.
Different fortresses are different Tangkou of the Walled City Gang. If their own territory is threatened, war will begin between the Tangkou and the Tangkou.
The Hongyu Investigation Team is going to the "Daxing Walled City" today. This walled city is the territory of the Walled City Council.
Elizabeth knew that the Walled City was a place beyond the control of the municipal government and the Metropolitan Police. It grew wildly in its own way.
"The New World Bank has always wanted to demolish this area and take over the area to build higher-end and more expensive commercial buildings. It has tried several times but failed. Now Santo has launched a buy-back and renovation plan for the Walled Area," she added. .
"I think the Chengzhai guys are more ruthless than the boxing guys in this regard." Ayako finally expressed her thoughts, "We boxing guys don't like the Shengshou Boxing Gym, but it was built anyway."
During the conversation, the motorcade stopped at a street entrance. No matter which city it wanted to enter, it was impossible to drive in.
Elizabeth got out of the car and stepped onto the streets of the Walled City for the first time, looking at the entrance to the dark and narrow alley.
Daxing Walled City, the shape of this word circled only a small area, with hundreds of buildings, countless narrow alleys, nearly 100,000 people, and thousands of shops and small workshops, all in densely packed buildings. in.
"Miss Sterling, please come with me." The middle-aged man responsible for leading the way is named Ding Mo, who is a native of Chengzhai.
When strangers enter the walled area, they must have this kind of "tour guide" to show them the way.
Elizabeth soon understood exactly why.
A group of them followed the tour guide into the crowded alleys in front of them. After walking for a while, they found that these narrow alleys were not straight, but criss-crossed. They had to turn when walking. If they didn't know the way, they would immediately turn. Disoriented.
Since there are many passages between buildings, and residents draw road signs on their own, if you follow a map or address to find your destination, you will never reach it, and you will only make the same mistake again and again.
Looking up, there is no trace of sky visible between the buildings, but no matter it is sunny or raining, there are always water droplets dripping from above.
Because the sunlight cannot penetrate, everything is dark and gloomy, the street lights are patchy, and many neon signs are out of order.
If you can find a ray of sunshine here, it is to find a location to build and expand.
Each walled city is a union; the entire walled city area is an entire building.
Elizabeth noticed the reaction of passers-by towards her. They were wary and indifferent, and did not want to see her.
She could only nod to them and walk past.
After walking for about half an hour, the tour guide Ding Mo took them into a building, which was the building where the Walled City Council was located.
The stairwell inside the building is also cramped, dark, damp and dilapidated, as well as crowded, messy and dirty.
There are plastic bags and various garbage blocking the road, as well as clothes hung by residents, and there are a lot of graffiti on the walls with peeling paint.
And in those rooms with tight iron doors, no one knows what illegal activities are hidden there.
After walking a few floors in the building to gain some familiarity, Elizabeth and others took the old elevator to the rooftop. In the Walled City, the rooftop has different meanings.
The clicking sound of the elevator brought them straight to the rooftop of the high-rise building. The elevator door opened, and there was a sudden commotion.
Elizabeth stepped out of the elevator, with the completely open blue sky above her head, and the previous narrow depression was greatly released.
I saw people coming and going on the rooftop, just like the busiest pedestrian street square. Various rooftop shops were built around it, hung with neon lights, intertwined with messy wires and antennas.
Vendors were shouting, customers were patronizing, groups of children in old clothes were running past, and not far away there were crowds cheering and shouting for a boxing match, while gang members were counting the numbers.
None of them even paid attention to the arrival of the Red Rain Investigation Team.
Elizabeth saw the "Rooftop Postman" again.
The Metropolitan Police Department police have no place here, and the Chengzhai District is jointly managed by the Chengzhai Council and the various gangs of the Chengzhai Gang.
The Tiantai postman is the strength of the council, responsible for delivering information, contacting and mediating between various city walls, and sometimes also responsible for public security.
The Red Rain Investigation Team came here to ask for clues at the Postman Headquarters on the Rooftop of the Council. The postmen were the most well-informed people in the city.
They wear a blue postman uniform and have body modifications beyond what ordinary people can bear. They are all extraordinary beings. They run and jump directly between buildings and rooftops, with very fast speed and flexible postures.
There were also some children and teenagers running after them, jumping and playing on the rooftops of the small buildings.
It looked very dangerous, but the young runner burst into bursts of pure laughter.
Elizabeth couldn't help but smile and looked up. The sky was so blue that she seemed to be able to embrace the whole world on the rooftop.
"Ayako, this rooftop is a paradise for them."
"Jianbao Dictionary is launched, 'Tiantai', page 9652. The meaning of the word is: a place where investment losers gather. The rooftop of Chengzhai District has the largest number of investment losers in the world." Jianbao said coldly.
"Jian Bao..." Elizabeth said helplessly.
The figure of the investigation team still attracted the attention of people on the rooftop. Fortunately, everyone didn't hear much of Jian Bao's words.
"Miss Sterling, I'm going to take a walk." Taoist Yu Cheng said softly and walked away, as if he was going to investigate alone.
Elizabeth nodded to everyone and said hello, then took Ayako, Wu Zhen and others to the Council's rooftop post headquarters, which was a several-story building added to the rooftop.