Mojing, the city that never sleeps
Knowing that the other person was getting impatient, Gao Wenwen could only continue to ask humbly, "Excuse me, where is this Paradise Place?"
The old man raised a finger and pointed to the high ground on his left: "Go through it, and it's the busiest building on the top of the mountain."
"Thank you very much."
The mountain top he was referring to should be the multi-story building built next to it taking advantage of the high terrain.
After expressing his gratitude and walking a long way away, Ding Can seemed to hear the old man muttering a few words in a low voice. It sounded faint, as if he was saying, "Don't waste time."
As they moved forward, they went higher and higher, only to find that what they had just seen at the entrance was nothing special.
The area here is actually very large. It looks very close to the naked eye, but it takes quite a while to actually walk around.
It was not until they reached the highest pavilion that they heard the sound of stringed instruments. It seemed that they were walking towards the back of the pavilion and had to go around it along the side first.
When I got there, it really became clear.
It looks shabby from the back, but extremely exquisite from the front, about the height of a seven or eight-story building.
There are two dancers on the terrace of each floor. They are dressed coolly with large areas of skin exposed, and only some private parts are covered with gauze.
They wear bold makeup, have natural charm, and have dreamy eyes, like little dolls in a music box, spinning around and around, and they don't look tired at all.
At the main entrance, many pedestrians wearing masks or covering themselves with cloaks were entering.
After a few people observed for a while, Xia Jialian asked uncertainly, "Is this place really just an ordinary trading place?"
It's no wonder he had such doubts, because the attire of these women in front of him was different from that of other women he had seen in the city.
It's a bit too revealing and not appropriate at all.
I always feel that after they go in, it will be difficult for him and Gao Wenwen to conduct a normal investigation.
"You're not scared, are you?" Ding Can couldn't help laughing when he saw his innocent look.
She held Shi Yan's arm and saw Gao Wenwen standing beside her, looking a little conflicted.
"You guys go in front. I'm mainly worried that I can't handle it." Seeing their teasing expressions, Gao Wenwen could only tell them the truth.
After all, we are one family, so there is nothing to be embarrassed about letting others know your inner thoughts.
Shi Yan suppressed the smile on her lips: "Okay, okay, brother, then you guys follow behind your sister."
She took Ding Can's arm and the two of them walked forward from the dark alley.
Apart from the dancers on the terraces on each floor, there was no one soliciting customers at the door, which made her a little confused.
"It's impossible for someone to come to the ghost market specifically to engage in this kind of flesh trade."
Besides, there are dangers everywhere here, so who would feel safe coming here to have fun?
Ding Can noticed that all the passers-by who entered the Paradise were in a hurry, as if they were going there with a purpose.
There are both men and women among them. There is a thick exotic door curtain at the entrance, inlaid with many gems of various colors, which looks very heavy.
Through the gap, I could vaguely see that it was bright and lively inside, but it didn't seem real.
She and Shi Yan each took one side and lifted the curtain, and the scene inside Ji Le Fang came into view.
Compared to the outside, there are quite a lot of people inside.
There were candles lit everywhere in the house. They were the thick kind with double happiness printed on them, illuminating the entire space with a deep red color. There were so many of them that my eyes started to feel a little tired after just staring at them for a while.
As for the music heard earlier, it turned out that it was not played by a real person, but a phonograph brought back from the other side of the ocean placed on a high platform in the middle.
There is a loudspeaker-like amplification device placed in each of the four corners. If you listen carefully, the sound from the external speakers is a bit dull, but because the human voice is also noisy, the reduced sound quality is not a flaw.
There were many big red wedding characters pasted on several walls, but the bottom of the characters were wrapped with a small circle of white flowers.
In some corners of the wall, there are several paper figures of two people standing here and there.
The appearance is no different from those seen in ordinary funeral shops, except that there are no eyes painted on it, leaving only two black holes. When the light is very bright, it looks particularly eerie.
On the open space on the side, there were scattered red veils and some wedding-related items such as phoenix crowns.
The mixture of two very bright colors of red and white gives people a strong visual experience and makes their scalp tingle.
However, the people around did not seem to be affected by such a strange scene. Instead, they had already become accustomed to it and were doing their own things.
The moment Gao Wenwen entered the door, he realized that there was no "danger" as he had imagined, so he regained his energy and looked around curiously.
There were dozens of long tables on one side in front of me, each of which was crowded with people. I could hear the sound of people comparing sizes, indicating that they were gambling.
The sound of dice and silver blocks colliding was very loud, and some people were shouting with red eyes and adrenaline rushing through their bodies.
It is obvious that he has been immersed in it and is not affected by external things.
In the relatively open space next to it, there were some people dancing to the music.
He noticed the expression of one of them. His eyes were slightly narrowed, and his facial muscles were clearly pointing upwards, indicating that he was smiling, but it seemed that he was too emotional, so much so that a few tears appeared in the corners of his eyes.
His body was wobbling, and his center of gravity was unable to support his entire body.
The state is very much like it has been sucked.
"Let's go over and ask!"
As they approached the man, Ding Can looked up at the building. The area here was actually not particularly large and had a square layout.
Apart from the vacant space on the first floor, it extends all the way to the top floor. There is only a circle of rooms on all sides, and the middle is completely hollow.
The stairs only have a very compact long section on the right side that winds up, which is a bit cramped.
Gao Wenwen had just stood in front of the man when he circled around and walked away from him.
He didn't even have time to raise his hand to say hello, so he could only follow and pat the shoulder.
The man didn't react at first when he was photographed. He was in a daze for a moment, then slowly turned around, his eyes unfocused.
"Dude, do you know who to ask to buy the Hibiscus slices?"
"Huh?" The man twitched his nose a few times, as if he didn't hear clearly what he was asking.
Gao Wenwen was about to speak again when he saw him waving his hand, stretching out his arm like a brother and putting it on him, using his body to support most of his weight.
He was a little impatient, but in order to wait for the man's reply and afraid that he would really fall, he still used some strength to help the man up.
The drug addict smiled, then said with some annoyance: "Who did you say I bought it from? It was from Qin Niang upstairs."
"Mrs. Qin?" Ding Can repeated the name, his eyes unconsciously glancing upwards a few times. "Where is she?"
"At the highest level, it takes some effort to see her. It always takes me a long time to see her."
This was a bit confusing, but at least I knew where the hibiscus slices were sold.
The man got a little dizzy again, broke free from Gao Wenwen's support, and stumbled towards the person next to him.
"Hey!" Gao Wenwen had no time to catch him. He saw that the man could not see the road clearly while running and suddenly fell on the relatively burly man over there.
Thanks to his physique, he only shook a few times and was not actually pushed down.
But the sturdy man was still furious. He grabbed the man by the collar and pulled him up, then gave him several loud slaps.
Both sides of his face were visibly swollen.
But the drug addict was still smiling. It was because of the aftereffect of the Hibiscus tablets that most of his pain was numbed by the drugs. Even if the strong man tried harder, he would not feel any pain at all, and might even experience pleasure.
Shi Yan shook her head helplessly: "It's really all her own fault."
Hibiscus tablets are very harmful to the human body. If you get addicted just because of momentary curiosity, you will fall into an endless abyss.
People like this don't deserve any sympathy at all.
There are nine floors in Ji Le Fang, and the stairs are narrow, so you need to be extremely careful when walking up, so you can't go too fast.
Several people walked up the stairs and saw all kinds of entertainment and transactions that were not worthy of being seen on the surface on each floor. However, the higher they went, the quieter it became.
When they had walked almost halfway, they started to meet people in front of them who had the same goal as them, and only then did they understand the meaning of the drug addict's words.
Climbing stairs is a physical activity, and it is even more difficult for people who have overdosed on drugs or are in poor health.
Later, everyone saw a haggard man, using his hands and feet, with his upper body covered on the steps. Although his body was walking up, his soul felt as if it was falling into hell.
No wonder people say that to see the lady of the zither, one has to work very hard.
After finally stepping over the last step, Ding Can stopped and the first thing he noticed was the window in front of him.
Opposite the stairs, there is indeed no room like on other floors, but a window that appears in mid-air.
From this angle, you can't see any luminous objects on the dome, it's like looking at a pitch-black night.
When walking on the streets of the ghost market, you can hardly feel the flow of air, but standing here, you can clearly feel the wind blowing towards you, and you don’t know how it is formed.
There was no need to look for the so-called Qin Niang. The door of a room next to him was opened, and a man with a cloth bag, a happy expression and a small mustache appeared inside.
Obviously got what he wanted.
He wanted to leave in a hurry, but when he saw a few people blocking the stairs, he didn't think of pushing them away.
He just moved like a snake, bypassing them and going down the stairs in two steps. On the way, because he was too anxious, he missed a step and rolled down halfway, stopping at the place where the two steps were connected.
The bones rolled over, and with the final dull thud, you could tell that the person had fallen hard.
But when the bearded man sat up with his teeth bared, the first thing he paid attention to was not his own injuries.
Instead, he carefully checked the cloth bag to make sure nothing had spilled before quietly going downstairs.
Gao Wenwen said with his mouth half open: "Drugs are really scary. It feels like they are no longer the same as normal people."
No matter how much you write, it is not as real as seeing it with your own eyes.
The few people he met in just two days had already left a deep impression on him.
Zhang Gusheng, who caused Mo Jing to become what it is today, is unforgivable.
"If the four of us go in together, will the other party be on guard?"
Although there were no guards here, the small door was quickly closed when the bearded man came out just now, so there must be more than one person here.
Moreover, although the ghost market is unregulated, it is impossible for people who trade hibiscus slices to be completely cautious.
Xia Jialian glanced at Ding Can and said, "Then let's go in and take a look at the situation first?"
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