Chapter 30: Floods and Poles
"The Jinjiang flood of 1931 was rated as a flood that surpassed any other flood in history. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info especially Jiangcheng, is flooded for more than 100 days, only the first four days of the flood into the city, the urban area picked up more than 1,000 floating corpses. When the flood recedes the following year, more than 30,000 bodies will be buried, and the actual death toll should be several times, or even dozens of times......"
What Lu Wu saw in front of him was not a romantic water city like the Venice of the East, but a human purgatory tormented by natural disasters.
This was one of the darkest years in Jiangcheng, and sitting on a boat through the streets, Lu Wu had already seen several floating corpses on the water.
Beggars and poor people struggle to survive, but pedestrians on the road turn a blind eye, and when the corpses float past, there are children holding branches and playing with them.
Having already learned from the information about the horror of this catastrophe, Lu Wu had expected all this, but he was still shocked.
It is not terrible to die in natural disasters, but this kind of numb mentality makes people extremely frightened, and the appearance of children smiling and grinning is clearly used to seeing dead people.
The only thing to be thankful for is that this is probably the distant past, just the history that the city carries, and the present.....
"....... has nothing to do with the present? It's strange, it makes me see this, what is it prompting? â
Jincheng lock dragon diagram is a treasure passed down from generation to generation between Jiangcheng Weaver Ji, and although the original picture is unreliable, but considering the inheritance of the Weaver Ji line, it is at least four or five hundred years old.
With such a long history, it doesn't give itself a glorious moment, but shows itself the first flood recorded in history, and thinks that Jiangcheng has a recent trend of floods, and it is extremely scary to think about it.
"........ is this a sign that Jiangcheng will also have floods?"
After thinking for a while, Lu Wu finally shook his head and denied that this was too direct a hint.
Divination, prophecy and the like are never good at talking, which is too direct a hint and is the most unlikely option.
Moreover, if it really hinted at the outbreak of the flood, there was no reason to show it to Lu Wu.
Lu Wu himself has never thought about saving the city, and has even been avoiding this trouble, the reason why he entered this city is to find out who is behind him and what is the conspiracy behind the scenes.
This is the "cause" for LĂź Wu to come in, and when LĂź Wu enters the illusion of this cause and effect with this cause, then, just like the echo caused by the sound entering the echo wall, what LĂź Wu himself sees should be the "effect" linked by this cause.
"When you enter the illusion, don't do anything, because that's history that has already happened, no matter what you do, it doesn't matter, you just have to write down everything you see, and you can get the answers you want."
This is the record of this picture in the source, and it is also part of the "rules" set by Granny Long.
Lu Wu is not worried about finding nothing, this picture has experienced everything in Jiangcheng and recorded everything, as long as what happens in this city, there will inevitably be an answer.
Retract your thoughts, since the scene in front of you is related to finding the real murderer behind the scenes, then, let's watch and remember more, it's just ......
"........ Sister Lan, I've said it many times, what is in front of me is not real, this is history that has already happened, stop giving money to those beggars and disaster victims. Besides, even if it worked, they wouldn't use your banknotes, they used old-age silver dollars. â
What gave Lu Wu a headache was the "kind-hearted" companion.
"I know, I know, but..., the victims are really pitiful."
Zhu Qinglan, who was teary-eyed, now has a short-sleeved and long pants, if it weren't for Lu Wu to stop her, I'm afraid there wouldn't even be any clothes left.
When I found that no one could see me, I secretly touched a few buns in the store for the victims....... if I hadn't found that I would have automatically returned to my place as soon as I left the buns, I am afraid she would have been used as a "porter" all day.
But Zhu Qinglan was indeed not wrong, the victims were too miserable.
This time it was not only Jiangcheng that was affected, but also the embankment near the river collapsed, and all the provincial cities below were affected, and more than 100,000 people drowned on the spot, and the ensuing plague and famine may take away several times the number of human lives.
Houses, loved ones, farmland, all gone.
And finally escaped the flood and fled to Jiangcheng, but this is not the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.
Jiangcheng, which also suffered from floods, has long been caught in internal and external troubles.
Under the beams of the roof, at the head of the bridge, and even on the roof, there were people everywhere.
Some of them were merchants and some were farmers, but after barely surviving in the floods, the little clothes they had at hand were probably the only possessions.
Some are kowtowing to passers-by and begging, as long as a copper plate falls, popping, tears and blood drip together.
Some of them were full of anger, glaring at the sky, their chests and eyes were full of resentment and anger, and the silent flames seemed to question why God was so cruel.
Some of them ....... the most part, but their eyes were blank, looking at everything in front of them numbly.
They may have despaired, they may have nothing left, and even if someone throws porridge in his bowl, they just numb it into their mouths.
Beggar? Refugee? Is there a difference?
Tomorrow? Future? I can't even live today, is it necessary to think about the superfluous?
Municipal government? Don't count on it, Jiangcheng is still drowning, and you are all mud bodhisattvas, so don't expect to cross people.
Even the citizens passed in front of the victims, and most of them lowered their heads and hurried by.
This kind of tragic situation is too shocking for Lu Wu and Zhu Qinglan in the new era, not to mention that Zhu Qinglan's tears keep falling, no matter how much Lu Wu reminds himself that this is just history, he doesn't dare to look at it more.
And Lu Wu knew that this was just the beginning, the flood was less than a month now, and the next hundred days of hell were still waiting for them.
How miserable will it be after that? How miserable can it be? Just thinking of this, Lu Wu had the urge to give up everything and escape.
"....... really don't need to look for Chikage?"
Zhu Qinglan asked this question, but judging from the way she closed her eyes, she didn't care about the answer at all, but wanted to find something else to distract her.
"You don't have to look for it, or even if you want to find it, you can't find it."
Lu Wu knows that this is just a memory of the city's past, not the real world, and the only rule in this world is "fate".
In this world, there is only necessity, there is no accident, and it is impossible for two people without fate to meet.
He and Zhu Qinglan have the same purpose, and the cause and effect of the relationship also made the two meet, and Qianying came here for no purpose at all, but for it, it was the best opportunity.
"If the record is correct, this kind of person who enters without any purpose is very likely to touch his deepest cause and effect, touch his own heart, and therefore the probability of gaining a lot is not low, then......... Not only did you pay off the favor, but you can continue to squeeze it with peace of mind. â
Lu Wu himself and Qianying came in together, and the two sides had no chance, so they immediately separated, and now, even if they wanted to find it, they couldn't find it, and they didn't even know if it was also in this water city.
After all, the flood of 1931 was only one side of the city's memory, and it was the reason for Lu Wu's thirst for the truth that made him see all this.
And now, for Lu Wu, the most important thing is to stare at the "pole" in front of him.
"Is she here again? Aren't you sick yourself? â
For this level of illusion, time is meaningless, and if you keep an eye on the "pole" downstairs, everything will naturally evolve, and the answer will emerge sooner or later.
The pole is the most special existence in this fantasy world, if the search for the truth is a puzzle, it is the clue and key to solving the problem, and it is the answer given by the Jincheng Lock Dragon Diagram.
In this illusion, other people have no chance with dreamers like Lu Wu, and they can't see Lu Wu at all.
However, as the pole, "she" is the necessary medium for solving the problem, and it is the answer given by the illusion to the dreamer, and it will naturally have a connection with the dreamer.
She is still the "person" of this world, a part of the city's memory, and naturally the only channel for dreamers to interact with this world.
"Zhu Wenqian, about 15 years old, is considered a rich daughter (seems to be studying in a new school), but she is not very rich, and there are seven shops in the family that do cloth trading, and they were also affected by this flood. But she still moved around, raised funds, and organized porridge farms to help the victims. â
I couldn't get in touch with others, and I could only see these news with my own eyes, which also took Lu Wu a lot of energy.
Such kind-hearted people are not few in this world, but they are not too many, Zhu Wenqian has such action and kindness at a young age, which already makes Lu Wu feel very rare.
Floods are often followed by plagues, and after Zhu Wenqian came into contact with the victims yesterday, she had some fever, which scared her family enough to choke, and she should have been grounded.
Now it's out again, ninety percent of them are sneaking away, and looking at the appearance of the soft blush on the feet, it must not be thoughtful.
Seeing the woman in front of him, Lu Wu nodded silently, it was time to push the gears to turn, perhaps, the answer he wanted was not far away.
"Sister Lan, your qi therapy technique should be fine for treating colds. Okay, let's go and heal her. â