More than 200 years ago, the only building here was the manor of an aristocratic family from France, located on the left side of Tao Zongheng's residence, only a few hundred meters away, and now it has completely changed its appearance, and it is a commercial area across the street. The scale of the map was large, and Wolf may have been skewed in reconstructing the ancient topography and found the side of the street.

Under the foundation of an ancient manor more than 200 years ago, could there be any mysterious treasure? A few people had just made their latest discoveries when something happened across the street. On this day, they were sitting at home studying the ancient map to confirm the final conclusion, when suddenly they heard the roar of the machine in the distance. Tao Zongheng walked to the balcony and saw that the commercial building was being demolished across the street, and three high-power hydraulic demolition machines were working hard. Just across the street, the loud noise and vibrations make people's heartbeats seem to be irregular.

Tao Zongheng hurriedly inquired with the neighbors before he figured out what was going on. During this time, Tao Zongheng was investigating Wolfe's demon cultivation gang, but he ignored the things that were close at hand. The commercial area across the street was recently acquired by a consortium, and it is said that it will be renovated and renovated to better serve the community.

The renovation and renovation has been going on for a while, and it has been quiet before, why did the house suddenly be demolished today? According to the relevant local regulations, it is not allowed for three such demolition machines to work in residential areas at the same time, not to mention the vibration of the building, and even the noise is unbearable. Cheng Tianle sat in the middle of the room and could feel the window glass trembling, which happened suddenly.

In fact, you don't have to go to the balcony, what is happening at such a close distance, Cheng Tianle can feel it clearly. Tao Zongheng returned to the house with a gloomy face, and several people had a question in their hearts - how could it be so coincidental? The scope of the demolition site, including the cinema across the street, dozens of businesses and a hotel, is exactly on the site of the ancient manor they have just identified!

Wolf was in the wrong place, could it be that the other group had also seen the ancient map or knew more about it, and happened to be in the right place? But why did they make such a big move, it seems that they can't wait to demolish that commercial area. Shen Sibao frowned and said, "Could this be a coincidence?" ”

Tao Zongheng: "Coincidentally, it may be that there is no surname, but if something is abnormal, it must be a demon." ”

It is indeed profitable to develop and renovate that business district, and in recent decades, it has become more and more popular because of the concentration of immigrants and expats from all over the world, first by many investment immigrants, and later by many skilled immigrants. There are business opportunities when there is popularity, and there are huge profits in transforming that site into a more modern and larger commercial area, but it is not easy to get the formalities done.

However, what Tao Zongheng said was abnormal, not only referring to the location of the demolition and reconstruction, but also referring to the rare construction speed. People living in contemporary China may have long been accustomed to clean demolition and reconstruction, as long as the problem of nail households is solved, an old building can quickly be moved to the ground, and according to the new plan, new buildings will rise from the ground in a short time.

However, this is not the case in many other parts of the world, even if a new road is built for a long time, it may not be implemented for more than ten years, and even if the construction finally starts, the speed of construction is quite slow. And the labor cost here is very expensive, probably leisurely and lazy habits, few people are willing to engage in heavy physical labor, with that energy, it is better to go to the fitness exercise to sweat.

But the building across the street was demolished, and the efficiency was so high, which was obviously abnormal in this place.

While several people were discussing in the house, the surrounding residents had already made repeated complaint calls, the police came, and then left, but the construction did not stop. Because the construction party has a permit issued by the political axe, and after consulting the relevant departments of the city government, the police got a positive answer that they were allowed to start construction, and of course they could not deal with it.

Tao Zongheng also answered several phone calls, and then said: "I'm sorry, I'm still the chairman of the owners' committee here, there are some things to deal with, please take care of yourself first." ”

Tao Zongheng convened a meeting of the owner's representatives, while Cheng Tianle and others waited and watched, while the construction across the street did not stop. In the past few days, the residents of this neighborhood have been complaining to the city government, but to no avail, which makes Shen Sibao and Cheng Tianle also feel very puzzled.

But in places like Canada, protests of all kinds are common, as long as they are filed with the city department and organized according to the regulations. For example, protesting against animal cruelty and not feeding pets with special feed; Others protested against the restraint of same-surname behavior and the blindness of intimacy in public; There are even protests that human spacecraft have disrupted the tranquility on Mars...... And so on and so forth.

Tao Zongheng organized the surrounding owners to put up slogans and banners, held protest demonstrations on the balconies of each house and around the construction site, and distributed protest leaflets at the intersection. Their slogans are also characteristic, the main slogan is - we have the right to live like human beings in our own homes; We have the right to keep our homes safely in our own homes; We have the right to refuse any threats and enjoy our lives.

Cheng Tianle's cultivation has transcended the sentient beings, and when he came here to meet these people, he somewhat understood the state of mind of most of the people in the area. There is a very strong sense of distance between people here, maintaining a kind of polite indifference, and many people advocate extreme individualism, and in order to organize these people to do something, there must be a very clear common personal interest or demand.

This neighborhood in Burnaby was once famous, and a Chinese businessman surnamed Lai lived here more than a decade ago when he fled to Canada to seek asylum. Tao Zongheng organized this demonstration and waited for various media such as television and newspapers to cover and report on it, so as to exert pressure on the other side. As a bit of a surprise, the local media remained silent about it, and no one reported or publicized it.

If this happened on the other side of the world, it could be of great interest to the major international news agencies, and it might even be featured in a follow-up report. But it happened here, as if it hadn't even made a splash.

The reason for this is that, on the surface, people here may be accustomed to all sorts of protests, and for those who have nothing to do with it, it may feel like seeing someone protesting that a spacecraft has disturbed Mars. Although there is a lot of noise and movement at the construction site, the neighborhoods in this area are relatively far away, and only nearby residents have been disturbed, most of them are foreign investment immigrants and skilled immigrants, most of whom are Chinese.

In the eyes of more irrelevant people, this is not their business, and the construction party has already obtained the permit issued by the municipal axe, and the police have also inquired and dealt with it, so this matter has no more value to pay attention to. Of course, protesters have the freedom of protesters, and it is their right to hold signs and pull slogans by law.

However, the deeper reasons may not be easy to articulate. Because this incident happened here, and the official construction permit was obtained, if the local mainstream media paid attention to and publicized it, it would not allow its readers or viewers to demonstrate a certain sense of moral or spiritual superiority, nor would it have more attraction to advertisers, let alone conform to the mainstream society's values of "political correctness".

But the incident did not go unnoticed, with less than a year to go before the election for the Vancouver City Council, the TV station and newspaper office were not present, but a candidate for councillor came. This person is a Chinese lady named Chen Mimei.

The neighborhood's predominantly Chinese residents who happen to care about the same thing are also her best campaign opportunities to make a positive impression and vote for her in future elections. Ms. Chen's aides distributed campaign leaflets to the protesters, and then said that everyone could respond to Ms. Chen's demands, and that Ms. Chen was willing to be their representative and asked everyone to vote for her in the future.

Ms. Chen really did something practical, she convened a symposium with the owner's representatives, collected everyone's opinions and compiled them into a document, and negotiated with the legal counsel of the construction party. Although it still didn't work out, she took advantage of the situation to launch a campaign fundraiser in the neighborhood.

Of course, Cheng Tianle and Xiao Shao did not participate in the activities of the community residents, but they also saw what happened and all kinds of characters secretly. On this day, Tao Zongheng came back and said: "Mr. Cheng, look at the woman named Chen Mimei, is it a demon cultivator?" I always feel that this person is very demonic and evil, and she has not missed a chance to show her face in the past two days, but I suspect that she has reached an agreement with the construction party. ”

Cheng Tianle shook his head and said, "She is either a demon cultivator, or a person." But on the other side of the construction site, there are a few foremen who are genuine demon cultivators. …… I now know why they demolished the building, just to find something underground. ”

Tao Zongheng once said that if something is abnormal, it must be a demon, not only the speed of construction is abnormal, but also the construction workers are also very interesting, all Saxon whites, there is no colored person. Among the several foremen in charge of the construction site, there were three dog demons. Tao Zongheng hadn't met those three people at close range, and his ability to distinguish demon cultivation was far less than Cheng Tianle's, so he didn't find it, but Cheng Tianle sensed it clearly.

The gang really wanted to find something underground, and at first they didn't alarm the nearby residents, but they just excavated indoors, but later found that if they continued to dig, they would encounter the main support structure of the building and the house would collapse, so they began to demolish it, and the action was very fast. Tao Zongheng frowned when he heard this: "I just took out a gang that did evil, why did a group of demon cultivators come out again?" ”

Cheng Tianle: "Maybe it's just a coincidence, there are always all kinds of demon cultivators in the world, Tao Daoyou, aren't you also a demon cultivator?" We came here to see not only demons, but also all kinds of people, and these demon cultivators play various roles in the human world. ”

Tao Zongheng: "I also found out another thing, the legal counsel of the construction party is the same person as Wolfe's legal counsel, and they are both lawyers named Bill. ”