The vampire Magaret's London apartment is located on the edge of the glittering, gold-soaked Soho district, less than two kilometres from Chinatown.

- Soho (the same word as Sohu in English, so it can also be translated as Sohu, which makes one wonder if one of the founders of Sohu was a frequent visitor to Soho brothels): It is the most famous red light district in the United Kingdom, which integrates entertainment, tourism, theater and pornography, and is known as the center of "smoke-free industry". In Soho, there might be a sex shop next to a musical instrument store, a Thai massage parlor with posters of naked women next to a bar, and a service next to a bookstore that says "Asianyoungmodel......

In short, it's a lavish and depraved street of pleasure and a traditional representation of London's decadent nightlife, lined with adult cinemas, sex shops, pornographic bookstores, massage parlors, strip parlors, brothels, gay nightclubs, bars, restaurants and other erotic venues. Czech girls, Ukrainian cats, Russian Yanmars, and even trafficked women from China and Japan are all here. When night falls, the adult lounges and striptease halls here are brightly lit, the flow of people is sensational, and the roadside is full of prostitutes from all over the world, making it one of the most debauched scenes in the classical city of London, so that the pleasure seekers from all over Shijie can be noisy from evening until dawn. Even some of the old-fashioned bars and cafes that look serious during the day can be filled by scantily clad girls at night, accompanied by upbeat music. Strip off all the clothes you don't have, and dance all kinds of sultry dances to entertain the guests.

In the 21st century, London's financial district, which is close to Soho, has developed rapidly. Many white-collar workers gather in Soho after work to drink, have fun and dance, so every night from 7 or 8 o'clock in the evening, there are long queues in front of all the bars, even in the cold winter, which can't stop these young people from drinking and having fun, so that all the streets of Soho are intoxicated with lights.

In addition to the "smoke-free industry" that "thrived and prostituted". Soho is also one of the cultural centres of the UK. Just as Chinese literati and artists always like to linger in the flower streets and willow alleys, modern and modern cultural people in Europe and the United States seem to like the same tone, and there are many great writers and painters who often live in brothels. For example. Britain's post-war hippie decadence was once all the rage in Soho – a Bosnian romance that attracted talented, impoverished artists, writers, and painters, and America's junk culture that spawned runaway teenagers, drug addicts, and prostitutes...... The result is a bizarre city that never sleeps, a red-light district, and a drug capital.

When Wang Qiu and his party walked past the area, they saw large pornographic neon advertisements and posters on the walls along the street. The windows shimmered with neon lights of red, green, and green. At the door of the shop were smiling men with sharp eyes at passers-by - pimps who worked part-time as security guards, tall and burly, bald with tattoos or hair, waving enthusiastically to the crowd and inviting every man who passed by. It's annoying to be "invited" all the way.

When Wang Qiu and the others were strolling around this red-light district, they were frightened by several fiercely competitive dance halls. Perhaps more and more Chinese have traveled to London in recent years. So when they saw the faces of Wang Qiu's group of Orientals, authentic Mandarin actually came out of the mouths of these security guards, "Come!" Take a look, take a look! A few even wanted to drag them in, so frightened that Wang Qiu and they fled immediately.

According to Commissar Kong, who has been here several times, it is very dangerous for a single man to walk on this street late at night, even if he brings his wife or girlfriend, it will not work, but the moment you turn your head, there will be a big man who will pull you to some mysterious place...... If you are invited to watch a Ukrainian girl's striptease, then it is still a haode, but if it is a gay performance, it feels more disgusting. In case you encounter a drug dealer who is forced to sell, or even a robber who seeks money and kills...... Uh, God willing, you won't see your obituary in the newspaper tomorrow morning.

In addition to these elusive and unscrupulous men who are busy pulling people to see the strip show, those street warblers wearing black or fiery red leather coats, heavy makeup, bare chests and arms, and occasionally sending flying kisses, can also be seen everywhere in the night of Soho. In almost every dark doorway, one or more street prostitutes reclined, usually slowly smoking cigarettes, their cheeks lit up by the flickering red embers.

However, in contrast to the glamorous scenes that are common in European and American blockbusters, most of the scantily clad street girls in Soho, London, with heavy makeup, are neither young nor beautiful, according to Wang Qiu's field observations—although they are dressed in gaudy dresses that look like a fire. But the loose skin, the foaming eyes, the uncoordinated eyebrows and eyes, as well as the fat and reddened shoulders and back, could not be covered up by any heavy makeup, which made Wang Qiu, who was still a little curious, couldn't help but lose his appetite for a while-God! Even old ladies in their forties and fifties still come out in leather clothes to sell their bodies!

- Maybe they are not as old as they seem, but their bodies and souls can't help but wear and tear this dusty life.

Generally speaking, these warblers and pimps only appear late at night and disappear in the early morning, like a group of ghosts in "Liao Zhai".

In Wang Qiu's original imagination, since the vampire true ancestor queen Margaret had placed her retreat in the glittering Soho district, then nine times out of ten she would also open a nightclub or strip hall and do the business - this is what many modern vampire movies do.

However, when he followed the "Into Science" film crew to the London apartment of the vampire queen Margaret, he found that it was not the smell of cheap perfume, but the choking smell of pepper, pepper, cumin and chili pepper!

“…… This signboard is ...... 'Niangniang' Sichuan restaurant?! Oh, my God! Shijie's No. 1 vampire queen actually lives here?!! ”

Looking at the vermilion door frame and plaque, and the spicy oil smoke that wafted all the way to the door. Wang Qiu couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

In short, no matter how unexpected, the vampire True Ancestor Queen Margaret's residence in Soho, London. It is indeed a red-colored Sichuan restaurant, with a slick of spicy hot pot and Korean barbecue in front of the store, and a variety of spicy hot pots in the store, and even the signboard is made in the shape of red peppers. Although it seems that there are not many customers and business is not very good, the level of noise is really staggering.

“…… Ahem! What a choking smell! Wang Qiu covered his nose and coughed while muttering in a low voice. …… This vampire queen's fetish is really strange, even if she likes to eat Mao Xuewang, she doesn't have to live in a Sichuan restaurant! ”

“…… This one...... Ms. Margaret is probably more of a sweet tooth. After all, her personality and size are still a little girl. Commissar Kong Huan touched his nose, "...... The reason why she wants to open a Sichuan restaurant in her residence is to cover up the marijuana grown in the basement......"

“…… Grow marijuana?! Wang Qiu blinked incredulously, "...... Won't it ...... Is it the kind of drugs that come in? ”

A moment later. Standing in the huge basement of the "Niangniang" Sichuan restaurant. Looking at the rows of "special cash crops" cultivated without soil and automated constant temperature management, as well as the high-power solar lamps that replaced the sun, and the "high-tech farmers" wearing white coats and masks, Wang Qiu felt that the green tendons on his forehead burst out with the word "ten", "...... Looking at such a scene, what should I say? Comrade Political Commissar? ”

“…… In such a situation, it is generally good to just smile. Political Commissar Kong Huan said calmly.

“…… But I still don't understand. They obviously have legitimate funds, but Weishenme still wants to make such black money? Wang Qiu rolled his eyes.

“…… Of course, it's to earn some extra money to subsidize my livelihood! The secret agencies of this world. Usually there is a problem of tight food in front and tight in the back! The CIA of the United States has often made cameo appearances in drug cartels in Mexico and tropical countries, and the KGB of the Soviet Union has also trafficked 'blood diamonds' in Africa......"

Political Commissar Kong Huan shrugged his shoulders a little unexpectedly, "...... Moreover, no one in this world would ever think that they were making too much money, which is basically the same reason that you are always thinking about engaging in interdimensional trade...... You can't live a good life just by relying on a dead salary! ”

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Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are organizations, there is corruption.

- Although the new generation of vampires in captivity, the Vampire Hunter Association, which was already on the verge of closing and disbanding, has finally been revitalized in this new era of fighting the streets. But the people of the church and the government are not fools after all, and after being cheated of funds for a while, they soon find out the truth through their own channels, and know what kind of self-directed and self-acting funny tricks the vampire hunters are playing.

Therefore, although the appropriation of funds for vampire hunters has not been completely interrupted, the amount is only enough for them to maintain the living standards of ordinary people, and the confiscated property and privileges have not been returned.

As a result, in view of the limited amount of legal income, the Vampire Hunter Association immediately had an internal division, and the elders and seniors with old qualifications were naturally able to withhold most of their income and live a comfortable life of pampering, but the money that the grassroots personnel and vampires could share was very sad.

As a result, Margaret, the vampire queen of True Ancestor, who was unwilling to endure poverty, and the vampire hunters who had lived with her for a long time, finally decided to lower their bar even further and began to use their abilities to profit - of course, it was too dangerous to fight and kill, and robbing a bank was a risky heartbeat game...... Zuihou, with the acquiescence and cover of the higher leaders of the association, they began to grow marijuana.

-- Marijuana, a mulberry herb, is made of three kinds of drugs: "grass", cannabis essence and cannabis oil. "Grass" is the most common cannabis drug, the least toxic, made from cannabis shoots and flowers dried and crushed to make tobacco, and then made into cigarettes to smoke; Cannabis essence is concentrated from the resin of cannabis, which is highly toxic and is usually mixed in the tobacco of cigarettes; Cannabis oil is the most toxic and is applied to cigarettes when smoked.

Because the poison of this thing is weaker and the price is cheaper, there are many people who smoke shijie in the West. in the Netherlands and some states in the United States. Marijuana is a legal consumer product. Even in the UK, where marijuana is banned, at least one in seven university students has smoked marijuana, according to private surveys.

Since the beginning of the 21st century. In order to avoid the huge risk of smuggling drugs through customs, some criminal groups in European and American countries began to grope for self-cultivation of drugs to replace expensive imported products, and with great success - with the development of jishu, many websites on the Internet that teach how to grow marijuana appeared, and ordinary people learned to cultivate marijuana jishu without much effort. In addition, the soilless cultivation system and high-wattage bulbs required to secretly grow cannabis. The tools used to grow tomatoes and other crops are basically the same, and they can be easily purchased at many stores.

Therefore, for criminal gangs in European and American countries. Growing marijuana in the country is a no-brainer, so why take the risk of importing drugs? They only need to build a secret greenhouse in the city and make millions of dollars a year.

However, as the saying goes, the magic is one foot high, and the road is one foot high. Under the surveillance of the anti-narcotics authorities. It's not easy for these marijuana growers to take cover for their greenhouses – first, the power consumption of a dozen or so hour high-wattage light bulbs a day is so staggering that it can easily arouse police suspicion. Either they choose to scale down their cultivation and reduce electricity consumption to the "normal" range, but this will lead to very pitiful drug trafficking revenues; Either use the primitive electricity stealing jishu and pass on the electricity consumed to the neighbors, but this can easily lead to fires and casualties.

Secondly, for the "boom" of the domestic cannabis cultivation industry. In addition to police investigations, the British police have also vigorously carried out community advocacy. Residents are encouraged to report suspicious homes, suspicious people and suspicious actions – even though the converted marijuana farms are not visible from the outside, they are often unopened, have a pungent smell, and are frequented by vehicles and people...... As a result, many cannabis plantations have been caught in the eyes of the people.

In view of the above-mentioned difficulties and dangers, these vampire hunters, who are a mess of their own work, but they are very diligent in their brains, after some careful consideration, came up with a rather clever idea - to put an automated greenhouse with thousands of marijuana plants in the basement of a Sichuan restaurant!

In this way, the huge power consumption is easy to cover - electric hot pots, electric grills are big consumers of electricity, not to mention heating and refrigerators. It's also normal for people to come and go frequently – what restaurant doesn't have guests coming in and out from morning to night? The spicy and pungent smell of marijuana will first be minimized by the ventilation system equipped with a filtration device, and then completely covered by the spicy smell of Sichuan restaurants - although the smell of marijuana and Sichuan pepper is not the same, as long as the spicy smell of Sichuan cuisine is strong enough, not to mention ordinary people, even the nose of the anti-narcotics police is absolutely fine. Coupled with the terrible smell of burnt paste and kerosene, no matter how powerful the drug detection dogs are, their sense of smell will definitely fail in such a place.

Even better, Soho, a decadent borough in its own right, is one of London's leading cannabis consumers, and growing it here is easy to ship.

And, relying on the magical spells learned by the vampire queen Margaret in the Atlas, as well as the traditional plant abilities of the Irish and Scottish druids, the vampire hunters cultivated a new variety of marijuana that minimized toxicity and maximized addiction, while hallucinations and pleasures remained largely unchanged, and soon succeeded in taking over large swaths of the underground market and becoming highly sought after by addicts across the United Kingdom.

Relying on these cash cows, they have lived a prosperous life for a while, but recently, this source of wealth is about to be cut off.

It was not that the British government had raided their dens, but that the British authorities, in view of the basic failure of the anti-drug campaign over the years, were prepared to learn from the Dutch experience and legalize several soft drugs, such as marijuana, and to cultivate them on a large scale on the government's state-owned farms in order to increase revenues...... And the people in charge of these farms are the Irish and Scottish druids who have developed new varieties of cannabis with them!

- Obviously, these undisciplined druids who eat the marrow and know the taste of the marrow are planning to kick out their partners and go it alone.

You know, after the legalization of marijuana, its price will inevitably plummet, and the secret cultivation in the basement will naturally be unprofitable. Coupled with the fact that the urban legend of the vampire hunt has intensified here, the vampire true ancestor Margaret and her cohabitants have to close their business and move again.

“…… The Chinese Anomalies are temporary workers, and the British vampire hunters are growing marijuana...... How do you feel that all Shijie's special people are mixed up with a lot of sadness! After learning all the causes and consequences, Wang Qiu couldn't help but pouting and sighing, and then was pushed back by Political Commissar Kong.

“…… It's better than the Immortals in India, and there are many Miracles who are still selling themselves as prostitutes in the temple! ”

After a while, a head maid wearing round glasses called Wang Qiu and the others out and took them to the vampire True Ancestor Margaret's room. (To be continued......)