As one of the few cities in Kyoto that was not roasted by the barbecue master Major General Li Mei during the war, the streets of Kyoto are full of ancient atmosphere.
From time to time on the old streets, you can see statues of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva hidden in the corner and stone tablets with inscriptions.
People often joke that if an accident occurs while driving in Kyoto, it is easy to break directly from the jurisdiction of the traffic police into the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education.
Of course, as an ancient capital, the roads in Kyoto are horizontal and vertical, square and square, so it is not easy to get lost.
However, this kind of square road is particularly prone to traffic jams, and the traffic lights at each intersection aggravate the traffic jams.
By the time Zishan Xiushu drove to the location on Fan Ming's note in the mountain section, many hours had passed.
Night has fallen.
This is 1980, and Japan is already enjoying the traffic jam treatment.
"The next thing is to walk, don't let your guard down. Remember what I said in the day, this ghost place is very dangerous at night." Shi Zishan Hideki opened the door first and got out of the car.
Shan Duan Fan Ming also got out of the car and looked around.
He found a sentry box not far away, and a uniformed policeman stood under the light at the door of the sentry box.
"Isn't there a police here? The law and order shouldn't be too bad." Shan Duan Fan Ming asked with some doubts.
Shi Zishan Hideki shrugged: "This place is a bit evil."
While speaking, he looked at the policeman under the light and waved his hand.
The policeman was looking at the two of them, and when he saw the wave, he just looked away.
Mosquitoes were flying freely above the policeman's cap.
Shi Zishan Hideki made a gesture: "This way."
He took a step forward, and Fan Ming followed immediately. The two passed by the sentry box like this, and got into the alleyway where they couldn't see their fingers.
The distance between the street lamps is a bit large, and there is a dark night between the two street lamps.
Behind the house on the left, you can see the outline of the mountain, but this is not a strange thing in Japan - the entire Japanese main island, the Great Plains are just a few pieces, and other places are hills and mountains.
The two walked forward and chatted.
Shi Zishan Hideki said: "Recently I heard that the street lighting system in Kyoto will be refurbished. By then, there should be fewer 'zebra roads' like this."
"Actually, I think it's okay..." Shanduan Fan Ming just said, there was a wind blowing through the street, and then he heard a little girl singing.
Marutakei Nioshi Oike
Sister three hexagonal octopus brocade
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This is a nursery rhyme widely sung in Kyoto, which records the names of famous ancient places in Kyoto from north to south.
Fan Ming followed the prestige in the mountain section, and found that in the side alley, under a lonely street lamp, a little girl wearing a kimono for the Girl's Day was singing a cappella while clapping a ball.
It's already May, and it's been two months since Girl's Day.
Aware of this fact, Yamadan Fanming suddenly felt that the red color of the little girl's kimono became unusually bright.
At this time, he suddenly heard the voice of Shi Zishan Xiushu: "Shan Duan-jun?"
Shanduan Fan Ming turned his head violently, and found that Shi Zishan Xiushu had walked four or five meters away, and was looking back at him: "Why did you stop suddenly, Mr. Shanduan?"
Shan Duan Fan Ming pointed to the girl singing next to him: "Aren't you surprised that there is a girl playing ball at such a late hour?"
He looked at the girl again, and found that the little girl had picked up the ball and hugged it to her chest, looking at him with innocent eyes.
"It should be the daughter of a nearby family. Many people here work overtime until late, and even mothers have to go out to work in the factory, so it is very common for children to be left alone. Let's go, we are almost there."
Shi Zishan Xiushu turned his head and continued to walk forward, Shanduan Fan Ming hurriedly followed.
The little girl holding the ball stood where she was, watching the two of them leave.
Suddenly a black cat emerged from the shadows, its yellow eyes like two bright moons in the night.
The black cat glanced at the little girl, then quickly followed the footsteps of the two who left.
The little girl no longer looked at the two people who left, and continued to clap the ball, singing while clapping:
Four Yaya Buddha Takamatsu Mangojo
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Shi Zishan Hideki confirmed the house number, turned around and said to Shan Duan Fan Ming, "This is the place, Chaofengzhuang."
Shan Duan Fan Ming looked at this building: This is a very ordinary two-story apartment building, the kind of 1DK apartment with doors facing the same direction and in the corridor, this kind of apartment is between Japanese college students and social animals who have just entered society , to be popular into the 21st century.
The stairs of the apartment are directly exposed to the air, and it seems that it has not been maintained for a long time, and the iron railings are already rusty.
"203." Shan Duan Fan Ming said, walking straight up the stairs.
As soon as you reach the second floor, you will see a whiteboard with garbage collection time written on it.
The number 201 is next to the whiteboard.
Shan Duan Fan Ming counted the doors and stopped in front of Room 203.
The number plate of Room 203 has been worn so hard that the words cannot be read clearly, and the mailbox next to it is full of letters.
Shanduan Fan Ming took out a letter and looked at it, and found that it was a rent reminder written by the landlord.
And it was three months ago.
This letter should be the outermost letter of the mailbox, and I don’t know whether the reminders for the last two months have fallen out of the mailbox...or the landlord can no longer send reminders.
Shan Duan Fan Ming put the reminder slip back into the envelope, and then knocked on the door.
There was the sound of something heavy moving inside the door.
Shanduan Fan Ming tensed up, putting all the muscles in his body in a preparatory state before erupting. Now he is like a cheetah ready to go. Although he maintains a standing posture, he can shoot out like a bullet at any time.
Shi Zishan Hideki was in a similar state next to him, and the two masters waited for the door to open with the mentality that opening the door was a fierce fight.
Then the door opened, and the face of a giant with an inch-length head appeared in the crack of the door, staring at Shan Duan Fan Ming with his scarred eyes.
"Is it work?" the giant man said, his Japanese accent was really strange.
"Yes." Shanduan Fan Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and he didn't have to worry too much about the person he could negotiate with. "I heard that you are very good at making bamboo knives?"
"I'm good at making all kinds of assassination paraphernalia. Know the umbrella gun that killed JFK? I can make much more elaborate things than that. If you have enough money."
"No, we don't kill people." Shan Duan Fan Ming said.
"I can also be a gadget to help you teach the brats downstairs." The strong man said again.
"No... can we go in and talk?" Shan Duan Fan Ming asked, "Isn't it a kind of etiquette to welcome the client into the house?"
"Uh, yes. However, you may need this." The strong man turned his head and groped for a long time, then took out two pairs of nose plugs and handed them to Shan Duan Fan Ming.
Shan Duan Fan Ming and Shi Zishan Hideki looked at each other, and then they took over the stuffy nose and put it on.
Then the strong man opened the door and let the two into the room.
"Oh shit, if you run into people from the fire department, they will be frightened into cardiac arrest." Shan Duan Fan Ming said as he looked at the bottles and jars filled with chemical solvents in the room.
The strong man shrugged: "I'm actually waiting, waiting for when I accidentally blow myself up. And then take away all the surrounding residents... Well, some residents probably can't be taken away."
Then he stretched out his hand to Shan Duan Fan Ming: "Shi Enzhou."
"Shan Duan Fan Ming." Shan Duan Fan Ming held the giant man's hand, and suddenly he saw a cat jumping onto the balcony of Shi Enzhou's room and began to lick the milk on the balcony.