Fractured Hues of a Winter's Night Chapter 49

There is a city gate tower from the Qing Dynasty at the border between the old city and the suburbs of Wujin City. It was used to defend against foreign invasions decades ago and has been preserved since peace was achieved.

In peacetime, the development center moved from the west to the east, and the city gate tower in the west gradually fell into disrepair. The city government allocated funds for repairs several times, but officials and craftsmen were perfunctory. The city gate tower had long lost the honor of being regarded as a patron saint by citizens in the war-torn years, and became a morning market gathering place for the people in the west.

Outside the city gate is an old bridge across Wujin. A branch of the Yujiang River flows under the bridge. In recent years, the water volume has dropped sharply and the old bridge has lost its traditional function. It only holds the two banks of the river tightly with its two hands day after day. Even if it has lost its former color in the polishing of time, it stubbornly refuses to be forgotten by people and disappear with history.

Liang Shanshan's body was found in the arch of an old bridge, and the case was reported by an old scavenger nearby.

Deep in the dark bridge hole, there is an illegally installed sewage pipe. After the restaurant that drained the pipe was shut down, the drain outlet was abandoned and became a hotbed for creatures of the night. But not long ago, the sewage pipe was used again, and the girl's body was carried out by the sewage along with water rats and filth and garbage, flowing onto the rocks by the river.