The moment he saw the shopkeeper come out, Sima Jian had unconsciously paused. www.biquge.info He was guessing that the atmosphere here was weird, and it was not possible to figure out that it was related to his own line, but now although the shopkeeper has not spoken, in a sense, it has actually confirmed his thoughts. Otherwise, where does the second child of his own store who greets guests need to use his labor to drive the shopkeeper?

Besides, even if it is the little two in the store, there is no reason to welcome them out, at most when the guests come to the door, they will only greet one or two.

However, Sima Jian couldn't help but comfort himself in his heart: judging from the enthusiastic attitude of this shopkeeper, perhaps, it was not a bad situation?......

Sima Jian was here for a moment, and countless strange thoughts had flashed in his mind. He knew that he was thinking too much, so he forcibly restrained his mind and looked intently, only to see that Ah Zheng had already smiled and pulled the shopkeeper's arm and asked, "Uncle shopkeeper, what's going on here? ”

"This ......" the shopkeeper thought, I wasn't about to say it, didn't you kid jump out of nowhere and interrupt me?

However, at this time, Sima Jian had already passed them and stepped into the door of the store in a few steps. The shopkeeper opened his mouth, and finally swallowed the words, turned to Ah Zheng's pretended fierce glare, and said angrily: "What is weird? People are here to find this Sima Gongzi." After speaking, he lowered his voice, leaned into Ah Zheng's ear, and whispered: "It's a big man!"

"Big shot?" Ah Zheng blinked twice, his eyes rolled slightly.

"Big brother. ”

"Brother Sima. ”

When I walked to the door, I was greeted by the two brothers who had stayed at the inn before. Sima Jian glanced at it, and saw that the faces of the two were three points nervous, three points hesitant, and even three points excited. There is no panic in the face of emergency. He walked forward without stopping along the path of the two concessions, and quietly swept around the corner. I saw some people sitting in the distance around, probably the residents of this store, everyone did not watch on the surface, but their eyes drifted towards themselves and others intentionally or unintentionally.

"Brother ......" bypassed the pillar, and saw a girl in a yellow dress turning around, holding a white porcelain teapot in her hand, covered with a silk scarf of white gauze on her face, and a pair of smart eyes above the scarf were full of surprise and confusion at this time. Seeing Sima Jian, he couldn't help but show a relieved smile. It was Sima Die.

"Adie. Sima Jian didn't have time to look at the others, so he first took up his sister's hands, up and down, and carefully examined them, making sure that his sister was intact, so good that it couldn't be better, and there was nothing wrong with it, so he turned his eyes to look ahead:

In fact, the two people in front of them are burly, with straight backs and shiny armor, sitting on both sides of the table opposite each other, motionless, like two iron towers, plus there is a real evil aura around them, as long as the person who walks into this store, it is impossible not to notice them.

A bitter smile appeared on Sima Jian's face, and he arched his hand and said, "In the Lower Four Holy Cities Sima Jian, I have seen two adults. ”

The outfits of these two people were clearly the cavalry that passed them on the mountain road yesterday. He thought that there was no intersection yesterday, and the matter had been revealed, but unexpectedly, he was too relieved. But overnight, the other party came to the door. Sima Jian secretly glanced at the girl beside him, and complained bitterly in his heart.

"Sima Gongzi doesn't have to be polite. Although the two soldiers were expressionless, and even looked a little fierce, their attitudes were kind. The two of them bowed to Sima Jian at the same time - Sima Jian was just a businessman, and with their identity, he had not yet gotten up to meet each other.

"My family has something to do recently, so I specially ordered me to invite my son to the house. ”

Finally, the two of them told the worst speculation in Sima Jian's heart. In fact, since the other party came to the door, where would there be any other luck? However, Sima Jian still did not give up, only to see that he showed surprise on his face, and said yes again and again, and said that it was really an honor for Xiao Ke to be looked down upon by adults. In the end, he pretended to be calm and said: "Since it is an invitation from adults, the Great Wilderness and Great Forest, and Ah Qiangzhu, a few of you will escort Ah Die back to the Four Holy Cities to wait, and then go back to meet when I see the adults." ”

"No need. The other party spoke, easily extinguishing the last trace of fantasy in his heart: "What my family means, it doesn't hurt for the son and his party to go together, Shifang City is prosperous, we will definitely entertain them wholeheartedly, and we will never wronged the son and the girl." ”

Meaning, other people can not go, but the son and the girl have to go if they don't go. Especially this "girl". As for Childe, it's just a foil. Probably because the adults were afraid of the "girl", they allowed him to accompany him.

Sima Jian: "......"

"Dare to ask ......" At this time, a thin bass like a mosquito chirping came from several people. Several people followed the sound, only to see Sima Die's eyes clear, the thin veil could not hide the crimson clouds on her face, and the snow-white little hands nervously held the teapot in her hand, but her voice was unexpectedly clear and firm. Probably suddenly looked at by everyone, she couldn't help but pause in her voice, and then spoke again, "Dare to ask, what is the name of your family......"

Sima Jian's face turned pale.

"Don't blame the two adults, the sister has been pampered since she was a child, and she has never walked outside, so she doesn't understand the rules, please look at her young and ignorant. ”

Hearing his brother's quick and anxious words, Sima Die's eyes widened, and he suddenly realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing. She thought about it for a while, and she already understood that she thought that this was limited by her identity, and she asked about things that she shouldn't ask. Thinking of this, her already tightly clenched hands couldn't help but grasp the body of the pot harder.

The two soldiers glanced at Sima Jian lightly, but said, "It's okay." Since the girl asked, we should know everything. ”

"My lord is the lord of Shifang City, the first general under the command of the lord of Longpan, Qi Yi is also. ”

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Kadkadian ...... Crunch crunch......

The monotonous sound of horses' hooves crashing on the road mixes with the sound of vehicles rocking to form a dull, on-the-road noise.

Sima Die gently lifted the curtain of the car window, and a dry and scorching air flow suddenly hit his face. Even though she was wearing a veil, she couldn't help but raise her hand to block it in front of her face. The dazzling light pierced her eyes. It was not so much that the weather was hot at this time, but because of the barren scene on the road, the sun shining directly on the bare earth, and the withered grass and yellow sand all over the ground seemed to merge with the blazing light. Reflecting each other, it naturally appears more enthusiastic and unscrupulous.

More than ten days have passed since leaving Yishan Town on that day and diverting northbound. Because of the two cold and unsmiling soldiers on the side, the group was naturally silent, and the atmosphere of the whole team was extremely sluggish. Not to mention Sima Die, who was alone in the car. It's hard for her to play all over the mountains since she was a child, and she doesn't like to be restrained the most, so many days, the only thing she can talk about to relieve her boredom is to lift the curtain and look out the car window. However, along the way, in addition to desolation, the most seen is also desolate, and it seems that there is only one group of them and a team between heaven and earth. If it weren't for the occasional small patch of greenery, she even wondered if she and the others had walked into the middle of some unknown desert Gobi.

Far away from the road, the broken wall is cracked, and a piece of ruins can be faintly seen. Because it's far away,. As far as the eye can see, although it is ruined and desolate, the city wall stretches and is wide, enough to surround the entire mountain, and under the sunlight, it is still imposing. Just this scene, you can already imagine its majestic grandeur that day. I don't know what kind of scenery it was when it was prosperous in the past.

Sima Die just half-squinted his eyes and looked at it for a while. Along the way, I can't count how many such dry cities were. Even, she was surprised and sighed from the beginning, but she has practiced the current waves.

From the very beginning, her brother Sima Jian told her the origin of these deserted cities: they were all built by the overlords who had been dominant for hundreds of years to assert their power and status. You must know that since it is a city, it must be a place that was also extremely rich at some time before. However, those who were tyrannical for a while, or years, or decades, will eventually be replaced by another power, and the cities they have spent so much and proud of will be overthrown and trampled down, so that a hundred years later, they will be reduced to one magnificent ruin after another.

Sima Jian said that for hundreds of years, it has been burned and smelted back and forth by war, but it still stands in the world, but there are only two cities: the Ten Directions City in the north and the Four Holy Cities in the south.

Legend has it that Shifang Castle holds a great secret. This secret involves some powerful and mysterious power, and it is rumored that whoever obtains this power will have it at his fingertips-well, whether this rumor is true or not, but the forces stationed in Shifang City believe it to be true. Therefore, although the lord of the Ten Directions City has changed one stubble after another, not only has no one destroyed it like other cities, but it has been fortified layer by layer. For hundreds of years, through the hands of countless people, it has already been built into a solid copper wall. In this way, it has truly established the status of Shifang City as "the first city in the world".

As for the Four Holy Cities, they were not as lucky as the Ten Directions City. On the contrary, the rumors that accompanied this city were full of treachery and disasters compared to Shifang City: it was said that anyone who used swords and weapons against the Four Holy Cities would end up with a curse and would surely perish in a very short period of time. Don't believe it, according to legend, more than a hundred years ago, a certain overlord of Shifang City had a dream of dominating the world. And his dream was almost come true: after ruling most of the land, his goal was finally set on the Four Holy Cities. And then, there was no more.

Legend has it that the overlord concentrated his forces and set foot on the entire small Four Holy Cities overnight, perhaps in half an overnight. However, when the other half of the night had passed, and the sun rose the next day, all his armies, all his forces, even the overlord himself, had vanished from the continent without a trace of it.

As a result, the Four Holy Cities became a forbidden area for all forces on the continent. At the same time, it has also become the safest place on the mainland: civilians who have almost no place to stand on the mainland, once they arrive in the Four Holy Cities, they will be equivalent to an extra layer of protection for their lives. Even if I don't know when that mysterious power makes me disappear from the world, it is always much more reassuring than the real knife and gun outside, and the real threat to life.