Although the layout of the 12th Ring Street is very similar, there are a few places that are clearly very special, such as restaurants, casinos and green buildings, which are only found on the 5th and 9th Ring Streets, and they are all in the same location on the street.

In this ancient city with a pure heart and few desires as the keynote, Xiao Cong really wanted to see what these places were like, and whether they were still heaven and earth like the outside world.

But with Hongxiang, a child who is not yet an adult, it is inevitable that there will be many inconveniences in the action, although in reality, he has not been to the two special places of the casino and the green building, but after all, he is a person who has walked through the lotus pond in the wild desire hermitage, just this experience, even those old gamblers who have been in the casino all the year round and the old perverts who drown in the green building all day long may not be able to compare with him, but Hongxiang is different, it is better to take him into the restaurant, if you want to take him into the casino and the green building, can you bring him in and don't say it first, but a white eye is definitely inevitable, of course, there is a possibility- This kid must not go in and can't get out!

Xiao Cong thought as a wicked smile slowly surfaced on his cheeks.

Walking out of the sixth ring street and stepping into the fifth ring street, there are indeed fewer people on the streets in the afternoon, although it is no longer the same as in the morning, it can only be said that the vendors are still the same, and the pedestrians are no more.

The restaurant is located on this side of the street, not far from the place where Xiao Cong and the two walked into the street, Hongxiang saw Xiao Cong taking him to the restaurant, he was very excited, but his face looked faintly resentful, probably because he had eaten so many snacks, and he felt overwhelmed if he wanted to eat some delicacies, or suspected that his brother deliberately waited for him to eat so many snacks before coming to this wonderful place, and was deliberately playing with him.

But the thing has already been eaten, and if I want to pull it out, I feel that the scenery is ruined, and I don't have that feeling when I want to pull it out, so I can only follow his brother Xiao Cong step by step to the restaurant, thinking about how to stuff something into my stomach again.

The layout of the restaurant is not much different from the outside world, soon after entering the door, on the left hand side is a vermilion counter about three feet and a half people high, behind the counter stands a chubby and kind shopkeeper, on the other side of the aisle is a neatly placed table and chairs, along the aisle to the small corner, is a long staircase, Xiao Cong habitually climbed the stairs, went upstairs to find a place near the window to sit down, looked around, saw that the upstairs and downstairs were as deserted, I don't know if it was because noon had passed to make the guests sparse.

The shopkeeper climbed up the stairs to the second floor, walked to the table where Xiao Cong and the two were seated by the window, and asked with a smile:

"What do you want to do?"

The attitude is sincere, neither humble nor arrogant, and I don't feel the slightest bit of lowliness outside.

Xiao Cong smiled and said:

"A plate of beef, two jugs of the best wine. ”

Hongxiang, who was sitting across the table, looked at Xiao Cong suspiciously when he heard this, and couldn't help but swallow.

This is indeed not Xiao Cong's style, think about the previous time Xiao Cong took him down to the restaurant instead of a whole table of chicken, duck and fish, and he didn't drink a drop from beginning to end, why was it completely reversed this time.

The shopkeeper still had the same smile on his face, and asked:

"Childe are you sure?

”

Xiao Cong nodded with a smile and asked rhetorically:

"What, what's wrong?"

The shopkeeper shook his head,

"There's nothing wrong with it, Childe is an outsider. ”

Xiao Cong raised his eyebrows lightly,

"Oh, how so?"

The shopkeeper calmly replied:

"The people of the city who live here all year round don't usually order the best wine. ”

"Why?"

"It's probably because I've been here for a long time, and I can't find anything in the wine that I could find before. ”

Xiao Cong smiled slightly, stopped asking, was silent for a moment, and said:

"The shopkeeper has nothing to do, would you like to sit down and have a drink with me?"

The shopkeeper was silent for a moment and said with a smile:

"Childe warmly invited, it is better to be respectful than to obey his fate. ”

After finishing speaking, he nodded, and when he turned around to leave, he heard Hongxiang, who was sitting on the other side of the table, suddenly call:

"Uncle, wait a minute!"

The shopkeeper turned around and smiled,

"Is there anything else going on with the little boy?"

Hongxiang was so sincere that he smiled movingly,

"By the way, bring a roast chicken back. ”

The shopkeeper couldn't help laughing,

"Okay, okay, the two sons wait a while, I'll come when I go. ”

The shopkeeper turned to leave, Xiao Cong glanced at Hongxiang with a somewhat playful gaze, and scolded with a smile:

"Still eating, you have to hold on today. ”

Hongxiang lowered his head and said pitifully:

"I finally got such a good opportunity, and the food here is much better than the outside......

Xiao Cong: "......"

Xiao Cong turned over the tea bowl that was upside down in the tea tray, picked up the pot and found three cups, one for Hongxiang, one for the side, and then took a sip of the cup by himself.

In less than half a cup of tea, the shopkeeper walked up the stairs with a vermilion wooden tray in both hands, walked to the window and faced the table and put a plate of sliced beef, a plate of torn roast chicken, three pairs of bamboo chopsticks on the tray, two delicate wine jugs and three small wine cups on the table, and without saying anything, he turned around and took the tray and went down again.

Hongxiang looked directly at the plate of roast chicken that was crispy and tender on the outside and steaming on the inside, his nose was slammed out of breath, and then he swallowed his saliva, and the little hand ghost began to stretch out to the plate in a hurry, and his fingertips had not touched the chicken legs, but he saw that the shopkeeper's extraordinarily full head had risen from the staircase, so he quickly withdrew his hand, with big black and white eyes, and looked like a thief.

The shopkeeper sat down next to the table, Xiao Cong had already filled the wine cup, one cup was placed in front of the shopkeeper, one cup was placed in front of him, and one was empty next to another wine jug, and finally the plate containing roast chicken was pushed to Hongxiang's side, and the plate containing beef was moved between the two.

Toasting each other, Xiao Cong said:

"Do the shopkeepers often go to the scripture hall to seek the truth?"

The shopkeeper put down the wine cup, gently pursed the corners of his mouth, and said:

"Yes, I go every day, I think Childe has already been there. ”

Xiao Cong nodded, picked up the wine jug and poured the wine for the shopkeeper again.

"I've been there once, and it's a mystery

Place. ”

The shopkeeper smiled,

"I'm afraid there aren't many places where Childe can praise him so much. ”

Xiao Cong was slightly surprised when he heard this,

"How does the shopkeeper know?"

"At first glance, Gongzi is a knowledgeable and well-informed person, or he would not have found this complete American degree, about the great power of the scripture hall, we all know it, the prosperity and peace in the twelve ring streets, but it is all protected by these twelve scripture halls. ”

"You say this is the end of America!"

Xiao Congming's voice changed, and the surprise in his eyes was undisguised.

The shopkeeper nodded quietly and said calmly:

"Childe heard me right, this is the end of the United States. ”

"But the United States has not been ...... long ago"

"It was destroyed. ”

The shopkeeper was calm, and he said the half of Xiao Cong's words at all.

Xiao Cong swallowed his saliva, looked at the shopkeeper's calm face in a daze, and didn't speak for a long time.

The shopkeeper picked up a piece of beef and put it in his mouth, chewed it slowly, swallowed it, picked up the wine cup, and said with a smile:

"What, Childe was frightened? Drink a glass of wine to suppress the shock, Childe wants to know something, drink this glass of wine, let me come with Childe one by one. ”

Xiao Cong slowly picked up the wine cup, touched it with the shopkeeper, drank it thoughtfully, raised his head and asked:

"Do you know who I am?"

Hongxiang, who was eating on the side with a mouth full of oil, looked up from time to time to observe the situation here, although this conversation sounded a little crazy, but he didn't know what the so-called perfect degree was, even if he looked at Xiao Cong's expression and knew that this was a great place, he always returned it to the acceptable range, until he heard Xiao Cong's words, he almost squirted out the things in his mouth.

He tried hard to see the food in his mouth, looked up at Xiao Cong with a solemn face, and his eyes seemed to say-Brother, are you crazy!

Indeed, in the ancient city that appeared out of thin air in the reckless desert, when you meet someone you know, no one can treat it calmly, even if it is Xiao Cong!

Xiao Cong didn't care about Hongxiang's abnormal behavior, maybe he didn't notice Hongxiang's movements at all, but indulged in his own fear, struggling hard.

The shopkeeper smiled again,

"Childe has just arrived, how can I recognize Childe, although the United States is a little more bizarre than other places, but it is only reflected in the beautiful harmonious relationship, far from outrageous to the point where Childe thinks, Childe is too worried. ”

Xiao Cong put down the wine cup with palpitations and asked:

"Do the shopkeepers know about the high wall at the end of the twelfth ring street? ”

The shopkeeper shook his head,

"No one has ever been there, it is a holy place in the United States, it is inviolable. ”

Xiao Cong nodded gloomily, thinking that this question was indeed too profound, so he changed to a shallow question and continued to ask:

"If there is no army in the city, is there no fear of invasion by outsiders?"

The shopkeeper thought for a moment, and then said with a smile:

"It seems that in the historical records of the United States, there has never been such an invasion. ”

Xiao Cong was speechless about this, and continued to ask in the great spirit of not abandoning or giving up:

"But what if an outsider like me who has no intention of breaking in has a bad intention! As far as I know, most of the inhabitants here are not monks. ”

The shopkeeper still had a smile on his face, and replied:

"This question is meaningless now, but everyone who has no intention of breaking into this place will come back here to wander around, and the place where they must go when they go through the hall, just like Childe, the so-called evil intentions will no longer exist after being reformed. ”

"You are so confident?" Xiao Cong still didn't give up.

"That's how confident. The shopkeeper replied with a smile, and his voice was determined.

The strange power of the scriptures in the scriptures is undeniable, but it is afraid that it has different effects on different people, and it is easy to say that it works on him, but it is still so easy to use it for those legendary traitors and evils?

"By the way, what does he mean when he says that this question is meaningless now?

His face was like ashes in an instant, and when he suddenly became enlightened, he realized that all this was so contradictory, and the confusion of time and space was an unavoidable problem after all, yes, in his time and space, they were dead, but now, what is everything now?

Didn't he cross over? It's too ...... Stab...... Arouse...... Finish...... It's exciting to think about, but if you think about it carefully, you can only think about it.

But if it weren't for the crossing, all this would not make sense, a person who has been dead for an unknown number of years is here to talk with him about the past and the present, and he can't find the slightest sense of disobedience, as if he is still alive! But if he is really alive, this matter will not make sense......

In the midst of his thoughts, Xiao Cong felt that he was about to go crazy.

As if he had seen through the doubts in Xiao Cong's heart, the shopkeeper smiled slightly and said:

"Childe still has any questions, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

Xiao Cong hesitated for a moment, then plucked up the courage to say:

"You...... You...... Are you still alive?"

"To you, I'm dead, but to me, I'm still alive. The shopkeeper replied.

Xiao Cong's face inevitably became a little ugly, and after a while, he asked tentatively:

"Then you're ...... now"

"In this plane, you and I are still alive, and out of this plane, I am still a dead person to you. ”

"Can you say that...... To be clearer. ”

Looking at Xiao Cong's extremely embarrassed appearance, the shopkeeper smiled and said:

"This is a plane and time independent of history, created by the ancient mysterious power that existed in the United States, where we are all alive, even if you die here and leave this plane, you are still alive. ”

What an unbelievable talk, even the foodie Hongxiang, who was only concerned about eating on the side before, was so shocked that he didn't react for a long time.

"The ancient mysterious power that exists in the United States......" Xiao Cong muttered, "Is it the power of the scriptures?"

The shopkeeper smiled and shook his head,

"I don't think so. ”

"What's that?"

The shopkeeper finally laughed a little helplessly,

"Frankly, I'm just one of the ordinary people living here, and I really don't have the qualifications to know the questions you ask. ”

"Then who has the qualifications to know, will he tell me these things like you?" Xiao Cong was already faintly starting to lose his temper.

The shopkeeper groaned for a long time and said:

"If the prince insists on begging for each other, you might as well go to the scripture hall at midnight to try your luck, perhaps, you can know more than I do. ”

Xiao Cong's eyes rolled three times, and he said suspiciously:

"Why maybe?"

The shopkeeper laughed a few times,

"It's Childe's business whether to go or not, but as for whether the preacher is willing to tell Childe about it, I don't know. ”

"Preacher...... But the old man who sat motionless in the center of the felt?"

The shopkeeper's smiling chin bow,

"Exactly. ”

"Is there any way to guarantee that he will tell me?"

The shopkeeper shook his head with a helpless smile, took a sip of the cup, and said with a little mystery:

"Then it depends on Childe's means. ”

Xiao Cong frowned and pondered for a moment, then held a cup in both hands and saluted:

"Thank you. ”

After saying that, drink it all.

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(End of this chapter) I want to talk about "Magic Book for Respect" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~