Cover The Sky With One Hand, Beat The Ground With The Other

The rain curtain shrouded the sky above the capital, crackling down on the cliffs of the mountains and forests.

This situation reminds me of the red robe soaked in a rainy night not long ago.

It's just that Song Langsheng has never been the only person in this world who wears a red robe.

The first to fourth ranks of my official uniform are all scarlet, the third rank of Dali Temple's Qingzheng, the brocade on the chest is embroidered with candies... and the pattern of the previous official robe complement is the fourth rank of Yunyan.

Guozijian Division, from the fourth product.

I watched him vigilantly, trying to stand up, but was agitated by the wound on the palm of my hand.

"Don't move, just sit." Nie Ran's voice floated into the hole. He walked to my side, squatted down, took my hand, turned it over, and saw the palms densely lined with the holes pierced by the branches. , Dripping with blood, his brow furrowed: "This—"

I retracted my hand and asked, "Why Master Nie is here?"

Nie Ran didn’t answer. He bowed his head and tore the shirt into strips. He held up my hand and wiped the blood beads slowly. He didn’t give me a chance to pull it away. He didn’t let go until both hands were properly wrapped and said, "I Seeing the princess jumping off the cliff, the situation is urgent, so..."

I couldn't believe it, "When you saw me falling off the cliff, you jumped off too?"

"I," he paused, "just, vaguely remember that there is a climbing tree underneath," he took the dagger off his waist, the blade was sharpened to pieces, "I just slid with this dagger. The cliff fell down, and he didn't jump off until he saw the big tree."

As soon as I stayed, only me and Xu Fang knew about the trees in this mountain stream. Nie Ran couldn't help but jump off when I saw me falling off the cliff. Could it be...

"You, you mean, you remember that there was a tree here...you, your memory is restored?"

He raised his eyes to look at me suddenly, and said: "I, just a few sporadic impressions, I didn't remember anything else."

There was a trace of loss from the bottom of my heart. I don’t know what I’m losing, but when I think that the person in front of me is not Xu Fang, but Nie Ran, I feel a little bit scared again. How could he appear in Lingshan "just right" to save me.

Nie Ran didn't seem to notice my expression. He frowned and asked, "Here... is also injured?"

I followed his gaze and lowered my head. Only then did I realize that there was blood in my abdomen slowly oozing out and staining the clothes. I looked closer, and it turned out that there were roots and fine branches pierced into the flesh, but I don’t know how long and deep it is to make this small. So much blood came out of the small wound.

Nie Ran stretched out my hand to lift my shirt. I was taken aback and hurriedly avoided it. A slight pain affected my whole body, and the cold sweat fell, "Master Nie, please take care of yourself."

Nie Ran grabbed my shoulder and said, "If it is the spleen that is pierced, the blood will bleed for a while, I am afraid that my life will not be guaranteed, so I am stuck on what little things!"

I was frightened by his angry expression, "It is my life that matters, so I don't need you to worry about it. Isn't Lord Nie even confused about the courtesy of monarchs and ministers?"

Nie Ran said: "In this case, the minister has only offended, and please forgive the princess!"

After speaking, he forcibly lifted the hem of my clothes. I wanted to avoid it. The stone wall behind him was unavoidable. Then when he took off my jacket, a few things slipped out of my clothes and gurgled down. On the ground.

It is the talisman and scroll.

Nie Ran was stunned, stopped, I couldn't help sighing, and closed my eyes.

After all, it was discovered.

Yes, I deliberately deceived Fengli what I said before jumping off the cliff. How could I just bury such an important thing in the mountains, if I asked him to find it, or if it was found by someone else who wanted it?

I dare not take this risk.

That's why he pretended to commit suicide, in order to be able to get away with his soldiers smoothly.

Unexpectedly, Nie Ran appeared.

Nie Ran picked up a soldier talisman, frowned slightly, and then looked at me.

I don't know why I can still laugh, "It seems that you are better than you. After all, this **** talisman and roster still fall into your hands."

Nie Ran met my gaze, "Are you trying to say that I and Fengli are in the same group?"

I asked, "Don't tell me, it's just a coincidence that you are here tonight."

Nie Ran sighed and said, "I, I want to save the princess..."

"Nie Ran, the red mud on your shoes is unique to the mass graves. This shows that you have followed me from the beginning tonight... If you want to save, you can save it only when I escape from the cloak tonight, right?" Exhausted, "You don't want to save me, but you want the talisman in my hand."

Nie Ran's expression dimmed, "If Fengli and I were accomplices, I would have captured the princess when the princess escaped from the cloak mound! I don't know what plan the princess has. Only by secretly protecting you will I see you on the edge of the cliff with grief. I had a heart..."

I didn't want to listen to him anymore, and interrupted: "Enough!"

Seeing me like this, he really stopped saying, "Whether you believe it or not, you will have a final conclusion in the future."

"What about the truth? What about the false? I'm afraid I won't make it to that day at all."

Nie Ran froze when he heard the words, and did not continue speaking. There was a moment of silence in the cave, and for a long time, he suddenly said without thinking: "At that time, did you think the same way?"

I raised my eyelashes suspiciously.

Half of Nie Ran's silhouette was dim and unclear, "At that time, you had a long arrow in your body, you fell into the abyss, and you were swept away by the waves. But did you think that you can still go to this day? How can you know if you can't go on at this moment?"

I was a little dazed by this in vain.

In my mind, Xu Fang’s face like dawn suddenly appeared, and the memory seemed to be long. When I was the gentleman who would be helpless due to amnesia, he would often say to me: "Silly girl, don’t go down. How do I know how far I can go?"

I stared at Nie Ran in a daze. Since when, the coldness and profoundness that belonged to him have disappeared from his eyes. Instead, he was replaced by...

"Don't look at me with Xu Fang's eyes, and don't say what Xu Fang said," I felt my voice trembling slightly, "You are not him."

Nie Ran pulled me closer and said, "I never wanted to look at you with anyone’s eyes. What I want to say to you is just what I want to say. What I do to you is nothing more than I just want to do this!"

"If you are really good for me, why do you appear in front of me? If it weren't for you, how would Xu Fang disappear? If Xu Fang hadn't disappeared..."

If Xu Fang doesn't disappear, maybe... you don't have to fall in love with Song Langsheng again.

That...how good it should be.

I thought Nie Ran would not continue to pick me up, so I didn't want him to say, "Ruo Xufang never disappeared, so you don't have to fall in love with Song Lang, right?"

I couldn't answer, clenched my fist tightly, my palm was pinched by my fingertips.

Nie Ran's eyes lit up with a vague anger, "So even in this field today, you are still thinking about Song Langsheng! Do you know what the disappointment and disappointment look like when you saw that the person was me just now? I never thought that the only person who came down is Song Langsheng, you are already dead!"

Every word, every sentence, every inch of skin, every inch of reason seems to be torn apart, all the pain is rubbed into a ball, "Yes! All I miss is Song Langsheng, even if I restore all the memories. Think of everything he did to me! So if you are really good for me, how can you tell me where he went. Even if... he wants me to die, even if he wants me to die, I still want to see him!"

Nie Ran squeezed my shoulders tighter and tighter, "Princess, are you crazy?"

"If I'm not crazy, how can I leave a good princess and end up like this?" I know my tears are falling again, "Anyway, I can't live for a few days, it's better to die in front of him to make him happy? good?"

The distant mountains are sinking, the sea of ​​lights under the cliff is gradually dimming, and the world is black.

There was a sharp pain in my abdomen. I subconsciously pressed on the wound, and my eyes became pale suddenly. When I was about to faint, Nie Ran helped me and said, "If he never disappeared, at this moment, you will be in danger. First."

After the conversation, without saying more, he pushed me down, laid it flat, and cleanly tore open the wound at the corner of my clothes.

Nie Ran wanted to use strong, how could I stop it.

Although I meant to say if he could dizzy me first and then heal me, would it be less painful and embarrassing.

Obviously Nie Ran didn't have this kind of consciousness.

So when he forcibly pulled the thorny branches out of my body, I really cried to the point of piercing pain.

After he sprinkled the powder on my stomach three or five times to stop the bleeding, I opened my eyes out of breath.

His eyes were closed tightly.

After a moment of silence, he picked up my jacket again and covered me, slowly opening his eyes.

Then, I just put my eyes on my face.

Perhaps it was my crying that made him stretch out his hand to wipe the corner of my eye.

But I don't know what he thought of, when his fingertips flicked before his eyes, but he stopped for a while.

I thought he was going to say something, but after waiting for a long time, I didn't see him talking.

I was quite uncomfortable when he saw me, and said, "Anyway, thank you for saving me."

He didn't look away, "I owe the princess a life. If you hadn't sacrificed your life to block the arrow that day, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to stand here today. Now, I have paid my favor."

I shook my head, "The one I wanted to save that day was not you, so don't worry about it."

Nie Ran didn’t speak anymore. I couldn’t understand his expression. The tiredness invaded again. I simply closed my eyes again and suddenly heard him say: "If I, find the Xu Fang back for you, would you just Wouldn't it be so sad?"

Suddenly, my heart suffocated.

His voice was hoarse, with a slight tremor, "If so, back then... I asked you to slap him on the head with a jade flute when he changed his heart, and asked you to wait for him to pick you up at the Suiyang Inn. Would you be willing to give up for you? Everything will come back to you who will say, "The sky is big and the earth is big, where can't be home"..."

I slowly propped up my body, my arms trembling fiercely, I didn't dare to look up at him for a while, his voice echoed in the cave: "Are you...you can be a gentle breeze?"

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A moonlight arc slowly slid on his face, and the soft gaze was too familiar. I seemed to be frozen, staring at him blankly, "Xu...fang?"

A complicated light was flowing under his eyes, he took a deep breath and asked, "If I say I am, do you believe it?"

My heart was confused, "I don't know."

He whispered: "I am not."

I stared at him in a daze, "But only me and Xu know that sentence."

Nie Ran shook his head first, then nodded again, "I don't know the words between you and him."

I tried to calm myself down, "I don't understand... I don't understand what you mean by this."

"Xu Fang, he wrote a letter before he disappeared." Nie Ran lowered his eyelashes, "Written to me."

"Disappeared... before? Write to you?" I stared, "He, didn't he return to the Hou Mansion to say goodbye to his family and want to take me away, so why write a letter—"

Nie Ran was silent for a moment, as if he wanted to answer my question, but he didn't say it.

But I seemed to understand it all in an instant.

"Could it be... then, he already knew he was going to disappear?" I trembled, "Why? What happened then?" Seeing him not answer, I grabbed his sleeve, "What about the letter? What is written in the letter?"

Nie Ran looked at me motionlessly, and suddenly smiled, his smile filled with bitterness, "That letter...I never read it."

"Why?"

"Before he left, he told Yan Ran that what the letter was written on... is a way to make Nie Ran return to the Xu Fang again." Nie Ran raised his eyes, his eyes were like water, and he looked at me lightly. , "And I don't want to."

All these things that were once misty, passed by like wind, showing a faint light.

Nie Ran said: "At that time, I first woke up. Hearing them talk about what I did in amnesia, I couldn't believe it. I couldn't believe that I would give up everything, all my beliefs, and the responsibilities I held for a woman. Nie Ran He has never been such a person." He looked towards the distant sky and said lightly, "So, I let Yanran destroy the letter."

I was surprised at first.

Nie Ran frowned slightly, "But Yanran...she didn't agree, she said to me over and over again--"

At that time, when Nie Ran was determined to destroy the letter, Zhao Yanran clung to the letter and said, "Brother Ran, you handed the letter to me personally. She is your home'... If you destroy... you don't destroy a letter, you destroy yourself!"

Nie Ran's statement was very plain.

But all this is totally different from my imagination.

I always thought that Zhao Yanran chose to be silent after discovering that her sweetheart had lost the memory of Xu Fang, and chose to erase it in order to be with him.

I asked: "Why? Zhao Yanran... doesn't she like you very much? Why..." Why do you want to push out your beloved for a woman like me?

"I saw Yanran like that, and I was at a loss," Nie Ran lowered his head and said, "What exactly happened that year, and what did the memory of the'Xu Fang' me and Yan Ran say? Yanran... …Obviously, I wanted to marry me since I was a child. But Yanran—"

Zhao Yanran said: "Brother Ran, it is precisely because I played with you since I was a kid. You have never been a happy person, and you have never been a person who can be honest about yourself for the sake of feelings. But I saw a few days ago. He is still happy even if he has restored the memory of Nie Ran’s Xu Fang. When he plans to go away for the woman he loves, I have never seen him overflowing with that kind of look, but When he learned that he was about to lose her, I had never seen him...so painful. Yes, I like you, but if my likes can't make you happy, it's just to satisfy my wishful thinking."

Some things are harder to keep, such as love.

But such a simple truth, Yan Ran knows, but I don't know it.

I asked: "What happened later?"

"Later, I told Yan Ran that she was wrong. I always had her in my heart, and it was my wish to get married with her. The woman who fell in love with her when she lost her memory was nothing more than empathy." Nie Ran sighed: "I deceived her."

I was stuck in my heart, "Does she believe it?"

"Maybe you believe it, maybe you don't believe it, but the right is real."

After thinking about it this time, after that, she was just acting with Nie Ran, trying to force me to leave.

"But at that time, why did Yanran be fooled into going to the woods because I was afraid that I would find you?" I was puzzled, "She, she even brought a thousand taels of silver tickets..."

Nie Ran said, "That's a lot... she wants to give it to you."

I thought of Zhao Yanran who was struggling to hold me in the water and let Nie Ran save me, and Zhao Yanran who saw me and Song Langsheng blessed when we met again at the wine shop a few days ago.

The acquaintance is not deep, and the bond is not shallow.

After a long time, I said: "Yan Ran, really an excellent girl. In all fairness, if I change to me, I may not be willing to keep that letter."

Nie Ran said: "After you let the giant current sweep away, I went to find Yanran and asked her to show me the letter, but she said she had burned the letter."

I got it in a daze.

At that time, they thought He Feng was dead, so why awaken Xu Fang to Zeng's sadness? It's better to stop this thought and let all that go with the flow.

I said: "Since the letter is no longer there, and Xu Fang can't come back, why do you need to bring it up again?"

Nie Ran asked, "Do you... want him to come back?"

When he said this, his pupils flickered, his expression was too similar to Xu Fang, and I shook my head after recognizing it.

Nie Ran was puzzled, "Why?"

I took a deep breath, "... Over the past year, too many things have happened, too many truths have made me unable to bear... Everything has a cause and effect, I don’t like to hate anyone, because hatred cannot Bring happiness to anyone. It’s just that sometimes, when I look back and see that I can’t understand what I’ve done, I see my heart is ignored, I see that everyone has their own difficulties but no one wants to take it. I think it’s more important...I’m not going to settle..." I breathed a sigh of relief, "To this day, whether love is righteous, or the overall situation is good, I’m afraid I’m powerless... At this time, you told me that there used to be such a person, who did so many things for me, and even put me first at the last moment. I, I really feel relieved in my heart..."

Nie Ran asked: "Since this is the case, why don't you want him to come back?"

I shook my head again: "He's back, what can he change? Something I missed and I want to come back, but it's just adding sadness to the unrecognizable."

Nie Ran froze when he heard the words, "Are you left at the mercy of others and willing to let the dust settle down?"

I twitched the corners of my mouth, "I'm tired, Lord Nie, shall we stop talking about this?"

"Why don't you ask?" Nie Ran asked, "Why don't you try to fight for..."

I coldly intercepted his words: "I'll say it again, I'm tired."

"I," he also interrupted me abruptly, "tonight, indeed came for the soldier's talisman."

He pointed to the soldier talisman scattered on the ground, and said in a calm voice: "I and Song Langsheng still have Fengli. Maybe we may not be of the same heart, but we have a common purpose-to get rid of the princess, to overthrow the crown prince, and let the country change hands. , Change the dynasty."

The last four words of Nie Ran’s words swayed back and forth in the cave. I stared at him blankly, without even making any expressions. I let him continue to say: "My father, is a former general. His savior had no choice but to surrender in the mutiny. He was originally waiting for the opportunity to recharge his energy. Unexpectedly, your father had already understood his intentions. Not only did he cut off the blood of the former imperial family, he also declared that my father was the first to chase and block the old lord of the former dynasty. A meritorious man, he became a fief, and since then my father has become the first traitor among the subjects of the former court...So, even if he holds a heavy soldier in his hand, how can he talk about rejuvenating the country?"

"So, he chose Song Langsheng?"

Nie Ran stared at me and said, "Song Langsheng is the son of King Rui. King Rui was well-known in the previous dynasty, and he is indeed the best choice."

I feel a little confused: "Then he...when did he cooperate with your dad?"

"Song Langsheng didn't know his life experience at all. He came to Beijing to trace the death of his father and mother, and then became your husband by mistake, until my father came to him... he once thought he was his father. The conspiracy case was just an unjust case. After that, it was discovered that the current emperor did not kill the wrong person—he was indeed the heir of the previous dynasty."

So, he knew it early in the morning, did he know that he had such a deep national hatred and family feud with me?

I bit my lower lip and asked, "Then, Fengli, who is it?"

Nie Ran said: "Feng Li is my father's counselor. Who is he? My father has never told me, but Feng Li is full of strategies and talents are really rare. He has offered advice over the years. My father has Able to stand in the middle of the DPRK."

I twisted my chest tightly with my hands, "Song Langsheng... does he really want to be the emperor?"

The distant mountains are continuous, with clouds and mists entwined. Nie Ranping asked, "Is there any difference between wanting and not wanting?"

Yes, what is the difference between thinking and not wanting?

Since he chose to cooperate with Xia Yanghou, he was destined to be an enemy of me.

My heart was in a mess, but I still didn't give up, "If he doesn't intend to be attached to power, but can't let go of his hatred, maybe things can still have room for maneuver..."

Nie Ran was stunned when he heard the words, "Princess! To this point—"

I raised my eyes and stared at Nie Ran and said, "Isn't it? If he really wanted to rebel, Fengli knew that King Rui was in the secret place, and he had already received the symbol of soldiers to summon thousands of troops, so why delay until now?"

Nie Ran said, "That's because Fengli has his own ambitions, and he lied to everyone! But that doesn't mean that Song Langsheng will think about you! There are no permanent enemies in this world. As long as the interests are right, it may not be Can't form a strong force. Do you remember the explosion of the Grain Transporter Ship a few months ago?"

"Isn't that case...wasn't King Kang done it?"

"Did King Kang admit it? He even dared to commit a crime. If he really did it, wouldn't he deny it? The official bombing case was clearly intended to prevent the court from delivering disaster food and interfere with the prison of the prince and princess. The government was actually trying to prevent the disaster food from reaching the disaster area. At that time, people complained, and the countermeasures against the largest bandit forces in Jiangsu and Zhejiang were a little more certain... Did the princess ever suspect that the official wheel exploded at that time, and the explosives Where did it come from? The city gates are tightly controlled. Who can bury such a large amount of gunpowder in the official wheel?" Nie Ran continued to prompt, "No one can do it. Gunpowder is the gunpowder of Shenjiying. , While someone secretly colluded in the Caoyun Mansion..."

My body shook, and I could hardly even sit still. I just heard Nie Ran ask me: "Shenjiying admiral Wanyi, and water transport governor Qi Zhiyu, have all been in prison in Dali Temple. Who will clean them up? still remember?"

It is Qing Song Langsheng of Dali Temple.

"Have the princess ever doubted, why did the princess fall into the water, it was so coincidental that Song Langsheng could come back and save you in time?"

Unless he knew it a long time ago.

I suddenly remembered that Song Langsheng once said to me a long time ago: "The so-called politician counts the benefits and considers what is appropriate, while the law-holder is not in vain and does not miss evil."

Good one, not in vain, not to omit evil.

Life is so ironic, who can expect yesterday's shield to become tomorrow's arrow?

My eyes were hazy, and words that even I didn't believe me murmured, "He's at least here to save me, isn't he..."

But even the last gleam of hope was destroyed.

Nie Ran looked at me quietly, "Just now, you asked me where Song Langsheng went? Actually, I don't know, but I know he went to meet with my father to discuss the last important matter. The two-year period has come, you With all his memories, how can he be by your side at this time? You know, the last step in Fengli's strategy is to wait."

I was dumbfounded for a while before I understood what he said, "Waiting...what?"

"Waiting for an opportunity, so that Song Langsheng has a good-sounding reason to return to Beijing to disrupt the court." Nie Ran said, "That is...waiting for the princess."

My whole person trembled involuntarily.

Nie Ran lowered his eyes and said, "The princess died suddenly. As a consort, as a Dali Temple clerk, he will be thoroughly investigated under grief and anger. The person who interferes with the case will not escape this calamity. In this way, he will no longer be suspicious, and I am afraid that even the prince will fully cooperate with him to catch the real murderer, then..."

"Then, he can take the opportunity to win over more forces, to reconcile inside and out, and he is one step closer to your chance of success, isn't it?" I felt my tears welling up, "Even, you even have the chance to be poisoned. It won’t be given to me. In order to wrong more powerful officials and military commanders who hinder your pace, he will plan an elaborate assassination. The best time can make me die, right?"

Nie Ran didn't answer me anymore.

My heart seemed to sink into a vast ocean of ink, faintly reaching the deepest and darkest place.

In this world, there is something more terrifying than the one I love most wanting me to die.

That is, after I die, that person will destroy everything I have and cherish in the human world——

I have seen all the killing and betrayal in the tactics since I was a child. There are regrets in the world, but there is always light, and everyone has pain. If I can put myself in the place and give my heart, even if I can’t get what I want, I can always get back the promise.

Why does he want to treat me like this?

Why do you want me to feel hatred again after I have tasted despair?

The mountain wind blows, and a few leaves blow in with the wind, and I slowly said: "Nie Ran, you can tell me so much, I'm afraid, you don't want me to die. Now, it's time to do it."

I know that now that the soldier talisman is in hand, he has no reason to keep me alive.

Nie Ran didn't seem to hear me. He lowered his head and picked up the scattered soldier charms and scrolls, wrapped them into a knot with cloth, and put them into the palm of my hand. He said lightly: "When dawn is dawn, the minister will send the princess down the mountain. The princess is not injured. It’s light, you should go directly to the palace and let the hospital be treated first."

I looked up suddenly, almost thinking I had heard it wrong, "Why?"

"At the moment, the princess mansion...I'm afraid it's not safe..."

I stared at his calm face, "Do you know what it means to you after I return to the palace today?"

Nie Ran said: "The minister knows."

I shook my head, "Do you think that if you tell me the truth, I can forgive your Nie family's sins? Do you think that if you save me, I can spare you death regardless of the law?"

Nie Ran smiled lightly, "I know, the princess won't."

I suddenly raised my accent, "Then why are you letting me go? Why do you want to return the soldier talisman? Why do you want to tell me the truth?!"

"Since this battle is inevitable, then, the princess should always be given a chance to play a fair game, instead of using endless deception and concealing opportunistic tricks——" His eyes were deep, "I just did a good job. It's... something Xu Fang would do."

I was stunned, "Xu Fang...what would he do?"

"Remember what I asked you just now? I asked the princess, if I find Xu Fang back, will you be less sad?" Nie Ran looked like a lake, "The letter is destroyed, and I can't find Xu Fang back. Here you are, but I know that if he is the person next to the princess at the moment, he will definitely do the same."

I looked at him deeply, "But you are not him, you were even afraid of changing back to him, now, why do you want to do what Xu Fang would do?"

The sky was faintly bright, and when I looked at it in a blink of an eye, there were thousands of rays of light seeping out of the clouds, like Qionglou Xianyu, endless.

Nie Ran was lost in silence for a while, and then sighed: "Because, like him, I don't want to..."

He didn't want to, what he didn't want, but he didn't finish it.

I was speechless for a while, and Nie Ran put on his official robe again, squinted slightly, and looked into the distance: "Let's go, minister, send the princess back to the palace."

With his gaze, I looked down at the weather dawn, not only the capital, but also the endless mountains and rivers, almost within my hand.

When I was young, my father once told me that standing on a high place, my heart could not help but pretend to be vast.

It's just that the only one among tens of millions of people can reach the top.

The price is to trample the remaining tens of millions of people under their feet.

I didn't think so.

I actually... disagree.

(——At the end of this chapter, see if I have something to say)

The author has something to say:

Originally, there was a chance to play this chapter, but I was worried that there was too much information in one chapter, and everyone felt unacceptable. So I simply opened another chapter with full of them~~that is, the next chapter~~The next chapter is basically finished. ~~~But I need to modify it again~~~It's the sauce~~What is it?~~Don't ask me who the protagonist is! ! ! ! !