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

As soon as he arrived at the Qingzhou Yamen, he heard that Zhao Shoufu's daughter was injured when the officers and soldiers captured the traitor. Fortunately, Lord Song was saved in time and there was no risk of life. When I asked how she was injured, the prefect of Qingzhou hesitated to answer, but said that Zhao Qianjin had settled in his mansion to rest and sent someone to take care of her, and it would not be a big problem.

It was already the second shift, and Song Langsheng and his entourage were still resting in the post. I thought about it a little bit and decided to visit Zhao Yanran first. If she was fine, I didn't need to do anything extra.

As soon as anyone wanted to enter the mansion courtyard, there was a great commotion. The maids in the mansion looked flustered, and the doctors rushed to the courtyard.

It turned out that Zhao Yanran was committing suicide.

Maybe it can't be said that she was making trouble. The doctor said that the strength of her slashing was unambiguous. It took a lot of effort to stop the bleeding. If she finds one step late, I am afraid that she can really succeed in suicide.

The prefect had already turned pale with fright, except for the maid who was vehemently scolded, he had to tremble and beg me for forgiveness.

I think of course he cannot be blamed for this kind of thing. After all, I am also a very experienced person in suicide. If a person really wants to die, he can die by burying his head in the bed and biting his tongue. What can be stopped by others?

Fortunately, Zhao Yanran shouldn't be killed. She stopped the blood and fell asleep after pouring the medicine. In a short time, she should have no strength to bite her tongue.

I asked the little maids who were too scared to find the North to retreat and enter the house alone to sit with Zhao Yanran.

Zhao Yanran on the bed was bloodless, and her body trembled unconsciously. The thick strap between her left wrist was still oozing blood, and there was also a thin sword on her neck.

I closed my eyes, as if I could imagine the scene where Zhao Yanran asked Nie Ran to hold herself with a long sword and saw Song Langsheng approaching step by step.

The bloodstain on her neck is extremely shallow, which should be the result of Nie Ran moving the sword in time.

I sighed, I don't know how to persuade Yan Ran to let go of this obsession.

I gathered the bedding for her, and was about to get up to leave when I saw her slowly opened my eyes. I didn't expect her to wake up so quickly. She didn't think about what to say for a while, but she had gritted her teeth and sat up, quietly looking at me and said: "Princess... why are you here?"

"I...I was entrusted by my father to take you back... Yan Ran, this is the end of the matter, why are you..."

Zhao Yanran lowered her eyebrows when she heard the words, she asked in a low voice, "Is Brother Ran...it's hard to escape death?"

I didn't want to deceive her, so I was silent for a moment and nodded.

There was pain on her quiet face, and she couldn't help but grabbed my sleeve, "Can you save him?"

I shook my head slightly.

"But you clearly promised me..."

"At this time, at another time," I interrupted her, "Nie Ran is the heir of the former dynasty, and he has a conspiracy to rebel. He is about to be done, and no one can save him."

Zhao Yanran trembled slightly, "If my brother is dead, I can't live alone..."

I can’t bear to say: “This matter is related to the safety of the country and the peace of the people. Even your father cannot change it. How can you make these children’s love sway? If you commit suicide, you will only make your father gray hair. People give away black hair and hate previous years. How can you bear it?"

"The safety of the country... the peace of the people..." Zhao Yanran knelt on the bed, hooked her mouth, her eyes were full of tears, "I heard that your husband was also accused of being a treasonous heir of the former imperial emperor, but you Ning Save him from the dead and take him away. At that time, why don't you think about the safety of the country and the peace of the people?"

"Because I believe the consort will not do such a thing..."

"Then why don't you believe in Brother Ran!" Zhao Yanran grumbled dumbly: "You have already sentenced him to death in your heart, and you have never given him a chance!"

I said: "The facts are in front of me, all his actions are..."

"What did he do? What did you see? He did so much for you, did you see it?" Zhao Yanran intercepted my words. Who would rather not take the antidote to be in danger? Oh, you don’t know how he was caught, right? It was your good husband who released the news that you were killed by a traitor in the capital, he clearly already I was about to rendezvous with Xia Yanghou, but couldn't let go of it, saying that I would look back to confirm your safety, who knew I was trapped in layers of arrows! I wanted him to take me as a hostage, and he pushed me away. Stop making the slightest resistance. You said he was treasonously committed to the country, but what I see is that he regards you more importantly than his great cause of restoration!"

I got up suddenly, "You don't have to say anymore..."

"If your Royal Highness has a clear heart, what would you dare not listen to?" Zhao Yanran looked at me and smiled miserably, "Anyway, when it comes to this day, what should be said and what should not be said, so why not? You are not? I have always wanted to know what happened when he lost his memory of you overnight a year ago?"

My heart trembled and looked at her blankly.

"Or... I should have started talking about it two years ago..." She said, "Princess, have you ever thought about who on earth gave Brother Ran Wang Hun San and let him live among the people?"

"It's the current emperor, your father." She said word by word: "He ordered my father to give Xiayang Hou Shizi this strange poison. My father didn't find a chance, so he gave me a fake hand, and he did it for my brother. There’s medicine in your pastry, do you know? But my brother’s poison...I personally fed it..."

Zhao Yanran was shocked when she saw me, but she smiled, "These are what my father just told me a few days ago. He said that the emperor wanted Xia Yanghou to run around for this and had no intention to increase troops. My father even sent a killer secretly to General Ran. The elder brother was in desperation, and the killer was killed in the end, but the elder brother did not see anyone. Since then, there has been no news, life or death is uncertain..."

I opened my lips slightly, and the voice was so soft that I could hardly hear it, "Father..."

Zhao Yanran's eyes gradually lost focus. She raised her hand and wiped her tears, "When all of us were trying to find him, but my brother was living in a small village. He had no memory and became a sunrise. And a little fisherman who lived and lived until he rescued a girl in a natural disaster..."

I looked at Zhao Yanran incredulously, "You...how do you..."

She didn’t answer my words, and said quietly: “The girl had a serious leg injury. In order to save someone, he and the young aunt reached an agreement to test the medicine. But he was leaving. Before leaving, she gave him a name, Xu Fang."

"After the girl left, Xu Fang sat on the beach for a day, waiting for the sky lanterns to rise at night. He saw a rainbow-colored lamp from a distance. For no reason, he followed the direction of the sky lanterns. I ran all the way, but saw the girl embracing her sweetheart and crying..."

"He just knew that the girl turned out to be the princess today, and that charming man was her husband."

"It didn't take long before Xia Yanghou found him and told him all his life experience, hoping that he could go back with him and take care of his body slowly. But he had no intention of knowing that Xia Yanghou was going to harm the princess, so he quietly rushed to In the capital, jump off the cliff with the princess, and take the princess to flee."

A huge boulder in my heart fell under pressure, and I opened my eyes wide. I couldn't believe what I was hearing for a long time, "These... why do you know these things?"

"Why would I know?" She smiled suddenly, and when she raised her eyes, tears fell on her cheeks. "Before I answer your question, can you answer me a question?"

I stiffened all over, and before I could react, I listened to her voice falling, "At that time, you liked Xu Fang so much. If he didn't change back, he didn't forget you and left you. In the end, you recover all your memories. Will you leave him?"

I’ve been asked this question again and again, but I never want to think about it. Every time I think about it, I just feel that my chest is blocked by something. But today, Zhao Yanran has a few words, but I don’t know why it seems to be revealed. Opening the answer that was already buried in my heart, I closed my eyes, "What on earth do you want to say?"

"You dare not answer, because you are afraid that you will not be able to face your husband if you answer," Zhao Yanran said: "But I know that if Xu Fang never abandons you, you will definitely go with him..."

"Yan Ran!"

"Princess...Do you know that the Xu Fang at that time, no, is the Xu Fang who has remembered all the memories of Nie Ran, how hard he tried to be with you... For you, he can throw away all of him... "Zhao Yanran's eyes were red, "The night you arrived in Suiyang, at Nie's house, everyone kneeled down to him, and even the old Houye kowtowed his head and begged him..."

All the members of the Nie family, all the elders, clansmen, and loyal servants who have supported him to protect him since childhood, are using their lives to beg him to stay.

It was a responsibility and kindness that was as heavy as Mount Tai, but at that moment it destroyed his body.

"Even so, he still wants to leave-for you, you don't know what he gave up for you!" Zhao Yanran's face was pale, "Do you know... Qinggu has already removed the deadliest poison from him, even if he doesn't accept it." Medicine, there will be no life worry for the time being. If it weren't for the sudden antidote, you wouldn't have been separated!"

Upon hearing this, I finally couldn't contain the shock, and unconsciously took two steps backwards, "Antidote?"

"Yes, the antidote. In order to win the trust of Xiayanghou, your good husband ordered someone to send an antidote to the poison of the emperor," Zhao Yanran sneered, "It's the antidote that rekindled the hope of the Nie family. , They let countless guards block the way, they just let Brother Ran stop him, and give him the antidote..."

"Princess, the person who made Xu Fang disappear in this world is not someone else, it is Song Langsheng." She took a long breath, "This is what my father said personally. If you don't believe it, you can ask your husband, if not. He sent the antidote, is there still Nie Ran who intends to rebel in the world?!"

I couldn't help but grabbed the lapels of my clothes, and felt my whole person trembling slightly, "The prince...has no knowledge of these internal information, everything is...good luck, you shouldn't push the wrong place on him..."

"Good luck fooling people?" Zhao Yanran raised her head, at a loss for a moment, "Could it be that one sentence of good luck tricking people can easily ruin a person's life?!"

I shook my head, and clenched my fists buried in my sleeves tightly, "But Xu Fang has disappeared. No matter what the reason, the current Nie Ran steals the soldier's talisman, recruits the old ministry, and disrupts the capital. All these are harmful. Chaozun, the move to shake the country’s foundation! He did what he did. It is not the fact that you can change the current facts just by telling me the inside story..."

"No..." Zhao Yanran bit her lower lip, tears flickering, "You thought he disappeared, but he didn't, he didn't disappear..."

I was shocked, "You, what did you say?"

Her eyes quietly fell on a bag at the end of the bed, "This is the end of the matter, why should I continue to hide it?" After saying that, she moved her body to spread the bag and use the same as the one at the bottom. The thing wrapped in the silk cloth was pulled out and opened, revealing the thick envelope, "This is... the letter written by Xu Fang to Nie Ran. I have always kept it for you..."

She slowly handed the letter to me, "I think, the one who really needs to read this letter... is you princess..."

It turned out that Zhao Yanran never burned this letter.

I hesitated for a moment, and took it slowly, but felt that this letter paper was so scorching that I didn't even have the courage to open it for a while.

Zhao Yanran said solemnly: "On that day, after taking the antidote, he was trapped in Nie's house. The guards were tightly guarded at all levels, and he was unable to escape out of the inn to find you. The power of the medicine made him sleepy and unbearable. He knew that he fell asleep. Going down, he has to forget all the memories of Xu Fang... So, he took a dagger, and whenever he was too sleepy to support him, he pierced a hole in his leg to force himself to stay awake, and then... wrote down this pile of things. Thick letter..."

I trembled and pulled out the letter. When the familiar handwriting came into my eyes, my vision suddenly became hazy, and tears poured out, drowning everything.

Zhao Yanran’s voice was twisted and snarled like cotton wool, "He was lying in front of the table, suffering from heartache, so he wrote a whole day’s letter, and wrote all the bits and pieces that were with you. On paper... he doesn't know what else he can do, but he doesn't want to forget you, no matter what the past or the future, his only wish... just wants to remember you, nothing more..."

The wind whispers like weeping like a whisper, the cloud covers the full moon, and everything in the body is dimmed in mottled.

But the dots and inks touched by the fingertips are so clear.

I used to think about what Xu Fang was doing before turning back to Nie Ran, what was he thinking about, would he miss me.

The answer was on the letter paper in front of me. I looked at it, and tears suddenly fell.

He said: Hefeng is still waiting for me at the inn, I can't go back, will she come to me, but I am no longer, where will she go to find me.

He said: I thought she would be a new beginning to end my wasted time, but I didn’t wake up until all the memories were restored. That short day was a dream that Nie Ran was out of reach. When the dream woke up, everything was Gone.

He said: I have been responsible since I was a child, and everyone around me has high hopes for me. Someone always tells me where I come from and how many people exchange my life with blood and flesh. They hope that I will never forget my country. Qiu, you want me to keep it in my heart day and night, but no one has ever asked me if I am willing to live in hatred. Later I became Xu Fang, and I knew that if Nie Ran had grown up in an ordinary family, he would not have to shoulder the responsibility of restoring the country, he would be such a person, a person completely different from Nie Ran.

He said: Nie Ran, I know, when you read this letter, you may dismiss it and treat it as a momentary hesitation of your own amnesia. What I want to tell you is that the world, all living beings, only She can redeem you.

He said: Missing her, but after today, I can't even miss her anymore. Not reconciled, really not reconciled to forget her, Nie Ran, can you remember her for me, can you keep her for me, can you promise me that you will never do anything to hurt her.

My heart felt like I was suddenly grabbed by something, and the pain was almost breathless. The pile of letters was so heavy in my hands that I couldn’t hold it. When the letters fell on the ground, my legs softened and moved along. The wall slid to the ground, but the words that Xu Fang asked me in the past echoed in my mind—

"Hefeng, in case, I mean in case... one day I do something bad, will you ignore me?"

I am inexplicable, "What's the bad thing?"

He looked towards the sky, "Probably it is the bad things that harm the country and the people..."

I couldn't help laughing, "It's just you? Do you mean harm to the country and the people? How do you do harm? Use fishing nets or fishing rods haha..."

"...Isn't this a metaphor... the person who answers the question must respect this hypothesis..."

"Oh..." I stuck out my tongue and thought for a while, "In case... if there is such a thing... then I will definitely ignore you..."

He sighed, "Oh, I thought you would say those things like ‘even if you are the enemy of the world, I will be on your side’...so disappointed..."

I squinted at him, "Am I such a person of right and wrong?" I couldn't help but smile when I saw his head turned back, "However, as long as I am here, you will not be led astray. No matter what you will become in the future, even if you make a mistake, I will definitely bring you back!

He turned his head, his eyes were like the warm winter sun, gentle and agile, "Really?"

"Of course, with a gentle breeze, it's hard to chase after eight horses!"

"Hurry up and pull the hook..."

"..."

Xu Fang, Xu Fang.

In the end, it was me who failed to keep the promise.

The trembling sensation rose from the soles of my feet. I closed my eyes and let the tears fall down my cheeks. For a long time, I heard my hoarse voice: "These letters...Have Nie Ran read them?"

Zhao Yanran shook her head gently, "No... Maybe he felt something in his heart, afraid that this letter would shake his determination... When I thought that he who forgot about you would no longer be moved by you, I also thought about it selfishly. Bury it all up and let this be the eternal past...but..."

She choked, raised her finger to wipe the tears from the corner of her eyes, and condensed on me, "On that day, we were ambushed in the woods and fell off the cliff. When you were washed away by the flood, my brother immediately let me Grasping the vine, the next moment, he jumped into the water without thinking, and was swept away by the river in your direction..."

I suddenly raised my head, and for a moment, I almost thought I was hearing a hallucination.

Zhao Yanran slowly said: "Later, my brother tried his best to rescue you, but the arrow wound in you was too serious. The ordinary doctor was helpless. He didn't dare to alarm Xia Yanghou and asked Zhou Wenyu to come to you with his daughter. Healing... During the two days when you were in a coma, he stayed by your side every step of the way. I asked him why he wanted to save you regardless of his life. He shook his head and said that he didn’t know the reason. He just watched you disappear in him. In front of him, his only thought was to never let you have something to do..."

All this, after all, why?

She raised her mouth slightly, tears filled her eyes again, "After he rescued you from the ghost gate, he warned himself that he could no longer sink in, so he let Zhou Wenyu take you away, fabricating a lie that only accidentally saved you...but He was still worried, so... he followed you quietly all the way, you were cold, he asked the proprietress of the inn to pretend to take you in; if you were hungry, he would give the vendor money and let them give you food; see if someone wants to treat you If the plot is wrong, he will take the lead and clean up all those people..."

Zhao Yanran saw my face in disbelief, and she asked, "Do you really think that with you, a weak penniless woman, you can return to the capital from Suiyang without incident?"

I didn't understand, and murmured to her: "Why? Why would he do this?"

"At this moment, don't you still understand?" Zhao Yanran's eyes were shining brightly, and she pointed to the position of her heart with her hand, and said word by word: "Even if his memory is gone, my mind is about your past feelings. I have forgotten, but his heart still remembers that he loves you! Xu Fang has never disappeared, he has been living in Nie Ran's heart! Xu Fang has been waiting for you to find him back! It was you...you gave up He..."

This answer, like a thunderbolt, smashed me into the head, and I froze there, unable to speak for a long time.

Zhao Yanran raised her misty eyes and slowly said, "Xu Fang once told me that what was written in this letter was a way to get Nie Ran back to him. I couldn't help but curiously looked at it quietly. ...I just know what that sentence means..."

At last?

I lowered my eyelashes, looked at the scattered letters, and slowly stretched out my hand, searching one by one, and finally found the last page of the letter.

At the entrance, the handwriting has been distorted—

When Nie Ran fell in love with Hefeng, he would be the guardian of Hefeng.

Gentle, Xu Fang will definitely see you again. I firmly believe.