Cover The Sky With One Hand, Beat The Ground With The Other Chapter 24: (complete)

"Because she has fallen in love with this concubine, and she can't extricate herself from it."

Song Langsheng's words made my face tremble three times. All kinds of thoughts flooded into my heart. Nie Ran let go of my hand, and Song Langsheng held the With only my hand, I raised my eyebrows and said, "If Lord Nie has nothing else to do..."

Before he finished speaking, Nie Ran interrupted: "Then what are you doing to her? Are you sincere or taking advantage of it?"

This question stopped me first.

Song Langsheng put his affectionate gaze on me, and then fell back to Nie Ran. Just when I thought he was going to say something disgusting, he said, "Of course he took advantage of it."

...I squinted at him, he looked at Nie Ran calmly and said, "What's wrong?"

Nie Ran stared at me with a thin smile: "You know that he is using you, and you are willing?"

I don't know where Consort Song sang, and I didn't think about whether to cooperate with him, but seeing Nie Ran's sarcastic smile, he simply kept silent, Song Langsheng hooked his lips, Holding my hand, I bypassed Nie Ran and got on the carriage, let down the curtain and let the coachman drive back to the mansion.

Because the carriage was hired on a temporary basis, the interior was not as spacious as the one in the mansion. Song Langsheng and I sat in a row so close to each other that we couldn't hide anywhere, and I didn't know what to say. silence.

My mind was full of chaos. For a while I wondered why Song Langsheng appeared here, for a while I wondered whether he had taken the medicine or not, and for a while I wondered if he said that to Nie Ran to deliberately anger him. After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't dare to ask. It's strange to say that my attitude towards Song Langsheng has always been straightforward. Why look ahead?

After a while, Song Langsheng suddenly asked, "Are you thinking about him?"

I was startled, then turned to look at him, Song Langsheng paused: "Are you thinking about what Nie Ran said?"

Nie Ran? Yes, what did Nie Ran mean? It stands to reason that he knows that I have lived with him for more than a year. How can I be a substitute for the princess during this time? He repeatedly said that his life was in danger, why did he have a second argument?

Seeing that I didn't answer, Song Langsheng asked again: "When I said I was using you, his anger was hard to hide, and he only asked what you meant. Are you thinking that he still cares about you after all?"

Where did this come from? I shook my head subconsciously and said, "After all, he feels guilty about me, and he is justifiable to care about it... But you, how can you talk about those things like a child, it seems to be deliberately showing off and making people see jokes ."

Song Langsheng raised his eyes and looked at me: "I just want to test him. If he is sincere to you, he will not give up."

I said helplessly: "If he is not good, what should you do?"

Song Langsheng was silent for a while, then said, "It depends on what the princess thinks."

I leaned back and remained silent. Song Langsheng asked, "If he still has a princess in his heart, what would the princess be like?"

I glanced at him, only to feel that Song Langsheng's words contained a hint of distrust, it was not Nie but this princess who was cooperating with him to test, and I said: "What else can I do, I cry with joy, the broken mirror is reunited ."

Song Langsheng held my hand tightly and said, "What did you say?"

I said: "Broken the mirror and reunited."

The next moment, Song Langsheng squeezed my chin with the other hand, it hurt so much, he asked in a deep voice, "Say it again."

I know I'm not as strong as him, but I'm too lazy to break free. I look directly at him and say, "You can try to use a little more force and directly remove your chin, so that this princess won't be able to say anything, which is exactly what you want."

Song Langsheng was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he was overreacting. He let go of his hand and stroked my chin helplessly. He frowned and said nothing. He burst out laughing and said, "Okay, I won't tease you anymore."

Song Langsheng cast a suspicious look.

I pursed my lips and smiled: "You made me a foolish woman in front of Nie Ran, no matter what, I have to get it back."

Song Langsheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "So you're mad at me for testing Nie Ran?"

I said: "Actually, you probably won't be angry with Nie Ran. The relationship between me and him is not what you think. Just, I didn't like him at all, and he didn't mean anything to me. I was thinking about it before. It's Xu Fang, understand?"

"Aren't they the same person?"

I spread my hands and said: "I didn't want to mention it at first, but you are so suspicious and worried. Well, this is the situation between me and Xu Fang..."

Outside the window, the sky is thick with clouds, but the moonlight and stars are not visible, and the carriage is pitch-dark and dark, so even if I talk about the sad part, Song Langsheng can't see the fog in my eyes. Maybe... I can choose to simply say it or not to say it, but sometimes once I start it, it's like opening a chatterbox.

That story, the good, the happy, the sad, the sad, from the moment Xu Fang disappeared, has only remained in my mind.

In the forest that night, Nie Ran said that he would never be able to remember that memory in the end, indicating that I don't have to go on. In fact, it doesn't matter if he doesn't recover his memory, I just hope he can listen to Xu Fang's story, let him remember Xu Fang, and don't let Xu Fang disappear in this world.

However, he wouldn't even give me such an opportunity.

I once confided to Wei Qingheng, but at that time he replied, "All your current emotions are due to the memory of that year, but Princess, you still have the past nineteen years, have you ever thought about it? It's too light and heavy."

I don't like him saying that. If you want to use time to measure feelings, use my nineteen years of life to tell me that Xu Fang is just a passerby, and if I start to gradually forget that memory, who is left to prove that Xu Fang has existed in this world.

When my brain got hot, I told Song Langsheng about this. Although he is also a mystery that cannot be solved, at least, when he is around, he can always feel inexplicable peace of mind.

It is true that Song Langsheng is not a very good listener.

He would always interrupt when I was very excited, such as "This is play-by-play" "He didn't do anything wrong to you? Really?" "How could he leave you alone in the inn? I want you to leave immediately! Go back and do what!"

……

In the end, Song Langsheng was completely in a posture of wanting to raise his knife and turn back to kill Nie Ran. All the sadness and nostalgic emotions were all tossed away by him. I had to remind: "If he brings I'm far away, and I won't be sitting in front of you now."

Song Langsheng's hand that opened the curtain paused in the air, then sat back calmly, holding me tightly and refused to let go. After a long time, he said, "I'm sorry."

I looked at him inexplicably: "It's not your fault, what are you apologizing for?"

Song Langsheng lowered his head and said in a muffled voice, "If it wasn't for me, the princess would not have lost her memory, would not have disappeared, and nothing like this would have happened."

Although I had already guessed it, I couldn't help but sigh when I heard him admit it. However, listening to his apologetic voice and faintly flickering eyes, a warm flame rose in his heart, slowly calming down his sadness.

I said: "Hey, so you're saying that I'm like this, you're all thinking about it?"

"Absolutely not."

"Is that an unintentional loss?"

“…”

I stretch out my fingers, although he may not see it in this light: "Five more months and I'll be able to recover all my memories."

Song Langsheng was silent.

I said: "My previous inference was...you want to do something during this time, but then you think wrongly. Strictly speaking, it is possible for me to restore the period you don't want at any moment. The memory revealed to me, then, even if you tell me, what's the harm?"

Song Langsheng was still silent, so silent that I almost wanted to say something to stimulate him, then he suddenly said, "Maybe it's because I don't know where to start."

His voice was a little low in the darkness, "I can't guess what the princess was thinking at the time, I can't believe that the princess would make such a choice in that situation, but I hurt the princess after all. From the moment the princess is told the truth, the princess will resent me and leave me, if this day will come sooner or later, why not delay it for as long as possible..."

"I won't."

I put my other hand on the back of his hand and looked in his direction seriously: "I won't resent you, even if Nie Ran treated me like that, I never resented him, Song Langsheng, don't think of me too stingy."

"That's different...Princess, at least, Xu Fang never failed you."

It was quiet.

I don't know when the crescent moon appeared again, shining in through the car window, Song Langsheng probably noticed that I was looking at him, turned his black eyes to look at him, lowered his eyelashes, and turned his head back.

I knew that I couldn't make a statement no matter what, so I gave up and said, "You're being frank now. Well, I won't force you. Anyway, you just don't want to say it."

Song Langsheng said: "The princess finally realized it."

I was stunned to the point of being speechless, and after thinking about it, I felt unwilling: "But I told you about my relationship with you, and now there is no secret in front of you, but you and I have no secrets. It's not fair to say that it's a complete mystery."

"So?"

"So, you also have to share a story with me."

Song Langsheng looked at me sideways again, this time he was amused: "The princess asks anything, I know what to say, and I have everything to say."

“…”

It's a good time for clichés. Since you want to ask, you should ask something that you don't know even if you restore your memory...

I thought about it and asked, "I want to know...the story of that fan."

"Fan?"

"Yeah, it's the fan whose face was torn by me and repaired by you, with flowers and grass painted on it, as if it was given to you by your sweetheart. You are very precious."

Song Langsheng snorted, I peeked at him calmly, and his expression didn't change much: "There are a lot of fans that she gave me, but I promised to paint them for her, but unfortunately they didn't. can be delivered."

I nodded.

Song Langsheng also nodded.

Me: "...that's it?"

Song Langsheng said: "Otherwise?"

"No, is there a story with no end like you... antecedents? Consequences? What happened? Who is she? When and where did you draw the fan? Why didn't you send it out?"

Song Langsheng raised his sleeve to his mouth and coughed lightly, "Those...that's a long story..."

I glared at him and said, "I have to say a long story, and a long story is not allowed."

Song Langsheng smiled and said, "It's okay, but the princess has to promise not to be jealous after listening to it."

I rejoiced and said, "This princess has a big heart."

Song Langsheng found a comfortable position to lean on, raised his head and blinked, as if recalling: "It was about six or seven years ago, when I was still a test candidate for the scientific examination. When I entered the city, I painted a fan and set up a small stall. I live in the suburbs of Beijing. After the sun sets, I will go to the nearby mountains to pick up firewood and water. It was at that time that I rescued a little girl who was trapped in the mountains. "

I let out a long sigh, and the thief laughed: "Heroes save beauty..."

"I'm neither a hero nor beautiful, not only is she not beautiful, but she is also quite difficult. When I rescued her, she cried and ran into a thief and fled, so I don't know where I am home. Anyway, it's full of nonsense. , but I thought I was a little girl after all, and I couldn't bear to leave it alone, so I had to take it home for a few days before making plans."

I let out another long voice and said, "That must be someone's little girl who fell in love with you, intentionally, intentionally."

Song Langsheng smiled noncommittally and continued: "That little girl is really strange, she calls herself a country girl, but her hands are delicate and she doesn't seem to be used to rough work, but if she is a famous daughter, she is missing. Such a big thing has not seen any movement. I was wrapped in a veil all day long and said that I looked extremely ugly and could not bear to see it. When I was reading the book, she didn't bother, she sat quietly and held the book while reading. I was only surprised that she was only a little girl in her teens. She actually watched the whole "Spring and Autumn", and she could say a thing or two when chatting. Later, when I was bored with reading, I would try to talk to her. Her views are often It's sloppy, but it's also very funny, and it makes people laugh."

I raised my fingertips and said, "The little girl who is hidden, what happened later?"

"Then..." Song Langsheng smiled, "One day, she disappeared."

I asked, "Where did she go?"

Song Langsheng shook his head, "I left a note with the words 'I will come back'."

"And then what?"

"Then I'll go ahead and prepare for the exam."

"Do you miss her?"

Song Langsheng curled the corners of his lips, "I was relieved at first, feeling that I was less burdensome, but after a few days I really thought about it, worrying that something would happen to her alone. In those days, I would spend more time picking firewood. Going around the top of the mountain, for fear that she will fall into another trap if she accidentally falls into another trap, which will make Tiantian not respond, and Earth will not work."

I smiled and asked: "So when and where did you meet again?"

Song Langsheng said: "After half a month, a person appeared in front of my stall and asked me how much silver taels I sold for a fan with a smile."

"Is it her?"

"Hmm."

"And then what?"

"Then I replied, it depends on the painting. She asked for the most distinctive one, I laughed and said that it was priceless, and she happily accompany me to sell fans, and then go home with me ."

Priceless? I thought about it for a while, and suddenly said, "So you promised her that you would give her a unique fan that was specially drawn for her. Is that the one that came later?"

Song Langsheng nodded.

"And then? Did she say who she was?"

Song Langsheng said: "She is wearing a palace maid's uniform, so she is naturally a maid. At that time, His Royal Highness the former crown prince was resting at Yulong Villa, and she was the maid who accompanied the prince out of the palace. Yulong Villa was also in the suburbs of Beijing, so she would have run into ."

I said in amazement: "It turned out to be my brother's maid...and then?"

"Later...then she told me she might be going back to the palace soon."

"Hmm."

"So...I suddenly feel very sad..."

"Hmm."

Song Langsheng smiled, "So, I promised her to do my best to pass the imperial examination, and when she was released from the palace, the matchmaker would marry."

I pondered for a moment, and suddenly came up with an idea out of thin air, and I became nervous: "Hey...could it be, she is still waiting for you in the palace, and you have been waiting to marry her...and ended up killing her halfway. Come out with Cheng Yaojin, it's me, I force you to be my concubine... That's why you hate me so much? You want to leave me and marry her? Yes, so you fall into deep self-blame and self-entanglement? Then I... am I not guilty?"——

I am the dividing line——

Song Langsheng squinted: "Don't be too imaginative."

I snorted, "So...she's in Jade Dragon Villa, and you're in a small cottage in the country, and you sometimes have a private meeting when you're free?"

Song Langsheng was not annoyed by my words, but smiled and said, "She also found a big tree and asked me to wait for her under the tree every day. I even started to worry about me at that time. Whether I can still pass the imperial examination, my heart is scattered."

I smiled, "Then why aren't you together?"

Song Langsheng looked stunned, lowered his eyes and said, "On the day I painted a fan and wanted to give it to her, the family changed, and before I could tell her, my father suddenly took me and my mother with me. I have left Beijing.”

I wondered: "What do you mean? Your father has a vengeance outside?"

Song Langsheng elusively raised the corner of his lips, "That's right."

His smile was very unnatural, and the corners of his mouth were stiff. I knew he didn't want to say more, so he just said, "So you left that little palace maid and left alone?"

Song Langsheng laughed at himself: "It would be better if we left her alone. It's just that I was young and regretted it soon after leaving the city gate. I was afraid that she would stay at the place we agreed to stay for a long time. And I'm afraid I'll never see each other again at the end of this walk."

"So you went back to find her?"

Song Langsheng said: "I'm not sure if she is willing to leave with me. Even if she doesn't, I would like to lift her veil. If I can return to the capital in the future, I won't be acquainted with each other."

I wondered, "Why doesn't she show her true face?"

"She always said that she was extremely ugly and didn't want to be seen by me." Song Langsheng smiled and remembered, "But in my opinion, some of her exposed skin is slightly red and swollen, and it seems to be long What's wrong, women always love beauty, and it's human nature to be unwilling to show it."

I nodded, "And then? Did you meet up there?"

"Since she is the maid of the former prince, when the prince returns to the palace, she should also return with her. The hour had passed when I rushed back, but she was still waiting for me under the tree. The moment she turned around, I I also saw her face."

I subconsciously asked: "Is she born beautiful?"

Song Langsheng said: "Beautiful. In fact, no matter how she was born, in my opinion, she was beautiful. I didn't know why, or I was scared all the way, when I saw her, I hugged her and asked Will she be willing to roam the world with me?"

Listening to his description, I somehow felt a bit of sourness in my heart, and I said, "Then... is she willing?"

Song Langsheng said: "She said she was willing, but she had to go back and clean up. We will meet at You Shi, oh, every moment of waiting was very tormenting, but fortunately she came, and then she left with me. Beijing."

Unexpectedly, I said: "Well, then, shouldn't you be together? Where is she now?"

Song Langsheng's tone trembled slightly: "There is no later. Later she died."

"It's good, why did she die?" I grabbed his sleeve, "You speak more clearly."

Song Langsheng was silent for a long time, until he could only hear the sound of horses' hooves stepping on the night road outside the car window. After a long while, he opened his mouth.

"I encountered a master ambush on the road, and my fists were no match for four. I failed to protect her."

"Who is it? Who wants to harm you?"

Song Langsheng turned his head abruptly and glanced at me with a strange look. That expression made me feel cold for no reason, but I couldn't understand clearly. I stammered and asked, "Those people are going to be chased and killed. Are your parents' enemies?"

Song Langsheng's expression paused, and after a while he said, "Well."

I said: "You are so good at martial arts, why can't you protect her? Why did she die but you survived? Song Langsheng... How could you have the heart to watch your loved one die in front of you?"

Song Langsheng used an indescribable expression to spit out a few words with difficulty: "The number of ambushes outnumbered the crowd. I asked her to ride away first to keep her safe. After I jumped off the horse and dealt with those people, how could it be? material..."

I wait for him to continue.

"She fell off her horse before she ran very far, smashed her head, and lost too much blood..." Song Langsheng pursed his lips and said bleakly: "It's because I didn't think carefully, and I was relieved because I taught her to ride a horse before. Leaving her alone, I don't think the situation is too critical, she can't control her nervousness for a while... It's my fault-"

I patted the back of his hand lightly, not knowing how to comfort him, he exhaled slowly, as if trying to calm his emotions, "I killed all the killers and was seriously injured. I went to find my parents, but I didn't know... They were trapped in a village infected with the plague in order to wait for me. The local officials were afraid that the epidemic would spread to Zhou County, so they sealed the whole village. When I arrived, they were already infected with the plague. The epidemic is exhausting.”

I suddenly regret letting Song Langsheng recall this story.

I can't imagine a high-spirited teenager, watching his relatives and lovers fall, separated by yin and yang, whether his heart was devastated after that night.

A drop of water splashed on the back of my hand, and my heart suddenly hurt, like a silver needle stuck on the top of my heart.

I choked and murmured: "Don't cry..."

"Fool." A hand brushed lightly out of the corner of my eye, "Find out who's crying."

I looked up at him, and then my vision was hazy. I closed my eyes, and the sourness in front of me couldn't go away. It seemed that there was something in it, and I kept my eyelids open and overflowed.

Song Langsheng tapped me on the head: "How can I, the client, feel so bad for you crying so hard?"

I wiped my tears and said, "This shows that this princess has a pure heart, especially emotional, isn't it?"

Song Langsheng rubbed his forehead helplessly and said with a smile: "Emotions can never solve problems. If I only knew that I was sad, I would not be able to be the champion, let alone be in power in the court. It is true that I did I have thought about revenge, but I know that I can assassinate that fainted official, but I cannot prevent another fainted official from killing more people. I can kill people in black, but I cannot let the people in black be assigned. The culprit behind the assassination will be brought to justice."

Although Song Langsheng's tone was still calm, I could hear a sense of awe in these plain words.

It is not as calm and calm as Wei Qingheng, who is impoverished and simple; it is not as tenacious and unyielding as Han Fei, who is not afraid of frost; nor is it as arrogant and cold, calm and dignified as Nie Ran.

In his eyes, there is no resentment, no nobleness, no sighing, but what his heart desires.

I said: "The enemy didn't ask you to cut the weeds and roots?"

Song Langsheng burst into laughter: "What is the meaning of the words changed by the princess..."

I pursed my lips and smiled: "Now the saplings have grown into big trees with deep roots. Who can easily understand the Dali Siqing?"

Song Langsheng's eyes flashed with a feeling that I couldn't understand: "Maybe it's not enough..."

"What?"

He said: "It's nothing, it's just later... I just found a few charges and slapped the fainted officer of that year."

"...So it's a public revenge?"

Song Lang naturally said: "Yes."

I couldn't help laughing and patted him on the shoulder: "What a righteous Lord Song." After thinking for a while, "Then the mastermind behind your pursuit, have you found out who it is?"

With an imperceptible trembling of my hand, I thought, maybe I brought back memories of his miserable night.

Song Langsheng gave a leisurely hum.

I asked: "What about the revenge? Is it revenge?"

Song Langsheng's hands were wet, "Maybe... it's a report."

"What is maybe? If you report it, you report it. If you don't report it, you don't report it."

Song Langsheng said: "What does it mean to take revenge, take the other party's life or make the other party hurt? But if I take revenge, will I become someone else's enemy again? In a word." He touched my head, "I answered so many questions for the princess tonight, can I choose not to answer them?"

I nodded slightly. I just felt that the more I knew about Song Langsheng, the more I could not see through him.

The carriage can go directly to the princess' mansion by turning around again. Song Langsheng asked the coachman to stop. Seeing me surprised, he said: "Don't think about the mastermind behind the assassination of me, since the princess wanted to find out who assassinated you. The mastermind behind the scenes and cheated to death, the acting has to be full, how can Da Lala go back to the mansion from the main gate?"

I looked at him with a wry smile. It turned out that I had been planning privately for a long time, and he could guess Ni Tuan without much thought.

He helped me jump out of the carriage and led me all the way. It was dewy in the middle of the night. He seemed a little uneasy, so he hugged me tightly and walked in the dark.

I warmed my heart, looked at the men's clothes on my body, and said with a smile: "Are you afraid of being seen and suspected of having broken sleeves?"

Song Langsheng gave a perfunctory smile and didn't reply to me. I looked up and looked at the side face that was still in high spirits through the moonlight, with a rebellious expression, but... a little desolate.

What is he thinking? Is it because you miss that little palace maid?

I sighed.

Actually...I asked him so intensely if he had revenge. I didn't really hope he was still living in hatred...but, if the revenge, the blood hatred, would probably be relieved.

"Hello, Song."

Song Langsheng turned his head, "What?"

"Just that fan...why did you paint the sun, bees and flowers."

Song Langsheng thought for a while and said, "Because of her name, it fits the occasion."

"Name? What's her name?"

Song Langsheng said in a clear and clear manner: "picking honey, picking honey, picking honey."

Picking honey.

When the name came into my ears unexpectedly, the originally clear mind once again fell into a vortex.

I'm a little unsteady on my feet.

Blurred figures and sweet voices swept through my mind.

"The slaves and maids gather honey, and after learning the court rules and etiquette, follow Zhong Cui to teach the maids to do things, and their qualifications are still low..."

"The kindness of the princess is unforgettable, and the slaves are willing to serve the princess for a lifetime..."

"Why did the princess make the servants worry so much? She promised to come back before Hai Shi, and she was about to be seen through..."

"From now on, as long as it's a matter of the princess, I will go through fire and water to gather honey."