陸封自步入鑊湯地獄起便保持低眉垂目,眼睛只盯著地板,一如既往地不發一語,如今雖順從地跪在十冥君面前,卻對問話興致缺缺,彷若未聞,直至一個輕柔的嗓音響起。81Please respect copyright.PENANA7RiD29K6k5
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「封哥哥。」81Please respect copyright.PENANAmgtCUCRdHl
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靖瑤的呼喚裡透著疲憊,陸封聽了一怔,不由自主抬起頭,正對上小郡主同樣疲憊的容顏。81Please respect copyright.PENANAilYYQz5DXD
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他沒想過還能再見靖瑤,因而也不曾推演若見到了她該是什麼反應、自己應當說些什麼,此時乍然相見,只得愣愣地盯著她,相對無話。81Please respect copyright.PENANADiP9zt5Ums
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靖瑤原就膚色白皙,現下臉色好似又更白了些,陸封印象裡總是彎彎上揚的嘴角此刻冷硬如刀,除此之外,她並未顯現過多情緒,陸封沒看見沉痛不解,也沒看見憤恨怪罪,從前總叫他一眼讀出心思的小姑娘,今日看上去有些陌生。81Please respect copyright.PENANA92dtnG920Q
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陸封重新垂下眼簾,自被俘獲以後頭一次開口:「郡主。」餘下的「可還安好?」如梗在喉。81Please respect copyright.PENANAwu1V9yrosS
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靖瑤搧了搧眼睫,喉間滾動,似有千言萬語爭相欲出,卻在咽喉處卡做一團。81Please respect copyright.PENANAlI5BQQFzLc
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平等王見天家小郡主似乎無話可說,便想接過話頭,可嘴張一半還未吐出個字便叫閻羅天子舉手制止。81Please respect copyright.PENANA2jPLToehlr
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靖瑤又搧了搧眼睫,眨去多餘之物,才舉步行至堂下,她的步伐輕緩,幾近無聲,聽在陸封耳中卻是如堂鼓般,一下一下敲在心坎上。81Please respect copyright.PENANAliB7VjB2xd
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靖瑤走到陸封面前,同他一般雙膝跪地,膝頭相觸,她伸手捧起陸封低垂的臉,使得他對上自己目光。陸封微乎其微地縮了縮,靖瑤的手很涼。81Please respect copyright.PENANAiIOIu4NPQ4
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「封哥哥,為什麼?」81Please respect copyright.PENANAfD0jOoVY9i
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靖瑤問得平實,沒有指責,沒有冀盼,就像過去請教陸封課業那樣,彷彿只是想得到一個答案,無論陸封說什麼她都接受,好像就只是這樣。81Please respect copyright.PENANA0WPRXBGugs
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她依舊喊他「封哥哥」。81Please respect copyright.PENANAq9Wpeh0usX
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陸封險些全盤托出,關於他和裁岳的交易,關於他肩負闔族性命的重擔。若是靖瑤……若是靖瑤的話,興許他能獲得諒解,興許眼前的局面仍有轉圜,興許,他也能獲救。81Please respect copyright.PENANA4P4PFMvDsg
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可是最終,他只是盯著靖瑤眉心,冷聲道:「天魔不睦已非舊聞,千方百計自彼此手中奪取權柄本是常態,郡主何須深究?」81Please respect copyright.PENANAKD3Hkh7UKF
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事已至此,有些念想只能停留在奢望,只能遙望著奢求著,不可獲得。81Please respect copyright.PENANAZHjn7NfA34
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陸封好容易開了金口,說出來的卻跟沒說一般,平等王終究是憋不住,拍桌而起,怒道:「汝等魔族便是這般惡質!你可知你投進忘川的是什麼東西?這般生靈塗炭,只為一己私利強取權柄,當真是狼心狗肺,罪該萬死!」81Please respect copyright.PENANAQYyl2Ya53U
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那平等王又罵了一會兒,無非是些自私自利、殺人不眨眼一類的貶損之詞,末了以十惡不赦作結。81Please respect copyright.PENANADqVZVQwtYy
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陸封靜靜地聽著,待平等王用盡詞彙,喘氣稍歇時,才抬起頭,環視十王,平靜道:「十惡不赦?我親手殺過兩人,一是危害欽䲹全族的窮奇,一是承載『厄魘襄陵』的夢蝶,如此,便能躋身諸位口中十惡不赦之輩?」81Please respect copyright.PENANApLw3GzEtRT
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他道:「天后殺過多少人?單就八鄅之巖一役,死在天后飛輪刀下的魔族可有十萬?莫非他們全都是該死的惡徒嗎?如此,天后殺人如麻,可否同稱為十惡不赦?」81Please respect copyright.PENANAxVxrZJDhXL
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平等王怒極:「放肆!天後娘娘誅魔那是……」81Please respect copyright.PENANAvWJP53fo44
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陸封忽地極力扯開嗓門,喊道:「誅魔!是!魔君挑起戰事確有其罪,可天族揣著兵器殺到家門前了,魔族該作何反應?棄械投降?束手就擒?當年叫天族縛去的魔族,可有哪位得以善終?」81Please respect copyright.PENANAAS6S91CgvU
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他直視平等王,道:「戰爭便是如此,成王敗寇,天族勝了,魔族便就此矮其一頭,如此而已。而今我等不願繼續在天族鼻子底下過活,有何不可?」81Please respect copyright.PENANAABSxKG2KBq
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平等王一噎,卻不甘心輸了氣勢,又駁道:「你魔族向來嗜血確是不爭的事實。」81Please respect copyright.PENANAKvX9HB5KrO
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陸封別過臉,掙開靖瑤手心,說:「既是如此,我身為十惡不赦之徒,投下『厄魘襄陵』應當合乎情理,諸位不必意外,亦無須探究緣由。」此後,便再不發一語。81Please respect copyright.PENANABQ1Xq7Xer3
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十王又提出幾問,諸如何人指使、後計如何、術法何解等等,可陸封已再次變回一根沉默的木頭,只是閉目不言,冥君們無可奈何,只得令冥差重新把人送回獄中。81Please respect copyright.PENANAHJrjOB2680
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而後,閻羅天子為宣鑒和靖瑤張羅了食宿,離綰為免他人費心,便言說如之前一般繼續留宿秦廣王的風雷地獄即可,於是宣鑒原地留在鑊湯地獄,方便與閻羅天子商量對策,而年紀輕輕的小郡主則隨離綰一道住進風雷地獄,有個熟悉的姐姐陪伴也不至於太過惶惑。81Please respect copyright.PENANA93wHOHbHuZ
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是夜,鑊湯地獄大牢內。81Please respect copyright.PENANANFi5d6ZNgF
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陸封倚坐牆邊,一只伏魔環扣在頸子上,幽幽青光是牢房中唯一的照明,他就著冷光盯住地上一根乾草,不知打哪兒滲入的細風吹得乾草一顛一晃,將他的思緒顛去從前。81Please respect copyright.PENANAqjdXgnPX5G
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琉璃見生有一種青石草,纖細的枝條交錯對生一塊塊青玉,有風吹拂時便沉甸甸地一顛一晃,每回他陪靖瑤看日落時,總覺得那青石草特別晃眼,可小郡主似乎特別喜歡。81Please respect copyright.PENANA215kSwAcIh
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一陣輕柔的窸窣聲打斷陸封思緒,他沒移動身軀,只是轉動眼珠瞥向牢房門。81Please respect copyright.PENANAET6BNirU9T
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打自他被扔進牢裡,除卻今日提他上殿詰問時,他每日得見之人僅有一日二回來送餐的獄卒,此時夜正深,是誰來這大牢?81Please respect copyright.PENANA6Flji4kMua
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「封哥哥。」81Please respect copyright.PENANAsNNab9mf7O
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答案很快揭曉,靖瑤身著墨色外袍,出現在牢房外,陸封不禁瞄了眼道路盡頭,也不知道柔弱的靖瑤如何過得獄卒看守。81Please respect copyright.PENANAxd00ZXKdib
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靖瑤見陸封不應聲也未有動作,便自顧自跪坐下來,說道:「封哥哥,你說的沒錯,天魔自古不睦,可就如娘親的朝臣雖皆為天族,主戰與主合者也各有之,我相信魔族裡也並非盡是巴不得天族沒落的。」81Please respect copyright.PENANACAcMOj76VE
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她自懷中摸出一物,青光昏暗,陸封瞇起眼打量那漆黑的事物,靖瑤則續道:「我知道的,封哥哥便不是那般見不得天族好的,你一向淡漠,天族如何、魔族如何,與你而言概無所謂,雖說我不明白裁岳為何舉薦你至九重天上學,但我們一塊兒……」81Please respect copyright.PENANAE7oAlz7ANw
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陸封看清了靖瑤手裡的東西:不久前他送給靖瑤的生辰禮物──飛鳥伴明鏡石雕。81Please respect copyright.PENANAnfjIpDiMEi
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他打斷靖瑤:「郡主既不知曉裁岳為何指派我留滯九重天,如何能肯定我並未看不慣天族?」