離綰扛著哥哥返抵家中時,好容易見到爹娘,一句話都來不及吐出,便哇一聲大哭起來,哭得面紅耳赤,哭得昏天黑地,哭得全家束手無策,原本惡戰中消耗甚鉅的父子仨,一瞬間都忘了疼痛與虛弱,為了安撫么女絞盡腦汁,直面強敵時也不如現下慌張。54Please respect copyright.PENANApw1mYVmMDu
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最終,離綰哭得力竭,在父親雙手化成的木編大搖籃中沉沉睡去,一手還緊緊揪著娘親衣袖,三人見小姑娘總算是不哭了,紛紛擦了把汗,齊刷刷嘆出口大氣。54Please respect copyright.PENANAyFob7ITcuk
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可這會兒,換離綰她娘親紅了眼眶,衛夫人見到兒子右眼貼著塊花布,右臂纏成大麻花,忍不住心疼,心想她好好的兒子都不成人型了。54Please respect copyright.PENANAaTKnqaf6u2
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離芳只是一笑,揮揮他確實不成「人」型的右臂,言說這不過是暫時的,若按南極仙翁所言,不出半年便能再作人型,讓娘親莫要擔心,而後還稱自己有了妹妹親自挑選的眼罩,那是前所未有地好看。54Please respect copyright.PENANAntNCthpMaG
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衛夫人看向兒子的碎花眼罩,翻了圈白眼表示不敢苟同,忍不住念叨他別同妹妹亂學,淨說些不正經的。但被離芳如此一通胡言亂語,衛夫人心情倒是好轉許多。54Please respect copyright.PENANAYhac4j2sa1
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離景噙著笑看母子倆拌嘴,一邊晃著搖籃哄他閨女安睡,心底卻暗自憂心,他們命長,兒子這外傷容易治,女兒這心傷,卻不知該如何治起。54Please respect copyright.PENANAaOt3aOphFl
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沒成想,離綰睡醒時,異常冷靜,本來離家眾人嚴陣以待,連離綰兒時寵物寓鳥也撲著翅膀飛來,停到她肩上直往臉頰蹭,卻沒等到新一波嚎啕大哭。54Please respect copyright.PENANAAxZ1nAwypf
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離綰只是揉揉哭腫的雙眼,平靜道:「女兒想去南荒住上一些時候。」54Please respect copyright.PENANA56lCJ47GRA
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離家二老面面相覷。54Please respect copyright.PENANABq6i2n0gZX
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之後,離芳一展廚藝餵飽妹妹,離綰便在家人們飽含擔憂的目光中,再次起行,這回,她要去南荒,扶桑洞。54Please respect copyright.PENANA8k7rTwSt8y
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扶桑洞緊鄰甘淵,位於峭壁山腰處,景緻雖稱不上秀麗,卻也別有一番得天獨厚的風味,此前離綰誤入時,扶桑洞因有齊雨佈下的結界,週邊概無靈獸,生靈寥寥,現下結界已解,洞內冒出許多初具靈智的小精小仙,想來是被生於其中的扶桑樹,以及石臺的靈氣吸引過來。54Please respect copyright.PENANAzdqCPDYVMh
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原先看管此洞的菌人,見了離綰一反先前排拒的態度,近乎懇求地讓離綰趕緊進來,後者摸不著腦袋地踏進洞內,立即明白所謂何事。54Please respect copyright.PENANAvoLe4vj0Hx
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洞裡十來隻小精怪,正為了幾樣事物爭得面紅耳赤,為首一隻小狐妖正與另一小貓妖扭打在一塊,兩人嘴裡咬著同一樣事物,誰也不肯鬆口,狐爪與貓爪纏在一起,又推又抓。54Please respect copyright.PENANAE4a3AscUrb
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離綰仔細瞧去,他倆爭搶的東西,是一塊清透的玉石,其上隱約有個「榆」字,不是十日么妹「桑榆」的玉玦,還能是什麼?她趕忙又往石臺看去,從前積了後灰的臺面,現下乾淨溜溜,哪還有一點灰塵,與灰塵一起消失的還有原先安放其上的九枚玉玦。54Please respect copyright.PENANABq5MzyeYkZ
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離綰還發覺,洞裡有幾隻小精怪特別安份,安安靜靜地蹲踞角落,緊緊護著懷中,想必便是另八塊玉玦所在之「怪」。54Please respect copyright.PENANAwTZnxw5BUP
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無怪乎菌人如此緊張,他那麼一點兒個頭,讓玉玦全都留在洞裡,已屬不易,想叫這些精怪別碰、別搶,簡直難如登天。54Please respect copyright.PENANAY3nAMJc9ew
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離綰打了聲響指,定身訣應聲佈下,扶桑洞中大大小小精怪,連同菌人,眨眼間全都凝住,像栩栩如生的蠟像般,各自保持龍飛鳳舞的姿態。54Please respect copyright.PENANATUW89eZegA
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離綰一面動手蒐集起玉玦,一面絮絮叨叨教育起諸怪,她道:「你們這群小東西可知此處是誰人故居?平白地怎會有這些靈氣豐沛的玉玦?太古仙史瞭解過沒有?那開篇第一章講述的便是十日,這洞便是十日曾經的居所,玉玦各自代表其中一日,往昔好好地陳列在石臺上,那是以示敬畏,可不是給爾等這般爭搶的東西。」54Please respect copyright.PENANAbkVwcfYZwf
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小小精怪絕非離綰對手,縱使其中幾隻緊掐玉玦,使勁兒使得一臉通紅,仍沒法阻止離綰取走。54Please respect copyright.PENANA6uFzAQNPlM
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離綰不一會兒便將九枚玉玦收進懷裡,才又一彈指解開定身訣,精怪們見來了尊大神,心知爭不贏,本欲奪洞口而逃,離綰大神卻一拂袖,將所有精怪由大至小,面向自己整齊羅列,嘭一聲齊刷刷端正跪坐,開始聆聽離綰尚未完成的說教。54Please respect copyright.PENANAjzAGsZEVmQ
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不知過去多久,精怪們好容易聽畢一通太古仙史科普,終於得以活動時,一個個都已昏昏沉沉,走起路來腳步虛浮,就如當年經學課下學的小離綰。54Please respect copyright.PENANAGiaMrUOSgO
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小貓妖離去前,憋不住快嘴,問出大家都想知道的事兒:「這位大仙,您究竟是何方神聖?」54Please respect copyright.PENANAxBMRLj5xlZ
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離綰沉默一瞬,才道:「將暫居此處之人。」54Please respect copyright.PENANA6dRH64HtzN
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小貓妖興奮道:「那麼今後大仙便是鄰居啦,還請多多關照。」54Please respect copyright.PENANAmq8iOyD77K
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離綰笑了笑:「關照關照。」54Please respect copyright.PENANA6E8QGuInzK
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她打算,住在齊雨的過去裡,去懷念、去想念,獨自一人拼湊、品嚐更多關於他的瑣事。54Please respect copyright.PENANAncKpmn2uzj
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離綰從家中帶了些書籍,本想著獨居扶桑洞時用以打發漫長的時間,沒成想才剛踏進洞裡便招惹了一群小精怪,他們見離綰本事通天,還「疑似」頗為博學,過沒幾日便唯她是瞻,時不時便來尋她拿主意,大小爭吵、瑣事煩惱,一應俱全。54Please respect copyright.PENANABh5wHY6O0y
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離綰從沒想過,總算是把屎把尿帶大了靖琛靖瑤以後,還得帶一群更加麻煩的。54Please respect copyright.PENANAXu0aJvzs3v
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可也多虧這群精怪成天惹是生非,照三餐充當鐵口直斷成為離綰的日常,她因而沒有太多功夫顧影自憐。54Please respect copyright.PENANAleZLR4P7Sr
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但她也沒忘記來此居住的原因:尋找那轉瞬即逝的「立山煦陽」,其緣由究竟為何。54Please respect copyright.PENANADJr2MTkaFc
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即便宣鑒聽後一臉為難,即便立山煦陽只出現那麼一次,往後再無聲息,離綰仍舊堅信,某部分代表「齊雨」的東西依然存在,並未完全歸於天地,她覺著她只是得找出來。54Please respect copyright.PENANAng0n8jolA1
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離綰的想法十分單純,來到齊雨歸源前居住最久的地方,一面在此尋找蛛絲馬跡,一面查閱從家中蒐羅來的古籍,尋找可嘗試的方法,感覺疲憊時便取出寅初保養,或擦拭那不能更光亮的玉玦,同時自言自語一般,對它倆說些想對齊雨說的話,就如從前對「萬法清平」那樣。54Please respect copyright.PENANAgsaPPyNEHL
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這一住便是半年,期間宣鑒來過,離家人來過,靖琛靖瑤來過,就連戰後政事忙出新高度的天后也來過。54Please respect copyright.PENANAdUjxi9Y5Ya
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他們總是小心翼翼地詢問進展如何。54Please respect copyright.PENANA2VoI1Mp0zI
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離綰也總是笑道:「我感覺再一會兒能行!」54Please respect copyright.PENANAVWYrUDUTUM
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然而她的笑容總是隨著訪客一道離去。