林慧芳靜坐於濤臥市東側舊堤之上,晨霧繞城,萬籟俱寂。78Please respect copyright.PENANAZY9e30BKSt
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她的語冊攤開在膝上,筆端微垂,尚未落字。筆是熟悉的,書頁亦熟悉,唯獨她心中再無昔日的語。那種熟稔的話語結構與巧妙轉意,如今只餘一層薄殼,刺不到人,也護不了己。78Please respect copyright.PENANABHaWvv0RNM
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這是她封語後的第三日。78Please respect copyright.PENANAflkaecmEPK
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無名與楚紅練未曾催問,三人仿若達成某種不言的默契——她不說,他們便守。78Please respect copyright.PENANADt5Qp4g99u
78Please respect copyright.PENANAwNCcnx1lRR
她本以為失語會讓自己崩潰,然而真正的沉默降臨時,她感受到的並不是空虛,而是一種令人不安卻真實的安靜。78Please respect copyright.PENANA5gG3y4sqCq
78Please respect copyright.PENANAaFVhIoH5z3
她開始觀風,記水,察人行、觀人靜。原本她以語言遮蔽感官,如今她第一次發現,世間之景竟如此豐富無聲。78Please respect copyright.PENANAjphrOCmdap
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語冊上,她終於落下第一筆,不是語式、不是技法,而是一行心語:78Please respect copyright.PENANADtvFke1VcU
78Please respect copyright.PENANAdN49MmR0NA
——「今日未語,心中有聲。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA5ppMYPtyog
78Please respect copyright.PENANA8UKuzbM4l3
她望著這行字良久,不改、不刪、不藏。這是她真正的第一句「語後之語」。78Please respect copyright.PENANAeSfgZcxdIx
78Please respect copyright.PENANAphQVYQK7vS
楚紅練自後方輕聲道:“這比妳講一千句還好。”78Please respect copyright.PENANA19pJ7MC5gj
78Please respect copyright.PENANAyH2PAeLgf7
林慧芳輕笑,未答。她明白,這並不是什麼重生,也不是突破,只是一個真正的開始——從「說得多」走向「不必說」。78Please respect copyright.PENANAOH5h0bQbM5
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無名不知何時走來,遞來一壺溫水,淡聲道:“接下來走東南,言亂未歇。”78Please respect copyright.PENANAhLA86cVfme
78Please respect copyright.PENANAA3JcDgiJNF
她接過水,點頭,沒說謝,也沒說走,卻已然起身。78Please respect copyright.PENANAbPcAcMpB9a
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語不出聲,行仍有力。78Please respect copyright.PENANAo6NJurgTcA
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這,便是她的無語之後,第一步。78Please respect copyright.PENANA69I2S2cIim
78Please respect copyright.PENANAVUEUZmoVWo
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濤臥市東南三里,古稱枯井村,舊時為紙匠聚落,如今空屋傾頹、村道覆苔,僅餘殘言於牆瓦之間。78Please respect copyright.PENANAJRPQTKptsX
78Please respect copyright.PENANA5Irw5TDhMr
三人步入村口,林慧芳未語,雙眼卻緊隨每一塊磚牆、每一抹字痕。她看見屋簷下貼有語符,墨跡已淡,僅存一字:“止”。78Please respect copyright.PENANAUDDcrFTc1B
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“這裡曾發過語亂。”楚紅練低聲道。78Please respect copyright.PENANAsHM4W28imG
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無名點頭:“而且不是幻象,而是殘語成痕。”78Please respect copyright.PENANAIgFypaWusq
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林慧芳蹲下,撫摸一塊門楣,發現其下刻有密語之陣。這不是宗門之法,也非語術正宗,而是民間自解語幻的土法——以斷句為陣,截語而禁。78Please respect copyright.PENANAfyVXNgkGlI
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她記下此符形,並在語冊上寫下:78Please respect copyright.PENANAuEssRlHlaL
78Please respect copyright.PENANAogCWuZRK8R
——「語者未臨,言先敗。此非術,是人自解之念。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAX10jc5RaJb
78Please respect copyright.PENANAGN6e2LhcXw
枯井村深處,有一口真正的舊井。井旁立有一碑,碑文早被磨平,唯有中央凹陷處依稀可見四字:「曾有一語」。78Please respect copyright.PENANAm8M7lPWpi2
78Please respect copyright.PENANA0LnAezBTZr
林慧芳注視良久,低頭對著那無字之碑輕觸,筆尖在語冊上緩緩記下:78Please respect copyright.PENANAfBStko3zXI
78Please respect copyright.PENANAldweywOdQT
——「語曾在此,今人已無。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAyKSy4URbIo
78Please respect copyright.PENANAhzq1ND8s3v
她忽覺喉間微癢,欲言,卻忍下。她知道這不是不能說,而是她不願輕言。此刻之景,若以舊語破之,反為褻語之地。78Please respect copyright.PENANApDZqLMzzYy
78Please respect copyright.PENANA3ShhftORPR
她將冊闔起,閉眼片刻,再睜眼時,筆落新頁:78Please respect copyright.PENANAxL3tn7qvmA
78Please respect copyright.PENANANHlVLuIIsw
——「觀言,不必語。靜心,亦是聽。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA0cqlr3DvQ6
78Please respect copyright.PENANAObQCBFSm1y
村中風起,葉落無聲。林慧芳走過村道,腳步輕緩,每一步皆為自問。78Please respect copyright.PENANAKC24cAjK42
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無名與楚紅練不語隨行,他們知——此行不為破敵,而是為她尋一種再語之前的沉靜。78Please respect copyright.PENANATolOC1A7cf
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語未說,人已變。78Please respect copyright.PENANAz77pfOpQRI
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枯井村南側,有一棟保存尚完的土屋,屋前坐著一名老者,身披麻布,形容枯槁,卻精神不散。78Please respect copyright.PENANAQxJAQiZJlQ
78Please respect copyright.PENANAoezQpoykzd
三人走近時,老者未言,只以手指屋簷懸掛的破竹卷。林慧芳抬眼望去,竹卷上刻有一行難以辨識的殘語:78Please respect copyright.PENANAIG9kfShKWN
78Please respect copyright.PENANAA5BtAezm34
——「言成未語,語中不語。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAphRAeFyoEu
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她一瞬心動,卻不解其意。78Please respect copyright.PENANAL37FzHqixt
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無名向老者拱手:“此村語亂已止,是你所封?”78Please respect copyright.PENANA8XcWEN0w0e
78Please respect copyright.PENANA6FMeaOCK6P
老者依舊不語,只微微頷首,又指向林慧芳,緩緩比出一個動作——將指抵唇,再指向她的語冊。78Please respect copyright.PENANAlBVRodsdJl
78Please respect copyright.PENANAqjk2E0gwpL
林慧芳會意,翻開冊頁,將昨日所記數行遞出。78Please respect copyright.PENANAgQyg2oH5Gt
78Please respect copyright.PENANAwdhMskPdrn
老者垂目讀之,神色不變,片刻後終於開口,聲音沙啞如風:“你記得很好……但你還不懂。”78Please respect copyright.PENANAUUG4tXHhQF
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“為何?”她忍不住輕聲問道。78Please respect copyright.PENANApxb5TYbkzm
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老者道:“你記,是為了將語再現。可語若再現,不過是舊形。”78Please respect copyright.PENANAoyzt0taAQS
78Please respect copyright.PENANA4dFMnWyuyc
林慧芳眉心微皺,彷彿觸及某處未曾揭開之問。她回想語術初學時,確實不曾問過一句——我說的,是新語?還是舊聲之復?78Please respect copyright.PENANAs3KCdaJswn
78Please respect copyright.PENANAbN89E8YqD4
老者又指竹卷之語,道:“這句你看不懂,是因你仍以語術之心看它。這不是句法,是問法。”78Please respect copyright.PENANA9zcl4yEkdb
78Please respect copyright.PENANAR0Cki0GSHe
“問法?”她喃喃。78Please respect copyright.PENANAqImQRjcNQT
78Please respect copyright.PENANAQyZvW2OqSj
老者起身,手指點地,劃出一個圓形,中有一斷筆。78Please respect copyright.PENANAc1mZzeW8uQ
78Please respect copyright.PENANAf5GabBLMXg
“語者藏於此,筆為形,圓為心。”他道,“若筆只書語,則語死;若筆能問心,則語生。”78Please respect copyright.PENANABcifKCCi5Z
78Please respect copyright.PENANA1amYP6JZZP
林慧芳驚愕,筆記緩緩書下一行:78Please respect copyright.PENANAsJa7EK4YtQ
78Please respect copyright.PENANACsKEC2dgfL
——「筆不為語,當為心問。」78Please respect copyright.PENANALwR7Msfk7G
78Please respect copyright.PENANATMhjrOy1ir
楚紅練在一旁側目低語:“那他到底是誰?”78Please respect copyright.PENANAODIZ12nQZm
78Please respect copyright.PENANAfnu9OA9q5v
無名淡聲道:“不是誰,只是一人——曾言不成語者。”78Please respect copyright.PENANALKTaew3Lg2
78Please respect copyright.PENANAj1OWwb0aN5
老者轉身回屋,不再多言。78Please respect copyright.PENANA8LGwu46kJ3
78Please respect copyright.PENANAsBnJ8WEzRI
林慧芳望著他背影,冊頁上文字漸重,彷彿這段話,不是寫給人看的,而是寫給那個還在學著傾聽的自己。78Please respect copyright.PENANApcSPJikXQU
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此刻,她明白:語未必為說,言也不必成語。心若能記,筆即為聲。78Please respect copyright.PENANAiZvmOUDHuQ
78Please respect copyright.PENANAg3CoylXldV
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村後小徑旁,楚紅練獨自練劍。78Please respect copyright.PENANACk3hg1sSq7
78Please respect copyright.PENANAh8AFIsx4o3
她未發一語,亦未尋戰,只是以劍式演空。風過葉響,劍過不留痕,練至第三式「映斷流光」,她忽然停下,眉間深鎖。78Please respect copyright.PENANAbAVEZeo7Fe
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那招本可破影斷形,然而近來對上語幻之術,劍落卻常如空擊,對幻語者毫無作用。78Please respect copyright.PENANAEf9T8LFZ0Z
78Please respect copyright.PENANA1NmJ2Qda6p
她望向不遠處林慧芳與無名交談的身影,語未出口,劍意已亂。78Please respect copyright.PENANAUY1eACEB3i
78Please respect copyright.PENANA0Fxxikzalx
她從不畏戰,但此刻卻首次懷疑——若語術真能破心而無形,我這劍……還有何用?78Please respect copyright.PENANAjcSwidn6kP
78Please respect copyright.PENANAC4atqAfPv0
她長嘯一聲,揮劍削斷枯枝,斷枝墜地無聲。風未止,劍未息,她卻沉於一股難以言明的壓抑中。78Please respect copyright.PENANA8asu7pNrXL
78Please respect copyright.PENANAon5Mzu0Pq1
“語無形,劍有聲。若聲可破心,劍為何不能?”78Please respect copyright.PENANAPgTK9XJKmA
78Please respect copyright.PENANAaHPdOFYUke
她低聲自語,聲音中帶著不甘與困惑。78Please respect copyright.PENANA2EtBzGebQN
78Please respect copyright.PENANAK6X1Y08qRn
腳步聲至,無名立於側後。他未問,只靜靜看著她劍尖尚未收斂的姿態。78Please respect copyright.PENANAmi2Hvy0OWC
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“妳的劍不是為破幻。”他淡淡開口,“妳的劍,是為見真。”78Please respect copyright.PENANA2yt8EAtvAK
78Please respect copyright.PENANAJUUSeXJUan
楚紅練轉身,眼中火光閃動:“那語亂之中,何為真?”78Please respect copyright.PENANA2pmR4arBF5
78Please respect copyright.PENANA9u2nKswZRr
無名搖頭:“語不真,心可真;幻不真,念可真。妳的劍,不需斷語,只需斷妳心中之惑。”78Please respect copyright.PENANAmmsoavnrvg
78Please respect copyright.PENANAddMqwSBtQj
楚紅練靜默良久,終於劍收歸鞘。78Please respect copyright.PENANAjJgLy53l5X
78Please respect copyright.PENANAlNq7jDTWit
“我不信語。”她低聲道,“但我會看著它,看它究竟是誰的劍。”78Please respect copyright.PENANAjNLNqugVjE
78Please respect copyright.PENANAudY1AcD0VB
她望向林慧芳遠方身影,那人正埋首書冊,一筆一畫書寫無聲之語。78Please respect copyright.PENANAPSrS9S7BdY
78Please respect copyright.PENANAeHnys7ZVFV
這劍與那筆,或許終有一日相遇。但在此刻,她只願劍中無惑。78Please respect copyright.PENANAMyeNVZ514H
78Please respect copyright.PENANAM2x3ftzHwm
語不可信,劍不可疑。心之惑,一問便裂。78Please respect copyright.PENANA0wwtjn4Mg3
78Please respect copyright.PENANAKXg5ZqAfR1
午後天光漸暗,枯井村最後一排廢屋後,有人影一閃而逝。78Please respect copyright.PENANAGKVBuyreCY
78Please respect copyright.PENANA2WMb70w20W
無名最先察覺,他未出聲,只眼神一動,楚紅練與林慧芳即時跟上。78Please respect copyright.PENANAdmKpy0D85p
78Please respect copyright.PENANAw7FwbMVnyX
三人穿過屋後廊道,抵達一塊曠地。曠地中央立著一個身影——身形修長,白衣無飾,臉戴素紗,無法辨面。此人不語、不動,雙目似閉非閉,似望非望。78Please respect copyright.PENANAkaWrRmx04M
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“是幻?”楚紅練低聲。78Please respect copyright.PENANAa33HW8wdTL
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“不是。”林慧芳出聲,此為她封語後首次開口,聲音低微卻篤定。78Please respect copyright.PENANATl2QTTh8k5
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“不是幻。”她再說一次,“他是真的……只是無語。”78Please respect copyright.PENANAZPjxhk13Ow
78Please respect copyright.PENANAyipQynM6UN
白衣人立於原地,風起而衣不動,草搖而影不偏。無名步前一步,那人無反應,但無形中竟有一絲壓迫湧出,如無聲之聲,震人心底。78Please respect copyright.PENANAetbFrk8n2i
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林慧芳感到筆冊震動,似有語未出,筆先欲起。她強忍欲記之念,閉目靜聽。78Please respect copyright.PENANAIQcEv1YKaL
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那一刻,她彷彿聽見對方未說出口的話——78Please respect copyright.PENANA4pHDI0dl9O
78Please respect copyright.PENANAUd6yunJUyj
——「你們在語,我已不語。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAA9ihtYLLsx
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不是言語,是氣,是心,是存在自身構成的「問」。78Please respect copyright.PENANAqVxHYO6V3A
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“他不是語者。”無名輕聲,“但他是問者。”78Please respect copyright.PENANA0CqNdxKUh0
78Please respect copyright.PENANAwGgyfVh0fU
楚紅練握劍未出鞘,卻感手中劍微顫。不是恐懼,是心未穩。78Please respect copyright.PENANAiISKrhceHM
78Please respect copyright.PENANAJTEhcvWBoe
林慧芳終於提筆,寫下一句:78Please respect copyright.PENANAm1CIPjHEzT
78Please respect copyright.PENANA4hKBWz0ww9
——「有一種人,以不語為問。其影不言,其心如鏡。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAFsJ3AFzplS
78Please respect copyright.PENANAQ8NKjSuZhk
白衣人忽轉身,步入林間,不見其蹤,亦無聲無痕。78Please respect copyright.PENANAFBndZM5fEs
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那一瞬間,三人皆沉默。78Please respect copyright.PENANA4wlAnwH6Nf
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“他……是什麼?”楚紅練問。78Please respect copyright.PENANAeWUQKNRaB2
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林慧芳筆下書成答:78Please respect copyright.PENANAlYQ790z1az
78Please respect copyright.PENANANCGBLBGeJ3
——「或許是未問之人,或是……問過無聲的人。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAXjQOYsewJH
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風過林動,枯葉旋空,語不存聲,心影猶在。78Please respect copyright.PENANA4aD1uPLN4O
78Please respect copyright.PENANAs6zBOu751u
無語者,不以語成其力,卻能撼人心根。那並非語術之極,而是語盡之後——心未盡。78Please respect copyright.PENANASjssxZZAgI
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夜色將臨,枯井村燈火皆熄,唯有舊祠堂內微光閃爍。78Please respect copyright.PENANAclXmvLWKom
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林慧芳獨坐堂內石階,手持筆冊,未語久矣,卻心思翻湧。78Please respect copyright.PENANAyBXBGM0azO
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她再次翻閱這幾日記錄下的每一行——無戰之語、無術之句、無聲之問。78Please respect copyright.PENANA5aMSF2DgLp
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她不再尋語術之變、不記句式與音勢,而是每一筆,皆從心出:78Please respect copyright.PENANA9hBxUxjVLN
78Please respect copyright.PENANAwdYdynWoMP
——「語不為術,筆不為勢。」 78Please respect copyright.PENANApK9Yn5PySI
——「無語不為敗,無語,是問的開始。」 78Please respect copyright.PENANAKH5yvmWVB6
——「曾以語破敵,如今欲以靜破己。」78Please respect copyright.PENANArZGD9dqW50
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她將這些句子集於一頁,又於其上小字寫下兩字題名:78Please respect copyright.PENANAP4RSMyTcj7
78Please respect copyright.PENANAplooRB7eli
——《筆中問》78Please respect copyright.PENANArmHoT3Ngju
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不是語宗,不是心法,僅是自省筆錄。她知這還不構成任何體系,但正因如此,這才是真正屬於她的「語後之筆」。78Please respect copyright.PENANAo6GZaUh2II
78Please respect copyright.PENANAxAnBnOvwcR
無名坐於祠外,望月沉思;楚紅練倚柱而眠,劍不離身。78Please respect copyright.PENANAELWVSfCnpE
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林慧芳忽而覺心神稍寧,她回想起問影樓一戰、語亂所衍、語者所傷,過往每一句語,如今皆如回音未盡。78Please respect copyright.PENANAO7qrsRXn26
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她伏身,在冊最後一頁落下今日最後一句:78Please respect copyright.PENANAmAm1GqvJsK
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——「筆之所問,未必為他人之解,但能為我心一釋。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA3jH8fZ5bMK
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那一刻,她感到無語中竟有筆聲,如問、如記、如思。78Please respect copyright.PENANAMTnVFzw9sQ
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她不再恐懼失去語言,因為她知,她已有一種新的聲音——筆下之問,筆下之語,筆下之她自己。78Please respect copyright.PENANAx3YG9OUYsQ
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這種語,不需聽者,亦不求應者。78Please respect copyright.PENANA1d57DdUi1W
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這是屬於她,語盡之後,筆聲初成的靜問之道。
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數日後,語亂之波平息,濤臥之外,七宗隱議初起。78Please respect copyright.PENANAGd0pac40no
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雲藏宗東堂密議,長老青瓷子提出警告:「語術不可再視為旁門,若任其演化,或將成為無門之宗。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAUgHH2cUsH3
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武衡宗地司回報,其斥候在濤臥之外見林中白影,語不成聲,氣如壓雲,記為「無聲者」,列為變數。78Please respect copyright.PENANAHLH9j59ZsY
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寂骨宗沉默無語,但在黑崖書壁悄悄新增一筆: 78Please respect copyright.PENANAJzfWNSYktM
——「筆問非言,亦可裂心。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAfLDuRpJWxI
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自此,語非術者的筆記、殘語、幻影被七宗陸續收錄,然無人能明確斷定——此為心術演化,抑或另一種宗派萌芽。78Please respect copyright.PENANATXikmFITGZ
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其餘數宗亦各懷心思,有人開始記錄林慧芳所過之地,有人開始研究語幻與無聲之界,有人甚至提出:78Please respect copyright.PENANAslfZ1TtDTw
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——「若語能心問,若筆能成勢,當否將其立宗?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAjD6ONIDinm
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但此語未入議錄,僅被抹去,留下一行空白。78Please respect copyright.PENANAeWQrADZiiZ
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那行空白,成了七宗最深的默認。78Please respect copyright.PENANAQgp8pxoXj4
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同時,林慧芳仍於小冊中默默書寫,她未知七宗已起疑念,只知心中每一問,皆非為人立宗,而為自己不言之語尋名。78Please respect copyright.PENANA0pTBMOfQsN
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無名未說破此事,楚紅練亦未問。三人仍在路上,未歸、未語、未決。78Please respect copyright.PENANAxwQE7xWCvW
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但筆下之問,已如江水潛流,無聲推進。78Please respect copyright.PENANAEIa4qWvSkl
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破宗之兆,非由語起,而由「不語者」所引。78Please respect copyright.PENANA80FMUKY6xw
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這不是新宗之始,而是萬言將止之問。78Please respect copyright.PENANAq013YCS4rn
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七宗雖未明言,實已起警惕。林慧芳尚未知,但她筆下那一本《筆中問》,已成為問界暗流之初響。
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