No Plagiarism!4QcFM8PMVy84vx9Aglmrposted on PENANA 入夜未深,開封北巷燈火稀落。城牆陰影鋪過巷口,如潑墨殘筆,漫入屋角磚縫。風捲細塵,偶有犬吠傳來,與幾聲遠處笑語交雜。8964 copyright protection29PENANAcRlSgzS2k8 維尼
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任孤城立於牆邊石磚之下,身披素袍,無佩刀,僅以一枚沉黑短棍繫於腰後,手中銅筆閃著微光。他神色如常,唯目光在黯淡燈火中凝定於前方一堵矮牆,牆面斑駁,磚縫處似有舊血痕滲入,歷經風雨,尚存色澤。8964 copyright protection29PENANAZ2EQWLwYsk 維尼
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這不是巷東及醉月樓命案現場。此地,乃昨夜另一宗街口命案之地,時間點約莫在戌末亥初之交,地點偏僻,案發後無人報官,直至今日辰初,因鄰戶異味傳出,方由里正通報。8964 copyright protection29PENANAiFXyL7q0Tp 維尼
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孤城蹲身,探指探向牆角磚隙,微凹之處似有摩擦痕。他翻掌取出數枚極細竹籤,分別插入石縫,以測力度與深淺,一一比對,動作緩慢精準,無半點猶疑。8964 copyright protection29PENANAQSBDk3UN9R 維尼
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不遠處,一名司中書吏站得筆直,雙手在袖,觀察半晌後忍不住低聲道:「任使,這案……看來不像江湖人所為。」8964 copyright protection29PENANA10AAovW2Th 維尼
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「你憑什麼斷言?」8964 copyright protection29PENANABpo58SypLG 維尼
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「現場無兵刃痕跡,無鬥毆跡象。死者為行腳貨郎,腹中空空,身無長物,倒像是強人劫財,卻不見翻包之痕,反倒靜伏而死,像是……有人一擊封喉,卻未見血噴四濺。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAKDrb0TXL5S 維尼
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孤城語氣淡漠:「你見過幾宗封喉之死?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAdz5UREA4qw 維尼
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書吏一噎。8964 copyright protection29PENANA5B0OH1hAjG 維尼
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他轉過身,從懷中取出一紙簡要卷宗,遞過去:「昨夜四更,鄰戶婦人聞得街角微響,以為是犬隻鬥咬,未及查探。至今日清晨,戶外始現異味。經查,死者趴伏於牆根,咽喉微裂,無抵抗傷痕,無掙扎痕跡。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAMELd6AeLlA 維尼
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孤城眼神微凝,語氣轉為低沉:「案情古怪,手法老道,像是專為取命而來,卻又無可循足跡。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAQHahwjF4Ti 維尼
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書吏回道:「死者名為張文綱,四十三歲,無門派背景,行腳貨販,居於開封西市,常走街串巷,與人無仇。近三月來每日經此巷一次,昨夜亦如常。查無積怨,亦無債務。」8964 copyright protection29PENANA8yEbEKVrcW 維尼
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「這條巷子……近來有過何人異動?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAkZPTOrFOAx 維尼
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「幾戶租戶月初遷出,另有一老婦新遷而入,戶口已報於坊局,無異狀。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAB8G72CcnTt 維尼
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孤城轉身,眼角餘光撇見地面一片微焦紙屑。他蹲身拾起,紙張破碎燒痕明顯,應為紙鳶殘件,指腹一觸,竟覺紅線嵌於內層,殘絲猶存。8964 copyright protection29PENANAhpqJB1Wgqz 維尼
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「紙鳶?」書吏湊近。8964 copyright protection29PENANA5Tbr0WS2AK 維尼
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「看這結構,不是孩童玩物。」孤城語聲低冷,「此鳶骨纖薄堅韌,綁線處雙節並固,乃舊年軍中傳訊法物。見之則動。」8964 copyright protection29PENANATIoJz2QIO3 維尼
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他將斷骨收起,目光斂於手心,思索片刻:「若我沒猜錯,此物是訊號,非玩物。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAtKa5eRvKkt 維尼
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書吏驚疑:「訊號……與命案有關?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAlXMcy9bwl8 維尼
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「不排除。」孤城淡聲回道,「這紙鳶非從高處墜落,而是順風飛落,落點極巧,像是預留或遺忘。更像……有人送信至此,而收者未至,但信已不在。」8964 copyright protection29PENANA5LCNHkEptT 維尼
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書吏欲言又止。8964 copyright protection29PENANAa1kAtLq6v9 維尼
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「還有什麼?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAovOpjVP98Y 維尼
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「昨夜,東巷一戶母子報稱曾見街口蹲有黑衣人,似舉物對準行人,但孩童年幼,語意混亂,婦人言之未明……」8964 copyright protection29PENANAk1DJlNEOYG 維尼
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「那就是目擊。」孤城忽聲。8964 copyright protection29PENANAYz6LKh5gi4 維尼
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「可那孩童……」8964 copyright protection29PENANArZhCUyb7qB 維尼
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「混亂不等於虛假。」他聲音低冷,「那孩子形容——『像是有人蹲著,手裡有桿子,對準前面走路的叔叔』。」8964 copyright protection29PENANA4kiARFXxBG 維尼
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書吏頷首:「但若真是弓弩之類,附近無遺件、無射痕、無箭矢——這種殺人手法也太……精準過頭。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAtHvzSpwKlD 維尼
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孤城不語,只是緩緩站起。他望向遠處街角,目光如鐵。忽聽馬蹄聲自巷尾疾馳而來,他抬頭一看,一騎由西至東飛馳掠過,騎者身披長衫,帽簷低垂,面目不可辨。8964 copyright protection29PENANAyuZQA2eIsL 維尼
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馬蹄由遠至近,又漸遠去。8964 copyright protection29PENANADx39ZgSbXK 維尼
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「要追嗎?」書吏低聲問。8964 copyright protection29PENANAiRtCgRkg7S 維尼
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孤城搖頭:「不是我們要找的人。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAGhUjAr8ICP 維尼
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他轉身欲離,走至巷尾,忽又停步,回頭望向街角陰影處。牆根風中微晃,仍有紙線殘痕掛於牆角,猶如有人站過的痕跡。8964 copyright protection29PENANAMfPyPRNtsf 維尼
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他沉聲自語一句:「這城近來……風動得太不自然。」8964 copyright protection29PENANA2dvoNxgOl1 維尼
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風再起,燈搖曳,紙鳶斷骨輕響如鳴。8964 copyright protection29PENANAgrlDAYUmoR 維尼
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月色已薄,街角燈火昏黃。任孤城穿過北巷後段,衣袍掠牆如影,腳步無聲。巷內寂靜無人,只有風聲挾著紙屑在地面翻飛。方才殘鳶所在之處,他已遣書吏布下小符封土,不讓閒人踐踏;而此刻,他需去面見一人,問明一事。8964 copyright protection29PENANAETpZnQDWkz 維尼
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城西內署,寧觀律正伏案書寫。此人出身書吏,後轉任調錄司監證一職,為人寡言,極具耐性,善於從瑣碎中尋得要節。署中人皆言:「此人能從血跡點位中,還原當時心機。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAAVY6N7qVPs 維尼
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孤城未敲門,徑直入內。8964 copyright protection29PENANA6HVXKz23qI 維尼
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寧觀律抬頭,眉頭微皺:「你來晚了。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAoPhbvOOINs 維尼
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「北巷又出命案,風中紙鳶,形似舊軍中傳訊物。」孤城語氣低沉,「這不是第一次見,亦非巧合。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAjjnNlFGE3d 維尼
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寧觀律停筆,放下手中描繪之圖,眼神凝了凝:「紙鳶中是否有信?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAKySSXBpU1h 維尼
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「未見。」孤城回道,「有人比我早一步收走。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAdbv2n3OVm1 維尼
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「那你見過同樣的紙鳶?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAeo2JhKi1Pb 維尼
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「三日前,東廂後院,也有一只紙鳶墜於院牆。結構、骨材、紅線繞法皆同。當時未有人留意,我亦未察中有物,現在看來,當時已有人布局。」8964 copyright protection29PENANApfdxdV7beo 維尼
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寧觀律沉思片刻,終問:「那你認為,紙鳶為何出現?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAKlYBVqrwJ5 維尼
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孤城答:「為傳言、為警告、亦可能為指引。」他頓了頓,又補上一句:「或者,是給某人,亦非我。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAWUkB9AKkBy 維尼
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寧觀律凝神:「你懷疑紙鳶背後另有人操盤?」8964 copyright protection29PENANA9ZnLQqABLb 維尼
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「我不懷疑。我確信。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAMbSw0LPUej 維尼
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二人對望無聲。屋中燈火輕搖,似有風透過紙窗而入,吹動几上紙張沙沙作響。8964 copyright protection29PENANABmslRZdQmZ 維尼
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「而且——」任孤城忽然開口,語氣平靜,「我懷疑我們一直在看錯方向。」8964 copyright protection29PENANADkVpQ5RSVh 維尼
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寧觀律手指一頓,仍未言語。8964 copyright protection29PENANAcQvYbQm82q 維尼
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「我們查薛沉舟之死,追查醉月樓之事,但這一紙鳶出現的時機,正是薛案焦點最混之時。」孤城目光冷然,「我懷疑,薛案是餌,紙鳶是線,而真魚未現。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAZxG7hPU6kf 維尼
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「那你今夜在北巷探的,是哪一宗?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAROoeaEGxkI 維尼
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「街口案。」孤城答,「貨郎張文綱。你也知,他死得太乾淨。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAnO5cCvuBKL 維尼
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寧觀律點頭:「咽喉一線劃破,無掙扎、無聲息。非江湖鬥毆,也非坊間血案。」8964 copyright protection29PENANA2VMestoZxP 維尼
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「更非偶然。」孤城語氣如霜,「張文綱每日由此過,為何偏昨夜遇難?紙鳶、斷骨、街角的目擊兒童,都是碎片,但一旦排列……」8964 copyright protection29PENANAObScvMF8UN 維尼
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「便會成圖。」寧觀律接上。8964 copyright protection29PENANAQibxH8g4Hk 維尼
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孤城默然。8964 copyright protection29PENANA5ruo1yRCnW 維尼
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寧觀律取來一幅開封城坊圖,鋪於案上,隨手在三處以炭筆點上:8964 copyright protection29PENANAjYing8WSLM 維尼
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「醉月樓、北巷命案、斷鳶墜地處。三點成線。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAyuCWPyv3v2 維尼
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「成弓線。」孤城目光如鐵。8964 copyright protection29PENANArAL5EnMwc3 維尼
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「射向哪裡?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAwgnMzZjnSB 維尼
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孤城指向圖中央,一處不起眼的小巷:8964 copyright protection29PENANAnckEOrxdmj 維尼
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「魏家舊宅。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAuoKEk99dwy 維尼
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寧觀律抬頭,終於露出些微訝色。8964 copyright protection29PENANAY59KzXafZp 維尼
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「你認為,這一連串訊號,是為引某人往舊宅一探?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAiTASYEuNsf 維尼
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「或者,是逼某人回首。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAjhnU3MvXKP 維尼
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「某人……是誰?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAdvGh1PCGOC 維尼
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孤城沉聲道:「魏初然。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAzOJ5YqAuCF 維尼
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寧觀律沉默不語,半晌方開口:「他與醉月樓女子見面一事,我查過。他未進樓內,僅於門前停留短暫。有人說,女子曾望他一眼。」8964 copyright protection29PENANA8FdgfblLd5 維尼
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孤城語氣更淡:「你知道我不是要查誰見過誰,我要查的是——誰在佈局、誰在看著我們查案。」8964 copyright protection29PENANA2dgi8H5R9C 維尼
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寧觀律凝視孤城:「那你覺得我們是什麼?」8964 copyright protection29PENANA3RWanqYutf 維尼
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「第三隻眼。」孤城輕聲說,「非局中人,也非佈局者。但我們在中間,看得清楚,動不得分毫。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAYoa9A5IzCU 維尼
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紙鳶斷骨仍在他手中,隨風輕顫。他望向窗外月色,低聲一句:8964 copyright protection29PENANAfwADckFUj0 維尼
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「只是,若眼被人蒙上……也許連自己是棋,都不自知。」8964 copyright protection29PENANA9khAM6nwha 維尼
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夜更深一層。開封北城西隅,魏家舊宅。昔年門庭繁華,今已頹牆敗瓦,蔓草掩階。8964 copyright protection29PENANAOjLtD4BzKE 維尼
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任孤城立於斷垣殘瓦前,神情靜然,似已預知此地另藏蹊蹺。月光映於碎瓦,牆角藤蔓微動,風過,竟有細響如低語。8964 copyright protection29PENANAMXv9WTGKCW 維尼
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他輕步踏入院內,腳下磚面已嶙峋不平,牆邊處有一堆被翻動過的枯葉,似曾有人駐足。孤城凝視良久,忽蹲下查視,指尖抹過地面灰痕,目光一凝。8964 copyright protection29PENANASP1SOPd9cK 維尼
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那是一道燒焦痕跡,似火折熄滅時留下,旁邊碎紙殘灰尚溫。紙邊殘角露出斑駁筆跡,應為急就草字。未及分辨,忽聽左側屋梁斜落處,一道極輕微的落葉聲響起,非風所致。8964 copyright protection29PENANADd7qKlw3Pr 維尼
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任孤城未動。僅手腕輕轉,手中鐵骨短棍已無聲滑入掌中,身形一挪,閃身避入殘柱背後。8964 copyright protection29PENANAZi8pQHtu5j 維尼
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他閉氣半息,突起身朝聲源處擲出一枚袖中暗針,針甫脫手,反彈聲響起——竟是撞上金屬兵器之聲。8964 copyright protection29PENANAp6PxWsytkU 維尼
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下一瞬,一道黑影由牆後疾掠而出,輕功極高,幾欲無聲。孤城棍鋒前探,招式如封,一擊震開對方右臂,對方竟未見慌亂,反轉身疾退,劍勢凌厲如夜風倒斬,隨即攻來。8964 copyright protection29PENANAD4vMfTPeGq 維尼
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短短三招,兩人已於亂瓦間交鋒四次,火星飛竄。黑衣人劍路似帶西域刃風,每招皆取人要害;孤城則一招不讓,腳下穩如磐石,攻防並進,竟隱有壓制之勢。8964 copyright protection29PENANA24rFv9N3tB 維尼
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院內飛葉翻搖,簷下銅鈴微響。就在孤城再度逼近、欲奪對方劍時,黑衣人忽以掌側擊地,藉力縱躍入夜色中,去勢如鬼魅,眨眼已掠上斷牆。8964 copyright protection29PENANAuqfQfvRPVd 維尼
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臨去瞬間,他自袖中掷下一物,鳶形如畫,紙翼輕展,飄然墜地。孤城伸手一接,紙鳶落掌,骨體堅韌,顏色深紅。8964 copyright protection29PENANApOsBUIEdc5 維尼
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他俯身察看,果如所料,紙鳶腹內藏有摺紙信件。展開一看,乃舊年魏家案卷某頁,其上筆跡潦草,顯係匆忙中抄錄,頁末卻以極工整紅墨批下一句:8964 copyright protection29PENANAAu8hxpnPSQ 維尼
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「孤城亦在局中。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAYxieGyU9qL 維尼
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他眉頭微蹙,指尖緊握那張泛黃紙頁,喉間低聲一哼。8964 copyright protection29PENANAfSNKu8pHXM 維尼
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那黑衣人是誰?為何不奪命、不取物,反送此言?是挑釁、示警,抑或試探?而這「局」,又從何時開始,早已把自己算入?8964 copyright protection29PENANAIU7BQoj6s5 維尼
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任孤城站於斷瓦間,遠處犬吠重現,街聲已止。他望著夜色漸深,眼底殺機未褪,卻多出一層凝思。8964 copyright protection29PENANAXkG8KHFsns 維尼
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開封西南角,荒街偏巷,一座半廢舊鋪靜臥於巷尾,門扉斜斜懸著,推開時總發出半聲沉響。8964 copyright protection29PENANAy6sgwvFyKY 維尼
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張照風在屋內翻著一摞舊帳冊,魏初然則坐於炭盆旁,握著那截斷劍鞘,眉頭微鎖。風過時,門縫進灰,炭火也映出斷鞘紋理,細細如蛇骨般蜿蜒而上。8964 copyright protection29PENANAGxu9qO2dX7 維尼
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這地方本是舊鏢局棄樓,四下斑駁,唯有一爐一桌、一壺一劍,夜色籠罩下竟有幾分像避世山林。8964 copyright protection29PENANAqTxUB0DGbp 維尼
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「這鞘……你從哪得來的?」張照風忽然開口,聲音不大,但尾音帶著幾分試探。8964 copyright protection29PENANAPcStvtjeQs 維尼
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初然抬眼,仍未言語,只慢慢收起那截鞘。8964 copyright protection29PENANAdJmktQ1hfk 維尼
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「昨夜我本想問,但你睡得早,今日又避我三次。」張照風眼未移開,指頭翻頁的聲音卻停了,「你是怕我認得那物?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAiaRLNpPRk9 維尼
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初然動作一頓,神情微變,隨即低聲道:「有人給的。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAWC1ANP28Ik 維尼
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「誰?」8964 copyright protection29PENANABUIbkubvFw 維尼
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「我不知道。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAdfVNeI0ILX 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANAIuYU6bSY2N
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「那他為何給你?」8964 copyright protection29PENANA5kggXN9myN 維尼
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「說是……該物有我家舊事,若我不接,終會錯過。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAKGv5cLeNvW 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANAovqW0Z8xVw
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張照風眼神微閃,將帳冊闔起,緩步上前,半蹲於初然對面,視線與他平齊。8964 copyright protection29PENANAtwvrL2EjM1 維尼
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「那你可曾懷疑,這東西,是誘你入局?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAOMuARcCA2V 維尼
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初然望他,沉默半晌:「若我不入局,我家事永遠無人提起。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAMxYFk63im7 維尼
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語氣不重,卻透著一股異常決絕的氣息。8964 copyright protection29PENANAPz4U6A6l0s 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANAP35HZznUj2
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張照風一頓,忽爾低笑:「這倒像是你娘會說的話。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAaOEMs6aHI1 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANAFuJ5XPp1Og
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初然抬眼,剛要問,張照風忽伸手:「借我一觀。」8964 copyright protection29PENANA0ARMB9MXWS 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANAtRRVfVuSE2
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他語氣平緩,手掌張開,卻不近不遠地停在那截斷鞘前。8964 copyright protection29PENANA6u7gvhVhe5 維尼
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初然猶疑半刻,終還是將斷鞘遞出。8964 copyright protection29PENANAWpqHcoUTMv 維尼
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張照風接過,捻轉細看,鏤紋淡滲,斷口極整,刀痕如絲,似是名匠所鑄。他指腹觸及一處凹陷時,眉頭一皺:「這……與當年魏家案後留下那截,極為相似。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAqZUThAo0HB 維尼
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「你見過另一截?」初然急問。8964 copyright protection29PENANAFJ6h2vLheE 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANARPF6QUwjlC
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張照風眼神一閃,卻不答。他將斷鞘旋身握轉,忽而問:「你知不知……這種斷痕,不似打鬥所斷,反像是……」8964 copyright protection29PENANAUpQDbL88Jv 維尼
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「人為所毀?」初然搶先一步。8964 copyright protection29PENANAxQnXNkTTNo 維尼
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兩人目光一對,氣氛陡凝。8964 copyright protection29PENANACMFQuUmej6 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANAEAB7Qg1xg5
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張照風低聲道:「有人在毀跡。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAcfjTMwBE3f 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANAGk4DPoD5wn
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話音剛落,初然已猛地站起,伸手奪回斷鞘:「你若早知這物,昨夜便該說。如今卻藏口不語,莫非你也與那案有關?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAQibr6rkPth 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANAkFdxBKuYK8
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張照風冷冷一笑:「我只知,若此物落於任孤城之手,你或早已入了卷宗。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAOP6cu64grv 維尼
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「那你又是誰?為何幫我?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAfHAPrv5Gq3 維尼
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「我不幫你,我幫的是——一個該問到底的問題。」8964 copyright protection29PENANA7Jyt4yE4e4 維尼
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初然臉色微冷,退後半步:「你到底是誰的人?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAnYThBUosZx 維尼
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張照風不語,只將袖中一枚舊鏢令拋入火盆。8964 copyright protection29PENANABbc99PbMEN 維尼
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火光照映鏢令之上,微現「沉風」二字。8964 copyright protection29PENANAlIsJYQUUpp 維尼
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魏初然忽地一震,像被擊中舊憶。他忽然出手,欲奪斷鞘。8964 copyright protection29PENANAjdoDYu1YM2 維尼
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張照風本不想交手,照風這一抓氣勢極強,彷彿帶著十五年之恨。他側身讓過,順勢一拍,初然已退三步。8964 copyright protection29PENANAX9iCHjdXsF 維尼
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「你……」初然怒道,「你從一開始便想試我。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAPZjFLWRjAf 維尼
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「不,是你從一開始就在懷疑我。」張照風站直,眼神不再帶笑,「那你我便試上一場,看看你魏家後人,是否真敢拔劍問真。」8964 copyright protection29PENANACKPkvtKNe0 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANASzG8r8keU5
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室中氣機一動,火光傾斜,兩人間無聲交手已然開始。8964 copyright protection29PENANAj4XZuLnwrM 維尼
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殘樓內風聲未歇,爐火翻跳,炭灰飛散。魏初然抽劍之勢凌厲,鐵劍破空,劍光未至,氣勁已逼人眉眼。8964 copyright protection29PENANAa77NWyqUZM 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANAVeblTu2kar
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張照風右手探出,空手入劍勢,拂住其腕,借力卸去初然第一記直刺。腳下滑步成環,斜斜劃開距離,反手一掌如風襲至。8964 copyright protection29PENANAijO8XjeayK 維尼
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初然以臂格擋,發出「鏗」聲金響。兩人各退半步,氣機未斷,眼神卻已燃火。8964 copyright protection29PENANAbjhNJtNOMj 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANAxgBILtW1zN
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「你真要與我一試?」照風低聲問,語中無怒,卻如峽谷回聲。8964 copyright protection29PENANAHcuUJ9sn38 維尼
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「若你不說真話,我便要自己斷定。」初然聲音發緊,怒意在眼,卻非僅為面前人,更似為十五年沉積於骨髓的怨與問。8964 copyright protection29PENANA1I2VFyuqa4 維尼
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他再次踏步前進,長劍揮出三記連環,劍招不花,但每一式皆走殺招實用之路。張照風閃避過兩劍,第三劍時,才拔劍於鞘——劍光如水,寒意四溢,截住劍勢之後,旋身一挑,迫退初然三尺。8964 copyright protection29PENANArlrv7rdjZz 維尼
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這一次,他出劍不留情,招招點到即止,卻皆逼得初然無法近身。8964 copyright protection29PENANAKeaW8dn2L5 維尼
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「你有學過如何打敗我嗎?」照風問道。8964 copyright protection29PENANAFxiIO5acxT 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANAsJJix7AjTG
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「我只學過怎樣殺人。」初然冷答。8964 copyright protection29PENANAlLsryFzutA 維尼
33Please respect copyright.PENANAXwKvGHKIYm
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「那你就得學會——不是所有人都該殺。」語聲未落,張照風忽以劍背橫擋一擊,順勢逼前,將初然劍尖逼至炭盆上方。8964 copyright protection29PENANA7AcRJ8s5TM 維尼
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兩柄劍一觸即離,火光暴跳。就在那一瞬,初然餘光瞥見——炭盆中有一道異樣光點,並非炭火,而是鐵質物熔燃時的青白閃芒。8964 copyright protection29PENANAR9ZCXnuKrd 維尼
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他本欲再刺,卻忽而身形一滯。劍鋒在空中微晃,眼神竟被那團光芒攫住。8964 copyright protection29PENANAxygNRjIUAv 維尼
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炭盆中,正燃著那枚鏢令。灰鐵為體,火舌舔及處,浮出模糊兩字:「沉風」。數息之後,鐵面崩裂,碎為兩片,墜入灰燼。8964 copyright protection29PENANA6PLefA4Ozf 維尼
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那一瞬,他似聽見某個聲音自火中傳出。是兒時在鏢局外耳聞的口令?是母親曾經提及的名號?8964 copyright protection29PENANA38ELEVRSiH 維尼
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他握劍的手微顫,心中猛然炸開十數個重影記憶——8964 copyright protection29PENANAY721Y4y7E7 維尼
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畫面一:黃昏鏢局,少年他躲於簷下,看見一隊黑衣人遠遠站在鐵門之外,無聲無語;8964 copyright protection29PENANAhBiQjDBdBJ 維尼
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畫面二:一截斷鞘擱於桌上,父親的手按在上頭,眼神如塵封死水;8964 copyright protection29PENANAKGHdTKSMs2 維尼
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畫面三:一場夜雨之中,鏢局火起,風聲裡有人高喊「沉風已滅」……8964 copyright protection29PENANAU224h5e7oQ 維尼
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初然胸口起伏,喉間一股嗆意湧上。他忽而問道:「你……曾是沉風鏢局的人?」8964 copyright protection29PENANARES2Sizy5G 維尼
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張照風未答,只道:「我埋了它十五年,今日燒了它,為的是讓你知,問真,不是靠執念,而是靠選擇。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAk8gB9y8uun 維尼
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初然怒聲:「你選擇將它燒掉?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAcEiBYM3vVZ 維尼
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「不燒,它會成為你心裡的執念;一旦燒了,你才能看見它其實不過是一枚鏢令,是一段歷史——未必值你流血尋根。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAy9nuYPTGEZ 維尼
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「你在怕什麼?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAgQRtGXCyoT 維尼
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「我在怕你——把自己當成亡魂替身。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAAZz2FKllv2 維尼
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張照風將劍一轉,劍尖觸地,緩緩低聲道:「魏家那把劍,那是沉風鏢局為你父特造之物,是為鏢局所護。十五年前為魏家出鏢,可惜那趟鏢,一去不回。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAQJ4ietopzZ 維尼
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初然垂眼,嘴唇顫動,卻一字未出。他望向爐火,餘燼微熾,鏢令已成焦斑。8964 copyright protection29PENANANOpFNXAq4O 維尼
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張照風退後半步,劍入鞘,道:「你我之間,無仇。但若你真要執意走下去,下一次,我不會讓你再停劍於半途。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAALAtde77Ir 維尼
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說罷,轉身而去。8964 copyright protection29PENANAO3Xa2QoU14 維尼
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只留下初然一人站在炭盆前,手中長劍低垂,斷鞘沉沉。他忽感疲乏——不在手臂,而是在心頭。8964 copyright protection29PENANA9lRkD9QQWT 維尼
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火光映在他臉上,如同兩場夜雨重疊。他終於低聲道出一句:8964 copyright protection29PENANA1O3A9By4FE 維尼
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「我不是為替父報仇而來。我是來問……這把劍,當年為誰所斷?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAf8ffwi6smM 維尼
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炭火低鳴,無人應答。8964 copyright protection29PENANArVAqQ8sKcC 維尼
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張照風走後,門扇緩緩闔上,舊鋪中復歸沉寂,只有炭盆中火焰尚在細語。8964 copyright protection29PENANAEN5flYNxsW 維尼
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魏初然一人獨坐,雙膝微曲,視線落在火盆中那枚已被火焰吞噬大半的鏢令。灰鐵之物,經年未動,如今卻在夜風中輕晃,微火映照下,「沉風」二字尚清晰可辨,似不肯隨灰燼一同消散。8964 copyright protection29PENANAH6tL5bdegx 維尼
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他未伸手,也未躲避,只直直望著那鐵令在紅焰中顫抖,如見一人負傷而立,不肯跪倒。8964 copyright protection29PENANAlMJMd0O44s 維尼
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火焰竄起一瞬,炭火中猛然發出一聲輕響。初然眼神一震,心中某處仿若被什麼東西觸動,卻又說不出來。那不是痛,也不是怒,只是一種說不清的熟悉,一種自他下山以來,從未完全消散的靜默回響。8964 copyright protection29PENANAKMDC3cw3ar 維尼
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他低頭看著膝上的斷劍鞘,緩緩以手覆上其身,感覺那鏤紋下的冷意,宛若時間尚未抹去的某段記憶。8964 copyright protection29PENANA2jK392jDRi 維尼
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不知為何,他忽地想起那封信。信紙早已摺疊數遍,邊角泛黃,署名「魏家小娘」,語句簡短,卻在開頭寫了四字:「久未照面。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAEMhNMNiVpH 維尼
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母親的筆跡,在燈下顫得像一條鋪不平的繡線。他當時讀完,只覺字字寡淡,如今再想,卻隱隱覺得,那些語句中有些空隙,不是遺漏,而是故意留下。8964 copyright protection29PENANAiyGcGqXzV4 維尼
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他不知那是警告,是召喚,還是……只是寒暄。但那信,的確把他帶到了這裡。8964 copyright protection29PENANAbBKoTfuMj0 維尼
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火焰漸熄,鏢令已焚至半身,只剩一抹鐵痕嵌於餘灰之中。8964 copyright protection29PENANAxshTx8Db8m 維尼
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初然站起身,將斷鞘重新繫入背袋。他未發一語,也未再看那火盆一眼,像是怕自己若再盯下去,便會在夜裡失聲。8964 copyright protection29PENANAHhNGeUbyTs 維尼
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他推門而出。8964 copyright protection29PENANAxdecwqmtbZ 維尼
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門扇再度發出一聲老舊的吱呀,灰塵自門縫滑落,在風中旋舞。8964 copyright protection29PENANAI24olOwfyq 維尼
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他走得極慢,卻每一步都踏得極實。那鏢令未能給他答案,卻似留下了一道縫口,而他,只能走進去,去問一問所有人,究竟還藏了多少與「魏」有關的事。8964 copyright protection29PENANAqaKxMFBOOR 維尼
夜風微涼,魏初然走出舊鋪,沿著巷尾廊道緩步而行。磚縫中透出幾縷潮氣,腳下泥地未乾,似昨夜曾有人駐足。8964 copyright protection29PENANAFDNnIpQeoz 維尼
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他未佩劍,手中也無燈籠,只一人走進這片半廢街角。屋脊破裂,瓦片斷折,幾隻野貓從牆頭一閃而過,悄無聲息。遠處傳來打更聲——「三更——留神火燭——」8964 copyright protection29PENANAgKfHhv2UwA 維尼
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初然抬頭,望見街盡頭有一殘燈半懸,在風中左右搖擺,如同困獸擺尾。8964 copyright protection29PENANAxyO2tO5rQ3 維尼
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他本無意深行,卻不知何故,腳步竟不自覺地走到了那盞燈下。燈旁牆上刻有斑斑黑痕,像是有人刻意抹去過什麼。初然伸手撫過,粗糙牆灰之下,似乎藏著舊字。8964 copyright protection29PENANAxCM9J0lQC5 維尼
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他手指一頓,心中一念突起:「這街角……像極了小時候來過的一處。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAWRGOP8zCqC 維尼
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記憶深處,模糊的畫面緩緩浮現——8964 copyright protection29PENANAhUSBEbgPSI 維尼
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夜色濃黑,一雙柔軟的手捂住他的耳朵,拉他從後門奔逃。他被塞入草堆之中,只見娘親衣角一閃,轉瞬不見。火光在背後湧起,鏢局院門內,有人聲怒吼,鋼鐵交擊。遠處有人低喝:「那劍帶走了嗎?」8964 copyright protection29PENANACwvS1WkIMR 維尼
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「藏好了!」另一聲倉皇回應。8964 copyright protection29PENANAR7WwvtVS8W 維尼
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他想看清那人是誰,卻只看見一截斷裂的東西從眼前閃過,然後——8964 copyright protection29PENANAk6y8gUrDJv 維尼
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再醒時,已在村中祠堂,他娘說,那是一場夢。8964 copyright protection29PENANAvbEy0o8woY 維尼
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如今再想,那並非夢。是記憶,是某段被人壓下的真實。8964 copyright protection29PENANAH9tJQH0pFL 維尼
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「那劍鞘……不止是信物。而且那把劍……在哪?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAXkf2Vi7MTr 維尼
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他喃喃自語,抬手按在自己肩上的佩袋,感覺那斷鞘的重量如山。十五年來的疑惑與空白,終於在一連串的對話與對峙中鬆動了某個節點。8964 copyright protection29PENANARt8dBnQzcM 維尼
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沉風鏢局的滅亡,不止是一次鏢失,更像是——一次謀定而深的覆局。8964 copyright protection29PENANA0DbbgNzTJc 維尼
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而那趟鏢,也許藏有某物。某個足以讓數方勢力陷入沉默的東西。8964 copyright protection29PENANAOXvKWbrgav 維尼
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張照風並未告訴他全部,但他也沒說謊。他不曾說自己站在哪方,只在問:「你,敢不敢問到底?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAo26ddS8M8z 維尼
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魏初然轉過身,望向來路。張照風不知是否還在樓中,但他已無需確認。8964 copyright protection29PENANAe3mBg586e4 維尼
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風又起,初然握住佩袋上的劍鞘,走入了開封沉夜之中。8964 copyright protection29PENANA1fXOTVHH55 維尼
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這座城看似不眠,實則無夢。而他,是唯一記得夢境的人。8964 copyright protection29PENANAWc4lV6wQg9 維尼
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開封東街,夜深如墨。8964 copyright protection29PENANAaZ6cSbGiWp 維尼
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醉月樓後廊的燈早已熄滅,但在更深的迴廊盡處,尚有微光映牆。牆後一室,飄著極淡的草藥香。8964 copyright protection29PENANAgGNoI5m5Zv 維尼
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蘇綺正獨坐窗前,手執細筆,正在塗改一封新信。案上攤開數張殘頁,有的筆跡潦草,有的潛藏血痕,每頁邊角都被裁得不全,彷彿皆經過焚毀又重組。8964 copyright protection29PENANAsrUrTfmFlW 維尼
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她筆未停,眼卻微斂。似在聽,又似在想。8964 copyright protection29PENANAWpuQ98yMVb 維尼
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忽有輕聲自窗外傳入:「你寫的那第三封,真的有人收到了嗎?」8964 copyright protection29PENANABlxVnhCXYb 維尼
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蘇綺不驚不懼,低聲回:「風帶走了,但是否有人攔下,便不在我手中。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAitcq7i3bps 維尼
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窗外人影晃動,旋即推門入室,步履無聲。來人著黑衣束髮,面容藏於陰影之中,僅露一截顎線與唇角,無情無語。8964 copyright protection29PENANA4RuFPj3Zcg 維尼
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蘇綺卻似早知他會來,只淡淡道:「你來,不過是想問那人是不是動了心。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAj96iGv6N85 維尼
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黑衣人不語,片刻後才冷聲開口:「那少年……已開始找人問當年。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAy7fhgo1lu1 維尼
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「找對了人嗎?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAtFuzIXrOmg 維尼
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「他找的人,曾與魏夫人同走過那一趟鏢路。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAyGO53QA04J 維尼
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蘇綺筆尖一頓:「他娘……果真還未現身?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAn8PBeJFpqA 維尼
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「她……可能還在某處觀望。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAvw76iY7ROG 維尼
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這話落下,室內陷入短暫沉寂。8964 copyright protection29PENANA2ggpXfnT5m 維尼
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蘇綺忽而輕笑:「那真是好耐性。等他娘出手,他也不再是魏初然了。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAR6Y1Sq02Sf 維尼
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黑衣人沉聲道:「你寫的信,不怕惹火?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAujNvah9rYC 維尼
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「信不是火,是風。」蘇綺收筆,望向案上的殘頁,「會燒的,不是我,是那些還沒說出口的名字。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAvvPSgoPfzJ 維尼
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黑衣人微頷,不再言語。他走至窗前,望向遠方開封城廂。「張照風與任孤城,終會撞上一場。」8964 copyright protection29PENANATiNCkD5zw1 維尼
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「那你擔心誰?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAlZfUCmv3cI 維尼
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「……不是擔心,是等。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAkqQn2joDeJ 維尼
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蘇綺收起信紙,將其投入小木函中。她眼底一閃,聲音卻更淡了些:「你說,若風再起,這封信要飛去誰的掌心?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAzLdKnROYmo 維尼
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「不是張照風,也不是魏初然。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAqVJxQ5TOxF 維尼
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「那你以為是誰?」8964 copyright protection29PENANAphpp3weBF3 維尼
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「是那十五年前未死的——人心。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAW8QYuOU32Y 維尼
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語落,窗再度開啟,風聲入內,燈火微晃如焰中影,一瞬即滅。8964 copyright protection29PENANA4oOLw1n8FP 維尼
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夜色沉重,風聲捲入廢鋪殘瓦之下,時有沙沙細響。張照風推門而入,腳步甫落,便見堂中餘火未熄,火盆微明,一人立於盆側。8964 copyright protection29PENANABBPY6PPBLU 維尼
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任孤城,披素袍而立,身影修直,背對門扉。他眼神垂落,凝視盆中灰燼,餘火映照出一枚焦黑鏢令,鐫有二字:「沉風」。8964 copyright protection29PENANANMG8yhVDt3 維尼
張照風緩步向前,站定火盆對面,劍未出鞘,神色亦無波瀾。8964 copyright protection29PENANAutMKvn3uXc 維尼
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「你調查這麼久,仍看不穿此局?」8964 copyright protection29PENANARCwhTinR2s 維尼
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「我看得穿,也看得透——只是尚未有人開口承認。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAS622tPHotW 維尼
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「那你以為今晚,我會開口?」8964 copyright protection29PENANANAhKJhsrfU 維尼
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任孤城抬眼,語氣低如鋒寒:「不會。但你會出劍。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAn0CaqKAobP 維尼
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張照風一笑,笑意中有薄怒:「我出劍,不為自辯,只因你太囂張。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAillrhsV1od 維尼
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話未落,兩人幾乎同時動了。8964 copyright protection29PENANA8F7gw7R0mt 維尼
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孤城手落劍柄,劍鋒一晃如月色入夜,倏然繞指,劍氣凌空斜擊;照風則反掌格開,身形一錯,寒芒已近孤城咽口。8964 copyright protection29PENANA3x7Y3MTcGX 維尼
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二人交鋒不過三招,桌椅盡碎,殘燼紛飛。屋中劍光交錯,殺機如焚。8964 copyright protection29PENANA19qYmZjOfr 維尼
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火光搖晃間,一口青鋼長劍正正抵上照風左肩,而張照風之刃亦已橫向孤城頸側,兩人僅差半寸,一動即死。8964 copyright protection29PENANAmtdqRMw9fh 維尼
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劍尖微顫,未落。8964 copyright protection29PENANADwx7CvOpWd 維尼
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炭火忽爆,一聲細響似嘆。8964 copyright protection29PENANADZCffXQsuG 維尼
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一瞬間,風停了。火熄了一半。8964 copyright protection29PENANA4rp0FstfjO 維尼
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張照風低聲:「這局……你想收,就得承得起下一場死。」8964 copyright protection29PENANAXJJuv7YEIv 維尼
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任孤城眼神冷峻,沉聲吐出四字:8964 copyright protection29PENANAnj17ApQ6AA 維尼
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「不見棺材,不肯流淚。」8964 copyright protection29PENANA6uKXTKCnhW 維尼
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照風眼中一沉,緩緩握緊劍柄。8964 copyright protection29PENANAlYOnAGlTox 維尼
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二人凝立,殺意如潮,在寂靜之中。8964 copyright protection29PENANATKWmjpCmGq 維尼
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