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初夏的日頭正盛,光影從書房格窗間斜斜落下,在青磚地上灑出一道道筆挺的線。微風從回廊那頭吹來,帶著淡淡竹葉的清氣。8964 copyright protection14PENANA83zJWUNOcG 維尼
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府裏一切如常,連鴉雀聲都聽不見,只餘一種凝重而無聲的沉寂。8964 copyright protection14PENANAPPtBPLcK9c 維尼
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紀明章坐在書房內,青衫整整齊齊,腰間玉佩不動聲色地貼著書案。他年約四旬,五官端正,眼尾微垂,眉心時常含著一絲若有若無的蹙意,不怒自威。8964 copyright protection14PENANAK0rNcdnYO0 維尼
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柴刀疤、三粒屎、王猛三人立於案前,像是被審問的兵卒,一字一頓地將慧覺寺一行所見所聞稟報出來。8964 copyright protection14PENANAo2CTSGObJf 維尼
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柴刀疤講得簡潔利落,重點分明,略去旁枝末節,只提那些異常的、不可解的;三粒屎則不時補充細節,有些猶豫,語氣顯出些微不安,說到孩童白沫黑斑、紙糊頭顱時,聲音壓得幾近耳語;王猛只拱手立著,始終沉默。8964 copyright protection14PENANASxDwlJYugF 維尼
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紀明章聽罷,未置一詞,手中茶盞轉了幾轉,卻始終未喝,彷彿在咀嚼那無聲之間的餘味。8964 copyright protection14PENANAuYywDov3ia 維尼
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「你說,那個妙燈和尚是幾時來的?」他忽地開口,聲音極輕,卻像落水石,一下讓房中三人齊齊繃緊神經。8964 copyright protection14PENANACMBd87Pu0X 維尼
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三粒屎抬眼看他,不知該不該答,還是那名隨行的家僕立刻低頭回道:「回老爺,是秋後才到的,村裡人說他一開始穿著金縷袈裟,言談中還帶著些京裏口音……」8964 copyright protection14PENANAxyAkKPC66O 維尼
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「不像鄉僧。」紀明章接道,語氣平平,卻像是早有預料。他將茶盞放回案上,手指在案面上有一下沒一下地輕敲著,目光卻已轉向一旁站著的祁管家。8964 copyright protection14PENANAb7x5qS1hp7 維尼
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「去府城的佛教會查查他的來歷,看是從那個寺調過來的,還是……根本沒入過籍。」8964 copyright protection14PENANAzK0poxz9Mn 維尼
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祁管家一聽,立刻應聲:「是,老爺。」8964 copyright protection14PENANAXFFbfqExXc 維尼
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「再者,那村子不能放鬆,叫人暗中盯著,必要時通稟官府,莫讓他們把事壓下。」紀明章語氣仍淡,卻不容置疑。祁管家低頭退下,書房內又只餘那三人靜立。8964 copyright protection14PENANALJhq77Ffbw 維尼
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三粒屎正以為今日的事到此為止,心中盤算著該如何抽身告退,不料紀明章忽地轉頭,目光落在他身上。那目光沉沉,如一池靜水,卻教人無端心跳加快。8964 copyright protection14PENANAlFrvsnA2fu 維尼
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「周嬤嬤年歲大了,也該歇歇了。」語氣依舊不疾不徐,卻隱隱有種不容置喙的威壓。8964 copyright protection14PENANA1pa01Bg5uL 維尼
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「你往後便盯著小姐,她若再夢中胡話,第一時間來告訴我。」8964 copyright protection14PENANAZgCt9k87RU 維尼
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三粒屎怔了一怔,來不及細思紀明章口中的「胡話」指的是什麼,便聽他接著道:「你是個粗人,不容易引她防備。」8964 copyright protection14PENANAu9Hr0jOj6T 維尼
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「我……」三粒屎遲疑半晌,終究還是鼓起勇氣低聲回道,「小的才進府不久,小姐怕是不樂意……」8964 copyright protection14PENANASElfcFFrTt 維尼
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紀明章眉頭一沉,聲音頓時冷了幾分:「叫你做就做,那來這麼多廢話?」他眼中閃過一絲不耐,像是看破了三粒屎的猶疑與抗拒。8964 copyright protection14PENANAwFLlLKA6cp 維尼
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「是。」三粒屎低頭應聲,聲音幾不可聞。他退出書房時,腳步極輕,背脊卻微微發涼。8964 copyright protection14PENANAgEJ6CA39Gq 維尼
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出了門才覺天光仍明亮,卻仿佛一下子陷入什麼更深的陰影裏。8964 copyright protection14PENANAHXd6FGoiGf 維尼
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夜色漸深,天上月光朦朧,像是被什麼揉皺的銀紗遮住了。8964 copyright protection14PENANAqGXHim2fKl 維尼
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涼風穿過長廊,牆根的竹影搖曳生姿,地面一片斑駁。8964 copyright protection14PENANABD5TRiRCzP 維尼
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三粒屎輾轉反側,怎麼也睡不著。他翻了個身,又翻了回來,手腳都裹在被褥裏,像被困住的鳥。8964 copyright protection14PENANApE29R0HYuz 維尼
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紀明章的那句話如釘入腦中:「盯著小姐。」這四個字就像壓在他胸口的石頭,壓得他連呼吸都帶著一股窒悶。8964 copyright protection14PENANAgKYxZKJs5N 維尼
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他明白,這不是單純要他「照看」小姐那般簡單,否則不會挑中他這樣一個名不見經傳的外來漢子。8964 copyright protection14PENANAi31i3uc6QW 維尼
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府中幾十個心腹不用,偏讓他這個不過剛落腳的小廝來盯著通判之女,這分明是……別有用意。8964 copyright protection14PENANADicuurbK7c 維尼
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他不是讀書人,卻也不是沒腦子的莽夫,慧覺寺一事,如今回想起來,愈發覺得不對勁。那孩子死得太古怪,村人反應太激烈,那和尚……從頭到尾沒真見著過人影,只有名字與傳說。8964 copyright protection14PENANAxTbpnXQpC2 維尼
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那晚暗室裏的一幕,總在他眼前揮之不去。那幅畫軸,那顆紙糊頭顱,還有那層層堆疊的白布與香灰,他心中騷動未平,披衣起身。8964 copyright protection14PENANAr4DCy1DGGU 維尼
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院外很靜,靜得能聽見遠處貓狗低聲細語般的叫聲。他摸出門,順著牆角摸至紀小姐的小院。8964 copyright protection14PENANAIZTDFQj9NI 維尼
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兩進院落白日裏清幽雅緻,夜裏卻像變了模樣,靜得發冷。8964 copyright protection14PENANAJ0p9J44zG1 維尼
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風吹過樹梢,藤蔓細葉撫過牆磚,發出細細擦響,像是什麼在低語。8964 copyright protection14PENANAD3MajUTacT 維尼
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他蹲在一口小井邊,目光越過院牆,看向那扇半掩的窗。8964 copyright protection14PENANAf1Tq7dzNhf 維尼
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屋內燈火微弱,一縷黃光映出兩個丫鬟的身影。她們背對窗子,壓低聲音說話。8964 copyright protection14PENANAhC1bm6K7Fe 維尼
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「小姐又說夢話了?」8964 copyright protection14PENANAMBz0OuT3jS 維尼
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「嗯……聲音小得很,像是怕誰聽見似的……」8964 copyright protection14PENANAjtdQGIlcy1 維尼
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「她說了什麼?」8964 copyright protection14PENANAYLWLRn9QRk 維尼
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「她說……他在牆外。」8964 copyright protection14PENANASNJBmEE2en 維尼
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說這句的丫鬟語氣帶著顫音,像是那話從夢裏飄出,又落回現實。8964 copyright protection14PENANA8mzCZvbLfZ 維尼
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「誰在牆外?」另一人問,聲音輕到幾乎聽不見。8964 copyright protection14PENANAxotbUg36FI 維尼
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「不知道……就只說了這一句,就沒再講。」8964 copyright protection14PENANAXDSBWcNdKb 維尼
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三粒屎聽得頭皮一麻,一股冷意順著脊背直竄上來。8964 copyright protection14PENANAlC1vZlCrR3 維尼
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這句話——「他在牆外」,不是第一次聽到了。8964 copyright protection14PENANAc1oTilQNYU 維尼
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自從從灰村回來,他便常聽丫鬟們私下議論,說紀小姐近來夢話頻頻,有時哭、有時笑,有時說些含糊不清的詞句。8964 copyright protection14PENANAL48exLuMhU 維尼
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他起初不以為意,覺得不過是驚嚇過後的神思未定。可此刻,耳聽為憑,親聞此語,那份不安便真真實實地糾住了他的心。8964 copyright protection14PENANAa1nPcDhU4T 維尼
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牆外的「他」究竟是誰?8964 copyright protection14PENANArptTKdX6Zh 維尼
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風忽地一陣大了,樹影搖晃得像萬千手臂在撩撥夜色,簾幕晃了晃,彷彿有誰站在窗後,隔著那層紗靜靜地看著他。8964 copyright protection14PENANAYjpAsRyzoG 維尼
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他身子一僵,猛地轉頭望去,屋中燈影仍在,只是那窗後的簾,果真動了一下。8964 copyright protection14PENANAUdnR7JCmBO 維尼
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他屏住氣息,死死盯著那扇窗,心臟如擂鼓般跳動,掌心滲出一層細汗。8964 copyright protection14PENANATqnZyeg3aY 維尼
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腦中一片紛亂。8964 copyright protection14PENANAvqmKRkCVuA 維尼
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慧覺寺、畫軸、鬼壓佛、福字、孩童、中風老伯、紀小姐……每一個詞彷彿都是一根繩子,繞來繞去,最終將他困住。8964 copyright protection14PENANAxAn9whKC8X 維尼
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「這事……不乾淨。」他在心中默念這句話,像是為自己壯膽,又像是給夜裏的某種東西一個交代。8964 copyright protection14PENANA2Dh0cbx8vU 維尼
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窗後的燈仍亮著,簾影輕擺,三粒屎站在牆角,像一根釘子一樣釘在那裏,動也不動,直到風息夜靜,整座府邸又歸於沉默。8964 copyright protection14PENANAWfm94zW3pp 維尼
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