還沒走到杏花林就聽見它的沙沙聲，無止盡的蕭瑟，就像深閨女兒的嘆息。夕陽的最後餘暉從枝枒間傾瀉而下，枝頭只剩萎黃的枯葉，杏花不知是何時凋謝的，應該是在四月，荼蘼花開以前。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDy8bMTUCL
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季節總是無聲息地流轉，就像春季來時，無法知道變化是從哪一天早晨開始的，當你發現的時候，滿山的杏花都開了；當時序由盛轉衰，同樣是在不知不覺中，盛放的花葉萎成一地秋殘。那是歲月的無情，也是無常世界的有常。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUWpvPn5LK
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湖衣踏著乾枯的黃葉，走入林間，偶然的寧靜讓她有了從沒離開金陵的錯覺，奢華的皇宮殿宇，衣袖薰著龍涏香的皇帝，暗潮洶湧的宮廷鬥爭，一切都是出自她的想像，冰月還站在前面那株杏樹旁，手裡捧著香案，要她一起對著花神祭拜，祈求花神讓她們長成和杏花一樣嬌艷，這樣，未來的夫君就會愛她們一生一世。那時她是個待嫁女兒，現在……321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfeUJJ3HKK
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朱玹牽著兩人的坐騎，踩著不疾不徐的步伐向她走來，即使鞭傷未癒，他看來依然魁拔英武，沉穩正直。灰暗的樹林須臾間有了色彩。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGxgjUaJRX
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「我當初就是在這裡被綁走的。」湖衣指著那片光禿的杏樹。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvkBBpG3Tz
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「所以妳一語不發地跳下馬背，一路直奔過來，」朱玹說得莫可奈何，神情還是柔軟的，「就為了看這傷心地？」321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqvwUjP01E
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「不是，我是說，這不是個傷心地，」她微仰著臉，就這麼望著他，「如果我沒被綁走，就不會和你相遇。」321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSbP9IedDc
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無論何時，若是他向她走來，她就會義無反顧地朝他走去，縱然一路風雨相隨，望不盡的漫漫長夜，只因為有他，前方有了光亮，她有了值得企盼的未來，她感動到直想落淚。 321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNSNdv1IW4
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原來這崎嶇長路的終點，是你啊。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA9CPPkessW
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「別說癡話，」他看不出她百轉千迴的心事，僅輕輕牽動了唇角，那抹笑溫柔得像是冬陽乍現，可她都瞧見了。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeodQ2B76zU
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穹蒼轉成朦朧的灰，杏樹葉子也漸漸轉暗。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArQLapcVmP
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「天色暗了，想入城可得快點。」他催促著，「別讓妳爹娘久候。」321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlHqFanJpJ
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湖衣笑而不語，心中暗嘆：都等過這麼些時日了，還差一時半刻嗎？321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTaWX0cmMAB
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當日派人送她出城，才過通州驛站，京城便傳來消息：睿靖王朱玹因皇宮大火一案獲罪下獄，囚禁大理寺。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV58F2KNxYg
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她終於明白，原來是他扛下所有罪責，才換得她的自由。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmX9wUd4MXN
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她立即調轉馬頭進城，不顧一切衝向大理寺，陳訴自己才是火患的罪首，大理寺寺丞根本不願搭理她，命令侍衛將她驅走，也不讓她探監。許逵等人屢勸不聽後，索性先安排她在城裡住下，再前往金陵尋訪她的父母。原來父親棄官之後，在莫愁湖畔興創了崇文書院，與幾位同樣不願在官場沉浮的仕人一同講經督學。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQ6za2tv4F
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知道父母安然無恙後，她更決意留在京城，爾後每日到大理寺門前等待，手裡緊握著他給她的板指，唯一的念想是親眼見他獲釋。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBJ2VeNymy
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等到夏去秋來，京城蒙上一層抑鬱的顏色。五日前，朱玹禁閉滿百日，皇帝下了恩旨，釋放朱玹，撤了他不得擅離京城的禁制。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZam67h3wLJ
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當他步出大理寺，看見她迎上前來的第一句話：是妳啊！321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IUDk7qCRL
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等了百日，迷霧終於散去。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvNOcI7BOf
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那怕相隔千萬里，在浩瀚人海中，他們總會尋著彼此。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLKMdJfVxEV
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她喋喋不休地說著與他分別後的事兒，他微笑著傾聽。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuV1qDXpxXV
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待她掏心掏肺地說完心底的話，他提議：一起去金陵吧！321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshae188m1Y
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朱玹知她想念家人，願陪著她一路南下。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIy7P1pBWQl
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她自然思念家人，思念金陵，更掛記至今依然不知所蹤的冰月。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFBz7whuDY
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湖衣有預感，冰月一定在世上某處安然無恙，但是她一定要看見冰月才能安心。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLaflGKXbv
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「趕緊走吧！」他牽過馬匹，伸手欲助她上馬。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58k1tHHNSm
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「嗯。」她正要搭上他的手，強烈的亮光射過來，教她一時睜不開眼，只聽見雜沓的腳步聲拍打地面。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8EhWCBQKb
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等到她恢復視覺，一群舉著火炬，腰配繡春刀的緹騎，橫列在眼前。朱玹轉過身去，後方有更多人切斷他們的退路，這群人約有百名之數，想脫身只怕不易。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhtuwyNLzJ
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「錦衣衛？」湖衣倒抽了一口氣。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhg2xWSq03l
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朱玹盯住身著飛魚服的指揮使。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5vMEOxcgX
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右面一名千戶上前幾步，躬身向朱玹行了一揖，「王爺，我等奉陛下口喻，緝拿逃犯回京，請王爺切勿阻攔。」321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ04akJQKBlu
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朱玹哼了一聲，「一派胡言，可有駕帖？」321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2dNidbAtA
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指揮使一時語塞。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2FqR2eXyg
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皇帝既然有明旨，湖衣歿於咸若宮大火，即是恩赦之意，斷不會再派人追捕，口喻是假。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FrlleIil1
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「西廠拿人，無須駕帖。」一個陰柔至極的聲音從前面傳來。湖衣這才發現錦衣衛緹騎中還有為數不少的太監。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBvuTTwb1P1
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最前一排緹騎分別往兩旁退開，一個噩夢中才會出現的人影走了出來。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2ree6RWbO
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汪直。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILzycLlYFK
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「王爺，皇妃娘娘。」汪直向朱玹和湖衣各行了一禮，「汪某在此恭候多時了，請娘娘跟隨小的回去覆命。」321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JwC3FwYYD
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錚的一聲，朱玹長劍出鞘，跨前數步，橫劍擋在湖衣身前。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQhpE40pbR
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「王爺定要為難汪某，」汪直又露出了那抹令人寒慄的笑，「西廠廠眾，奉上口喻，捉拿逃犯，若有抗拒者，就地正法！」321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4WWNgmIPG
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轉眼間，四周圍繞了滿坑滿谷的敵人。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFAo64tBT26
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湖衣望向杏花林的緩坡上，高掛著一輪血月，一株乾枯的杏樹，樹枝就像是伸向布著星子的無垠黑暗中，一隻焚燒的手掌。321Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ82m7OxmU63
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- 後記
《花開荼蘼 · 春雨杏花》完結。感謝讀者一路的支持，作者銘感五內。
緊接著 《花開荼蘼 · 地火芙蓉》是鹽幫大當家與冰月的故事，也還會有朱玹和湖衣的後續故事，歡迎繼續接看。
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