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哥哥回到看察廳,恢復公務,消化大量堆積的案件。303Please respect copyright.PENANAzduKEUeKkP
只是,怎麼說……303Please respect copyright.PENANAHSaia9s4RF
好幾天過去,我真的覺得哥哥變了。303Please respect copyright.PENANATTHOjloLHs
如果以前的哥哥,充滿活力……現在的哥哥,感覺就像缺點什麼,有哪裡不太對勁。303Please respect copyright.PENANAPLUjSFTAV3
好像哥哥不論做什麼,都缺了一點活力,少了一點勁,失去某個重要的部份。303Please respect copyright.PENANAzqeLHxlMBV
不是因為和我同床共寢的影響,也不是和我有關,是其他外在更深刻的影響。303Please respect copyright.PENANAioQBmAPeUI
我默默觀察,思考著到底是什麼事,一心希望能幫助哥哥。303Please respect copyright.PENANAkd3rCT0uPd
直到這一天……303Please respect copyright.PENANAz1pKmb16XD
我帶著午飯前往看察廳,一起和哥哥吃,順便閒聊。303Please respect copyright.PENANAa75ybh1C5j
大約午餐結束的下午一點,一位文職,門口作揖:「大人。」303Please respect copyright.PENANA3wlT8KaRzN
哥哥:「什麼事?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7U9HjfzkF
文職:「有人前來認領葉沙的遺體,正等在棺旁。」303Please respect copyright.PENANA9mEXTY17qb
哥哥表情黯淡:「知道了,我就到。」303Please respect copyright.PENANAD6rbXJV5mw
就法律規定,如果有人死在大牢,必須驗過遺體之後入棺,放入防腐藥液,等待家屬領回。葉沙的遺體,當然照規定處理,棺木停放在偏僻的內牆角落。303Please respect copyright.PENANAnHU8vnx22W
本來這事哥哥不必出面,讓部屬處理就好,但是哥哥堅持一定要親自處理,親自送葉沙出廳。303Please respect copyright.PENANA06qvM0hcmm
因此哥哥在我的幫忙下,重新穿好官服,邁步走出。303Please respect copyright.PENANAIqIfEmmRWn
我放下空碗盤,緊跟在後面。303Please respect copyright.PENANASaqL7f4pMr
隨著走近停棺處,哭聲傳來,也能看到棺邊站著幾人,和一個空推車。303Please respect copyright.PENANANHI4zdRQWF
四位準備搬棺上車的大哥,一位處理文書的秀才大哥,一位準備拉棺材推車的壯漢,與一位……303Please respect copyright.PENANArMxBsBkdtV
是五十以上的婆婆,一頭白髮,充滿皺紋,柱著拐杖,滿臉鼻水淚水:「兒啊……兒啊……」303Please respect copyright.PENANAe80ZP6PazG
哥哥:「這是怎麼回事?」303Please respect copyright.PENANA81zCuSymQQ
所有人跪拜:「大人!」303Please respect copyright.PENANAUCVS7q7Ryw
老婆婆柱著拐杖,慢慢彎腰,吃力的向下跪,明顯身體很不好。303Please respect copyright.PENANA1QtM7fLvxP
哥哥快步過去,親手把老婆婆扶起,問部下:「這是哪位?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAkf6hBB9dkw
文職:「大人,是葉沙的母親。」303Please respect copyright.PENANApaL5GcUOWM
哥哥:「什麼!」303Please respect copyright.PENANAESwO7AWSD7
婆婆哭哭啼啼:「大人……大人……」303Please respect copyright.PENANAfAZqDJmR6M
哥哥:「妳不是身體不好,怎麼來了?省區大人不是會照顧妳?」303Please respect copyright.PENANA7cif4T5PLs
婆婆:「省大人……給我一點錢……讓我走……」303Please respect copyright.PENANAnDIdBNC90q
哥哥難以置信:「…………」303Please respect copyright.PENANAbQX9Nq7ujH
婆婆痛哭流涕:「沒關係……我也不想留在那裡了……害死我兒的地方……」303Please respect copyright.PENANAffpE4hv8v2
哥哥:「…………」303Please respect copyright.PENANA6GfbSL8o0P
婆婆慢慢走回棺邊,伸手撫棺:「怪我自己命苦……好不容易生下的獨子……兒啊……回家吧……和娘一起回家鄉吧……」303Please respect copyright.PENANABtrnqYY686
哥哥:「…………」303Please respect copyright.PENANA3kQecxiwXP
下屬們:「大人,是否可以移棺上車?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAch46OBzAJU
哥哥默默點頭。303Please respect copyright.PENANAQHqYWuER0h
大哥們,一起合力,把棺材搬上拉車。303Please respect copyright.PENANAZmIhCrqUeC
材車壯漢,開始拉車前進。303Please respect copyright.PENANAbUvdqko0Kt
婆婆一步步跟在旁邊,哀傷哭泣:「兒啊……回家了……要跟上啊……要跟娘一起回家啊……」303Please respect copyright.PENANAdGx1u86C2p
哥哥就此帶著我,一起走在後面。303Please respect copyright.PENANASKBRkk8AeK
雖然哥哥什麼都沒說,但是我感覺到,哥哥體內的某些部份,慢慢回來了。303Please respect copyright.PENANA9DOYesr7hg
從哥哥的雙眼變化,看的最清楚。303Please respect copyright.PENANAD32204Jnlu
原本混濁的雙眼,開始明亮,甚至幾乎冒出火焰。303Please respect copyright.PENANAW9Cxh1vc2e
鬆弛的臉頰,也開始緊繃,牙齒緊抵彼此。303Please respect copyright.PENANA3P0Qdvd6Wl
這一刻,我終於知道,這陣子,哥哥失去的部份,究竟是什麼?303Please respect copyright.PENANAGI1pbbxgiW
是對公理正義的追求……303Please respect copyright.PENANAq8yeALhGep
哥哥為什麼這麼堅持公理正義?303Please respect copyright.PENANA3iUJh6Xw6V
真的沒有特定原因,卻可以說出幾個理由。303Please respect copyright.PENANARrgrYJC0SP
媽媽的遺言。303Please respect copyright.PENANAQxW9J7SbH0
哥哥本人的個性,厭惡不公義的情況。303Please respect copyright.PENANAJ0EyqjniyM
厭惡錯誤的事情,被扭曲成為正確。303Please respect copyright.PENANATQ6rv1Xnvw
看到被壓迫弱者哭泣,立即會想伸出援手拉一把。303Please respect copyright.PENANA5fwRfhlbLF
覺得自己的身體安危不重要,凡事問心無愧最重要。303Please respect copyright.PENANAOcvNH4zbx7
身為士大夫,學而優則仕,想要為天下萬民服務到底,鞠躬盡瘁的心情。303Please respect copyright.PENANA4999p7cuCV
如果不是讀書,是習武,怕真的會成為那種傳說中專殺狗官的大劍客。303Please respect copyright.PENANAbUrpykk3yS
哥哥真的就是如此剛烈如火、嫉惡如仇的好人。303Please respect copyright.PENANA3u3Lryf2YX
因此,拉車來到廳門前,就要推出的時候。303Please respect copyright.PENANAoB42zMD7Ho
哥哥:「慢著,先別推出去。」303Please respect copyright.PENANAr3SdlTphhO
眾人看向哥哥。303Please respect copyright.PENANASdPh32pZSg
哥哥沒有看著我,繼續盯著眼前的棺材:「小仙,我……」303Please respect copyright.PENANATf9RWCwxqz
我直接說:「好啦……我已經知道你想做什麼了,哥哥開心最重要。剩下的,我們夫妻一起面對吧。了不起,一起入天牢就是。」303Please respect copyright.PENANAiHsUIYOJQb
哥哥:「謝謝妳……」303Please respect copyright.PENANAcHvrWNmmpd
我說:「唉……我也只能嫁雞隨雞,嫁狗隨狗啊……」303Please respect copyright.PENANAdqjLGekZlL
哥哥轉移視線:「婆婆,妳家鄉還有誰在?」303Please respect copyright.PENANALSbBuzfBZe
婆婆不懂怎麼忽然這樣問,愣愣搖頭,表示已經沒有任何親戚。303Please respect copyright.PENANAGTMmy3bQqA
哥哥:「如果妳在家鄉已經無依無靠,不如告官吧?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAjkzpDwIKob
婆婆恍惚:「大人……?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAUsQ1LYB2k5
哥哥:「我再無能,總也是堂堂正三品,聖上親賜看察使。只要提告,我一定親自在聖上面前,為妳兒子討出一個道理!」303Please respect copyright.PENANAG0KahXeJLn
婆婆:「大人?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAWlCPBEIrzk
哥哥:「我一定捨命到底,不論好壞都給婆婆一個交待!婆婆,告官吧,不要讓葉沙含冤白死了!」303Please respect copyright.PENANA270gNUMns4
婆婆知道哥哥說真的,再次淚如泉湧,跪拜在地:「拜託日審陽……夜審陰……青天大老爺……給老身和苦命的兒子……主持公道了……」303Please respect copyright.PENANA2DTIodj0OP
哥哥:「好!婆婆妳的告案我接了!!!!」303Please respect copyright.PENANATAVhXLOYov
這事,立刻傳遍整個蝦宜港,造成轟動。303Please respect copyright.PENANAIoVESp6POZ
一小時之後。303Please respect copyright.PENANAREvmPnVNag
蝦峰的快馬驛站,哥哥親自前往。303Please respect copyright.PENANADWHnJcqzPM
向著跪拜在地的騎士(驛卒)遞出一個扁長木盒:「四百里加急。」303Please respect copyright.PENANAnLKOelBexy
騎士接過木盒:「大人,請問送往何處?」303Please respect copyright.PENANAYa2YvN497k
哥哥:「京城,向聖上告御狀!」303Please respect copyright.PENANAxz2NFQ5XV9
騎士意外,身子一顫。303Please respect copyright.PENANAMPh4uBLaJA
向皇帝告狀不是開玩笑的,弄不好甚至可能惹來殺身之禍。303Please respect copyright.PENANAu7FtbS8LQM
哥哥:「快去!!!!」303Please respect copyright.PENANAxrzAnKHc1g
騎士不多問,立即上馬,動作俐落:「駕!!!!」303Please respect copyright.PENANASSrwHOw0uW
然後,哥哥回到官聽,另寫一封私信,派人送往省府。303Please respect copyright.PENANAuYKtZ4jobT
「省區大人,如果你善加照顧葉婆婆到最後一天,下官還可以默不做聲。不過現在,下官不怕驚動聖駕了!已經四百里加急,就這一切直報陛下聖尊,參你一本!請準備就這九條人命的事,一起前往聖上面前,說個分明吧!!!!」303Please respect copyright.PENANAmlL9xXXvAw
從省府傭人流出來的消息,據說省區大人收到這封信,看完之後,那個表情實在是啊……303Please respect copyright.PENANAH1HxktVi6C
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