一連十日,陰晴不定。
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「還真不知道幾時才再見太陽啊。」
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曉生清掃著無人的餐桌,抬頭撇見門外景象而說。午膳時段屆中,食客卻寥寥無幾,僅有的一兩桌也只點了些白粥青菜——不見僧袍,也許是居家的修行人吧!
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「那游雲太惡,不好撥,怎說得準幾時再見日呢?」55Please respect copyright.PENANAFr4Eg1Drpo
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丹紅邊說,邊將炒青菜和小籠包端上桌,還奉了一壺剛燒開的水和小酒:「可飯總得好好吃,好養肥自己、放長雙眼等天晴啊。好漢們,你們說呢?」
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「阿娘說的正是。」
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黎烏扯起一抹笑,旁邊的黎尤見狀忙起箸夾走一團小籠包塞進嘴中,邊嚼邊笑說:55Please respect copyright.PENANA4tFxXV2Sk7
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「阿娘這話咱愛聽、再怎樣也當然不能枉費了好菜好酒啊!說起來都十日了,嘻,說不定那婆娘早就餓死街頭了啦!」
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「尤你好歹把肉餡給吞了再說話啊,髒死了。」黎叔灌上一口茶,望見黎尤那滿嘴油光自是一臉嫌棄。
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說起來那兇手最好真的已經餓死街頭,不然清白也罷,他們苗人仨是寸步難行啊。畢竟⋯⋯
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茶入喉腹,他忍不住盯向了背光而坐的異族男人。
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「那女人很難纏,九成還活着。」55Please respect copyright.PENANAIITQ0ySzQC
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吞下了一口青菜肉片粥,戌槐卻自己開了口,一向親和的微笑滲雜著明顯的苦澀:「是余無能,拿不了她的人頭。」
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「阿拿槐這話是對自己太苛刻了。那東西本來就是我等苗疆秘法,還是由蠱娘們親傳女子不傳男;你跟那婆娘交手能活下來不說,還能取得實證,可是一等一的英雄啊。」55Please respect copyright.PENANAz7FyYnsDCU
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黎烏搖頭嘆道,舉箸為暹羅男人夾了一團小籠包和幾條青菜,之後為自己倒了杯酒,挾杯攏手敬道:55Please respect copyright.PENANA2OvNgqSEAB
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「為那晚還我等清白之恩,代阿烏敬阿拿槐你一杯,就此乾了。」
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「敬念烏君護持可綰娘之恩,余、亦乾了。」55Please respect copyright.PENANARC9tXn9B5q
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戌槐自斟一杯酒,亦不在乎傷癒與否,同舉杯攏手回敬。
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「阿雅綰是與我苗疆一大拿因緣深切,代阿烏此等小輩不識也罷,識了自得捨命相護。說來能得阿拿槐你一心相待,阿雅綰真是福慧圓滿了啊⋯⋯」
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聞言他愣了愣,只得淡淡地笑著回敬酒水。眼下這個苗家青年黎烏藉此表明心思,顯然還未有與任何人爭搶的打算(起碼爭不過那位所謂苗疆大拿),選擇和平共處罷了;而他心愛的姑娘向來聰慧溫和,交遊廣闊亦平常不過。天下之大,多識幾個能人好有個照應,總歸是好的。
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只是用膳之際他還是忍不住想:壹生壹次心相待,哪怕美人再多,他亦只願意與她相懿一生⋯⋯55Please respect copyright.PENANAV1LjIlsCn6
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然而如今,她還願意相信他嗎?
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前庭青石地雨露未散,潤物無聲,卻仍是黯淡無光。
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午後,幾縷陽光奢侈不已,各種匠家工場趁這連日來難得的好天氣,連連畫釉入窰,不強求成就那奇珍似的天青色。
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平常人家只有衣衫布帛,更是急急將布料製品都晾曬起來,但求能穿能市了。
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「是福是福~戌槐師父來了啊~」55Please respect copyright.PENANAGYXiTC9TwZ
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階梯長長,來人的步伐急如馬蹄,於那人來人往的布莊後部高聲呼喚。
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戌槐聞聲回頭,看見來人就忍不住笑著揖禮:「歲莊主安。不過余都說了余不是修行人,實在受不起這番抬舉。」
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「修心者修行嘛~稱一聲師父是禮~」55Please respect copyright.PENANAG93WRgMRYs
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被稱作歲莊主的男人一手輕揮著奶黃手帕,回應熱情。那圓潤的身姿裹以鮮橘色大衫,一個個金黃銅錢紋纈印均勻,盡顯富貴福澤。
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「那先謝了。莊主事忙、余不多廢話,這番前來就是想請問這次的僧衣布帛能否勞煩貴莊安排送貨?」
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「唉喲當然沒問題啦~戌槐師父為大義傷了手,怎能再操勞呢~?何況能再添一行供養僧寶,小莊自是與有榮焉~說起來這僧衣布帛是備好了,可鞋履剛才才能晾上呀……」55Please respect copyright.PENANAyDs42v6lRz
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蘇歲爽快答應,歡快地扭動著福態壯碩的身軀,轉身又是吩咐男工女工們忙碌起來。滿身銅錢纈印於雨過午後的陽光下顯得特別亮麗,乃至輕薄得在其走過的身後都有轉眼即逝的透影。
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到底是怎樣的印染,才能造就這樣均勻的纈印呢?
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飲過櫃枱上款客的蜜茶,戌槐斂眸記下那一個個流光下的透影。如果可以,做一幅紗掛來供奉四面佛吧……
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適時外庭一幅幅輕紗隨風搖曳,只有一瞬能見戴花的倩影。55Please respect copyright.PENANAcINvVSWdB5
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已成萬年。
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「兄台讓個路!」
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身後傳來男人的吆喝,一前一後兩個水桶隨著男工急步踏梯前行而像樂鐘般左右交錯輕晃,正好晃出了一路暢通。暹羅男人默默走上那道路,兩旁身側是一個又一個晾掛色布的大染池,微風間那一陣陣稍顯刺鼻的染料味道化了形,繞進受傷的皮肉下彷彿激起了一重似有還無的痕癢。55Please respect copyright.PENANAI1HaK1U2f0
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艷者毒也,當下她站在透光的彩紗下,不就是在勾動他的好奇心?
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「這紗,很美。」
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身後傳來熟悉的男音,阿綰也沒回頭,五指仍然輕輕撫撥著那一幅幅纈印華美的薄紗:「畢竟官染之物,品質自然是好的。」
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「這自當然。妳,可喜歡這紗?」
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「清透柔軟,用來做嬋衣披帛再合宜不過。可用作做鞋履只能說別害人了吧……」55Please respect copyright.PENANAyOaSSZXcpL
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她放輕聲音說,琥珀色的眼眸努力勾住重重帛紗外的身影。那人正坐於染池邊刷洗剛成色褪灰的紫紗,絲毫不在乎那四指柔長的白甲會染上薰紫。55Please respect copyright.PENANAoMCj15dnfM
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誠然好功夫,就差一點活躍的胭脂固色,當下就要固色了……
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「相懿妳喜歡的話,那我……」
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「你夠了沒有。」
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那一瞬間竟再起點滴紛雨,而無人發話。
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紗巷外的身影已經模糊消失,阿綰只好失望壓息。回頭望見音容熟悉的男人僵愣,她竟不由自主地覺得有點可悲。55Please respect copyright.PENANA33XAsMmDtv
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煙雨天青,見誠郎心;布帛女珍,善聘佳人。他大概不知道這在中原是求娶之意吧。55Please respect copyright.PENANA2AhMI8cNvz
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可轉念一想,即使他心知肚明,又如何?
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「……黎烏跟我說過你蠱毒未清,你不應該來這種處處是毒的地方。」55Please respect copyright.PENANA6qADZ57nCc
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她說,話調幽幽,低看那胸膛前的金佛眩目,只有覆掌——55Please respect copyright.PENANA7BvUliDc8F
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郎心誠若天青與否,她早就不在乎了。
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「你走吧。」
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不知何時紛雨已絕。當她繞離身邊時,戌槐只覺得有什麽凍結了他和她的過往與當下。
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他的相懿,到底怎麼了?
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幅幅素紗已然將他裹纏成無解的繭,一念即地獄,折磨無間:55Please respect copyright.PENANANWyuc77pDG
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他的相懿,不想要他了。
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戌末月升,染坊內只有一人還在工作。染池內早浸滿了染水,靜止若深淵。
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若是投入其中,恐怕得等到屍蛆都浮上來,才會教人知悉吧。
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「最後一手香雲紗,這染來染去總算熬到頭了……」55Please respect copyright.PENANAhVVjGckcXR
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烏黑的濕布被拉直擱於洗染池上,布衣女人輕拭額角的汗水,亦不抬頭:55Please respect copyright.PENANAKwBlFLFR1S
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「委屈祈少娘子,苦等一整天了。」
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「這工藝甚繁,卻不用妾親手染浸,算不上苦。」55Please respect copyright.PENANATbyAtDczsM
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薰紫的衣裙飄逸,阿綰邊繞入染庭邊說,最後步到布衣女人身邊,淺淺揖禮:「滇西祈氏,見過宓寧姑姑。」
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「祈少娘子不惜苦等,是為了冷氏之死吧。」
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被稱作宓寧的布衣女人笑說,坐到染池邊言道。阿綰沒馬上回應,只跟著坐到池邊,低頭只見兩足尖上的白珠靜靜發光,卻非夜明。55Please respect copyright.PENANAaohWhIRymK
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過這樣久了,而事至敵對,她該說些什麼呢?
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「……還記得妾十五歲,有幸得聞姑姑同門冷氏如昤一手琵琶妙音,還心念著他日要到長安入門拜師學藝。說起來,都很多年了。」
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「當年如昤倒有提起過妳,那次官巡夜宴,妳讓她好生丟臉。」55Please respect copyright.PENANAPKpmodauOP
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宓寧回憶道,想著不由得笑了起來。當年她最為親近的師姐如昤巡官行歸來,一臉怨憤地向她抱怨滇西有個丫頭竟膽敢在夜宴席上抱起琵琶,跟她以樂音一來一往的打對台。誰料最後一曲怪妙難測,年值二十、幼承宮訓的如昤就被那丫頭狠狠打了臉。
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「少不經事,妾亦不敢奢望如昤姑姑不究。」
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「伎藝不精怎怪得了人?我等育自宮廷,所識不過紅牆內口耳書墨相傳,自是難媲宮外野藝精彩百變。日子一長,我等如甕中蠱,伎藝相當就惟有自相殘殺以謀求好歸宿。深宮從來就是個蠱坑,固中那男女之事,更是蠱中之最。」55Please respect copyright.PENANAqF8pgnh8XJ
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夜涼有風,幅幅素紗於身後輕飄,交影落在腳邊竟似有蛇媾合。宓寧忍不住抬頭,望見明月又寬心似的開口:55Please respect copyright.PENANAsAcDWaUV30
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「若是當年如昤識趣點活下來、哪怕從此絕嗣,或是如芳早受幾年磋磨、滅了情愛,以她倆其一,如今應該還是能跟妳和那崔氏爭上一爭的。」
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「所以,如芳非死不可。」55Please respect copyright.PENANAachQvzHEYe
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沉默幾許,阿綰才開口,像是終於確認了真相。
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「只怪她選了宮闈還一副女兒心性,為一個男人就動搖了對主子的忠誠吧。」
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聞言她長舒一口氣;原來愛郎凌主,確是罪無可恕。官家內閨尚且講求嫡庶主次、權責分明,她怎會不懂?
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「那妾斗膽,敢問姑姑贈此禍予妾、更欲將那暹羅人折磨至死,為何?」55Please respect copyright.PENANARK2gddAwDI
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爾後她擱腕於腿上,左腕那圈白玉釧為界,努力鎮壓著皮肉下的蠢蠢欲動,卻對那滑過臂背、落入指間的冷器視若無睹。
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「那說不得、說不得,不然這天下真得亂了。祈少娘子菩薩心腸,相信亦不想滇西再添腥羶吧……」
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當下宓寧突然瞪大眼睛,只覺頸間涼意趨盛。
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「妾只知欠人大恩就需報還,從來就沒什麼菩薩心腸,更顧不上天下大亂與否。」55Please respect copyright.PENANAKzcNli3Ycx
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收劍之際有血珠沾手,繼而有幾縷活物於腕間垂死翻騰。阿綰稍稍轉身,左手用力往身後那剛晾的雲紗甩了甩,大紅的蠱蟲落在紗上翻了翻就死了。
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「……無論如何,妳也不願意睜眼開睜眼閉,對嗎?」
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那冷光似落葉飛瓣,未問知否,死亡已成定局。
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「姑姑對那暹羅人下篾絲蠱時,就應該知道妾無從抽身不理。正如妾亦深知姑姑無從棄篾絲蠱而去——那是本命,不是麽?」55Please respect copyright.PENANAuaxIRGchhi
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她緩緩說,琥珀色的視線落到布衣女人的十指上,那四指僅見深宮的長甲還藏著些剛死的蠱毒,外人看來只會是白裏透紅的美麗。
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「看來都是用情至深的苦果,祈少娘子不諒,那本姑姑亦再沒什麼……」55Please respect copyright.PENANAhYccv5DpEN
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可說了。
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阿綰端正身子調息,幾許再看身邊已笑著斷氣的宓寧姑姑。每個女子的故事大不相同,惟一不變的是那份刻骨的情執,隨年歲長成其他執念,也許那才是真正難以逾越的宮牆。55Please respect copyright.PENANAqCkYJYJDDn
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她百感交集著,未顧身邊屍首已倒上了雲紗,碩大的篾絲母蠱還來不及爬離宓寧的嘴巴就已死去。只知身邊是死、死、死,看來她本著抓兇的良善本心也難逃一死。55Please respect copyright.PENANAcHmadjNtRC
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只是,那又如何呢?
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她站起身,不管左腕劇痛難當乃至已滲出了黑血,於明亮的燈火下她一步步離開了染坊。
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盡了人事,就聽天由命吧。
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活著很好,舒服死掉也罷。
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