「走吧。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAiDTvZSEOEm
待胡姚離去,男人向等待多時的唐順伸出手,只是女孩沒能明白其義,以為對方要給命令,下意識又要跪聽。100Please respect copyright.PENANA0GTRpkoXJt
老天!又跪!100Please respect copyright.PENANAju9BrhNeEr
趙五頭本欲斥止,腦中恰浮現師妹提及關於棄子之說,還有臨行前那句:100Please respect copyright.PENANA2WZDvnJlQl
「師兄,你可以不理解,但莫要責備。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAHhDlYqC190
這使他儘管氣憤卻無處發洩,只能煩躁抓了抓頭,仰天長嘆後,單膝跪於女孩面前,張開掌心對著她說道:「伸手。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAf7leWpqzC8
「先生這是⋯⋯何意?」100Please respect copyright.PENANACiMpd7vvXa
唐順睜大雙眸道,趙五聽得疑惑,回問:「妳不知道牽手?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAl9eYrI4MMQ
而見她搖首,讓帶過家中弟妹的男人頓時語塞,怔了好些會,才將女孩的手握在掌中。100Please respect copyright.PENANAx0Om7RMLb6
「像這樣。」他以另隻手輕拍唐順頭,叮囑道:「以後如果我這樣伸手,就是牽手的意思。」語畢,他拉著女孩起身。100Please respect copyright.PENANAnPJgAdG7Mw
「走吧,不要再下跪了。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAydbPjYUPiJ
趙五仍無法理解為何唐順會成為今日這般模樣,唯一能做是教她那些從來不曾知曉之事,將女孩待作自家年幼弟妹般照護。只是如此來,他便無法如最初所想,將其視為執行任務的同夥。100Please respect copyright.PENANAZuJ8nqKAyo
而男人同樣隱憂相生,因當他越於教中鋒芒畢露,唐順與其親近就愈加危險,更何況女孩早被廣傳爬上左護法弟子床榻,那些對左護法弟子寵幸孩童百般不屑之人,此刻也都對女孩透露更勝之鄙夷。100Please respect copyright.PENANA4QVCLwDJwB
「寵幸孩童不過奇特本性與癖好。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAUVhziFjGBL
教內人士無不如此道:「可被寵幸之者則令人作噁,竟不顧尊嚴。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAsmsAy7Oqko
右護法門下幾班弟子亦發現唐順與他親近非常,多於背地竊竊私語,100Please respect copyright.PENANAB1mdl9sQ57
「分明前世造孽,今生不潔身自愛,才招此對待。」100Please respect copyright.PENANA4TdFhISiu1
每每聽及此言論,趙五氣到恨不得狠狠揍斷這些人鼻樑,卻終究只能為了任務忍住,在房裡把頭埋進被中大吼大叫。100Please respect copyright.PENANArOVxFirFEx
「先生.....」100Please respect copyright.PENANAGjNdd25Sjk
唐順軟軟呼喚埋在棉被底的趙五,而他僅是悶著聲音回道:「怎麼?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAtxfvOzhdoM
「先生別生氣⋯⋯」100Please respect copyright.PENANAIOf6Eb0Dz4
女孩答覆使趙五怒火又攻心,跳起身質疑:「為什麼不介意?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAryoZojlYqb
然而唐順仍不解,伴隨幾絲困惑與膽怯、稍微後退幾步,小聲詢問:「為什麼先生要生氣?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAm6CaajGN4b
為什麼?100Please respect copyright.PENANAOW3GATUJtj
是氣為什麼唐順不懂何謂愛惜?100Please respect copyright.PENANAGl6dfvyW9E
還是看到孩子被根本不知真相之愚人批判?而他無法保護她免於攻擊?100Please respect copyright.PENANAlmTpFoLmuZ
又或,這事情全數出自於自己一句無心之言?100Please respect copyright.PENANAgAMzGR8SOf
「我——」100Please respect copyright.PENANAgRLv7QnCMU
趙五察覺唐順對於他的怒火有些惶恐,剎那語塞,又有些懊惱,坐正於床緣後無奈開口:「我不是對妳生氣,妳不用害怕。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAWGHLZckjgE
從未有人同唐順講過如此話語。100Please respect copyright.PENANAZVJEOB7tBO
聽聞趙五所言,她心中感受到不曾感受過的安全無虞,稍微靠近他,像是百般確認其話中真實與否,眨了眨眼仰望趙五。100Please respect copyright.PENANAOvgPbeXLew
「為什麼害怕我生氣?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAWk4eSELVC8
男人又問,說完又恐自己太兇,便伸出手到唐順面前,良久,女孩才將小手輕輕放到他掌上,應答:「阿順小時後只要不聽話,阿爹阿娘就會很生氣打阿順,他們會說取給阿順一個順字,就是要阿順聽話,所以,阿順只要聽話就不會被打⋯⋯」100Please respect copyright.PENANAL0dr0rXNan
無聲示意女孩坐到自己身畔,趙五未打斷稚嫩童音。100Please respect copyright.PENANAGTkMAglDNr
「後來家裡有了阿弟,阿爹阿娘就要阿順聽話陪叔叔們玩,叔叔們都會把阿順用得很痛,但他們都會給阿爹阿娘很多錢,讓阿爹阿娘買漂亮的衣服給弟弟,阿爹阿娘心情好,就不會打阿順。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAbFPIhpQm6b
女孩牽著男人的手,踢著小腳,彷彿描述與自身無關的故事,趙五卻胸口極為悶痛,無法言語。100Please respect copyright.PENANAbMZxbDsk4L
「可是⋯⋯後來爹娘和那些叔叔們起爭執,叔叔不小心把爹娘和弟弟都砍死了,但他們說阿順平常很乖、很聽話所以讓阿順活下來,又把阿順賣到唐家堡。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAfikEQRKVKy
說到此,唐順抬起頭凝望趙五、露出笑容,幽暗的眸子相當純淨,其中的光芒卻破碎到難以拼湊。100Please respect copyright.PENANAd0piCsb2Bq
「唐家堡的師兄師姐都對阿順很好,不會打阿順,先生⋯⋯先生也對阿順很好!阿順會聽話、不會讓先生失望的,所以先生不要生氣——」100Please respect copyright.PENANA94zYYLQoJM
猛然被男人擁入懷中,唐順剎那慌亂且僵直,但立即發現對方正在抽泣,陌生的情緒油然升起,脫口問道:100Please respect copyright.PENANAjssFjI4I9F
「先生為什麼要哭?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAWjfdEHoL4s
而聽聞女孩的疑惑,趙五沒能回應,只是抱緊唐順,哭得眼淚縱橫。
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我要保護這孩子。100Please respect copyright.PENANAijLalWFCvb
從那天起趙五立下誓約,而春秋流逝,光陰荏苒,只是當又過一年半載,即使他再極力避免,兩人親近之舉終究被教中弟子發現注目,並稟報右護法,他立即被傳召前去。100Please respect copyright.PENANAtIjcFB8Nct
「薩達,你應知道今日為何召你前來。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAhdEXABq713
右護法看似不在意,目光落在湛紅指甲上,神態若有所思,徐徐道:「本護法看你,跟爬上左護法前弟子床的那女娃兒特別親近?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAzAWC3YaHVg
聽到對方飄渺不定的聲音,趙五心底早已做好演練,先面露左右為難,隨後猛然跪下磕頭,且久久不起。而見趙五神態真切,右護法估量幾許後收起本要下令的指尖,再次開口:「先別如此,你定有緣由,說吧。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAqg45mslGfL
「那女孩是屬下親生骨肉,她娘親是中原女子,來此地尋屬下不幸亡於大漠,屬下找了好幾年,才在此地發現到她。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAwDfAfLF5H0
低聲說起自己多年來使用的偽造身分,趙五情摯意深、字字真切。100Please respect copyright.PENANAGKZxjNmC4m
薩達本是綠洲部族尋常人家么子,曾去漢人城市遊歷,後因母親重病而趕回綠洲,畢竟長得英挺俊朗,加上這段深情過去並不顯突兀,反倒極為可能。右護法仔細掃視男人說話的神情,表情從頭到尾都無變化。100Please respect copyright.PENANA3PVVM73xxK
「右大人,屬下⋯⋯」講到此,趙五再次下跪,嗓音帶著哽咽:「右大人,請責罰。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAaAkftKcDs5
見此,右護法終於對其說詞打消懷疑,讓趙五退了下去,不再提及此事。100Please respect copyright.PENANAzzndp79iwA
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「咦?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAxbNyXnX7kv
難得表現出震驚,唐順瞪大眸子低聲道:「阿順要叫先生阿爺?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAr9TB3PpOGa
趙五煩躁抓頭,有些羞赧,不願再多提,僅是再次叮嚀:「噓、小聲點,快習慣吧⋯⋯別喊錯。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAe4qysyc5Gv
畢竟他想不到其它方式守護她。100Please respect copyright.PENANAUkQExZHTPk
「是為了任務嗎?」女孩再次抬起頭問。100Please respect copyright.PENANAxo4WOX8eh1
聽聞唐順所問,趙五沉默數刻,才頷首。100Please respect copyright.PENANAHo4w4PvDcc
「對,為了任務。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAueJg6e5f3D
他們為父女之事很快傳遍教中,因此即使雙雙形影不離也莫遭懷疑,而接到任務命令的唐順將相當認真扮演女兒之職。100Please respect copyright.PENANA4kWeOgBT1V
「阿爺,阿娘長甚麼樣子呀?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAZsSuBysbGO
「⋯⋯」100Please respect copyright.PENANAr6WH6ZMKWa
「阿爺,你跟阿娘怎麼認識的?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAOp4LrfLXFH
「⋯⋯」100Please respect copyright.PENANADFwYNojCur
「阿爺,阿順是像阿娘還是阿爺?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAxwTjrQTlRu
「⋯⋯」100Please respect copyright.PENANACmV6hCJtcB
趙五頭痛不已,誰來教他該怎麼面對孩子一連串的問題?
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龐大的教團中派系自然分歧嚴重,拜火教益是如此,只見教內衝突日漸顯著,對教徒的管控更加嚴格,隨時都有政變之危。而趙五所站的右護法勢力大不如前,不但被下人分瓜,甚至有風聲其中幾位聯合新任左護法欲以下犯上。100Please respect copyright.PENANAnrwAz5pY2L
得到如此訊息,爬到右護法陣前護衛的趙五自然緊張,提高警覺謹慎防範並逐步開始收拾善後,等待收到來自丐幫撤退的信號。100Please respect copyright.PENANAvnn2eQQvM4
直到那日終於來臨。100Please respect copyright.PENANAEyUlDjQrPP
天未明,男人便敏銳聽聞遠方隱約有刀劍之聲,緊接著細碎腳步逐步靠近。100Please respect copyright.PENANAbJaVW7U9E7
寢房很快就會被包圍。100Please respect copyright.PENANAHPYfeRcfH9
他心想,趕忙搖醒睡在旁邊的唐順。100Please respect copyright.PENANAQAputE25rJ
「順兒,醒醒。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAPaM2EMPtbt
女孩揉揉眼睛,語帶睏意問:「唔,先生⋯⋯怎麼?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAYjYA75mdeH
「該過河了。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAYK0aue9cAI
趙五神態凝重,不帶笑意。100Please respect copyright.PENANAmoI8udLNMu
是撤退的密語!100Please respect copyright.PENANAvsDHzd6fE8
聽聞男人之言,唐順本還迷茫的雙眸剎那清醒,翻身從枕下抽出匕首,趙五則翻身下床、腳力踏地並掀起木板,抓起藏在下方的酒壺與打狗棒、千機匣,交給唐順。100Please respect copyright.PENANAF51CrACHiO
好在他早已把證據都湮滅。100Please respect copyright.PENANAloU45YHRpc
「走吧。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAH0DdAwYpNd
趙五領著唐順壓低身形到門邊,與其對望一眼,女孩立即知曉其所言,反手就將毒剎與鐵蒺藜朝外扔去,最後又炸開許多煙霧粉塵,即刻聽聞周遭傳出哀號,兩人便趁機掩住口鼻瞬行聶雲往空廊道跑去。100Please respect copyright.PENANADjbUbmzcSk
後頭立即響起此起彼落的嘶吼。100Please respect copyright.PENANARYaIpFXmQQ
「薩達跑了!帶著女兒跑了!」100Please respect copyright.PENANAglDJWBO4AY
「等等!這並非我教所用暗器!」100Please respect copyright.PENANAzvHffa5dKY
「他們是唐人!」100Please respect copyright.PENANA0wL5EFXQd7
「追!」100Please respect copyright.PENANAMhD6H6vKa2
聖火化為地獄烈焰追趕,他們倆人邊終是運起各自門派內力斬殺任何阻擋於去程者。100Please respect copyright.PENANAXCxUfUCQiK
而許多拜火弟子見唐順身單力薄,就呼喊群起圍攻女孩,雙眸綻放出比地獄火更幽黑的光芒,縱使女孩極力反擊,盡可能拉開距離、找尋屬於自己的優勢,卻仍不注意被劃傷小腿,一個重心不穩便摔倒。100Please respect copyright.PENANAj2sDx1nntz
「嗚!」100Please respect copyright.PENANAlaLRSty5yK
巨大黑影逐漸聚攏,眾人臉上沾染鮮血與狂巔笑容。100Please respect copyright.PENANAVlqNSHPijJ
「這娃兒不是曾爬上前左護法的床嗎?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAhvEQ1pEQOZ
霎時,唐順似乎看見早已死去的阿爹與阿娘。100Please respect copyright.PENANAtQVBxZdpbI
還有無數朝她伸出魔爪的男人。100Please respect copyright.PENANAS6oEfNmyCt
「代表對她做甚麼都沒問題吧?」100Please respect copyright.PENANAY2hNCRYmyc
女孩無法思考,恐懼讓她動彈不得,直到熟悉呼喚傳來。100Please respect copyright.PENANAO0J4xgD29M
「順兒!」100Please respect copyright.PENANAlpOQ8KdzgC
趙五以惡狗攔路將唐順身邊敵人擊退,反身掌心以內力重灌入其天靈蓋,直接粉碎幾人腦殼,隨後抱起唐順躲到暗處,快速檢查、包紮女孩的傷口。100Please respect copyright.PENANAih03wPryX2
這時,唐順壓住顫抖的聲音與雙手,她深知腳被傷的自己不過是累贅,輕聲道:「先生、先生先走吧。」100Please respect copyright.PENANAr70Mbz6Q4E
並嘗試揚起與當初無二的笑容。100Please respect copyright.PENANAP6k8YuUHaz
「阿順說過,若有甚麼意外,請先生優先撤退,不用管阿順,阿順不會拖先生後腿——」100Please respect copyright.PENANAwKF3dY71ZR
「閉嘴!」100Please respect copyright.PENANAU60BUTrYJQ
趙五狂怒,扯下腰間綁帶將女孩背在背後綁緊,毫無猶豫。女孩見狀便極力掙扎,用力敲打男人的背大喊:「先、先生,會死的!」只是莫知為何,她一直以為已經不再流淚的雙眸此刻竟是熱淚盈眶。100Please respect copyright.PENANAdUpzGlEwbS
趙五未有半分遲疑。100Please respect copyright.PENANAU296uUhe5p
「我絕對不會丟下妳!」100Please respect copyright.PENANAifblKgOy4o
他飲盡封存多年的壺中美酒,目光閃過毫無隱藏的殺意。100Please respect copyright.PENANA9qQri7nHTh
妳不是棄子。100Please respect copyright.PENANAfzFuXanytj
而今日我們都不會死。100Please respect copyright.PENANAlpzTBHpvvv
「走了,一起回家。」100Please respect copyright.PENANA24ApXQh40V
趙五許下承諾。100Please respect copyright.PENANA5H76jWGdb6
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