少年提著酒,走在冷清的街坊,往城西而去。528Please respect copyright.PENANAwdAxlDKGeD
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「……暮雲山,還有那白衣女鬼是嗎?」少年說著,忽然露出了笑容。528Please respect copyright.PENANAyw9M03XWWA
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去暮雲山的路途,說遠不遠,說近也不近,但光憑著那白衣女鬼的傳言,就足夠讓他下定決心了。528Please respect copyright.PENANAb2Tmw9EQdp
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「段老頭你要我打聽名山,這暮雲山也算有名,哈哈!」少年顯然心情大好著,隨手開了酒封,仰頭便是一口。528Please respect copyright.PENANAgpBpqpEe8i
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「好酒。」528Please respect copyright.PENANAJR75V5Nw8X
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少年人讚嘆了一聲,而後搖了搖頭,可惜道:「不過,我還是比較喝得慣西域的酸酒味啊。」528Please respect copyright.PENANAD1u2J2GFhQ
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又喝了一口,他便把酒封塞了回去。528Please respect copyright.PENANAZ7ikFd6Fiq
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花了一刻鐘時間,少年來走街底,逕自沿著石階往城牆上走去。528Please respect copyright.PENANA0aZP9DL3vN
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「買酒也可以買這麼久,看來你基本功還練得不夠。」528Please respect copyright.PENANA7qklfvkU0G
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剛上城牆,少年就聽到了一道蒼老的聲音。528Please respect copyright.PENANAiGHF8AX6Hr
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少年哼了一聲,同時把手上的酒罐往前拋了去。528Please respect copyright.PENANAPVL2T3kpwD
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那酒罐並未摔破,而是穩穩地落在一名老人手中。528Please respect copyright.PENANAvWYH5kMnX2
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老人外表看來約莫五、六十歲,身形相當矮小,與少年背後那東西差不多高。怪異的是,老人卻給人一種山壁般的沉厚感,站在城牆上的雙腳,好似一對鐵釘,牢牢釘在城牆上,任憑風勢猛烈地吹,怎麼也吹不動分毫。528Please respect copyright.PENANAuGLZoBJeI0
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老人身上穿著與與少年同樣的服飾,一樣風塵僕僕。528Please respect copyright.PENANAXMDTpOXbnO
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少年語帶不快:「段老頭,我又不是你,扛了這玩意兒三十多年了,就像扛布條一樣簡單。」528Please respect copyright.PENANA0eQEn1o936
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語罷,他將背後重物卸下,往城牆一放,也不知那東西有多少斤重,發出「碰」的一聲沉重聲響,竟將城磚震碎了好幾塊。528Please respect copyright.PENANAZVSNcGQYvy
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段老人喝了口酒,嘆氣道:「柳三我都說幾次了,我是你師父,別老頭老頭的叫,沒大沒小。」528Please respect copyright.PENANAXpGlBpGcRJ
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被喚作柳三的少年眉頭一皺,「當初你雖然救我一命,可我不記得有答應要拜你為師。你劍招教一教,快放我走。」528Please respect copyright.PENANAmlW7SGHl1S
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雖然兩人相處許久,但柳三還是一點也沒有尊重的意思。528Please respect copyright.PENANALqcr29oTyt
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段老人哈哈大笑,恍若無聞,繼續喝著酒,一口接著一口。528Please respect copyright.PENANA74Wocbqwl5
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柳三無奈地吐了口氣。528Please respect copyright.PENANA77223AKvzl
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十年前,父母早亡、家門祚薄的柳三,流浪街頭,被人口販子盯上擄走,準備賣去當奴隸,恰巧被路過的段老人救下。重獲自由的當下,不懂人情險惡的柳三,那時心情一陣激動與溫暖,當場脫口說出願意跟隨在對方身邊、並以三事報答救命之恩的話來。528Please respect copyright.PENANAeBLmaDxWAp
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結果段老人雖然愣了愣,也沒拒絕,同意了這回報,一段緣分就如此繫上了。528Please respect copyright.PENANAjCg2ANPDuz
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第一件事,段老人要柳三陪他遊西域,柳三這一陪就是十年。528Please respect copyright.PENANArddL5diTm0
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第二件事,段老人柳三幫他揹那重得要死的東西,柳三這一揹也有六年了。528Please respect copyright.PENANASq8zAdO6TB
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第三件事,段老人要柳三學他的劍招,這話柳三也已經聽了三年了,卻是一點著落也沒有。528Please respect copyright.PENANASYByNaVWZx
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直到十四歲時,柳三才幡然醒悟,自己實在是太莽撞了,太過年幼無知了,竟然自己把自己賣了!528Please respect copyright.PENANAUu7dahi0yI
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「唉,不是我不肯教你,是你的氣力實在太差,不多練練基本功實基底,如何學我的劍法?」段老人看了還算柳三一眼,感慨道。528Please respect copyright.PENANAoaYxyyTASd
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雖然經過六年鍛鍊,但柳三的體格顯然不能讓他滿意。528Please respect copyright.PENANAk5qsgI0V7w
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柳三一臉不以為意,揶揄道:「學你劍法又有何用?可別忘了,一年前你差點輸給那人!」528Please respect copyright.PENANAVnXzirQdK8
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柳三這話一出,段老人臉色瞬間暗淡,顯然是說重了心事。528Please respect copyright.PENANAJC7mBn0wpL
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段老人不說話了,只是抬頭望著被寒風攪動、越漸混亂的灰雲。良久,他才重重地嘆了口氣。528Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZNp6EZQij
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段老人又想起了一年前,在西域碰上的那名男子,以及男子如眼前風中之雲,變化無端的劍術。528Please respect copyright.PENANA6OBeAUug7w
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原本,是抱著歸隱江湖的心態,離開中原,往西域遊玩而去,不想卻在晚年之時,遇上了這樣的一個人,兩人甚至鬥了一場。528Please respect copyright.PENANABqHyIGPeea
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最後段老人勝了。可他自己心中是明白的,那是因為那人有病在身,無法久戰──若是對方身體無恙,最後自己是必敗無疑。528Please respect copyright.PENANAJ67eq0NCtC
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許久許久,老人才又開口道:「是啊,我是敗了!」本該隨著肉體衰老而漸漸熄滅的鬥志,卻是再度燒騰起來。528Please respect copyright.PENANASd6v6Bi7X7
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多少年了,自從站在這高牆之上,他便從未敗過,也再沒有過敗的感覺。可男子的劍術,又讓他體會到失敗的滋味。528Please respect copyright.PENANAQPs9uXFumn
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不甘、憤恨、不想要就此結束。528Please respect copyright.PENANAFYHZk22LwW
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人的一生,有時候不就是要爭這麼一口氣嗎?528Please respect copyright.PENANAmgo81PfVSN
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所以,老人回到了中原,要在所剩不多的餘生裡,為自己的劍招尋一契機,一道能夠真正勝過那男子劍術的契機!528Please respect copyright.PENANAP6gA0F01QH
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正因如此,現在的段老人,不能輕易將劍法傳授給柳三。528Please respect copyright.PENANAPfibLrvdcI
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一口氣飲盡了所剩之酒,段老人望向灰雲的那雙眼,銳利如風,重重的吹在灰雲上頭,似要撥雲見日。528Please respect copyright.PENANAznR8FUqSDT
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