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翌日一早,小治把僅剩的台灣銀行券全拿去幫大夥買了一頓早餐。196Please respect copyright.PENANAbHFAtNOKs5
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餐後,一行人再回到南機場交戰地巡視;但未尋獲任何遺體,只有雲豹留下的車轍和滿目瘡痍的彈坑。196Please respect copyright.PENANAaBXXaBCIEx
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回到兵營,他們又開始對下一餐的著落發愁。196Please respect copyright.PENANAgm5Zrtnfnb
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「老辦法。」小治說完,端起武士刀,打算把它拿去點當!196Please respect copyright.PENANA9B2T4QIRDe
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可查理反對,因為他捨不得這把刀。還說:「這刀是我們現在唯一的防身武器了,我看還是留著吧。」196Please respect copyright.PENANAQaGnpikRXV
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接著,查理先後脫下自己兩腳穿的登山鞋,抽出鞋墊,從裡頭摳出四枚金幣!那是來台前,丹尼爾支付予他的前金,如今總算得以派上用場。196Please respect copyright.PENANACkHxk4gbnp
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大夥一看到金幣,眼睛瞬間為之一亮!196Please respect copyright.PENANAeY1DukHxcO
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「以前跑戰地時,從老記者身上學來的;隨身帶著救命錢,不到萬不得已,不會輕易取出來用。」查理向大夥解釋的同時,還掂量了一下金幣,說:「這些......應該夠我們吃上一段時日了吧!」196Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1xYscgcZw
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「可是曹大哥的救命錢......總有吃完的一天,我們還是得想想其他辦法才行!」小治語重心長的說完,大夥又開始陷入沉思。196Please respect copyright.PENANA5XLDKbyjli
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「有了!」羅排突然起身,提議:「我們去投靠『蔡家兄弟』如何?」196Please respect copyright.PENANAnOd4ndGn1f
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小治:「我也想過去找他們,可問題是……不知道他們住哪裡呀!」196Please respect copyright.PENANA4fjlw5loRt
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羅排:「不就是『江仔嘴』的望族!既然是望族,到了當地,再找個人問問就知道啦。」196Please respect copyright.PENANAa9zwEwN0Sj
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查理:「等等,容我插個嘴。這個『江仔嘴』是哪裡呀?」196Please respect copyright.PENANAnYpR7HANFd
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浩克用台語試讀了幾遍,然後說:「江仔嘴、江仔嘴,這個江仔嘴該不會就是『江子翠』吧?」196Please respect copyright.PENANA9vUvT1vLj9
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一聽到「江子翠」,羅排立馬跳了起來,振臂高呼:「那我們就去一趟『板橋』吧!」語畢,大夥目光不約而同地投向小治。196Please respect copyright.PENANArt5kAw6ePW
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見小治半晌沒答腔,羅排知道他的老毛病又犯了,於是再遊說一波。說:「我們一直守在這裡也不是辦法!你看……現在連槍都沒了,萬一晚上再讓人劫一次營,可就真的全團GG了!」196Please respect copyright.PENANAvlNYUAfVhV
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「依我看……現在最好是『保持移動』,別在同一地方待太久!」查理頗認同羅排的說法,還說:「前幾天交戰,我們也殺了他們不少人,若換做是毒梟或恐怖份子,一定會回來尋仇!」196Please respect copyright.PENANAyyGpmEog0x
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聽完羅排、查理兩人先後這麼一通說,小治終於拍板,決定帶大夥走一趟「板橋」!196Please respect copyright.PENANAaXvLMAbrok
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收拾完兵營裡殘存的剩餘物資後,一行人動身前往板橋。在路人指引下,他們沿著「新店線鐵道」往北走,來到了「萬華驛」。196Please respect copyright.PENANA136piFmAIA
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購票時,他們就像大姑娘上轎頭一回似的,幾經波折,好不容易才買齊到「海山郡-板橋街」的火車票。196Please respect copyright.PENANAiSJnP5TeDI
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進了月台,上了火車,大夥仍舊心裡沒底,畢竟是第一次自主購票,搭得又是光復時期的火車,就怕搭錯車,跑到更奇怪的地方去!好在最後是順利抵達了「板橋驛」。196Please respect copyright.PENANAsRpH7dXm51
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羅排曾在「新板特區」住過兩年,這一帶他算小熟。他以遠方的「觀音山」為定位點,帶大夥一路向北,最後來到路人口中的「江仔嘴」。但面對庄裡百來戶的平房,一時間也不知該從何找起。196Please respect copyright.PENANADmGQxSYlwq
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羅排提議:「既然是望族,那麼他們家的房子應該很大,不如從大戶人家開始找起吧。」196Please respect copyright.PENANArPnd0rfUjK
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於是他們尋訪了庄裡頭幾戶大合院,但屋主都姓林,不姓蔡!直到把整個南庄都尋過一遍後,大夥才在一座合院的門樓前稍事休息,晚點再繼續尋訪北庄。196Please respect copyright.PENANADsauj83mgw
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休息之餘,好奇的查理竟對著人家的門樓考究起來!他發現門樓旁掛著一只小木牌,上頭用楷書寫著「吉本」二字。196Please respect copyright.PENANAemjjYszEVj
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稍後,一名頭戴日本學生帽,身著黑色立領學生服的少年,騎著腳踏車來到門樓前停下。196Please respect copyright.PENANAxcnilLbmFI
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少年看見自家門口坐著一群陌生人,感到很詫異!再看他們身上都穿著日本軍大衣,於是先和他們講了一大串日文,但沒人聽得懂!後來浩克試著用現代台語和他交談,才總算明白少年在說什麼。196Please respect copyright.PENANARlZUeU8CkX
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「他......他叫『蔡金賢』!」浩克興奮地告訴大家::「金富、金貴是他哥哥,他們就住在後面的合院裡!」196Please respect copyright.PENANAnpGF4JtiqP
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尋了大半天,原來「蔡家」就是身後這座合院!大夥開心得相互擊掌、歡呼,像中了彩票般雀躍不已!196Please respect copyright.PENANAbQuj3AVVlT
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金賢請他們先在門外稍候,容他先進去通報「逆桑」(哥哥)一聲。196Please respect copyright.PENANAQGS788apSE
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不到一分鐘,門裡傳來急促的木屐聲往門樓方向奔來!一看到從裡頭走出來的正是金富、金貴兄弟倆,雙方皆喜出望外!隨後,兄弟倆熱情地將他們迎進家裡頭來。196Please respect copyright.PENANAM6YscP9nMx
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蔡家宅邸是座兩進的合院,穿過前院門房來到一進院,此時蔡母就坐在正房大廳裡。兄弟倆循禮數,領小治一行人來到正廳先拜見蔡母,並介紹他們的來歷。196Please respect copyright.PENANAdggH0vG3Bu
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蔡母年紀沒很大,看上去也就三十多歲左右,相貌姣好,儀表端莊,可謂徐娘半老,風韻猶存!196Please respect copyright.PENANABYDF3Yr34G
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只見她在聽兄弟倆介紹時,總是面無表情,只聞不應,可以感覺出她明顯不悅!但畢竟來者是客,蔡母對小治一行人的到來,雖沒有熱情歡迎,但也沒表現出很排斥。196Please respect copyright.PENANATAXhul07Ib
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正廳裡外聚滿了蔡家人,他們得知有稀客來訪,全跑來看熱鬧!於是兄弟倆再向大夥一一介紹其他家族成員。196Please respect copyright.PENANAzzhp3PYO8E
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首先是金富妻「大嫂-蔡林阿春」、再來是金貴妻「二嫂-蔡王乙妹」、接著是三弟「金賢」、么妹「蔡秀」。原本還有大姊「蔡蓉」和二姊「蔡娣」,不過她們皆已出嫁,所以不在合院裡。196Please respect copyright.PENANAPqGAmNMQiI
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一旁還有來湊熱鬧的三名幼童,分別是金富的長子「蔡水堯」和次子「蔡水舜」,以及阿貴女兒「蔡沛」。最後站在前院門房觀望的是蔡家長工「劉伯」,與他的兒子「劉金萊」。196Please respect copyright.PENANAv8J035HfjQ
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拜見完蔡母後,金富領他們來到自己住的東廂房客廳,還吩咐阿春和乙妹,趕緊沏茶和張羅晚餐,兄弟倆要好好幫他們接風洗塵!
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