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夜已過央,慕容山莊的家僕、莊丁在一夜喧騰後,已由慕容家二子慕容朔聚集存珍閣外;燈籠火光幢幢,屋脊上一條蕭索的白色身影靜立,即便在夜裡行事,秦逍仍是不改一襲素白輕衣。他手裡拎著一麻布袋,暗夜燈火下與慕容顏相對佇立許久。隨著風起,慕容顏的臉龐在夜色中明了又滅,晃了又晃。319Please respect copyright.PENANARy8gif3d8E
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「血髓玉雖然稀有,卻萬萬不是可造之材,是以價值素來不高,遑論變賣賑貧。閣下一下子要了這許多,恐怕真正的目的正是在下心裡所想的吧?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAONq2iFz8GR
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秦逍垂眺慕容顏,一面伸出手來將麻布袋在肩上緊緊綁好了,一面微笑。319Please respect copyright.PENANAcKV5UmK7mC
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「莊主心中所想,在下不敢猜測。在下素來任意逍遙,今日踏進貴莊索物,不期遇見莊主,只得請莊主賣在下一個面子,以袋中物作為雙方結交信物;有物為證,在下與慕容山莊這個朋友是交定了。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAsADxG173wm
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「我如何不知玉面俠盜素來『交朋友』的手段,且不說這袋中物性質何等奇特,慕容山莊立業在此數十年,豈容人說來即來,說走便走的?傳出去了,教江湖笑話我慕容家無人。」319Please respect copyright.PENANASlz1UaFvM5
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秦逍笑道:「莊主既與在下交了朋友,朋友一願離去,而莊主並不強留,朋友之間,以禮相待,原是天經地義之事,又有誰會非議莊主呢?莊主多慮。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAZdK5zWSx80
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慕容顏冷冷道:「秦公子所言甚得我心,只可惜即便在下願與玉面俠盜交上一交,一旦今日縱了閣下取玉離去,江湖豪傑難免還是要對慕容家敬而遠之。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAfX0hd9Mqig
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「為什麼呢?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAJUr1klodlz
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「秦公子見識過的奇珍不比在下少,想必是知道這玉的,」慕容顏扯開嘴角,皮笑肉不笑地:「今夜公子如僅僅取了在下腰畔這玉珮也罷了,偏生取了這許多,又恰好有一位名動江湖、性格獨特的忘年之交,如此公子取玉的真意究竟為何,呼之欲出。在下不才,雖治理山莊十數年,卻也萬萬不敢承受閣下離去後,慕容家在武林中即將面臨的責難。」319Please respect copyright.PENANA9Hz7tMJueP
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「水能載舟,亦能覆舟,莊主博覽群書,焉不知禍福盡懸一念之間矣?」秦逍躬身笑道:「就如在下始終樂在『交朋友』的過程,在下的好友則一輩子樂在造物的過程。至於這物造完了,將發生何事,端看人如何用它罷了。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAxoSTMC25bC
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這話有說簡直和沒說一樣,登時慕容顏眉頭鎖緊了。319Please respect copyright.PENANA8P9USLMdCL
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「秦公子素來專作樑上行,那也由得你,過去閣下偷竊之後所做所為,總不負江湖贈你一個『俠』字。然而今日閣下偷竊,卻是為了助照火鑄劍,而且將是一把只為殺人而誕生的不仁之劍!明知如此,閣下仍執意為之,慕容家就斷不能視而不見!」他「簌」一聲抽出腰間佩劍,叫道:「秦公子賜招吧!」319Please respect copyright.PENANAYnbUEMNbgA
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周圍眾家僕紛紛亮出長棍叫囂。秦逍凝目而視,見慕容顏手中那柄劍黝黑頎長,望上去烏森森地隱然有股懾人之氣;多年來他隨照火鑄劍、取劍、賞劍,見過的名家作品自然不少,當下翩翩一揖笑道:「素聞薛笑人打造的一雙『墨竹幽蘭』堅韌無比,劍身有節,更暗藏幽香,今日在下有幸一見『墨竹』風采,全憑莊主賞臉了。」319Please respect copyright.PENANA68479ghTsi
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「玉面俠盜客氣了,拔劍。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAmtvm5FcJVA
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「在下素不飾劍,」秦逍抱拳道:「僅此扇從不離身,如蒙莊主賜招,在下只好以此扇討教了。」319Please respect copyright.PENANA9SfoURwRAI
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慕容顏沒有答話。事實上後來的發展,也無須任何言語。多年來玉面俠盜縱橫天下,除了少有人與之比肩的輕功以外,扇上功夫自亦非凡。如非仗著手上墨竹劍鋒利,慕容顏才與他交手近百招,否則恐怕不數合便由秦逍偷了空施展輕功,當場帶著滿袋子血髓玉揚長而去。319Please respect copyright.PENANAPh5CdqWhIP
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秦逍坐在照火屋頂上,片刻一個人影在濃重的夜色中踽踽而來。自然,人影還未出現時,秦逍已聽見那步伐裡血滴落的聲音。319Please respect copyright.PENANADa3pJVcITq
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那是霍顛。319Please respect copyright.PENANAzQJoK3elCy
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兩人還未招呼,屋裡忽然竄出一人來,用一種像是等了許久才終盼到他來似的聲音道:「爐子已熱了,就等你呢,霍大爺。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAnyQSuUfRjA
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霍顛肩上扛著一具死屍,臉上有著殺戮之後的冰涼意。319Please respect copyright.PENANAIk55hji9SK
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「血也是熱的,還望照老爺子滿意。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAgfZ5vaNJde
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照火興奮得彷彿連話都要忘了怎麼說,一轉身將門戶大開,從窗戶望進去,爐裡的碳已燒得火紅。一個大缸子置於爐旁,霍顛隨手將那屍身朝裡頭扔了,逕往一旁井裡打水洗手。洗過手,回頭才瞧見小石屋大門前不知何時擺了一座香案,一個小香爐,幾株花草羅列,除此之外只有三個酒盞以及一壺濁酒。照火恰好在此時走過他身邊,他忍不住問:「這拜甚麼?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAuLWV2r6YUm
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誰知照火並未瞧他一眼,只專注地點了手上不知何時拿起的三柱香,隨後神色堅定、肅謹地,朝西拜了拜。霍顛心想這孤妄的老頭竟也敬神祭天,一個聲音此時卻道:「照老爺子拜的是劍塚。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAIE8jUQ62of
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霍顛轉頭,見秦逍不知何時站在身畔,輕搖著紙扇道:「越過拉罕沙漠,穿過路賽西爾的草原後,一路向西走,在霜紗王后陵下有一座『無氏劍塚』,將軍可曾聽過?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAH6uxJenBjm
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「似曾聽聞。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAnzAHwhpHzn
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秦逍悠悠道:「傳聞來自異土的那位霜紗王后,殿下有八百武裝劍士,每位劍士都配有一柄國王御賜的劍,均由冰河底下堅石鑄造而成。這八百劍士當年隨同王后和親,一同嫁入東夷,為王后親衛。後來東夷政變,霜紗王后被敵軍圍在拉罕沙漠邊界,八百劍士護主而死;親衛軍戰敗之後,王后死於非命,屍首散佈在沙漠的漫漫黃土中。據傳異土國王不願女兒遺體不全,就地建造了這座后陵,讓王后得以就此長眠,也被視為異土國王矢志復仇的宣示。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAdt97zWZFy0
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霍顛一面聽,一面望著照火手中裊裊而升的香煙。319Please respect copyright.PENANAEVxmxvGGyQ
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「多年前的傳說是否真實,不得而知,但在那陵墓底下,卻實實在在有那一座劍塚,只不過那些走得進去的人們,就是活著出來了,卻再也走不入王后宏偉富麗的陵墓。劍塚也就這樣被保存了下來。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAtKdZZjBxNH
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「天下還有玉面俠盜走不進的地方?還有玉面俠盜無從觸及的寶物?」霍顛「嘿」地冷笑:「這座陵墓的存在,當真是奇啊。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAIuXA6UOgDS
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「他並非闖不了王后陵寢的機關,是他腦袋裝了屎,不願去闖死人陵墓,」此時照火忽然打岔進來,原來他已不知何時插上了香;拜祭之後,他似乎平靜許多,已能夠用腦子說話。只見他一面走一面道:「那小子平生放蕩,甚麼風流事都做,就兩件事他說甚麼都不幹。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAkvtkeRg0P7
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霍顛倒有些興致了,道:「哦!」319Please respect copyright.PENANA8GUq9ntSXu
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「一是盜墓,光這一點,已令他白白放棄許多帝王公爵陵墓中的陪葬品,反觀那些不入流的小賊,一個個屍身堆在陵寢周圍,亂七八糟。老子也想不透他還憑甚麼稱作玉面俠盜。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAPa1PAOzPJt
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霍顛冷哼。319Please respect copyright.PENANAyuykVZVXJS
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「第二麼,說出來你爺恐怕不齒得很了,」照火咧開一口參差不齊的黃牙,「秦逍不殺人。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAdF7M7bepur
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霍顛這才微微睜大了眼睛。319Please respect copyright.PENANAFZaeTmJpMw
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「將軍別誤會,」雖然語氣仍然優雅,但聽在霍顛耳裡,秦逍這句話似乎還是接得太快了,「在下無意做正人君子,在下只是——」319Please respect copyright.PENANAjlg2u2OBVM
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「誤會什麼?那個衛天保的女兒你就活生生放了不是?」照火忽然跳了起來:「你割了她舌頭?你砍了她的手掌?沒有!如非你放了她,霍大爺早已一劍給了她痛快,老子的爐子又何須等到今日?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAXszySCVtmI
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聽到此秦逍淡淡住了口,心中只是苦笑道:「照爺啊照爺,好歹秦逍數度為您出生入死,怎地需要在下時,在下就是您的老友,現下有了取血的主子霍大爺,在下就如此一文不值了?」319Please respect copyright.PENANACGMVGAQSVK
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不過他生性隨和,卻並未將這番話說出口來,霍顛在一旁只見一個兀自扭頭鬧脾氣,一個成天除了微笑還是微笑,卻沒有哪一個能為他稍稍說明到底發生了何事。319Please respect copyright.PENANAQf5e3OAujN
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「誰的女兒?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAVFUllj70Nm
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「衛天保的女兒,與在下同門一脈,」見照火不由分說又發了場脾氣,秦逍頗有無奈,「就是那夜闖入蓬萊客棧刺殺霍爺的那位姑娘。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAteWG83usyp
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「莫非你說的是曉雅山莊的那個『天保』衛青城?」319Please respect copyright.PENANA4qjZw8spTP
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「正是,將軍也知道這號人物麼?」319Please respect copyright.PENANA28BUWXoYH7
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「昔日在戰場上倒曾交過手,那個身形步伐,那些個招數的模樣,倒和你的如出一轍,」霍顛悠悠道:「你是說,你放了他女兒?那夜你答應霍某什麼,莫非你忘了?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAm9nCwLGOwU
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「在下承諾會安排好一切,不教將軍日後困擾,」秦逍緩緩道:「但將軍心知肚明,衛姑娘的功夫,如真要令將軍困擾,恐怕還有幾年時候的。」319Please respect copyright.PENANArBjWMIAq3Q
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霍顛聽了不禁覺得自己又讓秦逍擺了一道。的確,那女子的功夫雖非不入流,要取他性命卻也實非易事;原本當夜秦逍在客棧裡留下她一命後,無論她是生是死,是聾是啞,是美是醜,霍顛都不見得有一絲一毫放在心上。但現下知曉了那女子與秦逍師出同門,霍顛就不能不猜疑;而那秦逍不僅刻意放生了她,現下又用話擠兌他,彷彿是在說:在下素知霍爺自負,憑他什麼人來,霍爺都一願自己應付便了。儘管她不見得就能威脅到他的性命,但秦逍這話卻輕描淡寫地將自己給撇得乾乾淨淨了;日後如她來找碴,秦逍竟能理直氣壯地兩不相幫。319Please respect copyright.PENANA94IXxjnIpU
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一句話將他逼上這步田地,霍顛忍不住冷冷笑了,當下對這一老一壯凝神戒備了起來;畢竟他親友沒有,仇家卻可說滿佈天下,這原是他自己招來的業障,也怪不了任何人,而他卻實在享受這種隨時命懸一線的刺激感。豈知秦逍在一旁卻似乎也看出了他心意。319Please respect copyright.PENANAlUYGCTWPZn
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「將軍放心,無論姑娘來與不來,」秦逍搖扇微笑道:「只要這劍還未出世,在下與照爺、與將軍,就是同乘一艘船的盟友。盟友落海,在下焉有不救之理?只望將軍永遠也沒有落海之日。」319Please respect copyright.PENANA58pFBJKGmj
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霍顛冷哼,隨即也笑了。319Please respect copyright.PENANAel8BYQ7Iqv
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「霍某就是落海,爬也要爬回你們的小船。世上竟有非要用鮮血才能鑄造的劍,霍某怎能不在旁一睹為快?」霍顛嘴邊浮現興味的冷笑:「只是這耗血之劍,卻要一個不殺之人來從旁協助造劍,無論怎麼想,都教人覺得有趣至極。」319Please respect copyright.PENANACODAldfwDr
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秦逍也不生氣,彷彿任憑他人如何譏諷,他都無動於衷,「在下說過,在下並非正人君子,在下只是──」319Please respect copyright.PENANA6WEb2O97HK
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「只是不屑動手,髒了你那白淨淨的衣袖,」照火似乎也氣夠了,朝地用力唾了一口沫,插嘴進來:「沒見過這種婆婆媽媽的盜賊,還叫甚麼俠盜?過來吧,為何非要你的鮮血不可,現下你可明白了。」最後一句話,卻是對霍顛說的。319Please respect copyright.PENANAemkbmK9Crs
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霍顛與秦逍相視一眼,秦逍請了,霍顛遂依言隨照火往爐邊走去。319Please respect copyright.PENANAzrv9HoypNY
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他當真從不殺人麼?生在江湖,走的是刀尖上的路,當性命被人拿住,他真能死守諾言,就是犧牲了自己,也不殺害任何人嗎?霍顛一面想,一面走到爐旁,只見上頭已堆滿秦逍自幕容山莊大舉盜來的血玉。319Please respect copyright.PENANALUhOEEIBDj
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「血髓玉本質脆薄,一般只供賞玩,原是連雕像也造不出來的,衹能做為一塊漂亮石頭放著。將它作為賞玩之物,雖還堪用,卻只用到了它最微不足道的一處用途。」良久良久,照火一張醜陋的臉才轉過來,陰惻惻說道。319Please respect copyright.PENANApD7JVZFtCp
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「它真正的用途──今日就要借將軍的血,來祭一祭了。」319Please respect copyright.PENANALlQKG58G8e
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說罷他咧嘴一笑,霍顛聽得耳後風響,秦逍忽然躍上,一掌倏地推來。霍顛這一下措手不及,欲向旁邊躍,眼角卻瞥見照火手裡的鐵槌高高揚起,若自己真躍了過去,恐怕他的腦袋當場就要開花。另外一頭卻生生橫了一個燒得火燙的鐵爐子,不僅不能躍過去,簡直連碰一下都碰不得。當下他無路可退,只得硬接了秦逍一掌,一旁照火的鐵鎚竟在此時砸到,他二人相距太近,頭是避也不能避,只能再騰出一隻手來招架,那鐵鎚敲在他手臂,撞得他是隱隱生疼。他單手和照火的鐵鎚拆了數招,照火另外一隻手一齊來,終於扣住了他脈門。319Please respect copyright.PENANAb6J2DcOxXv
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他和秦逍如一對一交上手,原也不至立即落敗,只是一個碰不得的燒鐵爐橫在一旁,又有照火毫無章法的鐵鎚在旁助攻,此時竟是動彈不得。三人俱未說話,他瞥了秦逍一眼,只見秦逍手中不知何時握著一把匕首,迅即朝他咽喉割下。319Please respect copyright.PENANA9dHSAGlZuG
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他忍不住冷笑,在這江湖中,哪有人真能不殺人的呢?
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「血髓玉雖然稀有,卻萬萬不是可造之材,是以價值素來不高,遑論變賣賑貧。閣下一下子要了這許多,恐怕真正的目的正是在下心裡所想的吧?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAONq2iFz8GR
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秦逍垂眺慕容顏,一面伸出手來將麻布袋在肩上緊緊綁好了,一面微笑。319Please respect copyright.PENANAcKV5UmK7mC
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「莊主心中所想,在下不敢猜測。在下素來任意逍遙,今日踏進貴莊索物,不期遇見莊主,只得請莊主賣在下一個面子,以袋中物作為雙方結交信物;有物為證,在下與慕容山莊這個朋友是交定了。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAsADxG173wm
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「我如何不知玉面俠盜素來『交朋友』的手段,且不說這袋中物性質何等奇特,慕容山莊立業在此數十年,豈容人說來即來,說走便走的?傳出去了,教江湖笑話我慕容家無人。」319Please respect copyright.PENANASlz1UaFvM5
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秦逍笑道:「莊主既與在下交了朋友,朋友一願離去,而莊主並不強留,朋友之間,以禮相待,原是天經地義之事,又有誰會非議莊主呢?莊主多慮。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAZdK5zWSx80
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慕容顏冷冷道:「秦公子所言甚得我心,只可惜即便在下願與玉面俠盜交上一交,一旦今日縱了閣下取玉離去,江湖豪傑難免還是要對慕容家敬而遠之。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAfX0hd9Mqig
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「為什麼呢?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAJUr1klodlz
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「秦公子見識過的奇珍不比在下少,想必是知道這玉的,」慕容顏扯開嘴角,皮笑肉不笑地:「今夜公子如僅僅取了在下腰畔這玉珮也罷了,偏生取了這許多,又恰好有一位名動江湖、性格獨特的忘年之交,如此公子取玉的真意究竟為何,呼之欲出。在下不才,雖治理山莊十數年,卻也萬萬不敢承受閣下離去後,慕容家在武林中即將面臨的責難。」319Please respect copyright.PENANA9Hz7tMJueP
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「水能載舟,亦能覆舟,莊主博覽群書,焉不知禍福盡懸一念之間矣?」秦逍躬身笑道:「就如在下始終樂在『交朋友』的過程,在下的好友則一輩子樂在造物的過程。至於這物造完了,將發生何事,端看人如何用它罷了。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAxoSTMC25bC
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這話有說簡直和沒說一樣,登時慕容顏眉頭鎖緊了。319Please respect copyright.PENANA8P9USLMdCL
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「秦公子素來專作樑上行,那也由得你,過去閣下偷竊之後所做所為,總不負江湖贈你一個『俠』字。然而今日閣下偷竊,卻是為了助照火鑄劍,而且將是一把只為殺人而誕生的不仁之劍!明知如此,閣下仍執意為之,慕容家就斷不能視而不見!」他「簌」一聲抽出腰間佩劍,叫道:「秦公子賜招吧!」319Please respect copyright.PENANAYnbUEMNbgA
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周圍眾家僕紛紛亮出長棍叫囂。秦逍凝目而視,見慕容顏手中那柄劍黝黑頎長,望上去烏森森地隱然有股懾人之氣;多年來他隨照火鑄劍、取劍、賞劍,見過的名家作品自然不少,當下翩翩一揖笑道:「素聞薛笑人打造的一雙『墨竹幽蘭』堅韌無比,劍身有節,更暗藏幽香,今日在下有幸一見『墨竹』風采,全憑莊主賞臉了。」319Please respect copyright.PENANA68479ghTsi
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「玉面俠盜客氣了,拔劍。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAmtvm5FcJVA
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「在下素不飾劍,」秦逍抱拳道:「僅此扇從不離身,如蒙莊主賜招,在下只好以此扇討教了。」319Please respect copyright.PENANA9SfoURwRAI
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慕容顏沒有答話。事實上後來的發展,也無須任何言語。多年來玉面俠盜縱橫天下,除了少有人與之比肩的輕功以外,扇上功夫自亦非凡。如非仗著手上墨竹劍鋒利,慕容顏才與他交手近百招,否則恐怕不數合便由秦逍偷了空施展輕功,當場帶著滿袋子血髓玉揚長而去。319Please respect copyright.PENANAPh5CdqWhIP
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秦逍坐在照火屋頂上,片刻一個人影在濃重的夜色中踽踽而來。自然,人影還未出現時,秦逍已聽見那步伐裡血滴落的聲音。319Please respect copyright.PENANADa3pJVcITq
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那是霍顛。319Please respect copyright.PENANAzQJoK3elCy
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兩人還未招呼,屋裡忽然竄出一人來,用一種像是等了許久才終盼到他來似的聲音道:「爐子已熱了,就等你呢,霍大爺。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAnyQSuUfRjA
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霍顛肩上扛著一具死屍,臉上有著殺戮之後的冰涼意。319Please respect copyright.PENANAIk55hji9SK
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「血也是熱的,還望照老爺子滿意。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAgfZ5vaNJde
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照火興奮得彷彿連話都要忘了怎麼說,一轉身將門戶大開,從窗戶望進去,爐裡的碳已燒得火紅。一個大缸子置於爐旁,霍顛隨手將那屍身朝裡頭扔了,逕往一旁井裡打水洗手。洗過手,回頭才瞧見小石屋大門前不知何時擺了一座香案,一個小香爐,幾株花草羅列,除此之外只有三個酒盞以及一壺濁酒。照火恰好在此時走過他身邊,他忍不住問:「這拜甚麼?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAuLWV2r6YUm
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誰知照火並未瞧他一眼,只專注地點了手上不知何時拿起的三柱香,隨後神色堅定、肅謹地,朝西拜了拜。霍顛心想這孤妄的老頭竟也敬神祭天,一個聲音此時卻道:「照老爺子拜的是劍塚。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAIE8jUQ62of
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霍顛轉頭,見秦逍不知何時站在身畔,輕搖著紙扇道:「越過拉罕沙漠,穿過路賽西爾的草原後,一路向西走,在霜紗王后陵下有一座『無氏劍塚』,將軍可曾聽過?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAH6uxJenBjm
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「似曾聽聞。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAnzAHwhpHzn
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秦逍悠悠道:「傳聞來自異土的那位霜紗王后,殿下有八百武裝劍士,每位劍士都配有一柄國王御賜的劍,均由冰河底下堅石鑄造而成。這八百劍士當年隨同王后和親,一同嫁入東夷,為王后親衛。後來東夷政變,霜紗王后被敵軍圍在拉罕沙漠邊界,八百劍士護主而死;親衛軍戰敗之後,王后死於非命,屍首散佈在沙漠的漫漫黃土中。據傳異土國王不願女兒遺體不全,就地建造了這座后陵,讓王后得以就此長眠,也被視為異土國王矢志復仇的宣示。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAdt97zWZFy0
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霍顛一面聽,一面望著照火手中裊裊而升的香煙。319Please respect copyright.PENANAEVxmxvGGyQ
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「多年前的傳說是否真實,不得而知,但在那陵墓底下,卻實實在在有那一座劍塚,只不過那些走得進去的人們,就是活著出來了,卻再也走不入王后宏偉富麗的陵墓。劍塚也就這樣被保存了下來。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAtKdZZjBxNH
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「天下還有玉面俠盜走不進的地方?還有玉面俠盜無從觸及的寶物?」霍顛「嘿」地冷笑:「這座陵墓的存在,當真是奇啊。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAIuXA6UOgDS
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「他並非闖不了王后陵寢的機關,是他腦袋裝了屎,不願去闖死人陵墓,」此時照火忽然打岔進來,原來他已不知何時插上了香;拜祭之後,他似乎平靜許多,已能夠用腦子說話。只見他一面走一面道:「那小子平生放蕩,甚麼風流事都做,就兩件事他說甚麼都不幹。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAkvtkeRg0P7
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霍顛倒有些興致了,道:「哦!」319Please respect copyright.PENANA8GUq9ntSXu
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「一是盜墓,光這一點,已令他白白放棄許多帝王公爵陵墓中的陪葬品,反觀那些不入流的小賊,一個個屍身堆在陵寢周圍,亂七八糟。老子也想不透他還憑甚麼稱作玉面俠盜。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAPa1PAOzPJt
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霍顛冷哼。319Please respect copyright.PENANAyuykVZVXJS
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「第二麼,說出來你爺恐怕不齒得很了,」照火咧開一口參差不齊的黃牙,「秦逍不殺人。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAdF7M7bepur
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霍顛這才微微睜大了眼睛。319Please respect copyright.PENANAFZaeTmJpMw
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「將軍別誤會,」雖然語氣仍然優雅,但聽在霍顛耳裡,秦逍這句話似乎還是接得太快了,「在下無意做正人君子,在下只是——」319Please respect copyright.PENANAjlg2u2OBVM
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「誤會什麼?那個衛天保的女兒你就活生生放了不是?」照火忽然跳了起來:「你割了她舌頭?你砍了她的手掌?沒有!如非你放了她,霍大爺早已一劍給了她痛快,老子的爐子又何須等到今日?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAXszySCVtmI
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聽到此秦逍淡淡住了口,心中只是苦笑道:「照爺啊照爺,好歹秦逍數度為您出生入死,怎地需要在下時,在下就是您的老友,現下有了取血的主子霍大爺,在下就如此一文不值了?」319Please respect copyright.PENANACGMVGAQSVK
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不過他生性隨和,卻並未將這番話說出口來,霍顛在一旁只見一個兀自扭頭鬧脾氣,一個成天除了微笑還是微笑,卻沒有哪一個能為他稍稍說明到底發生了何事。319Please respect copyright.PENANAQf5e3OAujN
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「誰的女兒?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAVFUllj70Nm
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「衛天保的女兒,與在下同門一脈,」見照火不由分說又發了場脾氣,秦逍頗有無奈,「就是那夜闖入蓬萊客棧刺殺霍爺的那位姑娘。」319Please respect copyright.PENANAteWG83usyp
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「莫非你說的是曉雅山莊的那個『天保』衛青城?」319Please respect copyright.PENANA4qjZw8spTP
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「正是,將軍也知道這號人物麼?」319Please respect copyright.PENANA28BUWXoYH7
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「昔日在戰場上倒曾交過手,那個身形步伐,那些個招數的模樣,倒和你的如出一轍,」霍顛悠悠道:「你是說,你放了他女兒?那夜你答應霍某什麼,莫非你忘了?」319Please respect copyright.PENANAm9nCwLGOwU
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「在下承諾會安排好一切,不教將軍日後困擾,」秦逍緩緩道:「但將軍心知肚明,衛姑娘的功夫,如真要令將軍困擾,恐怕還有幾年時候的。」319Please respect copyright.PENANArBjWMIAq3Q
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霍顛聽了不禁覺得自己又讓秦逍擺了一道。的確,那女子的功夫雖非不入流,要取他性命卻也實非易事;原本當夜秦逍在客棧裡留下她一命後,無論她是生是死,是聾是啞,是美是醜,霍顛都不見得有一絲一毫放在心上。但現下知曉了那女子與秦逍師出同門,霍顛就不能不猜疑;而那秦逍不僅刻意放生了她,現下又用話擠兌他,彷彿是在說:在下素知霍爺自負,憑他什麼人來,霍爺都一願自己應付便了。儘管她不見得就能威脅到他的性命,但秦逍這話卻輕描淡寫地將自己給撇得乾乾淨淨了;日後如她來找碴,秦逍竟能理直氣壯地兩不相幫。319Please respect copyright.PENANA94IXxjnIpU
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一句話將他逼上這步田地,霍顛忍不住冷冷笑了,當下對這一老一壯凝神戒備了起來;畢竟他親友沒有,仇家卻可說滿佈天下,這原是他自己招來的業障,也怪不了任何人,而他卻實在享受這種隨時命懸一線的刺激感。豈知秦逍在一旁卻似乎也看出了他心意。319Please respect copyright.PENANAlUYGCTWPZn
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「將軍放心,無論姑娘來與不來,」秦逍搖扇微笑道:「只要這劍還未出世,在下與照爺、與將軍,就是同乘一艘船的盟友。盟友落海,在下焉有不救之理?只望將軍永遠也沒有落海之日。」319Please respect copyright.PENANA58pFBJKGmj
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霍顛冷哼,隨即也笑了。319Please respect copyright.PENANAel8BYQ7Iqv
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「霍某就是落海,爬也要爬回你們的小船。世上竟有非要用鮮血才能鑄造的劍,霍某怎能不在旁一睹為快?」霍顛嘴邊浮現興味的冷笑:「只是這耗血之劍,卻要一個不殺之人來從旁協助造劍,無論怎麼想,都教人覺得有趣至極。」319Please respect copyright.PENANACODAldfwDr
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秦逍也不生氣,彷彿任憑他人如何譏諷,他都無動於衷,「在下說過,在下並非正人君子,在下只是──」319Please respect copyright.PENANA6WEb2O97HK
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「只是不屑動手,髒了你那白淨淨的衣袖,」照火似乎也氣夠了,朝地用力唾了一口沫,插嘴進來:「沒見過這種婆婆媽媽的盜賊,還叫甚麼俠盜?過來吧,為何非要你的鮮血不可,現下你可明白了。」最後一句話,卻是對霍顛說的。319Please respect copyright.PENANAemkbmK9Crs
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霍顛與秦逍相視一眼,秦逍請了,霍顛遂依言隨照火往爐邊走去。319Please respect copyright.PENANAzrv9HoypNY
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他當真從不殺人麼?生在江湖,走的是刀尖上的路,當性命被人拿住,他真能死守諾言,就是犧牲了自己,也不殺害任何人嗎?霍顛一面想,一面走到爐旁,只見上頭已堆滿秦逍自幕容山莊大舉盜來的血玉。319Please respect copyright.PENANALUhOEEIBDj
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「血髓玉本質脆薄,一般只供賞玩,原是連雕像也造不出來的,衹能做為一塊漂亮石頭放著。將它作為賞玩之物,雖還堪用,卻只用到了它最微不足道的一處用途。」良久良久,照火一張醜陋的臉才轉過來,陰惻惻說道。319Please respect copyright.PENANApD7JVZFtCp
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「它真正的用途──今日就要借將軍的血,來祭一祭了。」319Please respect copyright.PENANALlQKG58G8e
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說罷他咧嘴一笑,霍顛聽得耳後風響,秦逍忽然躍上,一掌倏地推來。霍顛這一下措手不及,欲向旁邊躍,眼角卻瞥見照火手裡的鐵槌高高揚起,若自己真躍了過去,恐怕他的腦袋當場就要開花。另外一頭卻生生橫了一個燒得火燙的鐵爐子,不僅不能躍過去,簡直連碰一下都碰不得。當下他無路可退,只得硬接了秦逍一掌,一旁照火的鐵鎚竟在此時砸到,他二人相距太近,頭是避也不能避,只能再騰出一隻手來招架,那鐵鎚敲在他手臂,撞得他是隱隱生疼。他單手和照火的鐵鎚拆了數招,照火另外一隻手一齊來,終於扣住了他脈門。319Please respect copyright.PENANAb6J2DcOxXv
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他和秦逍如一對一交上手,原也不至立即落敗,只是一個碰不得的燒鐵爐橫在一旁,又有照火毫無章法的鐵鎚在旁助攻,此時竟是動彈不得。三人俱未說話,他瞥了秦逍一眼,只見秦逍手中不知何時握著一把匕首,迅即朝他咽喉割下。319Please respect copyright.PENANA9dHSAGlZuG
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他忍不住冷笑,在這江湖中,哪有人真能不殺人的呢?