待到茶足飯飽已是星辰高掛時,盤底已現,杯盞已空,胡話也已說盡,是時候打道回府了,鳴海帶上太威儀盤,率先告辭,迫不及待回去繼續研究,其它仙人也各自騰雲離去。291Please respect copyright.PENANAVdkAQhTCVH
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歸終卻不急著走,她拉起歌塵來到涼亭外頭,彎身折下一株琉璃百合,冰藍色的花在她掌中發出熒光,搖身一變成自帶香氣的花燈,歸終將花燈懸在一塊大石邊上聊做照明,再一屁股坐到地上,滿臉期待地看向歌塵,以及她背上的瑤琴。291Please respect copyright.PENANAxqSVQVOtw2
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歌塵輕笑,如歸終所願坐到她身邊石頭上,解下瑤琴,就著花燈撫起琴來。291Please respect copyright.PENANAXMZDgki6Fa
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連綿不絕的音符自她指尖流洩,曲調甚是熟悉,正是不久前太威儀盤幻象中出現過的「華燈將上」。291Please respect copyright.PENANA9TpLMwykt1
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這首曲歸終已聽過許多回,歌塵說過,其意境是日落時分,天色漸暗,走獸飛鳥紛紛反巢休憩,一天即將告終,但山腳下的人們卻非如此,街道燈火才要亮起,他們的一天還長,夕陽落盡只是另一個開始。她挺喜歡這曲,特別喜歡其中隱隱勃發之勢,可惜該處已是終章,曲就收在華燈剛起的地方。291Please respect copyright.PENANAT1NVTfPmZJ
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歸終已問了歌塵許多次,何時再譜下一曲,關於華燈漫天,關於不夜城的,續曲,但歌塵總說不急,說華燈雖好,可按天時輪轉作息,適當休憩也是十分重要的。討了幾回沒趣歸終也不在意,偶爾想起這事,依舊會問上一問。291Please respect copyright.PENANAw0beu96WIf
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曲子來到後半,琴聲漸快,俐落的斷音彷彿一盞接一盞亮起的街燈。291Please respect copyright.PENANAZDPGBqpRBQ
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歸終雙手托腮,撐在石頭上,盯著歌塵的瑤琴發呆,「歌塵。」她有些散漫地開口。291Please respect copyright.PENANAIVWgHnDolz
「嗯?」291Please respect copyright.PENANAFaebeEqe04
「妳的琴,可真素啊。」291Please respect copyright.PENANAOTXemVh8kI
歌塵一笑,她說:「無妨,雕飾華美固然好,可琴聲畢竟才是首要,這把琴很好。」291Please respect copyright.PENANAWLsjUr0iKy
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歸終拿食指和拇指隔空朝琴額比劃了一番,又說:「這琴方才告訴我它想要個掛飾,妳看,琴額空落落的,多適合配一個。」291Please respect copyright.PENANAGkRvrPgWE4
「這樣啊,那就依它吧。」歌塵輕笑。291Please respect copyright.PENANARoXuoNEIS7
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一曲奏畢,歸終小小的心願已了,歌塵重新背起瑤琴,兩人並肩曬月亮,一同望向不遠處的城池,城裡燈火熠熠,彷彿給夜裡的歸離原掛上一枚橘紅的鮫珠。291Please respect copyright.PENANA4w3uR60iNW
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「歌塵。」291Please respect copyright.PENANABQwc1mLK8d
「嗯?」291Please respect copyright.PENANAIJSq5B9OHu
「前些日子我去了城裡。」291Please respect copyright.PENANAXdbJpw2KxI
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歌塵臉色微沉,正色說道:「又跑去了呀?人類雖不如我等有仙力、有仙法,但其靈智難以捉摸,再者路上興許還有魔物,就妳這點戰力,要是……」291Please respect copyright.PENANAYk5rLhRje9
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歸終急急忙忙拿袖子按在歌塵嘴上,說:「停停停,我知道自個兒缺乏武力傍身,當時便抓了摩拉克斯作陪,本以為這傢伙話少,誰知他也是嘮叨了好半路,妳就別接著唸了,嗯?耳朵都生繭了我。」291Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9H0RrRlc4
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聽聞有摩拉克斯同行,歌塵才緩下臉色,她拉下歸終袖子問道:「好吧,既有帝君同行……那麼,妳想說什麼?」291Please respect copyright.PENANATXX4ltSNll
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歸終笑嘻嘻地說起,那日,她心血來潮去城裡玩兒,見到一個挺不起眼的攤販,是個老翁擺的攤子。291Please respect copyright.PENANAWKOUq40yjB
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「那老翁賣的是藝,不是常見的揮墨作畫,也不是歌唱樂器,唔,也許可以算是樂器,我見他面前擺了數個酒瓶,乘著滿度不一的清水,老翁手拿一雙鐵筷隨意敲擊,隨意看似隨意,可敲打的曲兒靈動俏皮,吸引了好些人駐足觀賞。」291Please respect copyright.PENANAmG5qCNN6Nd
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「嗯,聽上去確實有趣。」歌塵有些漫不經心,人類已知音律,她並不驚訝,歸終總是對人類的奇妙行為興致高昂,她也同樣不驚訝。291Please respect copyright.PENANAfL7aZAzQvZ
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略顯敷衍的應和不影響歸終分享見聞,她繼續說:「於是我想啊,音律真是個好東西,能將樂師與聽者的心集結到一塊兒,共鳴共感,就如妳撫琴時,我能感知曲子裡頭的歡快或悲傷,在短短一曲中壯遊一回,非常舒心。」291Please respect copyright.PENANAB2TQ7Y6pFA
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歌塵微笑,其實她偏好的曲也就那幾首,歸終已翻來覆去聽過好幾回,但她依舊像初次聽見那樣捧場,不得不說,歌塵喜愛彈琴這事,歸終功不可沒。291Please respect copyright.PENANAWebnJB3cVh
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「可惜人類之中擅使樂器者不多。」歸終還在滔滔不絕,歌塵不覺得有打斷的必要,歸終說:「我便覺著挺可惜,前後想了幾日夜,想到個好法子,給他們做一樣有簡便的音律法器。」291Please respect copyright.PENANAtwyl5IKdC6
「什麼樣的法器?」歌塵問。291Please respect copyright.PENANADDVVcAu98x
「喏,就是這個,昨日才做好的,等不及給妳瞧瞧。」291Please respect copyright.PENANAuEFVKvigsS
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歸終從袖子裡摸出個比巴掌略大一些的搖鈴,她解釋:「這東西我給起名『滌塵鈴』,可方便了,無需仙力也能使用,我以仙法封進數十首簡單輕短的小曲,你瞧,這兒有個機關,只消撥動此處,『滌塵鈴』就能隨機組合其中幾首小曲……歌塵?」291Please respect copyright.PENANApB8QYLRvWt
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歸終發現歌塵忽然間臉色不豫,她說了什麼嗎?291Please respect copyright.PENANAQaoDWcfq6T
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「這個『滌塵鈴』,當真能譜曲?」歌塵問。