翌日,齊雨破天荒地起了大早,他得天后特許,無需上朝,醒轉後發了會兒呆,決定蒸兩籠酒釀包子,改以前些日子同帝江討來的金風釀入料。83Please respect copyright.PENANAflQphlY1gu
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那時他給離綰捎去符柬,邀請她一同品評,孰料二人返回九重天後沒得到多久安寧,他又馬不停蹄地趕赴常羊山,而後……83Please respect copyright.PENANAM3K5MP3ZII
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兩籠包子似乎太多了。83Please respect copyright.PENANAvbsFAKRm29
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「先生!」83Please respect copyright.PENANA2RJH4x6fny
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離綰碰地推門而入,在齊雨錯愕的目光中,自顧自拿起一顆剛蒸好的包子,一面咋咋呼呼地喊燙,一面在齊雨身邊落座。83Please respect copyright.PENANA5pISiM6KpR
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「嘶,好燙、好燙,先生竟起得這樣早,莫非天要下紅雨?」她一面說一面吹涼包子,「唔,真香,好似不是醉裡仙,先生換了配方?」83Please respect copyright.PENANAVTpEonaLg6
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「呃,是。」齊雨呆滯道。83Please respect copyright.PENANADTDqBU6Wpn
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離綰想起符柬上那行藏起的字,便問道:「可是金風釀?先生此前提過的。」她張嘴大咬一口。83Please respect copyright.PENANAoDGVtSvFJd
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許是咬急了,離綰燙的不住張嘴呵氣,齊雨見狀這才反應過來,摸了下茶壺,倒出一杯涼茶遞給離綰,前一刻本是剛沖好的熱茶。83Please respect copyright.PENANASWfULusRED
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「正是金風釀,錚錚喜歡嗎?」笑意直達他眼底。83Please respect copyright.PENANARYhOsUgBih
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「喜歡。」離綰吃得津津有味,齊雨看她吃得津津有味,「可我更喜歡您。」她補充。83Please respect copyright.PENANAYl27mkLnY9
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噗,齊雨噴了自己一身君山銀針茶。83Please respect copyright.PENANAcTOyF6BCsG
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「咳咳……什麼?」齊雨忙著拿衣袖擦臉,胡亂去拍早已滲入布料的茶水,他大可以術法恢復整潔,許是忘了。83Please respect copyright.PENANA4LmEeBs1Gn
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「我說,我喜歡您。」離綰樂呵呵地重申,彈指起風,吹乾齊雨衣袍,她說:「昨夜想了一宿,可算是想明白啦,我喜歡您是沒法改變的事兒,可據此要求您改變,說些我愛聽的話、欲知之事,亦是不應當的,您呢,繼續照您希望的樣子過生活便好,我呢,同樣就走我想走的路,我的心意就如茶湯裡的茶梗,不礙事,您無需在意。」83Please respect copyright.PENANAZev2LP1wmb
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齊雨此時才仔細端詳找上門吃包子的姑娘,離綰看上去精神不錯,可眼圈兒好似有些浮腫,昨夜只怕不僅僅是「想」了一宿。83Please respect copyright.PENANAiztydkY5l9
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他抬起手,伸向離綰身後的蒸籠。83Please respect copyright.PENANAkMXGXJqhKk
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帝江問過他:「離家的姑娘你打算如何?」83Please respect copyright.PENANAh99CRPSaII
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她還年輕。83Please respect copyright.PENANAksPHCa9yKg
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齊雨拿了顆包子,縮回手,問道:「綰兒從何處推敲出『霽』的來歷?」83Please respect copyright.PENANAXb8WlGUAid
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離綰自己揩了揩嘴,老實答道:「您的玉玦、帝江發狂時喊您的方式、甘淵,可主要還是吉祥大仙的表情。」先生不叫她錚錚了,以前,自她說起錚錚的由來以後,若無他人,先生一貫喊她錚錚。83Please respect copyright.PENANAfAefYXGKTA
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「嗯,推敲的不錯,那麼綰兒當知『霽』是父神眾多子嗣之一,於開分混沌一事中提供不少助力。」這姑娘不揪著他的問題拿翹了,以往離綰總愛捉住大大小小的機會探尋他的事兒,當他有話問她時,便是提出交換最好的時候。83Please respect copyright.PENANACXjpnTbVrG
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離綰說:「知道的。」沒事兒,離綰安慰自己,她自找的。83Please respect copyright.PENANANSpP26T6kt
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齊雨說:「可綰兒興許不知,父神讓賢給堯帝以前,『霽』曾是副主,即當時的儲君。」沒事兒,齊雨安慰自己,他自找的。83Please respect copyright.PENANAMxLUYaeGaJ
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離綰聽齊雨續道:「父神的羽化與眾不同,持續約有千年,開分時被蕩滌的太古神祇,碎散的氣息化作萬千生靈,繽紛、脆弱,縱然當時已有地母遺骨化成的,相對穩定的大地,這些新生的生靈依舊難以在戰後的濁氣裡存續,父神因而不斷剝離骨血,調伏橫衝直撞的濁氣,這是一個漫長而痛苦的過程。」83Please respect copyright.PENANAtR3i1YhfLM
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「直至父神真正隕落前百年,一樣特別的生靈吸引了祂的目光,那是個壽命不長不短的生靈,極其脆弱又極其堅韌,其所綻放的光華能跨越世代,融合、精粹。那正是人類,父神以為那便是八荒的未來。」83Please respect copyright.PENANAMOxBoKvXFi
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「餘下的百年裡,父神竭盡所能地教育眾神及萬物:人類將是世間的新宰制,務必善待他們,護佑其壯大。」83Please respect copyright.PENANAjXM2TdNh2j
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齊雨停了一會兒,似是一時陷於往事,離綰便趁此給自己倒杯茶,也給齊雨添滿,水流聲喚回齊雨意識,他輕啜一口,便繼續講述那些典籍裡列在「傳說」中的故事,他的過去,親身經歷。83Please respect copyright.PENANAq6JZq5BMCZ
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十日在戰時乃是父神得力助手,殺伐明快,武勇非常,其中第九日,霽,既勇且智,父神本欲將天地共主的位置交付於他,可自從人類現世以後,父神有了新考量。83Please respect copyright.PENANAYPeP8247XA
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霽深諳平衡天地之氣的手段,但性子淡漠,若為維繫平衡,萬般皆可捨,他是父神開分混沌時教育最為成功的一人。83Please respect copyright.PENANAMX5r8KXTcq
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偏生人類是一種不羈的生靈,他們心中,在天秤兩端達成平衡的事物稀奇古怪,不巧正是最可能引起天地之氣失衡的生靈,父神因而,在臨終前,決定改將共主之位交與更為通曉人性的堯。83Please respect copyright.PENANAsljRuP9anv
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此後倒也相安無事,許是十日安份隱居,不生事端,抑或只是他們十人的威能無人能企及。83Please respect copyright.PENANAw6R5T0FIjw
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直至災瘟忽起,盤伏於厄蒼谷的瘴氣忽然席捲八荒,所到之處疫病肆虐,生靈凋敝,更堪憂的,死於災瘟的生靈好似遭受污染一般,死後氣息無法重新融於天地間,只得歸入瘴氣,因此,瘴氣以超乎想像的速度漫延。83Please respect copyright.PENANAHw5hLdcZue
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十日光華正是滅盡瘴氣的利器,他們決議干預此事,以維繫父神窮其一生開拓的四海八荒。83Please respect copyright.PENANA0NYPtjTTcV
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祓除瘴癘進行的迅速而霸道,於他們手足十人而言,死去的生靈還會再有,除卻瘴氣乃是第一要務,生靈還會再有,包含人類。83Please respect copyright.PENANAtUYCVCzXTU
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「而後,后羿射日時,我等大量散發仙力已有許多時日,后羿雖也垂垂老矣,可筋疲力盡的我等實難抵擋后羿以仙元煉成的神箭。」齊雨說著,離綰手裡拿著最後一口肉包忘了要吃,早已涼透。83Please respect copyright.PENANAMqs84Y6jmP
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齊雨笑了笑:「吉祥曾對此事有過一嘆:『遲暮交鋒,烈乎!哀乎!』總之,五哥趁后羿和我不察,擅自將我封進他的法器濤焰傘傘柄,以此冒充我,既作為頂替,也作為封印,以防我不顧一切地和他們生死與共。綰兒可曾見到熔金之野那個個頭特別大的坑?」83Please respect copyright.PENANAWpENpW38cb
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「有的……」一滴肉湯滑過離綰手指,啪搭掉在桌上。83Please respect copyright.PENANAJ4K2zpyb4l
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「那便是張火傘和他生前尤為寶貝的濤焰傘,張傘時烈火漫天,瘴氣盡焚,萬物俱滅。」