「走吧。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAvhPTXB3mvM
待胡姚離去,男人向等待多時的唐順伸出手,只是女孩沒能明白其義,以為對方要給命令,下意識又要跪聽。74Please respect copyright.PENANALS9HefDfJk
老天!又跪!74Please respect copyright.PENANA1SqYCspyrD
趙五頭本欲斥止,腦中恰浮現師妹提及關於棄子之說,還有臨行前那句:74Please respect copyright.PENANAKqIjDixPJM
「師兄,你可以不理解,但莫要責備。」74Please respect copyright.PENANA4nN3QVMFMB
這使他儘管氣憤卻無處發洩,只能煩躁抓了抓頭,仰天長嘆後,單膝跪於女孩面前,張開掌心對著她說道:「伸手。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAYiUyfeHmcV
「先生這是⋯⋯何意?」74Please respect copyright.PENANA9L35dsIPZF
唐順睜大雙眸道,趙五聽得疑惑,回問:「妳不知道牽手?」74Please respect copyright.PENANA2EnNgJCmTH
而見她搖首,讓帶過家中弟妹的男人頓時語塞,怔了好些會,才將女孩的手握在掌中。74Please respect copyright.PENANA4kAXqyWSTl
「像這樣。」他以另隻手輕拍唐順頭,叮囑道:「以後如果我這樣伸手,就是牽手的意思。」語畢,他拉著女孩起身。74Please respect copyright.PENANAA9JOebLaCe
「走吧,不要再下跪了。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAqEjXcYfR7f
趙五仍無法理解為何唐順會成為今日這般模樣,唯一能做是教她那些從來不曾知曉之事,將女孩待作自家年幼弟妹般照護。只是如此來,他便無法如最初所想,將其視為執行任務的同夥。74Please respect copyright.PENANAP1tbIGt52z
而男人同樣隱憂相生,因當他越於教中鋒芒畢露,唐順與其親近就愈加危險,更何況女孩早被廣傳爬上左護法弟子床榻,那些對左護法弟子寵幸孩童百般不屑之人,此刻也都對女孩透露更勝之鄙夷。74Please respect copyright.PENANAtI3s2fu2XA
「寵幸孩童不過奇特本性與癖好。」74Please respect copyright.PENANACJOq5ib50f
教內人士無不如此道:「可被寵幸之者則令人作噁,竟不顧尊嚴。」74Please respect copyright.PENANA38oGtxosS9
右護法門下幾班弟子亦發現唐順與他親近非常,多於背地竊竊私語,74Please respect copyright.PENANAi3Ztk0mFAf
「分明前世造孽,今生不潔身自愛,才招此對待。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAYoGgcHc7Gc
每每聽及此言論,趙五氣到恨不得狠狠揍斷這些人鼻樑,卻終究只能為了任務忍住,在房裡把頭埋進被中大吼大叫。74Please respect copyright.PENANAdsS2LkCCiG
「先生.....」74Please respect copyright.PENANA3qamvXFtIV
唐順軟軟呼喚埋在棉被底的趙五,而他僅是悶著聲音回道:「怎麼?」74Please respect copyright.PENANA18w5zTYrJR
「先生別生氣⋯⋯」74Please respect copyright.PENANAdGhLh0mJj9
女孩答覆使趙五怒火又攻心,跳起身質疑:「為什麼不介意?」74Please respect copyright.PENANAiAN5k3QgiQ
然而唐順仍不解,伴隨幾絲困惑與膽怯、稍微後退幾步,小聲詢問:「為什麼先生要生氣?」74Please respect copyright.PENANA2tuwswBwCQ
為什麼?74Please respect copyright.PENANAQdfcsw36j7
是氣為什麼唐順不懂何謂愛惜?74Please respect copyright.PENANA7LxQrubP0c
還是看到孩子被根本不知真相之愚人批判?而他無法保護她免於攻擊?74Please respect copyright.PENANAMDTxC14USL
又或,這事情全數出自於自己一句無心之言?74Please respect copyright.PENANAudw9YKnLye
「我——」74Please respect copyright.PENANAVz7yzZ639l
趙五察覺唐順對於他的怒火有些惶恐,剎那語塞,又有些懊惱,坐正於床緣後無奈開口:「我不是對妳生氣,妳不用害怕。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAiOeeBKt0hj
從未有人同唐順講過如此話語。74Please respect copyright.PENANAb2pocDvd6g
聽聞趙五所言,她心中感受到不曾感受過的安全無虞,稍微靠近他,像是百般確認其話中真實與否,眨了眨眼仰望趙五。74Please respect copyright.PENANAUh0oQ5JYUs
「為什麼害怕我生氣?」74Please respect copyright.PENANA6IQgqBK6MQ
男人又問,說完又恐自己太兇,便伸出手到唐順面前,良久,女孩才將小手輕輕放到他掌上,應答:「阿順小時後只要不聽話,阿爹阿娘就會很生氣打阿順,他們會說取給阿順一個順字,就是要阿順聽話,所以,阿順只要聽話就不會被打⋯⋯」74Please respect copyright.PENANASlYeJQaLHo
無聲示意女孩坐到自己身畔,趙五未打斷稚嫩童音。74Please respect copyright.PENANAmuqWRBhqna
「後來家裡有了阿弟,阿爹阿娘就要阿順聽話陪叔叔們玩,叔叔們都會把阿順用得很痛,但他們都會給阿爹阿娘很多錢,讓阿爹阿娘買漂亮的衣服給弟弟,阿爹阿娘心情好,就不會打阿順。」74Please respect copyright.PENANA06rQZXJ3kA
女孩牽著男人的手,踢著小腳,彷彿描述與自身無關的故事,趙五卻胸口極為悶痛,無法言語。74Please respect copyright.PENANAwVIcq6Pi9E
「可是⋯⋯後來爹娘和那些叔叔們起爭執,叔叔不小心把爹娘和弟弟都砍死了,但他們說阿順平常很乖、很聽話所以讓阿順活下來,又把阿順賣到唐家堡。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAeP5i5LEt32
說到此,唐順抬起頭凝望趙五、露出笑容,幽暗的眸子相當純淨,其中的光芒卻破碎到難以拼湊。74Please respect copyright.PENANAGD4X8ddxfX
「唐家堡的師兄師姐都對阿順很好,不會打阿順,先生⋯⋯先生也對阿順很好!阿順會聽話、不會讓先生失望的,所以先生不要生氣——」74Please respect copyright.PENANAlqppvd5s2e
猛然被男人擁入懷中,唐順剎那慌亂且僵直,但立即發現對方正在抽泣,陌生的情緒油然升起,脫口問道:74Please respect copyright.PENANAEFrFHvUcWA
「先生為什麼要哭?」74Please respect copyright.PENANA0h9h6EVkiV
而聽聞女孩的疑惑,趙五沒能回應,只是抱緊唐順,哭得眼淚縱橫。
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我要保護這孩子。74Please respect copyright.PENANAXJYvYi6xGb
從那天起趙五立下誓約,而春秋流逝,光陰荏苒,只是當又過一年半載,即使他再極力避免,兩人親近之舉終究被教中弟子發現注目,並稟報右護法,他立即被傳召前去。74Please respect copyright.PENANAEoJ8Hz3dPS
「薩達,你應知道今日為何召你前來。」74Please respect copyright.PENANA0fviPcvvUs
右護法看似不在意,目光落在湛紅指甲上,神態若有所思,徐徐道:「本護法看你,跟爬上左護法前弟子床的那女娃兒特別親近?」74Please respect copyright.PENANArvdyAxFChm
聽到對方飄渺不定的聲音,趙五心底早已做好演練,先面露左右為難,隨後猛然跪下磕頭,且久久不起。而見趙五神態真切,右護法估量幾許後收起本要下令的指尖,再次開口:「先別如此,你定有緣由,說吧。」74Please respect copyright.PENANALBt4nWnefk
「那女孩是屬下親生骨肉,她娘親是中原女子,來此地尋屬下不幸亡於大漠,屬下找了好幾年,才在此地發現到她。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAVAV9SsioDZ
低聲說起自己多年來使用的偽造身分,趙五情摯意深、字字真切。74Please respect copyright.PENANAFLQX7giShC
薩達本是綠洲部族尋常人家么子,曾去漢人城市遊歷,後因母親重病而趕回綠洲,畢竟長得英挺俊朗,加上這段深情過去並不顯突兀,反倒極為可能。右護法仔細掃視男人說話的神情,表情從頭到尾都無變化。74Please respect copyright.PENANAH6E2ba0hUP
「右大人,屬下⋯⋯」講到此,趙五再次下跪,嗓音帶著哽咽:「右大人,請責罰。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAAvMOK6yn6M
見此,右護法終於對其說詞打消懷疑,讓趙五退了下去,不再提及此事。74Please respect copyright.PENANAhzObqwcpny
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「咦?」74Please respect copyright.PENANA3ECSV3SAcI
難得表現出震驚,唐順瞪大眸子低聲道:「阿順要叫先生阿爺?」74Please respect copyright.PENANA9oNyFjHoGw
趙五煩躁抓頭,有些羞赧,不願再多提,僅是再次叮嚀:「噓、小聲點,快習慣吧⋯⋯別喊錯。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAMg2YhGWZZf
畢竟他想不到其它方式守護她。74Please respect copyright.PENANA23LS0hrthe
「是為了任務嗎?」女孩再次抬起頭問。74Please respect copyright.PENANArJoET1wDru
聽聞唐順所問,趙五沉默數刻,才頷首。74Please respect copyright.PENANAsoyP4e9DQ4
「對,為了任務。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAcUz6Lx2hel
他們為父女之事很快傳遍教中,因此即使雙雙形影不離也莫遭懷疑,而接到任務命令的唐順將相當認真扮演女兒之職。74Please respect copyright.PENANAvDAfehTxJB
「阿爺,阿娘長甚麼樣子呀?」74Please respect copyright.PENANA8Ir9jo49FH
「⋯⋯」74Please respect copyright.PENANAyHMQCaIHHF
「阿爺,你跟阿娘怎麼認識的?」74Please respect copyright.PENANAXUe22dSMi3
「⋯⋯」74Please respect copyright.PENANACEpXcaO7wE
「阿爺,阿順是像阿娘還是阿爺?」74Please respect copyright.PENANAjoYPVeFZZS
「⋯⋯」74Please respect copyright.PENANAR4OaZPpRRN
趙五頭痛不已,誰來教他該怎麼面對孩子一連串的問題?
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龐大的教團中派系自然分歧嚴重,拜火教益是如此,只見教內衝突日漸顯著,對教徒的管控更加嚴格,隨時都有政變之危。而趙五所站的右護法勢力大不如前,不但被下人分瓜,甚至有風聲其中幾位聯合新任左護法欲以下犯上。74Please respect copyright.PENANA5mHTnPVMGq
得到如此訊息,爬到右護法陣前護衛的趙五自然緊張,提高警覺謹慎防範並逐步開始收拾善後,等待收到來自丐幫撤退的信號。74Please respect copyright.PENANAuxU2AkoJDY
直到那日終於來臨。74Please respect copyright.PENANAhqdhdqzsTn
天未明,男人便敏銳聽聞遠方隱約有刀劍之聲,緊接著細碎腳步逐步靠近。74Please respect copyright.PENANAVaPtYE76Jc
寢房很快就會被包圍。74Please respect copyright.PENANA8PilqILTcW
他心想,趕忙搖醒睡在旁邊的唐順。74Please respect copyright.PENANAq1WHDd25hX
「順兒,醒醒。」74Please respect copyright.PENANADbGCIYa9Zb
女孩揉揉眼睛,語帶睏意問:「唔,先生⋯⋯怎麼?」74Please respect copyright.PENANAgdbYmJnuVb
「該過河了。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAs71HmBWoNX
趙五神態凝重,不帶笑意。74Please respect copyright.PENANAnTkAqFyCm9
是撤退的密語!74Please respect copyright.PENANAYCEOmcKToi
聽聞男人之言,唐順本還迷茫的雙眸剎那清醒,翻身從枕下抽出匕首,趙五則翻身下床、腳力踏地並掀起木板,抓起藏在下方的酒壺與打狗棒、千機匣,交給唐順。74Please respect copyright.PENANALOhTTRuTip
好在他早已把證據都湮滅。74Please respect copyright.PENANA4wR6A0o9RW
「走吧。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAoCn6Auq0BW
趙五領著唐順壓低身形到門邊,與其對望一眼,女孩立即知曉其所言,反手就將毒剎與鐵蒺藜朝外扔去,最後又炸開許多煙霧粉塵,即刻聽聞周遭傳出哀號,兩人便趁機掩住口鼻瞬行聶雲往空廊道跑去。74Please respect copyright.PENANApnXI6eJi4B
後頭立即響起此起彼落的嘶吼。74Please respect copyright.PENANAso8XuB8toe
「薩達跑了!帶著女兒跑了!」74Please respect copyright.PENANAJE0H6yFeq1
「等等!這並非我教所用暗器!」74Please respect copyright.PENANAz2aANttjJV
「他們是唐人!」74Please respect copyright.PENANAIDtDrjPMrs
「追!」74Please respect copyright.PENANAEFWNq8i5a2
聖火化為地獄烈焰追趕,他們倆人邊終是運起各自門派內力斬殺任何阻擋於去程者。74Please respect copyright.PENANA7n2E2OIQ4I
而許多拜火弟子見唐順身單力薄,就呼喊群起圍攻女孩,雙眸綻放出比地獄火更幽黑的光芒,縱使女孩極力反擊,盡可能拉開距離、找尋屬於自己的優勢,卻仍不注意被劃傷小腿,一個重心不穩便摔倒。74Please respect copyright.PENANAFNKqvafWmf
「嗚!」74Please respect copyright.PENANAJZVRDrbPQy
巨大黑影逐漸聚攏,眾人臉上沾染鮮血與狂巔笑容。74Please respect copyright.PENANAHz1hlePBSi
「這娃兒不是曾爬上前左護法的床嗎?」74Please respect copyright.PENANA3mo9gUWY90
霎時,唐順似乎看見早已死去的阿爹與阿娘。74Please respect copyright.PENANAKV77m3JsTc
還有無數朝她伸出魔爪的男人。74Please respect copyright.PENANAb5YeeyS7Jt
「代表對她做甚麼都沒問題吧?」74Please respect copyright.PENANAsuZ9VHwOuf
女孩無法思考,恐懼讓她動彈不得,直到熟悉呼喚傳來。74Please respect copyright.PENANABQouOheoYl
「順兒!」74Please respect copyright.PENANArkPSAaxO8D
趙五以惡狗攔路將唐順身邊敵人擊退,反身掌心以內力重灌入其天靈蓋,直接粉碎幾人腦殼,隨後抱起唐順躲到暗處,快速檢查、包紮女孩的傷口。74Please respect copyright.PENANAp5To3vPtUW
這時,唐順壓住顫抖的聲音與雙手,她深知腳被傷的自己不過是累贅,輕聲道:「先生、先生先走吧。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAiPKypGuauR
並嘗試揚起與當初無二的笑容。74Please respect copyright.PENANAb8FEFd7AkY
「阿順說過,若有甚麼意外,請先生優先撤退,不用管阿順,阿順不會拖先生後腿——」74Please respect copyright.PENANALEV0YvnOXv
「閉嘴!」74Please respect copyright.PENANAdNufAwd13Z
趙五狂怒,扯下腰間綁帶將女孩背在背後綁緊,毫無猶豫。女孩見狀便極力掙扎,用力敲打男人的背大喊:「先、先生,會死的!」只是莫知為何,她一直以為已經不再流淚的雙眸此刻竟是熱淚盈眶。74Please respect copyright.PENANAo8rUzuLMia
趙五未有半分遲疑。74Please respect copyright.PENANAmUQeakF8Tq
「我絕對不會丟下妳!」74Please respect copyright.PENANArLlZtkSZhu
他飲盡封存多年的壺中美酒,目光閃過毫無隱藏的殺意。74Please respect copyright.PENANAQFk0Qea29N
妳不是棄子。74Please respect copyright.PENANA3ZeH9NpmBy
而今日我們都不會死。74Please respect copyright.PENANA2xoHDdUF4E
「走了,一起回家。」74Please respect copyright.PENANAIUecA093ea
趙五許下承諾。74Please respect copyright.PENANAsVV866USgA
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