沈應一年前見過古彥濤。12Please respect copyright.PENANA0FIXFxreSS
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彼時正值他換防經過,順路到端州拜訪古大人。12Please respect copyright.PENANAny5ZJtC6LL
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古大人是父親故交,當時一麵,是席上見的小公子。12Please respect copyright.PENANAEhRGcXiWRs
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古大人簡樸,桌上菜色已算豐盛,他百般嫌棄不好吃。祖母抱著他哄道,“回頭讓小廚房另做你愛吃的。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAsMovZabXin
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他勉強吃了兩口道要學沈應騎馬,祖母溺愛召來府中仆役馱著他滿園走,他摘了一根柳條作馬鞭。12Please respect copyright.PENANAwCvGg1vGLt
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古大人搖頭,多次向他表露擔憂之意,“老妻溺愛,我有心教他卻不能同心用力…我百年之後,此子不知要鬧成什麼樣子…”12Please respect copyright.PENANAh14SWwwbOX
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如今小小人兒,臉上滿是堅毅,不見絲毫驕縱。12Please respect copyright.PENANAei9m9nqcSH
古大人九泉之下也能瞑目了。12Please respect copyright.PENANAnQ6B10SMIB
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“你可還記得我第一次見你,是在何處?”12Please respect copyright.PENANARiseJH24V9
古彥濤臉色泛紅,小聲道,“記得,祖母讓仆役給我當馬騎…”12Please respect copyright.PENANA9urdxJmUUI
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他垂頭臉上有慚愧之意,沈應摸摸他的頭,溫聲道,“沈哥哥提起不是要笑話你。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAXNvZi4Oszv
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“世道艱難,不能像當日一樣件件如意。其中艱難你已親曆,不需我細說,古大人之教誨要謹記在心,寬裕時當思艱苦,困境中不忘初心。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAcgjlwWQC1V
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古彥濤正色,他年紀尚小,雖然還有些懵懵懂懂,卻與當日的古小公子天差地別了。12Please respect copyright.PENANAFrUXEG0mJE
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“你是好孩子,古大人會為你感到驕傲。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAlqp5lC2nNV
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提起古大人,他眼眶又紅了,“隻恨我年紀小,不能親手抓住凶手,為祖父報仇。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAm3vaw9enLW
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“沈哥哥定會抓住凶手,以告慰古大人在天之靈。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAI693gJAOSZ
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“你方才言陸姑娘不是凶手,那你可知她來曆?”12Please respect copyright.PENANAFbHuQ0nG9Z
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古彥濤愁眉苦臉,“我那時覺得她不配教我,沒有細問,隻知道她四書五經皆熟,善作畫。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAzK9RClsShU
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“是了,言老漢說古大人聘她教你讀書。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAo0LEjFnxG7
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“旁的我就不知了。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAVUPOdDrdaJ
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“無妨,若想起什麼來,便讓人找我。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAzOZ9L7XLxL
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今日收獲頗豐,沈應不再留他,古彥濤自己跳下椅子,去尋祖母。12Please respect copyright.PENANAmRL6hk1wcZ
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心肝寶貝失而複得,古家祖母又是燒香又是拜佛,備了厚禮要謝宋青之和神武軍,小公子一回府裏稍有了一絲喜氣。12Please respect copyright.PENANA8WtrIyNejP
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沈應與連旗等人商議,按線索,兩人認為宋青之所言可信,斥候一眾也單獨盤查過,與他所言差不了多少,其中沒有疑點。12Please respect copyright.PENANALUSlDkLkC7
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跟蹤言老漢等人多日的的軍士也回報,三人沒有其他交集。12Please respect copyright.PENANAiDuw9BpAxy
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“按現下眾人證詞,這凶手莫不是太閑了?”12Please respect copyright.PENANA1ZDtyhSAt3
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連旗推開案上文書,連看了一天,他眼前發黑實在受不住。12Please respect copyright.PENANAKRzxmX5Rg2
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嚴懷淵輕揉眉心,看向窗邊。12Please respect copyright.PENANAfbK12qVf46
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沈應正借外麵日光詳看手中證詞,“…這幾日我一直在想,殺古大人和門口兩人的凶手,會不會是兩個人。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAONvnRDsgHO
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連旗和嚴懷淵沒想到他琢磨這個,直起身豎起耳朵細聽,“如果不是同一人,也就是說宋青之敲門後,屋內凶手滅了燈早已離去…”12Please respect copyright.PENANAr99DyPfARS
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而是躲在某處另一個凶手,殺了伴讀和蕭文書,或許凶手本想取兩人性命,卻不想宋青之一行沒有走遠。12Please respect copyright.PENANARNiA20utsO
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以至未能成事。12Please respect copyright.PENANAvQWX7hQ3A9
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“可殺他們兩人又是為了什麼…”12Please respect copyright.PENANA5gYAsICgPD
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“…可惜蕭文書還未醒,我倒是好奇他為何半夜去見古大人。”12Please respect copyright.PENANApDFRfcBil8
“這幾日你去蕭府,他情況如何?”12Please respect copyright.PENANAdSiOiQ0hj9
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嚴懷淵搖頭,“傷在脖子上,他若醒來能不能說話都成問題。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAVS5XVyaZ9h
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連旗猛然想起一事,跳起來道,“不若我們寫信去書院尋白鹿先生?”12Please respect copyright.PENANAmh5uPsRAl7
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與其在這裏苦惱,還不如請白衣聖手,嚴懷淵大喜,“小連子說得對!先生心係家國,她能出手蕭大人也能早日康複!”12Please respect copyright.PENANAziQ4QP8ZIN
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“甚好,我隨後修書一封。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAlyo9F7ESOf
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沈應眉間稍緩,這幾日當真忙昏頭了,竟不記得可以尋白鹿先生相助。12Please respect copyright.PENANAxkLAgRHpVk
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先生妙手仁心,料想不會推辭。12Please respect copyright.PENANAac5YCbJio8
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“知早,這就是那女子報路引損毀的文書?”12Please respect copyright.PENANAyojQw267Ca
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案上書文,有一封字跡不同,嚴懷淵撫掌讚歎不已,“撇開嫌疑不說,她一手字就與旁人不同。”12Please respect copyright.PENANARqKSJTo6XP
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“我怎麼沒看出來?”連旗從他手上一把抽走,“都是一橫一豎,哪裏不同…”12Please respect copyright.PENANAicqRiiArzC
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“跟你說簡直對牛彈琴,不說也罷。”嚴懷淵嫌棄揮手。12Please respect copyright.PENANAQD49eOTrDx
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連旗也不惱,笑嘻嘻地,“要說字的話,你該問知早,他有一封寶貝得緊的書信,字才叫妙!知早你說兩人的字,誰更好?”12Please respect copyright.PENANA6LBdB2vsLA
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紙上所書極妙,那女子的確有一手好字。12Please respect copyright.PENANAolZs7Lbzcq
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沈應聞言不語,左手輕輕摩挲腰間錦袋。12Please respect copyright.PENANALhwI54FLjm
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他眉眼散了幾分冷意,“兩人字跡不同,不能比較。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAukIuSoRMXn
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那封信多少個輾轉反側難以入睡的夜裏,他曾拿出來在燈下細看…12Please respect copyright.PENANAWKMuRCP9JJ
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揣摩那人是在何種心境下寫的此信。12Please respect copyright.PENANA2X7HHUpcbI
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他起初看到這一紙公文時也曾疑過。12Please respect copyright.PENANA2K1EuF4npm
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但到底不同。12Please respect copyright.PENANAJndzUOraRD
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“你們說古大人把公文跟書放一起,有何用意?”12Please respect copyright.PENANARSmu5Lk4DI
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“公文直指此女,書指何意卻不知了,這幾日我還未曾參詳透徹。”12Please respect copyright.PENANADbB6FCNHvu
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話到一半,沈應突然想起,“這幾日可看見過古彥濤?”12Please respect copyright.PENANAjHQ3l1GfWv
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連旗揮手不以為意,“小孩子貪玩,忙著做小玩意。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAw5dKw8qWEA
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難道沒過幾日就故態複萌?沈應搖頭歎息,“我去看看。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAQRpqaPltX2
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府中仆役報小公子在院子裏,沈應穿過庭院,樹蔭下,小小人兒不知在搗鼓什麼,他專心致誌,腳邊堆著不少竹條,沈應走近也不曾發覺。12Please respect copyright.PENANAD9SIISekR8
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從後一瞧,在做紙鳶。12Please respect copyright.PENANAn3m27YZqcX
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紙鳶須得將竹條片成竹片,用細線綁成骨架,再糊上宣紙,古彥濤心無旁騖,鼻尖冒汗小臉紅撲撲的,手中動作熟練顯然不是初次。12Please respect copyright.PENANAwvCiLg3TOL
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沈應靜默,從後看他削出粗細均勻的竹片,待他放下小刀才道,“外頭曬,進屋吧。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAjmwZHaWInP
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他聞得是沈應音色,綻開笑臉,末了又將竹片往後一藏,“沈哥哥…我…”12Please respect copyright.PENANARZeiFm6ftZ
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沈應隻當沒看見他窘迫,示意他坐,“竹片削得不錯,不是第一次做紙鳶?”12Please respect copyright.PENANAo83uZuQwDM
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“是初學,不過陸姐姐說之前削的竹片不能用,我重削好幾回了。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAFgXlVtMM8a
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沈應拿起竹片細看,“你之前說過她要教你…”12Please respect copyright.PENANAxpixMwTda8
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古彥濤拿起細線綁骨架,“是,前幾回做得不好,骨架一邊大一邊小。勉強飛上去了也不長久。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAGt4Kk2BpEx
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他小手靈巧係線,指著紙鳶對沈應道,“陸姐姐說飛不起來是因中線不正,一邊大一邊小便不能維持紙鳶平衡。”12Please respect copyright.PENANA8sorO8oF69
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“她道做人當像做紙鳶,中線立正,持心正直,才能長久。”12Please respect copyright.PENANA7lDSoWSu7w
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她對古彥濤,分明是用了心的,此女…實在捉摸不透,沈應靜默了一瞬,“是,她說得對。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAal8fvpC1uU
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古彥濤係完骨架,猶豫道,“陸姐姐不似其他夫子,對我耐性極好,可府裏的人都道她是殺害祖父的凶手,我…我…是不是不該信她…”12Please respect copyright.PENANA2J7kE1Af6R
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他自歸來成長許多,可還是年紀不大的孩子,難免感到彷徨…猶豫自己是否信錯了人。12Please respect copyright.PENANAQVPIJfC5L7
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“且不管他人,你自己作何想?”沈應循循善誘。12Please respect copyright.PENANAIYuWGHD3Pp
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他猶豫了幾息,最終看著紙鳶堅定道,“她教我持心要正,祖父下棋那天也說她是良師,我還是覺得她是好人。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAL5MZrwmO3I
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沈應便笑,清絕之意盡散,笑意如暖陽初升。12Please respect copyright.PENANAs0KWe6on5e
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古彥濤繼續糊紙鳶,沈應順手拿起小刀,刀柄磨得光滑,是舊物,他一邊把玩隨口道,“古大人經常與她下棋?”12Please respect copyright.PENANAPB9xL2Itsh
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“那倒沒有,陸姐姐說她不善棋藝,祖父硬要她手談一局。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAqHyhPb6iLP
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原來她不善棋,這倒是意料之外,沈應道,“我猜猜,古大人贏了?”12Please respect copyright.PENANAvrkZULpeuN
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“是!”說起下棋他眉飛色舞道,“祖父說她棋藝原也不差,他們一來一回說了許久,聽得我都困啦!”12Please respect copyright.PENANAnVivDK2GgY
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“陸姐姐說…什麼《端州誌》裏寫了端陽三景,祖父便約她日後來看蓮池。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAywCLAE3Ghj
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古彥濤指了一個方位,“刺史府的蓮花長得可好了!我帶你去看。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAeFzLKXeg5F
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沈應一時沒反應過來再問了一遍,“你方才說《端州誌》?”12Please respect copyright.PENANAwapUULGl7e
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他皺眉苦惱地想了想,“陸姐姐說的,應該是這個書名。”12Please respect copyright.PENANAdTbjRxdjox
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沈應摸了摸袖子裏的書,心中思緒如麻,眸底寒色翻滾。12Please respect copyright.PENANAxGid6tkPiY
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懷淵搜查書房,從言老漢那裏得知,早前古大人似在翻找什麼…12Please respect copyright.PENANAMVXUOXlg1A
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而他從書房的暗格裏找到了兩樣東西。12Please respect copyright.PENANAXyy9vUXhsn
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一紙報路引損毀的公文,一本《端州誌》。12Please respect copyright.PENANABf2aCWTSW2
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本以為公文與姓陸的女子有關,如今看來連《端州誌》也是她先提起。12Please respect copyright.PENANAeDCr3WEs1b
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能讓古大人找到後鄭重放在暗格裏的,這兩樣東西到底藏了什麼秘密?12Please respect copyright.PENANAbgmtgCCQFZ
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凶手在尋的,難道就是這兩樣?12Please respect copyright.PENANAmVpXfqnRkz
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他思緒翻湧,不曾注意,不慎碰跌了古彥濤放小刀的盒子。12Please respect copyright.PENANABcqdIkJEYn
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盒子為木頭所製,光滑無比,裏麵鋪了一層軟布,想來主人極為愛惜,沈應彎腰來拾,手卻一頓。12Please respect copyright.PENANAjZhX2PSexv
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盒子裏的軟布下,隱隱露了一角白色。12Please respect copyright.PENANA7QLML0kOPk
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他拾起細看,以小刀沿著縫線輕割,在古彥濤的注視下,從軟布下慢慢取出一紙。12Please respect copyright.PENANACW1j9nh4YZ
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木盒跟著他好些日子,古彥濤沒想到裏麵還藏著其他東西,放下紙鳶湊到沈應跟前,滿眼好奇。12Please respect copyright.PENANASlndbbJmlH
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看得內容一大一小俱是一愣,他側頭指著那紙驚道,“這…這不是祖父寫給陸姐姐的關書嗎?怎會在此!”12Please respect copyright.PENANAbHxdnIU7HK