這晚，空氣中有股濃濃的腥鹹味，不是魚蟹，更像是……血的味道。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKuQ8uLHCT
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老漁夫在扁舟上嗅了嗅，這般夜裡，星子黯淡無光，連風都沉默，如此，那一股子味道是從何處送過來的？249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBcr2FP2fs2
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他向湖邊的茅老人廟默念祝禱：「老哥哥，您可得保佑我今兒多捕幾條魚。」249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqtAKbe4JO
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他划動槳櫓，其實玄武湖周圍是禁地，不准捕魚，只因湖上的櫻洲島建有戶部的黃冊庫，收藏全國戶籍賦稅案籍，尋常百姓禁止靠近，可如今這世道不好，他不冒險出來捕魚，明日一家大小就得餓肚子了。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYAj9w28UB
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他將魚餌裝在魚鉤上，再拋進湖裡，漫長的夜，他現下能做的只有等待。他再度望向茅老人廟。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxItL1GnN6
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茅老人本來也跟他一樣是個老漁夫，當年洪武皇帝出巡，見玄武湖景山清水秀，突發奇想，決意在湖畔建造黃冊庫，鄉紳茅老人上諫勸阻，言明玄武湖周圍老鼠很多，在此地造庫，就怕不多久黃冊全數被老鼠啃食。朱元璋眼睛一溜轉，對茅老人說：「你這茅老，『茅』與『貓』同音，就為你肉身建廟，在這兒幫朕鎮鎮老鼠吧！」249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXS2FiWlgGY
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不久後原地建起一座廟宇，茅老人被禁閉在廟堂的地室中活活餓死，肉身成神。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcQqpiiHJo
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呸，朱家人都不是好東西！漁夫在心中暗罵。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiR1lzbUpPG
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金陵城內翻天覆地，大批官員被西廠太監關押，換上一群新官，這些新官面目猙獰，一上任就狂增賦稅，啃了百姓的骨頭之後，還要吸出骨髓來，簡直慘不忍睹。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWP7siBxBwS
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想來朱明王朝的末日將近了吧？249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmxwnGv6WG
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無風的湖面平靜無波，靜謐的有些不尋常，連平日常在湖邊覓食的夜鷺也不復見，讓老漁夫有些納悶。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMUvv34fzD
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今夜看來是不會有收穫了。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbSlWjtjBd
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老漁夫才剛想著收餌，卻看見距離船身二十尺不到的湖中，突然冒出巨大的漣漪，他心知不妙，下了槳想划回岸邊，背後水聲夾帶風聲，忽然一陣丈高的水牆拍過來，掀翻了他的扁舟。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX0O1IqVQHw
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他緊抓住翻覆的扁舟，在起伏不定的水面上載浮載沉。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEI5DJHZUd2
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兩隻金黃色的眼珠先探出水面，然後是長滿青綠色鱗片的頭，老漁夫嚇得魂飛魄散，拚命地划動四肢，再回頭望時，崢嶸的綠色龍頭已伸出湖面，祂大口一張，發出旱天雷般震耳的吼聲。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pIj65qAUw
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這下死定了。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8NhKy1zbRn
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老漁夫嚇得四肢發軟，無法動彈，只能聽天由命。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uH5CVc2dI
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尖銳的鳴響劃破空氣，一條金色鎖鏈重擊龍首，綠龍發出痛苦的嘶吼聲，巨大的頭顱不斷甩動。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6i9ulpy0F4
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老漁夫抓緊這一線生機，拚命踢動雙腿，朝陸地游去，眼看幾近岸邊，才發現湖畔有座高台拔地而起，高台上站著一名白衣男子，他的衣袂隨風飄逸，氅衣一塵不染，臂上還纏著一截金色鎖鍊。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlz0PkAUIOq
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這是何等神仙般的人物啊？老漁夫心想。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShSnkWeGFx
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綠龍不願放棄到口的獵物，伸出長頸向漁夫襲來。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDaIs8LAO3
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長鍊一聲鏦錚，再度向綠龍伸去，鍊身似由無數光點聚集而成，可伸可縮，且靈動如蛇，鍊梢甫一迴旋，逕自撲向綠龍頸項，將其緊緊纏繞，綠龍瘋狂掙扎，想甩掉束縛，冷不防地張口噴出一道黑火，熱潮襲來，有如巨浪滔天。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipd6aZp8u9
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老漁夫被熱風炙得全身發疼，但他身在湖中無處可逃，正欲閉眼等死，卻發現發光的金色鎖鏈倏地捲上他的身體，遂將他帶離水面，拋向岸邊。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeugl5z2tG
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他還沒來得及站定，湖面上，一團綠影伸展開來，金黃色的眼睛從半空中睥睨兩人，綠龍朝著岸邊高台俯衝而下，白衣男子一甩手臂，金鍊疾射，向祂喉間的逆麟重重直擊，祂的攻勢受阻，仰頭向天際怒嚎，叫聲召喚出來雷鳴電閃，波浪滔天，數丈高的水花拍向櫻洲島，島上黃冊庫的四角攢尖頂立即塌了半邊，滔滔湖水湧進庫房。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmE3N15bFc
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怒極的綠龍噴出大量黑火，熾焰與黑煙中，祂的鱗片閃閃發光，如地獄閻魔，帶著力量與死亡降臨人間。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn6docsKWVY
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白衣男子不讓綠龍有一絲喘息的機會，金色長鏈竄出，鏈身反射橘紅色火光，如同鎖鍊上纏繞著一條火蛇，一聲巨響，鍊梢結結實實打在綠龍眉間，劃出一道流淌著黑血的傷口。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzunZoYgmCS
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男子大喝一聲，使勁將金鍊朝綠龍射出，長鏈脫手，鏈身夾帶火蛇纏在祂的頭上、頸上，祂鬚角抖動、嘶吼掙扎，聲音充滿憤怒與痛楚。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSIQcIlWpc0
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祂扭動著身軀，龍頸彎折成一個古怪的角度，一回、兩回、三回……249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCrxsp3pFKJ
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最後發出一次撕心裂肺的尖嚎後，祂終於蜷曲身體，沉下水面。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyz9aGghO9E
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見識完這場懾人心魄的戰鬥，老漁夫全身脫力，平趴在地上，口裡不住喘氣，待氣息穩住才得以開口：「那是啥東西？」249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGYcglzewO
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男子回答：「那條龍名叫『兀木齊』，是大禹治水時制服的四孽龍之一，原本被鎮壓在孫家渡口下，前陣子黃河決口，困住祂的結界崩塌，祂趁機竄逃。」249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdjTTKBYGc
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「祂死了嗎？」老漁夫問。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8U0FVvFw3V
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白衣男子搖搖頭，「我只能暫時將祂困住，要不了多久祂就會掙脫。」249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3TITTVM9fg
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老漁夫不住顫抖，「那……那要如何是好？」249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XWSEKWGui
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「若是在太平盛世，只要有皇帝親筆的檄文，加蓋御璽，縛在鎖鏈上，或可將其壓制於湖底。只是，現在的皇帝是名昏君，」男子啐了一口，「沒的髒了我的鎖鍊。」249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLg23nHZsmZ
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老漁夫深吸了口氣，站起身來，恭敬地作了一揖，「這位爺，您是鹽幫的二當家吧？」249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyU0L6g6sP
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男子低眉，「正是在下。」249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9npnjQXDJF
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金陵城中口耳相傳，前任知府掛印之後，貪官與奸商勾結，物價飛漲，全靠鹽幫在暗地裡懲治奸商，劫富濟貧。其中鹽幫二當家子犀出於一支遠古巫族，能飛天遁地，降妖伏魔。249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qrlMdUBrF
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漁夫想了想，還有一事不明，「這孽龍為何會在金陵現世？」249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa60Iz4Aabp
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「是被這城裡的血腥之氣引來的。」子犀嘆了口氣，「國之將亡，必有妖孽。群妖過路，天變地異。」249Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxoEqRHyn0F
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