「小二,給我一壺甘露茶。」201Please respect copyright.PENANAQSPHcok1tM
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「好的,馬上來。」201Please respect copyright.PENANAMKTxUx5gqK
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此時的我,身處黃朝最繁華喧鬧的南都大城,此地商賈雲集,車水馬龍,川流不息的人潮,訴說著歌舞昇平的歡騰景象。201Please respect copyright.PENANAbLwC4c6PHO
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我想過去的首都京城也是這樣的繁榮安樂吧,但現今那裡應是滿目瘡痍的蒼涼,此處南都的平和盛景,也是用無數的屍骨和朝廷的忍辱求和換來的。201Please respect copyright.PENANACIF4JpFTsy
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在西方異族攻入首都京城,皇帝逃到南都避難後,朝廷才真正明白長久的積弱不振,已無力抗衡西方異族的強兵勁旅,便與西方異族談和,除了割讓北方廣袤千里的國土,每年還需進貢大批的金銀財寶,才得以維持當今黃朝偏安南方的局面。201Please respect copyright.PENANANAIbvElElD
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即使這樣的安穩,只是異族施捨的虛假和平,對我們而言卻是求之不得的休養生息,歷經長年戰亂,國家與人民已是疲憊不堪,人人只想活在太平安逸的美夢中,早已磨滅了復國振興的壯志雄心。201Please respect copyright.PENANArK2LNRSbEN
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戰事結束後,我沒有回到連方鎮,而是開始了漫無目的的流浪行旅,我的足跡曾至北方綿延千里的高聳群巒,蒼茫壯闊的西域大漠,還有東方的浩瀚滄海,我獨自一人觀覽天下風光,蒐集了各地的奇聞軼事。201Please respect copyright.PENANAOD8XKEPFOx
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但在這漫漫旅途中,面對這寬廣的天地,我總是感到茫然無措,眼前展開的壯麗景色,都在映襯我渺小的孤寂。201Please respect copyright.PENANAsT5oaZIriX
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我已年過半百,鬢髮斑白,卻依然如剛降生於這世間的孤子孑然一身,我不知這樣萍蹤浪跡的漂泊有何意義,或許是我已經失去了供我停泊的歸宿,也或許是我想拋下那糾纏我將近一生的情根孽障。201Please respect copyright.PENANAgiPHjlRazC
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「客倌,您的甘露茶來了。」201Please respect copyright.PENANAh2LbyolFTI
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店小二躬著腰將剛沖好的熱茶及茶盞擺到我桌上,我啜飲了幾口茶,雖說是清冽甘潤,配得上南都第一茶館的好名聲,但果然還是少了蓮心清露那種獨特的深蘊滋味。201Please respect copyright.PENANAKYwGWVmU0Z
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「法華大仙鬥蛟龍,開卷!」201Please respect copyright.PENANAsdB20sXZkW
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突然地,響徹清亮的呼喊,以及爽快清脆的兩聲響板,將我的全副心神勾到了戲臺上頭,我再次回到了那壯闊的奇境幻景。201Please respect copyright.PENANAoewBJkb8gd
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洶湧奔流的滔滔江水不斷拍擊險峻磐岩,激起千重浪花如雪翻飛,從中化育出一條通身碧綠的蛟龍,發出仰天長嘯,其暴戾之勢懾人心魂,是能將整片天地吞噬殆盡的澎湃激昂。201Please respect copyright.PENANA3RzhfVjjxa
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然而一道祥瑞金光突然緊緊缚住龍身,蛟龍的掙扎與憤怒喚來了暴雨狂風的晦冥深沉,也激得金光更加明熾燦亮,伴隨大雨磅礡與轟轟雷鳴,天與地將要為此崩裂之時----------201Please respect copyright.PENANAw6CyjU4FTV
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人間最澄澈明亮的,一聲清響。201Please respect copyright.PENANAo0pHw68Db4
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蛟龍墜於地,化為通明清澈的浩蕩江流,霎那間開滿了千萬朵金蓮,在劃破重重陰雲的萬縷金光拂照下,渡化著芸芸眾生的苦難魂靈,水天相映,佛光無際,人間盡是一片清淨祥和。201Please respect copyright.PENANAyVTNoYrUxz
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晦暗冥冥的淒風苦雨之後,終是開霽新晴,江清風和的朗朗雲天。201Please respect copyright.PENANABxSRFSJfCj
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「漪洀。」201Please respect copyright.PENANAjulC1XQWPa
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澄澈明亮的,來自遙遠過往的一聲呼喚,喚回了那江南小鎮裡清澈的淙淙流水,潔淨淡雅的蓮花香氣,忽遠忽近的行船吆喝聲,古樸雅致的青石板路及小橋人家。201Please respect copyright.PENANAu4v2imwrp3
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清漣就在我的身旁,我們就坐在同一艘蓮舟,徜徉在水天一色的世外仙境裡,童稚模樣的他漾開天然純真的笑,他握住我的那雙手,遞來屬於生命脈動的暖意。201Please respect copyright.PENANAdQDTvoidwP
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他凝視著我的眼眸清透如水,是流淌進我幽深心湖的清澈活泉,那雙眸裡蘊涵了雨過天晴的明亮光采,是劃破我晦暗人生的一道霽光。201Please respect copyright.PENANAIBDRIMEhVo
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「一切有為法,如夢幻泡影;如露亦如電,應作如是觀。」201Please respect copyright.PENANAqnkmR93hsS
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最後響起的這句偈語,彷若迴盪於佛門古寺裡的悠長鐘聲,化去了所有的虛情幻景,猛一回神,我還身處於人聲鼎沸的鬧市中心,杯中的茶水仍散發氤氳熱氣。201Please respect copyright.PENANAFIxeKyvKjc
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「法華大仙鬥蛟龍,封卷。」201Please respect copyright.PENANABcv93rOY4K
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響板清脆的兩聲,讓這回說書落下了帷幕,同時爆出一片歡聲雷動的拍手叫好。201Please respect copyright.PENANAIN9vhTX6wD
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「說得真好啊,聽得我都分不清哪邊是真,哪邊是假的了。」201Please respect copyright.PENANAhgevsbRs7o
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「自從宋說書過世後,就他這麼一個嫡傳弟子,看來是得了宋說書的真傳,也是後繼有人啦。」201Please respect copyright.PENANAMnYOtrC4c0
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在我旁桌客人的閒談碎話,才讓我明白宋說書已然長逝,而正在戲臺上的說書人正是……201Please respect copyright.PENANAiEn1Z1UJwF
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他身形修長挺拔,雖然身穿簡便的粗布衣衫,身態卻翩然俊雅如玉樹臨風,他大方接受台下的滿堂喝采,英氣的眉眼笑得舒展了開來,一枚細小黑痣綴在他右眼下方,是他溫潤如玉的面容上最明顯的特徵。201Please respect copyright.PENANAchCZvbsFkI
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他,並不是清漣。201Please respect copyright.PENANARyt5fUmpjq
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真正的清漣還在那飄散著蓮香水氣的江南小鎮,那麼多年過去了,我對他的記憶,仍停留在那夜雨中的驟然道別,最後他驚愕不解的憂傷面容。201Please respect copyright.PENANAKZpJH6kTb2
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如今的他,原諒我當時的不告而別了嗎?他過得好嗎?他是否像我一樣鬢髮霜白的蒼老?他還記得當時的約定嗎?201Please respect copyright.PENANAUG3JepKvpu
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一直被壓抑的深沉思念猛然傾瀉而出,佔據了我整個心神。201Please respect copyright.PENANAFDJoxuyuh6
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「綿延千里的高聳群山,蒼茫壯闊的西域大漠,還有那傳說中的浩瀚滄海,繁華熱鬧的京城大都,好多好多我們這看不到的人事物,不管我聽得再多都難以想像。」201Please respect copyright.PENANAgraaodHIUg
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「我想像宋伯伯一樣當個說書人,一邊說著各地的故事,一邊暢遊天涯海角。」201Please respect copyright.PENANAAAE7htug4m
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「等我們長大,你也學會渡舟了,我們就一起駛著小船,遨遊五湖四海,覽盡天下風光,之後再回到連方鎮,把我們的經歷見聞說給大家聽吧。」201Please respect copyright.PENANAVOm3qbLuwB
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「好的,以後我們就一起去吧。」201Please respect copyright.PENANAGDOtUces34
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腦中浮現我與清漣的孩提時代,那時純真的童言童語,一字一句於我心底掀起陣陣漣漪,擴散出的層層水紋交織重疊,如同糾纏了我將近一生,無法可解的綿綿情愛……201Please respect copyright.PENANAERAEyoeZ3L
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在緩緩流逝的漫長歲月中,我如無根浮萍般漂泊四方,直到此刻我才明白。201Please respect copyright.PENANA9u4zeaJ3jN
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我為了清漣踏遍千山萬水,聆聽各方軼聞奇事,想替他完成未竟的理想。201Please respect copyright.PENANA3fyhpVgbMC
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最終,我都是在尋找回鄉的道路。201Please respect copyright.PENANAyp4htrHCBS
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時節已入孟冬,烏雲密布的天空於水面上緩緩浮動著,水岸旁僅有幾支枯葉殘荷孤零零地挺立著,整座連方鎮籠罩於一片陰暗晦冥之中。201Please respect copyright.PENANAqFPfq3tt1y
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我所行渡的小舟順著水流,於光滑如鏡的水面上劃開層層波紋,耳畔迴盪的潺潺水聲滌淨了我的思緒,一切歸於平和寧靜。201Please respect copyright.PENANAZjdOPVJZDx
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我闊別此地,投身軍旅已有數十載,如今我終於回到這座養育我多年的水鄉小鎮,我與清漣共同的故鄉。201Please respect copyright.PENANAJVGEQNnj44
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我凝視灰冷水面上的倒影,蠟黃面孔佈滿了年歲的曲折皺痕,兩側鬢髮被塵世風霜染上皓然斑白。201Please respect copyright.PENANAJ9zPzaRHE7
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從年輕離鄉時的春秋鼎盛,被歲月推磨成桑榆暮景的老者,這樣的我,就算被鎮上的人撞見了,也已是相見不相識了吧。201Please respect copyright.PENANAhIvLQygYDL
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那麼清漣呢?清漣他能認出我來嗎?我不敢加以揣測也無從斷定,我的心境已被如水流年磨洗得宛如古井般幽深無波,年少時為情愛生出的棘刺稜角,也被磨蝕殆盡。201Please respect copyright.PENANAJfmHCMvwvU
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現今的我就算被清漣認出來了,也能夠將無法可解的深情埋藏心底,雲淡風輕地與他笑談平生,向他訴說我旅途上的所見所聞。201Please respect copyright.PENANAhYuZwa1iuO
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若清漣認不出我,也無妨,我就當個偶經此地的過客,求得與清漣的一面之緣後,再繼續無邊無際的天涯行旅。201Please respect copyright.PENANADNalKDVzNu
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我只求再見清漣一面,此生便了無遺憾。201Please respect copyright.PENANABTNPzHyqAL
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我循著幾十年前我離開連方鎮,同時也是我年幼時漂流到連方鎮時所經的水路,回到了最初與清漣相遇的那個水岸棧橋。201Please respect copyright.PENANAvLIiLzIxBQ
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我將舟楫停靠在棧橋旁,凝望水岸旁齊整排列的古樸房舍,縱使外界歷經家國變遷的動盪亂世,連方鎮卻仍停留在最初的模樣,彷彿匆匆流逝的時光就停駐於此。201Please respect copyright.PENANAYpV8VRmvy9
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我獨自踏上斑駁的青石板路,依循記憶走入狹窄的巷道。201Please respect copyright.PENANA3pbdLM5zvN
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肌膚突然感受到如蜻蜓點水的細微寒意,反射性抬頭一看,覆蓋在頭頂的陰沉烏雲,紛紛落下細絲斜雨,織就一片雨幕濛濛,周圍瀰漫一股清透冷意。201Please respect copyright.PENANAxR6wCHjcgO
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我趕緊加快腳步,一路上我沒遇到什麼人,整個鎮裡充盈著斜風冷雨的清寒空寂,很快地,我回到了青門客棧。201Please respect copyright.PENANANDuwyjGQL6
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客棧的大門是關著的,讓我感到訝異,我記得現在還不到歇店的時候,客棧應該敞開大門迎接來客才是。201Please respect copyright.PENANAllmQ8Kx7Y5
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我的手碰向門環想敲下門,門板卻無力地被我推開,藉由敞開的門縫,我窺見客棧裡頭竟是沉甸甸地一片昏黑,杳無生氣的清冷。201Please respect copyright.PENANAf6RNMvkiQV
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「你是從外地來的嗎?是想要投宿嗎?」201Please respect copyright.PENANAgXCCchu6oT
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粗啞尖細的聲音從背後傳來,我轉身一看,是名身形矮小的佝僂老婦,她撐著破舊紙傘,瞇著眼細細打量我,她是我回到連方鎮後第一個遇見的人。201Please respect copyright.PENANA0KJqm5cJzU
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正當我想開口回答,老婦又扯開嗓子擺手說道:「這家客棧已經歇業囉,裡面也都空蕩蕩地沒半點人囉。」201Please respect copyright.PENANA9ylViXtK9B
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「為什麼?這家客棧怎麼了嗎!?」201Please respect copyright.PENANAPnN0ldOS6x
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似乎是被我話語裡的急切給怔住了,老婦愣了半晌,然後緩緩說道:「清漣掌櫃不久前剛去世,沒留下一子半女接手這裡,當然就沒再經營啦。」201Please respect copyright.PENANAHkD7yBpo9L
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「你啊,來遲了喔。」201Please respect copyright.PENANA8ydgT6QWod
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淅淅瀝瀝的淒冷細雨,就這樣不斷落在我空幽的心湖,延續至今……201Please respect copyright.PENANAT0sXymFo40