林慧芳靜坐於濤臥市東側舊堤之上,晨霧繞城,萬籟俱寂。35Please respect copyright.PENANA2dwPfkJudw
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她的語冊攤開在膝上,筆端微垂,尚未落字。筆是熟悉的,書頁亦熟悉,唯獨她心中再無昔日的語。那種熟稔的話語結構與巧妙轉意,如今只餘一層薄殼,刺不到人,也護不了己。35Please respect copyright.PENANAP6DC12qqhr
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這是她封語後的第三日。35Please respect copyright.PENANAPOgpr0D0Gz
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無名與楚紅練未曾催問,三人仿若達成某種不言的默契——她不說,他們便守。35Please respect copyright.PENANANVNitcdfl5
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她本以為失語會讓自己崩潰,然而真正的沉默降臨時,她感受到的並不是空虛,而是一種令人不安卻真實的安靜。35Please respect copyright.PENANAhNZkE71XG2
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她開始觀風,記水,察人行、觀人靜。原本她以語言遮蔽感官,如今她第一次發現,世間之景竟如此豐富無聲。35Please respect copyright.PENANA6go3MkGCIO
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語冊上,她終於落下第一筆,不是語式、不是技法,而是一行心語:35Please respect copyright.PENANAWixlKZNYdp
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——「今日未語,心中有聲。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAqufvUZy5qs
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她望著這行字良久,不改、不刪、不藏。這是她真正的第一句「語後之語」。35Please respect copyright.PENANARjfrbIwv7q
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楚紅練自後方輕聲道:“這比妳講一千句還好。”35Please respect copyright.PENANAqG4s9Lx1DD
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林慧芳輕笑,未答。她明白,這並不是什麼重生,也不是突破,只是一個真正的開始——從「說得多」走向「不必說」。35Please respect copyright.PENANAZQtiAAM5re
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無名不知何時走來,遞來一壺溫水,淡聲道:“接下來走東南,言亂未歇。”35Please respect copyright.PENANAuahKTVUVoQ
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她接過水,點頭,沒說謝,也沒說走,卻已然起身。35Please respect copyright.PENANA1o74BxWSjV
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語不出聲,行仍有力。35Please respect copyright.PENANAPkaOMO6xiv
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這,便是她的無語之後,第一步。35Please respect copyright.PENANA8dnRE9Bvhd
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濤臥市東南三里,古稱枯井村,舊時為紙匠聚落,如今空屋傾頹、村道覆苔,僅餘殘言於牆瓦之間。35Please respect copyright.PENANArRTCgtcs3U
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三人步入村口,林慧芳未語,雙眼卻緊隨每一塊磚牆、每一抹字痕。她看見屋簷下貼有語符,墨跡已淡,僅存一字:“止”。35Please respect copyright.PENANAo481p6N5gV
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“這裡曾發過語亂。”楚紅練低聲道。35Please respect copyright.PENANA80oT2XPoMh
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無名點頭:“而且不是幻象,而是殘語成痕。”35Please respect copyright.PENANATUiemqIZgX
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林慧芳蹲下,撫摸一塊門楣,發現其下刻有密語之陣。這不是宗門之法,也非語術正宗,而是民間自解語幻的土法——以斷句為陣,截語而禁。35Please respect copyright.PENANAir5CmchHb9
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她記下此符形,並在語冊上寫下:35Please respect copyright.PENANArFC5UcfpAd
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——「語者未臨,言先敗。此非術,是人自解之念。」35Please respect copyright.PENANA7rCTVljiOn
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枯井村深處,有一口真正的舊井。井旁立有一碑,碑文早被磨平,唯有中央凹陷處依稀可見四字:「曾有一語」。35Please respect copyright.PENANAmomUEkQGuI
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林慧芳注視良久,低頭對著那無字之碑輕觸,筆尖在語冊上緩緩記下:35Please respect copyright.PENANAPhffBfJzVm
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——「語曾在此,今人已無。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAHeBHtleSeX
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她忽覺喉間微癢,欲言,卻忍下。她知道這不是不能說,而是她不願輕言。此刻之景,若以舊語破之,反為褻語之地。35Please respect copyright.PENANA6r0ZTLghVY
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她將冊闔起,閉眼片刻,再睜眼時,筆落新頁:35Please respect copyright.PENANACTvJMDz5IQ
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——「觀言,不必語。靜心,亦是聽。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAteYudLig6r
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村中風起,葉落無聲。林慧芳走過村道,腳步輕緩,每一步皆為自問。35Please respect copyright.PENANAy6FS3KRpXi
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無名與楚紅練不語隨行,他們知——此行不為破敵,而是為她尋一種再語之前的沉靜。35Please respect copyright.PENANAxRMCzXGjhC
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語未說,人已變。35Please respect copyright.PENANACnKgPJL2Yh
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枯井村南側,有一棟保存尚完的土屋,屋前坐著一名老者,身披麻布,形容枯槁,卻精神不散。35Please respect copyright.PENANA8XFiHqHZ0q
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三人走近時,老者未言,只以手指屋簷懸掛的破竹卷。林慧芳抬眼望去,竹卷上刻有一行難以辨識的殘語:35Please respect copyright.PENANAV3p7olPhde
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——「言成未語,語中不語。」35Please respect copyright.PENANASzh3CxjOSK
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她一瞬心動,卻不解其意。35Please respect copyright.PENANAZPxjMzKuoy
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無名向老者拱手:“此村語亂已止,是你所封?”35Please respect copyright.PENANAXP4Oj1sZSL
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老者依舊不語,只微微頷首,又指向林慧芳,緩緩比出一個動作——將指抵唇,再指向她的語冊。35Please respect copyright.PENANAI3gQvun7fH
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林慧芳會意,翻開冊頁,將昨日所記數行遞出。35Please respect copyright.PENANACYCvnUaoZx
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老者垂目讀之,神色不變,片刻後終於開口,聲音沙啞如風:“你記得很好……但你還不懂。”35Please respect copyright.PENANAMBM3w9OXJV
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“為何?”她忍不住輕聲問道。35Please respect copyright.PENANAbJfhYYmaSN
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老者道:“你記,是為了將語再現。可語若再現,不過是舊形。”35Please respect copyright.PENANAiZXqq4XYlK
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林慧芳眉心微皺,彷彿觸及某處未曾揭開之問。她回想語術初學時,確實不曾問過一句——我說的,是新語?還是舊聲之復?35Please respect copyright.PENANAXSXVgeds6p
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老者又指竹卷之語,道:“這句你看不懂,是因你仍以語術之心看它。這不是句法,是問法。”35Please respect copyright.PENANA51nvDjw2sO
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“問法?”她喃喃。35Please respect copyright.PENANAsORYURUpA6
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老者起身,手指點地,劃出一個圓形,中有一斷筆。35Please respect copyright.PENANAifTGOV2BaQ
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“語者藏於此,筆為形,圓為心。”他道,“若筆只書語,則語死;若筆能問心,則語生。”35Please respect copyright.PENANAYUveAwiVuS
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林慧芳驚愕,筆記緩緩書下一行:35Please respect copyright.PENANAnHNgwppTVT
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——「筆不為語,當為心問。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAYCmsJKchkz
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楚紅練在一旁側目低語:“那他到底是誰?”35Please respect copyright.PENANA171toDUIr3
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無名淡聲道:“不是誰,只是一人——曾言不成語者。”35Please respect copyright.PENANA5QmVjcQnkm
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老者轉身回屋,不再多言。35Please respect copyright.PENANAxnJBtl4BRo
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林慧芳望著他背影,冊頁上文字漸重,彷彿這段話,不是寫給人看的,而是寫給那個還在學著傾聽的自己。35Please respect copyright.PENANAY9dpBQeMWL
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此刻,她明白:語未必為說,言也不必成語。心若能記,筆即為聲。35Please respect copyright.PENANAEhdHegSVV0
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村後小徑旁,楚紅練獨自練劍。35Please respect copyright.PENANADrWEZYYlxQ
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她未發一語,亦未尋戰,只是以劍式演空。風過葉響,劍過不留痕,練至第三式「映斷流光」,她忽然停下,眉間深鎖。35Please respect copyright.PENANAoT3ENd9aJ9
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那招本可破影斷形,然而近來對上語幻之術,劍落卻常如空擊,對幻語者毫無作用。35Please respect copyright.PENANAfQ7RdXRJlG
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她望向不遠處林慧芳與無名交談的身影,語未出口,劍意已亂。35Please respect copyright.PENANAAQITKnx6fB
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她從不畏戰,但此刻卻首次懷疑——若語術真能破心而無形,我這劍……還有何用?35Please respect copyright.PENANAAI6XxsQ7AJ
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她長嘯一聲,揮劍削斷枯枝,斷枝墜地無聲。風未止,劍未息,她卻沉於一股難以言明的壓抑中。35Please respect copyright.PENANABKRlOjcsp7
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“語無形,劍有聲。若聲可破心,劍為何不能?”35Please respect copyright.PENANA3PmoW7aZGw
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她低聲自語,聲音中帶著不甘與困惑。35Please respect copyright.PENANAXCrwaK0odM
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腳步聲至,無名立於側後。他未問,只靜靜看著她劍尖尚未收斂的姿態。35Please respect copyright.PENANAwVQbJTzPZc
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“妳的劍不是為破幻。”他淡淡開口,“妳的劍,是為見真。”35Please respect copyright.PENANAXbHUowU56r
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楚紅練轉身,眼中火光閃動:“那語亂之中,何為真?”35Please respect copyright.PENANATZ4voATO1F
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無名搖頭:“語不真,心可真;幻不真,念可真。妳的劍,不需斷語,只需斷妳心中之惑。”35Please respect copyright.PENANAPYIf0lE919
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楚紅練靜默良久,終於劍收歸鞘。35Please respect copyright.PENANAAmCW1DkmjG
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“我不信語。”她低聲道,“但我會看著它,看它究竟是誰的劍。”35Please respect copyright.PENANAjfwSuRY2mo
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她望向林慧芳遠方身影,那人正埋首書冊,一筆一畫書寫無聲之語。35Please respect copyright.PENANATHD4kFdaCF
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這劍與那筆,或許終有一日相遇。但在此刻,她只願劍中無惑。35Please respect copyright.PENANAjF7aV0qh1t
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語不可信,劍不可疑。心之惑,一問便裂。35Please respect copyright.PENANAB2P6QEm4s0
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午後天光漸暗,枯井村最後一排廢屋後,有人影一閃而逝。35Please respect copyright.PENANApZGDIWVf7z
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無名最先察覺,他未出聲,只眼神一動,楚紅練與林慧芳即時跟上。35Please respect copyright.PENANAEOoF8mt60N
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三人穿過屋後廊道,抵達一塊曠地。曠地中央立著一個身影——身形修長,白衣無飾,臉戴素紗,無法辨面。此人不語、不動,雙目似閉非閉,似望非望。35Please respect copyright.PENANAlzteJUNjET
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“是幻?”楚紅練低聲。35Please respect copyright.PENANA3lX7DI2XIc
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“不是。”林慧芳出聲,此為她封語後首次開口,聲音低微卻篤定。35Please respect copyright.PENANAfujJIWG1pJ
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“不是幻。”她再說一次,“他是真的……只是無語。”35Please respect copyright.PENANAzF8rW6j58O
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白衣人立於原地,風起而衣不動,草搖而影不偏。無名步前一步,那人無反應,但無形中竟有一絲壓迫湧出,如無聲之聲,震人心底。35Please respect copyright.PENANAxUSIkRA5Gp
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林慧芳感到筆冊震動,似有語未出,筆先欲起。她強忍欲記之念,閉目靜聽。35Please respect copyright.PENANAxBd9y5Il1Q
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那一刻,她彷彿聽見對方未說出口的話——35Please respect copyright.PENANAEVnqa4aaLC
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——「你們在語,我已不語。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAcvUZRu8e8W
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不是言語,是氣,是心,是存在自身構成的「問」。35Please respect copyright.PENANA8fzCVcnxei
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“他不是語者。”無名輕聲,“但他是問者。”35Please respect copyright.PENANA62tjRzcTeI
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楚紅練握劍未出鞘,卻感手中劍微顫。不是恐懼,是心未穩。35Please respect copyright.PENANAe8x4kg5YRc
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林慧芳終於提筆,寫下一句:35Please respect copyright.PENANAFUXbkD5Y3f
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——「有一種人,以不語為問。其影不言,其心如鏡。」35Please respect copyright.PENANANqFncIVSgr
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白衣人忽轉身,步入林間,不見其蹤,亦無聲無痕。35Please respect copyright.PENANAw2U75bTfgq
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那一瞬間,三人皆沉默。35Please respect copyright.PENANAyA4y14AOXI
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“他……是什麼?”楚紅練問。35Please respect copyright.PENANAW7gmxT3hRG
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林慧芳筆下書成答:35Please respect copyright.PENANAijf1bixZMR
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——「或許是未問之人,或是……問過無聲的人。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAFeFA02uHOs
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風過林動,枯葉旋空,語不存聲,心影猶在。35Please respect copyright.PENANADerHBYjeGa
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無語者,不以語成其力,卻能撼人心根。那並非語術之極,而是語盡之後——心未盡。35Please respect copyright.PENANA1gb6n48ul1
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夜色將臨,枯井村燈火皆熄,唯有舊祠堂內微光閃爍。35Please respect copyright.PENANAUjMc8F5Hwh
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林慧芳獨坐堂內石階,手持筆冊,未語久矣,卻心思翻湧。35Please respect copyright.PENANA9aM6W2hrKG
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她再次翻閱這幾日記錄下的每一行——無戰之語、無術之句、無聲之問。35Please respect copyright.PENANAnlEr8gD8vP
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她不再尋語術之變、不記句式與音勢,而是每一筆,皆從心出:35Please respect copyright.PENANAR3PFubHtyG
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——「語不為術,筆不為勢。」 35Please respect copyright.PENANAP44kYlywD1
——「無語不為敗,無語,是問的開始。」 35Please respect copyright.PENANAye4mivhOI9
——「曾以語破敵,如今欲以靜破己。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAsnC0gYhVQd
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她將這些句子集於一頁,又於其上小字寫下兩字題名:35Please respect copyright.PENANAOH3U79asjZ
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——《筆中問》35Please respect copyright.PENANAnrE5vEUgmo
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不是語宗,不是心法,僅是自省筆錄。她知這還不構成任何體系,但正因如此,這才是真正屬於她的「語後之筆」。35Please respect copyright.PENANAKKz86vCZp5
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無名坐於祠外,望月沉思;楚紅練倚柱而眠,劍不離身。35Please respect copyright.PENANAARTv1KutWK
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林慧芳忽而覺心神稍寧,她回想起問影樓一戰、語亂所衍、語者所傷,過往每一句語,如今皆如回音未盡。35Please respect copyright.PENANAPJkE1Obn5q
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她伏身,在冊最後一頁落下今日最後一句:35Please respect copyright.PENANAJDRryc90Dn
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——「筆之所問,未必為他人之解,但能為我心一釋。」35Please respect copyright.PENANADkwnenLHer
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那一刻,她感到無語中竟有筆聲,如問、如記、如思。35Please respect copyright.PENANAqKcfaNUAVw
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她不再恐懼失去語言,因為她知,她已有一種新的聲音——筆下之問,筆下之語,筆下之她自己。35Please respect copyright.PENANAQJifw4Ios2
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這種語,不需聽者,亦不求應者。35Please respect copyright.PENANAGhnmkY88QK
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這是屬於她,語盡之後,筆聲初成的靜問之道。
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數日後,語亂之波平息,濤臥之外,七宗隱議初起。35Please respect copyright.PENANA3V3BjP9XR2
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雲藏宗東堂密議,長老青瓷子提出警告:「語術不可再視為旁門,若任其演化,或將成為無門之宗。」35Please respect copyright.PENANAz2TzuEe0p9
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武衡宗地司回報,其斥候在濤臥之外見林中白影,語不成聲,氣如壓雲,記為「無聲者」,列為變數。35Please respect copyright.PENANAuGfM7GG2Mw
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寂骨宗沉默無語,但在黑崖書壁悄悄新增一筆: 35Please respect copyright.PENANA90k0QxGxKl
——「筆問非言,亦可裂心。」35Please respect copyright.PENANARYl3AuQgxQ
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自此,語非術者的筆記、殘語、幻影被七宗陸續收錄,然無人能明確斷定——此為心術演化,抑或另一種宗派萌芽。35Please respect copyright.PENANAifAemXuCDc
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其餘數宗亦各懷心思,有人開始記錄林慧芳所過之地,有人開始研究語幻與無聲之界,有人甚至提出:35Please respect copyright.PENANAvhwn7CR93Z
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——「若語能心問,若筆能成勢,當否將其立宗?」35Please respect copyright.PENANAy8FzDgfGt8
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但此語未入議錄,僅被抹去,留下一行空白。35Please respect copyright.PENANAI1vIOfRng2
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那行空白,成了七宗最深的默認。35Please respect copyright.PENANAZ63U8yVQD6
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同時,林慧芳仍於小冊中默默書寫,她未知七宗已起疑念,只知心中每一問,皆非為人立宗,而為自己不言之語尋名。35Please respect copyright.PENANAJE0vKc9twc
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無名未說破此事,楚紅練亦未問。三人仍在路上,未歸、未語、未決。35Please respect copyright.PENANAzshZPTSZHv
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但筆下之問,已如江水潛流,無聲推進。35Please respect copyright.PENANAzl3Dx7x9ph
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破宗之兆,非由語起,而由「不語者」所引。35Please respect copyright.PENANA7uYLf6p5A7
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這不是新宗之始,而是萬言將止之問。35Please respect copyright.PENANAEkbLTATEm3
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七宗雖未明言,實已起警惕。林慧芳尚未知,但她筆下那一本《筆中問》,已成為問界暗流之初響。
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