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在瘋狂奔馳於清晨薄霧的馬車中，婦人低頭祈禱。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ847sLFbKZv
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顛簸路途一再打斷她的聲音，但即使嘴唇顫抖發白，她依然緊握著手中的基督聖像喃喃祈禱，而另一手，則將緊靠在她身邊，頭髮微亂的華服少女攬在懷中。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjR2pVJDsH5
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她們在逃亡。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzEyfJKNz7
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少女從頭到尾一聲不吭，蒼白小臉上有著疲倦神情，髮髻已經因為馬車顛簸而散開些許，看起來有些狼狽。可她始終緊挨著奶媽，揣著懷中用小塊花巾包裹的盒子，像是要用身體護衛它似的抱著它，用力到連手指關節都泛白。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI4FINfMblm
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略顯福態的婦人仍然在禱告。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3KkB5J05JF
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可突然，像是輪子滾過什麼石塊，高速奔馳中的馬車劇烈震了一下，那瞬間像被高高拋起而又墜落的失重感揪緊了少女和婦人的心臟。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMbLUujNrS
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少女低低叫了一聲，更加用力地往奶媽身邊靠。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByeB2CE12g
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「......別擔心，小姐。」雖然自己也哆嗦著，可婦人還是強打起精神安慰少女，「我們會安全的。」27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV1JkDsu42w
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「......會嗎......」少女抬起絕望但渴求希冀的眼睛看著奶媽。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwx6PVQMn3
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「當然。」婦人說，同時也在給自己打氣，「前面就是邊界，只要出了森林，就可以和大少爺派來的人會合......」27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlzfJp5NN6
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可她話還沒說完，「咄」一聲脆響帶著恐慌釘上馬車車廂，同時也釘近了車廂內的女眷心裡。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gwJirbW0X
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「奶媽！」少女低叫，將頭偎進婦人懷中尋求安慰。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3KXBhFLZ5
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「喔！主！」婦人臉色慘白地呼喚聖名。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4sjLaVXoJ
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可追擊的箭矢毫不留情地在車廂上敲擊著瘋狂的鈍響。前方拉車馬匹受驚，步伐變亂，連帶著馬車也被左右甩動。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAKl8YwOfzz
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外面傳來馬車夫的高聲叫罵，以及追兵們越來越近的馬蹄聲與高喊聲。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sJUHWUpXi
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兩個女人在車廂內被甩離座位，跌撞上車廂門。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPRt4vvl7n
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她們低呼，婦人連忙把少女扯進懷中抱緊，用自己的身體保護她。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1NGmPjnjs
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可下一波震盪更加劇烈。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE17HcxWeBX
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後方射來的箭矢卡進急速滾動的車輪間，衣邊輪子失衡，整輛馬車巢一旁狠狠偏斜開來，甩動的力道將依偎在一起的少女與婦人毫不留情地甩開。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4uAPgT4KeL
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婦人跌在座椅編，好不容易攀住椅子穩固自己的身體。可少女卻沒有那麼幸運。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjjz5tGeqr
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震盪時那個小包裹自她懷中掉出去，想起父兄曾叮囑這東西有多重要，黑髮的女孩不假思索地撲過去抓住它、再次抱回懷中。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj5KsU8XXsk
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可還來不及鬆一口氣，下一波顛簸就將她纖細的軀體拋出去，重重撞上馬車車門！27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuyAliQMGY
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車門禁不住撞擊力道鬆了開，少女就在馬車飛馳間跌了出去！27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZT1ExMazh
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「呀啊——」27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOHpS8PHU5
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「小姐——」27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0KgmKpQSO
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少女纖細的軀體在空中無助地墜落，摔進路旁的樹叢間。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6Mo8UBfwj
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遭受追擊的馬車也在下一刻翻覆，拉車的馬匹被射中腿部，長嘶一聲倒地。連帶著馬車傾覆，在大路上滑行一段，掀起的黃沙遮蔽了混亂中的一切，包括少女飛跌出去的身影。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNNNCyzbN7
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轟隆巨響令少女呼吸一窒，顧不得被尖銳石塊和樹枝擦破的傷，她手腳並用地從樹叢中爬起，往煙塵中一看——27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNiGHMYLXB
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馬車整個翻倒，還在車廂內的婦人來不及逃出，被笨重的車體壓住下半身，痛苦地呻吟著。倒地的馬匹旁，車夫雖然僥倖跳車逃過一劫，但才剛站起來，就被隨後而來的箭矢貫穿胸膛，一聲不吭便倒地不起。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6UNEC4pBa
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從未經歷過這一切的少女到抽一口氣，摀住將驚喊出聲的嘴，大大的眼眶裡含著淚水。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2j5x3F8Zby
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後頭追兵的聲音趕到，少女下意識地往樹叢裡縮，盡量縮小身形，藏在一片枝葉中。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRvGpsj39V
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就在這時，她望見被壓在馬車下的奶媽抬起頭來，鮮紅的血自她額頭流下，襯著慘白的臉色看起來觸目驚心。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAGBDVMLgWt
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婦人的視線往她這裡掃過，正巧與少女四目相對。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjlYirdOFZj
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少女的心臟猛然揪緊——怎麼辦？她該怎麼做？27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDf8PbAhrmN
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她不知道是不是該出去救人，也不知道奶媽會不會將她的所在位置告訴追上來的人，也不知道自己現在該如何反應。只能盡量縮緊肩膀，抱緊懷中的包裹，小心翼翼地更往樹叢裡縮。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GhCPzQZAp
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後面的追兵很快趕到，那是一隊五人的搜索隊，每個人都背著弓、帶著劍，騎著快馬。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQFJPFHZ9O
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他們從馬上躍下，一腳踢開車夫的屍體，粗魯地在馬車四周巡視。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5je53j9xP
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「在這裡！」一人發現被壓在車廂下的婦人，高聲呼喊同伴。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODeffStvsx
27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJucTF97Vys
像是領頭的男人走過來，一把扯起婦人的頭髮，強迫她抬頭。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94biW5m3pg
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「只有妳一個人嗎？」男人問。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhGZQH02dO
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樹叢裡的少女聽不清他們說的話，心臟劇烈跳動的聲音令她什麼都聽不清。睜大的眼睛裡只有奶媽染血的面孔和悄悄向她移來的視線。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mj5kbkV31
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「還有別人嗎？」見她遲遲不回答，男人用力地搧了婦人一巴掌。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRr2rumb2w
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被打得呻吟一聲，婦人開始啜泣，緩緩回答，「沒、沒有了......」27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELTFcchNYh
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「可惡！不是這一邊！」男人忿忿地鬆開手，站起身來，大聲指揮部下撤離。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wDzHXeM3L
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而婦人失去支撐的頭部軟軟垂下，可眼睛還是盯著藏身樹叢裡的少女看。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTUDCtW75D
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——快走......27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9H7szp30W
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淚水從她眼眶裡湧出，她其實已經看不清少女是否還在那個方向，但嘴唇仍蠕動著，無聲叮囑。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVRIyJ88Zq
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「這個女人怎麼辦？」一名搜索隊員問著隊長。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFvknby9an
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男人瞥了倒地的婦人一眼，聲音冷漠，「放著不管也是死路一條，讓她早點解脫吧。」27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKZMDc6sqB
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這句話如同針尖一樣打入婦人心裡，刺痛的絕望湧上，她掙扎著想要求生，無奈下半身動彈不得，而失血也讓她的意識開始模糊。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9AYWj9V8Od
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男人轉身離去後，留在原地的部下高舉長劍，劍尖朝下對準她的心臟。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxCMmGBBj7Z
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那抹寒光在婦人模糊的淚眼裡異常刺目。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDTeoNUkrp
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也刺痛了躲在不遠處的少女的眼。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa67Yk5nyZm
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「......不......」淚落下的時候，連同哀求也一起吞沒。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8N0CmYVwU
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劍尖刺下。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetCJACy3gx
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婦人的生命就這麼平靜地殞落。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiIebmmqY8E
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少女咬著下唇，瞪大眼睛看著這一切。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgY3iAeNyv
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她多想閉起眼不看，可沒有辦法，身體不聽她使喚。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6lxBx6ImO
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尖銳的劍從婦人體內抽出，帶出鮮血，濺上了男人的褲管。但就像他絲毫不在意地奪走一條人命地對褲子上的汙垢不以為意，大步跨過地上的屍體，翻身上馬。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKURwfhgjSc
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一行五人很快策馬離去，馬蹄聲遠離後，森林裡又恢復寂靜。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUdMGkNw57
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少女壓抑著哭喊，想放聲尖叫的衝動在她喉嚨裡只剩下悶聲啜泣。她從樹叢裡爬出來，細白手臂上的刮傷奪不去她的注意力，她全身慣住在眼前狼藉的馬車，以及躺在鮮血中的奶媽屍體。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbf2QIaR1Y2
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她繞著路走，手指攥緊了破爛的裙襬，另一手將包裹抱的更緊。她不敢靠近屍體，只能在周圍徘徊、無所適從。最後累了，只好在樹叢邊坐下，縮緊膝蓋，顫抖著哭泣。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmd8vlzQWnj
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可沒有人會來。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Uo5yqRsdb
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也沒有人會給少女幫助。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCKMGFHWbP
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天色暗了下來，在密林裡，光線消逝的更快。而在森林裡活動的細微聲響，一但入夜，就像被放大數百倍似的，圍繞在少女身邊，帶著恐懼以及寒冷。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0SIWoLebN
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她發著抖，一開始是因為害怕，但後來就是貨真價實的寒冷，腹中的空虛感同樣折磨著她。少女已經不再哭泣，因為她沒有半點力氣。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDD9BLyLMOS
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最後，她想起馬車裡有一籃麵包，還有她的斗篷。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡleOh0HVPBP
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馬車翻覆了，可是麵包和斗篷應該都還在。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjiNMLyoDj
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求生的抑制戰勝了她的恐懼，提供了一時的力量。她往馬車的方向爬去，攀上翻覆的車體，從被擠壓而破裂的部份鑽進去。裂口不大，幸好少女的身形還可以通過。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYf6mrOM6mZ
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身上的洋裝經過這一連串慘劇已經破爛不堪，不過此刻少女毫不在意。她爬進車廂裡，找到被壓爛但還可以吃的麵包，狼吞虎嚥地吞下肚，填飽肚子後，她又從變成碎片的天鵝絨座椅下拉出斗篷，用它裹住身體，就這麼蜷在破敗的車廂裡。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRF8aUqycLo
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奶媽被壓住的腳踝就在身邊，提醒少女她離死亡多近。27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkltizhfbXV
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她縮緊身體，口裡唸著禱詞，用力地，像只有它是她唯一可以倚仗、寄託的那般，緊緊抱住懷中的包裹，絕望地等待清晨的到來......ns18.218.135.221da2
