林慧芳靜坐於濤臥市東側舊堤之上,晨霧繞城,萬籟俱寂。77Please respect copyright.PENANABVteuSgqk3
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANACS7yV75Pyw
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這是她封語後的第三日。77Please respect copyright.PENANA5pKWc87njr
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAecrVWETRgC
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAUjMuWAz2eQ
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAYM0dOWA95w
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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:77Please respect copyright.PENANArSZhgkOKQd
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——「今日未語,心中有聲。」77Please respect copyright.PENANAlL5WpGVHAH
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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」。77Please respect copyright.PENANAVlKulTd9JH
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楚紅練自後方輕聲道:“這比妳講一千句還好。”77Please respect copyright.PENANAgDbAcPMlAB
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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」。77Please respect copyright.PENANAYcYzsiFTrV
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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。”77Please respect copyright.PENANARAYXg9WjJ2
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她接過水,點頭,沒說謝,也沒說走,卻已然起身。77Please respect copyright.PENANAEpeXriavNy
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語不出聲,行仍有力。77Please respect copyright.PENANARPXNMP7Clw
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這,便是她的無語之後,第一步。77Please respect copyright.PENANAeW8u2bmSJu
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAuwEKZKNF5m
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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”。77Please respect copyright.PENANAc8PK1kg30Q
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“這裡曾發過語亂。”楚紅練低聲道。77Please respect copyright.PENANAwK7wKwI1A3
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無名點頭:“而且不是幻象,而是殘語成痕。”77Please respect copyright.PENANAQRYZyelQ8O
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANA89fBRre64s
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她記下此符形,並在語冊上寫下:77Please respect copyright.PENANACxkXkwwUNA
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——「語者未臨,言先敗。此非術,是人自解之念。」77Please respect copyright.PENANA3z1Ppte6Iw
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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」。77Please respect copyright.PENANAz32H8ayXNE
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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:77Please respect copyright.PENANAF4qqM0Qg4X
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——「語曾在此,今人已無。」77Please respect copyright.PENANAVoeW5BrTAa
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAxUFtelrsYt
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她將冊闔起,閉眼片刻,再睜眼時,筆落新頁:77Please respect copyright.PENANAj3jdzm3jfS
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——「觀言,不必語。靜心,亦是聽。」77Please respect copyright.PENANATz1NSh3ouh
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAz4OrmLusFb
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANA3saVUccEOu
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語未說,人已變。77Please respect copyright.PENANAup7tVU6scH
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANADT3f7R1wQz
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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:77Please respect copyright.PENANA7sTzzV6HYL
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——「言成未語,語中不語。」77Please respect copyright.PENANAHuNjjq97u1
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她一瞬心動,卻不解其意。77Please respect copyright.PENANA5DLE6S2e5A
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無名向老者拱手:“此村語亂已止,是你所封?”77Please respect copyright.PENANA31EluabLTB
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAg4QA8Azb9x
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林慧芳會意,翻開冊頁,將昨日所記數行遞出。77Please respect copyright.PENANAVrJ8K39Otd
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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。”77Please respect copyright.PENANAH4m2CM2RWN
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“為何?”她忍不住輕聲問道。77Please respect copyright.PENANA67KvDVFCJW
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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。”77Please respect copyright.PENANAvaOEg6magd
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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?77Please respect copyright.PENANAQOVXLu5ttq
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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。”77Please respect copyright.PENANAntDbsfQq7X
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“問法?”她喃喃。77Please respect copyright.PENANApkvwoYSTyj
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老者起身,手指點地,劃出一個圓形,中有一斷筆。77Please respect copyright.PENANAh5vbjUrAeh
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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。”77Please respect copyright.PENANA5nYW1lduwQ
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林慧芳驚愕,筆記緩緩書下一行:77Please respect copyright.PENANAuG3laQGfqC
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——「筆不為語,當為心問。」77Please respect copyright.PENANAl2IdQYd4H9
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楚紅練在一旁側目低語:“那他到底是誰?”77Please respect copyright.PENANAIDoxKhE4D8
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無名淡聲道:“不是誰,只是一人——曾言不成語者。”77Please respect copyright.PENANAFKyU6lTD8k
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老者轉身回屋,不再多言。77Please respect copyright.PENANAapBRpQsOzO
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAawXFIzJjVz
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAxpbIvP20ot
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村後小徑旁,楚紅練獨自練劍。77Please respect copyright.PENANA59tC6CWa5J
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANA1gtug1iYvr
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANACwLGSwT0kE
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAgmgbSAjN9L
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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?77Please respect copyright.PENANAzV4NkFk9RL
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAdnfoNFZQwe
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“語無形,劍有聲。若聲可破心,劍為何不能?”77Please respect copyright.PENANAU6gGK6Zvgj
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她低聲自語,聲音中帶著不甘與困惑。77Please respect copyright.PENANA7EhK7T8w6F
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANA94kpqr4PwV
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“妳的劍不是為破幻。”他淡淡開口,“妳的劍,是為見真。”77Please respect copyright.PENANAzJUVy7m7rh
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楚紅練轉身,眼中火光閃動:“那語亂之中,何為真?”77Please respect copyright.PENANAoa6DESiRTY
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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。”77Please respect copyright.PENANAgKdoHokpyY
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楚紅練靜默良久,終於劍收歸鞘。77Please respect copyright.PENANAQcmqmCaXkk
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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。”77Please respect copyright.PENANAJfzKLvQlxX
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAL70ZWfWQs6
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAci6ZJtQiO5
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語不可信,劍不可疑。心之惑,一問便裂。77Please respect copyright.PENANAeHc9obEnFN
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAB1nho678DO
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAdIwOZqmqkq
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAohqYrE5mCb
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“是幻?”楚紅練低聲。77Please respect copyright.PENANAUP7PUogNbq
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAxR6APVo3Vi
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“不是幻。”她再說一次,“他是真的……只是無語。”77Please respect copyright.PENANAVitaXuHqa0
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAXVJf69AIMz
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANA6wGwEq2mjG
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那一刻,她彷彿聽見對方未說出口的話——77Please respect copyright.PENANA32nfLiHRuv
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——「你們在語,我已不語。」77Please respect copyright.PENANA4jZawhJBUa
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不是言語,是氣,是心,是存在自身構成的「問」。77Please respect copyright.PENANA6mv48AouuC
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“他不是語者。”無名輕聲,“但他是問者。”77Please respect copyright.PENANABQir3McM9w
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAGtaNO7psW6
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林慧芳終於提筆,寫下一句:77Please respect copyright.PENANAPY56Yq2Xqc
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——「有一種人,以不語為問。其影不言,其心如鏡。」77Please respect copyright.PENANAppU0gxVn9S
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白衣人忽轉身,步入林間,不見其蹤,亦無聲無痕。77Please respect copyright.PENANASuBiO6HIge
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那一瞬間,三人皆沉默。77Please respect copyright.PENANAsDQSnRLxAn
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“他……是什麼?”楚紅練問。77Please respect copyright.PENANALp1R73IHK1
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林慧芳筆下書成答:77Please respect copyright.PENANAUFxkp8Z44M
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——「或許是未問之人,或是……問過無聲的人。」77Please respect copyright.PENANAouL2bn9pjP
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風過林動,枯葉旋空,語不存聲,心影猶在。77Please respect copyright.PENANAlsVcFgivcH
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAnmYHROKDdR
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANA36Qn9kd2Co
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAjjaFTqaJTM
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANA4lC6cd2ZCW
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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:77Please respect copyright.PENANAQWtnpJtSQW
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——「語不為術,筆不為勢。」 77Please respect copyright.PENANAdpgDVWt9HO
——「無語不為敗,無語,是問的開始。」 77Please respect copyright.PENANAYHZHaPRWwU
——「曾以語破敵,如今欲以靜破己。」77Please respect copyright.PENANAEJjN0sMxEO
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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:77Please respect copyright.PENANAJOLP9uLdM0
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——《筆中問》77Please respect copyright.PENANAyfbzZ0CplK
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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」。77Please respect copyright.PENANA74znbsvbcl
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAsQ3LmfkXfv
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANA5aB4qnOE9n
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她伏身,在冊最後一頁落下今日最後一句:77Please respect copyright.PENANA1NWN8mHjai
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——「筆之所問,未必為他人之解,但能為我心一釋。」77Please respect copyright.PENANAHYC9Ja4cAq
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那一刻,她感到無語中竟有筆聲,如問、如記、如思。77Please respect copyright.PENANACGPt49kfnR
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAi3SYTEHbR8
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這種語,不需聽者,亦不求應者。77Please respect copyright.PENANAjxZDTOGPyo
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAuoy8dtF8s5
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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。」77Please respect copyright.PENANAaD1DjHEGUF
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAYhzSwPm0kb
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寂骨宗沉默無語,但在黑崖書壁悄悄新增一筆: 77Please respect copyright.PENANAWyVP3oZQqy
——「筆問非言,亦可裂心。」77Please respect copyright.PENANAVmVyuCYNsZ
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAtYT78ec0X0
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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:77Please respect copyright.PENANAImIKC4QdhV
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——「若語能心問,若筆能成勢,當否將其立宗?」77Please respect copyright.PENANAwlSsP7QWhG
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但此語未入議錄,僅被抹去,留下一行空白。77Please respect copyright.PENANAriovFBQx0v
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那行空白,成了七宗最深的默認。77Please respect copyright.PENANAOfd261cA9y
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAuhKDuF9BS8
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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。77Please respect copyright.PENANAxlqMB70sYi
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但筆下之問,已如江水潛流,無聲推進。77Please respect copyright.PENANA3UT103malu
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破宗之兆,非由語起,而由「不語者」所引。77Please respect copyright.PENANAM06XUZ5wyT
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這不是新宗之始,而是萬言將止之問。77Please respect copyright.PENANAL41eGrRmvh
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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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