清晨的鐘聲從山門遠遠傳來,帶著薄霧與松香,敲醒靜夜中尚未清散的夢。
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容昀如常起身,打理衣襬,整束髮冠。他動作不快,卻條理清楚。窗邊的露水尚未滑落,屋外傳來紀流低聲咕噥的聲音,大抵又是衣帶找不到了。
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內院早課在辰時初刻,從宗訓起誦、靈根導引開始,一日課程循序展開。容昀與紀流同行,行至半途,遇上了周明衍與言卿。幾人默契不多言,腳步不疾不徐,一路行過靈石台階,進入靈陣司東堂。
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今日授課的是靈陣司中級執教趙衡,一名四十出頭的長老,語聲不重,卻極為清晰。課堂伊始,他便點出一句:
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「陣者,順勢之道。靈動於符,心定則成。」
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他拈符入陣,光紋浮起,請弟子依次上前嘗試破解。
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紀流躊躇片刻,主動上前,起初進展不錯,到了中段忽略了一道轉符,導致陣光失衡,靈息不穩,陣未解成,被陣力輕推退下。他退回隊中,面色微紅。言卿後上,手勢一過,陣紋隨之鬆散,趙衡頷首許之。
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「此子雖靈脈未穩,卻心念貫一。」他言語簡明,卻讓幾名弟子頻頻回望言卿。
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容昀被點到時,默默上前。他沒立刻動手,而是站了一息,再下筆。18Please respect copyright.PENANA7Whyptvjgz
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他依照課上所講次序拆解,步驟謹慎,不求快,亦未嘗試自改陣式。待破至中段,有一符出現遲滯,他小心補筆,讓靈息順開,終於將護陣完整拆除。
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趙衡沒有誇讚,只記下他的名冊,在案旁略作註記。
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「按規示解,心念不亂,可修。」
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這樣的評語既不出彩,也不算差。容昀退下時,紀流低聲向他道了聲「厲害」,容昀笑了笑,並未多言。
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午後時光靜得很。
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靈陣課後,弟子各自散去。紀流說要回靜舍溫習,言卿則準備去觀符閣找書。容昀則留下,在院中石亭小坐,將早晨從司書台借來的經卷鋪在膝上。
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陽光斜斜穿過竹葉,影子落在書頁上,一如水紋輕晃。這本經書不算艱深,講的是符文與陣圖的基本相合,但容昀看得極細。每一句註腳、每一道圖紋,他都默默記下,筆尖落在紙上,一筆不亂。
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直到紙邊濺起微水。
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他抬頭,才發現亭外簷角正滴著昨夜未乾的水珠。風起時,那些水珠便順勢一顫,再落下,如斷句。
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忽然想起什麼,他收筆入匣,從懷中取出一封薄信。
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那是昨夜趁夜靜時寫的,只寥寥數句,卻翻來覆去寫了三遍才決定抄正。他將信仔細疊好,封入靈符,準備下午下山傳送。
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家裡……不知道下第一場秋雨了沒。母親怕冷,總是在入秋第一夜多加一層被。父親則還會起得極早,到田地裡巡一圈,再回來叫他起床。
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想到這裡,容昀不由輕聲一笑。他已離家月餘,但每當山間夜雨初歇時,記憶裡的氣味與聲音總會不請自來。
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「可有寫完?」
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忽然,一道聲音在耳邊響起,既不高也不低,像風過松枝,清而不寒。
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容昀轉頭,才發現夙玄正立於亭邊。
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那人身著月白法袍,髮未束冠,只以素紗隨意繫起。與日常堂上見過的模樣不同,他此刻像一位普通行至竹林的遊客,身上少了幾分威壓,多了幾分人間煙氣。
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容昀立即起身行禮:「見過師尊。」
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「無須多禮。」
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夙玄手中拿著一本小冊,輕輕拂去書角的塵土,坐在他對面:「今日之課,你記了幾成?」
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「六成。」容昀答得不急不緩。
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「只六成?」
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容昀頷首:「未懂之處不敢妄記。」
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夙玄低低一笑:「很好。不妄記,便不亂用。六成足矣。」
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過了片刻:「凡塵之事於你孰輕孰重?」他語氣平靜,無責備之意,也無關心之形,只像在述說一種天氣。
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容昀抬首,眼神沉定:「我生自凡塵,肉身凡心,若非換心,豈會有變?」
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過了片刻,夙玄忽然道:「你家中可安?」
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容昀怔了一瞬,才道:「安好。我今晨才收到過家書。」
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「寫多一封罷。」
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「……再寫一封?」
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「修行雖斷塵緣,心卻不斷緣理。」夙玄道,「世間萬象,本從情起。」
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容昀抬頭看向他,那人未看他,只低聲補了一句:「寫你所見。竹、霧、鶴。如此,親也得見你之眼。」
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容昀微微一震,心中泛起異樣的感覺。他不知這是否就是傳言中夙玄的“慈念”,但這一刻,他確實感到,夙玄雲淡風清的背後,有種異樣的山雨欲來之感。
「是。」他還是回應了。
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日落前,他在燈下補寫了一封新信,也不多說,只將今日山中之景畫了一角,加註一行:「若見此處之竹,不必想我,我在竹影裡。」
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