夜色如墨，家家戶戶紛紛點起懸掛於外牆的水漣燈，水漣燈的光如清透水光，明亮了沁涼如水的恬靜夜晚。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUCbdHlazl
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悄然來訪的綿綿細雨，在水面上掀起一波波微小漣漪，雨打荷葉的輕響幽微而空靈，於朦朧的江南煙雨天聽來格外清晰。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXfEPXpUNw
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這場雨已經連續下了七天七夜，對我們這些水生水長的連方鎮居民而言，可是身心舒暢的好日子，不少鎮民都會待在自家水閣裡賞荷聽雨，怡然自得。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Y6FnRKXqc
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「漪洀，許久不見了，快坐下吧。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XVsxXE4N1
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkADM4m8WF
在青門客棧的水閣內烹茶的清漣，姿態端雅地如同被雨水清洗的蓮花，他看見我的到來，便熱情地笑著招呼我。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQCAqIf7qE
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShLPnZwexP
我默默地頷首致意，坐在他對面的座位上。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡikOHtznDYi
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8DUdyhXYz
石桌上的茶水正被炭爐煮得暖熱，飄散出氤氳茶香，與被雨水洗得清透的淡淡蓮香，融混成更加悠遠清洌的芬芳。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfIWP5WMQxb
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「來到這了，先喝杯茶暖暖身吧。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgVmyEWbo9C
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAE9w18IZfN
清漣在我的青竹茶盞裡注入茶水，澄清的碧綠茶湯上浮盪著一枚淡粉蓮瓣，更顯雅致清趣。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDZ4NNbzjl
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我沒有理由拒絕，清冽茶水滑入我口中的剎那，喉舌間便凝聚了一股頗具深韻的苦澀，但細嚐到底後，舒展開來的是滲入心脾的清透甘甜。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4F2MxKQqN
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeLsOJpcsU
「你煮的蓮心清露，已經跟清波姨的不相上下了呢。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hKAFcyukh
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOKKqcD71p
聽見我的感嘆之語，清漣的唇角勾起欣慰卻又些許苦澀的笑，說道：「娘親已經不在了，若我不能煮出來的話，這味道就要失傳了……」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWUo4UUgvJP
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語畢，沉默在我和清漣周遭悄悄蔓延，淅瀝瀝的雨聲在默然中迴響著。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMaHXRAYgxo
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZf6tkE5Of2
三年前，清漣和涓兒成親後，我就搬離了青門客棧，不再當客棧的夥計。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRpYGdfgpu
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdFjFukyCU0
我選擇在連方鎮偏僻的某處定居，成為舟夫替外來客擺渡以餬口，避免與清漣有過多接觸。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkySEUtRUnt
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清漣似乎看出我對他的刻意迴避，他沒有向我深究原因，把心思都放在青門客棧和妻子身上，我和清漣也愈漸疏離。過去十幾年親密無間的情誼，被歲月的匆匆流逝給輕易沖淡。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9J4NyW37zH
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrkStk3z5l
這幾年來，即使無法化解的苦悶於胸口不斷積累沉澱，這樣的距離卻讓我獲得了心靈的寧靜，我可以學著慢慢放下這段情思，讓將來的自己能笑著說，對清漣的這份情愛只是年少輕狂的誤解罷了。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Gnu82w0Sj
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ0VJx7GhI
但是今夜，清漣主動邀我到青門客棧品茶敘舊，不尋常的邀約讓我心底湧起強烈的不安，但隱然生出一絲的期盼，卻又讓我前來赴約……457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO04GHX4LCt
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzcYwALD5V
「漪洀，如今你過得好嗎？舟夫的工作應該很操勞吧。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gdV39fC2g
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybjs0IFTTr
清漣首先打破靜默，而我則輕啜一口茶，淡淡地道：「還好，工作再辛勞，習慣了便沒什麼，反正日子總得過下去……」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡigMtVnBIFt
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpo6h5tyVy
雖然這些年不是沒跟清漣見過面，但像這樣坐下來好好說話卻是少見，我偷偷覷看清漣幾眼，他的眉眼已擺脫年少時期的青澀稚嫩，多了幾分成熟穩重的韻味，舉手投足間展現內在本質的清俊秀雅，讓我的目光依依不捨地在他身上流連徘徊。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsGDRoBKYM
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjFeZZpmJf
此時我才驚覺，我對清漣的情意不但沒有消退，反而蘊積得更加深重，在看見他時一股腦傾瀉而出。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfyrVKKEzoX
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT0q95x5KC8
難以抑止的情思滿漲於胸口，這般糾纏著我的冤孽魔障，如同無底泥沼，終究令我陷溺而向下沉淪，此生無法脫離了嗎……？457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdm4lK5QBC
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HoTRDSytw
縱使內心是千頭萬緒的洶湧澎湃，我卻將其壓抑在平靜淡漠的表情之下，不讓清漣察覺到我的糾結心思。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8S8xdbgr5u
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5mt64CgxSf
「是嗎，你覺得好就好了。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxj2nhXPCV
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlfRn6panD
對於我故作淡漠的回應，清漣露出釋懷似的神情，將目光投向水閣外的雨幕濛濛。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxkpPX6QN7
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「以前你剛來這的時候，還老是懊惱自己學不會渡舟，但過沒多久，你的渡舟仙法就使得比我還行了。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsZwMBKfiO
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsuH2Ygc8O
「那時你總是晃悠悠地渡著蓮舟，而我就坐在你的蓮舟上頭，天南地北地說著各種故事軼聞，一同行遍連方鎮裡的每條水路。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozBMu0Qzcj
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「然後等到天完全黑了，我們就點著水漣燈回家，回到家後娘親都會叨唸我們一番，卻又已經煮好了夜宵給我們，就怕我們餓著了……」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HvyX3Ya6w
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbgIxvHfu7
清漣低啞的聲音滿溢懷思，宛若悠悠流水，溯回遙遠歲月的彼岸457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HB1sv8fFi
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzPwBZBc9S
「那些，已是好久好久以前的往事了。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqaIfMZCsj
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUG04bZBzlV
我淡然地提醒清漣，那段無憂無慮的日子，是我們已然回不去的往昔。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVO9q1NNykC
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「是啊，你說得對。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMyCAkKd7Sr
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清漣從我的話裡明白了，他的心緒從記憶彼端回到當下，那一雙清明澈亮的瞳眸正對著我。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZw6yHrnjJ
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RoImpINbO
那一刻，一道細微漣漪，在我死寂已久的心湖悄悄擴大。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf2WzZAdSiT
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUn2da0MumP
「漪洀，我有件事想拜託你。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLvuPl1EZAh
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYEz4WMhHGY
「什麼事，先說吧。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2JZy7BrlL
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCWwgIGIkM
我沒有直接答應清漣，因為清漣的態度誠懇而嚴肅，卻隱然透著一股訣別的堅決，讓我心裡生出一絲憂慮。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3AHtFvwO7
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSa4NlEKF4s
「我想拜託你，在我離開這裡之後，替我照顧涓兒。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpcqSNK0Wrl
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmWbsBH8tO
如同一道猛雷直劈我的腦袋，我愣了半晌說不出話。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvnDHcJEwC
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgkLFOExnc
過了許久，我發出近乎嘶啞的聲音：「你要去哪裡？你找我來，就只是為了說這個嗎？」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDyUff9lUs
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4VhdEbWcV
「漪洀，你現在還不知道吧，我們黃朝與西方異族的戰爭，已經蔓延到武陵山南方來了。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRJVy236Ly
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnMXbQxBfI
「這是前幾日投宿在我們客棧的京城商人帶來的消息，據說前方戰事吃緊，黃朝軍節節敗退，死傷慘重。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80EeTaSC2F
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVT89npDBB
清廉語重心長地說道，神情無比凝重，我已經隱約察覺到這番話背後所代表的含意……457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9tngmygLB
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUd5XNm5eB
「再過不久，朝廷就要徵召新的兵源了，之前我們連方鎮因地處偏遠，所以沒有受到徵召，但我想這次徵兵令就會來到我們這了。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqDhc9bnQEQ
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「連方鎮裡所有入籍的男丁應該會被徵召入伍，但漪洀你不同，你是從外地來的孤兒，籍冊上不會有你的名字，你也不會被徵召。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡncbVAidQKZ
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「所以我想拜託你，在我入伍後替我照顧涓兒，現在涓兒有了身孕，留下她一人在這，我始終放心不下啊。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlM3B5EzAu
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjstwjilmJ
「這是我對你，最後的請求……」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRzP6lluQR
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuQo4o16aqI
清漣極為哀戚地低聲懇求，坦露出最真實的軟弱及無奈。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdr1NRvUFYx
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnA2Aq3kqFR
我默默的聽他說完，然後面無表情地冷然道：「你以為我會像以前那般，答應你的任何要求嗎？」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YUqI6H8bw
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMLbIjTVsN
清漣在那一瞬面露愕然，料想不到我會這般斬釘截鐵地拒絕他。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2daYGvzLdv
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKUO2ZtxX5
「我知道我對你有所虧欠，但你忍心涓兒受苦嗎？」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzLnlFiwkn
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWmo13LKpu
「這話什麼意思？」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZKZb5i77l
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAmbuplH7n
我感到不太對勁，風雨欲來山滿樓的強烈不安充塞我的內心。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELyhqmvL3N
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5crwnDn2yV
「我明白的，漪洀，其實你對涓兒，是有情的吧……」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡifetNevf8W
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvdZzokYmJd
伴隨這句話朝我襲來的洶湧激流，將我整個人徹底吞沒。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdX3BLCBRFy
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrOgU3x4s2
雖然清漣滿載哀愁的清俊面龐在我眼底無比清晰，但我的心裡卻是昏黑一片，無法多作思慮，只能用嘶啞低沉的聲音，從乾澀得發緊的喉間擠出沉重的疑問：「你為什麼……會如此想？」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzFc57BBlu
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN2GqhMTLBe
「其實很久以前，我就害怕涓兒會對你萌生情意，所以才會想先對涓兒表明心意。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtEFNTDW8N
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShn5WkXxEh
「但自從我和涓兒在一起後，你整個人就變得不太舒坦，抑鬱寡歡，像是不想看到我和涓兒走得太近。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAzG1rvbXP
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡngN3SBtoU0
「所以我就察覺到你對涓兒有情，但我卻選擇忽略你的感受，因為我是真心喜歡涓兒。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNKBCGDzT6
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrcElR0Z2LI
「然而你卻因為顧慮我，一直隱忍下來，甚至在我和涓兒成親後，獨自搬離客棧。這一切都是我逼你的……我對不起你……」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg6c8wNEdPo
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5h4XPZF3Hw
清漣鏗鏘有力的音調，把他深藏多年的心聲說得真真切切，他的一字一句都在緊掐著我的心房。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhYYfGfwbf
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fMc32K7TO
我的劇烈心跳是無聲的吶喊，我想叫清漣不要再說了，卻發現自己發不出一點聲音。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmB3gBYjXmX
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzXtV5QZqSD
「你這一生都不會原諒我也沒關係，但如果你還對涓兒有一絲憐惜，在我走後，就請你替我……」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10P99XLWJZ
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JxL6oGPnI
「不，清漣，你始終什麼都不明白。」457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0UN1xPKDX
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFZV5gc7U9
我冷冷吐出的這句話像猛然丟進水裡的小石子，在深靜清幽的雨夜，在清漣的雙眸中，掀起困惑驚疑的重重波紋。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yIHo5Ret8
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBznYybIsz6
我近乎偏執地凝視那滄桑俊雅的面容，一股油然而生的衝動，令我想對他宣洩蘊藏多年的深深情思，義無反顧地投身進那雙清澈如水的眼眸中，即使會就此溺斃也無所謂……457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzb6r3WGul
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但，一切都只是空想。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCcwv0EE3eb
457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7b15njdq0
我逕自起身踏出青門客棧的大門，將那杯還留有餘溫的蓮心清露，清漣的聲聲挽留，盡數拋在身後，只留下空寂的淅淅雨聲以及最後無言的道別。457Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRXqLeoULsX
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