隔天上午一個穿馬褂、戴瓜皮帽的老人來樊仁號,一看便知是堂子的人,說要給相公們做見客穿的新衣服,一做就是十五套,都是老顧客了,老人沒多交代什麼,只是擱了一手花花閃閃的大洋到桌上,爹爹笑得嘴角都要翹到那高突的顴骨上了,拍拍胸脯說會如期把新衣送過去。這下子有得忙了,吃過午飯爹爹就領著哥哥去布莊挑衣料子,布料很快買回來了,等做完前一批戲班要的衣服,就開始按照客人給的尺寸裁布,昭翊搬了凳子坐在老師傅跟前盯著瞧,大剪子劃開那些花紋光麗的緞布,他忍不住走神了,想像著這些布依照衣版子縫製起來,刺上雅緻的繡花,穿在那些嬌美如女子的相公身上,霜莫也有許多這樣好看的衣服。32Please respect copyright.PENANAkJZ5DCymWu
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那些昂貴的衣料子得悉心縫製,十來天就過去了,昭翊才得空去堂子那兒找霜莫,運氣很好,天色晴澈無雲,他也沒撲空,一身天青的霜莫就在樹下唱《西廂記》,聽見他喊了就細步走過來。32Please respect copyright.PENANAQwm5Z2aUgg
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「今天天氣這麼好,風大沒雲,我們去放風箏!」昭翊抬頭望一下頭頂蔚藍,隔著風對霜莫大聲嚷,眼前的白梨花沙沙亂顫。32Please respect copyright.PENANAjF7XeE8YhG
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「去哪兒放?」霜莫雙手收在身前,仰高臉蛋瞧著昭翊問,灑下去的日光、梨花的影子,明明暗暗,在他臉上急亂亂地飄搖,看不清楚神情。32Please respect copyright.PENANA1ufp9CrPfH
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「天壇那裡,有好大的園子。」昭翊說著就大大展開雙臂比起來,「大晴天去那裡曬一曬最舒服了,就放之前給你的風箏吧。」32Please respect copyright.PENANA8g8LUuMa8T
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「我去拿。」霜莫說得慢悠悠,腳步倒很靈快,一下子就不見身影了。32Please respect copyright.PENANAGEWFyPWCed
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再看到人從屋子轉角走出來,他身前翩著一只大蝴蝶,手裡小心翼翼捏著蝴蝶背後的風箏骨,昭翊幫霜莫拿了風箏,拉他爬出牆,兩人就走出八大胡同,來到珠市口大街上,再一路往南走,滿街行人推推擠擠,昭翊個子高,就把風箏高舉到頭頂上,免得給粗魯急躁、撞來蹭去的人們碰壞了。32Please respect copyright.PENANAi5khfhCblA
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到了天橋,另一邊就是天壇了,入了民國皇家被廢,也不祭天了,這裡在昭翊還小的時候就給當作公園,原來是皇帝祈求國運昌隆的地方,現在昌隆的是滿地春草,都漫到了祭壇階梯上,一片萋萋、一片淒淒。32Please respect copyright.PENANAvuiZ5QxECu
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皇家祭壇有如一頂寶藍的帽冠,擱在草地中央巍巍聳立,卻遮不住整片青天,旁邊是一片園林,這是昭翊看過最大的園子,夠放風箏了。32Please respect copyright.PENANAH0OQbNSfCS
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不只他們,許多老百姓都趁風大的好日子來放風箏,天上一隻隻七彩繚亂的鴛鴦、燕子、鷂子,相競高飛,把天空綴成大姑娘的花俏做衣布。32Please respect copyright.PENANArSGB7SifxM
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兩人站在園子的牆邊,給風吹得衣袖簌簌,昭翊把風箏交給霜莫,邊後退邊從線軸上放出風箏線,退到了園子中央。32Please respect copyright.PENANA0feOfsDUH8
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「霜莫,把風箏舉高,舉到你頭頂上!」昭翊指指天空,朝站在牆前的霜莫喊,他響亮的嗓音順著風吹過去。32Please respect copyright.PENANAZ9MlaxJddT
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霜莫便舉高了雙手,將斑斕的蝴蝶戴在頭頂上,他也就那丁點兒身板子,風箏在風裡搖搖擺擺,要落不起的樣子。32Please respect copyright.PENANAt4VggdFuQX
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「再高點、再高點!」昭翊向上揮著手。32Please respect copyright.PENANAEgHcetCp4K
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這會兒霜莫把手臂貼到耳朵上,挺直了往上搆,要搆到天邊似的,連腳都踮起來了,大風撥弄著他衣衫,活像一株亭亭的水蔥,迎風搖曳。32Please respect copyright.PENANAoQ4JULAg3u
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瞧霜莫努力向上抽長的模樣,昭翊偷偷笑了一聲,朝他點點頭:「行了,等會我一喊『放』,你就把風箏推出去,朝風的方向推啊。」32Please respect copyright.PENANAQD0Bld41HJ
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昭翊拉緊了風箏線,轉過身去踏出一步,準備起跑,「放、快放!」他喊著就邁開大步奔出去,手裡的線陡然往上扯,他仰頭望向天──蝴蝶翩翩升入青天,下方翅膀的一對長尾巴凌著風,亂疾疾地飄揚,給藍天又綴上一抹絢彩,又一個角兒登場,擠入這臺鮮活熱鬧的戲臺子。32Please respect copyright.PENANAoDleQWrldG
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「飛上去了!霜莫你瞧,飛上去了!」昭翊停下腳步,一派激昂地放聲呼喊,手裡的線繃得很緊,他放了一些,蝴蝶飛得更高了,在無邊的蔚藍裡顯得更渺小了。32Please respect copyright.PENANAjLBgGWB6Xh
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他沒工夫往地上看,就一個勁喊著人,「霜莫、霜莫!」32Please respect copyright.PENANAK25LdiJCf9
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「來了。」霜莫的嗓音夾著風聲在昭翊身邊響起,給風吹得輕盈。32Please respect copyright.PENANAjW1amRG3TW
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「你瞧,現在風大,放線能讓風箏飛得更高,要是風小了,線會鬆開,再收線風箏就不會掉下來。」昭翊一邊說,一邊扯住空中的線往線軸上捲,蝴蝶果然向下一撲,顫顫翅膀,飛得低了些。32Please respect copyright.PENANAP20bek2zHS
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霜莫也高高昂著臉,目不轉睛望著那只遙遙翩飛的蝴蝶,昭翊碰了碰他,把線軸遞過來,「你試試吧。」32Please respect copyright.PENANAHaPk9yNFLj
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他也沒工夫低頭,摸索著接過線軸,昭翊手一鬆,他就給風力猛地向上一拉,踉蹌了一步,趕緊鬆開線放出去,風箏浮得更高了,與他不同,無拘無束。32Please respect copyright.PENANAZRNcuCHnWI
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霜莫活到現在,不是在流仙堂的小院子裡,就是在戲院的戲臺裡、飯館的包廂裡、老斗的屋子裡,走到哪一處都是邊界,方方正正,都是牢籠的形狀,青天是沒有邊界的,他瞧得羨慕,卻不真切,無從得知在天空裡飛翔是什麼樣的滋味。32Please respect copyright.PENANAvM2iwyglk2
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「我要放放看。」霜莫要求,語氣平靜卻堅定,或許還有一點殷切,他自己沒有察覺。32Please respect copyright.PENANATe0Nlov62P
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昭翊卻聽出來了,很高興地咧開嘴朝霜莫笑,「得呀,我先把風箏收回來。」他拿回線軸,耐著性子一點一點慢慢收線,直到風箏低得快要伸手就能捉住,他讓霜莫去下頭等著,在風箏掉下來的時候接住,免得落地撞壞了。32Please respect copyright.PENANArHb9e2mhzX
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這會兒兩人換了位置,霜莫背著來風,昭翊舉起風箏,他比霜莫高大許多,雙臂伸懶腰似的輕鬆一揚就搆到風頭,風一來蝴蝶就奮力振翅,迫不及待要再飛上天。霜莫把風箏線牽得緊緊地,繃成琴上的弦,他也繃成琴上的弦,有點兒緊張,看昭翊揮了揮風箏,便轉身踩出碎步往前那面遠遠的林子跑。32Please respect copyright.PENANA3Xh5mpXM14
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跑出去沒幾步昭翊就在後頭喊:「哎!掉下來了!你跑得不夠快。」32Please respect copyright.PENANAQAa3VGyiVv
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霜莫停下來回頭望,見蝴蝶毫無生氣、攤著翅膀落在地上,昭翊彎腰撿了起來,「你得跑快點兒,風箏才能乘風上去。」32Please respect copyright.PENANAzuogOvoH3X
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第二次、第三次,風箏都沒能乘上風頭,手一放就跌進草地,方才看昭翊那樣容易就讓風箏飛上天,跟他四處逛蕩一樣自然,只憑一雙腿卻想去哪兒都成,就連流仙堂的高牆都能翻過去;霜莫自己總束著手腳,做貴妃只能碎著步子小心走,趕條子只能坐著躺著任人擺佈,臺上有軟轎和駿馬載著他,臺下有師傅和榮芳盯著他,他沒有什麼邁步奔跑的機會,不曉得跑得多快才能將風箏送上天。32Please respect copyright.PENANARWcxPzbtKu
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接連的失敗讓霜莫浮一臉躁氣不說話,昭翊卻很有耐心,沒懊惱沒厭煩,安撫他多試幾回就會成了,再放一回給他看,這回霜莫看的不是風箏如何飛上天,而是昭翊如何逆風疾奔,他並沒有真正看過馬兒奔跑,也不曾去過原野,卻彷彿看見一匹原野上的馬兒自由奔馳,那雙腿又輕又快,乘著風一步就是一里,明明有牆的園子變得無限寬闊,就任他揮灑一身放恣的、暢快的精力。32Please respect copyright.PENANA5hSgrqPwMA
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風吹嘯嘯,把昭翊那明朗勃發的精神吹到了霜莫身上,他也抖擻起來,當風箏的線軸再輪到他手裡,他慢慢調息,前後盪了盪雙腿,腿一踢腳尖就指到天上,見昭翊一臉欽羨瞧著,霜莫揚揚眉毛,望向前方一片蓊翠,拉開腿踏一個箭步就奔出去──32Please respect copyright.PENANAzmgY9dQsEO
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風聲在耳邊烈烈作響,身上衫子給風颳得簌簌亂揚,壓襟在胸口上叮叮直撞,想要鎮住人,霜莫的手腳卻從沒這樣輕快過,大步大步跨出去,師傅、老斗、滿堂座兒扣上的桎梏給甩開了,現在的他不是深宮高牆裡的貴妃、暖閣酒席上的相公,是隨風翱翔的鷂子,用盡全力鼓翅從那些牢籠飛脫出去。32Please respect copyright.PENANAaE8mwQAdaI
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「嘩!飛上去了、飛上去了!」昭翊激奮的喊叫聲遠遠地在後頭追趕,遲遲追不上,霜莫這才回頭眺望,見到蝴蝶在青天裡悠遊,憑著風左搖右晃,總歸是自由了。32Please respect copyright.PENANAipnfqHuG75
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霜莫放慢腳步停了下來,遙遙望著風箏,望著沒有邊際的天,瞧得癡了,把粗蠻亂抽的風箏線拽得死緊,刮疼了手心也不肯放鬆絲毫,他的雙手也在風裡顫顫搖晃,好像要被帶上天。32Please respect copyright.PENANAtH0Iiulm4E
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他一時恍惚,不自覺踮起腳尖,身子飄飄然浮起來。32Please respect copyright.PENANAzcRQ3MaqXI
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「霜莫──小心點兒。」昭翊的聲音卻拉住了他,霜莫留在草地上,見昭翊已經來到他身邊,伸出的手沒碰到自己又縮了回去,眼神有些奇怪,閃一下是擔憂,再閃一下是猶疑,又閃一下是本來那個開朗的昭翊,一口氣叨叨地指導起來,「現在風很大,腳踩穩點兒,重心放下盤,握緊線啊,不然風箏會飛走的,瞧,線扯得這麼緊,你該放放線了。」他抓了抓在空中顫動的風箏線。32Please respect copyright.PENANAqvl6FuHyCO
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昭翊鬆手,霜莫便放了線,立刻給往上扯去,他手裡的線依舊撲騰騰掙扎,還不夠、還不夠,要飛得更高更遠,直到歸入天上。32Please respect copyright.PENANAcAjBOALONB
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霜莫明明是沉在流仙堂這池泥沼子長大的,這一刻卻對遙不可及的青天有了無比思念,想要風箏牽引著自己飛升,總有一天要擺脫混濁的俗世,回到清澄的天上,要回到天上去啊──