睜開雙眼，映入眼底的是烏雲密布的陰冷天空，奄奄一息的我躺臥於一艘破船裡隨江水漂流，不斷落下的冷冷細雨，攜著蝕入膚骨的寒意，無情地打在我佈滿傷痕的瘦弱身軀上。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVH6Y6WRgG
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前天我和一群乞丐在討飯的時候，一名路過的富商見我年紀最小，心生憐憫就隨手多塞了幾枚銀子給我。但他離開後，其他老乞丐見到我多得的銀子，便紅了眼，氣勢洶洶地撲打過來要搶我的錢。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhcORbANmO
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但即使被他們毒打狠踹，我骨子裡的硬脾氣就是不肯屈服，我死命緊抓著銀子不放，並找到機會狠狠咬了其中一名乞丐的大腿，推開其他乞丐趁機逃跑。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnaLomjniK
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那些乞丐當然不肯善罷干休，向一群瘋狗般死命追趕著我，我就這樣一路逃到河岸邊，情急之下，我跳進繫在岸邊的破爛小船，駛向江心逃離了他們，但我討的銀子也就這麼掉進河裡，只有留下滿身大大小小的傷口。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4J2C3mDdry
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本來我就過著有一餐沒一餐的苦日子，逃到船上後更是滴水未沾粒米未進，受重傷的羸弱身體早快到了極限。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5I7qKeJ1h
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雖然經過了幾處可停靠的岸灣，但我始終都沒有把船划過去，因為不論去哪裡，都沒有屬於我的歸處。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztRcnLfn7v
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我赤條條的降生於這世間，從沒見過自己的爹娘一眼，從有記憶開始就過著乞討維生的日子，不知道自己的年紀，卻看盡了世間人情冷暖。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLov5N5FHd
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就像前幾天的乞丐們，一開始他們充滿善意地接納我成為一份子，還會分我一些殘羹剩肴，然而見了我的銀子後卻瞬間變了臉，發狠地把我往死命裡打。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpNr97ggcdJ
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我不想花費心神去恨他們，因為我所見過的人也大都是這樣，這世態炎涼，大抵就是如此了。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeWjg0qU4iD
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我就像漂泊於天地間的浮萍，無所依托的孤弱，就這麼無聲無息地死去，也是再正常不過的事了，這樣也好，不會再餓肚子也不會覺得疼了。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDhJg3bfIa
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我緩緩閉上雙眼，靜待微弱呼吸徹底停息的那一刻。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqA23ilQQg
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但就在此時，我卻隱然感到有股陌生的力量反抗著江水流向，推動了載著我的破船往岸邊靠攏。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVpfmHtogU
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「喂！撐著點啊，我馬上找鎮裡的大夫幫你治傷！」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZMzT4Aw0x
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淅淅瀝瀝的雨聲中，某人清脆高亢的呼喊，稍稍喚起了我的幾分神智。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62pSFstXL6
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迷迷糊糊之際，我綿軟無力的身軀倚靠在某個人的身上，方才呼喚我的聲音又在我耳畔迴盪：「醒醒啊，你不會真死了吧？」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfH30O4nhvF
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與雨水浸透全身的寒冷截然不同，一股屬於生命脈動的暖意，撫貼在我被雨淋濕的臉龐上，我撐起沉重的眼皮，看見了一名和我年紀差不多大的男童湊到我面前。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxttTN0dUsA
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在朦朦朧朧的雨幕中，他注視我的明潤眼瞳蘊涵著水光，清亮得彷彿能滲透進心底一般。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoCeSPrVct
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「太好了，你還活著，我馬上帶你去我家！」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjtjboO1L7
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再度陷入昏迷之際，殘留在我最後感知裡的，是屬於他掌心的溫度。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZu1uhniH03
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「唉乃──」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cAcAqvEpD
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綿長響亮的么喝聲，悠然地漂蕩入我的意識中，牽引我緩緩睜開雙眼。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCtla4Z7fY
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我身下躺臥的軟柔床榻，身上的乾淨衣衫，身處的陳設簡樸的臥房，還有室內飄散的清透水氣，融混若有似無的淨逸花香，陌生的景物讓我不知自己身於何處，猶若身在幻夢中。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg8dnTSfaHm
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「江大夫說你今日就醒了，說得還真準耶。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTdHxKnpzz
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我循著聲音望過去，只見一名穿得素淨的男孩兒立於門邊，他那雙水靈清亮的眸子，喚起了我記憶裡那濛濛細雨中的面容。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ24YERsTytA
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「這碗蓮子粥是我偷偷去客棧的小廚房裡煮的，不過這是我第一次下廚，可能味道不怎麼樣就是。」生得清秀的眉眼彎得笑吟吟的，他捧著一碗熱呼呼的東西朝我走來，然後一屁股坐在我床邊的凳椅上。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZWlWOML9Bq
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那碗粥冒出的氤氳熱氣攜著淡雅香氣，徹底勾起了我的食慾，餓得兩眼發直的我不管三七二十一，逕自從他手中搶過那碗粥，大口大口把粥的扒進嘴裡。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIZViY3xUJ
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「哇，你吃得像餓死鬼一樣，你是餓了多久啊？」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKGvQQyO7i
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我沒有回答他，只顧著埋頭吃粥。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFrJmpyTQt
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被燙得舌頭發麻的我嘗不出什麼細緻的滋味，黏糊糊的熱粥裡，有些米飯沒有熟甚至還結了塊，但是再豐盛的珍饈佳餚，也比不上現在紓解我飢餓的這碗清粥。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQczxP8GcD
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「你的傷還會痛嗎？你為什麼傷得這麼重啊？江大夫花了好多膏藥來治你呢，你是怎麼摔的啊？」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6P9cTxSCgY
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見我把粥吃得碗底朝天得乾淨，他就連珠炮似地問我一連串的問題，偏偏我的頭還有點昏沉地脹痛，一時之間不知如何回應。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zVgdNuC5B
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「為什麼……你要救我？」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYf3Mn8aHin
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我從些許乾澀的喉間擠出沙啞的聲音，不自覺道出心中最初的困惑。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbbxMn47LE
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「為什麼？有什麼好問的，不然你要誰救你啊？」他理直氣壯地把這件事說得是天經地義，反而疑惑我怎麼會問出這怪問題。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrYj0lIec1l
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「可是，我身上沒有什麼東西可以給你……」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4jdBXy7fnz
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我還是想不透他為什麼要救一個來歷不明的陌生人，他看起來就是衣食無虞的好人家的孩子，照理說不會想要搭理一個滿身破爛的小乞丐吧，意識到這點的我，在他面前感到自慚形穢。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhMrbO2SCiu
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「這還用你說，我當然看得出來啊，你這人可真怪耶。」他卻毫不在意地咧嘴而笑，對我露出潔白皓齒。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswQf3DNPU8
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「反正我把你帶這來了，你就不要再問東問西啦，而且你還沒回答我的問題耶，你為什麼摔得那麼重？」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhHaHPXsnr7
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「我這不是摔的，是被人打的。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUhxOucIMN0
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我回想起他剛才問我的事，心平氣和地向他坦白，他聽了之後大感震驚，義憤填膺地說道：「這世上居然真有人這麼過分！？把你打得差一點就要死了啊，到底是誰這麼狠心啊？」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoykB2icKq
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「這個……」我回憶起那些乞丐分我剩飯的和善笑容，以及毒打我的狠戾表情，想說的話就硬生生地堵在喉頭，他看見我難過的神情，便搖頭說道：「好吧好吧，不想說就不問你了。¬」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT1AzEk0ERx
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「對了，你叫什麼名字？你從哪兒來的啊？你的爹娘呢？」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSzOPxCWcQ
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「我沒有爹娘，也沒有名字，我也不太知道自己從哪來的……」我的聲音就像抹遊魂般飄了出去，內心也空落落的沒個底。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJUbAyIjg0
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「怎麼可能？我看你跟我差不多大，怎麼活到現在，連自己的名字和爹娘也不知道？」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0FIr463vJ
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「該不會是傷得太重，把頭也給撞了，把什麼事都全忘記了？」他一臉驚訝，像遇到珍奇異獸似地不敢置信地望著我。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSi49Fd2FQa
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「我不是忘了，我是真的什麼都沒有……」說這句話時，我的心底湧起一股莫名的酸楚，雖然是心裡早就明白的事實，但當化作言語說出口時，卻比想像中難受。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ62q7GCoDD9
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「好吧，你沒有名字的話，我就幫你取一個就好啦。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mCtFMRpuv
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我還沒反應過來，他就自顧自地接著說道：「漪洀，你就叫做漪洀吧，我的名字是清漣，我們的名字是一對兒的，合起來就是『輕舟漣漪』，很有趣吧。」他親暱地喊著幫我取我的名字，凝視我的圓潤水眸涵著雨過天霽的明淨光采。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZ0BUuHRaN
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那一刻，我空寂已久的心湖彷彿湧入一股活泉，泛起陣陣漣漪。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHv735Mjfc
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「而且你別擔心，這連方鎮的人都很好，還有我會護著你，沒人敢動你一根寒毛的，哈哈。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq41a9VXVii
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「清漣，你這小鬼又丟下事情不做跑到哪去了啊！？還不快給我滾出來！」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRT7Q6H0T9e
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但門外猛然爆出的一聲怒吼，讓他嚇得縮起身子，瞬間打破他穩重可靠的形象。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjy5vX6DVB4
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「小二，給我一壺蓮心清露。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wpGAS47M7
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「好的，馬上來。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6UgadJmHZ
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我趕緊端茶給邊桌的客人，在櫃檯算帳的清波姨，看著我忙碌的樣子，便喚我到她跟前來。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvD3fCixPji
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「漪舟，你傷還沒完全好，剩下的交給我來做，你就先去休息吧。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoj4sal2w2o
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「沒關係，我做這點活不礙事的。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqAmHprg07
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清波姨的關切慰問讓我倍感暖心，清波姨是清漣的娘親，當初清漣帶我來到青門客棧，清波姨憐憫孤苦無依的我，便收留我做客棧的伙計。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Ns6CdxFUA
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如今我在這已三月有餘，康復了大半的我也開始幫忙青門客棧的生意。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTmPpH7ZWE
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這家青門客棧是連方鎮內唯一的一間客棧，由於連方鎮位處南方偏鄉之地，平常只有途經南嶺的商旅或隨處漂泊的行客會前來投宿，清波姨家代代經營客棧，就是為了讓行經連方鎮的過客有個歇腳之處。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKjS9z9By5v
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「真是的，要是我們家清漣有你一半的勤快就好了，眼下他又不知跑去哪了。」清波姨無奈地輕嘆一口氣，此時又有一名客人踏進了客棧。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Rtb58IzQE
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「掌櫃，好久不見啦。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpiAfkuGfg
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「宋說書，你今年怎麼來這啦。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWu9zodp3iE
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清波姨熱誠地招呼來客，只見那人面寬體胖，年紀看來是三十來歲，雖然穿著簡便的褐布衣衫，雙肩揹著的大竹篋卻掛滿五彩繽紛且稀奇古怪的小玩意兒，讓人不禁好奇竹篋裡頭裝著什麼東西。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Sa4RVfPqT
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「因為這裡水鄉風光好，人情味更是讓人無限懷念，所以我在外飄遊久了，雙腳卻還是跟著心，一起回到這兒了啊。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrmybZyjHA
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宋說書隨手打了幾聲響板，說話的韻律隨響板的節奏快慢起伏，顯得妙趣橫生。他身上雖沾染些許櫛風沐雨的塵泥，卻不減他神采奕奕的飛揚煥發。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDNJ92BffAq
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「娘，我回來啦。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7WcONDWo2
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清漣突然從宋說書身後鑽了出來，惹得清波姨一陣罵：「好小子，你還懂得回來？漪洀在這幫我做事，你倒在外面逍遙去！」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nRod1Xb0V
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「好啦，掌櫃別生氣，小孩兒貪玩愛鬧是本性，況且他今日幫我招了很多聽眾，等下他們就會來這聽我說書啦，現在掌櫃還是消消肝火吧。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQIAfvPhfKg
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宋說書充當和事佬，清波姨當下也不好再對兒子發怒，清漣悄悄對上我的目光，對我眨眨眼微吐粉舌，我便知道這又是清漣的小把戲了。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaIQj3MBfv
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過了不久，鎮上的人就聚集到客棧裡邊，使原本清閒的客棧多了些喧騰歡鬧的氛圍，403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhuwwkDUxR
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連方鎮裡雖清淨悠閒，但也少了些熱鬧的娛樂，對鎮民而言，能聽上幾回說書就是極大的樂趣。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJIJtW2McF
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「好咧，就照以往的慣例，第一齣就說《蓮華緣》裡最精采的回目，『法華大仙鬥蛟龍』吧！」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo0lN2t8LEJ
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宋說書闊步踏上客棧的戲臺，從背後的大竹篋裡抽出一本書。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vAp86QEcU
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「開卷！」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡULygVCudi5
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宋說書的響板打得響脆清亮，他揚袖一揮攤開書卷，戲臺附近的牆壁及的屋瓦全消失了，取而代之的是大江奔流的壯闊景象，宋說書就佇立於不斷被江濤沖激的磐石上。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUJDfqzFtO
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和戲臺下的現實人間截然不同，戲臺上如此奇絕的幻景讓我大為驚嘆，我的全副精神投注在身處其中的宋說書身上，彷彿連神魂都被吸引過去般。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW37usT4x6T
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「話說上回，法華子在第七世修得仙身，聽聞下界長年飽受洪災之苦，便下凡救濟眾生。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOJ0RkzIYJM
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「法華子乘踏祥雲行至洪水源頭，這才發覺，原來是一隻通身碧綠的蛟龍在興風作雨大肆作亂，於是法華子決意將牠收服，以平息洪禍。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn962OhbAc2
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宋說書在磐石上站得筆直，精神勃發地打著響板說著書，他滔滔不絕的快板，激得身後的江流愈加洶湧滂渤，彷若幻化成一條巨大的水龍，激盪出昂首翻騰的雄渾氣勢。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHpnu89AXgv
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「心性高傲的蛟龍，不信區區一個仙人能治得了自己，牠使出渾身解數要撲殺法華子，法華子也施展全部法力與之抗衡，一仙一蛟就這樣連鬥了七天七夜，這期間可是雷雨滂沱，洪流漫溢……」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjxZ0eYDbA
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宋說書說至高潮之處，他所身處的幻境就變得風雨交加的暝暗沉沉。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmD4T5MLbvU
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宋說書口中的法華子和蛟龍纏鬥得愈加激烈，手裡的響板也打得越快越響，如貫耳雷鳴交雜著雨聲嘩嘩，伴隨他高亢激昂的渾厚聲調，在我們耳裡迸發出仙法的燦燦靈光以及蛟龍的震天咆哮，連帶把我們聽得入迷的一顆心懸得七上八下。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Jx1UxhLGa
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「最後，蛟龍耗盡氣力，牠發出一聲悲怨長嘯，從天上重重摔至地面¬。¬蛟龍的碧綠龍身，在牠死後化為奔流千里的碧江，灌育天地的萬千眾生，以償還罪孽。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsx69K2jXt
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「而法華子也在這場惡鬥中用盡法力，無法救濟在此劫難中死傷慘重的百姓。不忍天下蒼生蒙受苦難，法華子便將自己的仙身渡轉為萬朵法蓮，藉此渡化因這場禍難而生出的眾多怨魂，引祂們前往西方極樂淨土。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCYifbhP9sA
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宋說書說至此處，響板打出最亮脆的一聲，那一霎那，一道明燦金光劃破天際，散去了沉厚烏雲，止息了狂風暴雨，放眼望去盡是風清天霽的嶄新氣象。悠悠江水清明得倒映著天光雲影，從中又孕化出蘊染金光的朵朵法蓮，承載一片祥和的清淨天地。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDEZDQ8TW0J
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「法華子仙逝後，她的嫡傳弟子悟明創立了法蓮教，立法華大仙為仙身佛宗，宣揚:『眾生平等，慈悲大愛，天地至情，世間至福』的教旨，勸導凡界世人常存憐憫之心並多行善舉，才能讓自心內存的蓮花綻開，以渡化自身孽劫。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTV7bbFFGG
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「此後數百年，法華大仙的慈悲胸懷與恢弘理念，仍如遍布人間的潔淨蓮花，普濟陷溺於苦難的芸芸眾生。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkCrB3OoMm
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宋說書清朗悠然的聲調，宛如清泉般淙淙流淌，洗滌了世俗的塵念紛擾，讓人透徹領會法華大仙的那份憐心慈愛。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtKUHfkjjkM
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接著他輕打兩聲響板，淺而脆亮的響聲，將人猛然勾回現實來，最初翻開的書卷已悄然闔上。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgg8XYKFDwU
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戲臺上的幻境虛像轉眼間煙消雲散，恢復原先的客棧模樣，不留一絲殘像餘痕。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSYAu1QsUp
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「一切有為法，如夢幻泡影；如露亦如電，應作如是觀。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjg5dyOdND
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「法華大仙鬥蛟龍，封卷。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdv3Vzd2ngQ
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話語落畢，臺下眾人就連聲叫好，博得一片歡騰的滿堂彩。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx4PHa0HqVp
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「好些年沒聽宋說書講故事啦，果然還是跟以前一樣精采啊。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwipjEFTp6W
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「宋說書，再說一回給我們聽聽吧！」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqxzrauNQy
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我沉浸於聆聽說書後那酣暢淋漓的餘韻中，心還在薄弱胸膛裡不受控制地怦怦直跳。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYbQIv3OZv
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我雖然曾到大城裡的茶館或勾欄見過人說書，但那時的我餓到兩眼發昏只顧著討飯，也無多餘心思去關注戲臺上的舌燦蓮花與玄妙幻景，如今我才知曉這說書的妙趣深韻。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlbbu78aAE
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「漪洀。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLxDDgkdyz1
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正當我期盼宋說書下一回目的開場，清漣就在喧鬧的滿堂聽眾間偷偷拉住我的衣袖，在耳邊低聲喚我的名字。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXClrEAUfA
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他對我遞出巧黠隱秘的微笑，眼角餘光還不時朝向客棧外頭。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZN30fyyFFl
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我馬上明白他的意思，跟著他悄悄地走出客棧大廳，行至停放蓮舟的碼岸邊。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ50txgcl0F
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「裡頭鬧哄哄的，還是來到外邊舒服多了。」清漣朝向蓮花滿綻的開闊水道舒展雙臂，大口呼吸著浸染蓮香的清透水氣。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeW0CTJ2xi
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「我看是清漣你不想留下來被清波姨叫去做事，才偷偷溜出來吧。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8FFdRv46a
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「哈哈哈，被你看出來了，不過你也跟著我偷溜出來了，不是嗎？」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLXJ3Xtw7kz
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「我跟你不一樣，清波姨不會罵我。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfs1RxUuMSI
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「真是的，現在娘親都比較疼妳，反而一直叨唸我這親兒子。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgNd2748T8
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「那是因為你懶惰不做事，才老惹清波姨生氣。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70vqfCjFVX
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我和清漣兩人就坐在棧橋上，擺晃雙腳在水面上濺起一波波水花，我們一搭一唱地說說笑笑，一邊數著水岸旁盛開的蓮花。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS80DWKadLC
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自從被收留在青門客棧後，我和年紀相仿的清漣很快成為親密無間的好友，我們就像親兄弟一樣，總是形影不離的玩在一起。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoB7CHORsdF
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「對了，漪洀，現在就讓我看看你的『渡舟』練得如何吧。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJDUUxvmc9
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清漣二話不說就拉著我跳上蓮舟，蓮舟是連方鎮裡行駛水道的專用船種，船身較短且船頭高翹，形似蓮花花瓣，是用浸泡於蓮花水液中七天七夜的實木加以打造而成，因此船身隱約透發一股淡雅清香。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKM7FgYSju
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「好吧，我試試。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4rBGYE9Wa
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此刻我和清漣坐在同一艘蓮舟裡，我試著運用自身法力，讓江水能自然推移蓮舟向前航行。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoKQ90tOx0Q
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首先要屏氣凝神感知江水的流動，再用法力凝聚水流，並導引至適當方向。這種渡舟仙法雖然在連方鎮裡幾乎人人都會，但要徹底學起來不是件容易之事。沒有固定型態的水流不易掌握，注入法力若太過會令江水凝滯而無法流動，太少又會使江水往其他方向流散開。我學習渡舟的時間已有數十日，所能做到的程度只有聚攏水流而已。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQpY5lRgak
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「不錯啊，漪洀你已經能操控水流的方向了呢。」清漣觀察在蓮舟附近流轉的水痕波紋，興奮地喊道。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTsQezZCpeC
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「但我覺得我沒什麼進步。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5pZ2hlMmnC
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我有些沮喪，即使我嘗試讓江水推移蓮舟，但蓮舟還是靜靜浮於水面，不見絲毫動靜。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG5jilHG74u
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「哪有，你已經算厲害的了，我想再過半年，你就能完全學會了。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxn8FMHulL3
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一股穩健有力的水流開始推送蓮舟前行，當初清漣就是用這仙法，把我連人帶船送上岸邊。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AhRMCnJDR
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清漣悠閒地哼著小調，隨性躺臥於蓮舟船板上，相較於我方才吃力卻無用的模樣，我不禁感到些許懊惱。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWMFkX6697
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「幹嘛這副表情，說不定以後你比我還行呢。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoZcbS2fN8H
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清漣拍拍我的肩，他爽朗的笑容掃去我煩悶的心緒。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUJ9OGplln
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「漪洀，以後我們就一起去連方鎮外面遊歷旅行吧。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXbrCiJmQwD
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「清漣，你在說笑吧？」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BDF7lOisA
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我以為這又是清漣隨口說的玩笑話，想不到他收斂起平常玩鬧的神情，一臉認真地說：「我是說真的，而且因為有你，我才這麼說的。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqlXTK0zGc
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「因為我？」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Yx6mVUx6e
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我藏不住臉上驚訝的表情，清漣將目光放向江水流逝的盡頭，若有所思地娓娓道來：「我從小在客棧裡長大，見過不少外地來的旅客，他們總是會跟我說連方鎮外面的風光。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5QHnILtxA
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「綿延千里的高聳群山，蒼茫壯闊的西域大漠，還有那傳說中的浩瀚滄海，繁華熱鬧的京城大都，好多好多我們這看不到的人事物，不管我聽得再多都難以想像，只能用紙筆把他們說的風景跟故事一一記錄下來。雖然有時會想親眼去看看，但也只是空想，我也捨不得娘親和連方鎮的大家。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TjasTFBry
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「但自從你來到這之後，我想到外面去的想法就越來越強烈，我想像宋伯伯一樣當個說書人，一邊說著各地的故事，一邊暢遊天涯海角。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCNRjRsg1PN
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說到此處，他的目光從不知名的遠方回到我的身上。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj0cki9wt65
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「以前大概是覺得一個人的旅程太過孤單，所以從沒想過要去外頭，但現在我有你一起作伴了。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8JPpbf5sD4
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「等我們長大，你也學會渡舟了，我們就一起駛著小船，遨遊五湖四海，覽盡天下風光，之後再回到連方鎮，把我們的經歷見聞說給大家聽吧。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKJRKVMsZt
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他熱誠殷切的握住我的雙手，遞來在那天的淒冷細雨中同樣的暖熱，他凝視我的眼眸是清澈見底的明亮。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7UCZdwQgM
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清漣和我不一樣，他自幼生長於純樸敦厚的水鄉小鎮，又受娘親和鎮民們慈愛對待，養育出天然純善的無瑕性情，絲毫沒有沾染過世間的醜惡疾苦。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgR9CzyELzJ
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而我從小就在最髒濁不堪的塵世中打滾，清漣憧憬的外界天地，對我來說卻充滿淒涼苦澀的記憶。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6K4Y1jo2P
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直到清漣把我帶到連方鎮這世外仙境，這裡的蓮香水氣以及溫厚人情，洗盡了我前生的汙塵濁泥，讓我真真正正地在這人世間重新活過來，我一點也不想離開這兒。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVvVqCyCOs
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「好的，以後我們就一起去吧。」403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJRKUllqtR
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但我如何讓他明白我曾受過的苦楚，又怎麼能拒絕他如此真摯的盼望，清漣是我生命中的貴人，也是我最要好的兄弟，反正以後他想去哪裡，我就跟著他，拚命護著他便是。403Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbMWMWba7Y
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在清淨得彷彿只有我和清漣兩人的遼闊天地間，我暗自在心底道出堅守一生的誓約。
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