株瑜三人聽完徐氏鉅細靡遺的敘述後,決定兵分兩路81Please respect copyright.PENANAMu1yF4veci
百重早前已施展樹洞之術拿到雪浪草81Please respect copyright.PENANAlTpWeUrNYN
而就在他和清泉商議,接下來要從邊境商隊處取得赤焰花之際81Please respect copyright.PENANAiQFi9pBoXg
徐氏聞聲後,竟從衣袖內取出整株完好的赤焰花81Please respect copyright.PENANAKU6eyaiwTl
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徐氏:「三位高人前往探視那些孩子時,我其實……也在場。我們夫婦經營客棧,邊境商隊與烏啼軍官裡皆有熟人,想弄到這些奇珍異草並不難。」81Please respect copyright.PENANA3J5NMliWNW
她頓了頓後,繼續說:81Please respect copyright.PENANAgnXRX29ata
「我們只希望……能還媞兒清白。待她回來,我們一家就離開此處,到新的地方去過生活。」81Please respect copyright.PENANAob2NXHlsqL
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三人看著氣若游絲的徐氏,想起那些村人都說賀家老闆娘陷入癲狂81Please respect copyright.PENANA08KLtPsGKv
夜裡四處遊蕩,還會對著空氣說話,但現在的眼前人分明頭腦清楚81Please respect copyright.PENANAUBVg36w9pC
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株瑜沉默一陣後問道:「賀小姐是否非夫人所出?」81Please respect copyright.PENANA0Huvq7zQG8
株瑜突然其來的發言,讓仍沉浸在悲傷中的徐氏大吃一驚81Please respect copyright.PENANAoaDBrMLW3r
徐氏:「……高人是如何得知?我從未告訴過旁人。」81Please respect copyright.PENANAhLbcbFFy4N
株瑜:「那些孩子皆得了化獸之症,若非惹怒神靈不會如此。」81Please respect copyright.PENANAKlmEMnogBm
徐氏:「神靈?」81Please respect copyright.PENANArJaH884kAf
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徐氏回想起賀媞從小發生的種種奇事81Please respect copyright.PENANAGgHQMcFiRN
那些奇事突然都有了解釋,但她為何沒想過她是神靈81Please respect copyright.PENANAwRHcO7W4EY
反而同那些村人一樣認為她是惡墮遺孤呢?81Please respect copyright.PENANAIXNK3gAdCu
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株瑜:「但即便她是神靈,這樁事也沒那麼簡單。失去神識的神靈如同常人,雖仍有神力保護,受到致命傷仍會消亡。」81Please respect copyright.PENANAIfxs2Xdtl3
徐氏聽完,臉倏地泛白:81Please respect copyright.PENANAWDJuggcUKV
「……我丈夫派了人去打探佛願竹的消息。這幾天探子來報,說烏啼城內的名門杜家不時冒出巨型植物,不僅果實碩大,還會發出陣陣幽香,到了夜半時分甚至會噴發金光,有道士便說這是祥瑞之兆。」81Please respect copyright.PENANALCGuj9Sk87
清泉:「聽來符合主司大人的描述,我們應當立刻行動。」81Please respect copyright.PENANAlA5cCUmZuY
百重:「說得對,打鐵趁熱。」81Please respect copyright.PENANAvC98bXSaJH
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徐氏蹙眉道:「麻煩就在這事發生在杜家。人人都知道當前烏啼朝中最水火不容的就是杜家與范家,雙方為了爭奪太師之位互不相讓。杜家傳出這樁事後,范家竟遣人想在院中下毒,但沒有得手。現在兩家府上戒備比起從前不知森嚴多少倍,我們想潛進去是難如登天。」81Please respect copyright.PENANAEukkOS5OxT
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清泉:「這並非難事,夫人只需帶路即可。」81Please respect copyright.PENANAvPXY7ltEfK
百重:「是啊,要是耽誤了行程更費事。」81Please respect copyright.PENANAbwdoPDqz68
株瑜瞅了百重一眼,示意他別繼續說下去81Please respect copyright.PENANAFP4W7eNzqb
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雖然他心中對此事的好奇心漸長,但再這樣下去81Please respect copyright.PENANApyf81UVfSw
只會離此行目的愈來愈遠,況且,返回巨木林才是第一要事81Please respect copyright.PENANAJceGJZJ9md
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他對人世間總有那麼多意外與事件感到無奈81Please respect copyright.PENANAx0qYKtmvWM
也不懂能簡單辦好的事為何要彎彎繞繞81Please respect copyright.PENANArgwXU0UNOt
樹木根系盤根錯節是為了穩如泰山、欣欣向榮81Please respect copyright.PENANAWYs1nwgUQf
吸取更多養分,以求共榮共存81Please respect copyright.PENANAZlc8S8xnjM
地人界間的糾纏牽連與互不相讓卻往往是為了一己之利81Please respect copyright.PENANAK4gsoGTSFg
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