中原有句話:美人在骨不在皮。不過好像又沒有誰有義務越過顯淺、對那皮相下的骨血臟腑真正動心。
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世間男子女子,無一例外。
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「阿拿琪這番話不公道,明擺著在拿姑娘們耍樂啊。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAoYJN2cjbPD
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「郎君此話亦算不上公道。中原多頌美女賽貂蟬,可也有云男子勝潘安——這兩位都是中原有名的美女俊男。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAVOOtY8EYhR
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上一回正好卑亢不失,璋桃掛著幾分笑意,為身邊不語的女子與自己斟上一杯熱茶,提杯入口剛好隱去了笑語:218Please respect copyright.PENANAJSynQo01GR
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「恕妾身多言,這當中自是少不了幾分後天的小小雕琢。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAqReAoanGIt
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座上六個男人思緒各異,眼下亦無不妥,於是那一杯白瓷又再盛載了黃湯、落入曲水間隨緣飄流。不知何時水面泛過寥寥幾瓣白裏暈粉的花瓣,暈開了初春而變得空洞幽深。218Please respect copyright.PENANA9Dql0TBtWh
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活水猶死。
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「呵,都是命,果真不枉此行啊。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAgPTTHLuNc7
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此話既出,眾人的思緒隨即消斷。回神只見苗族青年阿烏笑著擱開了煙管,細長的黑眸泛著陣陣血紅的興味。他自靜止的水流中拈起了白瓷杯,一飲而盡,然後向斜對處的綠衫女子抱拳施禮:「有勞阿雅綰了。」
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「啊?!」「蛤?」「蛤?」218Please respect copyright.PENANAMNlmRfaneq
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阿拿叔、阿拿尤和子效齊齊驚嘆,猛然抬頭就見不遠處的阿綰,動了容——218Please respect copyright.PENANAarJytrfKtg
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幾番低調退隱,終究無用。人就是這般渺小。
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「小霜。」「是的小姐。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAseF1dUPHjf
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璋桃柔聲吩咐,任由少女小霜領命而去準備妝品。茶水早已失溫變味,她自然沒再攏杯,落裳邊的茶杯難得自在。218Please respect copyright.PENANA6pdqrwfGqq
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水映玉面,身邊的相懿娘早已解脫——至少就過往而言是這樣沒錯。只是怎會真的心如止水?218Please respect copyright.PENANALY6egGilwl
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水映玉面,終不見美眸澄明啊。
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「唉呀,都是在下疏忽了。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAY9QeNwowjO
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蕭燊琪突然開口,賠笑道:「於中原,畫妝此事亦有繁複禮數:奴僕以外有顧五倫男女之別,只有夫妻才可為彼此畫妝整冠。可綰娘呢……」
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真的是這樣嗎?218Please respect copyright.PENANAhKgAQ2YIk8
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依稀記得於那有些久遠的日子裏,她曾為一個男人理順衣襟、焚香求佛,而她雲英未嫁。218Please respect copyright.PENANACCfoP2FZiQ
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終究阿綰抬了頭,眼眸卻柔斂著,拱手一笑如玉:「妾自知藝拙,不敢瀆烏君容顏。」
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三月三,午後微風乍暖還寒。
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「……原來如此。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAYDqLQoB5jg
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阿烏稍吸了口煙後望向阿綰,幾許才笑說——暈硃的雙眼似是收斂了些:「惟有算是代阿烏福薄了。」
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「小霜,有勞了。」「是、是的阿綰娘。」
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片刻,小巧的妝品出現在眾人眼前。阿綰一手拿小銅勺,於幾盒深淺有異的黛粉各取適量,抖落又混合於一瓷蓋上。小霜順勢倒入早冷的茶水,似是研墨般細心混和。未幾有兩張半指般寬長的紅紙落入空杯,少婦拿著它於身前的曲水淺淺盛水,轉瞬就濡濕了口脂紙。218Please respect copyright.PENANA0xLWBlma2d
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接續由少女拿著調好的眉黛和細毫,跪坐於阿烏面前為其畫眉。一筆筆描摹輕快,又接以淺淺印拭於頰間——218Please respect copyright.PENANAwNVv0ikfIb
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「烏、烏郎君,已經成妝,奴婢揖退。」
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「謝過了啊,小霜勾。」阿烏朗笑道,在小霜平手揖離後見眾人臉色精彩不已,忍不住先笑為敬:「怎麽了,代阿烏好看嗎?」
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「呃、有點……挺挺好看的……」「喂你怎、怎麼說得出啊……噗!」218Please respect copyright.PENANAbCUhswJD45
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阿拿尤緊咬著唇才勉強擠出一句好看,身邊阿拿叔一肘撞去,卻因此撞出了難耐的笑意,絲毫未覺任何神緒生變。
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「在、在下覺得……噗!」
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「嗯……」
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對岸的準男主人有扇屢點,嘴邊的笑意放肆;身邊的女主人一袖掩唇,嬌笑幾聲。所以真的有這樣差嗎……
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小霜慌忙看向另一身側,正好對上了阿綰轉來的臉容:那雙金瞳無波,嘴邊的笑意無溫——218Please respect copyright.PENANAHcApL8Lkh0
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「奴、奴婢手藝拙劣!請請請主子恕罪、阿綰娘恕罪、烏郎君恕罪!」218Please respect copyright.PENANA9FVnEbe5Em
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見狀她嚇得連連平腕,向雙頰各畫三道斜角紅槓的苗家青年磕頭,髻上一朵絨桃粉嫩依然。
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「余說句實話,別無他意。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8T2FcGPVi
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沉穩的話語滲雜幾分笑意,阿綰稍稍抬眸,對岸的暹羅男人稍斂褐眸而笑道:218Please respect copyright.PENANA3P6YkPuFW7
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「總覺得順眼……男兒臉上幾分紅,是好看的。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAZjDCrGFpGP
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蕭燊琪和子效一同扭首,不禁暗問:都是怎樣的審美觀才能自然地說出這話?要不是他主僕二人早知戌槐心有所屬——而那所屬之人正是當今世上所知的阿綰娘,真的就要被那句幾分紅嚇得後庭難安了啊。218Please respect copyright.PENANAvif7v2MJFl
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這樣想來他們突然想到什麽,及後只有暗嘆:當初怕就是這張只知曖昧的嘴巴,說丟了溫婉寬容的阿綰娘吧……哪個女子天生喜歡飄泊無依呢?
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「戌槐君,目光獨到。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAeh96xLNtWd
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打圓場似的,璋桃順勢笑說,隨即扭首面向仍然害怕的少女:「小霜,無人問罪於妳,起來吧。」
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真的沒有嗎?
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起身之際,小霜仍難掩懼意,只好聽話退至自家主人身後。
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「這興起莫停,那代阿烏斗膽再請——」
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『鉖——鐺——』218Please respect copyright.PENANARVEsXDXXH9
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古鐘驟起,又接以重鑼不斷,斷然卸去了雅興。
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「主子。」218Please respect copyright.PENANA2oDDNJOMrB
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子效自覺地抬拳施禮,再抬的眉眼已斂去了剛才身處雅戲而無從理解的惘然,取而代之是訓練有素的沉穩。
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「就一個上巳節也不讓人省心啊……」218Please respect copyright.PENANA3vqsqRGeNc
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曲水流觴的雅戲驟然中斷,蕭燊琪萬分感慨,隨即合扇推奉、向座上眾人淺揖而苦笑道:218Please respect copyright.PENANAbcwAl4fWOX
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「諸位啊,這番算是蕭某失敬;這都城煞有來事,在下得現在回去揣揣。不嫌棄的話今晚容蕭某於紅樓客棧請頓酒,還請各位賞個面啊!」
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本來就偶遇一場、相談投契才入座至此,哪有什麽失敬不失敬?
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終究注定,分道揚鑣。218Please respect copyright.PENANAjxGtnbCSgj
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「嘻,沒問題!我們三個正愁這蘇杭哪裡有好吃的……唉喲!叔你幹嘛打我?!手癢倒是講啊?!」218Please respect copyright.PENANAvRiZbp9KUx
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說話應約之際,阿拿尤受了一記敲打,差點咬到舌頭而痛得回頭就要扭打回去。
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「啊你不看看你自己口水都要變瀑布,就為了些好吃的丟大臉啦!」218Please respect copyright.PENANANu2NmEvIMO
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阿拿叔不屑似的邊收回煙管邊說,起身對著蕭燊琪和子效是禮敬的抱拳應禮。彼此亦未多說什麽,惟有相視微笑。無他,這邊受敲打的阿拿尤收拾東西時仍在碎碎唸,那邊又(好像)有什麽郎有情妾無意的故事要上演,實在多有收獲。
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沒什麽比看人仆街最開心,只要仆街的不是自己。
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未幾收拾停當,一行數人離開小亭。西湖映著日光,淺淺煙霞間美景猶在,只可惜已需別離。218Please respect copyright.PENANA3Sm9XQsMqB
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「綰小姐,上回妳說想吃荷花雞,卻缺了些人,今晚正好人多啊。」218Please respect copyright.PENANA5BOtWnehTE
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車廂內,璋桃攏裙安坐,撩看窗外的湖景綴著幾株荷花未開,煞是想起了此事。218Please respect copyright.PENANAd0GvtS4UNT
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「是福,正好一起嚐個鮮,人多不會浪費。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAtq0aOZeix2
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阿綰淡笑回話,絹下癢痛的左腕擱上天青的裙裳,眸光已然流落窗外的世間。
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看來煙雨將至,回去還是先安置好四面佛再用藥吧。218Please respect copyright.PENANAJh1RqmazRo
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「小姐、阿綰娘,小霜進來了。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAreNpHiZrwy
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此時小霜進了車廂,雙手捧著一瓶小巧的白瓷,頷首恭敬地說:「阿綰娘,戌槐君交託此物,說是藥檀有助傷癒,請您、務必收下。」
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藥檀嗎?218Please respect copyright.PENANAxX6eNih9D3
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璋桃稍看,那瓶身點畫數朵黃花,書寫了不明的文字——大概是暹羅文,應該是吉祥語吧。
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「小霜,麻煩妳代愚娘謝過戌槐君一番美意,就可以了。」未幾那雙琥珀因笑而彎藏,阿綰忍著痛拱手一禮,卻從未伸手。218Please respect copyright.PENANAihX0joqqjE
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既然謝過,為何又不接過呢?
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小霜疑惑不已,看向了自家主子也只見其輕輕點頭,她亦只有捧著那瓶藥檀退出車廂。三月猶冷,她感覺掌心的瓷瓶直接涼入了心底,甚至可說是寒意入骨……218Please respect copyright.PENANA1S2C1d04Hx
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直到她終於走到暹羅男人身邊,她的雙手已忍不住發抖。
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「抱歉戌槐君,阿綰娘她只說了謝謝您一番美意……」
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「余明白了,麻煩小霜妳了。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAsRalNDnZe5
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少女困窘的心思都寫在了臉上,戌槐微微一笑就伸手收回那瓶藥檀酒,看著小霜一臉遺憾地走回馬車。三月猶寒,他自知這白瓷太冷——218Please respect copyright.PENANA0cPzNziJaz
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冷入了骨。
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此刻天色已然起變,暹羅男人翻身上馬,隨身邊的中原貴公子策馬同歸,身後車輪走得不緩不急。
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他感覺他的心躲進了車廂裏,靜靜躺在某個姑娘的暖掌間。
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酉時將末,古鐘一響就有信眾知意,漸見人潮拜別寺廟。
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「阿彌陀佛……」218Please respect copyright.PENANA0haj1IG6Aq
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完了一天經課,昭岸走進了大雄寶殿,卻見熟悉的身影仍未離去。
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「阿彌陀佛,今日鬧得不愉快了嗎?」「啊……」218Please respect copyright.PENANA17BpqocXfT
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聞言戌槐回頭,見是昭岸和尚就從佛前起身,拱手一揖:「坤祿見過龍婆昭岸。蒙佛祖保佑,今日西湖之行一切安好,並無不快。」
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「既然如此,你又為何愁眉不展呢?」
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話出而靜謚。昭岸輕轉念珠,靜看眼前的男人滿眼失落,心中已知一二:早幾日這同鄉開口求一瓶藥檀酒,最好是經暹羅法門加持過的。那時他已經猜到那是給司珍娘的禮物,剛好他手上還有一兩枝,沒多想就給了一枝,亦算是他一出家人對這段緣份的一點心意。218Please respect copyright.PENANA2qTlv5mORa
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只不過心意歸心意,人家不收亦沒什麽罪過可言,只能道是可惜罷。
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「龍婆,她左腕有傷。」218Please respect copyright.PENANARoCpvrCtka
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戌槐嘆道,窗柵外的霞光未見佛禪,他仍然想不通她的腕傷是怎樣一回事。
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——入法的話,會很痛嗎?218Please respect copyright.PENANAoxf85qeIwi
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——坦白說,我也不知道……
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最後他和她還是咬牙熬過了刺符入法的痛,每夜為彼此紅腫的手腕塗上檀油藥膏,而她總是痛得眼泛淚光。可一切都是值得的:自那以後很長的一段歲月裏,炎毒已祛的槐花於他和她相合的腕上隨日生根、深入身心,印證且守護著兩人的愛戀。218Please respect copyright.PENANAb0wIEJv2hl
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所以受傷了,為什麽她仍不願意用藥檀酒?乃至為什麽……218Please respect copyright.PENANAEcqmoHAipt
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那個至關重要的問題,他不敢思索分毫。那念頭只起未證,已經教他領悟到心如刀割的滋味。
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「你心悅、愛憐可綰娘,自是好事。只是你與她一別數年,重逢不過半月又有往事未了;即使她仍心悅你、感念你,亦難免不知所措的。更不用說……」218Please respect copyright.PENANA5DxkCy4vCX
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可說的話盡於此,老和尚不住搖頭,只有安慰似的掃開那根小辮、拍了拍男人的肩膊,勸嘆道:「總之不要急、慢慢來,日子會有功的。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAJdneZwN1Rx
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「……坤祿謝龍婆昭岸教誨。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAq2Ngx3ZWbn
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戌槐只好拱手言謝,隨即跟著昭岸和尚踏出大雄寶殿,獨自走出寺門。
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身後佛門已上鎖,他身處熱鬧的凡塵節日中。長街綴上了華美的花燈,遊人不斷、燈火璀璨,比起記憶中故鄉的節慶還要鮮明數分。可惜自懂事以來所謂節慶都逃不過錢債之禍,真逃過了也是靠著佛寺的護佑,而佛寺中人一向深居簡出,他真就沒有什麽過節的快樂回憶。218Please respect copyright.PENANABhIMyYUrl2
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除了那年三十新歲。
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——小娘無財無色,倒想問無名郎君你若不是打劫,是打算跟著小娘苦行到阿瑜陀耶城嗎?!
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憶起那張狂的態度,他不禁低頭微笑:聲聲小娘、小娘,哪家爹娘教出這樣毒口卻可愛的姑娘?218Please respect copyright.PENANABgBEiG20yc
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卻又是誰家兒郎,讓這樣毒口卻鮮活的姑娘變得得體有禮、變成那一潭……
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「哎呀終於!喂—!暹羅人——!」218Please respect copyright.PENANAv4KlXNUPne
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回憶被呼喚粉碎,戌槐應聲回頭,只見筆直的鍋杓突破了人海,一個頭披麻布、雙眸帶綠的年輕廚娘舉著鍋杓急跑過來,手邊的雞籠還被衝擊得晃動不斷。218Please respect copyright.PENANA79VQTgPjXh
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話說這廚娘,好像跟他的相懿關係不錯?218Please respect copyright.PENANA08ruzItckP
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「戌槐見過……敢問姑娘貴姓?」「我姓許名塵霏、隨你怎樣叫啦……對了!丹紅娘正在找你啊!」
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「我?」
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「你不是訂了八人宴,戌時一刻開席還點明要做荷花雞嗎?丹紅娘說你或者阿綰娘再不出現的話涼拌荳芽都要涼了,別怪她不留桌呢!」218Please respect copyright.PENANAM3fIw2srxr
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廚娘許塵霏沒好氣地說,面對眼前一臉懵的異鄉男人也沒興致多作解釋。這雞還是剛買的,要是這樣一行人說不吃了,這雞她就留著自己吃、哪怕是阿綰娘也沒情面可說了!
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「余明白了,余等八人會盡快開席,煩請許姑娘幫忙傳一下話。」幾經梳理,戌槐總算明白了,拱手苦笑道:「還有,這荷花雞請務必盡下功夫……阿綰娘,喜此菜至甚。」218Please respect copyright.PENANAAiKdGsVAE4
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當年在暹羅,她最愛吃荷花雞了。
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「功夫我自然下盡,至於綰姐姐她今日喜不喜歡這荷花雞,嘻嘻吃就吃不吃作罷啦!」
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許塵霏顯然沒讀懂這深意,張口來個自傲的玩笑、爽快地拱手一揖就提著活雞急急離開了。而那鍋杓仍然如領軍大旗般,隨著女孩的腳步鶴立於人海之中。
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想什麽呢?今晚的宴席還未開始,無謂先打退堂鼓自滅威風吧。
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如是想,戌槐抬起頭,放鬆心情慢慢步於人潮中……
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直到馬蹄昭昭、行人驚呼響於耳邊,他抽神觀察那行帶劍又帶鎖的官府人馬,轉瞬就伸手抓緊了鎖骨間的金佛護身符,然後隨他們而跑去。
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官差要去珏羅館,所以他也要去。
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相懿在那裡!218Please respect copyright.PENANApbfQL9L51l
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待續。
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