靖瑤將女祭讓進原先準備給她的位置,才開口道:「如諸位大人所見,女祭娘娘已助我將酒器易主,詳情暫且揭過,眼下,陸封已墜入長夢,施加在娘親身上的術法也已失效,靖瑤來此便是打算接著與諸位說明,解開『厄魘襄陵』一事。」113Please respect copyright.PENANAaLTVToBF0o
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幾位冥府的主子覷了覷女祭,心知許多疑問諸如「酒器是否為真」、「如何易主得手」、「當真解開天后夢魘」等,都無需再問,女祭在此,便是靖瑤所言最佳擔保,金剛不壞。113Please respect copyright.PENANAaQ8MrhpZNu
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簡言之,靖瑤將在女祭的指導下重新打磨酒器,將陸封鑿進酒器底部的相柳遺骸磨去,而後再次催出酒水,催出一滴美夢,投入忘川,消弭無盡繁衍的惡夢。113Please respect copyright.PENANAiNBf1LWLL6
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「娘娘,晚輩有一問。」宣鑒打岔,計畫聽上去無甚過失,卻有一事難解,「忘川裡攪和著萬千凡人魂魄的夢魘,僅用一場好夢,當真能消弭?」畢竟,何謂「好夢」因人而異。113Please respect copyright.PENANAICI7jXxZla
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女祭一笑:「霽同我提起過你,說你是個怠惰使用才華的。」宣鑒面上五顏六色轉過一輪後,才聽女祭答道:「確實,逐一洗淨魂魄,沒有任何法子比『萬法清平』迅速有效,可我們要做的是釜底抽薪,以施術之人的美夢,彌平他所代去的『厄魘襄陵』的根。」113Please respect copyright.PENANApOjBeqPgw3
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堂上眾人齊刷刷看向靖瑤,施術之人正是陸封,若說誰能取來陸封之夢,靖瑤當是不二人選。113Please respect copyright.PENANAMiGDSJbjS8
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靖瑤被看得渾身不自在,雖已下訂決心協助,可此時猛然壓下的重擔,仍令她有些喘不上氣。113Please respect copyright.PENANADhm9nS3xLk
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女祭伸手搭上靖瑤手臂,予以安撫,這位難以捉摸的太古神祇,似乎很是喜愛天家小郡主。113Please respect copyright.PENANA738gGPpKCJ
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她道:「莫擔心,最棘手的妳已辦妥,餘下的定能妥善處理,華胥寶珠能助妳完成。」113Please respect copyright.PENANAciOaJYBL21
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靖瑤回以幾不可見的輕輕點頭。113Please respect copyright.PENANAllxRItgyUm
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當日稍晚,不省人事的陸封,被五花大綁地送至靖瑤房內,一同等在裡邊的還有女祭。113Please respect copyright.PENANAY6jOFce6jO
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「娘娘,晚輩有一事相求。」靖瑤如是說。
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近來,陸封總感覺靖瑤有些陌生,他倆依舊一塊兒上學,下學一塊兒看夕陽,偶爾一塊兒躲懶,一切如常,但不知為何,陸封覺得靖瑤嬌俏的笑容裡,掩藏著一絲陰鬱。113Please respect copyright.PENANASBV9FQTCXx
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「郡主近期可有什麼事煩心?」苦思多日,陸封實在想不明白,終於決定開口詢問,兩人此時正並肩躺在元靈池畔,碩大的優缽羅花稍稍探出池水,陰影正好足夠為二人遮擋陽光。113Please respect copyright.PENANALUODLcDLdY
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陸封道:「若有,不妨說與我聽,多一人思量,便多一分機會。」113Please respect copyright.PENANAyKoe1VVPVJ
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靖瑤似乎沒料到陸封問起,大為驚訝,反問道:「封哥哥為何突然問起?我看上去不高興了嗎?什麼時候?現下?」反應之大讓陸封微微一驚。113Please respect copyright.PENANAiGqdqB1yZS
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但他沒做他想,解釋道:「不,不是現下,是……近幾日不時覺著郡主似乎心事重重,才有此一問,若郡主並未心煩,再好不過。」語畢淺淺一笑。113Please respect copyright.PENANA3IITkI4zt7
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「……沒事兒!」靖瑤笑了,異常燦爛,她道:「多謝封哥哥關懷,哎呀,難為你關心我啦,先前我這臉色不知得多難看呢,竟讓封哥哥都看不下去啦。」113Please respect copyright.PENANAe2rcAG3MNy
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陸封緬甸地撓撓鼻樑,道:「沒的事,郡主一如既往好看,不過是忽然想起,從前若有掛心郡主,卻都甚少問出,如今想來有些不妥,應當改過。」113Please respect copyright.PENANA1IqJNO7bAg
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「郡主?」靖瑤沒回應,陸封不禁出聲。113Please respect copyright.PENANAJC9SAXdiqO
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「封哥哥,有一事想問問你。」靖瑤突兀道。113Please respect copyright.PENANAXIdiOi5sOm
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「當然,郡主請講。」113Please respect copyright.PENANAvBFF55uCqB
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「封哥哥至今人生裡,何時尤為愜意、最為快樂?」113Please respect copyright.PENANAtamIRb01mi
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微風牽起陸封微笑,吹動優缽羅花,日光灑進他雙眸。113Please respect copyright.PENANATYcaErYFbQ
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「此時。」他說。113Please respect copyright.PENANAFBklhThfgY
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「……陪我小睡片刻可好,封哥哥?」靖瑤再次生硬地轉移話題。113Please respect copyright.PENANAl3SbwoOL4z
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日光傾斜時,靖瑤將一枚寶珠放進熟睡的陸封懷中,一縷微光自陸封胸口滲出,鑽進華胥寶珠裡邊,七彩流光自內部點亮鏤空的寶珠,增添快活的氣息。113Please respect copyright.PENANA3cOA5vSeyr
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眼淚一滴一滴墜落,打在寶珠上,打在陸封臉頰上。
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幾日後清晨,忘川邊擠滿人潮,眾人拋下工作,不顧危險聚集到川邊,只為一句傳言:「今日厄魘襄陵得解。」這流言轉了幾手已然面目全非,究竟是誰要解、如何解已傳出數十版本。113Please respect copyright.PENANAcuV5TqJV9y
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須臾,鑊湯地獄大門敞開,當中步出一位身著粉色襦裙的姑娘,只見她緩步朝忘川前進,雙手攏在袖中,低頭不語,只顧邁步,眾人卻紛紛為她讓道,直抵川邊。113Please respect copyright.PENANA3zpN5YRIqi
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腥紅的川水幾乎拍到靖瑤鞋尖,她站在川邊許久,直至人群隱約騷動,方才自懷中取出一物——兕角酒器。113Please respect copyright.PENANAxjXP7PAF63
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她將酒器平舉胸前,另一手作勢虛抬,一束花應此而生,紫黑的花朵攀出壺嘴,片刻盛放,無風搖曳,抖出一顆朝露,滑過花瓣,顫巍巍地掛在尖端。113Please respect copyright.PENANAPSkzQ49n3l
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這是寂言花,陸封頭一次送給靖瑤的花。113Please respect copyright.PENANAPL2wXbC85z
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朝露墜落,眾人屏氣凝神的目光中,露珠入水的聲響格外清晰。113Please respect copyright.PENANAFAEFMzehip
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與之相伴的嘆息卻只靖瑤一人聽見,似悲似喜,似泣訴,似釋然。113Please respect copyright.PENANAt4VkmvWJCW
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而後,以第一聲嘆息為引,忘川內接連響開喟然長嘆,此起彼落,遍佈川水的腥紅,彷彿乘著低語升起、消散,污濁的顏色一點一滴褪去。113Please respect copyright.PENANA16F184nfBs
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不多時,忘川重新化作清清長河,久違地。川邊眾人又沉寂了片刻,才爆出如雷歡呼,如釋重負的宣洩,浪潮般淹沒靖瑤,她脫力地席地跪坐,酒器隨手扔在地上。113Please respect copyright.PENANAzXjNHvef63
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「孩子,妳做得很好。」靖瑤感覺到一隻手停放在自己頭上,剛進到目光裡的白皙赤足,說明了來人身份。113Please respect copyright.PENANAci2WmbN2V8
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怎麼能說做得好呢?她做得一點都不好,她把那名陰鬱少年,畢生中唯一明媚的時光,投進忘川裡了,那些關於自己的一切,將永遠留在冥府了。113Please respect copyright.PENANAs9f2iB2OwX
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陸封再也不認識她了。113Please respect copyright.PENANATvPaAzD8I9
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萬法清平依然高掛,白光溫和依舊。靖瑤不禁心想,綰兒姐姐看向光輪時的心境,也如同此時的她嗎?113Please respect copyright.PENANAqALZnWDxJc
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哭聲響起前一刻,女祭柔軟而厚重的外袍落下,將嬌小的姑娘嚴實地罩住,遮蔽川邊數以萬計陌生的、螫人的視線,將她崩斷的傷悲緊緊藏掖。113Please respect copyright.PENANA1G2MqaVMRW
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外袍上殘留的軟香餘溫,卻不能為黑暗中的靖瑤帶去半點安慰。