暮靄之城2《霧河之謎》（完結） - 楔子

船夫踏出家門。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ5LSYRZK4b
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拄著拐杖，手裡提著燈，照亮腳下仍然被霧氣佔據，因而一片灰慘的地面。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3hG82BYOT
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托這些遲緩濃重，宛如幽靈盤旋的霧氣之福，無論是月光、還是燈光，皆無法在這街道上留下半點痕跡。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuENvOXARbC
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被霧籠罩的空間只有靜謐，一切無聲，就像默劇在眼前上演，而你也身處其中似的。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSBbBxYqrN
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船夫走進霧裡。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjiRqrRK3v
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他的腳步聲跟在他身後，餘下的散落在霧裡。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3feWWnssQo
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船夫跛了一條腿，但他從不提這條腿是怎麼傷的，還有他這麼一大把年紀了，為什麼不找個女人、生個孩子來替他負擔生活重擔。每當有人問起這些事，他總會怒目相視，然後送你一打穢言污語。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8I5fpMCWYn
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他的財產只有那條小船。他每天從霧河的東岸划往西岸，將某些小商家所購買的的貨物從這一頭載到另一頭，抽取微薄的費用，然後載從那一頭載些客人到這一頭回來，這裡得到的船資或許比較豐厚些，但不怎麼穩定。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRg9tEpjWF
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總之，不管怎總是能找到賺錢的活兒幹。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfgOE9rJKI
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像他這樣的人，得自己找活幹，因為沒有人會給你飯吃。一切都得自力更生。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovmz1kkTyM
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他走到河岸邊。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk821zT4whP
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這條切過蘭登城東南邊，與大河交會、直入大海的長河，將這座城市分成兩邊。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VRcpl5qCd
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較小的這邊比較貧困，較大的那邊比較富裕，也繁忙得多。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFdQ09lFQxy
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但無論繁榮還是衰敗，都在同一座城市裡。而對船夫而言，一切和他溫飽無關的事情都沒有在意的必要。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpLxMAYopdL
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無論人如何改變、天氣是好是壞，這條河永遠都會在，而船夫也只是日復一日地、在霧河上來來去去。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0QvLfnq6a
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他的住所就在河岸邊不遠，一間小小的、以木材和泥磚搭建成的小屋，但因為他沒有錢賄賂河務官讓他在自己家門前設立船樁，所以他只能每天花三分昂的租金在碼頭租船樁，然後在清晨的時候，走過瀰漫著霧的河岸，過去上工。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBUUoxSEAi
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這日，船夫不是最早到的那一個。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnsl06ac27
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在他來到自己的船樁前，四周已經有其他船家正在裝載貨物。而他被分配到運送的貨物已經堆在他租下的船樁旁的岸上，一名穿著髒兮兮襯衫、麻布袋裁製成短褲的男孩正靠著那些貨物打量。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjofjxcE0fl
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最近幾天，從霧河東岸要運到西岸的東西增加不少，每日往來的人也便多了。有時候，船夫還會接到河務官的要求，要他們幫忙運些東西來到這一邊，政府出錢總是很大方，因此船夫也樂得聽從指示。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRpvy4pSHJD
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不過這樣一萊，靠他一個人得速度就不夠了。雖然不服氣，但船夫還是得承認他得力氣已不如從前。所以他雇用了一個男孩，用一天半里昂和午餐的代價，來分擔自己搬貨物的勞動工作。船夫覺得這可能是這一年來他做過最明智的決定了。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbPR6fgRuY
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男孩工作起來很勤快，也很識相，除了問東西要搬到哪之外，不會用討厭的噪音和問題打擾他。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VtkCqgoB2
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「來吧，小子，上工了。」他走到男孩身邊，用拐杖敲敲他的小腿，惡聲惡氣地喝道。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXJnclTLVi
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「是，先生。」男孩俐落地爬起來，等船夫清點完東西之後，開始將貨物搬到船上。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14xfje8Uzc
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男孩動作迅速，但因為他們已經落後了一些，所以當船夫解下船樁上的繫繩，用槳將裝滿貨物的船撐離河岸時，天際已經一片灰藍，由深至淺，河岸那一端，天空漸漸從灰轉亮。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWDLbatkSt
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而瀰漫在大河上的霧起也開始淡去，只留下一薄薄的一層，順著漣漪晃動，像從水中升起的光般迷濛。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwR3iSJSreq
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好幾艘船已經離開港口，在河面上四散分開，前往它們的目的地。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1w1O6Mjf4
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雖然白霧稀疏，旦仍能遮蔽船隻的身影，讓它們在河面上漂流著就像是一些飄忽的影子。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp4OvyIIdYy
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曾有種說法。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnPvafUsLW
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霧河。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVclGgVjfYI
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這條有蘭登城就存在的河流——不管它和這城市當時叫做什麼名字——在這座城市裡不甘死去的所有靈魂，最終都會回到這條河上，徘徊不去，所以每當黃昏，這條和尚就會開始瀰漫白霧，然後漸漸擴散至城市的每一個角落、每一條巷道。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5kr20kUxY
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它是死者之河。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2ZLWgRp3M
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但對船夫，以及所有在這條河上討生活的人而言。它只是條河，若說有什麼更深刻的意義，那僅只限於它是他們的衣食父母，也是他們日復一日的挑戰。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgOiQXfFDo4
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船夫將滿載貨物的船往上游划去。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYtTYR7SIm
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這船東西都是要送到上游的船塢去的，很少有船會跑這麼一趟，不過如果有需要，這生意通常是由他來跑。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQ4fno979V
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船夫在霧河上來來往往十幾年，比這裡大多數跑船人資歷都要老，而且他只跑城市裡這一段，對這裡的水流再了解不過。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHUrqbOadpM
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他一路往上，肌肉糾結的手臂穩穩地撐著船槳，規律而穩健地推動著船隻。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcStJuS66yl
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他雇用的孩子坐在船頭，雙眼機警地盯著前方，在清晨，霧尚未全部散去的時候，最怕的就是被什麼不知名的浮物絆住船。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzC5tmWM4mk
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以前船夫會自己注意，但現在，既然有人分擔，他也樂得輕鬆，只要專心控船就好。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLkJCoVDPxQ
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不過他還是疏忽了。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOurgu4VBH2
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當船槳碰到某個重物的時候，老船夫喝罵一聲。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rSI9CTdsS
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「你這個偷懶的小鬼！」他高聲詛咒，「滾過來，小子，看看你是怎麼幹活的！有東西纏上我的槳！」64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHP99FRyLI
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「就來，先生。」男孩從他的座位上起身，以輕盈的步伐來到船邊，往槳的方向望去。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5py1sOKrD5
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「我沒看到什麼東西，先生。」他瞇眼打量一陣，然後疑惑地抬頭。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfF0Dif5K58
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老船夫仍然在使勁想把他的船槳從束縛中扯出來。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtleJFi6o7M
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「那麼是哪個該死東西纏住了我的槳！如果你什麼都沒看到的話，你的眼睛是生來作什麼用的！」64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRVhODgrn8
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男孩聳聳肩，並未把船夫的咒罵放在心上，他往河面再探出些身子，試圖透過霧氣看清在河面下的東西——64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVmIPPZzxH3
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而他有些收穫，他確實看見了某些......陰影。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcENJMjx404
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但它們不像那些經常出現在合理的障礙物，它們沒有固定形狀，就像一片影子、不斷變化著外型，從底處擴散、上浮，直至表面......64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM82JXmxtAC
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那層擴散的顏色即便在霧裡依然刺目。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTZD6iLT20
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男孩倒吸一口氣，跌坐在船上。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjtBzKULO4
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他的動作讓小船一陣晃動，船夫腳一滑，手沒握穩丟了槳，這讓他怒氣驟升，「你這小子！看你幹的好事！」64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwm35lLdzc7
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「快看，先生。」64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGijJ1MlfO
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但男孩顫抖著指向前方的手很快轉移了他的注意力。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIlEcj7KmD
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船夫轉頭看去，同樣不可置信地瞠大了眼。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJRZzQYg0v
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「喔，我的老天......上帝保佑......」64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vjAenO8Gr
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在河面上擴散開的，是妖豔的鮮紅。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS91U1bzrco
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只會綻放在陸地上的顏色，在河面上，以不祥的速度迅速擴散，以船為中心，像感染似地朝四面八方蔓延，擴張著這顏色的領域。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XHmZtrvxU
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然而詛咒還沒結束。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBuG6KQao2U
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隨著下沉的船槳，解放了它的束縛的東西浮上，在船側現身。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuz08VykTXc
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一開始是蒼白的皮膚，然後是黑沉地有如絕望的髮絲在一片血紅裡飄搖。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlytgM0J0Im
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失去了上下眼皮而裸露在外的眼珠朝著天，猙獰控訴它所遭遇到的命運。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ760ptDn4ba
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浮腫而雪白的血肉幾乎和那些被啃咬、露出的骨頭同樣淒慘。64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FAjjA51KZ
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——河底浮上兩具浮腫殘破的死屍，連同足以染紅整條霧河的血液......64Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFeuhELBGlf
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