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暮靄之城2《霧河之謎》(完結)
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暮靄之城2《霧河之謎》(完結)
Author:
守夜人

ISSUE #1
楔子
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAbj2YXgjOdR
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAkZsdFpTOI8
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAX8e7mAyR6n
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船夫走進霧裡。66Please respect copyright.PENANAIz1cQTCVte
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他的腳步聲跟在他身後,餘下的散落在霧裡。66Please respect copyright.PENANAFarITE3Hpq
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAYe4H8JdT3b
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAQLybrXtUCz
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總之,不管怎總是能找到賺錢的活兒幹。66Please respect copyright.PENANAkQSzu2JPvo
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAORUnGNsbU2
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他走到河岸邊。66Please respect copyright.PENANAbtjyAqMs78
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAxctRnUkoY6
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANA74n6Nu6myl
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAC1b0sVuENy
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAL9P3qD7ylq
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANA7WXOVbEasw
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這日,船夫不是最早到的那一個。66Please respect copyright.PENANAzxsyDnDNI9
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAY2Ig0Y3RXW
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAk840H6c1Y0
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANADCGijQZJy3
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAa6a6IHQNOs
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAgVvIn9aMEo
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANA8FCFmRn8T5
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANACMBmuN339D
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAM4hjH6chVC
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAXQOMlUZ2l3
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANA3mJzXeZdQq
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曾有種說法。66Please respect copyright.PENANASkI2rHM6T1
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霧河。66Please respect copyright.PENANANcEgYEIzXl
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANA4j7HSNw1om
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它是死者之河。66Please respect copyright.PENANA906MVyDDKT
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAviv0uxUioU
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船夫將滿載貨物的船往上游划去。66Please respect copyright.PENANAnnBqWc9mpl
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAkEasxP9Ple
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAf3atk0DtNu
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAhTXmp3MX67
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAKg2w2AGHCF
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAOj543GXWG5
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不過他還是疏忽了。66Please respect copyright.PENANAkXnVOTucoc
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當船槳碰到某個重物的時候,老船夫喝罵一聲。66Please respect copyright.PENANAQDOGu7NJT2
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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!」66Please respect copyright.PENANA4NU0SZyeWD
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAqxSpy4Gxab
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAnQtTmRmI1a
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAvsd0druRqn
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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!」66Please respect copyright.PENANAyBWCHq1Zuy
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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——66Please respect copyright.PENANADc652CJ7CX
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而他有些收穫,他確實看見了某些......陰影。66Please respect copyright.PENANAbKUvBGFmzH
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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......66Please respect copyright.PENANAYQ8GRKJctt
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那層擴散的顏色即便在霧裡依然刺目。66Please respect copyright.PENANAuSTlGunNnT
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男孩倒吸一口氣,跌坐在船上。66Please respect copyright.PENANAk3qXZe9rD0
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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!」66Please respect copyright.PENANAtnY14iPAiq
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「快看,先生。」66Please respect copyright.PENANAqch4tAjwcj
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAg4wnq95pJW
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船夫轉頭看去,同樣不可置信地瞠大了眼。66Please respect copyright.PENANATQ7EKCaQWM
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「喔,我的老天......上帝保佑......」66Please respect copyright.PENANAw9YJG4g0a1
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在河面上擴散開的,是妖豔的鮮紅。66Please respect copyright.PENANAZnz17C36OC
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAgdLI6lWqgf
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然而詛咒還沒結束。66Please respect copyright.PENANAw4855zktlA
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANA7by8MOhVff
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAXDOBomlFZQ
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAqoOqtcPMKH
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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。66Please respect copyright.PENANAnTFDI1mSNG
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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......66Please respect copyright.PENANAqR6pqLj1n1
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