「走吧。」27Please respect copyright.PENANACXSePSpOYh
待胡姚離去,男人向等待多時的唐順伸出手,只是女孩沒能明白其義,以為對方要給命令,下意識又要跪聽。27Please respect copyright.PENANAfUdtaL6DGO
老天!又跪!27Please respect copyright.PENANAcfQmG6C5E9
趙五頭本欲斥止,腦中恰浮現師妹提及關於棄子之說,還有臨行前那句:27Please respect copyright.PENANAUk3sTdD5pR
「師兄,你可以不理解,但莫要責備。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAKR7Oj0gJgY
這使他儘管氣憤卻無處發洩,只能煩躁抓了抓頭,仰天長嘆後,單膝跪於女孩面前,張開掌心對著她說道:「伸手。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAym1JaDlUmS
「先生這是⋯⋯何意?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAhkRR8P0l7m
唐順睜大雙眸道,趙五聽得疑惑,回問:「妳不知道牽手?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAD6q5Fiyvbh
而見她搖首,讓帶過家中弟妹的男人頓時語塞,怔了好些會,才將女孩的手握在掌中。27Please respect copyright.PENANAgi1oP2rKMu
「像這樣。」他以另隻手輕拍唐順頭,叮囑道:「以後如果我這樣伸手,就是牽手的意思。」語畢,他拉著女孩起身。27Please respect copyright.PENANATPOWSiadHl
「走吧,不要再下跪了。」27Please respect copyright.PENANANMSkVTB48m
趙五仍無法理解為何唐順會成為今日這般模樣,唯一能做是教她那些從來不曾知曉之事,將女孩待作自家年幼弟妹般照護。只是如此來,他便無法如最初所想,將其視為執行任務的同夥。27Please respect copyright.PENANAPPHIiqL1eA
而男人同樣隱憂相生,因當他越於教中鋒芒畢露,唐順與其親近就愈加危險,更何況女孩早被廣傳爬上左護法弟子床榻,那些對左護法弟子寵幸孩童百般不屑之人,此刻也都對女孩透露更勝之鄙夷。27Please respect copyright.PENANAWC3f4DLLGC
「寵幸孩童不過奇特本性與癖好。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAtR3PAKLVhi
教內人士無不如此道:「可被寵幸之者則令人作噁,竟不顧尊嚴。」27Please respect copyright.PENANARST4f7zyfY
右護法門下幾班弟子亦發現唐順與他親近非常,多於背地竊竊私語,27Please respect copyright.PENANAHj3V65f1GK
「分明前世造孽,今生不潔身自愛,才招此對待。」27Please respect copyright.PENANA2JtzpY8Fun
每每聽及此言論,趙五氣到恨不得狠狠揍斷這些人鼻樑,卻終究只能為了任務忍住,在房裡把頭埋進被中大吼大叫。27Please respect copyright.PENANAGfJundCWfb
「先生.....」27Please respect copyright.PENANAok79hzyuWW
唐順軟軟呼喚埋在棉被底的趙五,而他僅是悶著聲音回道:「怎麼?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAMlTEkVcccU
「先生別生氣⋯⋯」27Please respect copyright.PENANAJM6FddtWS5
女孩答覆使趙五怒火又攻心,跳起身質疑:「為什麼不介意?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAJOYTlz2Xzq
然而唐順仍不解,伴隨幾絲困惑與膽怯、稍微後退幾步,小聲詢問:「為什麼先生要生氣?」27Please respect copyright.PENANARpbCVvubYd
為什麼?27Please respect copyright.PENANA4Vit626Rkq
是氣為什麼唐順不懂何謂愛惜?27Please respect copyright.PENANAYIynvpdXdS
還是看到孩子被根本不知真相之愚人批判?而他無法保護她免於攻擊?27Please respect copyright.PENANAWn2Ea52oJr
又或,這事情全數出自於自己一句無心之言?27Please respect copyright.PENANA9br8BwlJ2D
「我——」27Please respect copyright.PENANAl2APe58tCu
趙五察覺唐順對於他的怒火有些惶恐,剎那語塞,又有些懊惱,坐正於床緣後無奈開口:「我不是對妳生氣,妳不用害怕。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAPmT2YhoBjK
從未有人同唐順講過如此話語。27Please respect copyright.PENANANu9Hjpofhn
聽聞趙五所言,她心中感受到不曾感受過的安全無虞,稍微靠近他,像是百般確認其話中真實與否,眨了眨眼仰望趙五。27Please respect copyright.PENANASPyZuK6dJi
「為什麼害怕我生氣?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAAKe8jcX5QY
男人又問,說完又恐自己太兇,便伸出手到唐順面前,良久,女孩才將小手輕輕放到他掌上,應答:「阿順小時後只要不聽話,阿爹阿娘就會很生氣打阿順,他們會說取給阿順一個順字,就是要阿順聽話,所以,阿順只要聽話就不會被打⋯⋯」27Please respect copyright.PENANAHrslGgdxLV
無聲示意女孩坐到自己身畔,趙五未打斷稚嫩童音。27Please respect copyright.PENANAu00djvzJi1
「後來家裡有了阿弟,阿爹阿娘就要阿順聽話陪叔叔們玩,叔叔們都會把阿順用得很痛,但他們都會給阿爹阿娘很多錢,讓阿爹阿娘買漂亮的衣服給弟弟,阿爹阿娘心情好,就不會打阿順。」27Please respect copyright.PENANA4BJfioeMI2
女孩牽著男人的手,踢著小腳,彷彿描述與自身無關的故事,趙五卻胸口極為悶痛,無法言語。27Please respect copyright.PENANAfj7g9AHNKM
「可是⋯⋯後來爹娘和那些叔叔們起爭執,叔叔不小心把爹娘和弟弟都砍死了,但他們說阿順平常很乖、很聽話所以讓阿順活下來,又把阿順賣到唐家堡。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAffiaeNOjYX
說到此,唐順抬起頭凝望趙五、露出笑容,幽暗的眸子相當純淨,其中的光芒卻破碎到難以拼湊。27Please respect copyright.PENANAVYXiIy2Ccx
「唐家堡的師兄師姐都對阿順很好,不會打阿順,先生⋯⋯先生也對阿順很好!阿順會聽話、不會讓先生失望的,所以先生不要生氣——」27Please respect copyright.PENANA41IfBkulfz
猛然被男人擁入懷中,唐順剎那慌亂且僵直,但立即發現對方正在抽泣,陌生的情緒油然升起,脫口問道:27Please respect copyright.PENANAQCASeKRLYv
「先生為什麼要哭?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAzLwPHMP2kc
而聽聞女孩的疑惑,趙五沒能回應,只是抱緊唐順,哭得眼淚縱橫。
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我要保護這孩子。27Please respect copyright.PENANArGtLSXlsMD
從那天起趙五立下誓約,而春秋流逝,光陰荏苒,只是當又過一年半載,即使他再極力避免,兩人親近之舉終究被教中弟子發現注目,並稟報右護法,他立即被傳召前去。27Please respect copyright.PENANA0WqAlfIZTP
「薩達,你應知道今日為何召你前來。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAip6vdH0Pzb
右護法看似不在意,目光落在湛紅指甲上,神態若有所思,徐徐道:「本護法看你,跟爬上左護法前弟子床的那女娃兒特別親近?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAgtJtqttSna
聽到對方飄渺不定的聲音,趙五心底早已做好演練,先面露左右為難,隨後猛然跪下磕頭,且久久不起。而見趙五神態真切,右護法估量幾許後收起本要下令的指尖,再次開口:「先別如此,你定有緣由,說吧。」27Please respect copyright.PENANANTj7CfUF6i
「那女孩是屬下親生骨肉,她娘親是中原女子,來此地尋屬下不幸亡於大漠,屬下找了好幾年,才在此地發現到她。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAhjArjIDLDF
低聲說起自己多年來使用的偽造身分,趙五情摯意深、字字真切。27Please respect copyright.PENANAaBj1GQWiNk
薩達本是綠洲部族尋常人家么子,曾去漢人城市遊歷,後因母親重病而趕回綠洲,畢竟長得英挺俊朗,加上這段深情過去並不顯突兀,反倒極為可能。右護法仔細掃視男人說話的神情,表情從頭到尾都無變化。27Please respect copyright.PENANAZR8fOUt1j9
「右大人,屬下⋯⋯」講到此,趙五再次下跪,嗓音帶著哽咽:「右大人,請責罰。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAI8yPu7RjeJ
見此,右護法終於對其說詞打消懷疑,讓趙五退了下去,不再提及此事。27Please respect copyright.PENANAS4EmSI7oOc
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「咦?」27Please respect copyright.PENANA1V5EBxYnCj
難得表現出震驚,唐順瞪大眸子低聲道:「阿順要叫先生阿爺?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAFNjrmoXY7E
趙五煩躁抓頭,有些羞赧,不願再多提,僅是再次叮嚀:「噓、小聲點,快習慣吧⋯⋯別喊錯。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAL7YYhgjDG7
畢竟他想不到其它方式守護她。27Please respect copyright.PENANAlNCVlUnMVu
「是為了任務嗎?」女孩再次抬起頭問。27Please respect copyright.PENANA0GzirFgfpY
聽聞唐順所問,趙五沉默數刻,才頷首。27Please respect copyright.PENANA3FkkSpDNsU
「對,為了任務。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAoHMUUGv4Rs
他們為父女之事很快傳遍教中,因此即使雙雙形影不離也莫遭懷疑,而接到任務命令的唐順將相當認真扮演女兒之職。27Please respect copyright.PENANAkKqRcpwQ94
「阿爺,阿娘長甚麼樣子呀?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAHRyko2QDBg
「⋯⋯」27Please respect copyright.PENANAtQ1yxN2tJs
「阿爺,你跟阿娘怎麼認識的?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAeggiQfumos
「⋯⋯」27Please respect copyright.PENANALAiPfxYKDK
「阿爺,阿順是像阿娘還是阿爺?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAQUNZka2FKy
「⋯⋯」27Please respect copyright.PENANARPK3pLCUU9
趙五頭痛不已,誰來教他該怎麼面對孩子一連串的問題?
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龐大的教團中派系自然分歧嚴重,拜火教益是如此,只見教內衝突日漸顯著,對教徒的管控更加嚴格,隨時都有政變之危。而趙五所站的右護法勢力大不如前,不但被下人分瓜,甚至有風聲其中幾位聯合新任左護法欲以下犯上。27Please respect copyright.PENANA6JdnKLZevi
得到如此訊息,爬到右護法陣前護衛的趙五自然緊張,提高警覺謹慎防範並逐步開始收拾善後,等待收到來自丐幫撤退的信號。27Please respect copyright.PENANAUfLsLXCsS5
直到那日終於來臨。27Please respect copyright.PENANAW8nUS5TYlp
天未明,男人便敏銳聽聞遠方隱約有刀劍之聲,緊接著細碎腳步逐步靠近。27Please respect copyright.PENANARlQwHg0yXy
寢房很快就會被包圍。27Please respect copyright.PENANA6MXCtrJDYB
他心想,趕忙搖醒睡在旁邊的唐順。27Please respect copyright.PENANAr6INQE5kiG
「順兒,醒醒。」27Please respect copyright.PENANA1uhgdlQVT6
女孩揉揉眼睛,語帶睏意問:「唔,先生⋯⋯怎麼?」27Please respect copyright.PENANAFejVRUC9jZ
「該過河了。」27Please respect copyright.PENANA40IeTPMCea
趙五神態凝重,不帶笑意。27Please respect copyright.PENANAQBoDVGz3i9
是撤退的密語!27Please respect copyright.PENANA37in8B6gGm
聽聞男人之言,唐順本還迷茫的雙眸剎那清醒,翻身從枕下抽出匕首,趙五則翻身下床、腳力踏地並掀起木板,抓起藏在下方的酒壺與打狗棒、千機匣,交給唐順。27Please respect copyright.PENANAEfeox0pSaE
好在他早已把證據都湮滅。27Please respect copyright.PENANAUm9B3eoG7o
「走吧。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAROk7eNwTsp
趙五領著唐順壓低身形到門邊,與其對望一眼,女孩立即知曉其所言,反手就將毒剎與鐵蒺藜朝外扔去,最後又炸開許多煙霧粉塵,即刻聽聞周遭傳出哀號,兩人便趁機掩住口鼻瞬行聶雲往空廊道跑去。27Please respect copyright.PENANAdYpBPohxvy
後頭立即響起此起彼落的嘶吼。27Please respect copyright.PENANAhY05tg9bO6
「薩達跑了!帶著女兒跑了!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAQpmGTw0c18
「等等!這並非我教所用暗器!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAIe5FAHjnwe
「他們是唐人!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAwqqK2lMt9X
「追!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAsUar2EDiTB
聖火化為地獄烈焰追趕,他們倆人邊終是運起各自門派內力斬殺任何阻擋於去程者。27Please respect copyright.PENANA5lywJVh4zS
而許多拜火弟子見唐順身單力薄,就呼喊群起圍攻女孩,雙眸綻放出比地獄火更幽黑的光芒,縱使女孩極力反擊,盡可能拉開距離、找尋屬於自己的優勢,卻仍不注意被劃傷小腿,一個重心不穩便摔倒。27Please respect copyright.PENANAEXZW4WvJKM
「嗚!」27Please respect copyright.PENANATfGkzbPTZP
巨大黑影逐漸聚攏,眾人臉上沾染鮮血與狂巔笑容。27Please respect copyright.PENANAVEBJWEnIhy
「這娃兒不是曾爬上前左護法的床嗎?」27Please respect copyright.PENANADjipW9vVMN
霎時,唐順似乎看見早已死去的阿爹與阿娘。27Please respect copyright.PENANAzrFOOR2bUo
還有無數朝她伸出魔爪的男人。27Please respect copyright.PENANARxKhYU53KN
「代表對她做甚麼都沒問題吧?」27Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ybz852DmH
女孩無法思考,恐懼讓她動彈不得,直到熟悉呼喚傳來。27Please respect copyright.PENANABJKjSNZDOQ
「順兒!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAm91xoUk6DH
趙五以惡狗攔路將唐順身邊敵人擊退,反身掌心以內力重灌入其天靈蓋,直接粉碎幾人腦殼,隨後抱起唐順躲到暗處,快速檢查、包紮女孩的傷口。27Please respect copyright.PENANAtxkkr6YiNA
這時,唐順壓住顫抖的聲音與雙手,她深知腳被傷的自己不過是累贅,輕聲道:「先生、先生先走吧。」27Please respect copyright.PENANA6wGdNtj68x
並嘗試揚起與當初無二的笑容。27Please respect copyright.PENANAMuCifBvYTN
「阿順說過,若有甚麼意外,請先生優先撤退,不用管阿順,阿順不會拖先生後腿——」27Please respect copyright.PENANA32QrNazzF4
「閉嘴!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAHgmgfNAT8t
趙五狂怒,扯下腰間綁帶將女孩背在背後綁緊,毫無猶豫。女孩見狀便極力掙扎,用力敲打男人的背大喊:「先、先生,會死的!」只是莫知為何,她一直以為已經不再流淚的雙眸此刻竟是熱淚盈眶。27Please respect copyright.PENANAWxSxeEuJX9
趙五未有半分遲疑。27Please respect copyright.PENANAOOWieoL4bH
「我絕對不會丟下妳!」27Please respect copyright.PENANAIJPiRvXDZ4
他飲盡封存多年的壺中美酒,目光閃過毫無隱藏的殺意。27Please respect copyright.PENANAuKPwhmbQxG
妳不是棄子。27Please respect copyright.PENANAqJOe4UccTt
而今日我們都不會死。27Please respect copyright.PENANA4mPlGZ04wN
「走了,一起回家。」27Please respect copyright.PENANAX7phg16PE2
趙五許下承諾。27Please respect copyright.PENANAVygYKLdgSc
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