「走吧。」94Please respect copyright.PENANA2Xt30C6FnC
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAk7AwHembmR
老天!又跪!94Please respect copyright.PENANA0DgXk605fq
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:94Please respect copyright.PENANAk09qe61FgZ
「師兄,你可以不理解,但莫要責備。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAjU9DIgTqJK
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。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAx9UAG4vvCL
「先生這是⋯⋯何意?」94Please respect copyright.PENANAWIxabQ2DMH
唐順睜大雙眸道,趙五聽得疑惑,回問:「妳不知道牽手?」94Please respect copyright.PENANA0XQ8YNnSWJ
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAAlAHFMDvOD
「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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAQDhtZ2BY7k
「走吧,不要再下跪了。」94Please respect copyright.PENANANbX6OZUVRI
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANA5RJz0Rz2Vi
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAIAnRB47MUN
「寵幸孩童不過奇特本性與癖好。」94Please respect copyright.PENANA6GM5KKudra
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。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAQGuSfGkHzx
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,94Please respect copyright.PENANAf0dWPa4zcS
「分明前世造孽,今生不潔身自愛,才招此對待。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAYi4IzguIWD
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANANQdmK1hAhY
「先生.....」94Please respect copyright.PENANAH0m0quuSmU
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?」94Please respect copyright.PENANAnHzeAKhdnO
「先生別生氣⋯⋯」94Please respect copyright.PENANASV3X9NLPSZ
女孩答覆使趙五怒火又攻心,跳起身質疑:「為什麼不介意?」94Please respect copyright.PENANAo8VBN3qiHk
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?」94Please respect copyright.PENANA0JnHOMR55j
為什麼?94Please respect copyright.PENANAfoCPVFeco7
是氣為什麼唐順不懂何謂愛惜?94Please respect copyright.PENANAU4GjxYeMhn
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?94Please respect copyright.PENANATPAtK4fFLS
又或,這事情全數出自於自己一句無心之言?94Please respect copyright.PENANAHJ3OJhxZrd
「我——」94Please respect copyright.PENANAUO6uBFJRWI
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。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAJipuFGqOak
從未有人同唐順講過如此話語。94Please respect copyright.PENANA3FRjRQrE4o
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAS7Trh3wXJf
「為什麼害怕我生氣?」94Please respect copyright.PENANAWFSM5Y1fMy
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⋯⋯」94Please respect copyright.PENANAVQJ6wqsBUo
無聲示意女孩坐到自己身畔,趙五未打斷稚嫩童音。94Please respect copyright.PENANAd0sfRNyGIK
「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。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAbBAoBfTM9l
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANA3KKjaEqvgc
「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。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAJru7wq1RCV
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANA8gyHavM8PU
「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——」94Please respect copyright.PENANA5pyXU7v7rJ
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:94Please respect copyright.PENANA7nvMbxzjpA
「先生為什麼要哭?」94Please respect copyright.PENANAguVuucZcIB
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAsd4mjKyZn0
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAvQsizkAC2W
「薩達,你應知道今日為何召你前來。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAY6V0DomEJQ
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?」94Please respect copyright.PENANA9f2MftP7jq
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。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAcINqdKHQbc
「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。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAIyuQXZJXHD
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAGQb0OLoK4o
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAC3yCX3Fakz
「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。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAF24h0obQUz
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANATGFGpqkubo
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「咦?」94Please respect copyright.PENANA2yqJ4ZAjUF
難得表現出震驚,唐順瞪大眸子低聲道:「阿順要叫先生阿爺?」94Please respect copyright.PENANAHpYpgpBgtT
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。」94Please respect copyright.PENANA2zqbH93tvG
畢竟他想不到其它方式守護她。94Please respect copyright.PENANALUQdyKd2iX
「是為了任務嗎?」女孩再次抬起頭問。94Please respect copyright.PENANA0tCajcRIom
聽聞唐順所問,趙五沉默數刻,才頷首。94Please respect copyright.PENANAmvS49cdrw5
「對,為了任務。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAuYgsZtoP3n
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAuTYDorUWRE
「阿爺,阿娘長甚麼樣子呀?」94Please respect copyright.PENANAaQq3ZSeW66
「⋯⋯」94Please respect copyright.PENANAx1etA2b5uJ
「阿爺,你跟阿娘怎麼認識的?」94Please respect copyright.PENANA9joaVnwzDF
「⋯⋯」94Please respect copyright.PENANAYGrbKjyren
「阿爺,阿順是像阿娘還是阿爺?」94Please respect copyright.PENANASmU0mlO51f
「⋯⋯」94Please respect copyright.PENANAF4KTnfAVb6
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAKaRc1Ukoot
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAo2VWCIMgLW
直到那日終於來臨。94Please respect copyright.PENANArl3FXTORf0
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAPXrHL7QnKM
寢房很快就會被包圍。94Please respect copyright.PENANAUaookUDKpr
他心想,趕忙搖醒睡在旁邊的唐順。94Please respect copyright.PENANAod3iQatbPI
「順兒,醒醒。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAiNZWPHL8b2
女孩揉揉眼睛,語帶睏意問:「唔,先生⋯⋯怎麼?」94Please respect copyright.PENANABMBW5uT8VT
「該過河了。」94Please respect copyright.PENANA1oIq0NMD7K
趙五神態凝重,不帶笑意。94Please respect copyright.PENANAyRyUbayC8o
是撤退的密語!94Please respect copyright.PENANAA6iG9yMJVu
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANA8oIGNJd1Lm
好在他早已把證據都湮滅。94Please respect copyright.PENANA1Vx0QiSPbR
「走吧。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAg5tSlc7Adf
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANASNzPQUu8xK
後頭立即響起此起彼落的嘶吼。94Please respect copyright.PENANAmLs8JNXcmK
「薩達跑了!帶著女兒跑了!」94Please respect copyright.PENANAUc7UnYuUP1
「等等!這並非我教所用暗器!」94Please respect copyright.PENANAn0LL8WxLPs
「他們是唐人!」94Please respect copyright.PENANAz10pa5ItfD
「追!」94Please respect copyright.PENANANypCcHYunl
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAnZbSLeAbMX
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAKIDBoIurbK
「嗚!」94Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZatH0wcj3
巨大黑影逐漸聚攏,眾人臉上沾染鮮血與狂巔笑容。94Please respect copyright.PENANAsdMAJRfiDU
「這娃兒不是曾爬上前左護法的床嗎?」94Please respect copyright.PENANArDYDxZ2E3X
霎時,唐順似乎看見早已死去的阿爹與阿娘。94Please respect copyright.PENANACqS1XWbmSA
還有無數朝她伸出魔爪的男人。94Please respect copyright.PENANAyWDpXPPWte
「代表對她做甚麼都沒問題吧?」94Please respect copyright.PENANAgtJRFXcn3B
女孩無法思考,恐懼讓她動彈不得,直到熟悉呼喚傳來。94Please respect copyright.PENANAkxmXfU34jW
「順兒!」94Please respect copyright.PENANAbqOzA0Uebc
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANAkCcpmyPndO
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。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAaZWzuxOctO
並嘗試揚起與當初無二的笑容。94Please respect copyright.PENANAX1nucljCMZ
「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——」94Please respect copyright.PENANAfOY2L4n3Wf
「閉嘴!」94Please respect copyright.PENANAZh1HoPOLJM
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。94Please respect copyright.PENANA7AN3DVE8GU
趙五未有半分遲疑。94Please respect copyright.PENANA8LsJ5O6604
「我絕對不會丟下妳!」94Please respect copyright.PENANAakBqiBhDNG
他飲盡封存多年的壺中美酒,目光閃過毫無隱藏的殺意。94Please respect copyright.PENANABCQZWlVepZ
妳不是棄子。94Please respect copyright.PENANAY7e2OFAX2e
而今日我們都不會死。94Please respect copyright.PENANAzGl3O94Ecw
「走了,一起回家。」94Please respect copyright.PENANAubzCfvxIGy
趙五許下承諾。94Please respect copyright.PENANAbIQUhdCNsJ
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