不是陸遐心軟，她會如此說，心底自然是這麼想的。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUjqiYSLCn
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總不能因著惠姨對她和沈應的照顧，便認定她知曉靜延的作為後定能大義滅親，將她與靜延的母子情分盡數拋卻，全然向著自己，莫說不合常理，也有違惠姨性情。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Qz6iS6WUw
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靜延再作惡多端，到底是她的孩子，隻有事不關己之人才能真正果決利落，但會如此猶豫、愧疚、糾結才是人的本性。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrDbiUOast
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坐在麵前的，不是死物，是活生生的一個人，陸遐到底無法說出指責之辭。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwGFF9OOSV
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指責的話沒有多難，諸如“靜延作惡多端，不知有多少娘親似她這般心碎，日夜翹首以盼孩子歸來，她實在沒有資格難過”之語比比皆是，可陸遐就是無法開口。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgST11mGrA
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她無法對著惠姨說出那些話，經曆的苦楚隻有自個兒才懂，更不能衡量、比較，哪裏有多寡之分呢？難道隻因她是靜延的娘親，就不能傷心、難過？61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgciBRhThO
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天理循環，等查清了，靜延…自然會有他應得的報應，彼時惠姨要經受的斷不止這些…她和失去孩子的父母到頭來，都是傷心的可憐人罷了。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFWn3MZgtaI
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陸遐看著婦人鬢邊白發略有些恍惚，屆時…61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOE9CAPxoi8
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她強打住心緒垂目，再說…紙上所寫的那些，她本就不寄望惠姨說全，隻要能抓住要緊之處，推敲一二，得出些線索也就罷了，怎知橫生枝節，多出一個蓮姨，這才不得不迂回尋惠姨驗證。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjJAQN82wA
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陸遐扶她坐下，取過幹淨的布巾，“您這傷口，仔細養一兩日，莫要碰水才是。”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcKFoS5MJQ
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姑娘語意靜和，當真半點不著惱…按理說自己瞞著…含糊不肯說全，她該惱才是，隻有她惱了，惠娘心裏也就好受一點了。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnOMzVzwoo
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就算早就看破，惠姨看她靜和地替自己包紮傷口一時也迷糊。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uUHtHweK2
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婦人忐忑不安的臉色太過明顯，倒比失神時好多了，陸遐一番話出乎意料，她這會兒雖然還驚訝著，卻也緩和住心緒，不再胡亂地要磕頭。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCXfqSR0Bb
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陸遐仔細看過她額角的傷，所幸傷藥止住了血，纏好布條，方寸鬆了一口氣。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnxfUhnP47
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“…靜延之事，牽扯太多，他又不肯開口，即便安州府衙想厘清也無從下手，這才由我來相問…”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLUSm4fvC0Q
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陸遐輕歎一聲，“您對我如此看顧，我不妨與您說實話。”若沒有今日發生的這一遭，瞧見惠姨的猶豫，陸遐還未必開口。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkZHxYnOFM
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隻是這開口卻有講究…須得斟酌措辭，不得壞了沈應的安排。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrKM0ugV9O
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不能透露得太多，萬一走漏了消息，惠姨到頭來因著母子之情全然偏向靜延，可就得不償失了；又不能全然不說，想要靜延開口，惠姨是不可缺少的一環，如此一來少不得要讓她同去安州…61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLnMIPmXDcN
61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlq8r6hAXBh
陸遐定了定神，沉穩開口，“我同他一路同行…他向來行事謹慎，若查出靜延當真不曾牽扯其中，或者查清為人所迫，斷不會無緣無故冤枉了一人。想要靜延開口，就是為了其中厘清疑點，這點您大可放心。”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdLXtLEqHK
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隻是…陸遐在心裏默念了句，隻是…靜延若真做出喪盡天良、為非作歹之事，即便再誠心，也難逃過天理公道。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GqjN2MQps
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陸遐先前還未知覺她為何變了個人似的，緩了片刻也想明白了。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA1R6Na6KYr
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桌案上的神像碎瓷仍在，惠娘唇色更白，清瘦的身子不由晃了晃，她比劃著，含淚辯解。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoiD4VRXmH
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那孩子秉性不壞的，他從前就是個孝順孩子，會不會是哪裏錯了？61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlWVO9glUP
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或者是別的什麼人假冒…61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRR4CytQ7B
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許是母子連心，她隱約有些知覺，心頭一陣驚跳，陸遐如此說道，定不止一事嗬…61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMJR8iiziq
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神像碎裂難道還有其他示警不成？61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFzSPFhgems
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方寸如被一雙大掌緊緊掐住，惠娘險些喘不過氣來，難道他…除了對一個姑娘動手…還做了其他混賬事兒？！61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4Hg0OYWSc
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胸口劇烈起伏，她氣得不輕，陸遐替她揉著心口，避重就輕勸道，“…此事三言兩語難以說清，惠姨不如隨同前往安州，有您同去，也好厘清真相，您意下如何？”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNj3i6OfPx
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去安州人生地不熟，惠娘長在靖州，除了夫家在湖州，這些年不曾出過遠門，不免躑躅，她比劃著，心底發愁，再說了…此事當真沒有轉圜餘地了麼？非得她去不可？61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrSKcmsPP43
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萬一她一不小心拖累了延秀…還不如不去…61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiObCrRusJ
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眉心蹙緊，她一臉擔憂，尋思著多問幾句，卻見陸遐搖首，隻得放下欲要比劃的兩手。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwZpGQE2aI7
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“…您若覺著此事就這麼拖著，對靜延更好，可就想岔了。您瞧瞧您目下青影…且不說日夜難安，萬一拖延下去，官府沒了耐心，可不止眼下拘著靜延一途。”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTHkiyERG6N
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惠娘沒想到她早就看破心思，羞愧得幾乎要從地上尋一道縫隙鑽進去，耳中姑娘嗓音徐徐，柔嗓寧定，“…左右還有時間，您靜下心來好好想想。且不說這個了，我另有一事相詢。”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZP5wxRPbI
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除了延秀之事，惠娘沒想過還有其他…今日一連好幾道消息，她一顆心七上八下，聞言不安地坐直了身子，兩手下意識地搓揉著，陸遐隻當不曾看見，“您在屋裏也聽見了，我想同您說的，就是來尋您的蓮姨。”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7irQM8C4oN
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好端端地怎麼說問起英子來了？生怕惹出了事，她在屋裏壓根不敢應聲，英子不也走了，惠娘疑惑地比劃著。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRf5arxUexM
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英子出什麼事了？61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKziVhbIxG
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“蓮姨要走，我去送她，路上順口聊了兩句，她手藝真好呢，看得我食指大動。”陸遐揭開桌上的竹籃示意她看，“她托我將餅給您送來。”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljONwP0Nqd
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原來她要說的是這個，惠娘不疑有他，此事與延秀無關，她眉眼略鬆，一直緊繃的唇角也柔軟了。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9aSoJXXMz2
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“蓮姨的手藝向來好麼…也是…我瞧奔雷喜愛得很…”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqIXkD4xG6
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奔雷從小就是個饞鬼，有吃的哪裏躲得過它鼻子，惠娘不覺失笑，僵硬的兩肩又放鬆了幾分。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PfuMMG5eq
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“我愛吃甜的還是鹹的？嗯…鹹的罷…”英子做的餅越嚼越香，鹹甜各有滋味，她與老雷慣常喜歡甜口的，陸遐這口味倒與延秀一樣，遞過一個在手，惠娘看她小口小口秀氣地咬著，探手取過紙筆。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhUQQWgEuE7
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陸遐湊過頭細瞧，“…蓮姨說餅子是答謝您對她的看顧…失算了，早知蓮姨手藝這般好，我同她多說會話也好…”她咬著餅，星眸一亮，仿佛很遺憾似的。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfjSVZ0xVk
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—英子的餅，是村裏最好的，沒人能越得過她去。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMBdvR3q2j
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惠娘替她拈去唇角沾著的碎屑，又在紙上添了句。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyP1B1Xy3ES
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—知早抱著你去尋大夫，英子恰好在那打下手。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Uo0yPl3dI
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“…他也說過，我昏過去那會兒，在醫館見過蓮姨，今日見我醒了，也叮囑我歇息，不要勞累，蓮姨對我看顧得緊…”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXquTQNoLfn
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大抵誰看見這秀氣的姑娘，也要忍不住上心的，要是沒有延秀一事…眼眶又熱，淚意上湧，惠娘忙別開首，她取過餅，重重咬了兩口，朝陸遐咧開笑弧。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XexChQPAl
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—英子性子急了些，是個熱心腸的，見你我同去，定曉得是後輩，自然多關心一兩句，你別見怪。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHqIXpt54M
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—她從小就是個爽朗、愛鬧的人，從前村裏的那些個孩子都喜歡跟在她後頭耍，我也不例外。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffI09HrT6e
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陸遐咽下餅，柔唇開合欲言又止，她難得這般模樣，惠姨麵露疑惑，這是怎麼了？61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoayXFTmRbx
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蓮姨怔怔落淚的神情仍在腦海，陸遐固然想知道蓮姨的過去，卻也怕自己安慰的話兒觸動了她心傷，話中不免有些惶恐，放下餅遲疑地道，“…我今日怕是說錯了話…蓮姨腕上的銀鐲子，我道意在保佑長輩消災康健，她…她聽了好像很難過…”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFvNO4fD6rM
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英子腕上的鐲子是舊物，一晃過去不覺戴了許多年，隻當是留個念想，難道其中還有不知道的含義…惠娘定睛又問了一遍。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0zXy2wNnt
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—習俗哪裏聽來的，可能當真？61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbqsWHELsAX
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“不是我杜撰來寬慰蓮姨的，宜州就有這習慣，從前聽長輩們提起，也曾見過他們腕上的銀鐲子。”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9GuO3AiMvZ
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姑娘話音沉定不似作偽，星眸燦亮，惠姨好一會兒才回神，忙借書寫掩去眼中淚意。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FeBSdS5CP
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—她定是因著欣喜才落淚的，我替英子多謝你。英子這麼多年一直…不好受…好孩子…實在多謝你…61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUyY4Pz9hfy
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祈求消災康健的對象是蓮姨，可惠姨看著，心中開懷與蓮姨差不了多少，陸遐心知有異，隻作不知仍舊緩緩道，“我瞧蓮姨很是自責，她說孩子蹤跡不明，您知道是怎麼一回事嗎？”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniz3wdoii9
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不想英子連孩子失蹤也說過了，看來這姑娘深得她心，惠娘撫過竹籃，眼中帶了幾分追憶神色，許是陸遐瞧岔了，總覺得裏頭隱約有幾分看不懂的晦暗。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSSK1jACXWn
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陸遐有心細辨，見她提袖再書，倉促了些，筆下字跡潦草。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsvxZKjBuvC
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—這事發生有十來年了，英子的孩兒…五歲時就丟了…”61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxsd8zCq8J
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“官府派人尋過麼？多派些人手搜查”居然走丟了，陸遐下意識地開口，星眸一湛，忙止住唇間之語。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMvWOac4yVi
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壓根不必再問，若是人找著了何至於…看來這一點倒與蓮姨說的一般，這麼些年來…隻怕沒有下文罷。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyqCjBfsHg
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—孩子不見了，自然要報官的，起先官府還算上心，派了不少人手搜查，半點進展也沒有，時日久了便…你曉得…無頭蒼蠅似地尋…實在是…丟了人…左鄰右舍知道了，還能相幫…可久了…不知尋到什麼時候，大夥兒覺著沒有希望了…慢慢淡了心思這才…英子這些年鮮少再提了…我能看得出來…她還是沒能放下…61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEH4wU1WKij
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多年過去，音信全無，旁人大約早就當那孩子不在人世了…蓮姨不再提起，心中卻掛念，否則也不至於她提起鐲子，便沒忍住淚。61Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqMlbH6UiO
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