林慧芳靜坐於濤臥市東側舊堤之上,晨霧繞城,萬籟俱寂。49Please respect copyright.PENANAaB9w29xNfz
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她的語冊攤開在膝上,筆端微垂,尚未落字。筆是熟悉的,書頁亦熟悉,唯獨她心中再無昔日的語。那種熟稔的話語結構與巧妙轉意,如今只餘一層薄殼,刺不到人,也護不了己。49Please respect copyright.PENANAFl6iYWCqvI
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這是她封語後的第三日。49Please respect copyright.PENANAmKLjcGDqal
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無名與楚紅練未曾催問,三人仿若達成某種不言的默契——她不說,他們便守。49Please respect copyright.PENANA99zCv614Bj
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她本以為失語會讓自己崩潰,然而真正的沉默降臨時,她感受到的並不是空虛,而是一種令人不安卻真實的安靜。49Please respect copyright.PENANAhQ0vFx2yaP
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她開始觀風,記水,察人行、觀人靜。原本她以語言遮蔽感官,如今她第一次發現,世間之景竟如此豐富無聲。49Please respect copyright.PENANAHRkCctkjLL
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語冊上,她終於落下第一筆,不是語式、不是技法,而是一行心語:49Please respect copyright.PENANA0hkCm8v2gy
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——「今日未語,心中有聲。」49Please respect copyright.PENANATtRw6RrNfq
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她望著這行字良久,不改、不刪、不藏。這是她真正的第一句「語後之語」。49Please respect copyright.PENANABgpFnRD87f
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楚紅練自後方輕聲道:“這比妳講一千句還好。”49Please respect copyright.PENANAAMossMoMVD
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林慧芳輕笑,未答。她明白,這並不是什麼重生,也不是突破,只是一個真正的開始——從「說得多」走向「不必說」。49Please respect copyright.PENANAYGYAENL3YU
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無名不知何時走來,遞來一壺溫水,淡聲道:“接下來走東南,言亂未歇。”49Please respect copyright.PENANAA3jsLH2sQz
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她接過水,點頭,沒說謝,也沒說走,卻已然起身。49Please respect copyright.PENANAsKL4eVM6oR
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語不出聲,行仍有力。49Please respect copyright.PENANATHunAOGTSG
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這,便是她的無語之後,第一步。49Please respect copyright.PENANARcK2YONh79
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濤臥市東南三里,古稱枯井村,舊時為紙匠聚落,如今空屋傾頹、村道覆苔,僅餘殘言於牆瓦之間。49Please respect copyright.PENANAO8un0p8R4t
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三人步入村口,林慧芳未語,雙眼卻緊隨每一塊磚牆、每一抹字痕。她看見屋簷下貼有語符,墨跡已淡,僅存一字:“止”。49Please respect copyright.PENANAHJ5Z26kfkn
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“這裡曾發過語亂。”楚紅練低聲道。49Please respect copyright.PENANAGOJiXCgiRK
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無名點頭:“而且不是幻象,而是殘語成痕。”49Please respect copyright.PENANAaRhNJVdcOS
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林慧芳蹲下,撫摸一塊門楣,發現其下刻有密語之陣。這不是宗門之法,也非語術正宗,而是民間自解語幻的土法——以斷句為陣,截語而禁。49Please respect copyright.PENANAvSHhQD83Hj
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她記下此符形,並在語冊上寫下:49Please respect copyright.PENANAEVwBTnIsr5
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——「語者未臨,言先敗。此非術,是人自解之念。」49Please respect copyright.PENANA1EHwBBFpFF
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枯井村深處,有一口真正的舊井。井旁立有一碑,碑文早被磨平,唯有中央凹陷處依稀可見四字:「曾有一語」。49Please respect copyright.PENANA55w5daYRcx
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林慧芳注視良久,低頭對著那無字之碑輕觸,筆尖在語冊上緩緩記下:49Please respect copyright.PENANA1inm0Rpxmi
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——「語曾在此,今人已無。」49Please respect copyright.PENANA6PriMejuoi
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她忽覺喉間微癢,欲言,卻忍下。她知道這不是不能說,而是她不願輕言。此刻之景,若以舊語破之,反為褻語之地。49Please respect copyright.PENANAIdDVHPFYRM
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她將冊闔起,閉眼片刻,再睜眼時,筆落新頁:49Please respect copyright.PENANABBSrnRKBAk
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——「觀言,不必語。靜心,亦是聽。」49Please respect copyright.PENANAKxfWjJg2Hv
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村中風起,葉落無聲。林慧芳走過村道,腳步輕緩,每一步皆為自問。49Please respect copyright.PENANAuGVshIZmpj
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無名與楚紅練不語隨行,他們知——此行不為破敵,而是為她尋一種再語之前的沉靜。49Please respect copyright.PENANAKM1wikcgUc
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語未說,人已變。49Please respect copyright.PENANAU0yTnQs0TS
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枯井村南側,有一棟保存尚完的土屋,屋前坐著一名老者,身披麻布,形容枯槁,卻精神不散。49Please respect copyright.PENANAvuv0SfqQDE
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三人走近時,老者未言,只以手指屋簷懸掛的破竹卷。林慧芳抬眼望去,竹卷上刻有一行難以辨識的殘語:49Please respect copyright.PENANAO6Jq9k513P
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——「言成未語,語中不語。」49Please respect copyright.PENANAZXBYmvMT6D
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她一瞬心動,卻不解其意。49Please respect copyright.PENANASKPuQD3Gxk
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無名向老者拱手:“此村語亂已止,是你所封?”49Please respect copyright.PENANAY1oEyv7I87
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老者依舊不語,只微微頷首,又指向林慧芳,緩緩比出一個動作——將指抵唇,再指向她的語冊。49Please respect copyright.PENANA2GYO9sDDk6
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林慧芳會意,翻開冊頁,將昨日所記數行遞出。49Please respect copyright.PENANAcQg7YKvSk7
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老者垂目讀之,神色不變,片刻後終於開口,聲音沙啞如風:“你記得很好……但你還不懂。”49Please respect copyright.PENANA2Ahqs75Apn
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“為何?”她忍不住輕聲問道。49Please respect copyright.PENANApS2MIFfmNZ
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老者道:“你記,是為了將語再現。可語若再現,不過是舊形。”49Please respect copyright.PENANAo0RbQBZ6zr
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林慧芳眉心微皺,彷彿觸及某處未曾揭開之問。她回想語術初學時,確實不曾問過一句——我說的,是新語?還是舊聲之復?49Please respect copyright.PENANAIzaZGYKUjr
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老者又指竹卷之語,道:“這句你看不懂,是因你仍以語術之心看它。這不是句法,是問法。”49Please respect copyright.PENANAdCUHIdmS3v
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“問法?”她喃喃。49Please respect copyright.PENANAk1XBUVmzja
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老者起身,手指點地,劃出一個圓形,中有一斷筆。49Please respect copyright.PENANAtz38PNbMxP
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“語者藏於此,筆為形,圓為心。”他道,“若筆只書語,則語死;若筆能問心,則語生。”49Please respect copyright.PENANAJH122GgPGr
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林慧芳驚愕,筆記緩緩書下一行:49Please respect copyright.PENANAf3XyPQmQiE
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——「筆不為語,當為心問。」49Please respect copyright.PENANAfCyALCCTgs
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楚紅練在一旁側目低語:“那他到底是誰?”49Please respect copyright.PENANA3S0KTDiqvH
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無名淡聲道:“不是誰,只是一人——曾言不成語者。”49Please respect copyright.PENANAHDzCrzCRPd
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老者轉身回屋,不再多言。49Please respect copyright.PENANAVPUBFw5LoG
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林慧芳望著他背影,冊頁上文字漸重,彷彿這段話,不是寫給人看的,而是寫給那個還在學著傾聽的自己。49Please respect copyright.PENANAsxtnb61h7T
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此刻,她明白:語未必為說,言也不必成語。心若能記,筆即為聲。49Please respect copyright.PENANA05vro5SDon
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村後小徑旁,楚紅練獨自練劍。49Please respect copyright.PENANAkkngTbEAW5
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她未發一語,亦未尋戰,只是以劍式演空。風過葉響,劍過不留痕,練至第三式「映斷流光」,她忽然停下,眉間深鎖。49Please respect copyright.PENANAocyWGJV1CU
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那招本可破影斷形,然而近來對上語幻之術,劍落卻常如空擊,對幻語者毫無作用。49Please respect copyright.PENANAvdy0cvAsly
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她望向不遠處林慧芳與無名交談的身影,語未出口,劍意已亂。49Please respect copyright.PENANAfa5aSSXWt7
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她從不畏戰,但此刻卻首次懷疑——若語術真能破心而無形,我這劍……還有何用?49Please respect copyright.PENANAAbXLjE70aS
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她長嘯一聲,揮劍削斷枯枝,斷枝墜地無聲。風未止,劍未息,她卻沉於一股難以言明的壓抑中。49Please respect copyright.PENANAs8bViTxvGn
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“語無形,劍有聲。若聲可破心,劍為何不能?”49Please respect copyright.PENANAfC1xWTscP7
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她低聲自語,聲音中帶著不甘與困惑。49Please respect copyright.PENANALEOjXfnq1V
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腳步聲至,無名立於側後。他未問,只靜靜看著她劍尖尚未收斂的姿態。49Please respect copyright.PENANAt887rKcdGs
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“妳的劍不是為破幻。”他淡淡開口,“妳的劍,是為見真。”49Please respect copyright.PENANA72RHr9K0Q8
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楚紅練轉身,眼中火光閃動:“那語亂之中,何為真?”49Please respect copyright.PENANAFPSBW5f38U
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無名搖頭:“語不真,心可真;幻不真,念可真。妳的劍,不需斷語,只需斷妳心中之惑。”49Please respect copyright.PENANAmx2YDJ9Vb1
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楚紅練靜默良久,終於劍收歸鞘。49Please respect copyright.PENANAqJP1oDIQ1E
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“我不信語。”她低聲道,“但我會看著它,看它究竟是誰的劍。”49Please respect copyright.PENANAhsbfdGu2Co
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她望向林慧芳遠方身影,那人正埋首書冊,一筆一畫書寫無聲之語。49Please respect copyright.PENANApOPa3iH5KY
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這劍與那筆,或許終有一日相遇。但在此刻,她只願劍中無惑。49Please respect copyright.PENANAKR3iOHp2sb
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語不可信,劍不可疑。心之惑,一問便裂。49Please respect copyright.PENANA40DXQ0QK6p
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午後天光漸暗,枯井村最後一排廢屋後,有人影一閃而逝。49Please respect copyright.PENANAHNE4jeEyod
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無名最先察覺,他未出聲,只眼神一動,楚紅練與林慧芳即時跟上。49Please respect copyright.PENANAIn4i1sCDr2
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三人穿過屋後廊道,抵達一塊曠地。曠地中央立著一個身影——身形修長,白衣無飾,臉戴素紗,無法辨面。此人不語、不動,雙目似閉非閉,似望非望。49Please respect copyright.PENANAjazH13uDAu
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“是幻?”楚紅練低聲。49Please respect copyright.PENANArd2cmwkUEZ
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“不是。”林慧芳出聲,此為她封語後首次開口,聲音低微卻篤定。49Please respect copyright.PENANAxOzEoTBdRH
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“不是幻。”她再說一次,“他是真的……只是無語。”49Please respect copyright.PENANAt6SPEF6IRA
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白衣人立於原地,風起而衣不動,草搖而影不偏。無名步前一步,那人無反應,但無形中竟有一絲壓迫湧出,如無聲之聲,震人心底。49Please respect copyright.PENANAahjzz5HIiw
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林慧芳感到筆冊震動,似有語未出,筆先欲起。她強忍欲記之念,閉目靜聽。49Please respect copyright.PENANAD00q3JJNSl
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那一刻,她彷彿聽見對方未說出口的話——49Please respect copyright.PENANA53FYNtOodP
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——「你們在語,我已不語。」49Please respect copyright.PENANAOeI35EaacN
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不是言語,是氣,是心,是存在自身構成的「問」。49Please respect copyright.PENANAldrPEs9lrb
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“他不是語者。”無名輕聲,“但他是問者。”49Please respect copyright.PENANA705SMdlo03
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楚紅練握劍未出鞘,卻感手中劍微顫。不是恐懼,是心未穩。49Please respect copyright.PENANAeWLXd1hiwC
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林慧芳終於提筆,寫下一句:49Please respect copyright.PENANAXOu7ERkCL5
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——「有一種人,以不語為問。其影不言,其心如鏡。」49Please respect copyright.PENANAl9oSgl75Hq
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白衣人忽轉身,步入林間,不見其蹤,亦無聲無痕。49Please respect copyright.PENANAZFRl17aMxb
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那一瞬間,三人皆沉默。49Please respect copyright.PENANAnN9F1kCwYN
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“他……是什麼?”楚紅練問。49Please respect copyright.PENANAhvv2SqKJms
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林慧芳筆下書成答:49Please respect copyright.PENANA8VcQBrhj2n
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——「或許是未問之人,或是……問過無聲的人。」49Please respect copyright.PENANApKIcdnvljO
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風過林動,枯葉旋空,語不存聲,心影猶在。49Please respect copyright.PENANAeOtaASnzYU
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無語者,不以語成其力,卻能撼人心根。那並非語術之極,而是語盡之後——心未盡。49Please respect copyright.PENANAOEqcB9t747
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夜色將臨,枯井村燈火皆熄,唯有舊祠堂內微光閃爍。49Please respect copyright.PENANATthkDZETIf
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林慧芳獨坐堂內石階,手持筆冊,未語久矣,卻心思翻湧。49Please respect copyright.PENANAWdUg6T96V9
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她再次翻閱這幾日記錄下的每一行——無戰之語、無術之句、無聲之問。49Please respect copyright.PENANAiBACsZHTPP
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她不再尋語術之變、不記句式與音勢,而是每一筆,皆從心出:49Please respect copyright.PENANAXclK8KTOjH
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——「語不為術,筆不為勢。」 49Please respect copyright.PENANAHmbrLpoLVr
——「無語不為敗,無語,是問的開始。」 49Please respect copyright.PENANAxZ6GA6gA1x
——「曾以語破敵,如今欲以靜破己。」49Please respect copyright.PENANAGrZsPTvJnF
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她將這些句子集於一頁,又於其上小字寫下兩字題名:49Please respect copyright.PENANAOL7fpklCeX
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——《筆中問》49Please respect copyright.PENANAzmYJmgqyyZ
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不是語宗,不是心法,僅是自省筆錄。她知這還不構成任何體系,但正因如此,這才是真正屬於她的「語後之筆」。49Please respect copyright.PENANAFL2aVgYmDS
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無名坐於祠外,望月沉思;楚紅練倚柱而眠,劍不離身。49Please respect copyright.PENANAaWKIANbzfq
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林慧芳忽而覺心神稍寧,她回想起問影樓一戰、語亂所衍、語者所傷,過往每一句語,如今皆如回音未盡。49Please respect copyright.PENANAQ3pAFsFeUM
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她伏身,在冊最後一頁落下今日最後一句:49Please respect copyright.PENANA2FqKkyzQXw
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——「筆之所問,未必為他人之解,但能為我心一釋。」49Please respect copyright.PENANAmetDsg2mIK
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那一刻,她感到無語中竟有筆聲,如問、如記、如思。49Please respect copyright.PENANAaH3e5Rqy5u
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她不再恐懼失去語言,因為她知,她已有一種新的聲音——筆下之問,筆下之語,筆下之她自己。49Please respect copyright.PENANAKbh6PVLq5r
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這種語,不需聽者,亦不求應者。49Please respect copyright.PENANAdBIjR6nsqX
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這是屬於她,語盡之後,筆聲初成的靜問之道。
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數日後,語亂之波平息,濤臥之外,七宗隱議初起。49Please respect copyright.PENANAA6uq1P398s
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雲藏宗東堂密議,長老青瓷子提出警告:「語術不可再視為旁門,若任其演化,或將成為無門之宗。」49Please respect copyright.PENANAGLtXJrCvsS
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武衡宗地司回報,其斥候在濤臥之外見林中白影,語不成聲,氣如壓雲,記為「無聲者」,列為變數。49Please respect copyright.PENANAzJztYhm2Me
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寂骨宗沉默無語,但在黑崖書壁悄悄新增一筆: 49Please respect copyright.PENANAT00Yhd0Jiq
——「筆問非言,亦可裂心。」49Please respect copyright.PENANA0qYY2v2zxg
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自此,語非術者的筆記、殘語、幻影被七宗陸續收錄,然無人能明確斷定——此為心術演化,抑或另一種宗派萌芽。49Please respect copyright.PENANABwMztitLqX
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其餘數宗亦各懷心思,有人開始記錄林慧芳所過之地,有人開始研究語幻與無聲之界,有人甚至提出:49Please respect copyright.PENANAoSukgJZM7A
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——「若語能心問,若筆能成勢,當否將其立宗?」49Please respect copyright.PENANAybQ6yFLgLa
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但此語未入議錄,僅被抹去,留下一行空白。49Please respect copyright.PENANA7rjQVvZ9kf
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那行空白,成了七宗最深的默認。49Please respect copyright.PENANATe2Qovs0Nb
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同時,林慧芳仍於小冊中默默書寫,她未知七宗已起疑念,只知心中每一問,皆非為人立宗,而為自己不言之語尋名。49Please respect copyright.PENANA7k4oBoMaHG
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無名未說破此事,楚紅練亦未問。三人仍在路上,未歸、未語、未決。49Please respect copyright.PENANAHmj2NZuA0N
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但筆下之問,已如江水潛流,無聲推進。49Please respect copyright.PENANA22zjtYSDif
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破宗之兆,非由語起,而由「不語者」所引。49Please respect copyright.PENANAt7prFngAc3
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這不是新宗之始,而是萬言將止之問。49Please respect copyright.PENANAw6b9xSYxJQ
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七宗雖未明言,實已起警惕。林慧芳尚未知,但她筆下那一本《筆中問》,已成為問界暗流之初響。
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