西南邊陲的天，向來比中原低沈壓抑。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfBZoVI1Sw
時值暮色垂落，千山萬壑伏如沉睡巨獸，黑沼水道盤繞山腳，水色幽青暗沉，濃霧貼著水面三尺飄浮，經日不散。遠方深林偶傳猿啼，聲線悠長淒涼，穿破層層山嵐，落入耳中，讓人莫名心頭發寒。這片荒嶺瘴地，最是藏得住蹤跡，亦最是藏得住殺機與禍患。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhonGaGvHW
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青鸞一行人，便在這般沉鬱天色裡，抵達了預定的會合之地。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXRG6asyeeQ
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眼前是一座荒廢多年的古驛亭，半面檐角早被歲月山風摧裂殘損，青石階苔痕濕滑、蒼翠駁雜。可奇怪的是，亭周空地打理得極為整潔，塵土平整，連半點多餘的馬蹄車轍痕跡皆無。不必細查便知，謝廷章的人手早已先期抵達，清場滅跡，將周遭所有行蹤徹底抹除。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGyBIQvZsF
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莫問秋率先翻身落馬，抬眸掃過四周荒寂山景，唇角勾起一抹淺嘲，低哼一聲：「這老狐狸，數十年性情未改。都到了荒遠邊地，見一面仍要挑這等無人問津的死角，步步謹慎，處處防人。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mpbOegIvV
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一路跨山越嶺、風塵輾轉，天宇衣袂沾滿灰塵，容色卻依舊清亮矍鑠。他環視密林霧靄，壓低聲音道：「若非我們手下暗探先期探查三遍、確認無虞，單看這地勢陰僻，我定然也要疑心，此處是預設的殺局埋伏。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoNfI7zVVH
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青鸞立在隊伍前方，始終緘默未語。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP77UZuWQkp
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山風獵獵，掀動她玄色披風的邊角，飄然若舞，可她眉目沉靜如水，不見半分旅途勞頓的浮躁。這一路西來，千裡迢迢，她眼見的盡是與中原富庶溫潤截然不同的風物。這裡天色常籠灰青，土地硬瘠荒涼，山風裡終年裹著潮濕水氣、草木腐腥與瘴霧濁味。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqrZkayAdP
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世人多輕視西南，只當是蠻荒附庸、邊隅末流。可一路行來，青鸞心底愈發清明：若視其為無足輕重的荒土，必會輕敵落敗；若只當其是避風的臨時棲身之所，更是大錯特錯。蒼麟國盤踞千山瘴嶺之間，恰似一匹匍匐潛伏的餓狼，平日斂爪蟄伏、寂然無聲，可隨時可躥撲而出，噬人奪地。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBckzerAHHS
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正自凝神思忖，驛亭後方傳來一陣極輕極穩的腳步聲。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAKkB4g55o
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步聲不止一人，數道腳步落地無聲、收力極盡克制，直至近在咫尺，方才隱約可聞。青鸞緩緩抬眸，只見暮色深處，一行人緩步轉出。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxM4JXANPUK
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為首人身著青灰長袍，外罩一件半舊鶴氅，鬢邊鬚髮添了數縷霜白，愈顯清臒蒼勁。雖歷一路風塵奔波，背脊依舊挺直如松，神態沉斂定靜，不懼山荒霧重。一身濁世風塵之中，他身上竟縈繞著一縷淡淡松墨清氣，與周遭潮濕陰鬱的山色格格不入，卻更襯得他胸有丘壑、從容不迫。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQXj24KdQz
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正是謝廷章。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIiSPfytcfF
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青鸞上前半步，身姿端嚴，行禮如儀：「先生。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PgniGQUJx
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謝廷章目光淵沉，緩緩從她眉眼間掠過，隨即落於她靴邊沾染的泥痕、衣上未褪的風塵之上，淡淡開口：「千裡跋涉入西南險地，殿下氣色沉穩，遠超我的預期。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwalqdjuTPj
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青鸞抬眸對視，語氣平靜卻暗藏筋骨：「先生早已為我鋪好後路、抹去隱患、周全萬全。我若依舊行色狼狽、心浮氣躁，便是辜負先生數番苦心佈局。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUs6rZvNQk
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謝廷章聞言，唇角掠過一絲極淺的笑意，淡得宛若風過水痕，轉瞬即逝。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5G7AvT4nhw
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旁側莫問秋看得通透，咧嘴笑道：「我早說過，這丫頭從非紙糊的嬌貴公主，心骨硬得很。偏你執拗，非要等她親自闖完這一路險關、抵達邊界才肯現身，分明是故意試她的心性、磨她的氣魄。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnjVC0a29G
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謝廷章未理會他的戲言，只抬手示意：「入亭再談。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡphyKC3s582
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驛亭之內，早已點亮一盞微光燈火。燈焰雖小，卻灼灼透亮，將桌案上數卷邊地地圖、西南山勢全圖，連同兩只粗瓷茶盞，照得一清二楚。亭外是山風挾霧、濕寒侵骨，亭內卻因這一盞燈火，添了幾分難得的安穩靜定。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyrFp4gGOjM
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眾人依次落座，天宇本想靠前細聽局勢，卻被莫問秋一記沉斂眼色按住，只得靜立青鸞身後，斂息凝神。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYPBGwt1xL
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謝廷章將一卷最詳細的邊境勢圖推至桌案中央，不繞虛言、直入正題：「你既已平安抵達此地，我便不說場面客套話。殿下如今前有蒼麟虎視，後有篡賊追兵，進退皆險。這盤棋，你打算如何落子？」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFCRpz5jWW6
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青鸞垂眸望著圖上盤根錯節的山川險勢，神色不波，答得沉穩利落：「依先前與先生約定之策，先會夏侯璋，與他達成交易。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPXO3nkb37O
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「如何交易？」謝廷章追問，語氣平淡，卻字字扣住關鍵。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqsX9CtQCP
「我不以窮途求援的流亡者自居，更不做孤注一擲的搏命之態。」青鸞抬眸，眸色清泠透亮，自有一股臨大事的定力，「我手握夏侯康僭位篡權的鐵證、堯光朝堂可資利用的暗線，更身負大朝正統名分。以此為籌，換蒼麟一處容身之地，換一條人馬、糧草、藥資、消息暢通的生路。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt1aYmEjtyq
她目光篤定，緩緩補充：「能借其勢而不受其鉗制，便暫借其勢；能以邊境互市、勢力牽制、防線鬆動換取休養時間，便先穩住時局。不到萬不得已，絕不輕言借兵，自陷被動。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡho5Wwvk760
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謝廷章靜靜聽完，指尖在桌沿輕輕叩擊數下，節奏沉緩，似在權衡利弊。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6RHYq6i0Z
「此策可行。」他緩緩開口。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFdwW2fd0J
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天宇心頭微鬆，剛要卸下幾分緊張，便聽謝廷章話鋒一轉，字字冷冽落地：「但，這只是下策。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡretGwlXuhw
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亭內氣氛驟然一凝，燈火輕輕一晃，映得眾人神色各異。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpd3FUJHX7V
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青鸞面不改色，只端肅問道：「請先生明示上策。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTw5XGey3e9
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謝廷章抬眸，淵沉目光牢牢落在她臉上，句句通透、直剖利弊：「流亡公主投奔野心勃勃的邊地諸侯，結局向來只有兩種。其一，被他奉為一尊好看的泥塑牌位，高居樓閣、徒有虛名，名義上受人尊崇，實則被軟禁掌控，連半句真心話、半分自主權皆無。其二，被他視作價值千金的籌碼、貨物，待價而沽，日後若覺得將你綁送夏侯康、換取更大權益，便會毫不猶豫將你出賣。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xJ8HQRZYb
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天宇臉色驟然一變，五指猛地收緊，心底寒意乍起。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrIYNmcyBm
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莫問秋端著茶盞，緩緩嘆氣：「話雖難聽，卻是赤裸裸的實情。與虎謀皮，從來都是刀口討活。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡalTmksPOZu
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謝廷章目光重回青鸞臉上，語氣沉穩有力：「與虎狼談交易，並非不可為。可你若一開局便站在求助者的位置，先矮了對方一截，氣勢先輸、底氣先弱，往後無論談什麼條件、爭什麼權益，終究處處受制、步步吃虧。你可明白？」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKiIfxHWkk
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青鸞沒有即刻應答。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgrR2homSF5
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她心裡何其通透，這一層利害，一路行來早已反覆思忖。夏侯璋若真是胸懷大局的雄主，斷不會輕易接納一位身負正統血脈、名義壓人的流亡公主，養虎為患；若他只是目光短淺的庸主，蒼麟這盤棋，便根本不值得依托借力。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx1UmgTztK7
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這本就是一步進退皆險、左右為難的險棋。她先前的盤算，是先擠進局中、落地安身，再徐徐圖謀後勢。可謝廷章一語點破關鍵——從不是如何求人入局，而是為何要卑微求人、受制於人。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeUQX0QDmX9
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沉默許久，謝廷章忽然拋出一句驚世駭俗的問話，聲音不高，卻震徹人心：「殿下，你可有兵行險著、逆勢奪局的膽量？」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxKeYJUsVBW
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燈火倏然晃動，光影搖曳。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjATcb7SfV7
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青鸞緩緩抬眸，澄澈眼眸深處，驟然斂入一線鋒利如刀的寒芒。歷經國破家亡、千裡流亡的沉斂，配上少年人未磨盡的剛毅，盡聚眼底。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡip9JPwSnx1
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「我有。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqJvDl8AsM
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一字落地，不高不響，卻穩如磐石、擲地有聲。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZpG08Ky4Z
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謝廷章眼底掠過一抹極淡的讚許亮光，隨即斂去，緩緩道出真正的破局生路：「既有此膽，我便告訴你，真正能讓你立足、翻盤、絕處逢生的路。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZd6G7U4Fb
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他指尖輕落，精准點在圖上「蒼麟」二字之上。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScJmx5ACrK
「非借他之國，暫避風雨。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VDP2KRjxG
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「乃奪他之國，以立根基。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcu60JKLgcj
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「什麼？！」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UKcSlVtaM
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天宇心頭巨震，驚呼出聲，滿眼不敢置信。就連向來散漫鎮定的莫問秋，也倏然抬眸，神色斂去嬉鬧，多了幾分震動。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5qKNlY7R4
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謝廷章神色依舊平靜淡然，仿佛所言並非逆天奪國的驚世大計，只是最尋常的事理：「雀巢鳩占，反客為主。與其低聲下氣，借蒼麟一方破屋暫棲、看人臉色度日，不如直接將這整片山河，化作你的穩固後方。唯有如此，你手裡才有真正與夏侯康分庭抗禮、翻盤復國的底氣與資本。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qTNL7r7xh
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亭外山風呼嘯穿林，拍擊著破損窗櫺，簌簌作響，將這一番驚天佈局，襯得愈發冷硬決絕、毫無轉圜。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡljGxmNghb0
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青鸞卻未被這四字「奪他之國」驚慌動搖。她只靜默片刻，沉心穩氣，問出最切實的關鍵：「我如今兵馬盡失、權勢皆無、孑然一身，如何談奪國？」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJ0bZ0EiIz
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謝廷章見她臨大事而不慌、聞驚語而不亂，眼底終於浮起幾分真切的認可，緩緩道來：「若想靠強兵鐵馬、沙場征戰奪國，自然是癡人說夢。可世間奪國爭鼎，從非只刀兵一途。沙場廝殺、兵戎相見，向來是最後無奈的收尾。真正的勝負，早已在人心、根基、局勢之間，提前落定。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqS4iJRY19
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他指尖在山川地圖上緩緩游走，聲音沉穩如磐，字字句句皆是籌謀千遍的定策：「蒼麟兵馬悍勇、民風剛烈，確是難啃的硬骨頭。可它立國數百年，有兩處根深蒂固、無藥可解的痼疾——其一缺糧，其二瘴癘。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTaGRVZaFq
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青鸞眸光微凝，心底已有隱約輪廓。這一路所見所歷，盡是荒田瘠地、村寨凋敝，邊民飽受饑荒瘴毒之苦，處處皆是蕭瑟疲敝。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRsAUqoTPzp
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「西南山多田少、地氣濕毒，土產貧瘠。」謝廷章緩緩剖析，「風調雨順的平年，百姓尚且食不果腹、勉強度日；一旦遇上連綿陰雨、瘴氣大發、戰事興起，糧食便會率先斷缺。糧盡則民亂，民亂則軍心搖動，國本動搖。至於瘴癘——你親身走過這一路，最是清楚。這從非一家一戶的小病災，而是籠罩整個西南、世代纏身的索命枷鎖。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBxHsC2a7N
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他抬眸望著青鸞，語氣篤定：「所以第一步，不謁王侯、不求借力、不談交易。先抓糧草、先握藥力。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgo6YX6cmzL
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天宇聽得心神激盪，忍不住開口：「先生是想讓我們先收民心？」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZ7WAIIAS2
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「不止民心。」謝廷章搖頭，語氣更沉、格局更大，「是收命。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd30dJ5KEvh
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他頓了頓，繼續深剖其策：「亂世之中，誰能讓百姓填飽肚子、誰能護人逃過瘴毒活命，誰便能收盡人心、站穩根基。你身邊只需兩樣助力：一是深通醫理、能解瘴毒的醫者，二是願陪你涉險、忠心護主的死士。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0e6B4PJWGT
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「你只需帶人深入邊地村寨，設立數處無旗無號的藥寮、糧站。不問種族出身、不論歸屬立場，只救病者、只濟饑民。讓所有西南邊民牢牢記住——唯有跟隨你，病者有藥、饑者有糧、弱者有靠。這便是你在蒼麟大地，紮下的第一層、最深層的根基。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1i3S0yJrG1
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莫問秋撫著鬍鬚，欣然點頭：「不碰王庭權勢、不動朝堂紛爭，先扎根底、收人心。這的確是你謝廷章最穩、最狠、最長遠的佈局。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwiMQSwd3RZ
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謝廷章未做回應，話鋒再轉，直擊要害：「第二步，拆其筋骨、斷其臂膀。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdwopE8uxS
他指尖從蒼麟王城向外延伸，點向密山林地間一個個細小的標記：「蒼麟王室，本是堯光夏侯氏的旁支餘脈，盤踞西南立國數百年。歷朝以武力強壓本地土著諸部，表面君臣有序、國土一統，實則諸部與王室離心離德、積怨深重，從未真正歸心。藤甲族、五毒諸部、山地舊寨，年年為王室出兵繳糧、承受重役，卻時時被壓榨剝削、奪地奪丁，怨恨由來已久。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiVYBamV5sA
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「夏侯璋若懂得休養生息、收斂制衡，尚可勉強壓住各方隱患。可他近數年執意擴軍備戰、整頓糧稅、強推西線戰事，橫徵暴斂、勞民傷財，早已將歷年舊怨、諸部積憤，盡數翻沸激化。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqRzVDpd6l
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青鸞瞬間領悟，緩聲道：「先生是想讓我聯合諸部，共抗王室？」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPujuyEZfG
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「非聯合，是結盟。」謝廷章糾正，語氣斬釘截鐵，「且絕非空口白話、許以虛諾的淺薄聯盟。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFRwHqR3Vs
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他目光落於青鸞身側的藥冊之上，看透核心：「土著諸部不識中原禮法、不慕朝堂虛名，他們只信實利、只認活命。你空說大義、空許前程，他們不屑一顧。可你若能親入蠻荒深地，為他們醫治瘴毒、救治傷病、抵擋災禍，再許下沉甸甸的實諾——日後你若掌西南大局，必推夷漢一體、減賦輕役、廢除苛政，再不將諸部子民當作牛馬奴役、隨意剝削。如此，諸部為何不肯棄舊主、倒向你？」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6n7pPfjSS
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天宇只覺胸懷熱血翻湧，激動道：「若得諸部歸附，我們便掌握了山林地利、瘴毒機關、伏殺險勢。蒼麟王軍縱然悍勇，也防不住本土諸部的地利天險！」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC6WifBmvgY
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謝廷章淡淡掃他一眼：「這句話，總算說得不差。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡue1Qm93dfu
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此刻的青鸞，依舊未被眼前的大好局勢衝昏頭腦。她冷靜追問最核心的威脅：「可夏侯璋立身之本，從非諸部歸附，而是手握精銳王軍、掌控兵權。軍心不亂，我們終究難成大勢。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMd5uqYPzaw
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這一問，精准切中要害。謝廷章眼底終於浮起真切的讚賞，鄭重頷首：「問得極好。所以第三步，散其軍心、潰其根本。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3aUTdzduxi
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他指尖點向圖上數處重兵屯守的軍鎮要地，聲音壓得更低，藏著無聲雷霆：「軍中將士，從非鐵石鑄就，皆是百姓家中的兒郎骨肉。他們離鄉從軍，拋家棄子，所求不過是溫飽存活、護佑家人。如今夏侯璋窮兵黷武、賦稅繁重，軍士常年戍邊勞苦、衣食匱乏，家中老弱妻小依舊挨餓受凍、困於瘴毒，染病無藥、遇災無援，生死無人問津。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRYTG5qjx6o
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「可若他們暗中知曉，世間另有生路——有人施藥濟民、放糧救困，家中老小有人照看庇護。只需暗中遞一條消息、避一次死戰、留一分餘地，便可為家人換一袋糧、一帖救命藥。日積月累，這萬千軍心，如何不散？這鐵壁王師，如何不潰？」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2E6mhfAN2
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莫問秋將茶盞輕輕擱於桌案，眸中閃過鋒芒，低聲讚歎：「好一個不戰而屈人之兵。無刀無劍，先斷人心根本。待到時日成熟，夏侯璋手裡的利刃鐵騎，早已人心離散、握之不住。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTfaWAP3FS
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謝廷章點頭認可，卻又話鋒一轉，沉聲道：「可民心、軍心、諸部勢力，皆只是底層鋪墊。真正一錘定音、斷其根基的致命一刀，不在糧、不在藥、不在地利。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8JMCKKiKI
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他忽然抬眸，目光穿過燈影，落於青鸞背後懸掛的長劍之上，字字千鈞：「在法統。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5GkRSuE0i
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亭內頓時寂然無聲，落針可聞。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJ2A3hXbS3
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青鸞心頭劇震，指尖不自覺緊緊扣住劍鞘，一股沉厚的使命感與壓力，陡然壓滿心胸。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhWRrPg9oC
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謝廷章緩緩剖析這最後、也是最致命的殺招：「蒼麟王室雖割據西南、自立數百年，卻依舊是夏侯旁支出身，名義上世代奉堯光為中原宗主。只因山高路遠、王權難及，才漸漸疏離中央、自成格局。可疏離割據，從不代表拋棄宗法正統。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1XCy4iQTU
「蒼麟宗室長老、開國勛舊、資深老將，骨子裡依舊固守一條鐵律——中原嫡系，方為天下正朔。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMn8fCtwO74
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青鸞眸色沉沉，緩緩接話：「先生是要我，在最關鍵之時，亮出凌虛劍。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5tnX62yciJ
「正是。」謝廷章聲色驟然一沉，氣勢全開，「他日夏侯璋若心生叵測、設下鴻門盛宴，意欲囚你、賣你、獻你、掌控你，你便讓他精心佈設的殺局囚宴，徹底變成他自己的廩王之席。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFJGoYkbYW
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天宇屏息斂氣，不敢出聲，只覺這盤棋局宏大驚人、步步殺機。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf4sOtTuKvJ
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「你屆時絕非卑微求援的流亡公主。」謝廷章目光銳利如劍，聲音朗朗震人，33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAWGvKFG10
「你以大朝正統長公主之尊，當著蒼麟宗室、勛舊老臣、滿帳文武的面，亮出凌虛聖劍，痛陳夏侯康弒兄篡權、罔顧倫理、禍亂天下的滔天罪狀。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5o1Bqf3Rm
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「隨後當眾質問滿帳諸人——是執意跟隨弒君篡位的不義之主，一同淪為亂臣賊子、自取滅亡；還是護佑夏侯氏最後一脈正統，順天應人、棄暗投明。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNsihvGZzTB
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「到那時，心懷異心、底氣不足的從不是你，而是席上那些顧忌宗法、畏懼天命的宗室老臣！夏侯璋但凡敢動你分毫，必先自亂陣腳、人心盡失。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWeuUjlXao1
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莫問秋此刻徹底收了嬉鬧散漫，眼底凝著沉鋒，低聲慨歎：「好一招宗法壓勢、名義鎮局。民心、軍心、部族、法統，四層大勢層層疊壓、步步緊逼。待到夏侯璋幡然醒悟，早已根基盡散、眾叛親離，王座空空、無力回天。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwqRmINhkOr
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「不錯。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllZNyKHcKR
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謝廷章指尖最後一落，精准按在王城核心之處，道出最後一步絕殺之計：「待到四勢盡成、全局穩固，便是最後一步——斬首定局。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKdspZtBT4
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天宇眼底光芒大盛，滿心震動與激昂。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC2bJa4hBuv
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「前四步根基鋪穩，最後這一擊，無需以命相搏、無需死戰硬拼，不過是順勢而為、水到渠成。」謝廷章語氣平靜，仿佛勝券在握，「那時莫問秋可率你殘存舊部、朝野暗線，於王宮內外佈局接應；已然歸附的藤甲諸部、心動搖的基層軍士、厭惡王室苛政的邊地勢力，四方齊發、裡應外合。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Qs6RIJwOM
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他凝視青鸞，字字沉穩落地：「夏侯璋一死，蒼麟不會大亂。因為該散的人心、該斷的根基、該傾的勢力，早已被你逐一拆解、悄然平定。你最終接手的，不是一頭爪牙鋒利、兇悍難馴的猛虎，而是一副筋骨盡散、人心歸新、只待新主落韁的山河。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ODp6pNo3D
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亭外山風驟烈，吹得破窗紙簌簌亂響，遠山深處隱隱傳來滾滾雷聲，沉悶遼遠。亭內燈火搖曳，映得眾人心潮翻湧。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC8gMeEJKyb
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青鸞佇立燈下，久久默然無語。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡansm9gXbHQ
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她不是不懂，恰恰是看得太透、太分明。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4EMhOP8GB
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從前的她，所思所謀，不過是借勢求生、暫避禍亂、保全自身與身邊人。可謝廷章今日攤開的，是一條徹底逆天翻盤、改命立國的絕險之路。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvAxx4oEjZ
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這條路若成，她便不再是逃竄求生的亡國公主，而是執掌一方山河、自立格局的一方之主。可若敗，結局絕非軟禁囚居那般溫和，而是葬身西南瘴嶺、屍骨無存，連最後一絲退路、一點生機，都會徹底斷絕。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0TPNo1WO7T
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良久，她才緩緩開口，聲音平靜無顫，冷靜通透：「先生這條路，的確比借勢求生更有生機、更能立命。只是生路更寬，險境亦更峻，步步皆是逆天豪賭。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSebyrUE9j
謝廷章凝視著她：「所以我先前問你，可有此膽量。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWAYI0HTWU
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青鸞沉默片刻，抬眸問出最沉穩、最清醒的一句：「若我決意走這條奪國立局之路，先生以為，我最先要戒除的，是什麼？」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcj61uNKL5m
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謝廷章眼底微光一閃，頗感欣慰。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPYiHPpzuQ
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尋常少年得此翻盤大計，早已心潮澎湃、滿心躁進，只問勝算、只謀進取。唯有她，先思己短、先戒己失，沉穩心性，難能可貴。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bawYs59Ct
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他緩緩道出九字箴言，字字如刀、亦字字如藥：「戒急，戒貪，戒仁而不斷。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gRlAkEoBB
青鸞凝神傾聽，目光專注。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGr0ZkoWu0K
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「其一戒急。」謝廷章緩緩解釋，「你身負正統血脈，不必急於讓萬人歸附、天下認同。西南百姓不認空名、不慕宗法，只認糧食、藥物、生存實惠。民心需慢慢積、根基需穩穩紮，躁進必敗。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZVHq3R1aG
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「其二戒貪。局中勢力紛繁、機遇眾多，不可見勢就收、見利就取。貪多則雜，雜則必亂，終會被各方勢力纏身、自陷泥沼。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Z3tCKnkdN
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「其三戒仁而不斷。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmMSJrtfodc
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他語氣陡然轉沉，一語道破王者最難渡的關竅：「待你走上奪國立局之路，便不再是只為報一己國仇家恨的流亡者，而是要開創一朝格局、安定一方百姓的立國之主。該捨的人情軟意，必須捨；該斬的禍亂之人，必須斬。過度心軟、優柔寡斷，終有一日，會死在自己的不忍與姑息之上。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrsdFWmOAb
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這番話冷酷刺骨，卻是醒世良言，道盡權謀王道的真實。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9Xr6Qy90q
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青鸞聽聞此言，袖中五指悄然緊攥，心底隱隱作痛。她向來心善、重情重義，從不願無故傷人。可這一點柔軟，僅在胸口翻湧剎那，便被她硬生生壓斂下去。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzIxsyYtGCd
她深知，欲成大事，必有所捨；欲立山河，必承冷血。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVnKN1cSMB
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良久，她腰身一挺，朝謝廷章深深躬身一禮，端肅誠懇：「青鸞受教。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapRmrvzB1V
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謝廷章沒有匆忙喚起，靜靜受了她這一禮。待她直起身，才緩緩叮囑：「這盤大棋，無需你一夜之間急於落子、躁進求成。先將第一步紮穩紮牢——糧、藥、邊民、諸部。這四樣根基若立不住，後續的法統壓勢、王庭斬首，盡皆是空中樓閣、虛妄空談。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0yUn2d1vK
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青鸞鄭重點頭：「我明白。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOutR9f9aN
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「還有至關重要的一事。」謝廷章目光沉沉，再三警示，「凌虛劍，乃你最後的絕殺底牌、立命根本，不到萬不得已、最終決局之時，絕不可輕易示人、隨意亮出。此劍一出，便是正統對決、王權廢立，再無轉圜退路。只能向前破局，絕不能退半步。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWP6ZoZnpWq
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青鸞掌心輕輕覆上涼潤的劍柄，低聲應道：「我謹記先生教誨，絕不輕動。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlZP8DVWe7
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身後的天宇，早已被這層層推進、環環相扣的絕世大局激得熱血沸騰，心底滿是暢快。他壓住翻湧的心緒，啞聲問出少年人最真切的心願：「先生，若這盤棋真的走成……大姊往後，是不是便再也不用看人臉色、受人鉗制、憂懼生死了？」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwEWor83w5E
這一問天真熱切，藏著少年最純粹的期盼。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvcO9ydZ75
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謝廷章淡淡看他一眼，語氣通透、道盡王者孤獨：「身居九五、坐掌山河，從非不用看人臉色。只是從此之後，你要看的，是天下萬民的臉色、是山河局勢的臉色，不再是區區一方諸侯的喜怒好惡。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjUGydLUgPd
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天宇一怔，似懂非懂，心底卻莫名沉靜數分。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBeKUzL8hO
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「但至少。」謝廷章緩緩補上一句，語氣藏著溫柔護持，「你們再也不必將自身性命、未來大局，拱手交予夏侯璋這等野心之輩，任人發落、隨人擺布。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0G26ivegA
亭內再度歸於寂靜，唯有風聲雷音，遠震空山。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbnmA9zcn2n
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莫問秋忽然低低長笑一聲，笑意痛快淋漓，掃盡多日來的壓抑憋屈：「好！好一個逆天翻盤！先前我還覺得與虎謀皮、求人借力，實在憋屈難忍。如今這局，才算真正像話！借兵？區區借力早已入不了眼。要借，便借他山河骨架、借他萬民人心，最終連國帶勢，盡數易主！」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxBYv7mny8
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天宇心潮澎湃，幾欲拍桌稱快，又懼失儀，硬生生忍耐住，一雙眼眸亮得驚人，滿是憧憬與篤定。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSN5qSkho1
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唯獨青鸞，凝望桌案上的山河地圖，心底沒有半分少年人的躁動痛快。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rSaMFVPOk
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只覺圖上每一寸山川、每一筆疆界，都變得無比沉重，沉沉壓在她的肩頭。重的是萬民生計、是國祚延續、是無數人的期盼與性命。可這沉重之中，又藏著前所未有的清明與篤定。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTZ1gqfiYz
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她終於徹底醒悟，從前的自己，始終困在「求活」二字之中，步步被動、處處受制。可謝廷章為她鋪就的這條路，是「立局」，是「奪勢」，是從無路處闢生路、從虎狼口奪山河。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfsL1Vbby8p
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這條路更險更難，卻是唯一能讓她真正立足、真正復國、真正安身立命的坦途。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjYuNWfErDd
她緩緩抬眸，望向謝廷章，眸色沉靜深遠，淬滿堅定決絕，再無半分猶豫退怯。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4KUCUgJNK
「先生。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2XKKd22Rw0
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「這條路，我走。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjN7b8z6rP
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語氣不高，卻字字千鈞、落地無悔。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvorb7y7RL
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隨後，她又補上一句，立住自己從政立國的初心，清亮執著：「但我先說分明。我奪蒼麟、立西南，從非為自己爭權奪勢、另立壓榨百姓的新王庭。他日我若坐穩這山河，必讓糧草入村寨、良藥濟民生、破除種族隔閡、減賦輕役、安撫萬民。若做不到這護民初心，今日這盤逆天大局，我便是白走一遭、徒負人心。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDej6ifRXK
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謝廷章靜靜凝視她許久，眼底終於浮起真切的讚歎與認可，極輕地點頭：「這一番話，才是真正能坐穩山河、撫定萬民的王者之言。」33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmrEMCF006b
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窗外夜風愈烈，遠山雷滾不休，隱隱有風雨欲來之勢。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs3FOFKKJsV
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可這一間破舊荒亭之中，人心已定、大局已明、前路已開。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡex6BXZaZzQ
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今夜一席長談，從此改寫西南棋局。世間再無青鸞求援借勢的卑微局面，取而代之的，是一位亡國公主，決心逆勢翻盤、從虎狼口中，奪國立命、改天換地。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnmUfs2bnV
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青鸞指尖輕撫凌虛劍冰冷的劍柄，心底前所未有的平靜堅定。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIuHwZqbPO
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從今往後，她不再是那個只能輾轉逃竄、勉強支撐、護身保命的亡國公主。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPs5c6aT0jN
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天若不與她生路，她便親手開路。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlHooAIdHH
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世若不予她立足，她便親手奪國。33Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl6jgtr9JpM
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