傍晚過後油麻地的人潮漸漸熱鬧起來，一群群慕名而來的遊客，看著地圖正在找尋旅遊書上的景點食肆。情侶說著笑經過，一邊分享著一串魚蛋。老婦在路邊堆著紙皮箱，大漢忙著開檔擺賣。大大小小的地道食肆，把這條橫街照得比白天還要光亮。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0A2zXOV623
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想著想著，小羽不經不覺走到天后廟對開一個俗稱榕樹頭的公園。平日晚上這兒只有小貓三四隻，今晚竟然擠湧得像假日的羅湖口岸。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58hmuxtQFc
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雖說自由街旅客迫爆香港，但這也太誇張了吧...473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWX0Z1oTne
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這裡的人群聒噪不安，甚至有種緊張的壓迫感。公園的氣溫比大街涼了一截，小羽剛才還微微冒汗，現在雙臂都結起雞皮疙瘩。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyfFFyonDH
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「請大家保持秩序，多謝合作。」一個像是保安員的男人來回巡邏，他應該是跟這群怪胎遊客一伙的，提著個白色紙燈籠，用另一隻手敲著報更的小銅鑼。若然小羽不是在廟街看見他，定會以為這保安是個倒夜香的打更佬。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEwKon6YKO
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小羽受不了那邊的奇怪氣氛，轉入很多江湖術士擺檔的睇相街。幾個外藉遊客還在拍照留念，正想坐下來光顧。一名叫盲炳的瞎子相士猛地抬頭「望望」小羽，忽爾又閃閃縮縮別過頭去；旁邊一檔用鳥兒占卜的店，竹籠子內的金絲雀側著頭，似是正在讀桌上的馬經...473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZPlBuR9HU
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「吱...六場...吱吱...位置連贏三號搭七號啦...」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvaBpYYWn0A
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位置連贏三搭七？473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMc5jcTopwY
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小羽回頭，剛才那聲是雀的叫聲嗎？她好像聽到牠在說人話！鳥兒目光迎上了小羽，忽地跳回籠內暗角，裝作若無其事，然後用翅膀在那圓圓的鳥頭抹一把汗。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyNr3R6NAUb
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「痴線...我定是思覺失調了... 」小羽自言自語。
她望著整條小巷的攤檔，全都寫著「流年運程、看相、睇掌、摸骨」之類的招牌，可是沒有一間聲稱可以聯絡上死人啊。小羽正猶豫應該向那一間店求助，一個胖嘟嘟的太太走過，袋裡提著一大卷白紙。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XEUoQc0pk
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這不是剛才購買式神的大嬸嗎？473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtOXItESl56
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太好了。小羽偷偷尾隨著這個來歷神秘的大嬸，或許可以找到點頭緒。說實在的，這大嬸除了剛才說了些貪狼呀、牛頭馬面呀之類瘋言瘋語以外，她行為舉止似乎與一般師奶無異。只見她直接走進那個盲炳相士的小檔座上，再在口袋掏出幾個銅錢。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaCXeEbXM4O
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「盲炳，我想要幾道平安符。」那太太似乎和盲炳挺熟絡：「那班人怎麼搞的？一開關就一窩蜂似的湧過來陽間。難道他們不怕被人類發現嗎？」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKxknwxnv8
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「你說天后廟外那班鬼魂嗎？沒關係，香港本人外地遊客就很多。多一兩百隻鬼混進來，應該也沒有人發現。」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqBnnb2H0L
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「是嗎？陽人真遲鈍。」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fbQVUKSLz
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「而且啊，一年才一次免簽證過來陽間，一定把握機會囉，說不定會有鬼魂過來走水貨。」盲炳調大風扇的風力，一面說下去：「要是我住在靈界的話，老實說，我也會趁鬼門關大開這個月過來避避風頭。聽說修羅那邊內戰到連大名太子都要逃亡、高棉和暹邏又宣佈交戰，搞不好可能會牽連到九龍水都這邊。」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cqsFx2ifl
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「唉...」那太太憂心的道：「靈界打仗、陽間又有怪獸...這年頭吶，沒有甚麼地方是百分百安全了。」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8kSoZMYZ7
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「怪獸？甚麼怪獸？」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOxS8eE7NB
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「貪狼嘛。剛才呀，連陽間的電視台新聞都報導了最近無端端心臟病發作死去的人，忽然間多了幾十宗，還誣掐說是甚麼空氣污染造成的。」那師奶一打開話匣子，就像沒打算離開似的：「我看吶，那根本就不關那些工業廢氣的事，而是有野生的貪狼跑到民居了。」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5NynvSK3u7
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「唉...不是吧...」盲炳點點頭，一副維園阿伯的抱怨腔調：「黑爺白爺都退了下來之後，我這些小巿民只可以自求多福了。一代不如一代，現在在酒場活躍的死神都是群沒出息的小鬼頭，連小小的委託任務都辦不好...」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFqN5iH3M1
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肥太太壓下聲線，望到站在後面不遠處的小羽，開始起疑心：「你還是別亂說了，我也得早點回去試一試剛買的保安用式神。我最怕就是安裝這類家庭電器，讀那些說明書可把我悶個半死。」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA8EwXbpaU8
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肥太太收好平安符，急步離開了。臨別還偷望一眼小羽，就像怕這女孩會向甚麼死神打她小報告一樣。
小羽才懶理大嬸的目光，一瞬間坐在盲炳的對面。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltBzjamgui
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「歡迎光臨，本座是廟街第一生神仙。問家宅、自身還是姻緣，找我就對了。」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwU2n0K6cDO
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「盲炳師傅！」小羽拍一聲把她那裝滿十元廿元紙幣的紅包拍到枱面上：「我要找我的哥哥，無論如何都要。」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCmdUz4Idq
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盲炳側起頭，好讓其中一隻耳朵聽得清楚一點：「不好意思，妳哥哥在哪裡？」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXiJGf8NVTI
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「他死了。突然心臟病發死了。」小羽叉起手，斬釘截鐵的說：「會不會是你們這幫人口中那隻貪狼怪物做的？」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkA08soAKH
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盲炳聽罷縮了一下，似乎沒估計得到這個小顧客會說這些事。「甚麼怪物？我不知道，我不知道。」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyko1UIoJyv
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「你知道的。」小羽怎會給他耍開。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoNgtvKLIH
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「小姑娘，妳在哪兒聽說的...」盲炳明明閉上雙眼，卻下意識地左右瞄了一下，用手背掩著半邊嘴巴低聲說：「我們...不可以隨便說關於靈界的事吶。要殺頭的！」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡevmiqk2K7J
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「我只想知道，到底怎樣才可以聯絡上我哥哥。」小羽靠前身子：「我懷疑他沒有死。」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlT8OWkcEAy
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「他要是真的給貪狼看上，他一定是凶多吉少。」盲炳答得閃閃縮縮：「要是妳堅持想聯絡他的話，可以試一下街尾那檔扶乩...可是吶，貪狼會把靈魂吃得乾乾淨淨，哪有靈魂會回來透過扶乱傳話。又抑或...」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6XXJ5M06M
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「抑或甚麼？」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWxC2JLyaj
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「或者妳可以先試一下，趁他七七四九夜回魂夜的時候，先人還未上路，回家在靈前恭上清香一注，靜靜等他。」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKV7JQh0fO4
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「就這麼簡單？」小羽半信半疑。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoJ2SrfHte
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「就這麼簡單，這要視乎妳兩兄妹緣份。」盲炳搖搖頭：「不過死者已矣，別抱太大期望。」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9c9spZtGQm
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回魂夜...那就是今晚吧！小羽腦袋空白一片，跟盲炳說句再見，仿如裝了彈簧般站起來。大街傳來車輛駛過的噪音，隔壁靈鳥占卜的老闆調高收音機賽馬消息的聲浪：473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzXjvGQLLq
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「第六場千六米中途賽，第一名是三號的跑得快、第二名是七號的馬將軍...位置連贏三拖七派彩一千三百五十元...」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RRn3bXbT6
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位置連贏三拖七？473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1q38oaev4
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占卜店老闆把一顆長滿蟲的士多啤梨放進竹籠，笑眯眯用指頭搔搔枱面上的金絲雀：「乖孩子...」金絲雀叼一口昆蟲，以尖銳的嗓音，清楚明白的說了一句：「說好的雀女呢？」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4pD5RhQay4
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「沒問題沒問題，我明天就去雀仔街給你挑。」老闆笑意更濃，決定今晚提早收拾檔攤，回家開支洋酒慶祝。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgg5m9h2LMk
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小羽呆呆的站住，天空飄下來幾滴粉末般輕細的雨水。她摸一下哥哥送給她那對紅色緞帶，感受著胸口那規律的心跳。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgJj2hquIl
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這不是夢。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZrxiQc2jPj
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這是個她認知以外的現實世界！
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小羽回到家門前，深呼吸一口氣，壯壯膽子。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJweC29aJU
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依據盲炳的說法，哥哥好有可能在今晚大刺刺的在家裡出現。說不定一打開門，那懶蟲就大字型的伏在梳化看電視。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKB8loY7Sp
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好吧，再想也沒用。死就死，進去吧。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8PkVnMWyuE
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這是棟二百五呎見方的小單位，沒有房間，一所淺木色的雙格床就放在方形摺枱的旁邊。平常黃炏就睡著上格，小羽睡在下面。女孩子比較多雜物，差不多整張書桌都是小羽的精品和文具。雖然地方淺窄，卻被他兩兄妹收拾得整整有條。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHU9PW2eFFV
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街外傳來貨車駛過的噪音，然後又歸於寂靜。這是唐二樓的單位，要是雙層巴士經過，廚房位置甚至可以跟車上的乘客打個照面。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNrYwnekE3Y
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小羽檢查一下洗手間，確認婆婆還沒有回來。她走到神枱跟前，望著爸爸和黃炏的遺照，不禁有點緊張。她照著盲炳的方法，拿出一支香，靜靜的點亮插在爐灰上。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwPVrgHDRv6
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灰色的煙飄渺渺升起，散發著古雅的幽香。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GIbmziqbi
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小羽腦海突然冒出一個奇怪的想法：有人從某個地方偷看著自己！？473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOs5Rbfm0lS
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「哥哥...是你嗎？」小羽眼睛左瞄右瞄。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMKXyiINv6
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...473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxPsDHRrqCD
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...有些聲音...473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3a1kACw0p
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...有人從很遠很遠的地方說話！473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWDf1dTaNj
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小羽立即轉身，屋內仍舊只有她一人的身影。但她肯定那是哥哥的聲音。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeOlaISJY23
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那把聲音像蓋在很多層棉胎下面，口齒不清地說：「...小羽...打開門喔...」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQFVVhUdbB
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門？473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtKY60I7Nr
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莫非哥哥就在外面？小羽滿心歡喜，打開大門和鐵閘，但走廊內仍舊是空無一人。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7AvR0TDaiA
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「你到底在那兒？」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZd40f0vHJ
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「笨蛋！我在衣櫃！」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6nRdQaoIm1
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小羽一步一步，慢慢走向書桌旁的大衣櫃。剛才她出門之前忘了把門關好，門頁之間空了一條數公分的空隙，燈光沒法照進去，裡面像個漆黑一片的異世界。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7ebRMwpsY
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即使隔著衣服，小羽也看得見自己胸口瘋狂的心跳。她嚥一道口水，向著門扉伸出冒汗的手。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iPwlPSpzv
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「哥哥...」473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrumdZItmmP
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衣櫃裡面一邊是黃炏的大褸、一邊是小羽的衣服，密麻麻的排滿整個衣櫥。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡad3CSe2CEM
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沒有人。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhShHkpdJ6
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一把男孩的聲突然在耳邊響起，嚇得小羽尖聲大叫！她滑了一跤，跌坐在地上面，不可思議地望著衣櫃裡...那面鏡。473Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfBNMe9zz6
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「小羽！終於再見到妳了！」一個戴著黑框眼鏡、頭上飄著個黃色光環的男孩站在鏡前...嗯，正確點說，哥哥就站在鏡子「裡面」！
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