客棧位於沙漠邊陲，由一對夫婦和五名兒女經營，客人大多是經由沙漠進出中土的商旅。十歲的蔻兒排行第三，負責為投棧商旅送餐和添置日用品，偶爾會充當嚮導，帶他們到鎮內市集採購物資。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvHg9shusb
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商旅們很喜歡這機靈乖巧的女生，會給她講述家鄉的風土人情、大唐天子的仁政、中土與西域在文化上的異同……頃刻間，整個世界濃縮在蔻兒耳邊。遼闊無垠的，多姿多彩的。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0TZdMwwWF
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「我要去見天子！」蔻兒告訴老爹。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4k95vd9b8R
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「為甚麼？」老爹吃驚低頭望向矮小的女兒。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmI454yTfvd
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「我想知道他的宅子為何能容納三千個妻子！不會很擠擁嗎？」蔻兒畢竟是個孩子，動機十分單純。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgeXaMnexfc
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「他的宅子很大、很大，所以能夠容納多人。」老爹假笑一聲，敷衍回應。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xA4Mt0esN
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「我也要當他的妻！」蔻兒立下宏願。「然後帶著大家入住他的宅子！」767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJLC4xS7JS
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「女啊！木門要對木門，竹門也要對竹門，更何況是天子的龍門！那不是我等尋常百姓家能夠對得上！」老爹當即笑得彎了腰，笑她不自量力。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhVSwurZAR
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自尊一損，鼻子一酸，眼眶一紅，蔻兒答不上話。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmLyBncuy1
匆匆廿載，兄弟姐妹早已嫁娶遷出，兒孫滿堂。只有蔻兒一人雲英未嫁，伴在爹娘身邊打理生意。鄰里經常取笑她，笑她一口歪理，說甚麼木門可以對龍門。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4E5x5w5Cn
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聽在耳裡，蔻兒豈會不介懷，但只能一笑置之。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHknkun3JP0
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近年天氣變幻莫測，沙塵暴肆虐，少有商旅橫越沙漠，客棧生意銳減。為了糊口，蔻兒心生一計，乾脆以自己的伶牙俐齒作招徠，為客棧招生意。在多少個天氣惡劣的夜晚，她粉墨登場，以一根巧舌力敵無數賤嘴。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UDH2HN5Po
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「說甚麼木門對龍門？你連茅房的破布簾也不如！」酒客無情直擊蔻兒心房。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47kJp3Htqz
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哄堂大笑。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r6Zx51BAL
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「我不知道自己是否破布簾，只知一塊布可有百種用途，視乎大家如何處理。」蔻兒幾經風霜，早已變得圓滑世故。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvauduqkOv
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「你想大家如何處理你？」醉客樂極忘形，大開黃腔。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOduefybPE
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「想大家無條件給老娘數百元寶買個好夫君！」蔻兒將自己的痛處當笑料，給客人佐酒。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZGXntJIJI
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眾人笑得前仰後翻……767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0bIzGsvZ7
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夜深，曲終人散。酒客要不或爬或躝歸家去，要不醉得不省人事，被蔻兒一家抬上客房。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXJi0y8wfv3
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「一石二鳥。」說話的是一名老婦。整個晚上，她與四名年輕女伴獨佔一枱，要了滿桌清淡的小吃伴白粥，邊吃邊默默觀看蔻兒的鬧劇。「既能大賣酒水，又能名正言順向醉客索房租。很不錯的頭腦。」767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaW8OF2zvrr
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「過獎！」蔻兒得意上前答話。由她們踏入店面一刻，蔻兒已倍加留意。舉止得體，談吐有禮。衣著說不上光鮮，但也穿戴整齊，不染塵垢。想必是低調行事的大戶人家。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcSHsZLNf4
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「不痛嗎？」老婦言簡意賅，神情淡然。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbS1bsUtYb
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「再痛也是要過活呀！」蔻兒豪氣萬千，一笑盡泯恩仇。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvbN4uUYnYX
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老婦心領神會，閉目暗忖，從懷中取出一把紙扇。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaVSodjjH2x
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「三個選擇。一，攜紙扇，親到長安，然後得官位；二，棄紙扇，立取萬金；三，棄紙扇，棄萬金，立當清官夫人。」767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdVJaDYwcz
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爹娘聞言，驚覺老婦乃官場中人。二人馬上勸蔻兒立取萬金，不要涉足官場：「我們只是尋常百姓，沒有本事……」767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEiUjRV2ucM
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蔻兒打斷父母的話，執意取過紙扇：「我才不是對木門的木門，也不是對竹門的竹門，更不是對龍門的龍門！」767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazmsl7M6Pn
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此話一出，女伴們旋即目露凶光，殺意畢露。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRy1HNu7I7
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「好一個女漢子！」老婦樂極，仰首大笑，及時阻止女伴發難。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23iB9XxSaB
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「你等我！我會讓你見識我有何本事成為龍門的龍！」蔻兒未有察覺異樣，眼中只有對未來的無限憧憬。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudStf88kWU
懶理父母勸阻，蔻兒孤身前往長安。風塵僕僕，路途遙遠，她花上一年才到達目的地。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfBhltWcc4
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根據女伴們當日的指示，蔻兒去到城內宰相府，拿出紙扇予宰相過目。宰相接過紙扇，面色一變，命家丁將蔻兒速速拿下，打入天牢，酷刑審問。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2Udj9oXAD
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幾日後，查明真相的宰相親臨天牢，釋放蔻兒。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGWmQDmnUh
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「你知道當日的老婦是誰？」767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWt7xHVxtU
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「不知道。大概是個高官夫人吧。」767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx34He8n98W
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「你真是有眼不識泰山！」767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEPY0rThqm5
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原來老婦是武后武則天。當年，她帶著四位武功高強的女侍衛微服出巡，暗中考察與西域通商的必經之路，偶遇蔻兒一家……武后回宮後遭遇政變，被逼襌位予兒子李顯（唐中宗），幽禁深宮，至今已無實權。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwulquzqa1F
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蔻兒心如死灰，徹底沉溺在傷痛當中。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtRnTGfkMC
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因何而痛？痛在失去伯樂、失去知音、失去希望。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QttLOkPyZ
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那夜的每個眼神、每句豪言，都是兩個孤獨靈魂的深切交流。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRektmY0y9r
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彼此就是對方的一面鏡。武后從蔻兒身上看見自己的勇氣與機智，蔻兒從武后身上看見自己的堅忍與沉著。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Yn4lFr4Yg
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奈何二人身份懸殊……767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2qxCCtnZGB
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蔻兒獲釋後離開長安，自此杳無音訊。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpTk8KR5qv1
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半個月後，被幽禁的武則天身邊多了一個不知由來的大齡婢女。婢女一直侍奉左右，直至武則天離世。該婢女聰慧機敏、忠心不二，武則天親信上官婉兒遂將其留於身邊。及後，唐中宗駕崩，韋后權傾朝野。上官婉兒助太平公主（武則天之女）及臨淄王李隆基（武則天之孫）發動政變，殺韋后及其黨羽。至此，該名不經傳的婢女下落不明。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzqVauoTEC
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同年年底，失蹤五年的蔻兒突然重踏故土，與親人共聚天倫。767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGME8OmyBq
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鄰里見蔻兒仍是孑然一身，不忘予以嘲弄：「說甚麼木門對龍門？你連茅房的破布簾也不如！」767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUGIDJy9gc
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蔻兒聽罷，嫣然一笑：「是木是龍我作主，我命由我不由天。」767Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYNtP02Sdg
註：女主角蔻兒十歲的時候，武則天尚未稱帝，當朝天子還是李系男兒。所以她的童言是合乎邏輯的。
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