還沒走到杏花林就聽見它的沙沙聲,無止盡的蕭瑟,就像深閨女兒的嘆息。夕陽的最後餘暉從枝枒間傾瀉而下,枝頭只剩萎黃的枯葉,杏花不知是何時凋謝的,應該是在四月,荼蘼花開以前。223Please respect copyright.PENANAS8sH3EIz4l
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季節總是無聲息地流轉,就像春季來時,無法知道變化是從哪一天早晨開始的,當你發現的時候,滿山的杏花都開了;當時序由盛轉衰,同樣是在不知不覺中,盛放的花葉萎成一地秋殘。那是歲月的無情,也是無常世界的有常。223Please respect copyright.PENANAqLi4jtdJxb
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湖衣踏著乾枯的黃葉,走入林間,偶然的寧靜讓她有了從沒離開金陵的錯覺,奢華的皇宮殿宇,衣袖薰著龍涏香的皇帝,暗潮洶湧的宮廷鬥爭,一切都是出自她的想像,冰月還站在前面那株杏樹旁,手裡捧著香案,要她一起對著花神祭拜,祈求花神讓她們長成和杏花一樣嬌艷,這樣,未來的夫君就會愛她們一生一世。那時她是個待嫁女兒,現在……223Please respect copyright.PENANA38YhJgwwJ7
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朱玹牽著兩人的坐騎,踩著不疾不徐的步伐向她走來,即使鞭傷未癒,他看來依然魁拔英武,沉穩正直。灰暗的樹林須臾間有了色彩。223Please respect copyright.PENANAJJogw74MST
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「我當初就是在這裡被綁走的。」湖衣指著那片光禿的杏樹。223Please respect copyright.PENANAFzx5P2YBoZ
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「所以妳一語不發地跳下馬背,一路直奔過來,」朱玹說得莫可奈何,神情還是柔軟的,「就為了看這傷心地?」223Please respect copyright.PENANARm8VmT6sJE
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「不是,我是說,這不是個傷心地,」她微仰著臉,就這麼望著他,「如果我沒被綁走,就不會和你相遇。」223Please respect copyright.PENANAdnNrJBZvGf
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無論何時,若是他向她走來,她就會義無反顧地朝他走去,縱然一路風雨相隨,望不盡的漫漫長夜,只因為有他,前方有了光亮,她有了值得企盼的未來,她感動到直想落淚。 223Please respect copyright.PENANA5pqDLIilDU
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原來這崎嶇長路的終點,是你啊。223Please respect copyright.PENANASGF9zaz9N0
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「別說癡話,」他看不出她百轉千迴的心事,僅輕輕牽動了唇角,那抹笑溫柔得像是冬陽乍現,可她都瞧見了。223Please respect copyright.PENANAJxu8N3HvpF
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穹蒼轉成朦朧的灰,杏樹葉子也漸漸轉暗。223Please respect copyright.PENANAq0yaFc0uOV
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「天色暗了,想入城可得快點。」他催促著,「別讓妳爹娘久候。」223Please respect copyright.PENANA6Abs6eYOF5
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湖衣笑而不語,心中暗嘆:都等過這麼些時日了,還差一時半刻嗎?223Please respect copyright.PENANAaytAAfXv6W
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當日派人送她出城,才過通州驛站,京城便傳來消息:睿靖王朱玹因皇宮大火一案獲罪下獄,囚禁大理寺。223Please respect copyright.PENANAQ9GrRVgVNO
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她終於明白,原來是他扛下所有罪責,才換得她的自由。223Please respect copyright.PENANArznq7iOHWu
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她立即調轉馬頭進城,不顧一切衝向大理寺,陳訴自己才是火患的罪首,大理寺寺丞根本不願搭理她,命令侍衛將她驅走,也不讓她探監。許逵等人屢勸不聽後,索性先安排她在城裡住下,再前往金陵尋訪她的父母。原來父親棄官之後,在莫愁湖畔興創了崇文書院,與幾位同樣不願在官場沉浮的仕人一同講經督學。223Please respect copyright.PENANAxKXtXx0tti
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知道父母安然無恙後,她更決意留在京城,爾後每日到大理寺門前等待,手裡緊握著他給她的板指,唯一的念想是親眼見他獲釋。223Please respect copyright.PENANANOs4YYEBAU
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等到夏去秋來,京城蒙上一層抑鬱的顏色。五日前,朱玹禁閉滿百日,皇帝下了恩旨,釋放朱玹,撤了他不得擅離京城的禁制。223Please respect copyright.PENANAqZWlIXzT0P
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當他步出大理寺,看見她迎上前來的第一句話:是妳啊!223Please respect copyright.PENANA0dsB9a0Dsj
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等了百日,迷霧終於散去。223Please respect copyright.PENANAwBXmVqgd9z
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那怕相隔千萬里,在浩瀚人海中,他們總會尋著彼此。223Please respect copyright.PENANATfXtfsM1f4
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她喋喋不休地說著與他分別後的事兒,他微笑著傾聽。223Please respect copyright.PENANAr1ABMTa34c
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待她掏心掏肺地說完心底的話,他提議:一起去金陵吧!223Please respect copyright.PENANAaFs6KJsjeT
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朱玹知她想念家人,願陪著她一路南下。223Please respect copyright.PENANAWJRcp9yqrw
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她自然思念家人,思念金陵,更掛記至今依然不知所蹤的冰月。223Please respect copyright.PENANAvLHb2i87B1
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湖衣有預感,冰月一定在世上某處安然無恙,但是她一定要看見冰月才能安心。223Please respect copyright.PENANARkidwm4dGV
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「趕緊走吧!」他牽過馬匹,伸手欲助她上馬。223Please respect copyright.PENANAmU4SftlGZV
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「嗯。」她正要搭上他的手,強烈的亮光射過來,教她一時睜不開眼,只聽見雜沓的腳步聲拍打地面。223Please respect copyright.PENANAMkBKBUOCRA
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等到她恢復視覺,一群舉著火炬,腰配繡春刀的緹騎,橫列在眼前。朱玹轉過身去,後方有更多人切斷他們的退路,這群人約有百名之數,想脫身只怕不易。223Please respect copyright.PENANA6orJjUSFe3
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「錦衣衛?」湖衣倒抽了一口氣。223Please respect copyright.PENANA8C80W2OrOK
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朱玹盯住身著飛魚服的指揮使。223Please respect copyright.PENANA0LFSqbTMTq
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右面一名千戶上前幾步,躬身向朱玹行了一揖,「王爺,我等奉陛下口喻,緝拿逃犯回京,請王爺切勿阻攔。」223Please respect copyright.PENANAaVOmuYuAUu
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朱玹哼了一聲,「一派胡言,可有駕帖?」223Please respect copyright.PENANAFU34aApuGd
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指揮使一時語塞。223Please respect copyright.PENANA6WhgbUGVih
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皇帝既然有明旨,湖衣歿於咸若宮大火,即是恩赦之意,斷不會再派人追捕,口喻是假。223Please respect copyright.PENANAItzsvWmQui
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「西廠拿人,無須駕帖。」一個陰柔至極的聲音從前面傳來。湖衣這才發現錦衣衛緹騎中還有為數不少的太監。223Please respect copyright.PENANA2kDTtJNPQA
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最前一排緹騎分別往兩旁退開,一個噩夢中才會出現的人影走了出來。223Please respect copyright.PENANA9hHYOaiyLX
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汪直。223Please respect copyright.PENANA1H6qSmOju9
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「王爺,皇妃娘娘。」汪直向朱玹和湖衣各行了一禮,「汪某在此恭候多時了,請娘娘跟隨小的回去覆命。」223Please respect copyright.PENANAqjFNLqEt0V
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錚的一聲,朱玹長劍出鞘,跨前數步,橫劍擋在湖衣身前。223Please respect copyright.PENANAv9BNimEO11
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「王爺定要為難汪某,」汪直又露出了那抹令人寒慄的笑,「西廠廠眾,奉上口喻,捉拿逃犯,若有抗拒者,就地正法!」223Please respect copyright.PENANAtLKbsaxftA
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轉眼間,四周圍繞了滿坑滿谷的敵人。223Please respect copyright.PENANAzxP3wBoX1T
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湖衣望向杏花林的緩坡上,高掛著一輪血月,一株乾枯的杏樹,樹枝就像是伸向布著星子的無垠黑暗中,一隻焚燒的手掌。223Please respect copyright.PENANAUMNS0czJgn
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- 後記
《花開荼蘼 · 春雨杏花》完結。感謝讀者一路的支持,作者銘感五內。
緊接著 《花開荼蘼 · 地火芙蓉》是鹽幫大當家與冰月的故事,也還會有朱玹和湖衣的後續故事,歡迎繼續接看。
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