湖衣在縱橫交錯的密道不知爬行了多久，找到一座階梯，她扶著石壁一步步登上階梯，約莫走了百餘階，終於看見第一道光線自縫隙透進來，差點教她睜不開眼。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IWwRX1pqF
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她從縫隙探看，放眼所及空無一人，這才小心翼翼地從密道走出來，她發覺自己置身在一座儲物的庫房內，四周堆滿陳年舊物。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVu01pgJw9j
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湖衣先確認無人後，在陰影的掩蔽下走到屋外，庫房緊連著數幢相似的石屋，斑駁的牆面爬滿青苔，遠處還有數條狹窄的渠道，幾名中年婦人在渠道旁浣衣。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzFMF7zn5BA
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不遠處還有座石造羊舍，十幾頭山羊正啃食槽中乾草，一條瞎眼老狗懶洋洋地翻過肚子，躺在羊舍前方曬太陽。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTnw9df6tZ
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這不是宮中會有的景象，她確定自己已不在宮城內。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xEujCcHmT
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依照成祖實錄記載，京城分為三重：第一重城為宮城，是皇帝住居和理政之處，又稱大內；第二重城為皇城，宮城之外套著皇城，分布著朝廷辦事機構監、局、司、庫等；第三重城為外城，外城是京城百姓住的地方，到了外城，就已遠離宮禁，可以自由出城。按距離推測，她應該身在皇城某處。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJec4THu7gd
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眼下四顧茫然。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXXW3R0PCM
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三頭落單的山羊逕自從她面前走過。 312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO3YQ5zdYUS
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有沒有人可以問問？她心想。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbagEMlE0Wu
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總不能問山羊吧。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxgYcvFqzo
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羊舍旁那頭瞎眼老狗似乎察覺她的心思，伸了伸腿後站起來，一瘸一瘸地走向羊舍。湖衣跟隨在後，才發現羊舍之後還有一排長屋，土牆破舊陰暗，不知是否有人居。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRCFeVkiFh
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老狗在土屋外吠叫了幾聲，屋內傳出回應，幾聲像患有肺疾的咳喘，拖著窸窣的步伐，門扉「呀」地一聲打開了。湖衣退回屋角的陰影中，門內走出一名蹣跚的老人，形容憔悴，臉頰凹陷。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg291i0akEx
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老人拿出一碗殘羹，老狗迎了來，迫不及待地吃著。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOnpWN8k47
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「老黃啊，今天就剩這麼點啦，你慢著點吃！」老人以尖細的聲音說完，舉起佈滿斑紋的手，撫了下老狗的頭，接著又岣嶁著背，危顫顫地走回屋裡去。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbJ5nEUAaF
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湖衣仔細思量，老人沒有鬍鬚，膝蓋腫得像突起的樹瘤一般，腰間圍著鼓脹的厚布疋，應是年老而無法在御前侍奉的太監。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlmmO86bfm
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她努力回想記憶中關於皇宮外圍的一切……羊……老人？312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzgvGVYxiP
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是了，金鼇玉蝀橋以西，羊房夾道。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhVtuLh0WaM
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年老或是患病的宮人，會被送來此處醫治，或是等死。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx6XjxfgGd8
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羊房夾道靠近欞星門，該處是太監們出宮辦差常走的便門，說不定可以從那裏混出宮去。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25zbvBQR9k
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湖衣環顧四週，老人已不見蹤影，而那老狗，正挨著一個不知從何而來的男孩兒。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQZNninuJHL
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孩子看上去約莫十歲，穿著粗布衣衫，披散著一頭長髮，身形清瘦，手裡把玩著幾個麻布製成的小沙袋，口裡吟唱著：312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7v5ZbpThq
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空山新雨後，天氣晚來秋。
明月松間照，清泉石上流。
竹喧歸浣女，蓮動下漁舟。
隨意……隨意……312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYDMeiXuoDm
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男孩歪著小腦袋，像是忘了詞。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo352d3RDi8
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「隨意春芳歇，王孫自可留。」湖衣不假思索接詞。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiVoFe0DhF
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孩子轉過身來，好奇地看著她。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSKYvffOzkv
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湖衣不禁心疼起這孩子，他定是窮苦人家的孩子，不得已小小年紀就被賣到宮裡做宮役，又被發配到這樣荒涼的地方。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPfj15ele2
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她蹲下身子，柔聲地問他：「孩子，你怎麼獨自在這兒？」見男孩不答，湖衣又問：「你知道欞星門往哪走嗎？」312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErIoXz5iyG
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「我不知道啊，姐姐，」孩子抬起小臉望著她，「而且我娘不許我和陌生人說話。」312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO14W8CBj5D
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此時孩子的額前的長髮因抬頭而向後曳撒，露出清秀的面容，這男孩兒有著精緻的五官，一雙丹鳳眼，女人般的薄唇，似有某種莫可名狀的熟悉感。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEpMtzMlcHe
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母與子。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10U1uUDjMW
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她望向水渠，想起馮瑛曾說過的話。心底打起寒顫。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡja5aOgUVu8
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金水橋。筒子河。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJ9Gbi2wlO
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母親與未出世的孩子。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTyA2I6XIl
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天哪，怎麼回事。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRDpC1xGNo
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孩子竟被藏匿在這兒？312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyx62Xz4is
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湖衣因震驚而踉蹌後退了幾步。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSLOeVdMyd
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原來，多年前的宮中疑案，還有眼下困局，一切問題都在這裡有了交代。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡca0wDaTt5h
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湖衣緊握雙拳，內心天人交戰。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCw10ZjDQMN
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過去數月，她日日夜夜都夢想著逃出皇宮，如今出宮的路近在咫尺，難道要回皇宮去自投羅網？312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrqgOsWzJDI
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但……橫斷在眼前是足以動搖社稷的大事，她又怎能視而不見，一走了之？312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49pl4A8ewa
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湖衣思忖半晌，心中已有決斷。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2Glg3809h
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「乖孩子，聽你娘的話，躲著點，」湖衣捧起他的雙頰，仔細叮囑，「別讓任何人看見你，我很快就回來。」312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGtNcWO8b0
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她得回去找馮瑛，馮瑛肯定能認出來。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlZaOvZ3x54
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湖衣轉過身，一路快步，直到再度進到土屋裡的密道入口，心頭掛記的全是那孤單的孩兒和他可憐的娘親。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3NyM9fQErs
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她飛奔而入，下了階梯，碰到第一個岔路，依照記憶，她走右邊的通道，然後一路向右，向右，再向左，跑到頭昏眼花，幾乎喘不過氣。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPdEOWhIAh
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她在心中祈求，自己的選擇能讓大明朝江山永固，百姓安寧。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaPwE2v8n7
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若能保護好這孩子，讓萬貴妃無從施以毒手，太后和公主也無須再綁架年輕女子，只要她辦妥了這事，一切一切都會不同。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrzXnZnkua4
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她飛快地奔回原路，爬出佛堂的通道。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEvlSpYQQmR
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小佛堂一如往常，靜悄悄的。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorJyZImcO3
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「馮瑛，馮瑛！」她叫了幾聲，都沒有回應。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI10CJpkYT
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湖衣心生疑惑。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpwCmNMsRJD
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平日她每回進入地道，馮瑛都會站在堂口守著，莫非馮瑛認為她已離宮，所以不再守門？312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUhRhxe7pR
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湖衣一邊把魏徵銅像推回了原位，一邊低頭思忖，或許馮瑛回咸若宮去了。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWwguniBF8
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於是她伸手推開佛堂的門，某個重物自背後襲來，她就此失去意識。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkKq8Uz8LW
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殘陽若血，天街御道上颳起了一陣不祥的風，今日迥異於往昔，雲霞是混合了鮮血與落日的駭人顏色。貞順門城樓上的鴟吻在狂風中顯得格外陰森，像有惡鬼潛藏在暗處，教人汗毛直豎。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQKkqTsHm8
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「見鬼了，今兒是個什麼日子？」年輕的門衛忍不住抱怨。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeNBbEHl8L
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「叫什麼，你該不會是怕鬼吧？」負責把守城樓的騎尉回答，握著長槍的手也在顫抖。遠方傳來陣陣烏鴉嘶啞的叫聲。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeCmarUafE
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不祥之兆。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnqRVRFhWv
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平日即使入夜，貞順門也未曾如此靜謐，總會有前往各宮辦差的太監，負責打更的宮役，巡邏的侍衛，人聲來來去去，可眼下因為皇上正在齋戒，各宮宮門深鎖，只有寒風吹過樹木的颯颯聲，伴隨他們值夜。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl02g3STqsS
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步履聲吸引了兩人的注意，三名西緝事司檢校押著一名罩著黑色頭套的女子，欲出宮門。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO5J4NbQOOI
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「幹什麼的？」騎尉發問。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KvAuOs2k3
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「我等奉長安宮總管太監之命，將犯過的宮女押往宮正司懲戒。」其中一名檢校回答。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgY7pzll4T
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貞順門外甬道是通往宮正司的必經之路，只是騎尉隱隱覺得有些不對。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPG2vhMGqmM
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年輕門衛盯著眼前四人，尤其是那名宮女，為何要用黑布罩頭？312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFwBVNqX70
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兩名檢校見到門衛狐疑的眼色，便自行掀開黑布，女子雙眼緊閉，顯然已陷入昏迷。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnumtn2zYa
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「她惹怒了萬貴妃，長安宮總管太監下令嚴懲。」一名檢校說。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXlFdT7BhS5
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騎尉見那女子長相端莊秀麗，心下明瞭，她未必是犯了甚麼過失，多半僅是惹起貴妃妒意，才會遭罰。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRR0kQhPNjG
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而那汪直雖被皇上撤去西廠廠公一職，西廠也遭關閉，西廠廠尉全數回歸西緝事司，但是宮中人人都知道，西司背後是汪直，汪直背後是權勢滔天的萬貴妃，西廠再起是遲早的事，西緝事司的人可得罪不起。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWZqtmBFDH
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「那就有勞三位，」騎衛說道，「甬道走到底右方，便是宮正司所在。」312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgXYKkpIOp
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一名檢校笑答：「多謝。」312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uEjMjZN2y
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兩名守衛讓到一旁放行，三人便拖著犯事的宮女走了。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHWLyJoCCc
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落日最後一抹餘暉消失在眼前，風在他們的四周吹拂，某處的狗似狼一般地向天長嚎，從剛才騎尉就一直聽見不尋常的匡噹聲。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5L7G4vnMkI
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「你說，京城會不會像金陵一樣，出現妖孽呢？」年輕的門衛還在自顧自地說。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNzwu5uNeR
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簡直不知死活。騎尉暗罵。守夜時，要是說出不吉利的話觸了霉頭，必然會生出事來。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOiSni1IVg
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匡噹……匡噹……312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfBs0QcaOK
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這聲響究竟從何而來，他環顧四週，打定主意要找出來源。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQQ0ZsYSSC
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「糟了！」騎尉大吼。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMRA6BFRjWU
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「怎麼啦？」門衛一臉震驚地問。312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYDJyXscd6
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「你看那個，」都尉指著在城門上被夜風吹得匡噹響的齋戒木牌，「齋戒期間，各宮齋戒祈福，不理刑名，怎麼會在此時懲治宮女？」312Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡor1lLnQ6QP
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