「水潺潺,雨潺潺,一夜烹茶敘舊顏,田田滿葉蓮。897Please respect copyright.PENANAmzRfL7aBz1
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情纏綿,意纏綿,一生相思無盡緣,共乘並蒂蓮。」897Please respect copyright.PENANATexdW0ozVH
897Please respect copyright.PENANAvXKet7cdhf
坎水《蓮舟歌˙長相思》897Please respect copyright.PENANAEk5LG8FgH2
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日暮時分,在夕陽的金燦光暉拂照下,這座被綠水碧波環抱的江南小鎮,渲染出江暖霞柔的水鄉風光。897Please respect copyright.PENANAaq23ceyFH7
897Please respect copyright.PENANAflkrO8kTy4
開滿於水道上的蓮花,飄散出潔淨清雅的芳香,舒展的蓮瓣有如佛者的玉手,輕捧著照拂萬物的夕暉霞光。897Please respect copyright.PENANAw1Do3SFlhb
897Please respect copyright.PENANAHIP9QXkGC7
幾艘行渡於寬闊水道上的蓮舟,穿梭於田田蓮葉間,擺盪出陣陣漣漪,使江水蕩漾出一片金光粼粼。897Please respect copyright.PENANAV7DaHJ9coK
897Please respect copyright.PENANAfDlEBBRHcF
獨自乘坐最後一艘蓮舟的坎水,在這稍嫌暑熱的仲夏時節,她輕輕脫下寶藍色外袍,穿著鎮民贈與她的藕衫水裙,大方裸露出柔白脖頸及纖纖玉臂。897Please respect copyright.PENANAp818AY2RKO
897Please respect copyright.PENANApvumfdQlLX
她的水色秀髮如流瀑般滑過削肩傾洩而下,清澈瞳眸映照出江面上的灩灩金波,沒有所謂不莊重的輕薄風騷,而是隨性自在的清麗脫俗。897Please respect copyright.PENANAS6ZvAVbCle
897Please respect copyright.PENANA6HALKgwb2R
坎水將幾縷髮絲撥至耳後,懸掛於耳邊的水滴狀靈飾也輕輕地晃動了幾下,搖曳著靈核透射出的水光瀲灩。897Please respect copyright.PENANAwRQybbtjN5
897Please respect copyright.PENANAkoje4ExuMs
這個靈飾由天山仙泉凝煉出的水靈石打磨而成,是坎水施展仙法的重要媒介,也儲藏了她大量的法力,現在她正使用仙法操弄江水的流向,使江水自然推動蓮舟往前航行。這個大多數鎮民必須花費一兩年才能徹底學會的渡舟仙法,身為外地人的坎水竟只花五天的時間就運用的駕輕就熟,令許多當地人佩服不已。897Please respect copyright.PENANAEw4jPl7s8v
897Please respect copyright.PENANAA1FzBXuwDF
坎水伸出手輕撫如絲綢般柔滑的微暖江水,遨遊四方的她,見識過各地的水性,像是大河驚濤裂岸的浩浩蕩蕩、滄海廣闊無邊的浩渺煙波,以及清泉遺世獨立的幽冷深靜。897Please respect copyright.PENANAa4Ah526DQ1
897Please respect copyright.PENANAPPq885U3u3
但沒有一處像這裡的水一般,澄澈明淨的江水悠悠流淌,從內到外皆浮染蓮香,宛如純真稚子般的歡快活潑,又蘊存佛家包容天地的慈悲善性。897Please respect copyright.PENANAgwsHuSmOk4
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因此她十分喜愛這裡的水,就像被這裡的水撫育生養的鎮民一樣,存有這塵世難得的純樸善心。897Please respect copyright.PENANA4co3KABmJR
897Please respect copyright.PENANAORoPb8KMbn
「唉乃──」「唉呦──」897Please respect copyright.PENANAEbVUGgdLRk
897Please respect copyright.PENANAKc4Buy3AQa
在最前頭蓮舟的舟夫,望見水岸碼頭時發出清亮綿長的吆喝聲,另一邊回應的吆喝聲,便乘著薰風越過水面而來,互相呼應的吆喝聲和江水行舟的水聲潺潺,交會出天地與人間渾然天成的諧和音律。897Please respect copyright.PENANA17wj3UE5bj
897Please respect copyright.PENANAlJNb04rQcr
「唉,坎水姑娘她們回來了,大家快過來喔。」897Please respect copyright.PENANACHIVE2cMW9
897Please respect copyright.PENANAShj8GTUeZw
一呼百應,不分老女老少,鎮民們紛紛聚集到窄小的碼頭,對不遠處的蓮舟舟隊揮著手高聲呼喊,迎接他們的歸來。897Please respect copyright.PENANAmwVYcBZlc0
897Please respect copyright.PENANATO6tclatc6
前方的幾艘蓮舟率先靠岸,鎮民合力將蓮舟綁固於岸上的繫舟樁旁。897Please respect copyright.PENANA8PS3YfBMFX
897Please respect copyright.PENANAd924hfktgt
不久,坎水所乘的蓮舟最後抵達碼頭,當坎水踏上岸邊的青石台階,鎮民們便一股腦地湧到坎水身旁,關切的詢問道:「坎水姑娘,請問碧江的情況?」897Please respect copyright.PENANACi0DEhi9dB
897Please respect copyright.PENANAnkmqYoMlUe
「大致上都已經整治好了,今年應該不會有水患了,請各位放心。」897Please respect copyright.PENANAdsVsCC0H8B
897Please respect copyright.PENANA4jmzKs2Fjr
聽見坎水肯定的回覆,像是雨過天晴般,鎮民們臉上的憂色一掃而空,坦然露出歡喜的神情,連聲向坎水道謝。897Please respect copyright.PENANAg5aQT6iZoX
897Please respect copyright.PENANAHJGeYUhElt
「唉啊啊,太好了,太好了,坎水姑娘是我們連方鎮的大恩人啊。」897Please respect copyright.PENANAaJ9DICQgM2
897Please respect copyright.PENANAaAyV5sIHUL
「就是啊,之前碧江暴漲的時候,也是坎水姑娘救了我們的命,簡直就像傳說中的法華大仙啊。」897Please respect copyright.PENANABRMiAkZsEB
897Please respect copyright.PENANAAtLGM3ynUj
「坎水姑娘就來我家坐坐吧,我一定會好好招待妳的。」897Please respect copyright.PENANAmiU6nlHv3X
897Please respect copyright.PENANAwZ0y1mjBcL
「你說什麼啊,坎水姑娘可是青門客棧的貴客,你家比得上青門客棧嗎?」897Please respect copyright.PENANA3uBLIPFxaU
897Please respect copyright.PENANActzqzlAeBG
鎮民們此起彼落的談話如同江水般滔滔不絕,坎水始終以溫婉笑容面對他們的一片熱忱。897Please respect copyright.PENANAvcwvY50oEi
897Please respect copyright.PENANAQ90m6ApEra
一個月前,雲遊四海的坎水行經碧江岸邊時,正巧看見因碧江大漲而落水呼救的連方鎮鎮民,就施展仙法將鎮民救上岸。897Please respect copyright.PENANAhgPUr9kpUf
897Please respect copyright.PENANAsMyEH0A9Cz
之後她從得救的鎮民口中得知,這條碧江流經不遠處的連方鎮,不但形成鎮裡四通八達的縱橫水道,也是居民賴以維生的重要水源。897Please respect copyright.PENANAjkL1OoRkcW
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但是近年來,碧江上游的青鸞峰因過度開採鐵銅礦導致山石鬆動,每逢夏令時節的黃梅雨季,連日的大雨便會沖刷青鸞峰的土石,導致碧江水位高漲,造成嚴重洪患,令鎮民連年來苦不堪言。897Please respect copyright.PENANA3cEsSu7v1Z
897Please respect copyright.PENANAqKi0TwEfLe
生性慈善的坎水聽到這件事,不忍鎮民承受水難之苦,於是決定留在連方鎮幫助他們解決洪患。897Please respect copyright.PENANAFgT6EfKYIS
897Please respect copyright.PENANAn6Sjz8gnuE
坎水長年與江海為伍精通水性,自然明白如何疏浚分洪,擅使操水仙法的她也能有效疏導江流,加上全鎮居民對防洪工作的全心投入,碧江的整治僅一個月左右的時程便頗有成效,連方鎮也回歸往昔水澤小鎮的寧靜悠然。897Please respect copyright.PENANAp13FAM0yEf
897Please respect copyright.PENANAU9Sxa7lwIx
「對了,坎水姑娘,三日後就是我們鎮上的渡蓮仙會了,還請妳一定要留下來。」一名婦人拉著坎水的手殷勤地說道,初次聽到這名詞的坎水疑惑地問:「渡蓮仙會?是連方鎮上特有的節日嗎?」897Please respect copyright.PENANAlx7HMJRxft
897Please respect copyright.PENANAs3IzhZN5DG
「外地人應該不會知道我們這偏僻小鎮的節慶吧,但渡蓮仙會可是我們這裡最好的日子了。」897Please respect copyright.PENANAvQ6ICxCvT5
897Please respect copyright.PENANA9eSFLDmTl6
「是啊,今年因為有坎水姑娘,我們才能好好地舉辦渡蓮仙會,請坎水姑娘一定要來看看啊。」897Please respect copyright.PENANAgjFJNjbKWR
897Please respect copyright.PENANAtnvC2vEJW3
坎水原本打算治理好碧江後就向鎮民們告別,繼續萍蹤浪跡的漂泊旅程,但鎮民們的懇切慰留,讓她不好意思就此離去,加上她自身對渡蓮仙會相當感興趣,便決定在連方鎮多留一段時日。897Please respect copyright.PENANAevxNPVPWBj
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夜色如墨,家家戶戶紛紛點起懸掛於外牆的水漣燈,水漣燈的燈心是從碧江凝煉成的水漣石,注入法力後發出的光有如清明水光,明亮了沁涼如水的恬靜夜晚。897Please respect copyright.PENANAON5R8IRbP4
897Please respect copyright.PENANAc0hxaNZ2QW
一名老者獨自端坐於青門客棧的臨江水閣,他就像是屹立於滾滾江流中的巖石,雖然外貌是被人間浪濤磨蝕出的老態龍鍾,內裡卻是漫長歲月所積累的穩重堅毅。897Please respect copyright.PENANAd8xPXFbiqB
897Please respect copyright.PENANAkEeyEc8bDp
在老者面前的石桌上,青瓷茶壺內的茶湯被炭爐煮得暖熱,飄散出氤氳茶香,與被雨水洗得清透的淡淡蓮香,融混成更加悠遠清洌的芬芳。897Please respect copyright.PENANAYE3vYbp3tR
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老者如深潭般幽寂的雙瞳,望向閣外的夜景,他所注視的那朵同莖共生的並蒂蓮花尚未綻放。897Please respect copyright.PENANAir0HxM82Jm
897Please respect copyright.PENANA4naFeiNqeD
然而悄然來訪的綿綿細雨,在水面上掀起一波波微小漣漪,雨打荷葉的聲響幽微而空靈,於朦朧的江南煙雨天聽來格外清晰,喚醒了如夢幻泡影的前塵往事。897Please respect copyright.PENANAL6vnaTQxFo
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此情此景,都與他記憶裡始終鮮明的雨夜如出一轍,唯一不同的是,那曾與他共賞夜雨,煮茶清談的故人已然逝去,而他也將跟隨那位故人的腳步……897Please respect copyright.PENANAb0Bz4OrKmU
897Please respect copyright.PENANAJAR48OcDOx
「咳咳……」老者摀住嘴輕咳了幾聲,他枯皺的掌心多了幾分怵目驚心的紅,再次提醒他的時日無多。897Please respect copyright.PENANAbyjSc3wlpg
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「漪洀先生,抱歉,讓你久候了。」897Please respect copyright.PENANAPRWvp5bESA
897Please respect copyright.PENANAEceSGrz7xW
此時坎水踏著輕盈蓮步朝他走來,漪洀悄悄用帕巾拭去掌上的血,然後擺手說道:「坎水姑娘,不必這麼客氣,請坐。」897Please respect copyright.PENANAevkbhlQB3V
897Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1Ldx7hHV9
坎水與漪洀相對而坐,她的姿態端正秀雅宛若亭亭玉立的蓮荷,透發出淤泥而不染的潔淨氣息。897Please respect copyright.PENANAtfnxDCk68q
897Please respect copyright.PENANAggDXp7bB3U
「坎水姑娘,這些日子以來辛苦妳了,真不知怎麼感謝妳。¬」897Please respect copyright.PENANAEyimSwcoiI
897Please respect copyright.PENANAzUJsbbhj95
「我才要感謝漪洀先生,肯供我這樣身無分文的過客食宿。」897Please respect copyright.PENANA8O3i4TRahZ
897Please respect copyright.PENANAJ8lrQhYEKU
漪洀是青門客棧的掌櫃,是連方鎮裡德高望重的長者,救濟了許多飽受洪患之苦的鎮民,因此鎮民們對漪洀皆是敬重有加。而在坎水留在連方鎮的這段時日,漪洀就讓她住在青門客棧的上房,不收分文且招待周到。897Please respect copyright.PENANAk15ToMB3Hc
897Please respect copyright.PENANANrWSuP99bj
「你替我們這小鎮做了這麼多,我這樣根本算不上什麼,現在老身也只能以這點粗茶聊表心意了。」漪洀在坎水的青竹茶盞裡注入茶水,澄清的碧綠茶湯浮盪著一枚淡粉蓮瓣,更顯雅致清趣。897Please respect copyright.PENANAsYYOqLNQF3
897Please respect copyright.PENANAX65IFetoxL
坎水柔如花瓣的雙唇湊近杯緣,清冽茶水滑入坎水口中的剎那,喉舌間便凝聚了一股頗具深韻的苦澀,但細嚐到底後,舒展開來的是滲入心脾的清透甘甜。897Please respect copyright.PENANAU8sTcCAPaz
897Please respect copyright.PENANALTNMzqLHKS
「這盞蓮心清露,對我已是足夠的回報,我離開這裡後定會十分想念。」坎水向漪洀微笑說道。897Please respect copyright.PENANA6kButW4PqQ
897Please respect copyright.PENANAQewhiePEIQ
蓮心清露是連方鎮獨有的佳茗,主要是以蓮花的花瓣及蓮子,再收集蓮葉上的朝露烹煮而成,但其熬煮手法十分繁複精妙,時間及火侯都要拿捏的恰如其分,太過會極為澀苦,太淺卻又會失了甘韻,必須有長久的經驗積累,才能引導出其滋味的精髓,現在連方鎮裡也只有漪洀有這等手藝,而坎水第一次品嘗蓮心清露,便徹底喜歡上這種能洗淨心神的絕妙韻味。897Please respect copyright.PENANACX07zOc9AQ
897Please respect copyright.PENANALyqTHbc1CK
「那老身還有一個不情之請,不知坎水姑娘可否接受?」897Please respect copyright.PENANAeIL4K2XeZw
897Please respect copyright.PENANAazDbdwDkWC
漪洀說這番話的同時,他空寂的眼神像是注入了活水一般,變得炯炯有神的透亮,直直地凝視著坎水。897Please respect copyright.PENANAeH08W8x1jl
897Please respect copyright.PENANAN8c20H455g
「漪洀先生,但說無妨,只要是我力所能及之事,我便不會拒絕。」897Please respect copyright.PENANAfscwfyoBFZ
897Please respect copyright.PENANApvfwbBJXMM
坎水微笑頷首,眉眼彎成柔和的弧度,蘊含彷彿能包容萬物的慈和,令漪洀更加確信坎水就是他長年以來所等待的那個人。897Please respect copyright.PENANAJOcPAIjGQd
897Please respect copyright.PENANAAfVAJ1F6MN
「其實啊,這事說起來也沒什麼。」897Please respect copyright.PENANApPiJP4MMqF
897Please respect copyright.PENANAbsnlea9iIq
漪洀淡淡地說道,水閣外的潺潺雨聲也愈加清晰響亮。897Please respect copyright.PENANA4OlJtkVQXo
897Please respect copyright.PENANAOC2xvv5ms7
「老身在這家客棧裡,聆聽過無數行客遊子的故事,現在只是想請坎水姑娘,聽聽老身的故事罷了……」897Please respect copyright.PENANAKbmLii05yh
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