沈應一年前見過古彥濤。89Please respect copyright.PENANAcqhue4dEcv
89Please respect copyright.PENANA67dk0FoZW9
彼時正值他換防經過,順路到端州拜訪古大人。89Please respect copyright.PENANAB4jOUQiTQX
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古大人是父親故交,當時一麵,是席上見的小公子。89Please respect copyright.PENANA5tofYzYR5f
89Please respect copyright.PENANAmTEXX6hMlZ
古大人簡樸,桌上菜色已算豐盛,他百般嫌棄不好吃。祖母抱著他哄道,“回頭讓小廚房另做你愛吃的。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAjQtLFf0dok
89Please respect copyright.PENANAinm2ATVQwc
他勉強吃了兩口道要學沈應騎馬,祖母溺愛召來府中仆役馱著他滿園走,他摘了一根柳條作馬鞭。89Please respect copyright.PENANASe9Quv0wt6
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古大人搖頭,多次向他表露擔憂之意,“老妻溺愛,我有心教他卻不能同心用力…我百年之後,此子不知要鬧成什麼樣子…”89Please respect copyright.PENANAWttSuNH5mv
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如今小小人兒,臉上滿是堅毅,不見絲毫驕縱。89Please respect copyright.PENANALxQ2TAckOH
古大人九泉之下也能瞑目了。89Please respect copyright.PENANAgZ1pB0LHpD
89Please respect copyright.PENANA4moAmyBkVS
“你可還記得我第一次見你,是在何處?”89Please respect copyright.PENANAlQ63oIOlZN
古彥濤臉色泛紅,小聲道,“記得,祖母讓仆役給我當馬騎…”89Please respect copyright.PENANAfbtMMm3ZzJ
89Please respect copyright.PENANAJgRFmwpIaG
他垂頭臉上有慚愧之意,沈應摸摸他的頭,溫聲道,“沈哥哥提起不是要笑話你。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAJNVFQmWjNG
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“世道艱難,不能像當日一樣件件如意。其中艱難你已親曆,不需我細說,古大人之教誨要謹記在心,寬裕時當思艱苦,困境中不忘初心。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAct9fkVJYTz
89Please respect copyright.PENANA3eQo4PCveG
古彥濤正色,他年紀尚小,雖然還有些懵懵懂懂,卻與當日的古小公子天差地別了。89Please respect copyright.PENANAtQRNwyO8YU
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“你是好孩子,古大人會為你感到驕傲。”89Please respect copyright.PENANARSEaRiaxvl
89Please respect copyright.PENANAKJd2FZrxzg
提起古大人,他眼眶又紅了,“隻恨我年紀小,不能親手抓住凶手,為祖父報仇。”89Please respect copyright.PENANA4SK4WyhxNK
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“沈哥哥定會抓住凶手,以告慰古大人在天之靈。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAoLLjqiji4C
89Please respect copyright.PENANAtO4yBsbyrU
“你方才言陸姑娘不是凶手,那你可知她來曆?”89Please respect copyright.PENANA7d6NXthCa5
89Please respect copyright.PENANAHpzEAyWSl6
古彥濤愁眉苦臉,“我那時覺得她不配教我,沒有細問,隻知道她四書五經皆熟,善作畫。”89Please respect copyright.PENANA1oL6DRmn4s
89Please respect copyright.PENANAxWdwoJe2MA
“是了,言老漢說古大人聘她教你讀書。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAu4WBsrB6aN
89Please respect copyright.PENANAZK1PEOyCxZ
“旁的我就不知了。”89Please respect copyright.PENANARFrrcbWHHp
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“無妨,若想起什麼來,便讓人找我。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAPjyX6vNHUP
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今日收獲頗豐,沈應不再留他,古彥濤自己跳下椅子,去尋祖母。89Please respect copyright.PENANAlFQhSYFNQN
89Please respect copyright.PENANAhnffw9Gycb
心肝寶貝失而複得,古家祖母又是燒香又是拜佛,備了厚禮要謝宋青之和神武軍,小公子一回府裏稍有了一絲喜氣。89Please respect copyright.PENANA2Rhi2tILbO
89Please respect copyright.PENANAReLTXZKqGs
沈應與連旗等人商議,按線索,兩人認為宋青之所言可信,斥候一眾也單獨盤查過,與他所言差不了多少,其中沒有疑點。89Please respect copyright.PENANAHBsju47jrP
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跟蹤言老漢等人多日的的軍士也回報,三人沒有其他交集。89Please respect copyright.PENANAIqySqu73op
89Please respect copyright.PENANAFokPJylsqo
“按現下眾人證詞,這凶手莫不是太閑了?”89Please respect copyright.PENANAnv0gKptCiE
89Please respect copyright.PENANAeA7fvdfEtE
連旗推開案上文書,連看了一天,他眼前發黑實在受不住。89Please respect copyright.PENANAAxUT7IcCfx
89Please respect copyright.PENANA1yczMT7Drs
嚴懷淵輕揉眉心,看向窗邊。89Please respect copyright.PENANABDFCDui5gR
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沈應正借外麵日光詳看手中證詞,“…這幾日我一直在想,殺古大人和門口兩人的凶手,會不會是兩個人。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAqCrBK8OktY
89Please respect copyright.PENANAmqBacI2H5u
連旗和嚴懷淵沒想到他琢磨這個,直起身豎起耳朵細聽,“如果不是同一人,也就是說宋青之敲門後,屋內凶手滅了燈早已離去…”89Please respect copyright.PENANAISlruEkBoF
89Please respect copyright.PENANARtwxCbIqpU
而是躲在某處另一個凶手,殺了伴讀和蕭文書,或許凶手本想取兩人性命,卻不想宋青之一行沒有走遠。89Please respect copyright.PENANA6OOZlkxKBv
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以至未能成事。89Please respect copyright.PENANARnOypaWTzT
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“可殺他們兩人又是為了什麼…”89Please respect copyright.PENANARm4CpC7qwg
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“…可惜蕭文書還未醒,我倒是好奇他為何半夜去見古大人。”89Please respect copyright.PENANALrSRRLOWMO
“這幾日你去蕭府,他情況如何?”89Please respect copyright.PENANABrM7oq2eta
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嚴懷淵搖頭,“傷在脖子上,他若醒來能不能說話都成問題。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAhbWDfSiVwt
89Please respect copyright.PENANAGybQgFUxCI
連旗猛然想起一事,跳起來道,“不若我們寫信去書院尋白鹿先生?”89Please respect copyright.PENANAszop3ifojs
89Please respect copyright.PENANAqWsAloaUSI
與其在這裏苦惱,還不如請白衣聖手,嚴懷淵大喜,“小連子說得對!先生心係家國,她能出手蕭大人也能早日康複!”89Please respect copyright.PENANAfT447lTgii
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“甚好,我隨後修書一封。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAtn2f8SlYnb
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沈應眉間稍緩,這幾日當真忙昏頭了,竟不記得可以尋白鹿先生相助。89Please respect copyright.PENANA4xaqcaO5jL
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先生妙手仁心,料想不會推辭。89Please respect copyright.PENANA9wf1XmeUqL
89Please respect copyright.PENANAlO4cQifsTS
“知早,這就是那女子報路引損毀的文書?”89Please respect copyright.PENANAZApAG4Omir
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案上書文,有一封字跡不同,嚴懷淵撫掌讚歎不已,“撇開嫌疑不說,她一手字就與旁人不同。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAW2hZ254lZV
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“我怎麼沒看出來?”連旗從他手上一把抽走,“都是一橫一豎,哪裏不同…”89Please respect copyright.PENANAOeTRnwrvDF
89Please respect copyright.PENANAvCjVBDCkti
“跟你說簡直對牛彈琴,不說也罷。”嚴懷淵嫌棄揮手。89Please respect copyright.PENANAUUbhD7f6XZ
89Please respect copyright.PENANAefaXXjp50N
連旗也不惱,笑嘻嘻地,“要說字的話,你該問知早,他有一封寶貝得緊的書信,字才叫妙!知早你說兩人的字,誰更好?”89Please respect copyright.PENANAbdVQr19CRF
89Please respect copyright.PENANAc3rjwjbWbj
紙上所書極妙,那女子的確有一手好字。89Please respect copyright.PENANAb40GyxWcmc
89Please respect copyright.PENANAF9Adk6vHMJ
沈應聞言不語,左手輕輕摩挲腰間錦袋。89Please respect copyright.PENANAkV2z7xWDzT
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他眉眼散了幾分冷意,“兩人字跡不同,不能比較。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAFO5ifgMAra
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那封信多少個輾轉反側難以入睡的夜裏,他曾拿出來在燈下細看…89Please respect copyright.PENANAGlSk88ycVj
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揣摩那人是在何種心境下寫的此信。89Please respect copyright.PENANAcVdZTJEuCR
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他起初看到這一紙公文時也曾疑過。89Please respect copyright.PENANAy9MNymsFiX
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但到底不同。89Please respect copyright.PENANAQJMs4Rb7ph
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“你們說古大人把公文跟書放一起,有何用意?”89Please respect copyright.PENANAW89cEmye0j
89Please respect copyright.PENANAYTx3dQpZwb
“公文直指此女,書指何意卻不知了,這幾日我還未曾參詳透徹。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAeIBwi8WRQW
89Please respect copyright.PENANAztg7l4qCPs
話到一半,沈應突然想起,“這幾日可看見過古彥濤?”89Please respect copyright.PENANAqS7VOoSmza
89Please respect copyright.PENANA1g8YRDzlAv
連旗揮手不以為意,“小孩子貪玩,忙著做小玩意。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAbJMEuXwQrK
89Please respect copyright.PENANADWP9jjLcIE
難道沒過幾日就故態複萌?沈應搖頭歎息,“我去看看。”89Please respect copyright.PENANASEtVW8NXcQ
89Please respect copyright.PENANAQGwIR5Oxh9
府中仆役報小公子在院子裏,沈應穿過庭院,樹蔭下,小小人兒不知在搗鼓什麼,他專心致誌,腳邊堆著不少竹條,沈應走近也不曾發覺。89Please respect copyright.PENANAnOhqRAvVLJ
89Please respect copyright.PENANAnkdlsoo1rU
從後一瞧,在做紙鳶。89Please respect copyright.PENANAQ42NMPrefH
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紙鳶須得將竹條片成竹片,用細線綁成骨架,再糊上宣紙,古彥濤心無旁騖,鼻尖冒汗小臉紅撲撲的,手中動作熟練顯然不是初次。89Please respect copyright.PENANAI87taOZygo
89Please respect copyright.PENANAKCXGvmtecI
沈應靜默,從後看他削出粗細均勻的竹片,待他放下小刀才道,“外頭曬,進屋吧。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAfiyOSlF1Zb
89Please respect copyright.PENANA4feTOndWl0
他聞得是沈應音色,綻開笑臉,末了又將竹片往後一藏,“沈哥哥…我…”89Please respect copyright.PENANAJSAOdZX4QV
89Please respect copyright.PENANAPrv3gicU1X
沈應隻當沒看見他窘迫,示意他坐,“竹片削得不錯,不是第一次做紙鳶?”89Please respect copyright.PENANApyJDdOJrdN
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“是初學,不過陸姐姐說之前削的竹片不能用,我重削好幾回了。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAji9137vhYe
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沈應拿起竹片細看,“你之前說過她要教你…”89Please respect copyright.PENANAGkzRTmVtGb
89Please respect copyright.PENANAYQjvgjLIFQ
古彥濤拿起細線綁骨架,“是,前幾回做得不好,骨架一邊大一邊小。勉強飛上去了也不長久。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAg3EXPYDAEi
89Please respect copyright.PENANAf7PsWHJ3rr
他小手靈巧係線,指著紙鳶對沈應道,“陸姐姐說飛不起來是因中線不正,一邊大一邊小便不能維持紙鳶平衡。”89Please respect copyright.PENANArRCaEzs37b
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“她道做人當像做紙鳶,中線立正,持心正直,才能長久。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAtjEBHACLq2
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她對古彥濤,分明是用了心的,此女…實在捉摸不透,沈應靜默了一瞬,“是,她說得對。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAHroXbe7CD4
89Please respect copyright.PENANAohn3gvVWZY
古彥濤係完骨架,猶豫道,“陸姐姐不似其他夫子,對我耐性極好,可府裏的人都道她是殺害祖父的凶手,我…我…是不是不該信她…”89Please respect copyright.PENANAMwO3OkCmSt
89Please respect copyright.PENANAsHTXQ1aPOU
他自歸來成長許多,可還是年紀不大的孩子,難免感到彷徨…猶豫自己是否信錯了人。89Please respect copyright.PENANAkR9rIvrRNA
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“且不管他人,你自己作何想?”沈應循循善誘。89Please respect copyright.PENANAePJ1RWscXG
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他猶豫了幾息,最終看著紙鳶堅定道,“她教我持心要正,祖父下棋那天也說她是良師,我還是覺得她是好人。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAus9TuCWJaF
89Please respect copyright.PENANA9MlqkMVpFw
沈應便笑,清絕之意盡散,笑意如暖陽初升。89Please respect copyright.PENANAq9ZkBGub7k
89Please respect copyright.PENANAagVVQQEza7
古彥濤繼續糊紙鳶,沈應順手拿起小刀,刀柄磨得光滑,是舊物,他一邊把玩隨口道,“古大人經常與她下棋?”89Please respect copyright.PENANAq1jpmfR0AZ
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“那倒沒有,陸姐姐說她不善棋藝,祖父硬要她手談一局。”89Please respect copyright.PENANApCmdwtWlY1
89Please respect copyright.PENANADLFDTzL5W6
原來她不善棋,這倒是意料之外,沈應道,“我猜猜,古大人贏了?”89Please respect copyright.PENANAdN5cYv8Zcv
89Please respect copyright.PENANAzBStmWrrc1
“是!”說起下棋他眉飛色舞道,“祖父說她棋藝原也不差,他們一來一回說了許久,聽得我都困啦!”89Please respect copyright.PENANAWmT573yERl
89Please respect copyright.PENANAXcsyeUxPQO
“陸姐姐說…什麼《端州誌》裏寫了端陽三景,祖父便約她日後來看蓮池。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAU3IqjdbY79
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古彥濤指了一個方位,“刺史府的蓮花長得可好了!我帶你去看。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAT7fk4mN4kB
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沈應一時沒反應過來再問了一遍,“你方才說《端州誌》?”89Please respect copyright.PENANAlk0hIeCnTQ
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他皺眉苦惱地想了想,“陸姐姐說的,應該是這個書名。”89Please respect copyright.PENANAGInYEtRzAj
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沈應摸了摸袖子裏的書,心中思緒如麻,眸底寒色翻滾。89Please respect copyright.PENANA7C7LjNLkMT
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懷淵搜查書房,從言老漢那裏得知,早前古大人似在翻找什麼…89Please respect copyright.PENANAgUdb4cgvQE
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而他從書房的暗格裏找到了兩樣東西。89Please respect copyright.PENANAuDynWdGhAv
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一紙報路引損毀的公文,一本《端州誌》。89Please respect copyright.PENANAgXKQaBSH4a
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本以為公文與姓陸的女子有關,如今看來連《端州誌》也是她先提起。89Please respect copyright.PENANA4UyEizfWlh
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能讓古大人找到後鄭重放在暗格裏的,這兩樣東西到底藏了什麼秘密?89Please respect copyright.PENANAxof5MZA7dw
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凶手在尋的,難道就是這兩樣?89Please respect copyright.PENANAL3a3Q5FbtC
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他思緒翻湧,不曾注意,不慎碰跌了古彥濤放小刀的盒子。89Please respect copyright.PENANA3rqCp5hXjv
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盒子為木頭所製,光滑無比,裏麵鋪了一層軟布,想來主人極為愛惜,沈應彎腰來拾,手卻一頓。89Please respect copyright.PENANAQOaBLOs9Wb
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盒子裏的軟布下,隱隱露了一角白色。89Please respect copyright.PENANAWEZd8uiLne
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他拾起細看,以小刀沿著縫線輕割,在古彥濤的注視下,從軟布下慢慢取出一紙。89Please respect copyright.PENANAsBBzucDuec
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木盒跟著他好些日子,古彥濤沒想到裏麵還藏著其他東西,放下紙鳶湊到沈應跟前,滿眼好奇。89Please respect copyright.PENANAi1pYhKO3BF
89Please respect copyright.PENANANJSvSS8yBR
看得內容一大一小俱是一愣,他側頭指著那紙驚道,“這…這不是祖父寫給陸姐姐的關書嗎?怎會在此!”89Please respect copyright.PENANAvK3yEPOmZR