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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。十歲的芸兒排行第三，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。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ366chg2Zoz
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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，整個世界濃縮在芸兒耳邊。遼闊無垠的，多姿多彩的。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1z9wG7WBL
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「我要去見天子！」芸兒告訴老爹。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8mgGyRhCoC
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「為甚麼？」老爹吃驚低頭望向矮小的女兒。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4lKJTqMsm
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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？」芸兒畢竟是個孩子，動機十分單純。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZa1CNieEm
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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。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfaQw5ZN62
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「我也要當他的妻！」芸兒立下宏願。「然後帶著大家入住他的宅子！」571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZC45RW7zV
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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。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNn4UhtohS
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自尊一損，鼻子一酸，眼眶一紅，芸兒答不上話。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5G0jV7w6dN
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匆匆廿載，兄弟姐妹早已嫁娶遷出，兒孫滿堂。只有芸兒一人雲英未嫁，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。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlHROyEPlUe
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聽在耳裡，芸兒豈會不介懷，但只能一笑置之。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHbCRBDXCQ
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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，芸兒心生一計，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。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbnRTa3pqQ
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「說甚麼木門對龍門？你連茅房的破布簾也不如！」酒客無情直擊芸兒心房。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhVy96XCpR
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哄堂大笑。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAI8ZagQ4V8
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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。」芸兒幾經風霜，早已變得圓滑世故。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqOg2IlFC8
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「你想大家如何處理你？」醉客樂極忘形，大開黃腔。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFsB3Fw4jvO
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「想大家無條件給老娘數百元寶買個好夫君！」芸兒將自己的痛處當笑料，給客人佐酒。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlA9M1CaBp
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眾人笑得前仰後翻……571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA897n6MPnA
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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，被芸兒一家抬上客房。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCy8oY39Sw
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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，邊吃邊默默觀看芸兒的鬧劇。「既能大賣酒水，又能名正言順向醉客索房租。很不錯的頭腦。」571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY03SwxplgH
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「過獎！」芸兒得意上前答話。由她們踏入店面一刻，芸兒已倍加留意。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。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89YSykMeMG
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「不痛嗎？」老婦言簡意賅，神情淡然。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqRDI067Xpu
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「再痛也是要過活呀！」芸兒豪氣萬千，一笑盡泯恩仇。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuBBaJ33aM
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老婦心領神會，閉目暗忖，從懷中取出一把紙扇。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcbYLrDe5JR
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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。」571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudjLBVGB0X
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爹娘聞言，驚覺老婦乃官場中人。二人馬上勸芸兒立取萬金，不要涉足官場：「我們只是尋常百姓，沒有本事……」571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZSk17n3arh
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芸兒打斷父母的話，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！」571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCd6lYATPGe
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此話一出，女伴們旋即目露凶光，殺意畢露。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXm7i4c8jCf
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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。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmcmDFr1H4
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「你等我！我會讓你見識我有何本事成為龍門的龍！」芸兒未有察覺異樣，眼中只有對未來的無限憧憬。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmf6lKemLV
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懶理父母勸阻，芸兒孤身前往長安。風塵僕僕，路途遙遠，她花上一年才到達目的地。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4AtsqRU7F
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根據女伴們當日的指示，芸兒去到城內宰相府，拿出紙扇予宰相過目。宰相接過紙扇，面色一變，命家丁將芸兒速速拿下，打入天牢，酷刑審問。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jsS0S8wya
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幾日後，查明真相的宰相親臨天牢，釋放芸兒。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrosVJc22L
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「你知道當日的老婦是誰？」571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAh2GWfLYK
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「不知道。大概是個高官夫人吧。」571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmQc1g3rCEM
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「你真是有眼不識泰山！」571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsx5kC3rzvm
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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，偶遇芸兒一家……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。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QXXcoR5zJ
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芸兒心如死灰，徹底沉溺在傷痛當中。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyDWgq4wZC
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因何而痛？痛在失去伯樂、失去知音、失去希望。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwjCw8WOhm
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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。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lmazfL9V0
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彼此就是對方的一面鏡。武后從芸兒身上看見自己的勇氣與機智，芸兒從武后身上看見自己的堅忍與沉著。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1fR819AZqW
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奈何二人身份懸殊……571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfGxfpoMOY
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芸兒獲釋後離開長安，自此杳無音訊。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMs9JXwJm7
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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。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9LyXCCZqk
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同年年底，失蹤五年的芸兒突然重踏故土，與親人共聚天倫。571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYk2jBwgDXr
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鄰里見芸兒仍是孑然一身，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！」571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThlteG3ifW
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芸兒聽罷，嫣然一笑：「是木是龍我作主，我命由我不由天。」571Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9Xb4lsxSY
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註：女主角十歲的時候，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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