她在黑暗中聽見隱約的人聲。272Please respect copyright.PENANAB5hLdUHdsv
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湖衣輾轉醒來,不知自己身在何處。她頭痛欲裂,像是有人同時將幾萬根小針戳進她的腦袋。屋裡好像有人,壁面疊著層層的影子,所有感知都模糊不清,只有頭疼是真真切切的。272Please respect copyright.PENANAqN6uI35TaR
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她掙扎著想站起身來,卻感到四肢僵硬,無法動彈,定眼一看,原來她的手腳都被麻繩綑綁。272Please respect copyright.PENANAj9FHszNS99
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這裡是哪裡?她自問,但她想不起任何事。272Please respect copyright.PENANAp7NdbNeIWh
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屋裡有幾盞昏黃的燭光,眼前迷霧逐漸散去,視線變得清晰,她蜷曲在一處陰暗的牆角,屋裡人都圍著一方長桌說話。272Please respect copyright.PENANAwaXzFUIDJt
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「……為何命我等將人帶來此地?」其中一人問。272Please respect copyright.PENANAjci3B006cp
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「要是貴妃如此憎惡這女子,怎不一刀殺了乾脆?」另一人說。272Please respect copyright.PENANAQefDvRVUrd
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又是萬貴妃。272Please respect copyright.PENANAjQKYmaJgEz
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她憶起地道、羊房夾道、佛堂,她定是在走出佛堂時遭到襲擊,顫慄的感覺鑽進皮下,像是有條冰冷的蟲子爬過,她竭力壓下驚恐,眼下她得設法脫困,否則很可能會沒命。272Please respect copyright.PENANAY6RzJC6Ped
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「莫不是要我等好好折磨這女子吧?呵。」某人說著。272Please respect copyright.PENANAFq6fHPwNez
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「可不是嗎。」272Please respect copyright.PENANAtOtZ49OMyZ
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四周迴盪起一陣殘忍的竊笑。272Please respect copyright.PENANAlHDJnAT3Mr
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她想尖叫逃跑,可是身子不聽使喚。272Please respect copyright.PENANANcoDzE3nzk
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「好了,」一名掌事模樣的男子起身制止眾人,「這是汪公公交辦的差使,他說留著這女子還有用,不可傷她性命。」272Please respect copyright.PENANACoPuA274J9
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湖衣緊閉雙眼,假裝昏迷,實則緊縮身軀,暗中摸索貼在小腿內側的匕首,幸好他們沒有搜她的身。272Please respect copyright.PENANAG1ydKJ0iog
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她在背後抽出匕首,專心切割捆住她雙手的麻繩。她的行動受限,一連劃破了好幾處皮膚,才將麻繩割出一個小口。272Please respect copyright.PENANAFBZBFIDwEd
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「汪公公只說不能傷她性命,沒說不能碰她吧?」又有一人說。272Please respect copyright.PENANAEs2iJpEbUO
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這回鼓譟聲此起彼落。272Please respect copyright.PENANA6zE18klz1w
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「這個……」掌事還在遲疑。272Please respect copyright.PENANA6fueMCSgET
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「就讓我先來。」272Please respect copyright.PENANASiVp4YnqMF
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那人說完,走向牆角的湖衣,粗暴地將她扛到肩上。湖衣強忍燒灼的怒意,假裝昏迷。272Please respect copyright.PENANATqlnbo7nY0
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「那我就是下一個。」272Please respect copyright.PENANABZxLykLyEb
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殘忍的笑聲再度響起。272Please respect copyright.PENANAJQeJj0jqdR
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「我喜歡昏迷不醒的女人。」男人說著,順手將湖衣扔到靠窗的炕上,自己也爬了上來。272Please respect copyright.PENANAda9tCbQWID
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「我老家的村子裡有個丫頭叫阿秀,」男人邊說邊脫起外褲來,「她跟村裡每個小夥子都有一腿。那時我還沒上過女人,有天約了阿秀到林子裡,心想她一定不會拒絕我。」272Please respect copyright.PENANAUgjwN1hwc3
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湖衣不敢睜開雙眼,用衣袖遮住雙手,同時緊握匕首,困住她手腕的麻繩已然鬆脫。272Please respect copyright.PENANAxZK1sSimgt
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「可是,那個賤人竟然在我脫了褲子以後,」男人鬆開她雙腳上纏繞的麻繩,接著說:「當面嘲笑我,說我的傢伙比她五歲的弟弟還要小。我氣到發瘋,當場便勒死了她。」272Please respect copyright.PENANAmOU0Rxo0Kq
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他開始脫去自己的外衣、馬褲,直到全身赤裸,然後他伸手解開湖衣的衣帶,她克制著欲嘔的衝動,不動聲色。不行,還不行……272Please respect copyright.PENANAsRfyq0Foa4
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「後來,我在騎女人之前,都先揮她們兩拳,如此,她們癱在床上的時候,全都笑不出來。」男人壓上她的身子,還自顧自地說著。272Please respect copyright.PENANAbHFWz27wfg
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混著酒味的氣息迎面衝來,頸子上鼓動的脈搏特別突出。272Please respect copyright.PENANAh2LEtQkPmv
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差不多了。272Please respect copyright.PENANAU3QMhepDmp
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「女人,就該閉上嘴,任憑男人擺布……」272Please respect copyright.PENANAv9uZNUVPEh
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湖衣冷不防起身,迅速扯住他的頭髮,匕首戳向他頸側命脈,奮力一劃,熱血濺了她一身。男人瞪大著眼,想喊,氣道卻被鮮血哽住。272Please respect copyright.PENANAt2VchKwuxG
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「你就到地下去跟阿秀道歉吧。」湖衣認真地說。272Please respect copyright.PENANAQq6NpILh0Z
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瀕死的男人雙眼凸起,他抓向自己的咽喉,想阻止血液奔流,直到他的生命耗盡,身體向前癱倒。272Please respect copyright.PENANAivmplHQmdp
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她用力踹開男人的屍體,繫妥不整的衣帶,窗外吹進陣陣冷風,她連打了幾個哆嗦,因為風涼,也因畏懼。她怕的不是自己殺了人,而是殺了人,心中竟然沒有一絲愧疚,一定是這座皇宮,讓她變得如此冷血。272Please respect copyright.PENANAXHNv1P8kaC
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她跳出窗外,奔向漆黑如墨的夜色中。272Please respect copyright.PENANA763KvDgfSA
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朱玹奔過西角門,當年宣德帝就是在此處將自己的叔父活活烹死,血跡依舊深刻於塵土裡。 272Please respect copyright.PENANAgAKsFRXhe7
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高聳的宮牆矗立兩旁,夜色昏暝,右側的西角樓筆直入天,兩尊神獸傲然蹲踞簷角,一是虯龍,一是行什,兩者都面目猙獰,就像所有不幸在這座宮城裡沉浮的人。272Please respect copyright.PENANA8tTz1pjBvx
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成祖皇帝以為南京殺戮太重不祥,故而遷都燕京,起造這座紫禁城,然而殘刻統治仍未消停,之後歷代皇帝也都承襲了他瘋狂的血統,無止盡的抄家滅門,手足相殘。272Please respect copyright.PENANAmSxB4GNi5M
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而今禁城中的每塊磚石都濺著血污,每寸土地都盤踞著死去的冤魂。一道道宮門在他前方投下巨大陰影,看不見盡頭的御道,只迴盪著他一人的腳步聲。272Please respect copyright.PENANAnzOzj5AhIg
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齋戒期間,為數不少的侍衛跟著皇上去了齋宮,巡夜的兵力減少,倘若在此時皇宮內亂,將難以控制。272Please respect copyright.PENANAqLD5pMbwxe
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他一聽說西緝事司檢校違反禁令,私自將宮女帶出後宮,心中就有預感今夜定會出事,果不其然,當他率隊趕赴西司,看見一具甫遭割喉的屍首。272Please respect copyright.PENANA6TzfhHCFrb
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死者全身赤裸,諷刺的是人都死了,某部位還硬挺著,脖子上開的血口還在流淌。272Please respect copyright.PENANAfmVl0RVqyP
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其餘的人招供,他們並不知那名宮女的身分,是御馬監掌印太監汪直,命令他們暫時將那宮女監禁在西司,但是死者色心大起,企圖染指,反遭刺殺。272Please respect copyright.PENANAWJ24n0jKdY
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他檢視屍首頸間那致命的一刀,傷口乾淨俐落,代表行兇者下手絲毫沒有猶豫。272Please respect copyright.PENANAz6CNZYebHt
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果然是湖衣。272Please respect copyright.PENANAmkxm3ln59f
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那時湖衣用匕首刺向黑熊時,也未曾遲疑。272Please respect copyright.PENANAb0I1TOCOd5
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一旦她下定決心,出手就是如此決絕。272Please respect copyright.PENANAcprYKriXcD
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他隨即奔出西司搜尋,就在屋外東側窗邊,發現了幾枚小小的血腳印。272Please respect copyright.PENANAiRMbFsb6nL
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朱玹命其餘禁軍留守,自己順著她的腳印,沿路追尋她的身影。272Please respect copyright.PENANApgCjqXsCwX
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究竟發生何事,湖衣現在何處?272Please respect copyright.PENANAMFwXXaB6dv
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三個月前,她從皇帝寢宮出逃,那時她拚上性命也要離開這座紫禁城,如今依然。或許自他與她在御路相遇的一剎,就注定兩人往後的糾結纏繞,無法分離。272Please respect copyright.PENANAdZ1N6pb0b6
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從歛禧門到保泰門,朱玹在西長房前佇足,思索著是否要調派禁軍全面搜尋,竟然瞥見了前方閃過藕荷色衣袂的一角。272Please respect copyright.PENANAWmtFUDEF2y
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他快步向前。272Please respect copyright.PENANAbeclaKmSbo
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是湖衣纖瘦的背影。272Please respect copyright.PENANAkGX0fr4phL
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「別跑,是我!」朱玹高喊。272Please respect copyright.PENANAUgm7N7f1xf
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湖衣卻沒有絲毫停步之意,反倒一路闖過西長房。272Please respect copyright.PENANAULOPEEBsbu
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他怔怔地望著她,御道突然暗了下來,像是烏雲掩蔽了月光,高牆的陰影慢慢吞噬了她,朱玹加快腳步,一口氣躍上前去,一把將她攬住。272Please respect copyright.PENANAEOERGG2s7i
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「還好妳沒事。」他輕聲地說。272Please respect copyright.PENANAZRcAzboaif
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她企圖掙脫他的環抱,他絲毫不動,她掙扎個幾回,便放棄了。272Please respect copyright.PENANAcbHtIJhsxa
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「西司的人是妳殺的嗎?」他問。272Please respect copyright.PENANAVByzcpBrG5
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「對,是我殺的。」她頭也不回,話音中帶著刻意的冷淡。272Please respect copyright.PENANAvo5l0aRW8q
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「殺得好,」他低頭廝磨她的髮絲,在她耳邊絮語:「我看見屍首了,下回記得刺了人以後還得旋轉刀柄,才會刺得深。」272Please respect copyright.PENANAo1JwzgJBRf
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她輕輕嘆了口氣,「為什麼要追我?」272Please respect copyright.PENANAx8OuL7iH27
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「我思念妳。」他回答。272Please respect copyright.PENANAYdxIo7SBtC
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思念,猶如鈍刀子切膚的凌遲,他不願回想,思念她的時候,如何度過每一個無眠無盡的夜。272Please respect copyright.PENANA865nzmKjAk
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「妳想去哪裡?」他低聲問。272Please respect copyright.PENANAZyne0UUcm9
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她以沉默來迴避問題,想掙脫他的雙臂,可他不讓,兩人緊貼的身軀喚醒了某些記憶,密林中的一夜纏綿。272Please respect copyright.PENANApO67XSAmAw
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朱玹轉過她的肩膀,好讓她正面對著他,她的神色陰鬱,眼下有著和他一樣因無眠而生的暗影。272Please respect copyright.PENANA8UaL9G1GZ5
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「妳想去哪裡?」他加重語氣。272Please respect copyright.PENANAo4e5CrLJom
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「我要出宮。」她說得堅決。272Please respect copyright.PENANAseeJevnfEP
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真的絲毫不留戀?這句話差點脫口而出,但他忍住了。272Please respect copyright.PENANALCDaosSU8s
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因他早已知道答案。272Please respect copyright.PENANAgzAsu69rGL
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她自當回到溫柔的江南水鄉,不是待在連吐息都含著血腥味的修羅場。272Please respect copyright.PENANAuafhGuFCdy
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即便這代表分離,就像不同的水道,途中偶然縱橫交錯,最終還是要各自奔流入海。272Please respect copyright.PENANA2tYpiJgznL
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他所能做的只有成全。272Please respect copyright.PENANAv0hIWnwUVY
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「妳想回金陵?」他問。272Please respect copyright.PENANANtHuSeJKI4
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「我要去尋我的父母。」她雙眼低垂,有股暗潮攪動她刻意偽裝的疏離。272Please respect copyright.PENANAqUYiRN2wHi
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「妳想怎麼出宮?」272Please respect copyright.PENANA2vTPZodG7C
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「我……」她別開頭,故意不和他對望。272Please respect copyright.PENANAiAoFhFFd6h
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他自懷中取出一物,交握在她手中,「這是出宮的牙牌,只要挨到卯時正,宮門就開了。」272Please respect copyright.PENANAn8WREPX9z4
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湖衣一怔,聽不出他真正的意思。272Please respect copyright.PENANAeLjTHM7SJW
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「妳先到值房暫待,卯時鐘一響,便往玄武門走,將牙牌交給門衛,說妳是年滿放還的宮女,他們就會放行。出宮以後,妳到長安大街上雇輛馬車,約莫十天路程就可以返抵金陵。」272Please respect copyright.PENANAukvLFM5oX8
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「我……」湖衣嚅囁著,一時說不出話來。272Please respect copyright.PENANALtYoQ8TKcx
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「妳身上有錢嗎?」他問。272Please respect copyright.PENANAW8qGkUefOR
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她點了點頭,既是驚訝又是感激。272Please respect copyright.PENANA1wBx1lrp2G
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他脫下指間的古玉板指,和牙牌一起握在她的手心裡,「這是我隨身之物,若是途中需要花費,妳就拿去換些銀錢。」272Please respect copyright.PENANAgrVkI7fyzy
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「王爺……」她怔怔地望著他,手中緊握著牙牌和板指,想說的話全梗在喉頭。272Please respect copyright.PENANAriacvDCM4K
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「去吧。」他輕柔地覆起她的手。272Please respect copyright.PENANAfZaMzFsYhG
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風暴將起,朱玹早有不祥的預感,從朝臣的議論和信件中得知,諸王中覬覦儲位之人正蠢蠢欲動,萬貴妃也在暗中布署,此刻他必須將她推得越遠越好,至少在亂局平息以前,他願傾盡所有來換取她的平安。272Please respect copyright.PENANAihtu0zdaRn
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她默默無語,過了半晌才又開口,「如此……皇上不會怪罪王爺嗎?」272Please respect copyright.PENANAcxdLTSu0SU
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「不會,無論如何皇上都不會難為自己的叔父。」自欺欺人後,他笑得淡然,「有朝一日,我會去金陵瞧妳。」272Please respect copyright.PENANAM5pUOOAnIT
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她忽然緊緊擁住他,堅定地說:「湖衣會在莫愁湖畔日夜相候,還望王爺勿忘此言。」272Please respect copyright.PENANA3dBtqVgiBE
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他捧起她的臉,「只要一息尚存,此諾必踐。」272Please respect copyright.PENANAb0ugd3qgvE
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湖衣忘情地貼上他的唇,朱玹回吻她,如同糖蜜滴落在舌尖,那滋味不全然是蜜,甜美之後,是求而不得的痛楚,和一絲鐵鏽的味道,代表著鮮血與死亡。272Please respect copyright.PENANAWADoyqGv9B
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或許還有硝煙的味道……272Please respect copyright.PENANAfzBeSLv2sp
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硝煙?272Please respect copyright.PENANAkJQDxPjoYk
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紛亂的腳步聲打破周圍沉靜,兩人連忙退開,就在不遠處,副統領劉熙率領一隊禁軍朝他們奔來。272Please respect copyright.PENANARE6HB0Dsnx
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「統領,萬貴妃闖入清寧宮院縱火,」劉熙上前奏報,「火勢蔓延迅速,唯恐延燒到清寧宮和三大殿。」272Please respect copyright.PENANAEZp24UudLw
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「那我咸若宮裡的人呢?」湖衣焦急問道。272Please respect copyright.PENANAF1BGjF63mJ
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