宮殿大火熄滅。295Please respect copyright.PENANApmhDK4vvKw
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精巧的宮殿化作一片焦黑廢墟,殘破的梁柱和屋瓦,微微星火在餘燼中閃爍。295Please respect copyright.PENANAWxEtSrQPFC
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一道旋風把煙塵捲進空中,半邊天染成了灰黑色。295Please respect copyright.PENANAMObCsJi4iW
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天快亮了。295Please respect copyright.PENANAHVoy6ieR8l
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算算時間,湖衣和許逵等人應已出城。295Please respect copyright.PENANACk4WNloVYc
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此刻朱玹終於知曉為何父王陣亡於土木堡後不出百日,他的母妃也隨之溘然長逝。295Please respect copyright.PENANAn3eDoJBbNR
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母妃死於心碎。295Please respect copyright.PENANAjc73BXKzBv
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他的父王深愛著妻子。295Please respect copyright.PENANAGuH0c83S1O
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起初母妃自蒙古草原來到京城,不耐京城的擁擠喧囂,總為思鄉而憂愁。父王毅然搬離京城,在鄰近三河縣一處前枕青山、腹地開闊的地點建造別院。新府落成,王府上下遷居,母妃依舊難以展顏,因為不喜冰冷的寢殿,父王二話不說,著人拆除配殿,改搭蒙古包,夜夜在蒙古包裡陪著母妃觀看星月,最後她終為他的深情感動,淡了思鄉之苦。295Please respect copyright.PENANAdH84kkvH9N
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母妃曾對他說:「總有一天,你也會遇到一個像草原月光的女子,她會讓你心心念念,不管走到那裡,看到的都是她,想的也還是她。」
多年後,他果然遇見了令他心心念念的女子。
母妃預見了開始,卻未曾預測結局。295Please respect copyright.PENANAuB6tk0McZz
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未來如何,他猜不著,唯有護她這一段。295Please respect copyright.PENANA0oDAltqrTu
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願她一路平安,毫髮無傷。295Please respect copyright.PENANAOTh8G29WLc
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朱玹喚來副統領劉熙,交辦幾項要務之後,帶上幾名親衛前往齋宮。295Please respect copyright.PENANAd948fMSHnc
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出了清寧宮院,日出前的天色晦暗如許,地磚映出冰面似的光影。重重疊疊的紫禁城,僅有齋宮還亮著,燈火漂浮在潮濕的曙色裡,一如朦朧迷離的橘月。295Please respect copyright.PENANAC6O2gcZnNl
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殿脊上,幾隻大烏鴉粗嘎鳴泣。295Please respect copyright.PENANArliJm47LQk
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漫天亂紛紛的夜霧,淒淒切切、纏纏綿綿,似乎還在訴著什麼、織著什麼、還是想留住什麼……295Please respect copyright.PENANANO8visDl0L
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不知不覺,齋宮已矗立眼前。295Please respect copyright.PENANA5t7jwe6R3z
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大明朝皇帝個個好大喜功,重視物欲。295Please respect copyright.PENANAPJVL296Aoy
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紫禁城中,凡廟社、郊祀、壇場、宮殿、門闕、玉宇璇階,無一不是壯麗恢弘,金碧輝煌,唯獨祭祀的齋宮,為一樸實無華的木造建築,基高三尺,木牆下不接地,狹小陰暗,狀似囚籠。齋戒時期,皇帝白天在齋宮的東室齋居,西壁上寫有「正心誠意」,門楣上則寫著「敬一」,夜晚則在西室齋宿。295Please respect copyright.PENANAtZQ4sP8HEf
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宮門前,幾名身著大紅飛魚服,腰配繡春刀的錦衣衛千戶,提著燈籠在周圍巡察。295Please respect copyright.PENANA7iqtTuQELh
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「為何是錦衣衛戍守齋宮,禁軍侍衛何在?」朱玹低聲問身後的親衛。295Please respect copyright.PENANAVDQmLnXcNi
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掌管隨駕護衛的武驤右衛答道:「回統領,昨晚陛下命令所有禁軍侍衛退至奉天門,只留錦衣衛值夜。」295Please respect copyright.PENANA0guy7e347c
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朱玹暗忖:過去皇帝從不曾更換御前侍衛,莫非早已預知宮中有變?295Please respect copyright.PENANAEl9VWga29V
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晨光熹微,齋宮陰鬱如囚籠,窗櫺間透出幢幢鬼影。295Please respect copyright.PENANAYMDF7jUeoV
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朱玹步向齋宮,錦衣衛指揮使突然閃身出現,將他截阻在宮門外。295Please respect copyright.PENANA4PcLFPe0Bx
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「天尚未明,睿靖王此時見駕,恐驚擾聖上齋戒。」指揮使道。295Please respect copyright.PENANAaY5AeRuAj2
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「太后宮院驟生變故,本王需即刻面呈皇上。」朱玹神色凝重地說。295Please respect copyright.PENANAG0yB4b51Rg
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「容下官稟明聖上,還請王爺在此靜候。」295Please respect copyright.PENANA98JuqW3OFL
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指揮使喚來三名錦衣衛百戶,低聲耳語數句,三人即立於門前,手按刀柄。295Please respect copyright.PENANAv0NbOaivT1
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朱玹尋思。295Please respect copyright.PENANAvBpigV75R1
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早在火勢撲滅以前,他就已派人前來齋宮通報皇帝,為何錦衣衛又要搬演這麼一齣戲? 295Please respect copyright.PENANAWiMpwxTisB
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罷了。295Please respect copyright.PENANAykCnhtDj3z
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宮中多少見不得光的陰謀算計,無止盡的計中計,他無可避免的成為其中的一分子,而今他身陷一場賭局,賭注是自己的身家性命。295Please respect copyright.PENANA7gItVRt4my
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朱玹可想見會受到多少非議,但他想逝去的父母必能諒解,他們都是至情至性之人,換作他人――即使是少時和他並肩成長,一同嬉遊的雍靖王,若聽見他的妄行,也不免罵他一句:反了,你!295Please respect copyright.PENANAwdm5VClQCP
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一名錦衣衛千戶跨步而來。295Please respect copyright.PENANAKslDuDAmGH
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「聖上宣召王爺入殿。」千戶先對朱玹行禮,再向朱玹的親衛發令,「其餘人等退至奉天門外等候。」295Please respect copyright.PENANACj6QqcjLhI
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朱玹解下隨身佩劍,交給親兵衛士,「下去,通知所有禁軍,各歸職守。」295Please respect copyright.PENANA1N0ZRf9POB
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太監領路在前,穿過狹窄而陰暗的走道,齋宮內昏暗無窗,四面都是陰冷的木牆,一道柱廊連通祠堂,堂中供奉著大明歷朝皇帝的御容,由右至左依次是:太祖、成祖、仁宗、宣宗、英宗,靖難後不知所蹤的建文帝和先帝復辟後暴卒的景帝則未在此列。295Please respect copyright.PENANAT7pdoN5PTP
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朱見深背對朱玹,佇立太祖御容前,從背後看不出他此刻神情。295Please respect copyright.PENANABBu6PpCgei
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「陛下。」朱玹單膝跪地行禮。295Please respect copyright.PENANARPDAtzaqIr
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「這裡是齋宮,無須大禮,宮中出了何事?」朱見深淡然問道。295Please respect copyright.PENANAkTvIRpagGr
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朱玹立起身來,「今夜子時,咸若宮院起火,大火迅速延燒,宮殿焚毀,太后則避往別宮,起火緣由乃是長安宮貴妃及御馬監太監汪直以黑火藥引火……」295Please respect copyright.PENANAbdzJsLrw9N
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「等等,」朱見深打岔,「都查清楚了,確是萬貴妃所為?」295Please respect copyright.PENANAY7XguUk0J7
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「是,陛下,」朱玹正色說道:「黑火藥確是汪直所有,貴妃授意汪直縱火,也是臣親眼所見。」295Please respect copyright.PENANAefkENvLSiD
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朱見深在神案上重重捶了一拳,桌案為之震顫,搖曳火光照映先皇清俊的容顏。295Please respect copyright.PENANAu5V7atyaxT
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朱玹心下明白,朱見深不願處置萬貴妃,但在皇宮縱火是死罪,火勢還險些殃及太后宮殿,無論用什麼理由貴妃都難以脫罪。295Please respect copyright.PENANAqvZ7o7clIC
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「那麼,」一陣令人窒悶的沉默後,朱見深穩住了心緒,「咸若宮如何?」295Please respect copyright.PENANA0DbvXkNzlL
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「咸若宮殿付之一炬,宮人先遭綑縛,無法逃生,盡數死於火場……」295Please respect copyright.PENANA5dAYRmqoAN
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「咸若宮主位呢?」朱見深再度打岔。295Please respect copyright.PENANAW4V1RKFo2Q
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「今日,萬貴妃數度謀害咸若宮皇妃,」朱玹斟酌用詞後,才謹慎回答,「傍晚時分,皇妃先是遭到脅持,囚禁於西緝事司,所幸她自行掙脫。」295Please respect copyright.PENANAjLPm5OoVK9
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朱見深頹然靜默,各種不同情緒在他的面上交錯,有焦急、痛心、也有悔恨。295Please respect copyright.PENANAtixo8Kycx6
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「皇妃自西緝事司脫逃後,一路奔逃至保泰門,才遇上巡邏侍衛。」朱玹續道。295Please respect copyright.PENANA9F7JizLjwb
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「越過了大半個寧壽宮區,跑得可真遠,就和四個月前一樣。看來,她還真是厭惡朕和這座皇宮啊!」朱見深低頭苦笑,他必然是想起初見湖衣當晚,從那時起,他們三人命運都偏離了既定的道路,走向未知。295Please respect copyright.PENANA0mELf6NSVO
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「陛下,」朱玹抬起頭,上前一步,「皇妃逃離後,萬貴妃以咸若宮眾人性命為要脅,縱火逼迫皇妃回宮,而後更下令宮監處死皇妃。」295Please respect copyright.PENANA25Y7tM5d1B
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朱見深聽得眉頭深鎖,低垂目光,最後幽幽而嘆,「皇叔是指責朕無能,連內宮都無法自主?」295Please respect copyright.PENANAjxluudxSeQ
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「不,此非臣本意,後宮屢傳嬪妃暴卒,有傷天和,更違背陛下仁德之心。」295Please respect copyright.PENANAjBm1PP0hT4
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朱見深閉上雙眼,以嘶啞的聲音自問,「仁德之心啊……」295Please respect copyright.PENANAsbA5qSEW7a
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朱玹心知朱見深天性寬厚,即使臣下犯過,也不願輕易處決。每有後宮嬪妃遇害,朱見深都會將自己禁閉在宗祠中痛哭數日,他是個心慈之人,只是錯生於帝王之家。295Please respect copyright.PENANA1LvKNazliV
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「皇妃現在何處?」朱見深問。295Please respect copyright.PENANAmHitFyY8d9
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「此刻想必已經出城。」朱玹不疾不緩地回道。295Please respect copyright.PENANAu2A34SEmD6
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一抹寒霜瞬間掠過朱見深雙眼,隨即消失。295Please respect copyright.PENANAfDPW99hIiK
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「恕臣逾越,為顧全皇妃性命,臣已派親兵護送皇妃離宮,」朱玹頓了半晌,才又續道:「皇妃尚未正式冊封,目前身分僅是一名女史,不如以宮女屆齡的名義將她放還,以杜絕貴妃加害之念。」295Please respect copyright.PENANAMd1pNMT9RL
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嬪妃擅自離宮是死罪,朱玹擅自放人也是重罪。朱玹說得淡然,因他相信以朱見深的仁善,斷不會追究湖衣之罪。295Please respect copyright.PENANAKTpi9Z2HH1
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「放還也未嘗不可,只是……」朱見深語氣一轉,臉上突然浮現令人猜不透的神情,「如此一來,不就正好成全了你們嗎?」295Please respect copyright.PENANAmzDWoaa1qo
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朱玹愕然,一時沒能會意。295Please respect copyright.PENANA2vgZg67zHS
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朱見深變臉怒道:「當日湖衣從樹林走回行宮,身上裹著你的紫貂裘,那是先皇御賜之物,世上僅此一件。你們二人在南苑幹下什麼苟且之事,你心知肚明!」295Please respect copyright.PENANA66oTZTZPcC
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朱玹心中一凜,原來早就有人在暗地窺視他們。295Please respect copyright.PENANAdhJ2Ewepmq
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「你和大臣如此厭惡汪直,不正是因為他將你們背地裡幹下的醜事,全給攤在了桌面上,啊?皇叔!」295Please respect copyright.PENANAkHtsvCGbOd
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朱見深憤火難消,盛怒之下,一伸手掀翻了神案,香燭供品狼藉一地。295Please respect copyright.PENANAdL9fEZwnTX
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「臣有罪。」朱玹垂目下拜。295Please respect copyright.PENANAE2NfdwXFnw
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「你們兩人,一個是朕的皇叔,一個是朕的皇妃,竟然聯合起來欺瞞于朕。」朱見深瘖啞著,是冷澈心肺的絕望。295Please respect copyright.PENANA7fQ4fZ60CA
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「一切罪行,皆臣所為,與皇妃無涉。」朱玹答道。295Please respect copyright.PENANAcof4PBkULY
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朱見深抬起頭,緩步到先皇御容前,畫中的英宗皇帝正當少年,神采俊逸,五官清秀,與朱見深十分相似。據傳當年英宗被俘之時,連敵營眾人都為他雍容的氣度心折,而不願折辱於他。295Please respect copyright.PENANAh8t4lRK4Ou
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朱見深凝視先皇,口中喃喃唸道:「父皇,兒臣該如何是好,是要滅了他們,還是成全他們?」295Please respect copyright.PENANAFalSnc5C0D
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「所有罪衍,由臣一人承擔,唯望陛下恩赦皇妃。」朱玹低首。295Please respect copyright.PENANAGMDeNyXNMW
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皇帝對他猜忌已久,依今日的陣仗,必然無法全身而退,倘若他扛下所有罪責,或許可以保全湖衣。295Please respect copyright.PENANAGEy9T7ah19
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朱見深仍兀自凝望著諸聖御容,半晌之後才回過身來。295Please respect copyright.PENANA1BmAHrtsgi
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「你真願意承擔一切罪名?」295Please respect copyright.PENANARUlOJ5QpMC
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「是。」朱玹篤定。295Please respect copyright.PENANAs6kTM1V0dK
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「乃至清寧宮院縱火之責?」朱見深試探。295Please respect copyright.PENANAVqiY32OnLT
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「是。」朱玹昂首回道。295Please respect copyright.PENANAvyuAqvDzuI
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太后宮院失火,不能輕輕放過,定要有人承擔罪責,皇帝既不願懲處貴妃,罪名只得落到朱玹身上。295Please respect copyright.PENANAonx3Zvl0D6
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「來人!」朱見深喊道。295Please respect copyright.PENANAv9XpnV5HSb
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一群錦衣衛奔入祠堂,便將朱玹團團圍住。295Please respect copyright.PENANAcq39m8X9MO
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朱玹冷眼相覷,他沒打算抵抗,放不下的,不過是一個在深夜裡奔跑的背影。295Please respect copyright.PENANAkPgvrTqCY4
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「傳朕口喻,睿靖王朱玹身任禁軍統領,未竭力固守宮禁,以致清寧宮遭遇祝融,咸若宮付之一炬,宮役與咸若宮之主――待封貴妃俱……葬身火窟。朱玹不知謹懍,有虧職守,實咎無可辭。惟念誼屬懿親,特予加恩。革去所有軍職,收還兵權……」朱見深換了一口氣,續道:「著即押送大理寺,鞭責一百,禁閉百日思過。」295Please respect copyright.PENANAtsZcKMXB12
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「陛下聖明。」朱玹下拜。295Please respect copyright.PENANAl5dIPxy5UH
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朱見深走近他,以唯有兩人聽見的聲調低語。295Please respect copyright.PENANAqC4zYbRfum
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「朕見過她望著你的眼神,深得像是要將你烙進心裡,即使做了朕的妃子,她也從不曾那樣瞧過朕……」朱見深別過頭,「朕知道,有些事強求不來,可就偏生想看看,如果使了足夠勁兒,能不能使磐石動搖……」295Please respect copyright.PENANAUL9oMSzGbh
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朱玹低頭不語。295Please respect copyright.PENANAtmDQceZNXw
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皇帝顧念血親之情,即使心生怨忿,也只是鞭責和革去軍職而已,終未對他與湖衣痛下殺手。295Please respect copyright.PENANAO6GcNMso5Y
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他們三人從初見那天起,就像是魔怔了一般,拚了命去掙自己求不來的東西,理不清究竟是誰負了誰?295Please respect copyright.PENANAGYvOH7O0fz
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歷經生死離別,彼此消磨摧折後,終究迎來了結局。
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