「水潺潺,雨潺潺,一夜烹茶敘舊顏,田田滿葉蓮。636Please respect copyright.PENANAKMTzYLv2Mk
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情纏綿,意纏綿,一生相思無盡緣,共乘並蒂蓮。」636Please respect copyright.PENANAWaQeJNWNLX
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坎水《蓮舟歌˙長相思》636Please respect copyright.PENANA6CM4rRBxau
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAOyiRgxwmM2
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAkx3q9hqisI
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANACabMYt9KG5
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAbSRlgMSByj
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAMSoqpkLGPy
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAduuke71Qco
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAkB2w2e60P5
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAFr0IfBESwQ
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAoqrTpYaGkl
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAhjAQ974G8M
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「唉乃──」「唉呦──」636Please respect copyright.PENANANdczFxYxHw
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAvenB55ykqn
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「唉,坎水姑娘她們回來了,大家快過來喔。」636Please respect copyright.PENANAIZrVmVi2uZ
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANALzg15N0AU8
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANApfGgtUhjt3
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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?」636Please respect copyright.PENANAmXHucCOnsS
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「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。」636Please respect copyright.PENANAS84MN5v761
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAT4tyebGTwz
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「唉啊啊,太好了,太好了,坎水姑娘是我們連方鎮的大恩人啊。」636Please respect copyright.PENANAxjzLvhCoZH
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「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。」636Please respect copyright.PENANAZXAgvku71G
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「坎水姑娘就來我家坐坐吧,我一定會好好招待妳的。」636Please respect copyright.PENANAwkJmy25DCI
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「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?」636Please respect copyright.PENANAVOwhPwxYXq
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANACIkE6qcJaw
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAC2aky01nIj
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAQkkzMOk1s4
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAUQzvZcoeLO
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANADeCP18TjhA
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAjyq5nxqB4D
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「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?」636Please respect copyright.PENANA5rw3iHRewD
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「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。」636Please respect copyright.PENANASq2eKggCJQ
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「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。」636Please respect copyright.PENANAB6t2GirhFa
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAZK6QsFEzmW
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANA9k2NvEYp9E
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAXlbLTDVNbH
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAvN3mDXt4Zb
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAtNc9QXSLAi
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAZ4FhCj7oP7
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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……636Please respect copyright.PENANAZdGbAun9bX
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「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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAJDuUZMPQNA
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「漪洀先生,抱歉,讓你久候了。」636Please respect copyright.PENANAjJQDNtcc7v
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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。」636Please respect copyright.PENANAAXSXzMBQZ0
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAUT4g26NTVW
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「坎水姑娘,這些日子以來辛苦妳了,真不知怎麼感謝妳。¬」636Please respect copyright.PENANAZDzeXZ6dpa
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「我才要感謝漪洀先生,肯供我這樣身無分文的過客食宿。」636Please respect copyright.PENANAIKMCwJvPqB
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAKuH9jrZUdq
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「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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAuirFvinEUm
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANA8kC17LdPDO
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「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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAPfDnpyJNDn
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAIl6NeOtaUt
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「那老身還有一個不情之請,不知坎水姑娘可否接受?」636Please respect copyright.PENANAjbWFOjiPUr
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANA3dpsaPeUL9
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「漪洀先生,但說無妨,只要是我力所能及之事,我便不會拒絕。」636Please respect copyright.PENANAbXPvZ0QbWu
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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。636Please respect copyright.PENANAieuV5QTBwz
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「其實啊,這事說起來也沒什麼。」636Please respect copyright.PENANA0qN7NbL5Up
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漪洀淡淡地說道,水閣外的潺潺雨聲也愈加清晰響亮。636Please respect copyright.PENANAIIYDIopW6I
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「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……」636Please respect copyright.PENANAbLWEvC8Elm