夜幕低垂,月亮在雲後浮動。
哲別仰躺在斷壁殘垣間,胸口起伏微弱,血從嘴角滲出,染紅他銀白的鬍鬚。身旁是陪伴他征戰的老馬。30Please respect copyright.PENANA8vtIeWdnnK
他殺夠了,也該走了。30Please respect copyright.PENANANqXVec9ylr
遠處,戰火還未熄,餘燼閃爍如獸瞳。風捲沙揚,卻吹不散那個正向他走來的黑影——30Please respect copyright.PENANAlmIvQspOau
神秘人。30Please respect copyright.PENANA9ftq1NcoCa
那人披著一件破斗篷,像從影子走出來,腳步無聲,像風也避讓。他站定在哲別腳邊,歪了歪頭。30Please respect copyright.PENANAdTfbFiKNel
「你快死了。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAHjKvUmm5fx
哲別咳出一口血,勉強笑了:「廢話。」30Please respect copyright.PENANASa82RzlVMc
神秘人也笑,笑聲像野獸在吸氣灌進破屋,尖又冷。30Please respect copyright.PENANAqzvPu1pJns
「你不錯,夠狠、夠準、夠多,草原會記得你,漢人會怕你,地獄會給你留個座。」30Please respect copyright.PENANASTzQawME6B
哲別眯起眼:「你……是誰?」30Please respect copyright.PENANAamv8vp5s3L
神秘人蹲下,從懷中掏出那張熟悉的羊皮紙,輕輕展開——上面寫著:30Please respect copyright.PENANArIvtXE38zU
下方浮起微光,接著又慢慢浮出新一行名字。30Please respect copyright.PENANAoL8X4jrb79
哲別看著紙,勉強一笑:「我猜得出,你是收魂的。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAGbEfjXpcKx
「不止,我也給選擇。」30Please respect copyright.PENANA9sL79rcRYA
神秘人將紙舉到他面前,聲音輕得像是在哄小孩入夢:30Please respect copyright.PENANAiiPCtHEsW5
「你可以躺下,讓史書寫你是病死的,或者……跟我走,去殺更多敵人,殺那些曾讓你做夢都不安的異族。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAcCf3X9yntj
「那裡,有一場比成吉思汗更髒、更亂的屠殺。你去,能讓他們知道『弓』不只在草原響。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAEDcw8XVV53
哲別閉上眼,沉默。30Please respect copyright.PENANA7UMVj2ViZF
許久,他開口:「這次……箭夠嗎?」30Please respect copyright.PENANA5ja9AlX61v
神秘人輕笑,從霧裡伸出手,手裡是他那把雕弓,完好無缺,連箭袋都滿的。30Please respect copyright.PENANALRxoqPnczn
哲別看著那弓,最後一口氣沒咽下,而是轉為低笑:30Please respect copyright.PENANAnHqzzq0h3m
「好,那我就……再殺一回。」30Please respect copyright.PENANA1VWVOaFFcA
他伸手握住弓的一刻,屍體化作飛灰,血跡如煙飄散,消失在風中,只剩一旁的老馬。30Please respect copyright.PENANAMjDRbh8Fb8
只有神秘人還站在原地,朝著天邊戰火的方向低聲喃語:30Please respect copyright.PENANADlx3uYD5Dc
「哲別——到手了。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAUYRm8VAgEk
而黃泉裡,傳來了新的弦響。30Please respect copyright.PENANA1l1T39QXuZ
一處戰場,殘旗倒掛,鏽甲半埋,荒草間還見白骨枯槍。風聲裡帶著鐵鏽與血腥,像是歷史的嘆息還沒散完。30Please respect copyright.PENANA58TkfOXIW6
養由基盤膝坐在一塊斷碑上,手中的弓橫放膝頭,弓身裂痕斑駁,卻依舊銳氣逼人。他剛殺完一戰,衣襟上還有未乾的血,敵人的,也有自己的的。30Please respect copyright.PENANAaQvdKyyclM
他正在磨箭,像是磨自己的耐性,也像是在等什麼。30Please respect copyright.PENANAXPFvYpTOIS
神秘人,來了。30Please respect copyright.PENANAsJcpuqTIxI
他從戰場盡頭走出,腳步不快,但聲音一點沒有——就像這人從不踩地。30Please respect copyright.PENANAngPPAuD32k
養由基沒抬頭,只淡聲問一句:「這次換誰來求我?」30Please respect copyright.PENANAotbnyapvVr
神秘人輕笑:「沒人求你。我是來給你一個選擇。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAJeMeAKqAIh
「選擇殺誰?」30Please respect copyright.PENANATtVjcs1rpR
「不,是選擇去哪裡殺更多人。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAC7WWF3Qvq9
神秘人走近,手中依舊是那張羊皮紙,破舊、泛黃,但此刻在風中飄動時,紙面卻浮現出一道道血紋,像是魂寫成的名單。30Please respect copyright.PENANA5Qw28SFgkh
他低聲說:30Please respect copyright.PENANASzVTqKaH6X
「五胡亂華,漢人被活剝,孩子被拿去踩鼓,女人被串成牲口,男人被斬頭練刀。百年江山斷在蛮族手裡。你在這裡殺再多,也趕不上那邊的血流得快。」30Please respect copyright.PENANApwPc1khzM6
養由基停下磨箭的動作,緩緩抬頭,眼中沒有驚訝,只有殺意尚未平息的寧靜:30Please respect copyright.PENANAxPEM3NL8SL
「哪裡來的五胡亂華?」30Please respect copyright.PENANAcs46r0lUFw
神秘人語氣低冷,「要去嗎。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAHLqQxYbooE
他將紙輕輕展開,上面浮出幾個名字:「劉淵、石勒、劉曜、苻堅……」30Please respect copyright.PENANA4xSD4lNKyZ
每一個名字後頭,都寫著屠城的數字,有的寫「一夜五萬」,有的乾脆一句「無人生還」。30Please respect copyright.PENANA96Q6MVYcFi
「我知道你不信神。」神秘人接著說,「但我信你。」30Please respect copyright.PENANA2UBluyO6dn
「你這種人,死也該死在敵人的骨堆裡,而不是慢慢老、慢慢爛、慢慢被歷史忘了。」30Please respect copyright.PENANA4DlO2uweEl
養由基沉默了一陣,然後嗤地笑了:30Please respect copyright.PENANA6EBwthBOVE
神秘人雙手一翻,指向他膝上的破弓:30Please respect copyright.PENANAyTAJDwUDVb
「給你一把新弓,三百箭,每一箭射死一個造孽的。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAk0zk9CJAnF
養由基搖頭:「不換。這把弓殺過的人,比你那張紙上那些人殺的還多。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAinLasakLUX
神秘人頓了頓,隨即笑了:「好。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAlvNCz5T6JW
他伸出手,霧氣纏上弓弦,戰場邊緣驟然開出一道灰光裂口,像地獄張開了門。30Please respect copyright.PENANAMQdyLnTkF5
養由基起身,將舊箭袋挎上,披風一披,一步踏入那裂口。30Please respect copyright.PENANAGnpiSf7nLb
「去哪?」30Please respect copyright.PENANAiLidxIuf6k
神秘人在後頭說:「西晉,永嘉年。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAP2eMACCSkB
「好。」30Please respect copyright.PENANA7mGq1Ko5FV
裂口閉合前,養由基的聲音悠悠傳出:30Please respect copyright.PENANAueNOiwjAa5
「這次,我不救人,我只殺人。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAkVvLwnOgW6
風從白門樓頂灌下,像一口無形的棺材蓋緩緩合上。30Please respect copyright.PENANA7dLFrAeHjN
呂布跪著,披風破成了碎布,鎧甲裂得像龜殼,血從鼻中一滴滴落下,滴在腳邊的泥上——那是他自己的血,熱,黏,像還想留下來繼續殺人。30Please respect copyright.PENANA1Oncu4BnJT
「劉備……你不是說……義氣……」30Please respect copyright.PENANAZg5HDVRl6V
他話還沒說完,一根繩索勒緊脖子。
脖子裡有火在燒,有刀在割,眼前開始浮現奇怪的東西。30Please respect copyright.PENANA5ybSKoqRra
——不是幻覺。30Please respect copyright.PENANAqCBeLOJ7ky
那是一個人,站在斷垣殘壁後,一身黑衣,臉藏在斗篷裡。風把他袍角掀起來,像是空氣也怕他。30Please respect copyright.PENANAg8tFVPi6nS
呂布喘著氣,喉頭快被勒斷,眼還盯著那人。30Please respect copyright.PENANAyZBudwKysF
「你是……誰?」30Please respect copyright.PENANAfnHp2Ecwmr
神秘人笑了,聲音淡得像落灰:「你還真能撐。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAwr4yiuCjOb
「不錯……將死之人,還沒放下屠刀。你活得很像你自己,死得也算乾淨。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAYVjP0evVmg
呂布沒力氣回話,只冷笑,喉頭發出破銅爛鐵般的嘶聲。30Please respect copyright.PENANAVmmfK3gP0H
神秘人走近兩步,眼底幽深如井:「我可以救你,帶你去個地方,讓你繼續殺。繼續殺你想殺的,殺你不能殺的。」30Please respect copyright.PENANArSzFdxnZCT
「你想再打一場真正的戰,不是這種被人背叛、用繩索勒死的狗樣子。」30Please respect copyright.PENANANdirdQahx3
「再給你一次機會證明自己?」30Please respect copyright.PENANABodgJtcCeW
呂布眼神一凜。那一瞬間,像是風停了,天暗了。30Please respect copyright.PENANAPvZYjKAQQk
「我…是人中…呂布。」30Please respect copyright.PENANAytO7QxRiGP
神秘人點點頭:「很好。記住這個念頭。等你斷氣,我會來帶你走。」30Please respect copyright.PENANApWGmAWFTM7
呂布忽然笑了,嘴角裂開,血和唾液混著流出。30Please respect copyright.PENANAG8IHdRjYfv
「你敢讓我活……那我就讓這個天下,再怕我一次。」30Please respect copyright.PENANANbodGQDNjJ
繩子一緊,脖子「咯」地一響。30Please respect copyright.PENANAhMBmhdiwbK
他沒再掙扎了。30Please respect copyright.PENANAGzYtZVTakS
但風裡多了一聲輕笑。神秘人在他耳邊低語:30Please respect copyright.PENANAe7mzGqtc73
「白門樓下,是你第一次死。」30Please respect copyright.PENANATQgvuJ7Tks