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。28Please respect copyright.PENANA3GWPBwjcDC
他殺夠了,也該走了。28Please respect copyright.PENANAYPW3RJoaAy
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——28Please respect copyright.PENANADht7xepGQ8
神秘人。28Please respect copyright.PENANAon1lfimGH3
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。28Please respect copyright.PENANAeIHi8QpI40
「你快死了。」28Please respect copyright.PENANA76lkNGAhWD
哲別咳出一口血,勉強笑了:「廢話。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAKu2h7uDACm
神秘人也笑,笑聲像野獸在吸氣灌進破屋,尖又冷。28Please respect copyright.PENANAfi37aYL50B
「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。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAsgY2tnvOAo
哲別眯起眼:「你……是誰?」28Please respect copyright.PENANA0cljPltNap
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:28Please respect copyright.PENANAhn1NBJ9K5u
下方浮起微光,接著又慢慢浮出新一行名字。28Please respect copyright.PENANAVjTlUCN3CR
哲別看著紙,勉強一笑:「我猜得出,你是收魂的。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAI5TJPY2KrS
「不止,我也給選擇。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAYBvwafnwth
神秘人將紙舉到他面前,聲音輕得像是在哄小孩入夢:28Please respect copyright.PENANAbojWni3ywR
「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。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAhvxc39roeI
「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。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAFGIedeO6Cu
哲別閉上眼,沉默。28Please respect copyright.PENANA2MSER10Iwq
許久,他開口:「這次……箭夠嗎?」28Please respect copyright.PENANAzuem35TCtf
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。28Please respect copyright.PENANAXUrUQB091X
哲別看著那弓,最後一口氣沒咽下,而是轉為低笑:28Please respect copyright.PENANA6hej4Hmm3Y
「好,那我就……再殺一回。」28Please respect copyright.PENANA7cnH6rmD4K
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。28Please respect copyright.PENANAgc2grYkvse
只有神秘人還站在原地,朝著天邊戰火的方向低聲喃語:28Please respect copyright.PENANA7SD1DDDMfi
「哲別——到手了。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAMzLTgBY4Fs
而黃泉裡,傳來了新的弦響。28Please respect copyright.PENANA1cB9D6TdaB
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。28Please respect copyright.PENANAthVs6KfyQT
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。28Please respect copyright.PENANApJzdLMwJQh
他正在磨箭,像是磨自己的耐性,也像是在等什麼。28Please respect copyright.PENANAoAOcIsc0qV
神秘人,來了。28Please respect copyright.PENANAz7f55sb9X1
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。28Please respect copyright.PENANA7YQXwzMLAx
養由基沒抬頭,只淡聲問一句:「這次換誰來求我?」28Please respect copyright.PENANAVUTHuxNQdu
神秘人輕笑:「沒人求你。我是來給你一個選擇。」28Please respect copyright.PENANApOPtZpOm5r
「選擇殺誰?」28Please respect copyright.PENANAl7HwmbK545
「不,是選擇去哪裡殺更多人。」28Please respect copyright.PENANADDuc6S5Wka
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。28Please respect copyright.PENANAgG9QQuCWsL
他低聲說:28Please respect copyright.PENANAnnAuawy9uK
「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。」28Please respect copyright.PENANA5H3CjQbOHD
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:28Please respect copyright.PENANAccTakqEL0j
「哪裡來的五胡亂華?」28Please respect copyright.PENANAFczbrI6yr2
神秘人語氣低冷,「要去嗎。」28Please respect copyright.PENANASDA3rdyOFm
他將紙輕輕展開,上面浮出幾個名字:「劉淵、石勒、劉曜、苻堅……」28Please respect copyright.PENANA6PvD0ulxhS
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」。28Please respect copyright.PENANA9PEqPB4n1n
「我知道你不信神。」神秘人接著說,「但我信你。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAFbLVs8Bn1M
「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。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAiBwpwZmDbL
養由基沉默了一陣,然後嗤地笑了:28Please respect copyright.PENANApoGUXPExi9
神秘人雙手一翻,指向他膝上的破弓:28Please respect copyright.PENANAwjddaZ8Gqa
「給你一把新弓,三百箭,每一箭射死一個造孽的。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAiw8jsqcdJy
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。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAY0DMxsiS8M
神秘人頓了頓,隨即笑了:「好。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAcOrOrN25kE
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。28Please respect copyright.PENANAob6JKZF3Fn
養由基起身,將舊箭袋挎上,披風一披,一步踏入那裂口。28Please respect copyright.PENANA6UiiaSESck
「去哪?」28Please respect copyright.PENANAEH45Bywg0y
神秘人在後頭說:「西晉,永嘉年。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAFtsLwqGZna
「好。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAKHSqjbPIai
裂口閉合前,養由基的聲音悠悠傳出:28Please respect copyright.PENANAHgIlU62sbi
「這次,我不救人,我只殺人。」28Please respect copyright.PENANA6aIKtmn4x4
風從白門樓頂灌下,像一口無形的棺材蓋緩緩合上。28Please respect copyright.PENANA3nkdy6v7rA
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。28Please respect copyright.PENANAlgbwRgbrej
「劉備……你不是說……義氣……」28Please respect copyright.PENANAbsIQHHTGe4
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。28Please respect copyright.PENANABoYkt1p5Qs
——不是幻覺。28Please respect copyright.PENANAMgbtJM1JoJ
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。28Please respect copyright.PENANA18R7UO5I6E
呂布喘著氣,喉頭快被勒斷,眼還盯著那人。28Please respect copyright.PENANA89TTIhKPk6
「你是……誰?」28Please respect copyright.PENANA65QCYc1tK7
神秘人笑了,聲音淡得像落灰:「你還真能撐。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAFZnktBymgR
「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。」28Please respect copyright.PENANA7Q2tcjgH7D
呂布沒力氣回話,只冷笑,喉頭發出破銅爛鐵般的嘶聲。28Please respect copyright.PENANASOWEGKwfJT
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。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAFeg7GC4GVH
「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。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAk22usLDFuM
「再給你一次機會證明自己?」28Please respect copyright.PENANAMY2BVJRcUH
呂布眼神一凜。那一瞬間,像是風停了,天暗了。28Please respect copyright.PENANAvDuZMrwbhf
「我…是人中…呂布。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAq0LCqqfLMH
神秘人點點頭:「很好。記住這個念頭。等你斷氣,我會來帶你走。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAyioxbB2jGQ
呂布忽然笑了,嘴角裂開,血和唾液混著流出。28Please respect copyright.PENANARCYH9XJMa5
「你敢讓我活……那我就讓這個天下,再怕我一次。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAu856X8nXRZ
繩子一緊,脖子「咯」地一響。28Please respect copyright.PENANAji9DH7Q5aU
他沒再掙扎了。28Please respect copyright.PENANABgfsWEGYpB
但風裡多了一聲輕笑。神秘人在他耳邊低語:28Please respect copyright.PENANAAv79v7wctZ
「白門樓下,是你第一次死。」28Please respect copyright.PENANAKLNECHX9FM