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。25Please respect copyright.PENANAtIn3fnp7K7
他殺夠了,也該走了。25Please respect copyright.PENANAoWIwxCaG9B
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——25Please respect copyright.PENANAq7AG1tlSQj
神秘人。25Please respect copyright.PENANAt5BWN8IN6Q
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。25Please respect copyright.PENANArsFaAFs0jS
「你快死了。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAh8DcekOYar
哲別咳出一口血,勉強笑了:「廢話。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAoERAgUG26E
神秘人也笑,笑聲像野獸在吸氣灌進破屋,尖又冷。25Please respect copyright.PENANAtVtYG0Gcc1
「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。」25Please respect copyright.PENANACIU9FoZyII
哲別眯起眼:「你……是誰?」25Please respect copyright.PENANAn7Foq4meac
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:25Please respect copyright.PENANAtQR5u8Kpgt
下方浮起微光,接著又慢慢浮出新一行名字。25Please respect copyright.PENANAD9N4yb5ISM
哲別看著紙,勉強一笑:「我猜得出,你是收魂的。」25Please respect copyright.PENANA1aa6mm4HHk
「不止,我也給選擇。」25Please respect copyright.PENANA8cpNqYAoEL
神秘人將紙舉到他面前,聲音輕得像是在哄小孩入夢:25Please respect copyright.PENANAfS91ZZdGje
「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。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAosXv2IsjOb
「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。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAEB1pV8wOG1
哲別閉上眼,沉默。25Please respect copyright.PENANACGCLc31Cib
許久,他開口:「這次……箭夠嗎?」25Please respect copyright.PENANAz11I2y7wvP
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。25Please respect copyright.PENANA41TLi1W4y8
哲別看著那弓,最後一口氣沒咽下,而是轉為低笑:25Please respect copyright.PENANA9G1UyUVJBv
「好,那我就……再殺一回。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAww6Xr3hbYt
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。25Please respect copyright.PENANAKwjTEXeoa0
只有神秘人還站在原地,朝著天邊戰火的方向低聲喃語:25Please respect copyright.PENANAIHw5qRoxaP
「哲別——到手了。」25Please respect copyright.PENANASi5NPHIA2J
而黃泉裡,傳來了新的弦響。25Please respect copyright.PENANA8FvXin1bYf
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。25Please respect copyright.PENANAfbXQ5RqTdt
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。25Please respect copyright.PENANAkGnh2A0AyN
他正在磨箭,像是磨自己的耐性,也像是在等什麼。25Please respect copyright.PENANAuCPXc27IXo
神秘人,來了。25Please respect copyright.PENANAMxOlvPF4uR
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。25Please respect copyright.PENANA9zAGm5q8LS
養由基沒抬頭,只淡聲問一句:「這次換誰來求我?」25Please respect copyright.PENANA0PVinvkqwe
神秘人輕笑:「沒人求你。我是來給你一個選擇。」25Please respect copyright.PENANArOgLi1OkoR
「選擇殺誰?」25Please respect copyright.PENANAgGgM4UXO5G
「不,是選擇去哪裡殺更多人。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAe28ZT3x76z
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。25Please respect copyright.PENANAWagEBPuj9o
他低聲說:25Please respect copyright.PENANALcbqOWECwf
「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。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAJhmuviUBCl
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:25Please respect copyright.PENANAGhtDe3TXFy
「哪裡來的五胡亂華?」25Please respect copyright.PENANAo8UwuWKLqq
神秘人語氣低冷,「要去嗎。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAN9NZJZhAyT
他將紙輕輕展開,上面浮出幾個名字:「劉淵、石勒、劉曜、苻堅……」25Please respect copyright.PENANAdhxhuqpsfF
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」。25Please respect copyright.PENANAUMA3ylpZhJ
「我知道你不信神。」神秘人接著說,「但我信你。」25Please respect copyright.PENANA7nGzkeIyBm
「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。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAySSQPODL45
養由基沉默了一陣,然後嗤地笑了:25Please respect copyright.PENANAgtn1tJBafi
神秘人雙手一翻,指向他膝上的破弓:25Please respect copyright.PENANAk9rFUksEYn
「給你一把新弓,三百箭,每一箭射死一個造孽的。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAJqeCaQskIm
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。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAF8rXFga4GY
神秘人頓了頓,隨即笑了:「好。」25Please respect copyright.PENANASikmNVmTHX
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。25Please respect copyright.PENANAdK7jyzzDhb
養由基起身,將舊箭袋挎上,披風一披,一步踏入那裂口。25Please respect copyright.PENANAGIkSnUvB5T
「去哪?」25Please respect copyright.PENANAGafkwag3uh
神秘人在後頭說:「西晉,永嘉年。」25Please respect copyright.PENANASbQntC8mmv
「好。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAmcaDpVLtdQ
裂口閉合前,養由基的聲音悠悠傳出:25Please respect copyright.PENANAHrlYuTiPmB
「這次,我不救人,我只殺人。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAX1FdfpGu7P
風從白門樓頂灌下,像一口無形的棺材蓋緩緩合上。25Please respect copyright.PENANA6xAb5XiSX6
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。25Please respect copyright.PENANA4SFU3q1AIn
「劉備……你不是說……義氣……」25Please respect copyright.PENANASr0mVtOi1C
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。25Please respect copyright.PENANAf0TthUwNcu
——不是幻覺。25Please respect copyright.PENANAB78AMJho9G
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。25Please respect copyright.PENANAUs4xscsHq1
呂布喘著氣,喉頭快被勒斷,眼還盯著那人。25Please respect copyright.PENANA6hq4Gn4Gnu
「你是……誰?」25Please respect copyright.PENANAcgvD89tEPn
神秘人笑了,聲音淡得像落灰:「你還真能撐。」25Please respect copyright.PENANARqtKVl8LSD
「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。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAQp7nZZZJyI
呂布沒力氣回話,只冷笑,喉頭發出破銅爛鐵般的嘶聲。25Please respect copyright.PENANAIcqL4kclSm
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。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAt3ksJjGLrf
「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。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAC5UC4mk6co
「再給你一次機會證明自己?」25Please respect copyright.PENANAs1kF2TjQid
呂布眼神一凜。那一瞬間,像是風停了,天暗了。25Please respect copyright.PENANAjxzKbATGE9
「我…是人中…呂布。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAu4GmYHDwwb
神秘人點點頭:「很好。記住這個念頭。等你斷氣,我會來帶你走。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAV9XQ9iusSA
呂布忽然笑了,嘴角裂開,血和唾液混著流出。25Please respect copyright.PENANAFJEy0aWXA4
「你敢讓我活……那我就讓這個天下,再怕我一次。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAW8UZd7rJkS
繩子一緊,脖子「咯」地一響。25Please respect copyright.PENANAqpBSjPRx5i
他沒再掙扎了。25Please respect copyright.PENANAxsSAIQAFqj
但風裡多了一聲輕笑。神秘人在他耳邊低語:25Please respect copyright.PENANASWRC3uTcb3
「白門樓下,是你第一次死。」25Please respect copyright.PENANAdrs3bcarEd