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“據說他蓄謀已久,前時在云南起兵,一路勢如破竹,已攻入湖南境內l了。”
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那敞懷漢子說的滿嘴噴沫,一桌人驚詫的極其安靜,整個熱鬧的茶樓都好像靜止了一般。
兵變?
公元1673年(清康熙十二年),前明平西伯、寧遠總兵,清平西王吳三桂在云南發布討清檄文,起兵反清。
“這下好了,我漢人又可重鎮江山啦!”
寂靜的茶樓一角,突然冒出個這類言語!
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茶樓好似突然煮開的熱水,一下子沸騰起來。
眾人你一言我一語,像是早朝上奏的大臣,紛紛議論著這重大變動。
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“各位客官啊,這可是掉腦袋的事啊!````”
茶肆老板撥動著鐵算盤,一臉冷汗的使勁敲著柜臺邊的案板。
“這可是大事啊!你們不怕掉腦袋,我可害怕啊!”
俗話說:不在其位,不謀其政。
茶館老板怕是惹禍上身,開始著急的規勸大家。
剛剛沸騰起來的水,轉眼結成了冰。偌大的酒樓,靜的可以聽到廚房柴火的老鼠叫。
這滿中原的漢人,都在茍活于清人的統治下,載聲怨道,卻不敢言于鬧市。即便是茶余飯后,也不能高聲闊論。
莫不是剛剛那個漢子吃醉了酒?
沒有一個人可以耐得住安靜,只要一有騷動,便分不清是誰具體說了哪句不該說的話。靜了一瞬的茶樓,轉眼又是燥熱起來,各種奇聞異事,說的大伙時而眉飛色舞,時而面色沉重。
唯一不再提起的,是任何關于,朝廷,兵政的話題。
圓圓的臉色暗紅,額頭滾起了豆大的汗珠,天氣是有些悶熱,可原因并不在此。
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突然,她站起身,朝門口走去。
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“好漢,可否借一步說話?”
圓圓以極近江湖的口吻主動和剛剛扯來話題的漢子搭訕起來。
毫無疑問,她在問起兵之事。
漢子在茶樓掌柜的警告下,已經感覺到了在公共場合談論這個話題確實不妥。對于圓圓的一再追問,自然是支支吾吾,一句接著一句“我也只是道聽途說、、、道聽途說、、、”
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圓圓能在我的面前如此關心前日的情人,真是不怕我生氣!
其實生氣已經無足輕重,過去,誰都改變不了。盡管難以接受,但必須接受。因為,需要生活。
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在抽劍的那一刻,我已然讀懂了吳三桂的眼神,那種不屈,委忍,堅持,負辱。
他的命運從來不是投降,從來不是投靠。
圓圓曾說,她與江山等同,這是吳三桂給過她的承諾。吳三桂為了她,甚至拋棄了民族大義。
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引清軍入關,趕走了李自成。費盡周折,仍然尋不見她,卻背負了這么多年的罵名。
再見圓圓時,身邊多了一個我。
也許他的心境更難以平復。圓圓是這樣一個,讓他丟了江山,背了罵名,卻背叛了他的人。
也許起兵,正是一切沒有了回頭路。他要找回他的所有,曾經應該屬于他的所有,而這所有,是圓圓的離去,讓他下的最后決定。
吳三桂起兵,已年近六十,一個老驥伏櫪的掙扎者。
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我直視著他的眼睛,看到的是絕望到極盡的火光。
那應該是他年少輕狂時的夢想,因為一個女人打斷,在十幾年之后又重新燃燒起來。
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我停止手中的劍,眼睛告訴他:
這個女人,我帶走了。留下我我的夢,追隨你,去完成大業,去戰死沙場。
我拉著圓圓離開京城的時候,圓圓說看到了你欣慰的笑了。
我想,是我們都明白了。
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回過神來,圓圓已經垂頭喪氣的坐在了桌前,目光呆滯,臉色由紅變白了。
那是種怎樣的蒼白?如掛了一層霜、、、
我能理解這一切了,我并不怪。
我的女人去如此擔心的他的前夫。我很開心。
她,是個有情義的女人。
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牛肉面吃的索然無味,圓圓也只是喝了清茶,這一路辛苦,這樣下去,肯定不是辦法。
兵事一旦起,已是由不得人的控制。
大家的期望同我一樣,這個時候能做的,只是祈禱:
戰,則勝,則生,則盛。
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牽馬的時候我順便向店小二要了幾個燒餅,以備圓圓路上餓了,又尋不見人家。
我打算忘記那些,忘記那些場景,忘記那段我離開的日子。
大家都失去了,誰也沒得到。
我想我還是應該去感激吳三桂的,他替我在兵荒馬亂的時候,保護了圓圓,在我生死將離的時候幫圓圓在皇宮拿了藥,幫我在被圍困時及時出手,助我脫險、、、、、、
一切就像是在做夢,而這夢正在慢慢蘇醒、、、
我這南下的路,是去償還?還是去面對、、、?
且行吧,這腳下的路,會慢慢告訴你、、、
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三十四季的春風劃過我的臉,除了劃下的傷痕,什么都沒留下,這一季,那一季,最后一季。
黃河解了凍,一冬潔白的冰塊,伴著淡淡渾濁,匆匆而去。
滔滔不絕的河水,把西邊的滄涼都帶到了這里。
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近邊的圓圓,坐在裸露的大石塊上,臉上打濕了,,分不清是濺起的黃河水還是,滑落的眼淚。
一路上,話很少,各有各的心事。
我一直有種錯覺,我們已是容為一體,難以分離。
可是想不到,山盟海誓竟是如此的脆弱,愛情根本,不堪一擊、、、
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晚上,白云客棧。
看來白日里圓圓是被水淋到了,到了晚上才顯現出來,渾身發燙,卻聲聲叫著陰冷。看著圓圓痛苦的表情,我突然心痛了起來,想起當初自己昏迷的時候,圓圓一個弱女子,是如何把我送到了武當,這一路該是如何的艱苦?我竟信了她的滿不在乎的幾句戲言。
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狂奔,這漆黑的夜色,為何不見一絲星光,白日陽光那么刺眼,為何這時卻是綿綿的夜雨。。。
砸了幾家藥鋪的店門,終于有了個心善的大夫,肯隨我來救人。。。
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夜雨,沙沙娑娑,洗去了前幾日始終難以釋懷的污跡。。。
我應該一如既往的疼愛她。。。
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是去了結,可來到這獨孤門破敗的山門,才知,除了那八個高徒消失了,這個門派也已經不復存在了、、、
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圓圓意不在此,離湖南這么近,她非要順路探訪、、、
我知道她的心意。
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春天進入了成年時期,而這南方的春天更顯的成熟,悶熱起來,連健壯的馬兒都懶得抬頭。
行了幾日,進入到這湖南境內,剛剛經歷了戰亂,一切似乎剛剛平息。
剛入城,圓圓就四處打聽,竟然一點都不顧及我的感受。
也罷,我能理解她,看著她這匆忙的詢問,一陣苦楚涌上心頭。
“吳三桂,你此生得她足矣、、、”
實在是有些不忍心,我也怯怯的打聽了幾位路過的人。
他們行色匆匆,似乎是在逃難。
我拉住還在瘋狂的追問別人的圓圓。
“夠了!!!”
“軍隊已經不在這里了!!!”
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吳三桂年少即善戰,十八歲率二十驍將救父于四萬金兵之中,已是名震天下。
而這次起兵,一路過關斬將,此時他早已進兵四川。
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圓圓一下子癱倒在我的懷里。口中喃喃自語。
“對不起、、、對不起、、、”
這句話是對我說么?還是在對三桂說?
“圓圓,此時明軍正勢如破竹,一路北上,人皆安好,你不要再擔心了。”
人皆安好?我實在不愿直說“吳三桂他沒事!”
這句話我說不出口。
人皆安好,圓圓應該明白了。
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這是一個潮氣十足的地方,戰爭剛過,滿大街的殘火與惡臭,還可以時不時的看見幾具橫尸,開著擴音的蒼蠅不住的圍著、盤旋著,得意的望著這豐盛的晚餐。
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“這里會發生瘟疫的,我們要盡快離開這里!”
自從離了京城,圓圓的身體日漸虛弱,人只有在最沒有依靠的狀態下,才會活的更堅強。然而繁雜的事,總是擾亂了心境,久而久之,壓抑成了心疾。
上次的發燒,整整折磨了我幾日幾夜,每晚摟著滾燙的身體,卻止不住她感受到的寒冷。我突然好怕,就怕一轉眼,我再也觸摸不到她的體溫、、、
大夫用藥用的及時,總算讓她安然無恙,只是路途勞頓,沒有條件給她大補回來。
這種極易發生瘟疫的季節,我不敢讓圓圓做任何停留。
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“我們應該去哪里?”
對啊,我們這是在去哪里?
獨孤門被朝廷滅了,各路敢來尋仇的也差不多都死在了我手上。我這是在去哪里?
也許這就是一場單獨的旅行,而這旅行的意義,就是逃離、、、
我們在逃離什么?追殺?
不!我們是在逃離自己,逃離自己那忘不掉的過去!!!!
突然想起前日路過武當,望了一眼又一眼,可是回不去了、、、、
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“這偌大的天涯,我們該何去何從、、、、、、?”
我嘆了口氣。
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“去大理吧!”
圓圓突然開了口,一向很少提要求的她,這次說的有些爽快。
“去云南?”
“嗯!”
“為什么?”
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