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武士之国——这颗小小的星球曾被人这样称呼过,只因这里一度居住着一批追寻武道、贯彻仁义的武人,他们用属于自己的方式在浩瀚无垠的宇宙中安静地生息繁衍;而这已经是天人登陆之前的事了。
天人从哪里来?没有人知道,只知道一夜之间,江户的街道中开始走过一些三头六臂、奇形怪状、不是头上长角就是背后带刺的生物,他们耀武扬威地充斥在这里的各个场所,予取予求、为所欲为;而他们所拥有的最强大武器甚至不是他们手上的光剑,而是一个被称为“治外法权”的家伙——有了它,即使在这里犯下滔天罪行,其结果无非也只是被引渡回自己的星球,仅此而已。
然而即使如此,星球上也存在着天人的脚步暂时没有到达的地方——乡村便是这样的地方。江户的终端高塔已经建立起来,各种来自外星的高科技包裹了这座人口众多的大都市,但在偏僻的乡村,还顽固地保有着这个国家原来的面貌。坂田银时所在的这座小村庄,便是众多这样的乡村之一。
自他在流血漂橹的战场上被一个叫做吉田松阳的男人发现后,他已经跟他在这个村子里呆上一个月了。忽然间离开在尸块和刀剑中觅食的日子,过上了三餐睡眠充足稳定的生活,坂田银时甚至觉得有些空虚。松阳老师毫无疑问是一个武功高强又博闻强识的人,但毫无疑问银时只对他的前半部分感兴趣有天赋,至于后半部分,字都没认全的银时眼神呆滞地看着手中书里密密麻麻的字,感到一种莫大的无助和空虚。然而,即使如此,出于对松阳老师的某种他也说不上来是什么的感情,坂田银时那两对随时可能阖上的眼皮仍然在老师的教室里奋力挣扎着。
“银时,读书对你来说好像是件困难的事呢。”松阳老师终于忍不住,在一次午饭时对银时说。
“松阳有没有可能开一个只有剑术没有学术的私塾呢?”银时一边啃着手上的饭团,一边对松阳老师建议。
“银时,没有思想的武者是危险的,会不知道自己是为何而挥剑噢。”松阳老师已经放下了筷子,微笑着观察粘在银时嘴角的几颗饭粒。
“但是,松阳,你教的那些书对我来说实在太难了。‘人有不为也,而后可以有为’ ——这是什么意思啊?”银时伸出舌头,扫荡了嘴角边的几颗饭粒。
“你现在还小,总有一天你会明白的。”吉田松阳把眼睛弯成两个月牙,继续对坂田银时说,“小小的武士,现在把你的碗筷收拾好,然后去把你堆在房间里的兜裆布洗干净噢。”
松阳老师一边说,顺手在银时的头上弹出一个鼓包。
银时头顶鼓包,身背一周的衣物往河边走去。正当他吹着口水泡泡在河沿上走时,忽然发现——在离自己平时洗衣地点的不远处,多了一个小女孩。
银时这个年龄的男孩,虽然仍处在像小猪一样成天和同性在泥潭里打滚的阶段,但面对可爱的女孩子,却已经知道脸红和向她讨梅子饭团吃了。于是,此时的银时彻底忘了松阳时刻提醒自己的武士道,躲进一处凸起的河沿内,目不转睛地看那个小女孩解开自己的马尾,背对自己蹲在河边,用木勺舀起木盆里的清水,轻轻搓揉自己的头发,一件叠好的翠绿色棉布外衣放在木盆边上。视线所限,银时看不清女孩的模样,但他仍然可以依据那一头乌黑油亮的长发、藏在白衣下的削肩细腰,和雪白的臂膀猜测女孩必然拥有的清秀模样。
好漂亮的女孩子。银时暗想。看样子像是哪个藩士家的小姐,但——藩士家的小姐怎么会来河边用这种野丫头的方法洗头呢?银时盯着女孩的背影看得出神,甚至没有注意到什么时候前方河沿上又站了一个小孩。
“好了没,桂?不等你了。”
银时循声抬头望去,是一个年龄与自己相仿,但身高比自己矮一些的男孩,身着材质上乘的紫色绢衣,双手抱胸、神情严肃地盯着蹲在河边的女孩。这又是谁?银时注意到,男孩嘴上虽说着要走,却并没有迈开步,只是沉默地站着,等女孩一面拧干自己的黑头发,一面朝男孩说:“等等我,高杉。”说罢,把翠绿色的外衣套在身上,端上木盆跑上河沿。
两人离开后,坂田银时才从阴影中走出来。用了好几秒,他才想起自己来河边是干什么来的,转身抱起一堆兜裆布向河的下游走去。这种体面人家的小孩来这里,大概是学校里的什么平民体验活动吧。那个看上去谁都欠他三百块的小少爷,最好就从此再也不要见到;但那个绿衣黑发的小姐……看来自己得去搞一张附近士族学校的社会实践时间表了。坂田银时一边想,一边冲着河水傻笑起来。
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