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第781章全是炮灰？
离闲一家、谢令姜、陆压；
甄淑媛、叶薇睐、裴十三娘……全都走了。
人去院空。
院中只剩下儒衫青年和蓝衣捕头的身影。
手中红签纸已经被打开，欧阳戎低着头，瞧不清神情。
燕六郎看见明府默默迭好红签纸、收入袖中的动作。
蓝衣捕头往前走了几步，在院门口最后一节台阶上坐下，怀抱腰刀，坐姿端正，面朝欧阳戎，安静等待。
欧阳戎忽问：
“不想升官了？”
燕六郎想了想，如实答道：
“想，但不痛快，明府，就这么离开浔阳，跑去了神都，不痛快，很不痛快。”
“哪里不痛快？”
燕六郎壮着胆子说：“哪都不痛快！就和狼狈跑路似的，走的真不得劲，有口气憋在心里。”
他伸手摸了摸腰，没摸到酒，今日也没时间摸鱼喝酒，只好做罢，可话语却再难憋住了，一股脑倒出：
“明府，卑职和您这样坚韧不拔的人不一样，没什么远大志向，就是极爱面子，还容易意气用事，硬要好话自夸，那就是有点侠气，老爹以前就这么说我的，我很不服气。
“他说我这样的小子，跑去闯江湖，八成就是当炮灰的命，得在小县衙门摔打几年，鼻青脸肿才够，然后就老老实实娶妻生子过日子，在衙门混吃等死，把家里这份祖传的县衙肥差给传下去。
“可是这一切，从在龙城遇到明府您开始，就变得不一样了。”
燕六郎两指捏了捏这身参军官服的胸口布料，咧嘴一笑，露出一排大白牙：
“我当了江州司法参军哩，放在龙城那个小街坊里，是顶大顶大的官，州官加成，可与龙城令平起平坐，前些日子我穿这身官服回去，街坊邻居都夸我有出息，老姐们也说我福星高照，老爹抽了几口旱烟蹲在门口盯着我，半响才冒出一句话，让我紧跟贵人，在江州好好干。
“但是明府，其他人的夸，我或许心底还会暗爽臭屁一下，但是听到老爹的话，瞧见他鬓角难遮的白发，虽然做了比他大得多的官，可我心里其实没有什么打脸快感，反而那一刻，突然发觉，老爹当初说的确实对，真他娘的对！
“就是个毛头小子，就是当炮灰的命，无非是大炮灰还是小炮灰的区别，无非是时间问题，老爹说的没错，可是，我也不打算改了，我也…没多难过，没多沮丧。
“去他娘的难过沮丧！”
燕六郎手掌拍了拍官服上的灰，指了指院子外面：
“明府，我，燕六郎，江州司法参军，今日却眼睁睁看着那些狗娘养的假水贼抢占渡口、驱赶百姓、烧毁官署，罔顾王法！把我手下的弟兄当作羔羊去鞭赶！把繁华热闹的民众长街毁的一地狼藉！把我治下的地盘搞得乌烟瘴气、人心惶惶！
“我燕六郎读书少，没明府这样文曲星的才华学识，也没有王爷那样天潢贵胄的隐忍气度，不懂什么朝廷大局、离卫党争、帝心莫测！”
蓝衣捕头狠狠抹了一把脸，高高昂着脖子道：
“我只知道，有一群狗娘养的，正在我的地盘四处蹦跶，目无王法，逍遥法外！我只知道，有一群从神都来的人，和一群自称天南江湖来的人，在把咱们江州大堂当作臭窑子，要进就进，要丢就丢，满城百姓如何，毫不在乎！我只知道，他们都是一群狗娘养的，搁那儿狗咬狗，都不是什么好东西，全都欠操！”
欧阳戎看着他。
燕六郎缓了会儿，认真问：
“明府今日也是这样的滋味吗？卑职听陈幽说过，您是从浔阳石窟那边回来……您是不是对那边失望透顶了？”
欧阳戎不答，望了望空荡荡的院子，东南角有一架寥落的秋千，在风中晃荡。
燕六郎的声音传来：
“明府，这些话，卑职之前去裴十三娘院子集合的时候，就想说了，当时就不想走，而且卑职知道，明府一定也是不想走的，卑职清楚明府的为人，卑职憋在心中的这口气，明府只会有更多，不会更少，绣娘姑娘的事情，其实只是个引子，回来冷静安排浔阳王一家离开，也只是出于明府的责任心，强忍着罢了。”
欧阳戎忽然站起身，往饮冰斋外面走去，经过燕六郎身边时，丢下一言：
“拿好剑匣，跟我来。”
燕六郎顿时振奋起了精神，挎好腰刀，抱起剑匣，立马跟了上去，目光炯炯的盯着欧阳戎的修长背影。
像是海上漂泊的深夜旅人看见了一座灯塔。
二人一路经过幽静的长廊，燕六郎紧抱剑匣，途中望了一圈四周，看见人去楼空的院落，他呢喃感慨：
“明府，就剩咱们俩了。”
欧阳戎突然回头：
“俩人不算多吗？”
语气十分认真。
燕六郎怔了下，旋即抬手抹了把脸，重重点头，笑容灿烂：
“多！”
顿了顿，不知想到了什么，他吸了下鼻子，别过脸去：
“只是卑职又想到了当初在龙城的时候，灭恶霸柳家的那一天，父老乡亲都在，那时真是激昂慷慨啊，身边全都是人……那时阿山兄弟也在，只是……他冲的太快了，先一步走。”
蓝衣捕头又嘀咕了一句无数次重复的话：“要是阿山兄弟还在就好了。”
儒衫青年顿了顿足，继续前进。
燕六郎看见明府伸手入袖，摸出一方青铜面具，又缓缓塞回，目视前方，轻声说道：
“他在呢。”
二人来到槐叶巷宅邸门口，一匹熟悉的枣红色大马停在外面，拉着一辆马车。
是冬梅，与欧阳戎这两年在浔阳城内常乘的座驾。
马夫阿力不在了，欧阳戎吩咐的，跟着甄淑媛、叶薇睐等女眷一起走了，但是贴心的留下了马车和冬梅。
与过往无数次一样，欧阳戎三步两除二，熟络的登上了马车，在车厢内的原位坐下，从六郎手里接过的墨家剑匣，横置膝上。
有变的是，这次是燕六郎充当车夫，亲自驾马。
“明府，咱们去哪？”
“江州大堂。”
蓝衣捕头扬鞭，“吁”的一声，马车前进，驶入了外面的寂寥长街。
燕六郎抽打马鞭，回头爽朗自嘲一句：
“明府，卑职很想和老爹说，能跟在明府身边，哪怕继续做炮灰，也真他娘的痛快，真是值了！”
车帘后面传来欧阳戎的平静嗓音：
“记住，你不是炮灰，我也不是炮灰，没有人是炮灰，发明炮灰这个词污名咱们的人，是和今日在浔阳做局的那批宵小，同一类的人。”
“彩！”
燕六郎怔了下，重重点了下脑袋，扬鞭而去。
马车沿着浔阳城的主干道，驶向江州大堂。
主干道临近江水，今日晴空，江风清爽，这种天气，往日的长街定是繁华无比，商贸络绎不绝。
可今日，却是一片狼藉寂寥，不见百姓身影，偶尔只有逃奔的富贵人家马车掠过，这些马车大多数来自修水坊。
此刻浔阳城中，有能力出城的，都是权贵富豪人家，他们的消息也灵通，知道今日局势不妙，连浔阳王府都被一把大火烧了，有权有势的大多是识时务的聪明人，不会全部去押注江州大堂或者浔阳石窟那边的朝廷力量，能溜则溜，先跑出城，观察下局势先。
至于来自年轻刺史的封城戒严令？
天要下雨，娘要嫁人，拦不住。
封城戒严，是出于维稳目的，同时城外也确实危险莫测，这是集体利益。
但是，对于一些富人权贵，却骨子里漠视这些的。
他们有特殊路子，可以偷渡出去，也相信出城后能跑掉。
对于这些人的动静，江州大堂当然知道，燕六郎也咬牙切齿，但是堵不住，现在也不是收拾他们的时候。