屠刀小試

十三年前的幼苗，已長成參天的榕樹，枝葉扶疏。多年的苦練，彷如作日，浮現在容公眼前：汗，血，淚。

容公騎快馬直奔洛陽城，雪亮的刀鋒在烈日下生輝，他滿懷自信，只覺心裏燃燒着熊熊的火焰。

終於到了。

牡丹樓早已滿座，紅漆的外牆映襯着「牡丹樓」四個金字，極盡富麗堂皇。

容公按捺不住，大喝道：「朱雜種，滾下來吧！」

立見兩條勁裝結束的大漢摩拳擦掌，怒吼道：「你這毛小子亂放屁，不走便打！」

容公喊道：「正是來打的！」只見他三拳兩腳便把兩個鐵塔般的大漢料理了，酒樓上的人都駭得動彈不得。

過了半晌，樓上朱漆的大門打開，黑暗中彷彿見到一條人影，樓下的氣氛頓時緩和了，眾人都竊竊私語。

「我看朱老闆兩下子便能打垮這乳臭未乾的小子！」

「不，我想他不用出手這小子也嚇破膽了！」

朱老闆果然身手不凡，縱身一躍，便自差不多兩丈高的二樓跳將下來，落地無聲。陽光照在他身上，大家這才看清他的面目，卻見他面容飽滿，頷下長着齊刷刷的胡碴兒，身上穿着一件剪裁合身的青布長袍，手裡把玩着個翡翠鼻煙壺，儼然一個養尊處優的富商。

朱老闆微一抱拳，笑道；「相公有何見教？」

容公挑起如劍雙眉，冷笑道；「什麼見教不見教，你可記得我父母是你的大恩人嗎？」說到這裡，聲音已有點顫抖。「你... ... 你把他們害得好苦！」說得眼眶都紅了。

朱老闆臉色微變，強笑道：「我不懂你... ...」卻被容公凌厲的目光逼得住了口。

這時外面風雷大作，下起傾盆大雨，眾人都不禁打了個寒噤。

容公忽地長嘯一聲，拔出屠刀，劈頭就斬。朱老闆倒退三丈，拇指一按，鼻煙壺立時急射出一把精鋼小刀，逕取容公咽喉。容公大驚，舞刀護身，「噹」的一聲擋開了小刀，朱老闆卻乘機抽出紫薇軟劍，直取容公心窩。容公驚呼一聲，方寸大亂，腳底一滑，一屁股跌在地上，十多年的苦練，看似要化為泡影。

容公閉上眼睛，心裡萬念俱灰，只感覺到霜冷的劍尖如毒蛇般在胸口前顫抖，然後... ...

停住。

他迷惑地爭開雙眼，卻見朱老闆假惺惺地笑了笑，道：「在下與閣下本無仇怨，既然閣下敗了，就請移玉步離開牡丹樓。」

容公只覺天旋地轉，別人對朱老闆的讚賞，對自己的奚落，他都充耳不聞。他如行屍走肉般一步步走出酒樓，慢慢地消失在牡丹樓華麗的大門。

經歷一場暴風雨，年輕的榕樹掉下了幾片嫩葉，卻長出了更粗壯的根。



後記

這是我第一次自發寫作，故事主角的名稱是啟發我作文的同學的花名，本文文筆沙石頗多，技巧低劣，實在貽笑大方，還望各位多多賜教。

The Soldier

I ran towards cover. Bullet whipped through the air and bounced off the asphalt of the ruined highway and the metal of abandoned cars. I hid behind a metal crate of a truck as the enemy closes in. I took out my radio and yelled over the bullets clattering off the metal crate,

"Goliath, this is Tin Man, requesting backup. I repeat; Goliath, this is Tin Man, requesting backup! Goliath, do you read me?"
"We read you, Tin Man, request denied," a crackling voice came from the audio, "We are facing assault. I repeat; Tin Man, request denied, we are facing assault-" Static noise replaced the voice for a brief moment. "-copy? Do you copy?"
"Copy that, Goliath. Proceeding with the operation. Tin Man, over and out."

I swore and tucked the radio back into my belt and peeked through a gap beneath the crates. Five enemies, couldn't get any better. I unholstered my Desert Eagle and inhaled, pulling down the visor on my helmet. I stood up and turned around.

"Eat lead, ya filthy Federation scum!" One of the rebels shouted.
I clicked my tongue as they aimed at me, "I think not," I calmly said.

I fired two shots at the rebel's chest. He staggered back, staring at the expanding red pool of blood on his chest. He dropped his rifle and fell to the ground, his mouth full of blood. His thicked-browed friend stared at his dead body and yelled, "You killed Lil' Billy! You son of a -"

His sentence was never finished as I ejected the blade of my ballistic knife, the blade piercing his heart. He fell backwards, a look of disbelief appearing on his sweaty, thick-browed face.

The remaining rebels pulled their triggers, and I ducked back behind the metal crate. I took out my last remaining smoke grenade, and threw it backwards.

Smoke appeared behind me. I dashed towards a nearby car.

"Agh! What the hell was that?" "I can't see, I can't see!" Yells came from the smoke as they fired at the crate blindly. I took out my M-16, aiming at the silhouettes in the smoke. I fired at them, and they dropped dead as the smoke cleared.

I smiled as I attached my rifle onto my back, speaking into the radio, "Goliath, this is Tin Man. Threat neutralized. I repeat, Goliath this is Tin Man. Threat is neutralized. over."

"Copy that, Tin Man. Transport will be arranged, over."

"Copy that, Goliath. Tin Man, over and out."

Just when I was about to sit down and wait, a missile appeared, flying towards me. I barely avoided it, the explosion blowing a huge crater in the ground. I sighed. Here we go again.

Note: This was last year, my skills weren't as sharp. But hey, at least I finished it.

《上學途中》

甫踏出大廈門口，我就感到一陣刺骨透心的冷風迎面襲來。怯懦的冬日抱頭而竄，使街上的人，連同我在內，都感不到溫暖。我拉起了羽絨的拉鍊，抖擻精神，開始了上學之途。

轉過街角，映入眼簾的是一條兩旁滿樹木屹立的行人徑，我一邊走，一邊欣賞着兩邊正在倒退的大樹。每株樹都有不同的奇形怪狀，有盤根霸道地延展開去的，有樹幹粗壯而矮小的，有枝椏密集而生命力旺盛的，全部都以最安穩、最保溫的獨特方式抵抗凜冽凌厲的寒風。他們的樹枝在風的摧殘下沙沙作響，彷彿在對我說：「小夥子，這樣的寒冷天氣也不是第一次遇到的了，我幾十年來啊……遇到的次數也多得數也不清了……」在行人徑的盡頭，飄來梅花獨特的清冽香氣，在今天如此寒冷的日子裹，卻格外撲鼻馥郁，真應了「不經一番寒徹骨，焉得梅花撲鼻香！」這句話。我雙手插進衣袋中，抖擻精神，繼續上學之途。

良久，我巳到達港鐵站，在月台上等候準時來到的列車。我站在月台上看着人山人海擠擁的情景，不規則地在列隊候車，在冬日中展現出和諧、溫暖。突然，「隆隆」之聲自地上蔓延開去；一絲絲冷風無情地穿透列台閘門，站在隊裹前排的我首當其衝，我不自禁地打個哆嗦；一道銀光自右到左飛快地劃過，使我知道：這條銀龍肩負着我和月台上所有乘客上班、上學的責任、將要跨越青衣、香港站，車終於來了。車廂之中的空氣，更冷，我和乘客們都各自尋求最佳的保溫途徑：或是進行「冬眠」，或是互相依偎取暖，或是乾脆站立着，迎接冷風。列車駛過，眾人都感到空氣的急速流動，人們全然不顧及，繼續我行我素地「冬眠」、興高采烈地談話、全神貫注地閱讀手上報紙。路程當中，不乏曲折顛簸，好像誓要將眾人摔個前仆後繼，東歪西倒。可是我和乘客一則緊挨着椅背，一則重重地握着扶手，一則穩紮着馬步，心中也許念着「堅定不移」四字口訣，抵抗顛簸。儘管有過重心不穩的尷尬情況發生，可是摔倒之後也能站直起身來。突然，呼嘯一聲，銀龍駛過九龍站，車窗外的景色一目瞭然，太陽終於起了床，以它的和煦跟我們打聲招呼，我心中也湧過一股暖流。列車到站了，我整理了一下校服，抖擻精神，繼續上學之途。

走過漫長的十分鐘步程，穿過馬路，沿途見到不少路人，他們步伐急促，鞋跟在地上碰擊時，發出「嗒嗒」的聲音來，密集的「嗒嗒」聲在人流如鯽的路上響起，明快的節奏是那「敲擊樂」的一大特點。我的步伐也隨之加快。在路上，寒風依舊，旭日初誕，我感覺到的不是嚴寒，而是溫暖。那勤勞的鞋跟「嗒嗒」聲漸細，只剩下我一人的。我繼續無懼冷風怒颳的路途，而學校也近在眼前了。

在學校的門口有着不同紛至沓來的同學，天氣也許真的非常寒冷，可是我想到片刻便能與同窗見面，心中的太陽依稀燃起了爐火，使我無法不感到溫暖。我脫去羽絨，抖擻精神，由上學之途，開始了一天的學習。