2011-2-22 17:56 echoooo
照夜白

<div style="text-align: center;"><font style="color: DarkOrange; font-weight: bold;" size="5"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">照夜白</span></font><br><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br>劉墉</span></font><br><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">( 網路文章 )</span></font><br style="font-family: Verdana;"></div><font style="color: rgb(68, 85, 166);" size="4"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">  <br><br><br style="font-family: Verdana;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">十五年前,她丈夫遽逝之後,每次朋友操心他們母子的生活,她都笑笑說:「還好!我老公留下一卷名畫,值不少錢,真急了,大不了賣掉。」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">她的兒子想必也知道,提到如果考不上公立大學,私立的學費不低,也自信滿滿:「還好!我爸留下一卷好畫,大不了賣了。」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">有一天,她果然抱著一個匣子來找我,一邊打開蓋子,一邊說:「不得已,得賣了,您看看值多少?」她小心翼翼地拿出個手卷,題籤上寫著〈韓幹照夜白〉,</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">我一怔,沉吟道:「韓幹照夜白?韓幹是唐代畫馬的名家。」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"> </span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">「是啊!所以我丈夫說是國寶級的。」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">我沒吭氣,慢慢打開手卷,沒看兩呎,已經確定:假的!且不說畫筆不精,連偽刻的印章都拙陋。</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">  </span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">只是我不知該怎麼說。</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">偏偏她還喜孜孜地指著畫:「乾隆皇帝也收藏過耶!」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">&nbsp;</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">我猶豫再三,還是心一橫說:「抱歉!我得告訴您實話,這是假的!」她的臉一下子蒼白了,扶著桌子,往下坐,沒坐上椅子,滑到了地上。</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">我趕緊過去扶,她卻把手一揮,蒙著臉。</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">看不見她的表情,看到的是一片花白的頭髮。</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">「您確定?」她低著頭問。</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">「確定!而且這是仿的,原件藏在紐約大都會博物館。」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">她沒再說,站起身,以很快的速度收好那卷畫,臨走,用硬硬的聲音說:「求求您!可別讓我兒子知道,他要是問,就說是真的。」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">後來有一次遇上她母子,談到留學,那大男生又自信滿滿地說:「我們不怕!我們有爸爸留下的無價之寶。」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">我立刻心一揪。</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">今年二月,我去紐約大都會博物館,才走進明軒,就看見一位男士正貼著櫥窗看那幅著名的手卷。</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">畫中是驃壯碩駿、鬃毛直立、昂首揚蹄,想要掙脫韁索的白馬。旁邊有南唐李後主書「韓幹畫照夜白」。</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">男士見我靠近,微微讓位,抬頭,挺面熟,不是……</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">「我媽去年過世了,也是心臟病,走得突然。」已經在大學教書的男士有點靦腆:「我特別從芝加哥過來,看這幅畫。」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">「你們家……」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">「我爸也留給我們一幅,假的,因為高中美術課本上印了這張畫,我早就知道真跡在這兒。所幸我媽不知道,她一直認為是真的。」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">他笑笑:「也多虧那張假畫,我怕我媽拿去賣,知道是假的,一下子崩潰,所以拚命用功,一路拿獎學金。」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">「那張畫……」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">「我帶來美國了,常看,覺得它比這幅真的還真,真是一匹仰首長嘶的照夜白。」</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">走出博物館,我站在門口好幾分鐘,心想是不是該回去,告訴他,其實他媽媽早知道畫是假的。</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">只是又想起答應過他母親……</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><br style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">眼前突然飄起密密的雪花。</span><br style="font-family: Verdana;"></font><br><br><br><br>

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