The Precious Lady – Chapter 273

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第273章 劝诫
却见那人浑然无觉,脸上挂着关切的笑意,“师弟若想平步青云,得看自己的本事,可也少不得岳家助力,不拘在京都或是播州,能寻个知冷知热的贴心人,对师弟是锦上添花之事。师弟此去京都,天子脚下,更得爱惜羽翼方能走得走远。”

忽而。

程允章瞳孔一缩。

再看眼前这男子的那双眼睛,幽深、冰冷,仿佛看穿他所有的伪装。

巨日当空,将他心底的阴暗焚烧干净。

魏峥…看出来了!
他知道自己对温婉那些不被世人所容的龌龊情感。

程允章呼吸一窒,想要逃,却无处可逃,他像是被扒光衣服游街的良家妇人,浑身都想遮,却怎么也遮不住。

那温婉呢?

温婉会不会也知道?

她会不会因此厌弃他?
他会不会让她为难?

程允章的眼神不受控制的落在温婉脸上,那小娘子若有若思的垂着眸,脸孔白净,眉间轻轻蹙着,不知在想什么。

须臾之间,程允章脑子里闪过无数个念头。

心悦一个人,是罪过吗?
即使两个人身份悬殊,即使被世人唾骂,即使失去一切……

他程允章敢往前走那一步吗?

能吗?

可以吗?
魏峥上前一步,走到温婉面前,遮住程允章那放肆的目光,又笑着拍拍他的肩,“师弟哪天走,我来送你。”

程允章猛地回过神来,迎上魏峥那双笑吟吟的眼睛,他肩线一松,仿佛整个人从水里捞出来一般,呼吸进第一口新鲜的空气。

“快了。快了……”他敷衍的说着,有些心不在焉,“离开前我会告知师兄。”

等温婉离开后,程允章盯着她的背影,直到那瘦弱的身影消失在街头转角处才回过神来。

最后一次吧。

最后一次随心而动。

程允章收回视线,看见魏峥站在廊下,他着一身玄色缂丝衣裳,身长玉立,五官线条锋利,一如那双眼睛。

魏峥唇角勾笑,“师弟可曾照过镜子?”

“嗯?”

“师弟若照过镜子,便知你满脸都写着喜欢二字。”

程允章唇线紧绷,脸上并没有被拆穿后的紧张不安,他只是紧紧抿着唇。

魏峥并不想介入别人的因果,只是…程允章有两分才华,他实在不想看着程允章在春闱关头心猿意马,耽误人生大事。

“老师和师娘观面知微,师弟若不收敛,只怕你对温师妹的情愫人尽皆知。”

程允章别过头,“是我一厢情愿,与温师妹无关。”

魏峥蹙眉,他不理解程允章为何喜欢温婉。

温师妹确实跟其他女子有些不同,但不至于让程允章神魂颠倒。

“瑾瑜师兄不必劝我。”程允章脸上一抹讥笑,“相信我,我已经劝过自己无数次。”

“她是身份卑贱的商户女,而我看起来前途无量。”

“她成过亲,还带着两个孩子。我若跟她在一起,只会将她推入万劫不复的境地。”

“她是留在家中招婿的姑娘,而我…绝对不可能上门为婿。”

更不要提,温婉和元家三房的私怨。

他们之间…始终隔着一条巨大的无法跨越的横沟。

“我只是……”程允章轻轻抿唇,昏暗的灯火在他眼底慢慢碎开,风吹起他衣袍一角,他整个人看起来无比落寞,“我自诩聪慧,看淡生死,不曾想唯有‘情’之一字看不透挣不脱。情之一字,不知所起、不知所结、不知所解、不知所踪。”

魏峥蹙眉,嗤然一笑:“既挣不脱,为何还要挣?”

程允章抬眸。

瑾瑜师兄不刚刚劝他爱惜羽毛和温师妹划清界限吗?

那男子声音振聋发聩,只三两句话便将他的世界搅得天翻地覆。

“既然求之不得,为何不强求?”

“啊?”程允章喉头一滚,哭笑不得,“师兄…不是应该劝我莫沉溺儿女私情,早日回头,考上科举吗?”

“若是只有一分喜欢,自然能随时舍弃;若有五分喜欢,你也该趋利避害,做出对自己有利的选择;可若是十分喜欢——”

程允章愣愣的盯着那人。

夜风吹拂,他的视线有些迷离。

魏峥的声音带着一分洒脱自在的笑,“自然该拼尽全力弄到手。”

“人活一世,短短数十年,多少人波澜壮阔的一生落在史书上也不过寥寥数笔。既如此,何不随性而为,落个逍遥自在?”

“可流言如刀斧,我心中亦觉恐惧……”

魏峥冷笑,“那就舍弃这段孽缘!”

“不!”程允章忽而大声说道,他胸脯微微起伏,混沌的脑子开始清明。

魏峥笑着拍拍他的肩,“无论如何,对于师弟来说,目前只有先蟾宫折桂,才有掌握自己人生的权力。”

是啊。

只有走上权力的高峰,母亲才能称心如意。

他才能重新掌控自己的人生。

“想清楚…你对于温师妹到底有几分喜欢,你敢不敢冒天下之大不韪娶一个寡妇入门,你有没有对抗整个世间的决心和勇气。”

程允章久久不语,随后郑重其事向魏峥拱手行大礼,“我明白了,多谢师兄。”

等程允章离开,魏峥才轻轻叹气。

修文师弟和温师妹…可真是一对痴男怨女啊……

就是不知温师妹那位亡夫看见这一幕作何感想。

只不过嘛,人死如灯灭,就怪不得后来者居上。

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“不妥!”

程允章回到家中,立刻去拜见母亲,提出他想挑选一名族人提前入京的想法,谁知元老夫人却并不同意。

夜色昏暗,一盏枯灯,元老夫人信佛,屋子里设有一尊佛龛,程允章清晰的闻见母亲屋子里的焚香和…药味。

元老夫人年轻时身子受损,上了年纪后汤药不断,像是一个被浸泡入味的药罐子。

“母亲,提前入京,可避免水土不服,儿子也想和京都的学子们结交一番,这是百利无一害的事情,母亲为何阻止?”

元老夫人正在洗脚,身边的严嬷嬷将干净的帕子递过去,又将她两只如老树一般干枯斑驳的脚搭在自己双腿上,用帕子擦干净。

元老夫人擦干了脚,方才慢吞吞说道:“今日通判大人为其母亲祝寿,席间有许多青年才俊,通判夫人颇有相看之意。”

程允章心里一紧。

果然,元老夫人不紧不慢继续说道。

The Precious Lady

The Precious Lady

万金娘子
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The text is as follows: "【The Merchant Lady vs. The Cunning Power Lord】 It is said that the Wen family in Ping County has a fortune made of gold and jewels, even the bowls for eating are made of gold. Unfortunately, Old Master Wen has difficulty producing heirs, with only two daughters. With Old Master Wen gravely ill, the Wen family is about to be stripped bare by relatives. The newly arrived Wen Wan is quite anxious. She desperately needs a well-behaved and docile son-in-law—just as Wei Zheng, the Marquis of Huai'an, who was sent to Jiangnan to investigate a case, is ambushed and left in critical condition, he is knocked unconscious and urgently delivered to Wen Wan’s bed. The amnesiac Wei Zheng becomes the Wen family's son-in-law Zhao Heng. His hand that once wielded a sword turns into one that cooks soup. Finally, Wen Wan diagnoses a pregnancy and without hesitation throws the drugged Wei Zheng into the snow-capped mountains five hundred miles away, leaving him to fend for himself. Meanwhile, she dons a white flower on her head and black gauze on her arm, throwing a banquet to bid farewell to her "suddenly deceased" husband. When the citizens of Ping County mention the merchant lady, they all sigh: This young woman is suffering! Her man is dead, leaving her to live with her old father and two children. Don’t let her wealth fool you; she must be in immense pain. Wen Wan wipes her tears with a handkerchief, repeatedly agreeing, fearing others might see her secretly delighted heart. Later, as the Wen family's fortunes attract envy, Wen Wan is thrown into prison. The one handling the case is none other than the renowned Marquis of Huai'an. The Wen family exhausts all their wealth in efforts, but the case makes no progress. In the prison, a cold-eyed man in a blue shirt asks her, “Merchant Wen, I’ve heard that you once vowed to remain faithful to your deceased husband for life?” Wen Wan trembles: Brother, I was being honest, please let me go."

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