The Precious Lady – Chapter 315

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第315章 交接
“怎么不是?!”贾氏嘶声力竭,双目血红,“刚才那小二亲口说的,凶手的声音和身段跟温婉一模一样!”

“啊…”老仆满脸无措,这…这小二说的不是“像”而已吗?
贾氏扭过头,嘀嘀咕咕的念叨着。

“一定是她!五郎没有别的仇人!”

“这女人狡诈阴毒,指不定用的什么妖法取我儿子性命!”

“他们都不相信那女人是凶手!可我就是知道!我一定会找到证据!”

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温婉一行人抵达府衙,府衙好生热闹,不过温婉却是熟面孔,候继远远冲她招手,“温小娘子!”

“候军爷!”

候继闹了个大脸红,“温小娘子,您可别叫我军爷,听着奇怪得很。”

温婉就逗他,“那叫你候大人?”

“使不得使不得。”

“那就还是候军爷吧。”

候继发现自己又被温小娘子逗了一回,他心中暗暗想着:这温小娘子年岁也不大,怎么每次逗自己跟逗小孩似的?关键是自己还不长教训,每次都掉她陷阱里!
候继老实了,拱拱手:“温娘子,等候多时。侯爷让我帮着温小娘子处理一些文书上的事情。这府衙乌烟瘴气,下面人欺上瞒下,若没人陪着,只怕是天黑了人也交不到您手上。”

一行人脸色各异。

柳依依和红梅一脸心虚和闪躲,只差没在脸上写“我们合伙骗了你家侯爷当赘婿,还扣着你家侯爷两个娃,现在我们很害怕”这些个字。

倒是温婉笑笑,“你家侯爷倒是细心。替我多谢他。”

“您放心,顶多半个时辰,我保管让温老爷子平平安安的回家。”说罢,那少年扭身,瞬间化身战场修罗,取下腰间长鞭一甩,打在青石地板上发出“噼里啪啦”令人头皮发麻的声音。

“赶紧的、麻溜的,小爷今儿个我就在这儿坐着,看你们谁敢偷懒!”

“做完一道手续跟小爷报告一声,我倒要看看谁的动作最慢!”

“做得慢?啊?年龄大了…手脚慢?没事,拉去操练场练上十天半个月,保管您手脚轻便一口气跑十圈不费劲儿!”

温婉:……

不愧是手办底下的兵。

而屠二爷也是眼皮直跳,眼前这场景让他回想起姑爷在酒坊后山操练伙计们的那个下午。

屠二爷抬手摸了摸脖子。

总觉得那里凉飕飕的。

温婉忽而想起一事,又想着这交接手续好说也得半个时辰,就问那候继:“你家侯爷在吗?我有些事找他。”

“在呢,在后院。”

温婉嘱咐红梅和柳依依在此处等着签字画押,自己则带着屠二爷绕到后院去见魏峥。

入了内堂,屠二爷不方便入内,温婉独行前往,却在院内看到一容貌秀丽的小娘子。

那小娘子见有人来,也向她投来一眼。

温婉瞬间察觉到敌意,那小娘子视线落在她盘着的妇人头后,显然眉色一松。

而温婉的视线则落在那小娘子身边丫鬟手上提着的食盒。

嗯…手办的桃花债啊。

温婉不认得这小娘子,可既然遇上了,她只能微微颔首算是招呼。

那小娘子也乖巧冲她一笑。

温婉不想介入这感情的修罗场,正抽身要走,却听到里屋传来魏峥的声音,“是温师妹吗?进来。”

害。

温婉只能认命走进屋内。

魏峥桌上摆着一摞文书,见温婉入内,放下笔,“温师妹大驾光临,所为何事?”

啧啧啧。

手办这张脸啊。

怎么都看不够。

五官锋利好似刀凿一般,眼睛明亮有神,眼尾微微上挑,鼻梁高挺,鼻翼适中,唇色殷红如樱桃。面部线条流畅,既有男性的硬朗,又不失柔和。笑时满面春风,不笑时不怒而威,衣如苍山之雪,清冷矜贵,让人……

很想亵玩。

温婉从衣袖之中掏出那张城防图,随后铺平放在他的桌面上,“物归原主,省得侯爷一直挂念。”

反正上面的内容温婉已经熟记于心。

魏峥视线落在那张轻飘飘的纸上,上面似乎沾满了元五郎的鲜血。

“温老爷子无罪释放,想必温师妹很快就要离开播州了吧?”

温婉点头,“此地不可久留。更何况平县酒坊离不得人。”

魏峥声音不紧不慢,“我记得…师妹答应过,临走之前尽全力帮我破获走私案。现在温师妹急着离开播州,是不打算遵守承诺?”

似早料到魏峥会兴师问罪,温婉又将另一张纸条奉上,当看到熟悉的名字时,魏峥眉梢一挑,似笑非笑:“温师妹这是夹带私货?”

“若证据确凿,不算夹带私货,算为民除害。”

“呵。”魏峥一声轻笑,似全然看穿温婉的心思,“你只不过是想摆脱元启的命案。”

温婉笑着摇头,“不妨将此人当做我为侯爷办案的奖励。”

唔。

姑娘家果然还是要乖巧些才更让人怜惜。

“可以。”魏峥扫一眼那上面的名单,暗道这温婉入了播州后真没闲着,要设杀局害人,要办糖酒会做生意赚钱,还要帮他查案,整日游走于播州各色人群之中,却游刃有余。

不得不说,此女长袖善舞,比他麾下幕僚还要足智多谋。

“先说说这些人。我看这份名单比上一次精简不少,这些人都和走私案有所牵连?”

“自从我放出朝廷要严打民间借贷的假消息后,这几个人家最为着急。他们都来旁敲侧击的打听情况,我也明里暗里的获得了一些情报。”

“这几家…”温婉指着上面的几个名字,“明面上是播州的商户,但其实都是朝廷官员的鹰犬,他们确实以为这放的是印子钱。洗钱手法跟那位易妈妈相差无几,都是把走私的利润摊到各家生意里去,这样朝堂便不好查证。”

“这个何娘子…”温婉语气骤然一冷,“我接触过几次,她性格内向木讷,不善交际,也无甚主见。但这一次破天荒的向我打听起走私的事情来。”

“她一直问我,侯爷怎么处置的那些海寇。她还说她幼时父亲被倭人所害,痛恨海寇。偏偏话里话外间…更多是害怕牵连自身。我有预感,他家极有可能和海贼勾连,侯爷可从她夫家入手。”

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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