The Precious Lady – Chapter 126

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第126章 排查内鬼
赵恒没提盘问的结果,只压低声音道:“严大夫来过,说爹急火攻心,分外凶险,这几日需卧床静养。”

温婉蹙眉,不说话。

去找温维明路上这几步路,赵恒和温婉肩并肩,在拐弯处没人的时候,赵恒便道:“温婉,我们…家里有内鬼。”

温婉一入内便去看温维明。

温老爹闭着眼睛,脸色发黑,睡着的时候仿佛全无呼吸,若非胸脯微微起伏,温婉当真以为——

赵恒便道:“既然红梅和陈妈回来了,父亲喝的药就全由红梅盯着,厨房还是让陈妈管着,入口的东西务必仔细。”

见温婉神色恍惚的坐在温老爹床头,赵恒也坐下去,试探性握住她的手。

这一回,小娘子没有甩开他。

她只是定定地看着床上的温老爹,不知在想些什么。

“不算大事,病情可控,几服药下去…便能好转。”赵恒握着她的手,很是怜惜,“你的手…好凉。”

温婉这下回过神来,幽深的瞳孔里浮现一点勉强的笑意,“刚从绿萍老家那边回来,路上下着雨。”

见温婉肩头衣裳被雨水打湿,赵恒脱下外衫替她披上,又催促她:“先回去换身衣裳,父亲这边有我。”

温婉回屋换了一身干衣裳,又去后院转了一圈,告诉红梅和陈妈这几日小心前后院,凡是入口之物一律加强戒备。

一联想到最近的事情,陈妈和红梅两人都吓得不轻,按照温婉的要求各自悄悄开始摸排身边的人。

回了温老爹的院子,满屋药味,赵恒正坐在杌凳上给父亲喂药,温老爹仍然没有醒来的迹象。

温婉轻叹,快步走进去。

赵恒一边伺疾一边和温婉说着,“事发蹊跷,温家的下人们我信不过,只能先寻了严大夫来给爹看病。”

温婉就近拖来小杌凳,坐在赵恒身边,“你是觉得…父亲这病…是有人刻意为之?”

“前头绿萍刚出事,这边父亲便病危。这世上没有这样巧合的事儿。好在陈妈回来了,我待会让她带两个信得过的下人逐一摸排温家……”

“摸排什么?”

“树底下、床下、井口边,总有让父亲发病的证物。”

温婉明白了,“这就是你先前说的内鬼?”

“嗯。”

“既然父亲是在茶楼吐血,为何不怀疑茶楼的人?”

“我旁敲侧击的问过茶楼店小二,那小二说父亲在进茶楼时就已经脚步虚浮,上楼时还有踉跄。”

温婉抿唇不言。

两人先前还在闹别扭,可温老爹再度病重,反而让两人重新紧密如铁桶。

赵恒瞥一眼温婉。

嗯。

清减了些。

成婚这两个月好不容易养出来的血肉又重新变得干瘪。

小娘子脸是白的,瞳孔是黑的,额前一缕碎发上还有一丝水雾。

外面细雨缠绵,夫妇两有一搭没一搭的说着话。

“绿萍的后事都办好了?”

温婉低低的“嗯”一声,随后又看一眼赵恒,那男子下颚线流畅,半扇面具发着冷光。

温婉下意识想到他那印记。

这又过了半个月,赵恒脸上那印记怕是已经完全消退。

“这件事…是我不对。”小娘子声音低低的,天光晦暗不明,一如她的瞳孔,“你说得对,人死灯灭,剩下一切都是做给活人看的。我以前并不信奉鬼神之说,也以为自己看开生老病死,岂料痛在自身,才晓得知易行难。”

是啊。

她以为自己是坚定的唯物主义者,甚至一度她不理解当老师的妈妈为什么到最后会开始迷信佛教。

那不是迷信。

妈妈只是…无法改变她生病的现状,只能寄希望于未知的宗教信仰。她尽一切力量,甚至不惜借助超脱自然之力,妄图留住温婉的生命。

信仰,只是穷途末路的方法。

就如她此时此刻,唯愿绿萍已去极乐世界,再无苦痛纠缠。

赵恒微微勾唇。

温婉便问他:“你笑什么?”

赵恒将药碗搁置在床头,随后才道:“笑娘子认错倒干脆。”

本来还想着怎么哄好他家娘子呢,不料一转头便听到温婉认错,倒叫他始料未及。

温婉则道:“对便是对,错便是错,有错便认错,这…有什么问题?”

“没问题。”赵恒挑挑眉,压下微勾的唇角,“娘子说得都对。”

既然娘子都低头认错,赵恒也顺坡下驴,“我也不对。明知道你心烦,还来招惹你。以后若再有事,我定同你商议。”

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说来也巧,严大夫刚从温宅出来,没走两步便遇上了粮庄的朱掌柜。

朱掌柜一见面就向他打听温维明的病情,“我那温老弟也真是命中该有这一劫,前段日子眼瞅着病已经好转,这次怎么又病倒?他那病…可厉害?”

温维明今晨去茶楼小坐,当着茶楼一众人吐血晕倒,不出半日整个平县就传了个遍。

严大夫考虑到温维明和朱旺的关系,又见朱旺一脸担忧不似作假,便含含糊糊的说道,“都说病来如山倒,病去如抽丝。温掌柜前段日子病得凶险,许是温家这段时间变故太多,加上年纪又大了,病情反复也是常有。”

朱旺唉声叹气,“别说,我那老弟平日就是个操心的命!定是前几日他家那下人的事儿闹的!”

说罢他又一脸懊恼,“今儿个还说找他说点生意上的事儿,看来怕是不行了。”

严大夫便道:“怕得缓几日,如今温掌柜昏迷不醒,至少过一两日才能醒来。”

朱旺连忙点头,两人说了会子话才离开。

温维明病倒以后,温婉又去了一次酒坊,碧芳酒已经进入主发酵流程,气温骤降,马师傅便吆喝着人把酒瓮全部用毛巾包住,以求保持温度。

她也去后院小房间内看了一眼葡萄酒。

葡萄酒已经开始出现明显的分层,上面是葡萄皮渣子,下层是紫色流光般的液体,看着叫人赏心悦目。

马师傅也是这个意思,“瞧着倒是好看,就是不知味道如何。”

这几日温家遭了变故,马师傅自觉更应该承担起大师傅的责任,每日带着冯水根守着前后院,生怕出一丝丝的差错。

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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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