The Precious Lady – Chapter 147

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第147章 行事霸道
“章师傅,东家待你可不薄!你怎能如此恩将仇报?!”

“火烧酒坊,这样歹毒的事情你都做得出!你可曾想过,那一夜伙计们都睡在酒坊后院,若不是水根兄弟起夜,我们这些人全都烧死了!”

“妈的,这老东西想烧死咱!忘恩负义的白眼狼!”

“就是!人都走了那么久,钥匙还挂在身上,可见狼子野心!”

章季平枯瘦的身子抖动着,紧抿的唇角微微发颤,上眼皮耷拉下来,遮住浑浊发黄的瞳孔,“冤枉!”

“少东家…怎可就凭半个脚印来定我的罪!我和酒坊无冤无仇,为了哪样要火烧酒坊?”章季平环视一圈四下,滞了滞呼吸,声音里带着一丝哽咽。

“还有你们,都是我曾经带出来的小子,就算没有师徒名分,却也算半师半友!我是疯了不成,要把你们全部烧死?”

果然,一句话让伙计们脸上显出动摇之色。

他又捶着胸口,险些声泪俱下,“苍天可鉴,我…章季平…冤枉啊……”

章季平正要再嚎几句,偏偏温婉冰冷无情的声音阻断他。

“章师傅用不着声情并茂,我这儿是酒坊,不是南曲班子。您要唱戏,可以去柳班主那儿。”

“你…”章季平气歪了鼻子。

“章季平,看在你做过我温家十几年大师傅的份儿上,我给过你坦白的机会,你既不珍惜,也怪不得我绝情。”

章季平呼吸乱了一拍,瞳孔微缩,藏在衣袖中的手微微颤抖。

温婉从怀里掏出一张纸,上面密密麻麻写着字,她在众人面前晃一圈,随后锐利目光落回章季平脸上,“你以为今夜我瓮中捉鳖会毫无准备?你既来了,便别想走!”

女孩子声音清冷,眼睛比那火把还要明亮,“元六郎临走之前已经将你和他联手夺我酒坊之事告知,包括他让你火烧酒坊也已原原本本的供了出来,落在这白纸黑字上!”

温婉飞快卷起那张纸,冷声呵斥:“你既不承认,那我只好将这两件证物原原本本呈到官府,请王县令一辨忠奸!来人,将章季平给我抓起来,咱们连夜扭送到官府去!”

那章季平登时吓破了胆,颓唐跌坐在地。

他脑子里迷迷糊糊,哪里来得及去细看温婉手中那所谓的元六郎留下的书信,更来不及思考元六郎临走之际为何要留这样大一个破绽!
而那小娘子逐步逼近,咄咄逼人,不肯给他一丁点喘息的时机,“你若现在说,我们便是私事!你若执意不肯吐口,那就等着牢底坐穿身败名裂!”

“我招!我招!”

章季平心里防线全被攻破,只差没哭着爬过来抓温婉的衣角,“少东家…是我鬼迷心窍…怪那元六郎!他说只要我在酒坊后院放一把火,吓退你们便成!我小心谨慎着呢,点火的地方离后院远着,我…我只想…攀上程家这高枝儿,哪儿有胆量谋财害命!”

“再者…那一晚不是没有人员伤亡吗?若我真有心放火杀人,你们如今怎会好端端的站在这里?”

冯水根气急,他本就年轻气盛,当下闻言抬起一脚踹在章季平心窝,章季平整个身子往后中重重一倒,狠狠砸在青石板上。

“放你娘的屁!那一晚要不是老子,酒坊这十几个兄弟全都被烧死了!你端东家的碗,吃东家的饭,那元六郎一招手你就跟狗似的跑去效忠!亏你还曾经是酒坊的大师傅,老子看不起你!”

马昌顺连忙拉住冯水根,他倒不担心其他,只担心章季平六十岁的人,万一冯水根失手打死他,这有理也变成了没理!

温婉拦下冯水根。

她缓步走到章季平面前,衣袂都是冷冰冰的,一如那女子的眼睛。

“元六郎许了你什么好处,值得你这般为他效忠?”

章季平羞愧的垂下头,“他说…只要他拿到温家酒坊,还聘我做酒坊的大师傅,一律待遇和从前一样…我…我就是…鬼迷心窍…不知怎么了…”

“好。你承认了便好。”

说罢,那张黄纸轻飘飘的落到青石板上,阴森森的火光下,章季平看清上面“天地玄黄、宇宙洪荒;日月盈昃,辰宿列张”那几个字,瞳孔蓦的放大!

这哪里是什么元六郎写给温婉的认罪书!

分明就是《千字文》的手抄字帖!

刚才黑灯瞎火,他只看见密密麻麻的字,哪里有时间细想?!

“贱人…你诈我!”章季平目眦欲裂,说着就要朝着温婉扑过来,温婉往后微微一侧,衣不带风,“屠二爷,摁住他!”

屠二爷和冯水根两人立刻一左一右的按下章季平!
“章季平,你联合外人背叛旧主,对我酒坊巧取豪夺,又放火烧人!今日就算老天容得下你,我温婉也容不下你!”

一声娇喝,“屠二爷!”

那女子身形瘦削,她立于台阶上,在众人包围之中,着一身幽黑,一头黑发,脸部轮廓显出锋芒!

睁眼时,眼神锐利如寒刀!

“给我砍掉他两根手指!叫他以后再不敢偷鸡摸狗——”

一言既出,四堂皆惊!
谁也想不到,往日看起来娇弱又好说话的少东家…今日竟这般心狠手辣!

马昌顺眼皮一跳,正欲张口求情,冷不丁眼前寒芒一闪,屠二爷的刀比他的步子更快!
屠二爷长刀出鞘!

一闪!
胳膊抡圆,干脆利落的往空中一挥!
夜色被利刃割开!

虚空中拉开一条血线,随后便是章季平凄厉的惨叫!

温婉往后退半步,章季平的血…滴答…落在她刚才站立的地方,开出一朵朵艳丽鲜红的小花。

而众人来不及反应,等睁眼时,章季平已然捂住手指惨呼连连,鲜血不断从他指缝中溢出,他囫囵倒地,正欲张口乱骂,却看见火光之下,温婉那残酷而平静的眼神。

那小娘子站在火光里,浑身被朦胧的火光萦绕,一双眼睛黑得吓人,就这么直通通的、冷冰冰的盯着你。

而她身后出现三人。

温维明、朱旺、还有县衙的张捕头。

这三人隐在黑暗之中,不知听了多久的墙根!
不…这一切…分明是温婉精心策划!

从登记鞋码开始,到红梅故意来他家泄露消息,再到眼下的瓮中捉鳖!一环扣一环,将他章季平套得死死的!

章季平所有声音…登时卡在喉咙里!

那张捕头从影壁后走出来,声音懊恼:“温掌柜,您行事也太…”

霸道了些。

不过,这话…张捕头…终究没说出口。

(本章完)

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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