The Precious Lady – Chapter 158

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第158章 坠崖
温婉站在温家宅院门口,愣愣的看着搭载赵恒的那辆马车晃晃悠悠启程,驶向清晨的薄雾之中。

红梅笑着说道:“姑娘,姑爷天黑就回来了。”

姑娘和姑爷的感情可真好。

红梅本想问一句姑娘为何不告诉姑爷怀孕的事儿,可转念一想,姑娘自有盘算,便不再多问。

温婉收回视线,笑容浅淡,眼底的霞光却有破碎,轻声喃喃:“是。我等他回来呢。”

入内,温婉支开红梅,“你先下去吧,我有些累,想要睡一觉。姑爷回来了叫我。”

等红梅离开后,温婉紧绷的肩线才略略放松。

她几不可察的吐出一口浊气,随后双腿犹如灌了铅一般拖行到桌前。桌上还摆着赵恒看过的兵书,他看了一半,摊开的书页上密密麻麻的写满批注。

温婉的手无意识的拂过他的字。

一点一点。

手指微微卷曲。

赵恒不会回来了。

就像绿萍那样。

她必须要慢慢适应没有赵恒的日子。

她的决定是正确的、理智的、冷静的。

可是为什么…心那么痛呢。

没关系的。温婉安慰自己。

这个手办虽然华美,内里却藏着刺儿,不适合她。

一件手办离开,下一件手办会更好。

她不伤心。

不伤心。

温婉躺在太师椅上,一觉睡到饭后,梦里迷迷糊糊的见到了赵恒。

赵恒穿一身银色铠甲,胯下一匹白色战马,千呼万拥间徐徐而来,他长枪一指,直劈她面颊。

那人神色是前所未见的冷漠,眼中有摄人的寒芒。

他声音冷峻的问:温婉,为何欺我?!

手腕一扭,长枪毫不留情往前一送,温婉只觉得心脏处传来一阵剧痛。再低头看,心口破开一个血窟窿,涓涓暗流,不断涌出。

温婉捂着胸口梦中惊醒,睁眼时才发现自己浑身冷汗,前胸后背的衣裳湿漉漉的粘在身上。

冷、潮、黑、慌。

明明是天色昏暗的下午,温婉却如坠深夜。

温婉重重的喘出一口气,随后将一件厚衣裳裹紧自己,手下意识的捂住腹部。

如今她有了孩子,在这异世有了牵绊,得看顾好自己。

温婉枯坐椅中,身体麻木而僵硬,她呆愣的望着外面阴沉沉的天色,就好似绿萍消失的那一个晚上,她也是这般…独坐天明。

不知多久,终于听到外面传来一阵阵嘈杂的脚步声。

温婉立刻起身,她急急出门,却看到早晨派去跟着赵恒的车夫。那车夫跑得踉跄,一进门就被小厮扶着,一时间温家所有人都不安的望向温婉。

“大姑娘……不好了!”

那车夫跑得满脸血红,声嘶力竭,“姑爷怕是……坠下山崖了!”

众人闻言,全都一脸惊色。

陈妈当下道:“放你娘的屁!姑爷好端端的上山去,怎么就坠下山崖了?你再胡言乱语,我割了你的舌头!”

“姑娘!”那车夫踉跄跑入堂内,跪在温婉站立的石阶下,“前两日下了雨,道路湿滑,我一时尿急半路解手…回来就没在马车瞧见姑爷身影…我到处去找,最后在一处悬崖边看到地上有打滑的脚印,路边荆棘丛还有姑爷的鞋子!”

车夫不敢去看温婉的眼睛,哆哆嗦嗦的说着:“我怀疑…怀疑…姑爷是解手的时候不小心踩到悬崖边的软泥…滑了一跤…人…人…跌下山崖了!”

一言既出,整个温宅一片死寂!
所有人下意识的看向温婉的方向。

只见那小娘子紧紧抿唇,头略略垂着,肩线绷紧,脸色苍白如纸,她双唇颤抖着,像是风雨中被打湿的娇花,一句话也说不出来!
在场众人面若死灰!

前几日下过了雨,而姑爷一大早就上山去拜佛。

道路湿滑,上山艰难,打滑是常有之事。

可那山崖少说有百米高,底下便是汹涌的桃花溪,若姑爷真掉下去…只怕是连尸体都捞不着!

完了。

温家这位能干的大姑娘怕是…要成为寡妇了。

红梅不信,上前一步,声音里明显带了一丝哽咽,“附近都找过了吗?!许是姑爷走到哪里耽搁了!”

“红梅姑娘!我整座山头都找遍了,声音都喊嘶哑,也没瞧见姑爷的身影!眼瞅着天黑,我一刻也不敢耽误,紧赶慢赶的跑回来给姑娘报信!”

车夫急赤白脸的说着,“姑娘,赶紧派人去寻姑爷吧!趁着现在天色未黑,若撒开了人往崖下去,未必找不到姑爷!”

他不善言辞,只能笨手笨脚的安慰温婉,“姑娘,兴许姑爷就在崖下某处挂着呢…”

所有人都望着温婉,一脸紧张的等待温婉发号施令。

廊下那道瘦削纤弱的身影踉跄了两步,红梅和陈妈立刻大呼:“姑娘!”

两人眼疾手快,几乎同时接住摇摇欲坠的温婉。

温婉跌坐在地,左右均被人扶着,一群人全都凑上来,担忧的望着她。

这位可是温家的少东家!

不能倒下!

若温婉倒下,他们这群人全都得喝西北风!
“姑娘!”红梅的眼睛一下红了,想着温婉有孕在身,陡然遭受这样的打击,还不知能否承受,她急得大喊,“快,去请严大夫!”

陈妈抓着温婉的胳膊往上提,说话间眼泪便流了出来,“姑娘莫着急!老周不是说了吗,兴许姑爷还在崖下等您相救呢!姑爷身手了得,一定不会有事的!”

温婉虚弱一笑,勉强搭着陈妈的手站起来,又环顾四下,语气急切,声音沙哑,“去,都去,两人一组…进山去搜索姑爷!”

“陈妈,你拿我的帖子…去请朱记粮庄、遇仙楼还有城内几个大户,都出人帮着找找——”

说话间,小娘子满眼是泪,嘴唇毫无血色,犹如强弩之末,却只能硬撑,“还有衙门那儿的张捕头…若是方便,请衙门的兄弟们也帮着找找…”

“动作快些!夜里降了温,我怕…我怕…夫君遭罪……”

这一夜,平县不太平。

前有无头碎尸案,后有温家赘婿坠崖,不止衙门里的捕快们忙得脚不沾地,平县的百姓们也表示目不暇接。

温家啊——

又是那个温家!

这一年温家可是出尽了风头!

(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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