The Precious Lady – Chapter 182

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第182章 想念手办
姚夫人拍拍她的手,又瞅见程允章的脸色,笑着解释:“别怨修文,这孩子面冷心热,他是怕你惹恼那安举人。”

程允章拱拱手,“看来师妹心意已定,我这做师兄的拉不住,只能眼瞅着这人学游侠儿路见不平拔刀相救。”

“既然无法阻止,那就递刀嘛。”姚世真笑,“对了,你说梅小娘子父亲曾在朝为官?”

忽而,姚世真眉头一簇,“梅季明…是她父亲?”

温婉不知,“梅小娘子说过,他父亲在北面做官,去年边关重镇被破,他爹守城不利,判了个砍头。”

姚世真脸色恍惚。

程允章便问:“老师认得此人?”

“朝堂上有些交情。梅季明刚直不阿,当年云山县饱受洪水困扰,历届县令均不敢管。唯有他在任上时,背负着万人唾骂的罪名,强行徭役百姓,又寻商户借贷,发动全县之力枯水期修堤。”

“次年云山县发大水,百姓和田产均无毁损,功劳却算在了下一任县令头上。”

“梅季明…那是朝廷里出了名的轴!”

温婉扼腕叹息。

却也由衷佩服。

试想,明知道会被人摘桃子,又吃力不讨好的项目,谁会做?

反正她不会接手。

姚世真十分痛心,“没想到他的女儿竟然沦落于此——”

姚老爷子骤然从温婉口中得知梅清是故友之女,不免焦急踱步,随后又气恼:“那梅小娘子既然已和安举人和离,安举人何故能把她领回安家?大陈朝哪条法律规定不许女子抛头露面经商?他安保年照的是哪一条律法?”

姚夫人便劝慰自家夫君,“纵有律法当头,可清官难断家务事。”

“我看是糊涂官才难断家务事!”姚老爷子坐不住,“索性年关未至,我亲自去一趟安阳。既然知晓这梅娘子是梅季明的女儿,看在死去的故人面上,我断不能袖手旁观。”

他倒想问问那个安保年,岳丈尸骨未寒便与妻子和离,这是个什么道理?
姚老夫人抿唇欲劝,那厢程允章却已经站起来,“老师,天寒地冻,如何能麻烦您跑这一遭?既然这位梅小娘子是您和师妹的熟人,不若学生跑这一趟。年关将至,学生也要归家,到时候绕路几十里去一趟安阳,先去打探一番那梅娘子的情况,老师和师妹再做决定如何?”

这…当然好。

温婉迟疑,“可师兄这样贸然上门,只怕不妥。”

“我顺路经过安阳,拜访昔日同窗,风雪交加之际,需要借住几天,那安保年如何拒绝?”

程允章出面,事情自然好办许多。

温婉和姚世真,一个双身子,一个老弱残躯,算来算去,倒只有程允章出面最为合适。

“若是师兄有了梅小娘子的消息,你我如何联络呢?”

平县离安阳一百多里路,就算是快马加鞭来回也得好几天。

姚世真道:“我后院养有信鸽,你带几只前去,若知道梅娘子的近况,立刻书信我们。”

温婉忧心梅清,心中坠坠,可心急吃不了热豆腐。

她只能等着。

年关将至,温家张灯结彩,陈妈和红梅带着人收拾整个温宅,半点不得空。

也只有在百无聊赖的时候,温婉忽的想起赵恒。

只一瞬。

很快又从她的记忆里消散。

真想念她那个变态又好看的手办啊。

不过,想念归想念,她可不想再见到他。

温婉心中比谁都清楚,再见赵恒那日,便是她百倍偿还之时。

好在,程允章的书信很快就回来,某日雪地上出现一直灰色鸽子,被红梅捉住后立刻献来给温婉。

大姑娘交代过:凡是飞到温家院子里的带翅膀的,都不是食物!
温婉甫一打开那纸条,几个人头全都凑了上来。

陈妈腰上系着围裙,手里举着锅铲。红梅手里拿着帕子,温静额前一点墨渍,三个女人往温婉面前排排站,显然都急切的想要知道梅娘子的下落。

温静靠近往温婉怀里钻,“姐姐,找到安重荣的下落了吗?”

温婉叹气,伸手轻柔揽过温静,随后一目十行看完。

随后将纸条放在灯火下燃烧。

“师兄去了安家,发现梅娘子带着脚铐被囚禁在某处地窖。虽不至于冷死饿死,却被困一隅,失去行动。”

红梅一下白了脸,“那安保年还是读书人!简直禽兽不如!”

陈妈则点明利害,“安举人欺的便是梅娘子娘家无人!这女子出嫁若无娘家支应,当真是如跳狼窝虎穴。”

温静着急的问:“那安重荣呢?”

她探头去看那纸,却见纸条已经被燃烧成灰烬,“阿姐为何要烧掉程公子寄来的书信?”

温婉不咸不淡,“避嫌。”

温静的脸皱成一团,心中却道:怎么女子做什么事都得讲究避嫌?是不是就因为她是女孩子,便不能对安重荣多一句关心?是不是因为姐姐是姑娘,所以不能和程公子私下有书信往来?
红梅则问:“姑娘可有法子救出梅小娘子?”

红梅很愁。

姑娘是双身子的人呢,偏闲不住。平日里酒坊的伙计都甚少来找姑娘,可姑娘却还是想方设法的查看账本,眼下看姑娘那架势,她可真怕姑娘冲去安阳县寻安举人算账。

面对三人急切的目光,温婉只能笑道:“能救。当然能救。我是梅小娘子的东家,她出了任何事…我都责无旁贷。”

可是怎么救呢?

温婉躺在空荡荡的床上。

夜色漆黑,冷月当空,外面青石板上一片雪白。

她的屋子很空很大,却不冷。因为赵恒离开,红梅怕她冷,特意睡前给她搬了两个火炉子来,屋子里缺了赵恒也暖洋洋的,她只是睡不着。

若是赵恒在就好了。

这冰天雪地的,不知他在哪里?
可千万别是再偷摸来寻仇的路上——

赵恒那么变态,心那么黑,一定能想到把安保年折腾得死去活来的绝妙好主意。

抛开手办很变态这一点不谈,她和手办真是一对奸夫淫妇…哦不…金童玉女啊!

温婉摸了摸微微隆起的腹部,暗道自己经历上一辈子情感挫伤,如今已是水泥封心。

两世为人,如果还似少女一般怀春,倒真白活岁数。

(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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