The Precious Lady – Chapter 210

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一声号令,二十多人的小队伍立刻倾身而动。

那赵恒人高马大,胖胖乎乎,一身的腱子肉。闻言立刻从背后的箭篓里抽出一支白羽利箭来,他利索的往弓上一搭,撑开大弓,眯起一只眼,迅速对准灌木丛那边的山贼。

须臾之间,确认目标。

手指一松。

长箭破空,发出“嗤嗤嗤”的声音,所到之处的空气仿佛起了一层细长的白霜。

温婉此刻还蜷缩在灌木丛里,她脑子高度紧张,眼睛一动不动,看准两人缠斗间隙,正要出手——

“唰!”

一声干净利落的声音。

一支长箭仿佛虚空而来,破开眼前这一团结界,在温婉身前三尺距离开外,精准射中那山贼的太阳穴。

——轰。

伴随着那一支箭强大的惯性,山贼重重的从马上跌落,将温婉面前这块地砸出一个坑来。

一滴血,毫无征兆的喷到温婉脸上。

她整个人呆愣在原地。

脑子一片空白。

眨了眨眼。

花了一点时间才反应过来…这山贼被躲在对面山坳上的人给远程击杀了!
温婉循着箭矢方向去看,却只看到一个模糊的身影!

此人…好精的准头!好强的力量!

更何况眼下已是夜深,四下都笼在一层朦胧的月色之中,一切都看得并不真切。

这样的距离,这样的准头——

温婉心头一跳!
绝对是从军之人!
“师妹!”程允章跳下马来,捂住右臂的伤口,两个人惊魂未定的看向对方,随后不约而同看向箭射来的方向。

山坡上面的丛林里,有一支十几号人的队伍,皆着深色衣裳,神色肃穆,各个身强体壮,手持武器。

还有一人遥遥冲她招手,似乎在炫耀自己“百步穿杨”的本事。

随后,山间忽然响起响亮的口哨声,飞鸟振翅,惊恐的从林间窜出。

温婉低头,看一眼插在山贼太阳穴上的箭矢,脑子里那根弦猛地断开,忽然浑身没了力气。

得救了——

她的心落到实处。

不管对方是谁,至少看起来不像是山贼的同伙。

“师妹…救我们的是谁?”

温婉苍白着脸摇头,“不认识。可能是…好人吧。”

“姑娘!”

红梅和陈妈双双扑过来,一左一右的抱住温婉,皆惶然惊恐的哭出声来。

陈妈不解气,照着那山贼的尸体“哐哐哐”踢了好几脚,“狗日的,叫你欺负大姑娘!”

程允章却担心老师和师娘,只焦急的嘱咐温婉一句:“师妹在这里待着,我去看看老师和师母。”

温婉也是着急上火,他们刚才一下就被人冲散,还不知道义父义母是什么情况,她连忙挥手,“师兄快去!”

程允章提着带血的长剑,翻身上马冲出树林。

温婉的腿在发抖,那种一抽一抽的感觉再度来袭,像是有人一拳拳砸在她肚子上,又像是有人在撕扯她的肠胃,整个身子忽冷忽热,脚下发软如走在云端。

汗水浸湿了睫毛,落在眼睛里一阵刺痛,她睁不开……看不清……只能无力的抓着陈妈的手。

温婉心里又惊又恐,只怕孩子选在这个时候出生,又怕刚才的变故动了胎气。

陈妈和红梅显然已经察觉到温婉的不对劲,他们两一左一右夹着温婉,好让她更好借力,可温婉身子一直在发抖,嘴唇上已被咬得血肉模糊。

陈妈一看温婉那脸色就直叫不好,“姑娘,你是不是要生了?我去找产婆!”

红梅急道:“那产婆早跑了!我看得真真的!山贼一来,她看见朱掌柜跑了,立刻就跟上去了!那狗东西,还收了我们那么多铜板!关键时刻却丢下雇主自己逃跑!”

温婉苦笑,“人之常情,她跟咱们不熟,总不好…叫她为了几两银子丧命!”

红梅哪里不清楚这个道理,只是心里难受。

“扶我去看看老师的情况…我放心不下……”

而这片刻,只见他们那一支队伍俯冲而下,山贼这一伙人本就是并州饥荒的流民组成,除了个别手上有点真功夫外,其他都是滥竽充数,这下见了正规军,没几下就被打得抱头鼠窜丢盔弃甲。

当陈妈和红梅扶着温婉踉踉跄跄走出灌木丛时,才发现先前偌大的空地上,几十个山贼死伤大半,剩下的要么跑了,要么匍匐在地投降。

这是…已经解决了?

温婉抬眼就看见姚世真和一年轻男子站在一侧。

虽刚经历大战,可姚世真脸色看着尚好,正和那年轻男子说着什么。

温婉猜测,那位便是传说中的淮安候魏峥。

“义父!”

烟尘四起的空地上,陡然传来女子清亮的声音。

“义母!”

温婉在陈妈红梅的搀扶下,确认干爹干娘无碍后,这会子心头才涌上惧怕。

姚老夫人手里还提着带血的长剑,很是飒爽的站在马车边缘,将姚老爷子护在身后,见温婉安然无恙的归来,笑着挥手:“婉娘!”

她利落的跳下马车,母女两抱头,谁也没痛哭。

“好孩子,吓坏了吧?”

姚老夫人伸出手指擦干温婉脸上的那滴血,神情间满是心疼,“你可好?可有受伤?”

说话间,她还打量温婉身后的陈妈和红梅。

见红梅那丫头里头衣衫被人撕破,脸也高肿,心里“咯噔”一下,随后才看见温婉手里那把带血的匕首。

姚老夫人不可思议的扬眉,似乎这才第一次认真看清眼前那小娘子的脸。

能做生意的小娘子,她见过很多。

富有才情和样貌的女子,京都里也很多。

可身怀六甲还敢和山贼正面厮杀的,她…一个也没见过。

这一刻,她似乎明白为什么夫君和程允章评价温婉都是一句胆大心细,通身反骨。

那小娘子清清冷冷的笑,眼底一抹未褪的杀意,“母亲不必担心,谁敢近我身前半丈,我定叫他血溅当场!”

“好!好!好!”

姚老夫人连说了三个好字。

不愧是她的女儿,临危不乱,敢冲敢上,颇有将门虎女之风!

“这次运气好,咱们出发前,你义父便和你瑾瑜师兄通过气,刚巧半道上遇见了,否则咱这一行人怕是凶多吉少。来,我带你去见见你瑾瑜师兄——”

温婉肚子又是一抽痛。

痛得十分有规律。

这一波,犹如山崩地裂,将她整个人撕碎。

温婉确定,她…宫缩了。

换言之,娃迫不及待要出来了!
温婉疼得一下肩膀都缩了缩,抬眸,只看见不远处一支十几二十人的小队,他们全着深色衣裳,皮肤呈现健康的小麦色,肌肉线条透过薄薄的衣衫崩开,胯下骏马威猛高大,行动间十分有默契,一看便是军旅之人。(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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