The Precious Lady – Chapter 234

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船妓眉开眼笑,摸了温婉脸一把,“您问我这个…可是问错人了……”船妓亲热的挽着温婉的手,向码头尽头方向一指,“您可瞧见那艘巨大的花船了?船上三楼便是那位易妈妈的住所,何三便是她跟前的大红人——”

“那我如何才能上船?”

船妓眨眨眼,“带上这码头上任何一家的妓人,上船之时缴五两银子。”

“行!”温婉一把搂住那船妓,“今儿个跟着爷吃香喝辣去——”

温婉和船妓肩并肩手牵手的继续往前走,果然走了大约百米距离看见一艘三层楼高的花船,这花船犹如一座移动的宫殿,每一层楼雕梁画栋,设有甲板、厨房、舞台、酒桌等,可容纳百人娱乐。

而三楼的甲板上站着一位满头钗环的妙龄美妇,身边有一四旬年纪男子,两个人正低声说着什么。

船妓遥遥一指,“那位就是易妈妈和何三。”

温婉定睛一看,这船…要开了。

花船游湖,别有滋味,客人们正陆续上船,船工们正吆喝着号子拖船下水。

“快,船要开了!”

温婉快走两步,脚下生风,几乎是一阵小跑,冷不丁迎面撞上突然窜出来的一面墙,温婉往后一个踉跄,脚下不稳,却被一双温热的手擒住了手腕。

温婉一声惊呼。

迎面,对上一双笑吟吟的眸子。

魏峥的声音响彻在耳边。

像是雪山上流下来的清泉,冷冷的,一滴一滴落在竹叶青上。叫人耳朵都生出一阵凉意来。

“师…师弟在这里做什么?”

魏峥视线落在温婉搂在怀里那酥胸半敞的船妓身上,随后神色不自然的别开视线,眼睛直通通的盯着温婉,眉梢一扬,似乎在等她解释。

虽说魏峥并不想插手温婉的事情。可到底事关老师颜面,魏峥可不愿这商户女坏了老师名声。

“原来是赵大哥!”偏那小娘子无知无觉,眯着一双眼睛,笑得贼兮兮的,“我嘛…自然是来这儿有事。赵大哥来这儿做什么?”

“你,跟我过来。”

魏峥手臂孔武有力,一下拽住温婉的手腕,将她拉扯进一旁街贩那张巨大的油纸伞后。

温婉还冲那船妓抛了个媚眼,“巧娘,等我…”

两人到了油纸伞后的僻静处,魏峥立刻显出原形,他眉头轻蹙,眼底说不清是不耐还是担忧,“这儿龙蛇混杂,不是师妹该来的地方。我派人送师妹回去。”

温婉仰头,小娘子脸上皮笑肉不笑,“侯爷来得,我便来不得?这码头是侯爷开的不成?”

魏峥蹙眉。

上次见这小娘子,正是她生产之时,当时瞧着还算乖巧,怎么今日对他敌意这般大?
她对程允章可不是这个态度。

同是师兄,这待遇差别也太大了些。

温婉察觉自己失态,低咳一声,语气软了一分,“我来查父亲的案子,追踪到这码头,如今需要上那艘花船。侯爷若是无事,还请不要妨碍我。”

魏峥上下瞧她这身男子装扮,又想到她刚才和那船妓轻浮调情的模样,显然是个中熟手。

老师怎么会收这么个行事出格的女弟子?
他不由冷哼一声,“师妹倒是胆大。”

温婉笑道:“为救父亲,上天入地,我都要一试。”

不知哪句话打动了魏峥,显然眼前这男人眉目松动,他扭头看一眼那艘花船,随后敛了神色,“温师妹想上船?可那艘船上都是熟客,你预备如何上去?”

温婉琢磨着这话的意思,想着魏峥不可能突然对她这个凭空冒出来的师妹嘘寒问暖,又想到他突然出现在此处,不由一笑,“侯爷也要上船?”

魏峥并未瞒她,“我找花船管事,一个叫易妈妈的老鸨。”

“巧了,我找易妈妈身边的狗腿子何三。”温婉深知魏峥的战斗力,当下抛出橄榄枝,“合作?”

合作?

魏峥抿唇,此事事关重大,他不确定这位温师妹是否会成为他的负累。

他可不想带着一个拖油瓶上船去。

“温师妹身娇体弱,若是出了差错,老师和师母定饶不了我。再者也没有让温师妹冲锋陷阵的道理。温师妹等在这里,待我上船处理了那易妈妈,再将那何三给你抓来。”

温婉一下火了,什么意思,嫌她是累赘是吧?
温婉冷笑一声,“大可不必。不敢劳烦侯爷。”

“嘿!巧娘——”温婉掏出银子,往那船妓的方向一抛,笑嘻嘻说着,“我这大哥初来乍到,有些害羞。你去叫个胆大会来事儿的小娘子陪着我大哥,咱们四人一起上船!若是把我大哥陪高兴了,银子少不了你们的!”

“对了,要盘靓条顺的!身段好的!”

“快些,快些,船要开了!我们可不等人!”

那船妓得了银子,喜得眉开眼笑,当下应了一声便扭身去寻她的好姐妹来作陪。

魏峥似笑非笑,“温师妹倒是念着我。”

“侯爷是义父的学生,民女便厚着脸皮把侯爷当自家人,自然要时刻念着您。”

魏峥眼睛盯着她,“既如此,为何温师妹只叫我侯爷,不肯叫我一声师兄?”

“侯爷身份尊贵,我只是一商户女,委实不敢高攀。”

魏峥笑,“可温师妹刚刚说要把我当自家人。”

温婉却催促他,“侯爷,快些,船要开了。”

船妓巧娘带着另外一个身段丰腴胸前硕大跑起来“duang”“duang”的小娘子赶了上来,那小娘子显然是做惯了生意,一上前来就向魏峥和温婉乖巧福身,那声音又娇又媚,温婉只觉得听她说话半边身子都酥了。

“爷,奴家名唤莺莺,吹拉弹唱无有不通,保管让两位爷今儿个舒舒服服的来,舒舒服服的走——”

魏峥蹙眉,不喜这船妓身上的脂粉香气。那眼睛轻轻淡淡的瞥来,只一眼,便叫刚刚还预备使出浑身解数套牢这条大鱼的莺莺脚下一顿,竟不敢靠近分毫。

这年轻男子身上…好强的煞气。

任她千娇百媚的功夫,愣是在这男人面前使不出来。

做妓子的,自然得有察言观色的本事,莺莺登时愈发乖巧,连魏峥的衣角都不敢碰到半分,很懂规矩的走在魏峥身侧,“爷,您请——”(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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