The Precious Lady – Chapter 235

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倒是走在前头的温婉——

魏峥听得一阵阵调笑声,抬眼看去,只见温婉勾搭着那船妓的肩膀,不断在那船妓耳边说着什么,竟引得那船面色羞红,妓花枝乱颤的笑。

下一刻,魏峥眼神滞了滞。

温婉的手…不安分的在那船妓胸上胡乱抓了两把。

船妓羞红了脸,“啪嗒”一声打掉了温婉的手。

魏峥耳力极好,听到那船妓娇媚低语,“你这小色鬼,等上了船有你好受的!”

……

这一刻,魏峥突然有些明白,老师为何收这小娘子做义女。

寻常女子见了青楼妓女,唯恐避之不及,生怕沾染上一星半点,只有这位温师妹闷着头往前冲。

不知该说她是鲁莽,还是说她缺根筋。

走到船头,温婉驾轻就熟的往那箱子里丢了十两银子,顺势将巧娘搂得更近,她还扭头冲魏峥笑,“赵大哥,银子我放这儿了,今晚消费由老弟来买单。你只管吃好喝好…睡好。”

随后,温婉有些恍惚。

花自己的钱,请前夫嫖chang,怎么这感觉…还挺奇妙?
巧娘柔弱无骨的摊在她怀里,看着肩线紧绷的魏峥,嗤嗤的笑,随后扭动着水蛇腰,拉着温婉的手,“爷,船要开了,我们先上去吧。”

花船上,鼓声阵阵,声乐不停。

一行四人朝着楼上房间走去。

那巧娘便在她耳边笑道:“夫人这位大哥…怕是没来过这些地方吧?”

温婉脸色微变。

这巧娘眼睛也太毒辣了些!
她连耳洞都用脂粉遮住,胸也束了一圈又一圈,她实在不知自己何处露馅。

巧娘趁机捏了她屁股一把,又凑近些,“夫人放心,这拿人钱财与人消灾的道理奴家懂得,您既然给了巧娘银子,至于您今晚做什么…巧娘便睁一只眼闭一只眼…”

温婉不服,“我自认今夜这装扮天衣无缝,你是如何看出我是女子之身?”

巧娘掩唇轻笑,“夫人身上有…”她视线落在温婉胸前,目光肆无忌惮,仿佛要将她的胸口盯出个洞来,“婴孩的奶水味道。”

温婉一愣。

淦!
这巧娘属狗鼻子的!

真是智者千虑必有一失啊!

温婉叹气,“不瞒姐姐,我这刚生产完,夫君就被那何三勾着留恋烟花之地。我性格要强,哪里吞得下这委屈!今天我上船,就是为了抓我那色鬼丈夫回家!”

巧娘唉声叹气,这些年她也见过不少女扮男装的妇人跑到这船上来,清一色的都是为了抓相公,又见温婉年纪轻轻,先前行为举止虽然轻浮,可上船的时候却晓得走靠河一侧护住她。

都说见微知著,巧娘见识过无数人,心中门儿清,这位小妇人不像其他人一般瞧她不起。

“既如此,夫人放心去便是,我和莺莺妹妹随意找个地方落脚。”

“多谢姐姐。”

果然,一行四人选了一间二楼僻静的房间后,那巧娘便笑着催促温婉:“爷有事就快去办,这花船一共三层楼,最上面一层都是达官显贵之所。船开以后,绕城半圈,大约需要一个时辰才能靠岸。”

温婉掏出一锭银子扔过去,巧娘胡乱一抓,稳稳接过银子,登时喜上眉梢。

那莺莺见两人走后,才拍着胸脯后怕说道:“巧儿姐,这两人一看就是来找事儿的!那位赵爷,一路上沉默寡言,瞅着好生可怕!”

巧娘低头咬一口银子,笑眯眯道:“他们做啥跟咱没关系!反正银子到手,吃穿不愁!来来来,咱也学那风流浪荡子喝上两杯,再去隔壁听姐妹们唱曲儿!”

魏峥和温婉两个人一前一后,穿梭在人群之中。

魏峥好奇,快走两步和温婉肩并肩而行,“温师妹和那巧娘说了什么?她为何心甘情愿的为你打掩护?”

“有钱能使鬼推磨。”温婉笑笑,片刻又恢复了正经模样,“我刚才上船之前观察过,易妈妈身边虽然只跟着何三一个人,但若是强行掳走两人,势必叫周围人发现。不若想法子让这两人落单。二楼拐角方向有间空房,适合做埋伏偷袭之所。”

魏峥听她分析得头头是道,不由眉梢微撩。

这位温师妹…是正经良家妇女吗?
怎么这黑吃黑的手段比他还要老练?

“怎么?”温婉嘴角轻撩,“侯爷此刻突然发现我并非累赘?”

“我…”魏峥很少见有小娘子眼睛这般亮晶晶的,带点得意,带点狡黠,明晃晃的,像是水面上摇晃的月亮,他快步上前,走在温婉前面,“我只是担心温师妹安全,从未觉得温师妹是累赘。”

温婉轻笑,不留情面的戳穿他,“此处只有我和侯爷二人,侯爷不必说谎诓我。”

魏峥眉间微蹙。

那种奇异的感觉又出现了。

这位温师妹…似乎对他有很深的敌意。

她对程允章说话温声细语,对自己却是夹枪带棒。

魏峥抿唇,余光撇向那瘦弱的小娘子脸上,船上灯笼晃晃悠悠,照得她的脸如梦似幻。

水声哗哗,他听见自己的声音迟疑沙哑。

“温师妹,我们从前…见过吗?”

温婉一声拉长的笑,“侯爷,我区区商户女,何以得见侯爷这样尊贵的人物?”

“更何况侯爷曾从山贼手中救我母子三人性命,我心中对侯爷万分感激,只盼来世衔环相报。”

“只是…侯爷身份尊贵,是陛下跟前的大红人。我一届商户女,心中自卑,不敢和皓月争辉。所以一见侯爷就紧张,难免说错话表错情。若有惹侯爷误会的地方,还望侯爷海涵。”

两个人于人潮中并肩走着,偶有人多的地方,肩膀便触碰到一起。

魏峥身长玉立,走在温婉身侧犹如一座移动的小山,将那梁上悬挂的灯笼光全部笼住,只留一摊阴影。

魏峥视线居高临下,看见那小娘子笔挺俊俏的鼻梁,以及那看起来无比诚恳的表情。

温婉一口一个“侯爷”,似乎要将两人界限划得分明,当真只是她的门第之见作祟?
“侯爷刚才问我为何不叫您一声师兄,我真心将侯爷当做半个自家人,可世人不会这般想。我自知身份低贱,不想成为别人口中攀高枝爱权贵的小人。所以不敢以师兄称呼侯爷。”

温婉说得口干舌燥,抬眼去看,却只看见那人面无表情的侧脸。

秉持着“说多错多”的原则,温婉抿唇不语。(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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