The Precious Lady – Chapter 247

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第247章 上大当

“朱掌柜的意思是…昨天晚上…你下了马车以后…看见替王寡妇医治的那位本该回乡省亲的罗大夫?他就住猫儿巷尽头那间屋?”

“对啊!求求你了,你信我,大侄女,我真没说假话。”朱旺夹筷子更勤了,吃了两口咸菜又觉得太咸,呼唤陈妈上一碗粥,“我一路跟踪着他,见他走进去那屋子,没跑!他就是住那儿呢!”

“你是怎么知道他就是我要找的人?”

“路上有个人刚好叫他一声被我听见了。那个人是花楼里的龟公,还问他什么时候去给花楼里的姑娘治花柳病,我一听…嘿…好家伙…姓罗…擅长治花柳病…不就是你要找的人吗?”

“你怎么知道我在找罗大夫?”温婉眼神一沉,“这件事…我没跟任何人说过。”

朱旺面露得意,“我是谁?我是平县一条龙!我一听这案子,就晓得症结是在那王寡妇那儿,那天我还去他们家,听到有街坊跟她家那大儿子吵起来,说王寡妇做娼门生意,还说王寡妇得了脏病,早就该死了!我略施小计,就查出罗大夫这条线…”

温婉风中凌乱。

合着她花十两银子上了一艘花船,还被魏峥给药晕后换来的消息,还不如猪精一个上午打听得多?
难道猪精就是传说中的位面之子?

不能够吧?

这…到底是道德的沦丧……还是人性的扭曲?

温婉如鲠在喉,索性丢了筷子起身往外走,“你慢慢吃,我去找罗大夫。”

朱旺嘬了一口白粥,被烫得“嘶”了一声,连忙丢了碗筷跟上温婉,“大侄女,我跟着你去。我老朱给你带路。”

一路上,老朱不停吹嘘他是怎么一路跟踪人家也没有被发现,又开始说他为温老弟付出了多少,总结成一句话就是:你得记住我的大恩大德,择日重重回报于我!

一路上老朱说得口干舌燥,却见身边小娘子面无表情,朱旺表示心很痛。

“大侄女啊,抓到那罗大夫…你是不是要让他上堂作证啊?”

温婉依靠着车壁,半阖眼睛,“先问问情况。”

随后她忽的又睁开双眼,愣愣盯着朱旺,朱旺被她盯得头皮发麻,“朱掌柜,你家到了,你先下车吧。此事…我一人即可。”

朱旺可不愿错过这鬼热闹,更不愿像昨晚一样被温婉踹下马车,当下摇头如拨浪鼓,一脸大义凛然的样子,“温老弟的事便是我的事,为了温老弟我赴汤蹈火在所不辞,我跟着大侄女前去。若你一人说不动他,我老朱三寸不烂之舌,也能说服他为温老弟作证。”

那小娘子脸上泛起一抹奇异的笑容,“朱掌柜大气。既然朱掌柜坚持,那就同我走这一遭吧。”

猫儿巷地处偏远,远离播州城中心,人烟稀少,显出萧瑟之感。

一路走了许久,竟也不见几个人。

朱旺一打听才知道这猫儿巷曾经是县衙军所安排军籍之人的住处,只不过这几年并州那边海寇频发,播州的士兵们也被调去支援,此地才逐渐荒废。

朱旺带着温婉往前走,仔细想着仍觉不解,“你说那罗大夫为何会住在这样的地方?”

温婉微微叹气,又歪着头看朱旺,眼神是少见的清澈,“朱掌柜,再给你最后一个机会,你走吧。”

朱旺一副受了奇耻大辱的模样,“哐哐”拍着胸脯,“这地方前不着村后不着店的,你老爹可是我朱旺异父异母的亲兄弟!我怎么可能丢下你一个小娘子在这里!那我朱旺岂不成了禽兽?”

温婉挑眉,“那…好吧。”

两人来到一处残破的门扉前,朱旺嫌弃的伸出一根兰花指推开门,两人一前一后的走进去,随后眼前一黑!
不知从何处窜出来一伙人,干脆利落的用麻袋将两人套住,不管朱旺如何呼救挣扎,两人瞬间被抬着上了一辆马车。

温婉倒是很配合,全程不吵不闹,她仔细听着外面的动静。

麻袋没有完全遮住视线,依稀有光传来,除了身体必须卷缩成一团外,温婉没有任何不适。

只不过…身边那头猪因为惨叫声音太大,被人套着麻袋“哐哐”砸了两声,随后昏了过去,没了声音。

温婉在心中为朱旺点一根蜡。

谁叫你去年伙同元敬坑我。

我温婉,君子报仇,十年不晚。

温婉听见一道低沉的男声,“这个倒是懂事,一路上半点不叫唤!”

“哐!”

温婉隔着麻袋被人狠狠踢了一脚。

外面那人凶悍的声音传来,“你若是敢叫,就跟你同伴下场一样!老实点!”

马车晃晃悠悠,外面街道上喧嚣的声音逐渐变小,最后归于平静,温婉琢磨着这应该是从正街转进了某条小巷子里。

果然,片刻钟后,到了地方,马车缓缓停下。

温婉看到眼前黑影移动,那人先走到朱旺跟前,扒拉开麻袋,随后“啪啪”给了猪精两个耳光,懵逼不伤脑,朱旺整个人一下激灵了。

朱旺后知后觉。

他们被人给绑架了!

他们一定是图他老朱的身子…还有那万贯家财!

朱旺正胡思乱想间,见那人又走到马车角落,取下温婉的麻袋,匆忙之间,老朱疯狂给温婉使眼色。

温婉是一句也没看懂。

很快,那人从后面给二人蒙上黑布做眼罩,又反剪二人双手捆绑住,撵他们往里面走。

“走!”

两个人被赶鸭子上架,很快入了一处宅院,随后是一阵窸窸窣窣的声音,想来两方人马是在交接。

朱旺也顾不得男女大方,瑟瑟发抖的胖身体紧挨着温婉站着,温婉不动声色的往边上挪点,猪精又粘了上来,“大侄女,别怕啊,你朱叔会护着你的!哎哎哎,你人呢——”

眼罩下,温婉翻了一个巨大的白眼。

温婉察觉到屋内多了几个人,先前绑架他们的人退下,将他们交到另外的人手里。

“交出瑞果浆的配方,你才能安全无虞的送回家。否则…断手断脚…割舌剜心!”

靠!
明白了!
朱旺在心里土拨鼠尖叫:这帮人是冲着温婉去的!

妈的!

妈的!

又上大当了!
难怪这夜叉之前再三确认,问他要不要离开!

他说什么来着?

哦,温维明是他异父异母的亲兄弟,他万做不出将温婉一人丢弃的禽兽事情来!
苍天啊…这他娘的…到底谁是禽兽啊?

等等……

所以夜叉知道他们两个会被绑架?
那他挨的打算什么?
朱旺大无语,咬唇,身体瑟瑟发抖,这次……是被气的。

领头之人说完这话后,却见那两人都没有反应!那小娘子倒是沉得住气,至于那胖猪…身体抖如筛子…显然是吓破了胆说不出话来!

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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