The Precious Lady – Chapter 249

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第249章 嘴硬心软
元启微微皱眉,只觉得今日行事太过顺利了些。

果然。

元启拿到瑞果浆配方的时候沉了脸,“看来温掌柜是不想救你父亲了!给我前半部分的配方,我拿来何用?”

温婉冷笑,“自古以来做生意的都讲究银货两讫。我父亲如今身在牢狱,我只能给你半张配方。等我父亲从大牢里安全出来,你放回马师傅,我才能将完整的配方写给你。”

元启一拍桌子,拧眉说道:“温婉,你以为今日来了这地方,你还能完整的走出去?”

小娘子那双平淡的眼睛里漾出一抹嘲讽的笑来,“元启,你以为…若不是我主动找来,你能绑得走我?”

元启蹙眉,随后恼怒,“昨夜你是故意放出贱卖瑞果浆方子引我上门?”

“元五爷自以为这大门一关,你就能瓮中捉鳖。”温婉冷笑,“你不妨想想,你和我到底谁是这只鳖。”

元启怫然大怒,衣袖拂落茶杯,“你卑鄙——”

那女子笑吟吟道:“元五爷,你做初一,有何脸面怨我做十五?我警告你,你要是敢动我一根手指头,半刻钟后你家姑母便会亲临,还有我义父和两个师兄都会出现在这里。个中后果,你掂量清楚。”

“很好。”元启怒极反笑,“温掌柜比我想象中的还要聪明。”

不愧是元启,盛怒之下却仍有理智,“既然如此,你何不一开始便带着人来围了我的院子?姑母若做这中间人,我未必不给你温家两分面子。”

“元五爷当我是三岁小孩吗?打不过便叫旁人来帮忙?这是你我二人之间的恩怨…更何况,现在为时尚早,鹿死谁手还未可知。”

元启冷笑,“可我瞧着,你那父亲怕是得先死。”

“我今日来不是和元五爷打嘴炮的。我只给你两天时间,两日后我会敲响府衙大门前的鸣冤鼓,你若找不齐证人,我便将瑞果浆的方子无偿送给播州城内大小酒商,并告你一个元家巧取豪夺之罪。如果元五爷想和我硬碰硬,我不介意拖着元家玉石俱焚!”

温婉说完,立刻转身,朱旺眼睛被蒙着,摸不清情况,冷不丁听见温婉催促声,“朱旺,我们走!”

我靠你先帮我眼睛前面蒙的布取了啊!

温婉扭头,见朱旺呆愣在原地,两步走回去,掏出随身匕首对着朱旺背后一挑,又顺势解开他眼前的桎梏。

朱旺眼前大亮。

看见元启那张发青的脸,朱旺感受到屋内的低气压,连忙小碎步跟上前头的温婉。

温婉脚下走得飞快,朱旺追得气喘吁吁,见元启的人没有追出来,朱旺才放下心来。

此处地方偏僻,两个人只能靠双腿走回去。

“大侄女你慢点!”朱旺还没有从刚才的惊心动魄中回过神来,脑子发懵,总感觉自己今天听到一些了不得的秘密。

他也不顾男女之防,一把扯着温婉的衣袖,“大侄女,你别走那么快啊——”

温婉一把甩开他,“你要是不怕元启改主意追上来,你就慢慢来。”

“啊?”

朱旺脚下更快,一溜烟小跑像是闪电般从温婉身边窜了过去。

温婉:好大一只肥耗子!

朱旺冲她挥手:“大侄女,我在前面人多的地方等你,你快来!”

好不容易走出僻静小巷,两个人走到有人的主街上,朱旺这口气才算是真正泄下来。

出来时已是晌午,日头正毒,阳光刺目,小娘子自偏巷缓步而来,朱旺先行一步,此刻已经到了正街,他拿银子买了帷幕递给温婉,“大侄女,带上吧。你钗环尽乱,当心人误会。”

温婉没有反驳,接过帷幕戴在头上,随后又快步向前走去。

朱旺只能跟上,他扣扣脑袋,余光瞥一眼那帷幕遮住的清丽容颜,张张嘴,又没说话。

好半晌,朱旺才小心翼翼的问:“大侄女…元敬…真是你杀的?”

即使隔着纱帐,朱旺也察觉到那人不虞的一瞥,“元敬七尺男儿,我一柔弱妇人…怎能杀得了他?”

朱旺拍拍胸脯,心想这夜叉虽然坏,却没坏透。

若是她真敢杀元敬,那他朱旺也得掂量掂量…以后绝不敢往温婉跟前凑。

可朱旺转念一想…温婉不是杀过山贼吗?

山贼都能杀,怎么就杀不了元敬了?
更何况当初温婉杀山贼的时候还挺着个大肚子。

朱旺这下又拿不准了。

“元敬欠着我的酒坊钱,就算回平县,也不会来找我自取其辱。”

这倒是。

朱旺的心总算落到实处,“可元启为何一口咬定是你行凶伤人?”

温婉停下脚步,冷笑反问:“他若知道我是凶手,为何不去找官府?不去找元老夫人?不去找他父亲?”

朱旺也被她问糊涂了。

小娘子声音定定,“他元敬无非是看上了我家的瑞果浆,又忌惮我和修文师兄的关系,才用‘为弟报仇’的托词来应付元老夫人罢了。”

温婉现在只担心,元启为了坐实她是凶手,反而调查出蛛丝马迹于她不利。

更何况…那支丢失的碧玉簪子始终让她觉得不安。

朱旺醍醐灌顶。

是啊!

元家三房妻妾相争,从前元六郎言语之间也是和这位兄长斗得厉害。什么为弟报仇,不过是强取豪夺的遮羞布罢了。

朱旺这次感慨得十分真心实意,“哎哟,我那可怜的温老弟哦,这次可真是糟了大罪了!”

等温婉走回家中时,发现庭院已经人去楼空,家中大半物件已经消失,门口的马车里塞得满满当当,跟着她一起来播州的酒坊活计冲她打招呼,随后又埋头搬东西。

柳依依在院子里,怀里抱着昭昭妹妹,镇定自若的指挥着人搬家。

“大姑娘,你回来了?”即使带着帷幕,柳依依还是一眼就认出了温婉,她示意温婉走到僻静处后才道,“今晨你走没多久,姚夫人就来了。姚老爷子心疼你,在城里找了一处比较大的宅院,让咱们全家都搬过去。我推辞不得,只好命人搬家。”

温婉心头一热,想起义父临走时候那嫌弃的碎碎念,“这老头就是嘴硬心软…”

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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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