The Precious Lady – Chapter 255

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第255章 了结
这一刻,程允章忽然很想靠近温婉。

她明明面无表情,可程允章却听出她声音里的微颤。

狐狸师妹…心里应该也很难受吧。

他想伸出手,将她拥入怀里,无关风月,只是想轻轻拍一下她那瘦弱的肩膀。他只是想跟她说一句,他在她身后呢。

若前面有云,他有歌一首。

若前面有雨,他有伞一把。

若前面什么都没有,他有浊酒一壶。

她不是王寡妇,他也不会做那何三!
“也是个可怜人!”熊代平挥挥手,示意将人拉下去,“王寡妇既然已死,那就人死债消,不再追究她的罪责。至于温小娘子…你说王寡妇受人指使…可有凭证?”

温婉抿唇,随后摇头。

“这个民女确实没有头绪。但王寡妇陷害我爹一事板上钉钉。”温婉又指着另外一黑脸汉子说道,“大人,这位是百花楼的打手石头。”

“众所周知,百花楼有前后两座楼,前面宴席接待,后面则是歌姬妓子。两楼中间虽有互通,却有人把守。这石头便是那一夜值守之人。”

那石头哪里见过这样大的阵仗,当下“噗通”一声跪下,将那一晚的情况吐了个明明白白,“青天大老爷,那一晚那王寡妇从前院跑过来…说要去后院找什么姑娘,她还给俺塞了二十个铜板,我就假装去旁边解手…让她趁机钻进了后院。我不知道她是去找温维明麻烦的!若早知道,小的绝对不会放她进去!”

温婉厉声问道:“我且问你,那一夜你擅离职守放走王寡妇的时候,可曾瞧见她背篓里背的什么?”

那黑脸汉子想了一下,神色笃定,“是鱼!发臭的鱼!满满一箩筐!前院根本没人要!她经过的时候…我闻见她身上的鱼腥味!”

熊代平立刻道:“王寡妇打着卖鱼的旗号进了百香楼,为何携一筐烂鱼臭鱼?”

程允章接口:“大人,据学生推断,定是王寡妇为了故意接近温伯父,先背着这筐鱼去了前院,前院厨房不肯收,和她当众发生争执。温伯父菩萨心肠,便帮着她说了几句嘴,王寡妇本想借机顺利搭上温伯父这条线。”

熊代平听到这里也明白了,“但她没料到的是…温维明不为所动,王寡妇无奈之下只能出此下策,临时决定去后院堵人。”

“没错!”温婉这时候还不忘拍马屁,“熊大人真是民妇见过最聪明的大老爷!”

熊代平被她这突如其来的马屁甭得嘴角有些歪,他呵呵笑,“不如你温小娘子聪明,这短短几天时间,便能收集到如此多的证据。”

熊代平的语气听不出喜怒,“温小娘子若是男子,怕是刑讯逼供、刑侦查案皆不在话下。”

“大人!为救出父亲,我别无他法!”温婉跪在青石板上,神色凝重,眼圈泛红,“还请大人为民女主持公道!还我播州百姓一片青天!”

熊代平重重呼出一口浊气,随后双眼如利刃一般,盯着堂下那小娘子的脑袋。

“可…你既然说一切是因你家瑞果浆而起,那幕后主使到底是谁?”

熊代平直觉这小娘子定然有线索!

敢在播州境内钻律法的洞子,将他们提点刑狱司作刀子巧取豪夺,此人好大的胆子!
温婉轻叹一声,面有遗憾,“此事…怕是只有死去的王寡妇才知晓。”

事已至此,真相大白。

熊代平一锤定音,“三日内我将此案证据和文书整理好,请求刑部对你父亲的案子进行翻异,你自归家去,一个月内定有回音。”

温婉眼睛一亮,连忙福身:“多谢大人!”

熊带平起身,别有深意的看她一眼,“你要感谢严大人,更要感谢督抚魏大人。”

等熊代平离开后,程允章看见她转身快走两步,走到人群面前,又鞠躬行礼,“感谢诸位今日做这见证!”

人群中爆发出一阵热烈的掌声,纷纷向她道贺。

几位证人也来辞别,那巧娘总是不肯放过程允章,临走时还亲昵的掐她小腰一把,似笑非笑的看着那程允章,“夫人,那位当真不是你相公?”

“不是。”温婉笑着摇头,“当真不是。莫要误我师兄清白。”

“可他…分明…心悦你。”

温婉一愣,随后指着自己的妇人头,脸色也微沉,“我去年刚死了男人,两个月前才生了孩子。巧娘姐姐,寡妇门前是非多,这样的话以后莫要再说。”

“知道啦!”巧娘轻轻一笑,将帕子往她脸上妩媚一甩,声音又娇又脆,“下次来码头找我玩。”

“一定一定。这次多谢巧娘姐姐。”温婉又向几位人证道谢,等散场后程允章望着巧娘远去的婀娜身影,眉头轻蹙,又瞥向眼前那小娘子的后脑勺。

“温师妹…”

“嗯?”温婉扭过身来,看得出狐狸师妹心情很好,眼角眉梢都是笑意,阳光正好,衬得她的瞳孔成为少见的褐色。

程允章将话噎了回去,只是拱拱手,“恭喜师妹。”

两个人一前一后走出府衙大门,那一刻,温婉只觉得这阳光从未如此温暖过。

她仰头,阳光倾泻,照得她的脸白皙如玉。

而柳依依等人远远的看见府衙门前人群散开,料定今日翻异别勘之事有了定论,急忙跑来,又见温婉那神色,便知今日这事是成了!

柳依依泪洒当场,温婉捏了捏她的手,“母亲,回家再说。”

“走走走,你义父已经在家中等你,我们热上一壶好酒,好好热闹热闹!”

“母亲,就来!”

人群簇拥着,程允章却瞧见温婉招来屠二爷,将一信封递给他,两人耳语几句,很快屠二爷便消失在人群之中。

温婉振臂一呼,脸上止不住的高兴,“走!今晚不醉不归!”

而屠二爷离开温婉后,按照温婉提示的地址,从最近的茶楼寻摸起,果然在府衙门前的茶楼二楼上找到了元启。

温婉虽未明说,可一看到元启,屠二爷还有什么不明白的?
今日这一切都是元启在背后搞鬼!

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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