The Precious Lady – Chapter 257

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第257章 骨科嗑不嗑

姚世真坐在太师椅上悠闲晒太阳,槐树树影落在他脸上,刚好遮住他上半身,他敲敲手指,温婉立刻很舔狗的为他奉茶。

姚世真面露嫌弃,“不喝你这茶,太次!阿贵,去府衙找魏峥…他初到播州,定然有人送他好茶,问问他有没有今年新出的大佛龙井。”

温婉垂眸。

和前手办住得近……烦恼真多……

左右都能遇上,躲都躲不掉。

等便宜爹出狱后,她立刻搬回平县老家去。

姚世真将那碗热腾腾的茶推回给温婉,昭昭妹妹在程允章怀里很乖,瞪着圆溜溜的大眼睛,也不知叽里咕噜在说什么婴语,一直试图和程允章交流,把程允章逗得直笑。

程允章抱着昭昭妹妹坐下,又看一眼温婉,“温师妹是担心督抚新到,这个节骨眼上翻异别勘……会惹恼严大人?”

温婉点头,“这案子是严大人判的。眼下督抚大人新到播州,咱们就推翻此案,让严大人脸上蒙羞。我怕他恼怒之下…会不会…为难我父亲?”

“不必多虑。”姚世真哈哈一笑,“能坐到知府的位置那都是千年人精,他早已知道你是魏峥的师妹,看在魏峥的份儿上,他怕是已经后悔将案子重判。翻异别勘只要符合流程、证据充分、让人挑不出错来…他反而如释重负。”

温婉苦笑,“说来说去…还是看在侯爷的面上。”

“贫居闹市无人问,富在深山有远亲。谁人背后无人说,哪个人前不说人?有钱道真语,无钱语不真。不信但看筵中酒,杯杯先劝有钱人。”姚世真笑着对温婉说,“婉娘,人情世故…皆是文章啊。”

姚世真全然不知温婉不欲和魏峥扯上关系,只当她是不喜攀附权贵。

温婉也不做解释,只是一笑而过。

“说起来……”温婉蹙眉,将笼罩自己好几日的阴霾脱口而出,“侯爷怎么突然将督抚院从并州搬到播州?”

程允章也好奇的望过来。

姚世真却笑。

“听闻这两日播州官场震动,就连百姓们也是人心惶惶。整个城内风声鹤唳。”程允章逗弄昭昭妹妹的脸,小孩子晶莹剔透的口水就流到他指尖上,温婉便将帕子递过来替昭昭囫囵的擦嘴,顺手接过了孩子。

程允章笑得温文尔雅,语气却包藏祸心:“尤其是城内的大户。生怕自己像并州的富户们一样,早上起来冷不丁人头落地。”

温婉抱着昭昭,笑着问程允章:“播州程氏…也算大户。修文师兄不怕?”

“我家只有制酒一门营生,跟走私一案毫无牵连。若瑾瑜师兄有驱使,我作为师弟,自当尽心竭力。”

姚世真眼中笑意更甚,他努努唇,指着门边的方向,“他来了,你们不妨亲自问问他。”

温婉抱着孩子的手一紧,抬眸,刚好看见魏峥身着一袭青色常服,衣襟和袖口处用宝蓝色的丝线绣着腾云祥纹,整个人显得清爽干练,矜贵非常。

身后便是她见过的候继……以及膀大腰粗走路带风一脸憨笑的赵恒。

她生平第一次烦“赵恒”这个名字。

从前一想起赵恒,全是她和手办美好的回忆。

如今想起赵恒,就联想到这黑脸大汉的傻笑。

“老师,没有大佛龙井。我给老师带了慧明茶。”魏峥笑意盈盈走来,将一个小巧的鎏金茶笼放在几上,温婉看见里面根根分明的茶叶。

哦,原来是给义父送茶来了。

程允章冲魏峥拱手行礼,“这慧明茶泡出的茶汤茶色翠绿光润,嫩匀成朵,花香幽郁,果味甘爽。今日沾老师的光,有口福了。”

不过两人很默契的没有问起魏峥为何来到播州。

温婉和程允章敢问姚世真,却不敢问魏峥。

温婉接过那茶笼,又让仆人打来热水煮茶喝。

姚老夫人担心仆人煮的茶没有滋味,便主动请缨,“我来为你们制茶。”

姚世真笑着说道:“辛苦夫人。”

一张石凳,四人分坐一方,温婉主动让位请姚夫人煮茶。

她自己则搬了一条杌凳坐到姚老夫人身边。

乳娘在廊下逗珲哥儿,温婉手里抱着昭昭。

姚老夫人将茶盏摆在众人面前,将茶叶拨入茶荷中,将沸水注入盖碗之中温杯洁具,哗哗水流声,声声入耳。

温婉抱着昭昭看得有些痴迷。

暗道自己这位义母虽是将门出身,于这闲情雅趣却也是颇有心得。

这简单的泡茶,却被义母做出雅致之感。

树上蝉鸣不止,吵得昭昭妹妹小小眉头皱巴巴,哼哼唧唧的舞动大胖手,小嘴一瘪,眼看下一刻就要水漫金山。

大人们立刻被昭昭妹妹吸引了注意力,温婉连声轻哄,程允章来打扇,“许是太热了?这么热的天,她还穿两三件衣裳呢。”

姚世真探过身子,“刚出生的孩子体感不一样,穿多穿少都容易生病。”

魏峥也凑过去。

嗯?
这小女娃还是那一日皱巴巴丑兮兮的小猴子吗?

这皮肤水灵像是桃子,小嘴巴像山樱,一双眼睛又黑又圆,盯着他就开始滴溜溜的转,尤其是那皮肤,红粉相间,软软糯糯,像极了年画上的小娃娃。

魏峥的心…也软了一分。

当时若不是他经过弯砀山,这对母子已经命丧山贼刀下。

看着柔弱可爱的昭昭,魏峥不由想到阿姐。

同为双生子,昭昭和珲哥儿又刚好选中他取的名字,魏峥只觉得这两孩子跟自己很有缘分。

魏峥伸出手,粗糙的指腹轻柔的划过昭昭稚嫩的脸颊,嗯,很软,很香。

温婉却心跳如鼓。

她不动声色的将孩子抱回一点,却听见魏峥问姚老夫人:“师母,她该叫我什么?”

这话倒是问倒众人。

姚世真笑道:“都是缘分,叫你两人一声舅舅可乐意?”

姚老夫人也道:“叫修文便是修文舅舅,叫瑾瑜就叫铮舅舅。”

温婉心里为姚老夫人竖大拇指。

前有情人成兄妹了。

真……刺激。

魏峥笑道:“今日来得匆忙,空手而来,下次给两个孩子补上一份厚礼。”

温婉心中怒吼:折现!全折现!送金子银子!

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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