The Precious Lady – Chapter 286

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第286章 灯会
温婉抱着昭昭妹妹,低头蹭蹭昭昭的前额,笑眯眯低声说道:“昭昭,咱们缺一盒瓜子啊!这看戏没瓜子,滋味少一半呢。”

昭昭“嗯嗯啊啊”了两句,甚至不惜用小胖腿踹了她下颚一脚,许是在附和她的老母亲大人。

温婉抱着孩子一转身,迎面就遇上了钮祜禄赵恒之魏铮之黑心手办之孩子他爹。

今日他着一身紫色宽袖官服,上面绣着代表正二品的云鹤祥纹,脚踏黑色长靴,腰间佩剑,眉眼疏冷,显得庄严大气。

温婉这才想起,平南大街的灯会热闹无比,官府早早就出动了人马维持秩序和安全,魏铮作为天水府首霸,自然要带人巡视领地。

魏铮手下一行人迅速拉开争吵的那两人,“吵什么,再吵把你们全部抓进去!”

人群一见这些人批甲持锐,瞬间也歇了看热闹的心思,人群迅速疏散开来。

倒是那张春山,先是狠狠的瞪了王掌柜一眼,随后才看见人群里的温婉,自然也没吝啬的给她一记冷眼。

温婉毫不客气的翻了个白眼。

比物理攻击,她没在怕的。

“温师妹。”

背后魏铮的声音传来。

温婉转过身来,下意识的搂紧昭昭,笑着打招呼:“侯爷。”

魏铮视线低垂,落在她手中的襁褓上,这小孩子一天一个样,上次看还是娇娇软软的一坨,这也没有几天,倒是像长开了一般,此刻一双大眼睛正看着他滴溜滴溜转。

魏铮的心一下软了。

昭昭妹妹见了魏铮一直不停“咿咿呀呀”,还试图伸手去抓魏铮的衣裳,魏铮见她实在可爱,便干脆抬手,很自觉的将衣袖的边角料递到昭昭手里。

小孩子的手白白嫩嫩,又胖又圆,脸上露出得逞的笑容。

下一刻……

“嗷呜…”昭昭妹妹直接将衣袖塞到自己嘴巴里。

“哎,哎,哎,这个不能吃!”

温婉手疾眼快,将魏铮的衣袖从昭昭妹妹的大嘴里解脱出来。可惜衣裳上已经沾满了婴儿那晶莹剔透的口水——

温婉尴尬的后退半步,“要不侯爷把衣裳脱了,我拿回去给您洗洗。”

“不必。”魏铮拿出手帕擦干口水,脸上并无半分恼怒,看着小女婴那撅起的嘴巴,有些无措,“她好像要哭了——”

果然下一秒,昭昭妹妹因为没啃到老父亲的衣角而嚎啕大哭。

当然温婉也不理解自家这姑娘奇怪的癖好。

她轻轻拍了拍昭昭妹妹的手,“做什么?不可以吃铮舅舅的衣袖…”

昭昭妹妹发现老母亲凶巴巴的,哭得更委屈了。

魏峥蹙眉,语气十分不满,“她还是个孩子,你凶她作甚?她喜欢我这衣裳,我给她玩就是了。”

啊?
温婉还没有反应过来,魏峥却已经提剑割破衣袖一角,将一截布料塞到昭昭手里。

昭昭圆溜溜的眼睛盯着魏峥,果然拿起衣袖就又往嘴巴里塞。

魏峥脸上露出分外慈祥的笑,用粗糙的指腹摸了摸昭昭白嫩嫩的脸ber,逗弄她:“这布料颜色鲜艳,小孩子嘛,看到鲜艳的东西自然好奇。她若是喜欢,我让人送她一匹同样的布料,让她慢慢玩。”

啊?
这是什么疑惑老父亲行为?
得亏没认爹,按照魏峥这爹无脑宠溺的性格,两小只认了爹以后不得翻天?
“呵呵,侯爷客气了。”她当下抱着昭昭就走,“侯爷,我先过去哄昭昭了。”

魏铮眉间轻轻一蹙,可惜那女子已经抱着孩子擦肩而过。

魏铮快步跟上,走到温婉的展台前,却看见温婉的展台上空无一物…只有挂满了的灯笼球,那灯笼球像是萤火虫一般散发着微弱的光芒,模糊了那女子的容貌。

真是奇怪。

魏铮当下问出口:“你这摊子倒是别致。我瞧其他酒坊都是花大力气吆喝,光是抽奖活动就聚起了不少人流。温师妹准备做什么?”

温婉没料到魏铮竟然跟来。

柳依依和红梅此刻听着那道熟悉的声音都是头皮发麻,不敢与之对视,便如缩头乌龟一般背身而站,手臂还一直捅温婉。

本着死道友不死贫道的精神,柳依依很利落的抢过温婉怀里的昭昭,“大姑娘,您快去吧,侯爷跟你说话呢。”

红梅低咳一声,“是呀,姑娘放心吧,我能看好昭昭小姐。”

温婉只能从展台下钻出来走到魏铮面前,笑着解释道:“我要做什么,侯爷再等片刻就知晓。”

小娘子穿一身粉色的窄袖夏衫,夏装着长度及地的百褶裙,显得清爽干练。

上次魏铮和她关在一个箱子里的时候他就发现,温婉不喜涂抹胭脂,也不喜穿金戴银,她发间只有一根碧玉簪子,更加衬得她如出水芙蓉。

魏铮开门见山,“我今日有事来寻温师妹。”

温婉笑笑,“侯爷想问走私案的进度?”

金主爸爸大手一挥,许诺她平南大街上放一场盛大的烟火助势。

当然,温婉美其名曰是为了查案。

顺带是为了此次糖酒会。

“这边说。”温婉和魏铮挪步到河堤旁的人行道上,此刻无数男女争相在河水之中放莲花灯,也有新婚夫妇携手写下愿望放出孔明灯,一时之间人流如织,无处下脚。

温婉选了较为僻静的地方,两人便靠在柳树下说话。

温婉将一张卷起来的小纸条递给魏铮,“这是我这几日到处走家窜户得来的消息。名单上一共有六家。在我放出朝廷要严打民间借贷的消息后,这六家人最为急迫。尤其是名单上的蔡夫人,甚至不惜取车亲自来家中寻我。话里话外都在打探借贷一事。”

魏铮拿到名单后一挑眉,“朝廷何时要严打民间借贷?此事我为何不知?”

“当然是假消息啊。”小娘子勾唇一笑,昏暗的灯光倒影在她那双黑白分明的瞳孔里,仿佛这河面上散碎的月色,“他们都知道侯爷与我关系亲近,自然以为我消息灵通。这借贷一事本就是违法乱纪之事,一旦有任何风吹草动,他们便立刻草木皆兵。”

魏铮微微扬眉,暗道这温师妹还真是和其他女子与众不同。

许是出身商贾,脑子更加灵活。

这一招…打草惊蛇,或许真有奇效。

可是魏铮仍然不满意。

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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