The Precious Lady – Chapter 318

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温婉听明白了,主要还是温老爹右腿挨了板子以后留下的伤,加之便宜爹年纪大了,牢房又阴暗,导致伤口迟迟不好愈合。

大夫见温婉愁眉苦脸,劝解了两句:“温小娘子不必太过紧张,老爷子如今人逢喜事精神爽,七情舒畅,又有你们精心照顾,相信很快就能痊愈。”

便宜爹抱着珲哥儿不撒手,闻言并不放在心上,“我没病!我一看见昭昭和珲哥儿,全身这病呀…都好了!”

送走了那大夫,温维明想起进院时看到满地的行李,院子里也是七零八落一片狼藉,不由问道:“咱们什么时候走?”

按他的意思,怎么也得休息两三日再离开。

不过看这样子,显然温婉早已有了安排。

“尽快。本来打算是接上父亲就出发回平县。眼下还有些行李没有来得及归置。”

温维明闻言皱眉,这么着急忙慌的…

“出什么事儿了?”

温婉不答反问:“难道爹不想赶紧离开这是非之地吗?”

“你拿了主意便是。”温维明对自家这煤炭可太熟了,想着温婉这么着急走,定然是在播州又惹了什么祸事得急着脱身,“只是这一次我能平安出狱,少不了姚老先生、程公子还有魏大人从中出力。”

“你爹我心里门儿清呢,要不是看你面子上,你爹我在大牢里也不可能如此轻松好过。这份人情欠着将来还,可临走之前总不能不辞而别,至少得请他们吃一顿饭吧?”

温婉抿唇,蹙眉。

温老爹却已经做了决断,“就这么定了,明日一大早就走,晚上请他们来家中吃顿便饭。”

他瞥向温婉,又有些迟疑:“其他人好说,倒是那位魏大人…咱们可请得动这大佛?”

屋内人面色各异,全都拿余光瞥温婉。

温婉叹气,该来的…还是来了。

“爹,跟您说件事。您老有个心理准备。”

温维明看着温婉那郑重其事的脸色有些发笑,可一看到柳依依、陈妈、红梅三人皆是一脸沉色,温维明再也笑不出来了。

随后陈妈借故带着温静去院子里玩耍。

温维明喉头一滚,莫名有些紧张,他紧紧抱着珲哥儿,“你说吧,谁又死了?”

温婉苦笑,“没有人死…”她又补了一句,“死的也不是咱家的人。”

哦。

那就还是有个倒霉蛋死了?
“我想说…您看到魏大人的时候不要太过惊讶。”

“为何?”温维明挑眉,“难道你爹我是那种没见过权贵的人?哼,莫说魏大人,宫里的娘娘我也是见过的!”

温婉低咳一声,“因为魏峥和有个熟人长得很像。怕您老看了惊讶。”

不知怎的,温维明心里突然一种强烈的不安,脑子还没转过来,嘴巴却先动了,“赵恒?”

说完温维明嘴唇一颤,声音拔高:“赵恒?!”

声音吓到了珲哥儿,珲哥儿开始瘪嘴,温维明声音立刻小小的,“啊,没事没事,摸摸头不害怕啊…祖父没和你生气…”

温婉抠抠头,拍了一记马屁,“爹…真是冰雪聪明,一猜就中!”

温维明:……

“不对。若赵恒是魏峥,为何不见他来找咱家算账?难道这次牢狱之灾就是他的报复?”

温婉摇头,“不是。”

她又小心翼翼抬眸看温老爹,“他脑子想不起来了。也没认出我们。他现在只当我是姚老爷子的义女。”

温维明眼皮直跳,似乎难以消化这诸多信息。

他心中不安,“难怪你吵着要走!”

只怕是心虚了!
莫说温婉心虚,温维明也心虚!
可是一想到很快就要离开,温维明心中稍稳,“事已至此,咱少去他面前晃悠便是。大夫怎么说,他还会想得起来吗?”

温婉摇头,“不清楚。说是落下头风之症,偶有头痛发作,至于能不能想起来,谁也说不准。”

“那就尽快回去。”温维明怀里抱着珲哥儿,想得更多,不能寄希望于赵恒想不起来,等回去后将酒坊处理了,换个地方重新开始,让魏峥这辈子找不到才是真的!
温婉见温维明面上无多大表情,心中纳闷,难道是坐牢让便宜爹丧失所有手段和力气?

温维明怀里抱着娃儿,不停拿手指戳珲哥儿的小胖脸。

温婉支支吾吾,“爹,你为何不生气?”

“事已至此,我生哪门子气?”温维明轻轻一叹,“我这回死里逃生,啥都想明白了。无论你是什么安排,反正以后家里的事情我不管,我就养好身子,带两个大孙子,比什么都强。”

“至于你和赵恒还是魏峥,那是你们的事儿。你们自己折腾去。”

温老爹这云淡风轻的反应,让温婉捉摸不定。

便宜爹不会憋个大的,晚上钻被窝里打她吧?
见温婉木木的,温维明脸上浮起一笑,“你放心吧,你爹我不是攀高枝的人!那魏大人是什么身份,咱家什么身份,硬凑上去别落个粉身碎骨的下场。”

“爹也不指望你有多大的出息,咱家就像现在这样,平平安安团团圆圆的比什么都强。”

温婉神色恍惚,“爹当真这么想?”

温维明白她一眼,“不然呢?魏家就剩魏大人一根独苗,难不成等他来抢昭昭和珲哥儿?”

温婉见温老爹想得开,便也随他去,“那就这样说定了。晚上我请义父义母他们来吃个便饭,咱明日一早就离开播州回平县去!”

考虑到程允章家里那一团乱麻,温婉只请了义父义母和魏峥。

可惜魏峥有公务来不了,温婉便在院子里搭了一副桌椅做烤肉吃,同时和义父说起次日回平县的打算。

姚世真知道平县那边还有一堆事情等着温婉处理,因此并未挽留,“这天下没有不散的宴席,你回了平县记得给我写信。”

姚老夫人也道:“平县离播州说近不近说远不远,你以后记得常来看我。”

温婉旁敲侧击的打听起程允章的消息,“修文师兄家里出了这样的大事,怕是要耽误学业了吧?”

姚老先生叹气,“他这两日帮着查案,入京一事怕要耽搁。”(本章完)

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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