The Precious Lady – Chapter 329

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第329章 这边建议报官
元老夫人被她呛得脸色一滞,心道当初真是看错了这丫头!

也是。

敢独身救父挑起偌大酒坊的女子,怎可能没有锋利爪牙!
今日这事…鲁莽了…

“你!”贾氏眼中流出血泪,“你敢以你两个孩子的性命发誓说五郎的死跟你无关吗?”

温婉抿唇,陷入诡异的沉默。

众人的心被高高提起,全都看向堂中那瘦削娇弱的身影。

那小娘子半垂着脸,阳光被暖帘遮住,屋内光线显得晦暗无比。

忽而。

那小娘子红唇微张。

“报官吧。”

平地起惊雷!
温婉环视四下,脸上挂着冷淡而疏离的笑容,声音定定:“诸位,多说无益。”

“报官吧。”

温婉坐下,气定神闲的端起茶杯,又想起魏峥上次当她面下毒之事,她又放下,见屋内众人半晌没有反应,那女子忽然狠狠一拍桌面,大呼门外之人:“屠二爷,你立刻去府衙,击鼓鸣冤!!”

屠二爷早已摩拳擦掌,此刻一听温婉召唤,立刻扭身便走。

贾氏不妨温婉釜底抽薪,当下大惊失色,“不能报官!不能报官!若是报官,五郎做的事情可瞒不住了!”

温婉冷声一笑,“原来贾夫人也知道自己儿子死得不光彩?怎么,今日不屈打成招,不逼着我承认我是凶手,你们元家还不肯放我走了?”

“元老夫人,你们欺人太甚!”

“真当我温婉是泥捏的不成?!”

“是可忍孰不可忍,既然如此,那我们两家就拼个鱼死网破!”

“不可!”元老夫人急声阻止,她心中清楚,温婉看似和元启之死有牵连,可她有不在场证据也是板上钉钉的事实,若此事真闹上公堂,不说让姚老先生难做、元家三房名声扫地,关键是……他们没有铁证!
“温小娘子切莫冲动!我们有话好好说!”

温婉冷笑,“我和你们元家已经无话可说!”

忽而听到外间一阵骚动,紧接着一道好听的男声慵懒清贵,“谁要报官?”

说话间,十几个披甲持锐的士兵如鱼灌水般涌入房内,气氛变得愈发焦灼。

魏峥在众人簇拥下缓缓走进,屋内人齐刷刷的跪倒一片,贾氏不甘心的擦着眼泪下跪,温婉便也跟着微微福身,却立刻被魏峥虚扶了一把。

那男子脸色是前所未有的柔和,“你我师兄妹,不必多礼,快快请起。”

温婉羞赧的低头,声音又甜又软,“多谢师兄。”

两个人错开视线,不动声色的抖落满身的鸡皮疙瘩。

既然魏峥愿意大张旗鼓的借势给她,她也不介意狗仗人势。

权势嘛,谁不喜欢?

谁能不喜欢爽文里参加拍卖会被狗眼看人低的保安拦下,最终发现他身份是全市首富的桥段?

别管土不土,只问爽不爽?
温婉腰杆挺直,嘴角弧度带了一丝讥诮。

贾氏眼睛赤红,盯着那温婉和魏峥,都是千年的人精,谁看不出来这魏大人是来给温婉撑腰的!

可恶!

真论起来,程允章还是魏大人的师弟,魏大人不扶元老夫人,却扶温婉,亲疏远近…一眼明显。

这小蹄子狐媚子功夫了得,哄得姚老爷子和魏峥都护着她!
贾氏呕得想要吐血,若非元以道暗中一直拉扯着她,她定要上前和温婉继续理论。

魏峥负手而立,他今日穿一身青色锦袍,宽袖长袍,素雅矜贵,但因五官天生棱角锋利,行为举止间难掩一身杀伐之气。

“刚才…是谁说要报官?”

元老夫人艰难撑着手杖站起身来,她迅速扫一眼沉默的温婉,连忙笑道:“没有人要报官,我们和温小娘子说笑呢。”

魏峥却看向温婉,笑眯眯问她:“是这样吗?温—师—妹?”

小娘子眸色定定的,随后摇头。

“不。”她声音振聋发聩,“贾夫人一口咬定我是杀害元五郎的凶手,不肯放我离开,我没有办法,只能报官以求清白。”

屋内人的脸全都齐刷刷变色。

就连魏峥眉梢一扬,眼底一抹惊愕,他以为他的到来刚好给了温婉一个就坡下驴的机会,不曾想这小娘子却铁了心要把事情闹大。

魏峥有些看不懂温婉了。

急流勇退不是一直都是她的目标吗?

她不是已经准备好行囊回平县了吗?
怎么眼下又纵身一跃跳进这泥潭中来?

“元家几次三番对我家下手,先是酒坊、再是方子,我看在修文师兄的面子上全都忍了。但现在…连人命都往我身上栽,元家实在是欺人太甚!”

温婉一副后知后觉的样子,“只怕就连今日这张来喜告状也是他们栽赃陷害!对了,一定是他们,他们不想让我离开播州,更不想让瑞果浆抢了他们新酒的风头!”

温婉泫然欲泣,拿罗帕捂住脸,“你们…你们…真是太歹毒!”

元老夫人一头雾水,“什么张来喜?”

魏峥冷笑一声,“元老夫人不知道吗?今日温师妹本已启程回平县,出城时却被人拦下,那张来喜状告瑞果浆能让人中毒,如今我师妹官司缠身!”

他面色不虞,神色讥诮,“元家好大的官威,先是唆使张来喜把我提点司玩弄手掌之中,后又扣留温师妹不允离开。我竟不知…这播州什么时候轮到元家来当家了?”

这指责不可谓不重,元老夫人大骇,当下狠狠瞪了一眼贾氏,立刻丢了手杖跪下请罪,“魏大人,此事我当真不知。如今温家这瑞果浆名满播州,无数酒商盯着温家这块肥肉,是不是元家下手还未可知啊?”

魏峥暼向一脸扭曲的贾氏,“元老夫人,您年纪大了,怕是约束不住下面的人。我看在允章的面上,暂不追究你的罪责!但你务必知晓,千里之堤毁于蚁穴,家里有了蛀虫,万不可心慈手软!该杀则杀!”

这一句话,饱含铺天盖地的杀意。

众人听得皆是心头一跳。

就连温婉也是后背一凉,她看向那人背影,第一次体会到生杀夺予的滋味。

元老夫人心头发凉,当下以哀切的口吻望向温婉,似乎期待温婉能帮她说情,温婉却错开元老夫人的视线,反而问那魏峥:“魏师兄,你今日是来祭奠元五爷的吗?”

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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