The Precious Lady – Chapter 335

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第335章 过往
温静心里又有点感伤,她以前觉得姐夫凶巴巴的,但久了不见吧,又有点想他。

好歹姐夫能教她功夫呢。

她跟姐夫说不想嫁人,姐夫还很支持她。

还会悄悄给她零花钱!
魏峥闻言却蹙眉,身手好还能上山掉河里淹死?

怎么里面嗅出了阴谋诡计的味道?

温静恼了,“魏大人,我说了这么多,该轮到你了。快告诉我,怎么收拾张二牛?那狗东西每次打不过我就告状,他娘就来找我娘算账,简直就是个懦夫!”

魏峥示意她过来,对她耳语几句,温静眨巴了眼,欲言又止但跃跃欲试,眼睛里疯狂闪动着心动的信号,“这…这不好吧?我娘知道了会揍我的。”

“你不要让你娘知道不就行了?”

“可她要是怀疑我怎么办?”

“你就抵死不承认!大声喊冤枉!”

温静“啧啧啧”了几声,上下打量魏峥,“魏大人,你小时候一定挨过不少揍。”

魏峥唇角的弧度一僵,脸色微滞,随后笑道:“我娘很早就死了,我爹十几年生死未卜,我从小是在姑姑跟前长大的。家中仆人都怕我惧我,从不敢跟我玩耍。”

温静不解,“为何?”

“因为…”魏峥笑容浅淡,月色凄凄,落在他肩头,他的双眸里好似有一团看不清的雾,“玩耍难免磕碰,我若是磕了碰了,他们会死。”

温静少年老成的叹气,“魏大人真可怜。”

魏峥觉得温家这一家人都很有意思,唯自家姑娘马首是瞻的温老爷子、外强中干的柳夫人、刀子嘴豆腐心的陈妈、还有一个看着文静乖巧实则窜天猴的温静。

魏峥抓起桌上的茶杯,冷不丁看见那小姑娘眼睛一亮,随后唇瓣一张,语不惊人死不休。

“魏大人,你可以入赘到我们温家!这样你就有家人了,再不会孤孤单单的!”

魏峥“噗嗤”一声,茶水喷了温静满脸。

温静表示:人真的麻了。

“我?”魏峥气极反笑,“你让我入赘到你们家?”

温静抬手慢吞吞的擦干自己脸上的茶水,“我家咋了?我阿姐可会挣钱了,你每日在家吃香喝辣,风吹不着雨淋不着的,魏大人还不愿意?”

“况且。我阿姐早晚要再招个夫婿上门,你们又是师兄妹,入赘一事两全其美嘛。”

魏峥:……

“男女之间的事情,没那么简单。”魏峥掩面低咳,随后又怕这丫头片子说话没轻没重,惹出是非,便拉下脸来嘱咐她,“这种话,万不可对外说起。否则不管是你爹,还是你阿姐,都会遭人非议。”

温静瘪嘴,“寡妇门前是非多嘛。我知道。”

魏峥含笑盯着温静,“温二小姐,有些时候…有些揍…是你自找的。”

温静摇头,“没意思。我去玩昭昭了。”

说罢,那人丢了蒲扇,甩开小腿儿往屋内走去。

这下,只剩魏峥一个人独坐院子里。两三个温家的下人正在拆马车的行李,厨房陈妈和红梅正在收拾,锅碗瓢盆碰撞着发出“叮叮”的声音,偶尔还夹杂着陈妈两句抱怨。

风吹树摇,月色凄美,整个播州城安静下来,只听见温家人压低的说话声。

魏峥躺在太师椅中,迎着凉爽的晚风,以及耳边传来的白噪音,他竟在这样嘈杂的环境中睡着了。

他做了一个梦。

许是刚才和温静说起了自家的往事,他又梦见了家人。

那一夜,京都漫天熊熊的火光,整个京都亮若白昼。

逆贼将国公府团团围住,无数士兵涌入他家烧杀劫掠,期间他和姐姐被冲散,他眼睁睁看着姐姐被一长须将领猛刺腹部,又将内脏缠绕在长矛之上,那人哈哈大笑拖拽着姐姐稚嫩的身体,内脏如同风筝线一般拉扯,最长有十几丈,他听到那将领手下们拍手叫好,随后又在院里子策马狂冲,他们抓住奴仆们问他和母亲的去向,说不出来的就被一刀抹了脖子。

院子的青石地板上全是血,赤红一片,耳边到处都是人的惨叫声。

母亲将他紧紧搂在怀里,他大叫着要姐姐,却被母亲拖进幽深的地窖里躲藏。

他梦见母亲那双幽幽的眼睛,像濒死的母狼,只有绝望。

她说:“吃了它。你就能活下去。”

“找到你父亲,让他替我们报仇。”

“不吃?那你就是逼我死。”

“魏峥,你想让我死吗?”

“活着。活下去…才有希望。”

吃什么?
在梦里他看不真切。越看不真切就越觉抓耳挠腮,直到他凑近看,竟看见那是从母亲身上割下来的一块皮肉!
而母亲已经化作一摊白骨!
魏峥一下惊醒!
那双阴鸷的眼睛陡然睁开,里面全是铺天盖地的杀意,几乎是瞬间他手上青筋迭起,抓住凑上前这人的手腕。

一声痛苦的闷哼传来。

是个小娘子!
魏峥眼里褪去赤红,茫然迷离的环顾四周,夜风袭来,一缕皂角混合着野栀的香气窜入鼻尖让他清醒。

记忆慢慢如潮水涌来,随后想起…他不在京都,他在播州…他在温家的小院里。

梦里的一切…已经离他很远很远。

那些杀害过魏家的人,他也已经将他们挫骨扬灰——

只是……梦里不知身是客。

“魏峥!”耳畔传来一声疾呼。

魏峥三魂回归两魄,视线定在小娘子那担忧的脸上,随后往下,看见自己的手正紧紧攥着一根皓白的手腕。

他一下松了手,“抱歉。”

温婉手腕上立刻浮起几根青肿的手指印。

魏峥额前冷汗凛凛,手撑着椅子边缘急促呼吸着。

温婉抽回手腕,愣神的看着他,“你…做噩梦了?”

“嗯。”男子声音嗡嗡的,暗沉得不像话,似还没有完全抽离方才的梦魇之中,整个人被一层阴森恐怖的氛围所笼罩。

温婉从没见过这样的魏峥。

她舔了舔唇,“梦见什么了?”

“梦到……”魏峥忽而沉默,温婉递过来一杯茶,魏峥握在手里,茶水面上漂浮着茶叶,起起伏伏之中,他看到自己那双黑沉的眼睛。

像是一个笼罩在黑暗、行走于世间的恶鬼。

(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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