The Precious Lady – Chapter 343

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第343章 挨嘴巴子
也是,程允章从来如此,年少中举的天才…岂是无能之辈?
“你觉得……”温婉舔了舔干涩的唇,眸子里有一抹茫然,却没有无措,茫然过后泛着冷沁沁的幽光,“他是不是猜到了元启的死因。”

两个人沉默以对。

程允章名义是魏峥的师弟,是温婉的师兄。

魏峥已经偏帮了温婉一回,更何况…程允章既然在寻城防图,那也意味着他起疑心的是温婉而并非魏峥。

若当真东窗事发,温婉难不成还能将魏峥推出去挡罪?
更何况还有那支碧玉簪子。

温婉不知道程允章到底拼凑出多少真相,更不清楚程允章知道这一切会作何反应。

魏峥敲敲桌面,那小娘子幽幽的目光落在他的手指上。

她在失神。

“昨日你当着众人和修文师弟割袍断义,就是为了不连累他吧?”

小娘子的眼睛里空荡荡的,“我本不愿和他为敌,只可惜机缘巧合、造化弄人。”

魏峥提醒她,“程允章眼下只是起了疑心,你还有几日时间转圜。”

“转圜?”温婉冷声一笑,“我和他之间隔着好几条人命,侯爷觉得还有转圜的余地?”

“更何况,落子无悔。做都做了,我无惧有之。”

“人是我杀的,若他报复,我一力承担便是。”

看着那小娘子满脸煞气,嘴上说着“一力承担”,可魏峥心知肚明,温师妹这桀骜不驯的性子…岂会逆来顺受?

“难道你真要和一刀两断?”魏峥担心姚世真,男人双眼眯起,那双漂亮的眼睛里看不清情绪,“你会让老师难做…我…亦难做。”

“我不会逼迫义父或侯爷站我这一边。旁人的想法我无法左右,我只需…弄清自己的心即可。”

而唯一阻碍她的只有一条。

程允章对她很好。

她曾真心的把程允章当做朋友。

可是,仅限如此。

小娘子双眸清亮,声音振聋发聩。

“顺应本心,便是我所追求的道!”

窗外忽而一阵晚风,吹得魏峥手边的烛台火光跳跃,整个房间忽明忽灭。

而眼前那小娘子站在窗边,一抹凄美的月色落在她的肩头,将她整个人笼罩在一层圣洁的光芒之中,恍惚间仿若天上的神女。

神女并非博爱苍生。

反而因为是高高在上的神,因此从未将蝼蚁般的人类放在眼里。外表圣洁懵懂的神女,脚下踏着的却是凡人的尸骨。

温师妹…真是个面热心冷的人啊。

再看月色下那女子。

容貌竟比从前艳丽几分。

眉黛春山,秋水剪瞳。

云鬓楚腰,风姿绰约。

浑身雅艳,遍体娇香。

她脸孔上挂着淡淡的笑,显得疏离,魏峥这才注意到她笑起来唇边有两个小小的酒窝。

她的眼睛很美,笑的时候像月牙,眼睛深处有细碎的灯火残光,就仿佛是那雪山里吃人的女妖怪冲他招手,而他不知不觉被勾至洞口。

魏峥突然心口一紧,一种说不清道不明的心悸在身体中蔓延,顺着血液流到五脏六腑,直到肌肤上每一根寒毛都立起来。

要命。

都怪侯继那小子一天到晚在他耳边胡咧咧什么雪山女妖怪、双修、吃人等胡话!

魏峥回过神来。

明天得给侯继再送一百个马桶!看他还有没有力气编排!
温婉没有得到有用的消息,便起身向他微微福身,“夜深了,侯爷早些歇息。”

小娘子毫不犹豫转身,留下满地野栀的浅淡香味,魏峥起身,快走两步跟上那人,“我送师妹回家。”

小娘子蹙着眉头在想事情,将魏峥的话左耳朵进右耳朵出,“不必,几步路的距离,一炷香时间便也到了。”

魏峥垂眸,看见那小娘子浓密纤长的睫毛。

他牵唇一笑,并不言语,只是和她并排走着。

院子里的合欢花开得正好,白色的小花一朵一朵绽放在枝头,风一吹,便沙沙作响,飘落几瓣在青石板上。

魏峥从来没有注意过原来督抚院的后堂里种着那么多种花,合欢、四季桂、飘香藤、白兰花,有些还没有开花,只有绿色枝叶随风摆动;有些花怒放圆满,在盛夏晚风中花枝招展。

以前每日从这条路走过,为何从不曾在意过这些细节?
甚至,他闻到夏日空气里特有的香甜气息。

刚才在屋内燥热的心…此刻正渐渐舒缓…

片刻,魏峥将温婉送到门前,温婉踩上最后一级石阶却突然停下脚步,扭身仰头看暖帘下的男子。

“侯爷,您对昭昭和珲哥儿的心意我收到了,但是以后…请再别送这样贵重的礼物。我无以为报,心有不安。”

男人那双剑眉低垂,满脸都是不解,“贵重吗?”

温婉耐着性子:“二十副长命锁,够普通人家一辈子的吃穿用度。”

“哦。”魏峥一副受教的模样,但眉眼冷淡,“二十副长命锁对温掌柜你来说算贵重,但对于我魏峥来说…九牛一毛。”

“若温掌柜收下礼物觉得心有不安,更应该努力赚钱回报我才是,而不是让我别再送礼。”

温婉:我跟你们这帮有钱人拼了!

见温婉脸上又出现龇牙咧嘴的模样,魏峥唇边难掩弯曲的弧度,那男子着一身玄色的家居服,宽袖长衫若飘飘而去的谪仙,他站在台阶之上,因背靠灯笼而半张脸笼在阴影之下。

此刻魏峥的脸完全和赵恒的脸吻合。

温婉的心,突然如针扎似的疼痛。

尤其是魏峥那似笑非笑的模样,恍惚间让温婉回到了从前在平县每次魏峥送她去酒坊时候的场景。

那时候魏峥也是站在廊下看着她远去,等候她回来,日复一日。

月是当年月。

人是旧时人。

只是破镜难重圆。

她的反射弧似乎从来都比别人长。

直到此时此刻,她突然清醒。

她似乎…很早…很早…很早…就对手办失身又失心。

什么水泥封心!什么我心似铁!什么露水情缘!那都是哄骗自己的玩笑话!
就如今时今刻,她一面告诫自己应当远离魏峥,一面却又不受控制的飞蛾扑火般靠近魏峥。

温婉。

你完了。

你又要挨爱情的嘴巴子了!

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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