The Precious Lady – Chapter 345

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第345章 摊牌
温婉笑,小娘子唇边浮起两个浅浅的酒窝,“这些…都是师兄的猜测罢了。”

“温婉,你敢说你不是杀害我两个表兄的凶手?!”

那小娘子面色微滞,微张双唇,一字一句:“我发誓,我没有杀你的两个表兄。”

“那你敢发誓我两个表兄的死与你无关?!”

温婉一笑,“我和元家三房生意上多有往来,你两个兄长多行不义必自毙,与我有何干系?”

“你还在撒谎!”程允章胸脯起伏,眼尾泛红,“我原以为…你我之间至少有些情谊,我愿意给你机会,你也应该对我坦诚相待。不曾想,这只是我一厢情愿的想法。”

“我知道你一身反骨,知道你睚眦必报,但我没想到,你手段竟如此残忍暴虐!”

程允章拿起那根簪子,“这根簪子我在老师家最近的桥边捡到。那一夜,你马车陷落泥中,车夫来寻我们帮忙。当时你头戴帷幕形容狼狈,说是摔倒所致。但其实是因为我六表兄回来找你,你二人发生了抓扯,对吗?”

温婉面色一白。

万没想到回旋镖正中她的眉心。

“对,你没有杀他。”

“你身量娇小,气力不足,而我六表兄学过一些拳脚,按照你的身高是无法割断他的脖子。”

“六表兄死后,我对你曾有怀疑,因此命人制作了和我六表兄同等重量的草人,从我捡到簪子的位置顺流而下。最后在发现我六表兄尸体附近两三里的河道处发现这草人!”

温婉辩驳,“那几日平县暴雨,河道涨水,就算是同等重量的草人也未必能顺着轨迹冲到下游——”

突然。

船舱内一片死寂。

温婉瞳孔微缩,落在膝盖上的手赫然抓紧衣料。

程允章脸上一抹苍凉的笑,“只有凶手才会至今记得那一日是什么天气。”

温婉头皮瞬间炸开!

为自己的愚蠢,更为程允章的敏锐!
普通人怎么会记得一年多前某个时间段是下雨还是晴天?
只有凶手。

她大意了!

“所以…杀他的人是赵恒。”男子声音轻轻,却包含千钧之力,“我猜那一日,赵恒也在,对吗?”

温婉跪坐在蒲团上,小娘子垂着头,紧咬下唇,浑身被一股阴森之气所笼罩。

程允章的眸色是前所未来的锋利,“这也是你为何去父留子的原因。你担心事情东窗事发,元家会找他偿命!对吗?!”

小娘子身子一晃,抬眸不可思议望向他,“你怎么……”

你怎么什么都知道——

“是,我全都知道。杀人是赵恒对吗?”程允章呼吸一滞,突如醍醐灌顶,“所以…这一次杀我五表兄的也是他?他就藏在播州城里对吗?!”

对!
只有这一种解释!
如此全都通了!

练箭之人手指上会有老茧,他观察过温婉身边的人,就连那个屠二爷也是习惯使刀而非骑射,可是他依稀记得……温家姑爷赵恒身手了得精通骑射!
或许这两人早已暗中取得联系!
那么温婉的同伙便是这个被去父留子的赵恒!!

“不是!”那小娘子声音陡然变得尖锐,她摇头,“不是他!”

这一刻温婉心惊胆战。

她完全没有想到,程允章竟然稀里糊涂的拼凑出了一切真相!
程允章很快抓住了她言语之间的漏洞,“你知道凶手是谁!”

温婉胸脯剧烈起伏着,她睫毛不安的轻颤,船身摇晃,她的目光似乎也跟着摇晃。

良久,她慢慢呼出一个浊气。

那盏残灯在她的瞳孔里变成了一个小小的光点。

“元敬、元启……都是我杀的。”

“赵恒曾教过我拳脚功夫。尤其是…怎么杀死比我高大的成年男子。”

小娘子目光幽幽盯着他,甚至有一种嘲讽和挑衅,“我能杀得了山贼,为何杀不了他们?”

真相,浮出水面。

程允章面色骇然一变。

他曾想过无数种答案,他甚至想过温婉是真正的凶手,可是这答案太可怕,他每次一触碰到这答案的边角就立刻将它合上。

温婉不会是凶手。

温婉虽然手段狠辣,却不至于如此暴虐。

他了解她。

所以,他一定会为她洗刷冤屈。

程允章咬唇,一种悲怆在胸中忽的蔓延开去。

他一直收藏着这根簪子!

他无数次的奢想,或许有朝一日,苍天愿厚待于他,他有和温婉携手一生的可能。

可是——

这根簪子是温婉杀死六表兄的证物!
他握着的簪子上…全是六表兄的血!

愤怒冲上头,心被针扎得千疮百孔,几乎让他喘不过气来。

他声音发颤,“你为何…我两个表兄就算和你有生意场上的龃龉,你也不该如此心狠手辣杀害他们性命!”

“你…你…”程允章衣袍下的手不住颤抖,“你什么时候变得如此面目可憎?!”

男子眸色氤氲,嘶声力竭的问她,“为什么…他们一定要死?”

男子的话仿佛千斤重,压得温婉的肩膀一沉。

可渐渐地。

船外有歌伎坐在江边,怀抱琵琶唱着家乡的小曲儿,语调欢快活泼,顺风飘远。

水流打在船身上,一波一波。

远处月亮高升,江面上犹如洒下一片金辉。

温婉握着的拳头慢慢松开,眉宇之间的戾气也逐渐散开,她慢吞吞的掀唇一笑,眼底仿佛有破碎的月光,“他们死有余辜。”

“元六郎故意让我马车陷入泥潭里,等我落单,对我实施强暴和殴打,甚至想杀了我。我杀他,有何不对?”

浩瀚的风吹进来,程允章眉心一跳!
他看向温婉,脸上满是不可置信的神情。

“元五郎……呵…”温婉一声凉薄的冷笑,她睁眼,刹那锋芒毕露,“他杀了我的丫鬟绿萍,我便杀了他!以眼还眼以牙还牙!有何不对?!”

程允章几乎是瞬间脱口而出,“你那丫鬟绿萍是自尽的!这账如何算到我五表兄头上?”

不对。

准确来说…是被流言蜚语逼死!

可始作俑者是谁呢?

是元六郎!

想到这里,程允章面色惨白。

怎么忘了,在平县之时……温婉和三房之间就已经隔了一条人命!

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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