The Precious Lady – Chapter 349

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第349章 心乱
魏峥鬼使神差醍醐灌顶,忽然明白程允章临走时那一句“不希望你和我一样”是什么意思。

他也突然明白,为什么他察觉院子里种了什么花,为什么会不分青红皂白的出手射杀元启,为什么会梦到温婉变成了雪林女妖怪……

他似乎…有点…喜欢温婉。

为什么呢?

正如温婉所说,她颇有姿色。

应该只是如此。

他是成年的正常男人,机缘巧合之下他和温婉曾共同关在箱子里,也共同在美好月色下共乘一船,容貌、气味、声音、美景、气氛…缺一不可,多种因素共同作用,才导致他意乱神迷。

魏峥试图从逻辑方面来解释自己的情愫,片刻他便推导出喜欢温婉的原因和时间。

可他素来果决,喜欢一个带着两个孩子的寡妇…这事情放程允章身上或许惊天动地,放他身上…他有能力让它看起来不那么惊天动地。

于是他只问自己两个问题。

喜欢温婉吗?
喜欢。

喜欢到不顾一切吗?

好像…也并没有。

不过是一场风、一轮月、一叶扁舟带来的些许意动而已。

等风停了、月落了、扁舟靠岸了,或许这一点点情愫也就随风飘走了。

他不必庸人自扰。

魏峥这一醒来,守夜的候继一听见动静便立刻入内。

因去年魏峥落单重伤并人间蒸发半年后,魏峥几个属下从此万分警惕,从前魏峥休息时只有一二士兵值守,如今几个大将轮流守候。

这头魏峥刚醒,坐在床上片刻,候继就神情警觉入内,却看见床上坐着一个人影。

屋内没有点灯,漆黑一片,候继率先摸到烛台点亮了灯火,扭头看见魏峥坐在那里,他半蜷着腿,膝盖撑着前额,额前有汗,整个人显得疲惫且阴鸷。

“侯爷,您又头疼了?”

魏峥刚回来的时候,因在雪山里受了寒,时常头痛不止。最凶猛的时候一整个长夜无法入睡。

候继察觉魏峥今夜不同寻常,心里愈发着急,“卑职去请曾大夫来施针。”

“不必。”魏峥揉着太阳穴,双眸微阖,“刘桂舟那边线索有人跟着吗?”

候继不知怎的,这凌晨时分魏峥说起公事,却还是照实回答,“元杰那边一直跟着呢。”

“他们敢借着放印子钱来平走私的账,只抓一个周账房完全不够。”魏峥双眸睁开,眼底一抹摄人的寒气,“天快亮了,城墙上…还空着呢。得挂几颗人头上去。”

候继心口一跳,“侯爷是准备收网?”他又犹犹豫豫,看一眼外面昏暗的天色,这会儿鸡都还没叫呢,“现在吗?”

魏峥睨他一眼,候继连忙道:“属下这就去叫兄弟们!”

魏峥想起这两日没听见赵恒那公鸭嗓,又一想到温婉那天造地设的亡夫也叫赵恒,他心头好一阵不爽快,“赵恒呢?”

“啊…”候继抠抠脑袋,“他正在满城找身手矫健的奶娘呢。”

奶娘好找。

身手矫健的奶娘…比天上飞的龙还难找。

赵恒找到心力交瘁,甚至每晚对着铜镜捏自己胸口,还问他们能不能扮上女装去温家喂奶。

可真是个变态啊——

“这次行动要带上他吗?”候继心中记挂着解救队友于水火之中,扭身便走,“那卑职去叫他。”

“不必。”魏峥冷哼一声,“让他务必给我找到人送去温家。事情办妥后,再去西山大营刷马桶!”

候继眼皮直跳。

赵恒啊,虽然不知道你怎么得罪侯爷了,但兄弟只能帮你到这里。

剩下的路你得自己走。

身材健硕的奶娘…你得继续找。

大营里的马桶…你还得继续刷。

阿弥陀佛。

程允章回到家中便立刻遣了仆从,关上门窗。

他又命人送去了一壶酒。

这在元老夫人眼里极其异常。

程允章向来洁身自好,平日里甚少饮酒,今日回来时衣裳鞋袜虽是干的,可头发湿透,步履蹒跚,面容阴沉。

整个程家在元老夫人雷霆手段管理之下,自然唯元老夫人马首是瞻。

这边刚第一坛酒送进程允章房内时,元老夫人那头就已经得到消息。

此刻已是夜深,元老夫人闻言披上外衫坐在床头,严妈妈手拢一盏灯火靠近,见元老夫人皱巴巴的脸上愁眉不展,只能也跟着叹气,“四爷这好端端的…这是怎么了?”

元老夫人慢吞吞的披着外衫下床,怂耷的眼皮一撩,“去把阿桂叫来。”

阿桂是程允章的贴身书童,眼下叫他来,定是要详查程允章的事儿。

片刻,阿桂入屋,他忠心于程允章,可惧怕元老夫人,于是回答得含含糊糊,“小人也不清楚,四爷今儿个先是去了揽月阁,后又去找了三姑奶奶,晚间又去了督抚院。温小娘子也在督抚院中,期间四爷叫温小娘子上了马车,两个人说了什么…小人没听见。”

“那为何允章头发湿透?”

“四爷…四爷他……”阿桂脸上显出为难的脸色。

元老夫人冷声道:“你想清楚,你老子娘的卖身契都在我手里,我要他们生,他们就能活着。我要他们死,他们活不过天亮!”

阿桂咬牙道:“四爷掉水里了!”

“好端端的怎会落水?!”元老夫人一拍桌子,“定是你玩忽职守,没将他照料好!”

阿桂直呼冤枉,“四爷和温小娘子去船上说话,不许小人跟着。小人便在岸边跟着船跑,一见四爷落水,小人就立刻和那些士兵们将四爷捞了起来!”

“士兵?”

“对!魏大人也在!”

元老夫人蹙眉,“魏大人是否也上了船?”

“这个没有!只有四爷和温小娘子二人!魏大人似乎不放心,一直派人跟着!”

元老夫人瞳孔微缩,手指撑开,紧紧攥着桌子一角,“你下去吧。此事若敢对外人提起,坏了四郎和温娘子的名声,我要你好看!”

阿桂瑟瑟发抖的退下去。

严妈妈敛气秉神,不敢说话。

“又是这个贱人。”元老夫人深深呼出一口浊气,她年纪大了,光是一呼一吸之间都觉得耗费精力,甚至有些胸痛,她捂着胸口,“她究竟要纠缠四郎到什么时候!我跟她什么仇什么怨,她非得这样逼我?”

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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