The Precious Lady – Chapter 393

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第393章 赶来
此刻已是夜幕,秋风飒爽,她一掀帘,冷风入内,遂被红梅摁下。

红梅瞧着温婉绯红的双颊,只怕她喝酒受风后着凉,便嘱咐马车外的陈小淳:“小淳哥,慢一些…”

陈小淳驭马技术了得,闻言立刻将速度放缓,车内颠簸渐止,不曾想刚转进一条小巷,马车却忽的停下。

迎面十几个打手,各个凶神恶煞,似乎正在追人,冷不丁瞧见温婉的马车,两方人马一打眼,温婉便听见有人暴喝一声:“是你!”

温婉只觉得这道声音好生熟悉,正欲掀帘一观,陈小淳却已经跳下马车,手一抬,拿防身的刀剑刀背狠狠打在马屁股上,“东家你先走!我来殿后!”

马儿吃痛,一声长鸣,拉着马车不管不顾的横冲直撞!
温婉和红梅在车内七倒八歪,眼瞅要冲进路边店铺,温婉当机立断,抱着红梅的腰,一脚踢开车帘,纵身一跃跳下马车。

两个人双双砸在地上!
“红梅,你去控制马车,别让马车冲撞了人!我去帮陈小淳!”

红梅不肯走,“姑娘,冲撞了人赔些银钱便是!可陈小淳那边都是一群地痞流氓,还不知是不是冲您来的,我陪你去!”

温婉甩开她的手,面色愠怒,“人命比天大!难道我的命就比别人贵重!你快去!”

红梅跺跺脚,转身追马!

这马眼瞅着冲入闹市,虽说眼下街面上人渐少,但若是撞了人也是非死即伤!

温婉冲进旁边的木具店带走了一根手腕粗细的长棍,又用携带的匕首“哐哐哐”将木棒一头削尖做防身武器。

沿着原路抄回去,还没走近老远就听见巷子那头有人扯着喉咙喊:“杀人啦!杀人啦!”

十几个打手模样的人正赤手空拳的殴打陈小淳,陈小淳倒在人群包围之中抱头蜷缩,他手边的剑身沾血,而不远处…一个人影倒在血泊之中。

温婉心口一跳,出人命了!

人群中有人瞧见了温婉,目光浑浊:“嘿,又来了个小娘儿们!”

“住手!”温婉拿木棒敲打一侧的树干,发出“砰砰砰”的巨响,小娘子声音干脆,半点不惧,“我是温家酒坊话事人,也是红楼掌柜!更是天水府督抚魏大人的师妹!如今城内四处捉拿前几日闹事的倭人,闹事之人曝尸悬于城墙!你们还敢聚众闹事,是嫌脖子上脑袋长得太紧?”

那小娘子又扯着喉咙对主街叫唤:“赵将军、候军爷,这边有人闹事!”

话音刚落,马蹄声声急促,片刻当真传来赵恒的声音:“哎,我怎么…好像听到温小娘子的声音?”

温婉连忙喊:“赵将军这边!”

见那帮人面有退色,温婉趁机而上,“还不快滚?等着人头落地是不是?”

“走走走,反正李老三跟咱们又不熟!他死了也不关我们的事儿!”

那群人互相拉扯着离开巷子,赵恒已经带着小支人马赶来救援,“哎,我就说是温小娘子嘛!你这是…被人袭击了?”

“赵小将军,我家伙计受伤了!快帮着抬他去医馆!”

赵恒闻言立刻翻身下马,两个人扶起地上的陈小淳,陈小淳被打得头破血流,左腹中了一刀,血流不止,他气若游丝的解释着:“东家,那人…那人是那天晚上…倭人袭城…就是他砍了我一刀…我将他砍伤…刚才他…他一下便认出了我…我担心东家被无故牵连…所以才…”

温婉急色道:“先别说话,我送你去医馆!”

赵恒又嘱咐两个手下帮着抬起陈小淳便往医馆去,大约走了半里路,医馆门前暖帘被人气势汹汹的掀开,领头的是个年轻的小妇人,她一进门便指使着抬人入内,“大夫呢!快,给他治伤!用最好的药!多少银子我都出!”

赵恒已经嘱咐人去抓那群打手,刚才局势混乱,温婉只顾着救人,全然忘记地上还躺着一个,此刻赵恒才引着她到屏风外侧:“温小娘子,那个人死透了。前夜你可曾见过他?”

“没见过。”温婉摇头,“刚小淳哥说,这人也是那一夜城里闹事的宵小。这两天城里到处抓人,此人许是怕小淳哥举报他,所以打算先下手为强。”

“既如此那就死不足惜!”赵恒担心温婉出其他变故,也担心这些人是冲温婉而来,便大刀阔马的提刀而坐,“温小娘子放心,我已经派人去抓回这批闹事的人!侯爷很快就到!”

温婉瞪他,蠕蠕唇,想骂人,好不容易憋回去,“屁大点事,你找侯爷做什么?这两天城内人仰马翻,你还要给他添堵?”

赵恒不解。

赵恒委屈。

总觉得自己在受夹板气,但没有证据。

侯爷让他多注意温小娘子的动静,担心走私案牵连温家人,偏偏温小娘子又不乐意让侯爷知道自己的行踪,那他夹在中间算什么?
赵恒只觉得自从遇见温小娘子,自己一天挨的白眼比从前一年都要多!

一帘之隔,帘内传来陈小淳隐忍的痛苦闷哼,饶是如此,陈小淳还不忘安慰帘外的温婉,“东家,我无大碍…今晚之事由我而起,是我对不住你…你别赶我走!”

温婉负手立在外间语气凶恶的安抚他:“你是为护我而伤,我绝不会赶你走,你放心治伤便是!”

片刻,前堂传来一阵急促的脚步声,暖帘掀开,外间的灯火照亮屋内,温婉甫一抬头,就瞧见魏峥行色匆匆赶来。

他走得急,带起外间清冷的长风,暖帘下悬挂的风铃作响。

男人一入屋内,摄人的双眸四下一扫,医馆内顿时空气也变得稀薄。

最后,那人视线摇摇晃晃落在温婉脸上。

魏峥胸脯渐渐平缓,眸中紧张退去,他不动声色的走过去,“刚巧在附近办事,听到赵恒说这巷子里发生命案…”视线上下扫过温婉,定在她手上,声音陡然一紧,“你…受伤了?”

温婉取出罗帕擦干净,小娘子眼睛亮晶晶的,看起来并未遭受半分惊吓。

是呢。

这小娘子即使面对比自己高大强壮的对手,杀人的时候也是毫不手软,连手都不抖动一下。

“不是我的,是小淳哥的血。”

小淳哥?
叫得倒是亲热。

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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