第八章赴京畿孤身作客别扬州两处伤心(1/6)

诗云：昨夜残云送晓愁，西风吹起一庭秋；梦里不知郎是客，苦相留。别恨为谁闲绣幕，惊啼曹与倚高楼；破镜上天何日也，大刀头。
                                                                                                                                                                却说吴大相公移奸作盗，自是周旋妙策。过了两日，亲往监门，讯问禁子道：“那个赵贼死了还未？”
                                                                                                                                                                禁子对说：“前日承相公之托，极该尽力。怎奈遇着狱官秦老爷，查点各犯，被那个姓赵的一套虚词，倒保他衙里去住了。我们拦阻不住，故此不曾效力。”
                                                                                                                                                                吴大顿足身冷汗。女儿素卿，在房里听见，便走出来，对父亲道：“那吴家要把银子央来，这件事必然冤枉的了。只是爹爹虽不受他银子，怎禁得别人不受他银子？那姓赵的一条性命，终久不保。”
                                                                                                                                                                老秦夫妇点头道：“便是我女儿说得不差。”
                                                                                                                                                                素卿道：“如今莫若把他银子受了，以安其心。省得又要别寻头路。列明日草堂，爹爹去见知府，把这件事说起。说道：‘外边人俱晓得他冤枉，只是吴秀才定要处置他。闻得他的父亲浙江有名的富室，又且真的是个秀才，老大人不可轻易用刑。后面弄出事来，官府面上也有些不妥。’就是偷盗也非大事，只叫知府轻轻问个罪名便了。”
                                                                                                                                                                秦程书满口称赞：“我的女儿大是有才，这一番语甚好。我明日便去与知府说。”
                                                                                                                                                                当夜更深，素卿思想赵郎明日审问，虽则托了父亲这一番言语，未知是祸是福。又恐怕吴家别有恶计，转辗不安。待众人睡了，竟自出房，到书馆里来，见了云客，把今日父亲的话，备细述了一遍，说：“明日分别，未审好歹。虽则父亲为你申救，不知知府意中必定如何？”
                                                                                                                                                                云客闻得此言，不觉凄惶道：“有这样狗官！贼也招在家里，可笑！可笑！”
                                                       

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