With Xiao Er's explanation, Jing Le and the others were able to piece together the story.
It turns out that the Xu family has a mentally challenged son who is now twenty-five years old, but his intelligence is like that of a five-year-old child.
This was unbearable for Master Xu, so he brought in one concubine after another, but none of them could give birth to a son.
Now that she's old, she can't have any more children, so she's set her sights on her mentally challenged son.
He sought medical help everywhere, eventually consulting every doctor in the area, but none of them could cure his son's mental retardation.
If the doctors couldn't cure his son, then they had to think of other ways.
By chance, I learned that there was a Taoist temple in the provincial capital with a powerful Taoist priest. I heard he was incredibly skilled, so I decided to try anything, even if it seemed hopeless, and went to see the priest.
As it turned out, this mentor was really capable; he actually cured the idiot.
However, there is one condition that must be met, otherwise his foolish son will become foolish again.
Upon hearing this, Master Xu immediately said that no matter what the conditions were, he would find a way to do it, as long as it could save his son.
That's how the story of seventeen daughters-in-law coming into the family came about.
"Actually, I also heard a rumor that the Taoist priest said that as long as he married eighteen wives, the foolish young master would no longer become foolish."
"That's all I know, what do you think..."
The waiter's drooling expression as he looked at the silver was both funny and exasperating. Jing Le waved his hand and threw the silver at the waiter.
The waiter was so frightened that he hurriedly caught the silver. When he saw that the silver was safe, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Here you go, now you can leave."
"Okay, sure."
The waiter closed the door and left, walking with a light step, extremely happy, thinking to himself that this money was really easy to earn.
After everyone had gone, Ying San and the others looked at Jing Le and asked, "Master, did you discover something?"
Duan Feibai also frowned, as if a flash of inspiration had struck him.
"It's that demon."
"That's right, it's him."
Jing Le was surprised that Duan Feibai was so quick-witted and immediately grasped the key point.
With a flick of his wrist, he took out the Soul Sensing Bead from his spatial storage, which was now flashing with a faint light.
"We sensed Shi Changfeng's clone here before, its aura was very weak, but since entering this town, its aura has become much stronger."
"The person must be in town, and then this strange thing suddenly happened. Isn't that suspicious?"
As for whether it is or not, we'll find out tonight.
Jing Le tossed the beads in her hand and said with a grin.
"I'll do whatever you say."
Duan Feibai gently ruffled Jing Le's slightly upturned hair and spoke softly, the doting look in his eyes sending a shiver down Jing Le's spine.
Feeling quite strange, she took two steps back uncomfortably, her face slightly flushed.
"You all go out first, I need to rest. We can talk about tonight's matters later."
[What's wrong with Fei Bai lately? He's always getting handsy, and what's with that look in his eyes? There's even a hint of doting in them! Is that something someone his age should be like?!]
[I'm only five years old now, and Duan Feibai is only seven or eight. Why do I feel like we're childhood sweethearts? Isn't it a bit too early for feelings to blossom?]
Jing Le had no idea that her little thoughts had been heard by the other party.
Duan Feibai's lips twitched. Although his feelings for Jing Le were very special, they were both children now, so what could he do?
He can't do anything right.
He was indeed interested in the childhood sweetheart relationship that Jing Le mentioned, and was gradually cultivating it in that direction.
However, the effect doesn't seem to be very satisfactory. After all, neither of them is a real child at heart, so it feels a little awkward.
It seems the road to winning back his wife is long; he'd better grow up quickly...
Night fell quietly, and Jing Le and the others arrived at Master Xu's house in the dark.
The red silk in Master Xu's house has never been taken down since the first wedding, and it has been used ever since. Everything is readily available.
He has had seventeen new daughters-in-law, and all of them passed away on the second day of their marriages. This is the eighteenth.
Jing Le and the others arrived at the roof of Xu's son's new house. The bright red decorations guided them, and they quickly found the place.
At this moment, an old woman carrying a tray pushed open the door and entered. Jing Le and the others concealed their presence and kept their auras hidden.
I sneaked in quietly.
A bride sat on the bed, her face completely hidden by a veil, but Jing Le could still tell from her clenched, pale hands that she was nervous, or rather, afraid.
"Young Madam, this is the wine that Madam prepared for you. Have some so you won't suffer later."
The old woman placed the tray on the table inside the house without expression, picked up the wine glasses that were already full, and handed them over.
Under the watchful eyes of Jing Le and the others, the bride's trembling hand slowly accepted the wine glass handed to her from under her bridal veil.
With a gritted teeth, he used his other hand to hold a handkerchief and poured the wine onto it.
Only then did he hand over the wine glass.
Jing Le's eyes filled with admiration as she witnessed this scene; he was a thoughtful person.
She had just had the system check and found that the wine had been laced with sleeping pills, which made her even more curious about the Xu family's actions.
After the old woman left, the door was closed, and Jing Le even heard the sound of the lock being put on. She must have been afraid the person would run away.
[That's quite meticulous, but using a sleeping potion and locking the door on a frail woman is really baffling.]
After complaining, Jing Le randomly found an open space, relying on the fact that no one could spot them.
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