kvmb Chapter 444: Sharing Wife 1
Chapter 444: Sharing Wife 1
After passing the imperial examination, Zhang Shi chose a good marriage for himself in Beijing: Fan Qingqing, the daughter of the prime minister. Zhang Shi was poor and powerless, so even though he had won the third place in the imperial examination, he was not eligible to marry the prime minister's daughter. Fan Qingqing had a reputation for being unlucky in marriage; her two previous fiancés had died unexpectedly before their wedding, and she was still unmarried at the age of 20.
Zhang Shi was not afraid. He wanted to climb up the Prime Minister's tree. When the Fan family extended an olive branch, he immediately agreed.
Prime Minister Fan Zhong was afraid of any more accidents, so he asked for a very urgent wedding date. Zhang Shi also hoped to get married as soon as possible so that the Prime Minister could keep him in the capital and assign him a good official position.
The two hit it off and got married quickly. When Mudan arrived in Beijing with a big belly, Zhang Shi and Fan Qingqing had been married for more than three months.
Mudan, a girl from a brothel, was unable to compete with the prime minister's daughter for her husband, so she was tricked by Zhang Shi into becoming his concubine.
A mistress is the most shameful existence, even worse than a concubine. Every time Mudan talked about the past with the original owner, she burst into tears. Although the original owner had the mental capacity of a 6-year-old, she remembered it because Mudan told her so much.
Things had been peaceful these years, and Zhang Shi seldom came to see the mother and daughter. But the bad thing was that Zhang Shi's official position was getting higher and higher, and he became a little arrogant. When drinking with his colleagues, he boasted that a famous prostitute in a brothel in Jiangnan had been his mistress for many years.
The story spread among colleagues, then to the backyards of various mansions, and finally reached Fan Qingqing's ears. Fan Qingqing was no pushover and quickly found the courtyard where the mother and daughter lived. She entered and beat Mudan to death without saying a word.
I originally wanted to beat the original owner to death, but when I saw her face that looked so much like a peony, I felt hatred in my heart. Since she was so beautiful and stunningly beautiful, I would send her to a brothel to be ridden by thousands of men.
Unbeknownst to Fan Qingqing, the original owner was gifted with supernatural powers, having escaped from a brothel. Though mentally challenged, she still had a sense of danger. Unable to stay in the capital, she wandered, stopping and starting along the way, until she reached this small town.
Although the original owner was covered in dirt, a closer look revealed her stunning beauty, which is why she was targeted by human traffickers. During their capture, due to her natural supernatural powers, she almost escaped, but the crowd still managed to capture her and put her in chains.
The girls in the house were all for sale. The original owner had sold them today. The traffickers had thought they'd fetch a good price based on their looks, but they knew she was mentally retarded, not stupid. She feigned madness and epilepsy, and no one dared to buy her. The traffickers were furious and were about to beat her to death. A passing scholar, moved by pity, bought her with 20 taels of silver he had saved for his imperial examinations in Beijing, saving her from certain death.
The scholar who saved the original owner was named Cheng Wen. Cheng Wen's father was Cheng Min, and his mother was surnamed Zhao. His eldest brother, Cheng Wu, was drafted into the battlefield two years ago and was 26 years old. His second brother, Cheng Li, was the one who cultivated all the land in the family and was 23 years old. Cheng Wen was the youngest child in the family and was smart. His family supported his studies and he was 19 years old. There were five people in the family.
Cheng Wen had spent the money he had saved for the imperial examination and could no longer go back to Beijing, so he could only take the original owner back home.
Cheng Wen's parents and brother were all kind-hearted people, but the family had saved 20 taels of silver for several years. Now that the money was gone, if Cheng Wen wanted to go to Beijing to take the exam again, the family would have to live frugally for several more years.
Cheng Min and Zhao Shi were somewhat resentful of Cheng Wen. In order to support his studies and his trip to Beijing for the imperial examinations, the three brothers had not yet married. Cheng Wu was 26, Cheng Li was 23, and Cheng Wen was 19, all of them were not young anymore. In a few years, Cheng Wu would be over 30, so how could he get married?
The original owner was mentally retarded, but kind-hearted and stunningly beautiful. Cheng Wen fell in love with her while getting along with her.
The original owner also liked the young man who saved her. Cheng Wen and Cheng Min Zhao said that they wanted to marry the original owner. Cheng Min and Zhao were also hesitant about how to arrange for the original owner. They couldn't keep her for nothing, and they couldn't drive her out. They had already saved her, and driving her out would mean letting the original owner die, so they agreed to let Cheng Wen marry the original owner.
But there is an order of seniority. Here, the younger ones can only marry after the eldest one has married. If the eldest and second oldest ones in the family have not married yet, the youngest one cannot marry first.
With the eldest brother away, Cheng Min and Zhao asked Cheng Li for his opinion. Unexpectedly, Cheng Li also liked the original owner and wanted to marry her. Feeling awkward, the two elders asked Cheng Wen for his opinion. His parents and two older brothers had spent all these years supporting his family's education, and Cheng Wen couldn't refuse his second brother. However, he truly loved the original owner and didn't want to let her go.
The small town was very poor, and the village below the town was even poorer. Many families did not have the money to marry wives, which led to low fertility rates. In order to improve this situation, the government introduced a new law allowing several brothers to marry one wife.
The two elders were in a dilemma, and Cheng Li suggested that the three brothers share a wife. This would avoid the embarrassment of the youngest brother getting married first while the older brothers did not, and would also allow the two brothers to get what they wanted.
The four people asked the original owner for her opinion. The original owner liked the two elders and also liked the second and younger brothers. Although the eldest brother had never met them, she agreed to be their common wife.
The two elders sent a letter to Cheng Wu, telling him about the idea of sharing a wife. The eldest brother did not object, so the matter was settled.
The village didn't care about anything, just a simple ceremony, and a document was filed with the government, and the original owner became the shared wife of three brothers.
Over the course of six years, the original owner had two sons, and the family lived in harmony. They had also saved a considerable fortune, and this time, the family accompanied Cheng Wen to Beijing for the imperial examination. Cheng Wen won first place, and the family settled down in the capital.
Good news came one after another. Not only did Cheng Wen become the top scorer in the imperial examination, but Cheng Wu also made great achievements in six years, became a general, and went to the capital.
The family was reunited, and things should have been going well. However, when the original owner was out one day, he was discovered by Fan Qingqing, who found out the identities of the family. Although Fan Zhong had retired at this time, he still had many disciples and old friends. It was easy for him to deal with a few people who had just arrived in Beijing and had no roots. They used various methods to kill the family.
The original owner was killed by Fan Qingqing in the end. When she died, her parents-in-law died, her three husbands died, her two sons and the child she was pregnant with also died. She hated it so much! She didn't understand why Fan Qingqing just wouldn't let her go?
"Memory transfer complete. The original owner has three wishes. First: She hopes her family lives a good life. Second: She hopes to make public what Fan Zhong, Fan Qingqing, and Zhang Shi have done, so that they will receive the punishment they deserve. Third: She hopes to no longer be a fool and be able to be a normal person."
"Xiao 9, I'm here, am I still a fool?"
"Tongtong, there's a blood clot in the brain of the wisher's body that's pressing on the nerves, which is why she's a fool. Although your soul is normal, you still need to remove the blood clot, otherwise, over time, you'll be affected by your body and become a fool."
"This is ancient times. How can I get the blood clot out?"
"Tongtong, the Lord God has just released a cultivation method for the soul on the main system. This method has 10 levels. As long as you cultivate to level 3, you can remove the blood clot on your own without even having to undergo surgery. Moreover, the power gained from cultivating the soul will not disappear, so you won't have to go back to different worlds to cultivate again."