Quick Wear: I am the shopkeeper at the Merit Pawn Shop

The child beside him cried to him calmly, "Dad, please stop fantasizing. I know that your right hand was chopped off by the casino people, and your leg was crushed by the carriage. You are unwilling to give up your dream of taking the imperial examination. Please don't go crazy. Save your life. You still have your child. Even if your child has to beg, he will feed you and treat your illness."

The little boy cried so miserably that some people around him praised his filial piety.

Some people even accused Shen Cheng: "You are such a bad father. You are a scholar. Would a scholar go to a casino to gamble? Fortunately, God didn't let you pass the imperial examination. You deserve this. It's just that the child suffers. I gave this copper coin to pity the child, not to you, who is worse than a pig or a dog."

The woman watching spat a mouthful of thick phlegm in Shen Cheng's face, and then put a copper coin in the little boy's bowl.

The woman's behavior seemed to open the door to a new world for the onlookers, and they all followed suit.

For a moment, Shen Cheng's face was covered with thick phlegm. If the little boy hadn't been afraid that he would be choked to death by the phlegm, he would have wiped the phlegm off his face with a towel.

"Look at this father, he is so fat and plump, but his child is starving like this. God is really watching over him!"

Shen Cheng heard a sweet voice and looked up to see a girl dressed like an exquisite doll.

"Shen Rong, Rong'er, I'm your second uncle!" Shen Cheng shouted.

Unexpectedly, the girl raised her foot and stepped on Shen Cheng's face: "Bah, my father is the owner of the Tianma Xingkong Horse and Carriage Company. What is the relationship between my last name Hang and your last name Shen?"

As she said that, the girl kicked Shen Cheng.

"I'm sorry, miss. My dad is crazy. He just shouted that he was a seventh-rank official. If you are angry, just kick him a few more times. I heard from the old people that this kind of madness is caused by phlegm blocking the brain. He will get better if he spit out the phlegm. He is my dad, I can't move my feet." said the little boy.

"Is that so? Then let me help you." The girl took out some change from her purse and threw it to the boy. Then she gave Shen Cheng a cold smile and kicked him again and again, as if this could melt away all the pain from her previous life.

"Rong'er." Shen Mo saw that Shen Cheng was almost done and had only one breath left, so he called his daughter.

"Dad." Shen Rong skipped to Shen Mo's side.

The little face is red because of exercise.

Shen Mo carefully wiped the sweat from her forehead.

"are you happy?"

"I'm happy. Dad, this is so satisfying. Let him experience the feeling of wanting to live but not being able to die for the rest of his life."

"Well, after you've gotten over your anger, you should forget the past and live a good life."

Shen Mo knew that this girl had endured too much. Her nine-year-old body was carrying pain that was not suitable for her age.

Since he has become the girl's father, he has the obligation to let her live a normal life.

"My Rong'er will live happily from now on!"

"Dad, if you want me to live a happy life, then teach me martial arts! I want to be as powerful as dad, so that no one can hurt me." Hang Rong looked expectant.

"Practicing martial arts is very hard. Are you sure you can handle it? No one can bully you with your father around." Shen Mo didn't want his daughter to suffer, so he asked clearly.

"Dad, I can endure hardships. Now you protect Rong'er. When you are old, Rong'er will protect you, okay?"

"Okay." Shen Mo agreed without hesitation.

Shen Cheng's disappearance did not cause any commotion in Wei Anhou's Mansion. The next day, Shen's Mansion caught fire and several charred corpses were carried out from inside. After confirming that it was Shen Cheng, Wei Shi fainted on the spot and even the fetus in her belly was lost.

A month later, Wei Mingzhu was carried away in a sedan chair and brought to the backyard of the Sun family.

In the suburbs, Shen Mo bought a farm here, and now Hang and his children live in this farm.

In his spare time, Sun Youtai would bring Min and the children to the farm for fun.

The women chatted and the children fished and caught birds.

Shen Mo and Sun Youtai were the most leisurely, playing chess, drinking tea and chatting under the banyan tree.

"I heard that your second brother married the daughter of Marquis Wei'an as his concubine. Congratulations." Shen Mo said jokingly while holding a cup of tea.

"What? The Marquis Wei'an's Mansion has no money and is selling their daughter! My good second brother spent 30,000 taels of silver to buy her." Sun Youtai smiled and shook his head helplessly.

"It's quite generous. Why didn't they ask you?" Shen Mo felt that Shen Youtai should be the first target son-in-law candidate of Wei'an Hou Mansion.

"How do you know they didn't look for me? They looked for me first. If they welcomed me in, I'm afraid there would be unrest in our family." Sun Youtai shook his head.

"Are you still afraid of your sister-in-law?"

"I'm afraid that my family will be in turmoil. My second sister-in-law is not easy to get along with."

"Oh?"

"My second sister-in-law's family is a butcher. My second brother was a drunkard and a gambler before marriage. My aunt is a bit calculating. She saw that her son would be ruined if he continued like this, so she wanted to find a strong woman who could control my second brother. So she picked the most beautiful girl from a nearby butcher's family. My second brother was fascinated by my second sister-in-law at first sight, even though he had never met her before. He nodded and agreed to get married. You can probably guess what happened next."

"So your aunt doesn't care about your second brother now?"

"Now that you're old, you think your grandson is grown up too. You think you can challenge me with the support of the Marquis' Mansion. Why else?" Sun Youtai sneered.

"Do you have a way to deal with it?" Shen Mo has always known that this sworn brother is powerful.

When I first saw his skills, I wanted to make friends with him regardless of the consequences.

"The old man won't be able to hold on for a few more days, and then we'll split up the family."

Shen Mo hadn't waited for the news that the old man of the Sun family had passed away and the family was going to be divided, but instead he waited for someone from the Marquis' Mansion.

"My Lord wants to see you. Please come to the mansion for a gathering."

As soon as Shen Mo arrived at the carriage and horse agency, he met the steward of Wei Anhou Mansion who was waiting at the door.

Looking the other person up and down, Shen Mo said with a forced smile: "If your Wei family wants to transport goods, just talk to the managers of my carriage and horse company. It's useless to talk to me." It's impossible for Shen Mo to accept the invitation from the Wei family.

In his opinion, this was a Hongmen Banquet. Of course, he was not afraid of it, but he also did not want to be involved.

When Marquis Wei An heard the butler's reply, he frowned slightly.

He had not expected that Shen Mo would be unwilling to accept the invitation. In his opinion, Shen Mo was just an ordinary commoner. Even if he had once been the runner-up in the imperial examination and his identity had been usurped by his younger brother, he should not be so stubborn when meeting him, the marquis.

"Prepare the carriage."

"My lord, you can't lower yourself to see him. He is not worthy." The butler advised.

"Don't worry about it. Just prepare as I tell you to and bring the guards from the mansion with you." He said after thinking for a moment.

This time he went there to confront Shen Mo. During this period of time, he had been thinking about it and felt that someone should pay for the glass incident.

At that time, only a bloody leg was left in the torture room, and Shen Cheng was nowhere to be found.

After searching in vain, the only thing he could think of was Shen Mo.

If the Shen family no longer had any ability to repay, he would have to suffer this loss, but now the Shen family still has people, why should he be the scapegoat?