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

"Second brother!" Mrs. Hang was so scared that she almost burst into tears, fearing that Shen Mo would suffer.

Shen Mo did not dodge or evade, and his big palm easily covered Hang Songyue's fist.

"Second brother, my wife is timid, don't fight in front of a woman." Shen Mo smiled slightly.

In Hang Songyue's eyes, it was undoubtedly a provocation.

"Hmph, girls are extroverted." Hang Songyue cast a dissatisfied look at his sister.

"I'm the one who's going to spend the rest of her life with her. Who else would you choose if not me?" Shen Mo held Hang's hand.

"What do you want to do instead of being the runner-up? Is it interesting to run the escort business?" Hang Songyue was dissatisfied.

If he had been able to pass the imperial examination and become a Jinshi, he would not have had to go to war.

But Shen Mo had clearly passed the exam and got second place, but he just refused the offer and was slapped in the face without saying a word.

"It's interesting. Now I'm free. I don't need to engage in intrigue in the court. I can beat anyone I don't like. Does that mean I can't make a name for myself if I don't become an official?"

He did not say that the emperor became more and more incompetent as he grew older, and that when it came to the battle for the throne, every step was extremely thrilling, and the slightest mistake would result in the loss of one's head.

Of course, he also did not say that even from the moment his identity was replaced, there was no possibility of changing it back. Some mistakes can be corrected, but some mistakes, once made, will affect the whole family.

"Nonsense, it was Shen Cheng who did it. Shen Cheng committed the crime of deceiving the emperor and will be executed along with his entire clan. Could Shen Mo have escaped at that time? Could your sister have escaped? The only wise choice is to make the best of a bad situation and draw a clear line with the Shen family. Your sister can remarry Shen Mo. If you have lost your life, what's the point of being an official?!"

Hang Qiuxue glared at the second brother and gave him a lecture.

Hang Songyue touched the tip of his nose, saying that he had not thought about it so much. He just felt that if he encountered such a thing, he would report it to the police, catch the counterfeiter, and seek justice. He would never think of more.

"So what happened to that counterfeit now?" Hang Songyue looked at Shen Mo. If Shen Mo didn't take action, he would have wanted to help his sister get rid of this grievance.

"You can see it near the city gate."

"What do you mean?" He frowned.

Hang Songnian really couldn't stand his brother's stupidity, so he leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear, explaining Shen Cheng's current situation.

When Hang Songyue looked at Shen Mo again, the look in his eyes was no longer one of contempt, but of seriousness.

As expected, those who can get the second place in the exam are all very cunning. You should never offend such a person.

Now even he felt a little sympathy for Shen Cheng. Killing people is not a crime, and he could be a hero again eighteen years later. But he fell into Shen Mo's hands, unable to live or die. This feeling is probably the saddest!

Soon the New Year came, and there was heavy snow. Shen Cheng was thrown into the street to beg. The snow gradually covered his body, and the straw on his body could not give him any warmth.

He saw a carriage stop beside him.

Wei went out to burn incense on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Normally, she would not even look at the beggars on the street, but today was the first day of the Lunar New Year.

Thinking about the bad luck of this year, she wanted to accumulate some merit for herself, so she had someone stop the carriage in front of the beggar. A silver coin rolled from the little maid's hand into Shen Cheng's bowl.

Seeing Yin Luozi, Shen Cheng subconsciously looked up and was stunned. Regardless of the pain in his body, he reached out to pull Wei.

"It's me, Wei, ma'am. I'm Shen Cheng, have you forgotten?" In order to continue living a life of wealth and glory, he crawled over desperately, grabbed Wei's skirt, and was unwilling to let go.

Wei was so frightened that she kicked Shen Cheng away. She was shocked and angry, so she asked the guards to scratch Shen Cheng's face and beat him up.

Shen Cheng was starving and cold, and he was severely beaten, so he could not survive that night.

The maid beside Wei went back to report the news of Shen Cheng's death, and she finally felt relieved.

"Shen Cheng, Shen Cheng, since you are already dead, just be a beggar. Why do you want to come out and hurt others? You deserve to die. You are a fake in the first place."

When Shen Cheng grabbed Wei, she had already recognized Shen Cheng. Naturally, she would not let Shen Cheng live any longer, in case someone recognized him one day and said something unfavorable to her.

It turned out that after Shen Cheng disappeared, everyone in Wei Anhou Mansion had their own guesses, and no one thought that it was Shen Mo who kidnapped him.

Wei thought that Marquis Wei An had killed Shen Cheng, while Marquis Wei An thought that Wei had let Shen Cheng escape.

That's why he forced Wei to have an abortion and marry as a concubine.

Otherwise, according to Marquis Wei An's background, even if he remarried, he could marry into an ordinary family and become the wife.

If she married Sun Youde, not only would she be too old, but she would also be no more than a concubine, which is no different from selling her daughter.

As soon as the beggar in the temple discovered that Shen Cheng had died, he informed Shen Mo about it.

The next day, a little beggar brought a crumpled complaint to Jingzhao Prefecture and sued Wei.

Zhao Zhige, who was appreciating plum blossoms with his wife, almost vomited blood when he heard the message from his lawyer.

There was no peace at all during the New Year, and he had a feeling that this year would not be very good.

After reading the beggar's petition, he invited Wei over.

Sun Youde's family had dressed up and were going to the old house to pay New Year's greetings, but just before they left, the yamen runners came and arrested Wei and several guards.

Because Wei's guards took action on the street.

Although there were not many pedestrians on the road due to the heavy snow, some people still saw Wei getting off the carriage and fighting with the guards.

Wei said the beggar was a runaway slave from his family and tried to get away with it.

What can he do? The little beggar kept calling "Dad" and insisted that the dead person was his father, and the beggars in the ruined temple testified as well.

Although Wei was acquitted in the end, the Sun family also paid five hundred taels of silver to settle the matter.

After returning to the Sun family, all the maids and guards around Wei were removed, and Wei was imprisoned in a simple family temple.

Originally, the Sun family was still afraid of Wei Anhou's Mansion and only dared to imprison Wei and transfer all of Wei's people to other places.

Even if those people disagree, they have no choice, because now their monthly wages are all paid by the Sun family!

After a few days of this, Wei Shi could no longer hold on and went to Wei Anhou Mansion to ask for help. However, Wei Anhou Mansion was in a desperate situation now and still depended on the financial support from Sun Family, so they dared not offend the Sun Family at this time.

When Sun Youde's wife saw that Wei Anhou no longer cared about Wei, she became angry and started to look for Wei and asked him to set the rules every day.

If the rules are not established properly, there will be all kinds of torture.

The Wei family was in dire straits every day, and such days continued one after another.

When Sun Youde suddenly remembered Wei, he called people over to take a look, but Wei was no longer as pretty as she was when she entered the mansion.

Nowadays, people would believe that Wei looks like a 40-year-old woman.

Suddenly, he lost his appetite and ran away.

Emperor Tianqi celebrated his birthday and issued a general amnesty. The King of Chu originally wanted to leave a good impression in front of the emperor with the painting he bought.

As soon as the scroll was unfolded, an urgent report came from eight hundred miles away: "A hundred thousand Tartar troops have assembled outside the Great Wall."