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

"Who said Brother Shen was dead? He was still fine when I came back. He even arranged for me to pick you up and take you to the capital."

"You are talking nonsense, you are talking nonsense. The eldest son died, the eldest son did not pass the exam, and it was the second son who passed. The official who came to announce the good news has come. Tell me, who sent you to tell nonsense?" The old lady was so excited that she almost rushed forward to fight with Shen Mo.

"The government has all the records on file. What I said cannot be false."

Shen Mo thought that if she wanted to protect Hang and her children, she had to leave the Shen family. However, in this era, if the husband's family would not let her go, it would be impossible to get a divorce.

He could secretly take Hang and the pair of children out of the Shen family, but he would have to hide his identity from then on.

They didn't do anything wrong, so why should these poor people have to live in secret in the end?

If they want to leave him, he also requires them to take their people away openly, and the person who replaces the original owner's identity will be in constant fear.

The old lady's eyes rolled around. She knew that the fact that the second son replaced the eldest son must not be exposed, and that Hang could not be kept either.

But if Hang listened to this man and went to the capital, everything would be exposed.

She gritted her teeth and said, "Hang, I'll tell you the truth. My son passed the exam, but he was favored by the daughter of the Marquis's Mansion. If you want to do good for him, you should stay at home and continue to be your mistress."

"Then why did they say my second brother was in high school? Why did they say my husband was dead?" Mrs. Hang still felt something was wrong.

"We are afraid that you will make a fuss about going to the capital, so we use this method to hold you back. Hang, you are a good daughter-in-law of our Shen family, and it is our Shen family who feels ashamed of you." Seeing that Hang was moved, the old lady immediately burst into tears.

Hang closed his eyes and fell down limply.

Shen Mo went over and put the silver needle into his sleeve while checking on Hang's condition.

He knew that there was no way to convince Mrs. Hang immediately, so he had to let Mrs. Hang see the old lady's true face.

As expected, Shen Mo was kicked out of the house by the old lady.

The old lady seemed to have made some kind of decision. She took out a packet of medicine from under the bed, went to the kitchen and sprinkled the medicine into the medicine bowl in the kitchen.

Carrying the bowl to Mrs. Hang's room, the old lady handed the medicine to the little girl Shen Rong.

"Wait until your mother wakes up and give her the medicine."

After giving her instructions, the old lady turned and left.

Shen Mo showed up after the old lady left. He put his index finger to his lips, asking Shen Rong not to make a sound.

After Shen Mo gave her an injection, Mrs. Hang woke up.

"Sir, it is forbidden for men and women to touch each other. Why are you in my room?"

Shen Mo then tore off the disguise on his face.

"Daddy!" Shen Rong called out first, and she walked forward and hugged Shen Mo.

"You, are you really my husband? Aren't you in high school? Did you also ask me to swallow my anger and not cause you any trouble in my hometown?"

Shen Mo glanced at his daughter in his arms and said, "Your father has something important to say to your mother. Can Rong'er go to her room first?"

Shen Rong reluctantly opened Shen Mo's arms, and when leaving the room, she did not forget to close the door for the two of them.

"The high official in the capital is not me, but my second brother. He has taken my place."

Shen Mo told Hang how Shen Cheng pushed him off the cliff.

After hearing this, Hang was horrified.

"How dare he do this to you! Does the mother-in-law know about this, too?"

Shen Mo nodded, took Hang's hand, took out a silver needle, and put it in the medicine soup.

When Shen Mo took out the silver needle, its color had changed slightly.

"Be careful with what you eat next time."

Hang covered her mouth and sobbed quietly.

She couldn't understand why her mother-in-law wanted to poison her after she had been obedient and filial to her mother-in-law since she joined the Shen family, taking care of daily household affairs and bearing children for her husband. Why was this? Was it because she was blocking her brother-in-law's path?

"Husband, have you thought of a way to deal with it? What do you think I should do now?" Hang looked at Shen Mo with dependence.

This is probably the difference between women in ancient times and women in later generations. When ancient women had husbands, they would listen to their husbands' opinions, while women in later generations would have more opinions of their own, and men's ideas would become secondary.

But at this moment, Shen Mo also likes women like Hang the most who only obey his orders.

Shen Mo said a few words in Hang's ear.

Hang's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Husband, is this really okay? Can mother-in-law let me and the children leave?"

"You have to believe in yourself. I will watch over you from behind and will not let them hurt you in the slightest. I will also call your parents here tomorrow."

Thinking of her parents, Hang gained more confidence.

Hang's parents' home was in Changming County, and her father-in-law was a teacher at Changzhou Academy. He married his daughter to the client because he was impressed by his literary talent.

There are two older brothers in the Hang family. Both of them did not like studying and joined the army at an early age. However, the eldest brother came back injured the year before last, while the second brother was still in the army. Therefore, the relationship between father and son was very bad. After the eldest brother came back injured, Hang's father did not keep him at home, but separated the two brothers.

When Shen Mo arrived at the county, it was already dark, and he went to the eldest brother of the Hang family's house in the dark.

The person who opened the door was Hang's wife Miao.

"you are?"

Because the two families seldom interacted, Miao had only seen Shen Mo once when Hang got married, and had never seen him again. It was dark now, and she did not recognize him at first sight.

"I'm Shen Mo." Shen Mo said with a smile.

"Shen Mo? Have you just returned from the capital for the imperial examination?" Miao asked as she welcomed him into the house.

"This is a long story. Sister-in-law, I want to discuss some urgent matters with my brother. Is he asleep?"

"Shen Mo, I'm here, come here!" Hang Songnian in the room put on his coat and got out of bed.

Shen Mo then saw Hang Songnian, who was limping and had not yet fully recovered.

Shen Mo stepped forward and held Hang Songnian's hand: "Brother, it's a bit cold outside, you should go in quickly."

Shen Mo took the opportunity to feel Hang Songnian's pulse and found out what was wrong with him.

"Brother, what about your legs?"

"The military doctor said that the leg has injured its meridians. It's a blessing to be able to walk."

"Brother, your leg can still be saved." Shen Mo was afraid that if he didn't help his brother-in-law heal his leg first, what he would talk about later would make his brother-in-law kick him out.

We still need to calm the person down first.

"Don't comfort me. The military doctor said that even the imperial physician in the palace has only a 50% chance of curing me. How can an ordinary citizen like me afford an imperial physician?" He shook his head in frustration.

"No need to find an imperial physician, I can cure it." Shen Mo said as he took out a silver needle. Before Hang Songnian could refuse, he lifted up Hang Songnian's robe and looked at his feet.

Upon closer inspection, except for a slight atrophy of the meridians in the right foot, everything else was pretty good.

"Sister-in-law, boil me a pot of hot water."

"Okay." Miao went to the kitchen to boil water without saying a word. Shen Mo was not in a hurry and kept massaging Hang Songnian's legs during the process.