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

"Damn Shen Cheng, if only I could persuade him not to take the exam."

At that time, he asked Shen Cheng to go with him because he wanted Shen Cheng to hit his head against the wall and let him know his own strengths and weaknesses, but no one expected that he would be so bold.

"You two look different. You have shown your face in Beijing before. Many people should have seen both of you. How could he fool him?" Hang Qiuxue wondered.

"Speaking of which, I have never participated in any of the grand events held for students in the capital. He told me to study in the inn and said he would not take any exams, so he helped me deal with the social etiquette and go around to see the world."

"So he was already using your name to go out and cheat people." Hang Qiuxue was almost certain.

"How can you be so stupid?" Hang Songnian was very disappointed.

"You can't blame Shen Mo for this. Who would have thought that their brothers would scheme against each other in such a matter?"

"Dad, my sister can't stay in the Shen family. We will go to the Shen family tomorrow to pick my sister up and let her divorce that faker." Hang Songnian said what he had discussed with Shen Mo before.

"This won't do. A divorced woman's reputation will be completely ruined. Our Hang family cannot have a divorced woman. I'll ask your mother to talk to the in-laws tomorrow. It would be best if your sister stays in her hometown to serve her mother-in-law, and they don't interfere with each other in the future. If you threaten them with the identity of the second son of the Shen family, the Shen family will compromise. What do you think, Shen Mo?" Hang Qiuxue looked at Shen Mo.

"Your idea is really not a good one. If you want Hang to live, the only way is divorce, and you have to let Hang take my two children with her in the divorce." Shen Mo said.

When Hang Qiuxue was about to open his mouth to object, Hang Songnian grabbed Hang Qiuxue's hand.

"Dad, please listen to what Shen Mo says."

"Hmph, let's see what you can come up with. I won't agree to a divorce. If your mother dares to harm my daughter, I will go and beat the drum to have your Shen family executed."

"I'm afraid you can't even make it to the capital." Shen Mo said bluntly.

He really looked down upon the old pedantic man who didn't care about his daughter's safety, but nowadays in an age where family etiquette and rules are more important than anything else, he could only patiently explain.

"Is the reputation of your divorced daughter more important, or is it more important to have a descendant who can inherit your legacy and pass the imperial examination to earn a future for your Song family?"

"What do you mean?" Hang Qiuxue was confused by what his son-in-law said.

"My two children followed the Hang family and will take your surname from now on. Your son from the Hang family doesn't want to pursue literature and prefers to wield swords and guns. He is hopeless. You also know that Jing drew your pen. And he has the blood of me, the runner-up. How confident do you think he is in the future imperial examination?"

"You, you're willing to let them take my last name?"

"The Shen family doesn't want me anymore. My mother and clan members all chose to stand on my brother's side. Why should I let my descendants continue to have the surname Shen? Maybe you think what I said is treasonous, but my life is gone. I have paid back what I owe. My son still has a future and should not be spoiled by them in the Shen family."

"You're right." Hang Qiuxue slapped his thigh vigorously.

Hang Songnian covered his face because of his father's shamelessness.

"It would be better if you call more people, including those from your Hang family." Shen Mo reminded.

"You think I'm old and confused. For things like this, the more people there are, the better."

Before dawn, Hang Qiuxue urged his son to go to the clan to call for help.

Hang Qiuxue was a juren, and his influence in the Hang family was unquestionable. When he heard that the Shen family member who passed the exam and ranked second would favor his concubine and ignore his wife, naturally the whole family would join in.

He cried out for justice for Hang Zhuxue.

At noon, Li Yumei heard noisy knocking on the door. As soon as she opened the door, a group of people came into her house.

Hang's mother, Jiang, walked in with a fake smile, "I heard that my son-in-law graduated from high school, why didn't you invite the in-laws and teachers to the wedding banquet? Don't you want to recognize your relatives?"

"That's not true. Please come in, my dear relatives. There must be a misunderstanding here." Li Yumei said with a wry smile.

She had never liked her eldest son's in-laws in her past dealings with anyone, because they acted like the wife of a juren and were also a teacher in an academy.

In front of Jiang, she seemed inferior. Now that her son had passed the imperial examination, she was finally able to hold her head high. But after hearing what Jiang said, she really couldn't stand up.

"I want to wait for my son to come and personally thank the teacher. The clan held a banquet a few days ago."

"But we heard that the county magistrate is here too."

"The county magistrate is coming. Can our Shen family refuse? Jiang, please stop being unreasonable." Li Yumei frowned.

"I heard that your eldest son was favored by the Marquis' Mansion and they were planning to marry someone else? And they were just planning to make the Marquis's daughter a concubine."

"You, what nonsense are you talking about?" Li Yumei was shocked.

They didn't dare to discuss such matters in front of so many people. If even a little bit of news reached the ears of the Marquis' Mansion, their Shen family would be finished.

In-laws, let's go to the room to talk." Li Yumei couldn't wait to welcome him into the house.

Hang Songnian wanted to take advantage of the situation and go to the backyard, but was stopped by the housekeeper on the way. At this moment, Shen Mo appeared and gave the housekeeper an injection.

Hang Songnian hurriedly went to the backyard with Shen Mo, and before they reached the backyard, they heard knocking on the door.

Shen Mo and Hang Songnian arrived at the door and found that it was locked from the outside. Shen Mo gently squeezed the lock and opened it.

I saw the mother and her two children in the room hugging each other and crying.

Because they couldn't go out in the morning, no matter how hard they knocked on the door, the people outside ignored them.

"Brother, you're here?" Seeing that it was her elder brother and Shen Mo, Hang finally stopped crying.

"What's going on?" Hang Songnian looked at his tearful sister.

"My mother-in-law brought people to lock the door this morning, and she also said she would find someone to seal the door with bricks, and she won't let me go out anymore." Hang

Shi finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her relatives and wiped away her tears.

She was almost exhausted these days, always feeling that she would die in the Shen family. Although her husband had suggested a solution, she was still worried.

"Don't worry, Dad and Mom are here, you can take the child home with peace of mind from now on."

"How could my father agree?" No one knew her father's pedantry better than her.

"This still depends on Shen Mo." Hang Songnian pointed at Shen Mo.

Hang looked at Shen Mo again. Today, Shen Mo was in disguise again. He looked completely different from yesterday, so much so that she couldn't recognize him.

At this time, the negotiations in the main house were still going on. When the Hang family proposed a divorce, Li Yumei almost fell off her chair.

"This is absolutely impossible. How can my wife, the Shen family, get a divorce? Unless I die, I will not let her get a divorce. Your Hang family is shameless, but my Shen family still has some dignity!"

"I'm not here to talk to you, but to inform you. After all, you don't want others to know that your second son has replaced your eldest son, right? Old lady, after the divorce, your eldest son can marry the daughter of the Marquis's family openly. If I take the two children away, they won't occupy the status of the Marquis's daughter's legitimate son or daughter. It can be considered a great help to you."

Hang Qiuxue took a sip of tea and spoke in a neutral tone, but his words made Li Yumei tremble with fear.