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

“I’m not interested in changing my name.”

Shen Mo's words made the face of the prince of Wei'an opposite him suddenly turn bad.

"I'm not discussing this with you, I'm informing you. Do you know that if I say a word, your shitty carriage and horse company will be kicked out of the capital tomorrow?"

Shen Mo originally didn't want to get angry, nor did he want to use hypnosis in public, but he couldn't resist some people who came up to him and wanted to brainwash him.

"Prince, if you are not clear-headed then go take a shower. The weather is quite suitable now." Shen Mo sat down calmly, poured himself a cup of tea slowly and drank it.

The Prince of Wei'an, who was originally in a state of anger, suddenly became frighteningly calm. Without saying a word, he went to the lake and jumped into the lake.

Everyone: "..."

Wei Mingzhu was scared to death. If anything happened to the Marquis Wei'an's son, she would definitely be scolded by her stepmother and would never be able to enter the Marquis's Mansion again.

"What are you standing there for? Go and save them." She directed the guards.

Needless to say, some guards had already jumped into the lake to rescue people.

At this time, only Shen Mo and Shen Cheng were left at the stone table.

"What did you do?" Shen Cheng looked at Shen Mo in horror.

"My dear brother, are other people's things useful? Oh, you are not my brother either. To be exact, you are the product of an affair between mother and the former patriarch."

Shen Cheng's hands were shaking, and he quickly pulled himself out of his panic: "Brother, I really thought you were dead at that time. I thought it was not easy for you to take the imperial examination for so many years, so I took this position for you. Brother, even if I take the initiative to admit my mistake now, it would be a crime of deceiving the emperor, and it would be useless. Otherwise, let's just let it go. How about we keep our distance from each other in the future?"

"Mind your own business? What about this matter? I also want to keep my peace with you, but will you give me a chance? You let my mother kill my wife and children, and now you let the son of Marquis Wei'an cause trouble for me. How do you think we should settle these accounts?"

"Brother, believe me, I can't invite the son of Marquis Wei'an. This is a misunderstanding. You should leave quickly. If Marquis Wei'an knew what happened today, he would not let it go."

"Did I do anything?" Shen Mo sneered.

"Brother, please don't hide it from me. If you hadn't used some magic, why would the prince of Wei'an have jumped into the river?"

At this time, the Prince of Wei'an had been rescued by the guards. There were people surrounding him. The guards pressed on his abdomen and he spit out a lot of water.

No one noticed the conversation between Shen Mo and Shen Cheng in the pavilion.

Shen Mo didn't expect Shen Cheng to threaten him, and he couldn't help but laugh.

"You are quite courageous. I didn't realize it before!"

"Brother, I just want to climb up. If you don't work for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth."

Shen Cheng stopped pretending and felt completely relaxed.

When he first saw Shen Mo, he was indeed quite nervous.

Now they are not afraid anymore. If the truth is revealed, neither of them will benefit.

"Is this the life you want now?" Shen Mo still looked at him calmly.

"Of course, you married only the daughter of a scholar, while my wife is the daughter of a marquis. All the people I deal with are the rich and powerful, and what about you? You can only be the lowest of merchants."

"So? Are you going to use the power of the Marquis' Mansion to suppress me?" Shen Mo poured himself another cup of tea and blew away the foam on it.

"Brother, I'm doing this for your own good. It's not easy to do business in Beijing."

Now that the truth has been revealed, Shen Cheng is not afraid of Shen Mo knowing it.

Even if Shen Mo knows some magic, so what? He will let Shen Mo know that unconventional ways are nothing but paper tigers in front of absolute power. Now, the more miserable Shen Mo makes the son of the Marquis' Mansion, the more furious the Marquis' Mansion will burn.

"Without an official as your backer, your wealth will only become someone else's wedding dress."

"The Marquis' Mansion is my backer. How much profit should I give to the Mansion every year?" Shen Mo propped up his head, as if thinking.

Shen Cheng's eyes lit up, and he said that Shen Mo, who came from a small place where he knew nothing, must have come to such a banquet to find a backer.

"The Marquis' Mansion is your backer, so 90% of the money will go to the Marquis' Mansion and 10% will be profit. But you were too impulsive. This time you made the prince jump into the river, so it's not easy to end well. But it doesn't matter. Brothers are united and their strength is invincible. Give me 3,000 taels and I'll go to the prince to beg for mercy, and I won't bother you."

"I gave so much share to the Marquis' Mansion, what can the Marquis' Mansion give me?" Shen Mo took a sip of tea.

Shen Cheng was a little confused. What did the Marquis' Mansion give Shen Mo? Of course it was the rules. It was easier to do business in the capital with a backer. Wasn't it an unspoken rule that all merchants understood?

"Are you pretending to be confused or do you really not understand?"

"I don't understand. If you want 90% of my shares in the carriage and horse business, you should give me some benefits, right? Otherwise, wouldn't the dignified Marquis' Mansion become a robbery?"

Shen Cheng slammed the stone table so hard that his palm became red and swollen without noticing.

"The whole capital is like this, but you are just being pretentious, right? Have you read so much that you have no idea what you are doing? I was wondering how a bookworm can do business. The Marquis' Mansion wants 90% of your profits because they think highly of you. Don't be so shameless."

Shen Cheng yelled at Shen Mo loudly, and completely ignored the pointing and criticizing of the people around him.

"I didn't know that they were so confident in asking for 90% of the profits from other people's shops. The Marquis of Wei'an's Mansion really has a big appetite. Scholar Shen is really a good son-in-law of the Marquis' Mansion. He is so confident and aboveboard in asking for money for others."

A tall, square-faced, dark-complexioned man came in from outside the pavilion.

He had heard that Shen Mo was here, so he came over to chat, but he didn't expect to hear such outrageous words.

When businessmen seek support from officials in the court, it is a matter of mutual consent. The court does not object, nor does it get involved. As long as the businessmen do not do anything illegal, the court will turn a blind eye.

But this kind of blatant request is absolutely not allowed, and Shen Cheng spoke in such a threatening tone, which is a blatant crime.

Shen Mo quickly stood up and bowed to the Jingzhao prefect. Shen Cheng's face was already pale.

The prefect of Jingzhao was a third-rank official, while he was just a seventh-rank minor official. He was caught red-handed when he asked Shen Mo for money.

He took a deep breath and said, "Your Excellency, you can see clearly that he is my brother. He took all the money from our family and left. As a result, all the money I used for my wedding was from the Marquis' Mansion. I just asked him to return the money to the Marquis' Mansion."

Zhao Zhige turned to Shen Mo: "Is what he said true?"

"It's not true, sir." A hint of sarcasm appeared on Shen Mo's lips.

"Shen Mo, think it through before you speak in front of the adults." A bad premonition in Shen Cheng's heart was like a poisonous snake, crawling up from the soles of his feet and spreading to his limbs and bones, making his whole body stiff.

At this moment, he was staring at Shen Mo, wishing he could sew his mouth shut, or even make him stop speaking forever.

Just now, for a moment, he felt that his emotions were out of control. He unscrupulously poured out everything that was on his mind and even brought the prefect of Jingzhao here.

Off topic: The name of the main supporting character in the chapters was wrong these two days. I have made a correction. The protagonist's younger brother is called Shen Cheng. These two days, it has been written as Shen Xing. I am very sorry!