Chapter 1398: Clues
"This military master, this doesn't seem to be in accordance with the rules!" The grocery store owner couldn't help but look embarrassed when he heard this, what he earned was the difference, if Li Yuntian was allowed to meet with the seller, wouldn't it be nothing for him, and it would be a big deal to have a little hard work.
"The official has something to ask the seller." Li Yuntian knew the grocery store owner's thoughts, and said after frowning slightly.
"This military master, if you take out fifty taels of gold to buy this sword, then the little one will immediately lead you to the seller." The owner of the grocery store knew that Li Yuntian was the leader of this group of soldiers, so he said with a smile on his face, "If you can't buy this sword, then according to the rules, if you have anything to say, you can pass it on your behalf." ”
"You dare to stop the government's errands?" The Chinese-faced man couldn't help but sneer when he heard this, and said coldly to the grocery store owner, "Don't worry, we know the rules, and you won't lose a penny if you deserve it." ”
"This military master, it's not that he doesn't want to be convenient, but he really doesn't dare to break the rules of such a small business, otherwise the small job will be lost." The owner of the grocery store could not be trusted but the man with a Chinese face, and said with an embarrassed face, he didn't believe that there were still cats in the world that didn't steal? You must know that this is a matter of tens of taels of gold, which is not a small amount.
"In that case, the official has no choice but to take you back to the yamen to ask for clarification." Hearing this, the big man with a national character face couldn't help but glance at Li Yuntian, and saw that Li Yuntian frowned and knew that he was not satisfied with the grocery store owner's answer, so he glared at the grocery store owner coldly and said.
The big man with the national character face didn't think that Li Yuntian had taken a fancy to this sword, he knew that the swords of the senior generals of the Western Political Army were all made by the craftsmen under the Jiangwutang, which were not only exquisite in appearance but also excellent in texture, and they were liked by those nobles in the capital.
Therefore, how could Li Yuntian take a fancy to that sword, if he wanted something that was completely a sentence, the craftsmen of the martial arts hall would create a better sword to dedicate to him.
Therefore, the big man with the national character face realized that Li Yuntian had something to find the seller of this sword, so he wanted to scare the owner of the grocery store, after all, no one wanted to have anything to do with the people in the government.
Sure enough, the grocery store owner's face suddenly changed when he heard this, his place was opened by the owner of the gambling house, and he also did some shady things on weekdays, so he naturally didn't want to deal with the people in the government, God knows if these soldiers have any backstage.
"Oh, this military master is so angry." At this moment, a yin and yang strange voice came from outside the door, and a stout middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes walked in, followed by several strong men, looking at the big man with a national character face and saying, "We don't steal or rob, we do business honestly, even the lord who goes to the yamen will give us the master, otherwise the loyal prince will not let him go." ”
Li Yuntian was slightly stunned at first when he heard this, and then a subtle smile flashed at the corner of his mouth, he didn't expect that the stout middle-aged man would use his name to warn, but this also showed from the side that his reputation was quite good in the hearts of the local people.
In fact, Jiangwutang has a complete judicial system in the Western Regions, where trained professionals handle cases to ensure that every case can be clarified to the greatest extent.
It is precisely because of Li Yuntian's attention to the Western Regions that the Western Regions have been calm over the years, so the stout middle-aged man thought of using Li Yuntian to suppress the big man with the national character.
"Do you know who this sword is?" Li Yuntian guessed that the stout middle-aged man was the owner of the gambling house, that is, the head snake of this town, and he didn't want to entangle with him, so he quietly raised the sword in his hand and asked.
"This military master, the villain doesn't care who his previous owner is, since he is in the villain's shop, then the villain will be responsible for its current owner." The stout middle-aged man saw that Li Yuntian was the leader of this group of soldiers, so he said with a smile.
In that year, the Ming army was defeated in the first battle of Heishui City, and many materials and ordnance were discarded along the way, although many were captured by the Northern Yuan army, but many things still flowed to the people.
After the end of the Battle of Kansai, Li Yuntian did not find it difficult to collect all the ordnance scattered among the people, because many ordnance fell into the hands of the local tribal armed forces, and in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he had to dispel the idea of collecting ordnance.
Therefore, the Ming court did not say that the ordnance that had fallen to the people was confiscated, so the owner of the gambling house was naturally not afraid of the government investigation, even if the government found anything, he would not be able to deal with him.
However, it is a pity that the owner of the gambling house met Li Yuntian today, so he is destined to be unlucky today, and the laws implemented in the Western Regions were compiled by Li Yuntian, so it is easy to find trouble for him.
Moreover, Li Yuntian didn't have to be so troublesome, because the gambling house owner was willing to let this sword be sold in the grocery store, which was actually a big deal.
"If this official is not mistaken, after the end of the Kansai War, the government once posted a notice looking for the deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, that is, the Marquis of Chengning of the Ming Dynasty, and anyone who found clues about the Marquis of Chengning will be reported to the Yamen, and the violators will be severely punished."
Seeing that the owner of the gambling house looked fearless, Li Yuntian pondered for a while and then stared at him and said, "At that time, the notice should have been issued to the town, you won't tell the official that you don't know about it!" ”
"This villain naturally knows." The owner of the gambling house was stunned when he heard this, he didn't know why Li Yuntian suddenly mentioned this matter, how could he know about this matter when the entire Turpan posted a notice to find Yang Sanyu, and then thought of something, looked at Li Yuntian with a sneer and said, "This military master, you won't say that this sword belongs to the Ming Dynasty Cheng Ninghou, right?" ”
"This official can tell you one thing, the swords of the high-ranking generals of the Western Expeditionary Army such as the Marquis of Cheng Ning were made by the craftsmen of the Jiangwutang, using unique craftsmanship and steel, and there is no second person in the world who can make them."
Li Yuntian knew that the owner of the gambling house suspected that he was lying to him, so he glanced at the ruby on the hilt of the sword, and said solemnly, "Especially the commander and deputy marshal of the Western Expeditionary Army, the hilt of his sword is inlaid with rubies, and there are only three such swords in the world, and this one is Cheng Ninghou's." ”
"You said that Cheng Ninghou is Cheng Ninghou?" Seeing that Li Yuntian's expression was serious, the owner of the gambling house didn't seem to be slandering him, and he felt a little flustered in his heart for no reason, so he pretended to be calm and asked.
"This official can also tell you that the three swords are engraved with the titles of the three commanders, and the word 'Chengning' is engraved on the body of this sword, don't you know?" Li Yuntian stretched out his hand and pulled away the sword body in his hand, and showed the "Cheng Ning" on the sword to the gambling house owner, "I guess you already know the meaning of these two words." ”
The owner of the gambling house suddenly changed his face when he heard this, although the words on the sword body were written in small block letters and not the characters of the Western Regions, but in recent years, due to the vigorous promotion of Chinese characters in the Western Regions by the Wutang, there are people in the town who know Chinese characters, of course he invited someone to come and see it, and knew that what Li Yuntian said was right, it was the word "Chengning", but he didn't know its meaning at the time, after all, he didn't know anything about Chinese characters.
Now after listening to Li Yuntian's explanation, he understands the meaning of "Cheng Ning", which actually represents the Marquis of Cheng Ning of the Ming Dynasty.
The owner of the gambling house knew very well that this meant that he was in big trouble, and it was a felony to hide the weapons of Cheng Ninghou, who was vigorously sought by the government, to secretly hide the weapons of Cheng Ninghou, which was vigorously sought by the government, let alone openly bought and sold.
"Do you want to go to the yamen with the official, or hand over the seller to the official?" Seeing that the gambling house owner's face became very ugly, Li Yuntian said quietly.
He is not interested in the gambling house owner, and it is not his turn to be the dignified Prince of the Ming Dynasty to take care of it, otherwise wouldn't he promote the gambling house owner?
"Quick, bring that bastard of Sander to Lao Tzu!" The owner of the gambling house naturally didn't want to have anything to do with the government, so he hurriedly shouted at the attendant beside him when he heard the words.
"This military master, wait a minute, the villain will bring people to you." Subsequently, the owner of the gambling house changed his previous arrogance and said to Li Yuntian with a smile on his face, he had vaguely realized that he seemed to be in big trouble, and naturally he wanted to bow down.
"Don't tell him about here, just say that the official wants to buy this sword and ask him to raise the price to one hundred taels of gold!" The attendant was just about to leave, Li Yuntian ordered in a deep voice, so as to avoid that Sander being prepared and catching him off guard.
"Don't hurry up and do what the military master tells you!" Hearing this, the attendant couldn't help but look at the gambling house owner, and the gambling house owner hurriedly yelled at him, it seems that that Sander has gone unlucky, no matter what Li Yuntian said before, this guy will be unlucky.
"Come on, go to Blackwater City to transfer troops!" After the attendant left in a panic, Li Yuntian groaned when he heard this, turned around and ordered a guard standing behind him to prepare to investigate Yang Sanyu's whereabouts with all his might.
The guard bowed to Li Yuntian when he heard this, and immediately left to go to Blackwater City to mobilize people, seeing this situation, the gambling house owner's face turned green, obviously this means that the military master in front of him is not joking, otherwise he will definitely take the sword and leave.
It didn't take long for Li Yuntian to see the Sander in the mouth of the gambling house owner, a young man in his twenties, who looked like a thief and was led into the grocery store by the gambling house owner's attendants.
"This military master, are you going to buy this sword?" Sander thought that he was going to get rich this time, so after entering the door, he asked Li Yuntian with a smile and a smile on his face, with a greedy look on his face, if he had a hundred taels of gold, he could at least divide twenty or thirty taels, which was already a lot of wealth.
"The official wants to buy this sword, but in order to avoid trouble, the official wants to know the origin of this sword." Li Yuntian frowned when he saw Sander, then took out the sword and pretended to admire it, and said quietly.
"This military master, you have a good eye, this sword is extremely sharp, and it is worth your collection." Hearing this, Sander suddenly became excited, and said with a grin, "This is what my father picked up on the road during the Battle of Blackwater City, if it wasn't for the tight hand, he wouldn't have taken it out, and it must have been regarded as a family heirloom." ”
"Where did your father pick it up, and you can see the owner of the sword?" Hearing this, Li Yuntian inserted the sword back into the body and asked seemingly casually.
At the same time, the two guards quietly leaned over to Sander, ready to take him down.