Seeing this, Li Anmin and Li Anming couldn't help but look at the door of the tavern, and as the footsteps approached, the figure of the casino owner soon appeared in the sight of the two.

The town was small in the first place, so the townspeople would soon find out that Sander had been beaten up while the grocery store was being repaired, so it attracted a lot of townspeople to come and find out the news.

"What's going on?" Li Yuntian glanced at Sander, whose face was swollen like a pig's head, and asked the owner of the gambling house quietly.

"Master Hui, this kid is dishonest and wants to escape, so there was some pulling when he was arrested." The owner of the gambling house knew that the other party was very powerful after seeing Li Yuntian's questioning of Sand in the grocery store, so where did he dare to be disrespectful to Li Yuntian now, so he hurriedly bowed down and said with a smile on his face.

"Oh!" Li Yuntian nodded when he heard this, "Fortunately, you caught him, otherwise it would be difficult for you to deal with the people from the Yamen when they came." ”

"Master Jun, under the villain's patient 'persuasion', Sander has confessed the origin of the sword in a repentance." The owner of the gambling house suddenly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it was obvious that Li Yuntian knew what was going on with Sander, but he didn't mean to care, and then said with a smile on his face.

"Where did he get that sword?" As soon as the gambling house owner came, Li Yuntian knew that things had progressed, so he asked lightly.

"According to Sander, he stole the sword from a farmer's house in the countryside two months ago, and he wanted to go to the countryside to make a fortune because of the gambling debts he owed to our gambling house, and he found the sword in a farmer's house." The owner of the gambling house did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly bowed down and answered.

"Let's go, take us to the farmer's house." Hearing this, Li Yuntian stood up and said to the owner of the gambling house, "Let your people bring digging tools, it may come in handy when the time comes." ”

"The little ones are ready for them." Li Yuntian's words were imperative, so the owner of the gambling house couldn't refuse, and hurriedly agreed with a smile.

"I knew why I had to do it in the first place!" Looking at Sander, who had been repaired a little miserably, Li Yuntian shook his head helplessly in his heart, he could guess that the little bit of sand in Sander's heart must be to blackmail him after hiding the farmer's affairs.

As he said before, the person who got Yang Sanyu's sword must also have got Yang Sanyu's belongings, and as long as Sander can carry it, he can extort a lot of money from the other party.

It's a pity that Sander made a mistake in his wishful thinking, even if it was not Li Yuntian who encountered this incident but other Ming officials, it would not be easy for him to get out, and he would definitely not let him go easily, he didn't realize what a big case he had provoked.

Although the war of the Ming army in the Western Regions was over, there were two things that remained unresolved, so it could not be brought to a satisfactory end, that is, the commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, Song Hai, the Duke of Wuguo, and the deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army, Yang Sanyu, the Marquis of Chengning, whose fate was uncertain and their whereabouts were unknown.

According to Daming's custom, the defeated army will be punished, but Song Hai and Yang Sanyu have no trace, so how to punish the two is a difficult problem, after all, the punishment methods for the two to die, flee or defect to the enemy are different.

Originally, Song Hai and Yang Sanyu's families were going to be imprisoned, but later after Li Yuntian's intercession, they were imprisoned at home, waiting for Song Hai and Yang Sanyu's whereabouts to be found out before punishment.

In fact, everyone knows that Li Yuntian's move is to save Song Hai and Yang Sanyu's families, God knows when Song Hai and Yang Sanyu's whereabouts can be found out, they are much better imprisoned in the house than in the prison, with their property enough to stay in the house without worrying about food and clothing.

When the new emperor ascends the throne and grants amnesty to the world, the families of Song Hai and Yang Sanyu will be pardoned and saved from prison.

Those nobles in the capital secretly admired Li Yuntian's move, to be honest, the only person who could save Song Hai and Yang Sanyu's family was Li Yuntian, who returned victoriously, and others were not good at interceding for Song Hai and Yang Sanyu's family, the two battles of Blackwater City and Blue Leaf City caused the Ming army to be defeated, with countless casualties, and this responsibility naturally had to be borne by Song Hai and Yang Sanyu.

Under the guidance of Sander, Li Yuntian and his party came to a village and stopped at an ordinary farmer's house.

"Master Jun, the little one is the sword stolen by this family, they hid the sword in the wall, if it wasn't for the little one who happened to see the head of the household admiring the sword when he came, and saw him hiding the sword in the wall, the little one couldn't have imagined that his family would have such a good treasure."

After being repaired by the gambling house owner's men, Sander became honest, pointed to the courtyard gate and nodded to Li Yuntian.

"Go in and find that mezzanine on the wall." Hearing this, Li Yuntian glanced at the hidden door, leaned over and said to Sander.

Naturally, Sander didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly pushed the door in to open the door, and led a few guards to break in, which made the people in the courtyard shocked, and for a while, the chickens and dogs jumped into a mess, and they didn't know what was going on.

When Li Yuntian entered the courtyard surrounded by Li Anmin, Li Anming and others, a group of people had already gathered in the courtyard, some old and some young, looking at them with frightened expressions, you must know that the people have a natural fear of the people in the official government.

"This military master, I don't know what crime we have committed?" The people in the courtyard were undoubtedly the family members of the family, and the leader was a thin middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, who asked after bowing to Li Yuntian, his eyes flashing with a panicked look.

Li Yuntian didn't pay attention to the emaciated middle-aged man, just looked at him expressionlessly, which made the emaciated middle-aged man sit on pins and needles, and cold sweat quickly flowed down his cheeks, making him look a little weak.

"My lord, the wall inside really has a mezzanine, and judging from the size, it just puts down Cheng Ninghou's sword." After a while, a guard who followed Sand into the house walked out quickly and came to Li Yuntian to report in a deep voice.

Since the guard was in Chinese, the emaciated middle-aged man present did not know what he was talking about.

"Do you know this sword?" As soon as Li Yuntian heard this, he stretched out his hand to Li Anmin, who was carrying Yang Sanyu's saber on the side, Li Anmin handed him the sword, and then he raised the sword at the emaciated middle-aged man, and asked quietly.

"No...... I don't know! The emaciated middle-aged man didn't notice the sword Li Anmin was carrying at first, but when he saw the ornaments on the sword, he was taken aback, his face changed suddenly in fright, and he hurriedly waved his hand to Li Yuntian and said.

"Tell him, where did this sword come from?" Li Yuntian ignored the emaciated middle-aged man and asked in a deep voice to Sonde, who came out of the house.

"If you go back to the military master, it was stolen from his house by the small one, and it was hidden in the wall of his house, if you don't believe it, the military master can try it, and the hole in the wall of his house is just for the sword."

Sander knew that the matter was getting bigger, and now he was counting on the guilt and meritorious service, and when he heard this, he hurriedly pointed to the emaciated middle-aged man and said, "I saw him wiping and playing with that sword that night, otherwise I wouldn't have known that his family had such a valuable thing." ”

"Master Jun, wronged, the hole in the wall of the villain's house is used by the villain to put some valuables, not a sword at all, where is the villain's poor family has such a good sword, the ruby on the hilt alone is enough for the villain to eat for three lifetimes." The emaciated middle-aged man's face changed a few times, and he hurriedly opened his mouth to defend.

"Master Jun, the villain's words are true, what is valuable in his house that can be kept and hidden in the wall? Besides, the walls were empty now, and there was no explanation for anything other than hiding the sword. Hearing this, Sander hurriedly said in a loud voice, he is now counting on the emaciated middle-aged man to confess his guilt, so that he can make meritorious contributions, so he has to fight the emaciated middle-aged man to the end.

"How do you know it's a good sword, and that the ruby on the hilt is worth a fortune?" Li Yuntian sneered, stared at the emaciated middle-aged man and asked quietly, the texture of the rubies is also divided into three, six, nine and so on, it is obvious that the rubies on the hilts of the three Yang Sanyu are the best, how can the things given by the orthodox emperor be mediocre?

"This ......" The thin middle-aged man was speechless when he heard this, and realized that he had said the wrong thing, but he quickly reacted and opened his mouth to argue, "The sword that the military master brought is naturally a good sword, although the villain is poor, he has also heard of rubies, and knows that the red stone on the hilt of the sword is a ruby, and the ruby that can be matched with the sword of the military master must be of the highest quality." ”

"I didn't expect that your small village would hide a dragon and a crouching tiger, and a farmer in the countryside also has such knowledge, this official can be regarded as an eye-opener this time."

Li Yuntian smiled slightly when he heard this, he didn't plan to entangle too much with the emaciated middle-aged man, so he pulled out the sword in his hand and asked in a deep voice, "That official exam will test you, do you know who the owner of this sword is?" ”

"Master Jun, little ...... The villain is a redneck, where there is any knowledge, but I just happened to hear about rubies, where will I know who the owner of this sword is. ”

The thin middle-aged man's face turned pale in an instant when he heard this, and cold sweat ran down his cheeks, and he said with a dry smile while wiping the sweat on his face.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know, this official can tell you that this sword is one of the three swords with ruby hilts given by His Majesty the Emperor to the commander and deputy commander of the Western Expeditionary Army before the Ming Western Expeditionary Army, and its owner is the deputy marshal of the Western Expeditionary Army, the Marquis of Chengning of the Ming Dynasty, and the sword is engraved with its title."

After Li Yuntian pulled the sword body out of the scabbard, he glanced at the word "Cheng Ning" engraved on the sword body under the hilt, and said to the emaciated middle-aged man quietly, "This sword is unique in the world, except for Cheng Ninghou, no one has the same style and texture." ”

The emaciated middle-aged man couldn't help but tremble when he heard this, and then pretended to be calm and stood there, but the panicked look on his face could not escape Li Yuntian's eyes, it was obvious that this guy was a thief.

Li Yuntian had an ominous premonition, which made his brows furrow slightly, it seemed that Yang Sanyu was more than lucky.

At this time, there was a commotion outside the door, and several men dressed as local wealthy people crowded in from behind the crowd gathered outside the courtyard gate to watch the excitement, and were led in front of Li Yuntian by a guard.