Li Ming Yue arrived at their destination, but remained stationed at the peripherals of the village. They need to observe first and investigate. He wanted to finish this work beforehand. So, every step that they take should be careful and precise not to cause unnecessary scenes here, that will only prolong their work here and that is not what he wants. He wanted to go back to his wife as soon as possible.

And not long after, some thugs showed up in the village. They caused a ruckus and they've stolen grains and domesticated animals from whichever household they enter.

The leader of the thugs went in front of his men, he warned the villagers not to tell to the authority or they will be punished hard if they will do so. Tomorrow they will be back to get the weapons they ordered from the most renowned blacksmith in town. If not, they will kill women and children in their village.

Now, Li Ming Yue understand why the villagers were harassed by those thugs. They want weapons from the man who once supplied for the palace military. He suddenly disappeared and nobody knows his whereabouts, Li Ming Yue never expected to see that blacksmith here. That man's work is a work of art when it comes to weapon designs and precision. But the question now is where do they intend to use those weapons? If they are not going to use it personally to whom are, they going to supply those weapons?

He gathered his men, and carefully planned a strategy to use to be able to capture them tomorrow.

When the thugs left the area, they went right away, rescued the people there. They carefully choose people who would remain and act together with them, few men and women of the village who will stay with them while the others they took them into some safe place.

Before the break of dawn, some 80 men of Li Ming Yue stationed themselves around the vicinity of the village and hid there until the thugs arrive at the village.

Unknown to the thugs what awaits them in the village, they went there and asked for the blacksmith.

Li Ming Yue and Bo Hai stayed with the blacksmith. They want to save him to be able to bring him back to the palace since he only stayed in the village because of fear for his family. If the village's peace and order is maintained he will be willing to go back with them. And the lives of the people here will go back to normal.

The thugs went straight to the house of the blacksmith, but the black smith said that he was only able to do some pieces because of lack of metal to use. The leader of the thug flared up right away and he took out his sword and aimed to the blacksmith and right at that time, Li Ming Yue intercepted that sword and so the leader aimed to him now, but he is so good that every time the leader attack him he is able to stop him. After that everybody is fighting for their lives. Li Ming Yue and Bo Hai struggled so much not to have any injuries and the villagers who decided to stay behind with them to arrest and be put to justice those heartless thugs.

After some more hours of nonstop battle, the leader was kept alive and arrested to be taken to the capital for investigation, but before that they have to interrogate them first to be able to find out about the women who were taken before and were sold to brothel owners.

After brutal torture and intense questioning, the criminal confesses to where they have sold the women. Li Ming Yue didn't even wasted time and ordered Bo Hai to take 30 men with him and try to rescue the women. He will stay behind to guard to leader and keep the village to its normal state before the thugs made chaos here.

They stayed behind for another 3 days and 3 nights waiting for his men to come back. Bo Hai came back with 9 or 10 women who were rescued. He said that 2 of the other women cannot be traced now because they were taken by a boat from the port of the riverbank.

Families who were reunited with the 10 women were so happy. The thugs were taken in a wooden carriage to be taken as prisoner in the capital.

They travelled fast back to the capital. After 3 days and 3 nights they came back victorious.