One of the counselors happened to come to discuss important matters with Wen Chenxuan. Seeing that he was so worried, he immediately came up to him.

"Your Highness, why are you so worried? Why don't you tell me and let me share your worries."

After looking at him, Wen Chenxuan's face became even more worried.

"What good can I do to tell you? This article, Chen Xuan, is helpless."

He let out a long sigh, but still told him what had just happened.

After learning about this, the counselor smiled smugly: "Your Highness, you don't have to worry or be entangled. This is a great thing."

Wen Chenxuan frowned: "What do you mean by good things? Wen Chenxuan feels that a disaster has already happened."

"No, no! Think about it, the salt diversion and waterway of the Cao Gang is a sum of money no matter how you look at it. Why would you let others make this money? It would be better to ruthlessly wipe them out and control everything yourself!"

He clenched his fists and a murderous look flashed in his eyes.

Hearing him say this, Wen Chenxuan's expression changed, and soon he showed a satisfied smile.

He is ambitious and naturally would not refuse such a good thing.

"You are absolutely right. If I wipe out the Cao Gang, all of this will belong to me, Chen Xuan. Then I will make a lot of money. Besides, if I control these, it is equivalent to controlling half of the lifeline of the country."

Even if his father changes his mind and doesn't let him be emperor, he can still fight openly.

"Send someone to do this right away. Remember, don't let anyone from the Cao Gang go."

That night, the Cao Gang met with a fatal disaster.

The leader of Caobang Gang was sleeping, but when he heard the noise, he immediately woke up, grabbed his sword, put on some clothes and rushed out of the door.

I saw a group of masked killers fighting fiercely with his men.

These people were highly skilled in martial arts, and his men were obviously no match for them. They were quickly killed without a single soldier left.

When he was about to fight with them, a bloody subordinate pounced on him.

"Boss, please leave quickly. The others are all dead. Only we are left. We will escort you away with our last life. Please leave quickly!"

He yelled at the gang leader and pushed him hard to the side.

The killer noticed the situation here and laughed coldly: "None of you are allowed to leave today."

"In that case, I will fight you!"

The leader of the Cao Gang was no ordinary man either. He drew his sword and fought with them.

In an instant, he was stabbed in the chest.

"Boss, please leave quickly. As long as you have the green mountains, you will never be short of firewood!" His men protected him in front and continued to shout at him.

After the battle just now, the gang leader knew very well that he could never be their opponent.

If he stayed, everyone would die today at the hands of these masked killers, and he knew who sent them.

"Brothers, I will avenge you."

He rushed into his room with the sword in hand, jumped directly into the secret passage and fled.

After killing everyone, they went to the gang leader's room to look for him, but found no secret passages.

They searched the place over and over again but still found nothing. However, they did not give up and started searching the area extensively.

At this time, the leader of the Cao Gang came to a small river, holding his injured chest.

The stream water here was clean and clear, so he immediately washed the wound and applied a special painkiller, which relieved the pain a lot. The sword wound was very deep, so he could only relieve the pain temporarily.

He gritted his teeth, bandaged himself, went to a private house, and stole a piece of cleaner clothes to put on.

Because of physical exhaustion, they happened to come across a temple. This temple seemed to be an important royal place, and Wen Chenxuan's people hiding there did not dare to act rashly.

So he fled in without hesitation.

After searching the area all night without success, the killers sent a team back to report and formally handed over the salt permit to Wen Chenxuan.

"Your Highness, this is the salt permit we got." The subordinate knelt in front of Wen Chenxuan and presented it with both hands.

After opening the box and taking a look, Wen Chenxuan raised his head and laughed: "Well done, Wen Chenxuan will be rewarded handsomely."

He waved his hand and asked him to leave, but the killer looked unhappy and did not leave immediately.

This made Wen Chenxuan's face change instantly: "Why, do you have something else to do?"

"Your Highness, we have killed all the members of the Cao Gang, but their leader is nowhere to be found. There should be a secret passage in his room, and he seems to have escaped through the secret passage, but we are looking for him now."

Wen Chenxuan frowned tightly, and the excitement just now disappeared without a trace.

"Then what are you still standing there for? Go and find him right now. No matter how hard he tries, he can't get too far. Surround and search the area within a three-mile radius. Don't miss any corner."

Wen Chenxuan's eyes were filled with murderous and dangerous intent.

After his men left, he held the box with a look of pride in his eyes.

With the salt permit, he could gain popularity among the people.

Because the Cao Gang was completely wiped out, Wen Chenxuan formally reported the matter to the emperor.

The emperor was very pleased and rewarded him highly, while also dispelling his doubts about him.

At the same time, Wen Chenxuan issued friendly regulations to the people.

After the notice was published, people came to check it out and began to discuss it.

"Your Highness is so kind that he has issued so many good regulations."

"It's no small feat to be able to become Wen Chenxuan. Now, we all have something to eat."

"Salt used to be expensive, but we had to eat it. Now it's much cheaper."

…

Only a few people were praising Wen Chenxuan, while everyone else was talking about salt.

Another notice was specially posted next to this notice, which was about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's extermination of the Cao Gang.

But the people didn't care about this. All they cared about was whether they had salt to eat.

The situation is very good now, and Wen Chenxuan is in a very happy mood.

But the only thing on his mind was the leader of the Cao Gang.

After three days and three nights of searching, the leader of the Cao Gang was finally found.

They followed the footprints and bloodstains on the ground and came to a temple.

Seeing the name of the temple, one of the killers immediately stopped his companion from acting rashly.

"If I guess correctly, this temple should be the Queen Mother's favorite place to go! Now the Queen Mother has to pray for blessings for a month, and she has to go there almost every day. The Ninth Prince has been guarding her all the time. If we go in now, we might be discovered."

After hesitating for a moment, they immediately reported the matter to Wen Chenxuan.

Upon learning what they said, Wen Chenxuan immediately thought of the Queen Mother's prayer for blessings, and his face turned a little ugly.

"This Queen Mother, why is she praying for blessings now when everything is fine?"

Normally, it would only take one or a few days to pray, but the Queen Mother went there for a month to show her sincerity. She went there every day and sometimes even stayed in the temple.