Cao Liang finished arranging tomorrow's affairs, everyone dispersed, and Cao Liang was about to rest.

Cao Liang's current residence is naturally not a Taishou mansion, after all, the former Taishou Han Jian is still holding his corpse there, and Ding Juncheng arranged a very good house for Cao Liang, quiet and elegant.

At this moment, the sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded outside the mansion, and when the soldiers also went to see it, Yanghu had already walked in quickly.

It stands to reason that there is a distance from Anyi to Pubanjin, and you have to cross the Yellow River twice back and forth, and Yanghu only walked for a day and a night, and actually turned back from Pubanjin, and the speed was as fast as a stagecoach.

However, Cao Liang saw Yanghu's expression and knew that something had happened, and sure enough, as soon as Yanghu came in, he hurriedly said: "Brother-in-law, something happened, I went one step late, and Han Zhang has been killed." ”

Yanghu was ordered by Cao Liang yesterday to rush to Pubanjin immediately, and he didn't dare to delay for a moment, because Cao Liang had sensitively sensed that things were not good through Han Jian's suicide, so he sent Yanghu to Pubanjin to mention Han Zhang, wanting to take the last witness in the case into his own hands.

But even if Yanghu was hurrying and rushed to Linjin Pass, he was still a step late, Han Zhang was assassinated in the secret room, and the hundred Wei troops guarding around him were unaware.

If it weren't for Yanghu arriving in the middle of the night and opening the door of the secret room, these guards wouldn't have known that Han Zhang had already lost his breath.

Obviously, this killer's martial arts skills are very high, and he can easily avoid the guards and do it without knowing it.

Yanghu touched Han Zhang's corpse, it was still a little warm, obviously he was about to die soon, Yanghu secretly screamed, if he could come a little faster, maybe he would be able to get ahead of the killer.

It's a pity that he hurried and hurried, and in the end he was a step late, and now that Han Zhang is dead, the last evidence has been lost, and this case of private salt has finally become a headless public case.

As for Han Zhang's body, since the person is dead, there is no point in bringing it back, so Yanghu also left his body in Linjin Pass, or let the hundred Wei soldiers guard the corpse and the dozens of boats of private salt, wait until the court sends someone to complete the delivery, and then transfer the people from this tun back to Hedong.

In order to report the news to Cao Liang as soon as possible, Yanghu quickly whipped his horse, almost tired the horse, and finally returned to Anyi after dark.

When Cao Liang heard this, he couldn't help frowning, although this matter was expected by him, but the other party was obviously faster and started earlier, he sent Yanghu there, and in the end he was still one step behind.

Since Cao Liang knew that there was a product of the private salt case, then Han Jian's uncle and nephew died one after another, and it must have something to do with the Sima family.

Dealing with this kind of thing, it is obvious that the people of the Sima family are much more handy, even if Cao Liang has seized dozens of boats of illegal salt now, and he also knows that the behind-the-scenes participants in this matter are the Sima family, but now that Han Jian committed suicide in fear of crime, Han Zhang also died unexplained, and without the minimum human witness, it has become much more difficult to prove that the Sima family participated in the private salt case.

Sima Yi is scheming, and the people who do things for the Sima family are not good, maybe they have already premeditated, if the sale of illicit salt is leaked, they have long been ready to kill people and kill them, so in the handling of this matter, they act ruthlessly and decisively, and they can always take the lead.

It seems that this time the plan to hit the Sima family with the private salt case is still going to fail, but Cao Liang is still not discouraged, after all, this time the harvest is still very large, at least it is to cut off an important source of wealth for the Sima family, so that the Sima family's economy is temporarily in difficulty.

After this private salt case, the Sima family will inevitably give up continuing to operate private salt, and the five stones are scattered, which has already dealt a heavy blow to the Sima family, and this private salt case has undoubtedly made the Sima family's economy worse, and it is not easy for the Sima family to find a fast and stable channel for money.

The underground forces cultivated by the Sima family are certainly the foundation of the Sima family's usurpation of power and rebellion, but at the same time, it is also a heavy burden, just the three thousand dead soldiers are already a lot of expenses, plus other expenses, if you want to maintain the operation of this huge family system, it is definitely not possible to do without sufficient funds.

Therefore, Cao Liang believes that this time the blow of private salt is quite heavy for the Sima family, in a short period of time, it is difficult for the Sima family to recover, unless they can find a new source of funds, but such a difficulty is quite large, under Cao Shuang's strong exclusion in recent years, Sima Yi is also forced to be obscure, low-key a lot, the Sima family's economy wants to return to the peak level of a few years ago, it is estimated that it is impossible.

This time in Pubanjin intercepted the private salt, for Cao Liang, it is really a surprise, although there are some twists and turns, but in general it is still good, after all, against the behemoth of the Sima family, you can never expect to end the fight within a round, you must do a long-term and long-lasting plan, straight fist swing boxing is not good, then fight more combination boxing, only in a long time of patient competition, it is possible to dry the opponent and finally win.

The top priority now is the matter of recruitment, for Cao Liang, this is the most important thing, and the private salt case can only be regarded as a small episode.

Now that Yanghu returns, he will inevitably add new manpower to Cao Liang, and tomorrow Cao Liang plans to expand the scope of recruitment to the surrounding counties and townships.

The stall is bigger, which means that there are more difficulties, only recruiting troops near Anyi, Cao Liang can understand and grasp the recruitment situation at any time, and once the scope is expanded, Cao Liang will not be able to respond, so at this time, Cao Liang needs a right-hand man, strict control, and avoid recruiting unqualified soldiers into the army.

Although there are Shi Bao Pei Xiu and Du Fu Xuan, who are trustworthy people like Cao Liang, but the scale of recruitment continues to expand, Cao Liang's manpower is really a little stretched, and after Yanghu comes back, he can stand alone for Cao Liang, which can make Cao Liang feel at ease.

Cao Liang's long-term plan is to cultivate an army that can fight well and has a high degree of loyalty, so in terms of recruitment, Cao Liang has always adhered to principles and been meticulous, because Cao Liang knows that if you want to truly govern the army, you must start from the source, start from recruitment, and only qualified soldiers can create a qualified army.