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Chapter 1344 A Lifelong Wish

Human ambitions will change as their status improves, especially for super-powered people like Suning, who are even more unwilling to be inferior to others, so they have long had the idea of replacing the Li Tang Dynasty.

However, the theme of this copy world is to solve crimes, so Suning didn’t think too much about it at the beginning, but the rocket-like promotion speed still made Suning have different thoughts.

Looking at the entire history of the Tang Dynasty, Suning found that peasant uprisings began to appear in the late Tang Dynasty. The most famous ones were the Wang Xianzhi Uprising and the Huang Chao Uprising. Of course, there was also the Anshi Rebellion that caused the Tang Dynasty to decline. Therefore, it is indeed quite difficult to destroy the Tang Dynasty now.

However, it is not impossible for Suning to replace Datang. He just needs to make some secret arrangements. After all, he has too many means to influence the world situation.

Since the current Crown Prince Li Longji no longer needs his protection, and considering that Chang'an will surely enter a turbulent period in the future, and as for Wang Yuantong, Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng will naturally deal with him, it is important for him to quickly go to Hanzhou in the Western Regions to take up his post.

In this way, Suning left Chang'an a few days before the completion ceremony of the Cantian Tower. The not-so-large convoy quietly stayed outside the long pavilion ten miles outside the city of Chang'an. In addition to Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng, Su Ning's cheap father-in-law Pei Jian also made a rare appearance to see off Su Ning and Pei Xijun.

Pei Jian still valued his career more, but he persuaded Su Ning to change his allegiance and join Princess Taiping. "Su Ning, I didn't expect you to have such a connection with the Crown Prince. In fact, Princess Taiping has a better future."

"Father-in-law, I have my own career plan, and only the prince can give me what I want." However, Suning resolutely rejected Pei Jian's persuasion.

"Okay! In that case, I won't say anything more." Sure enough, Suning's refusal made Pei Jian unhappy again.

"Thank you, father-in-law, for your understanding."

"If you want to change your family in the future, I can definitely help you. After all, I have a lot of face in the princess's eyes."

"Uh……"

"..." At this time, Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng on the side looked at Pei Jian speechlessly, feeling that Pei Jian was really too stupid.

Now the entire Tang Dynasty is looking forward to the peaceful succession of Crown Prince Li Longji. After all, the Tang Dynasty has been in turmoil for too long. However, the future of Taiping officials like Pei Jian is doomed.

Then Su Wuming, who was standing by, looked at Su Ning and asked, "Suning, I wonder if you have any other opinions on the SARS case."

"No more." Su Ning shook his head at Su Wuming with a lack of interest.

"Uh……"

Lu Lingfeng, who was standing by, quickly explained to Su Ning, "Suning, actually, Su Wuming and I went to Mount Zhongnan the day before yesterday. After visiting Wang Yuantong, we found that he was indeed a bit suspicious."

Su Ning looked at Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng with disinterest and said, "Su Wuming, Lu Lingfeng, with your ability to solve cases, you can definitely find Sha Si. It's pointless for an outsider like me to think too much."

"Hey! Suning, what you said makes sense. It seems that we have not considered this matter enough." Sure enough, Su Wuming noticed Su Ning's subtle attitude at this time.

"That's all right! Thank you for coming to see us off today. I hope you can visit the Western Regions if you have the chance."

"Okay! It's a deal! We'll definitely visit the Western Regions if we have the chance."

"Haha, see you later."

Then Suning and Pei Xijun boarded a long-distance carriage and slowly headed towards the west of the Tang Dynasty. The next trip to the Western Regions would naturally be a time for Suning to rest.

Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng could never have imagined that they would soon be exiled to the Western Regions, and that by then they would still be entangled with Su Ning.

……

Without Suning and Pei Xijun, Chang'an City is still as prosperous and wealthy as ever, just like a blooming peony. However, no one could have imagined that the king who is the focus of everyone's attention would make this peony wither so quickly.

The completion ceremony of the Chantian Tower was extremely grand. Illusions masters from all over the world showed off their skills here, and the powerful people in Chang'an also enjoyed themselves in luxury and debauchery.

During the ceremony, Gao Lishi approached Crown Prince Li Longji and whispered, "Your Highness, that Wang Yuantong did indeed appear at the ceremony. Do you want to mobilize more guards over here?"

"It's okay! I have the golden silkworm armor presented by my beloved Lord Su. Those villains can't hurt me." However, Crown Prince Li Longji was extremely confident at this time, mainly because the golden silkworm armor that Su Ning took out was too awesome.

"Yes! Your Highness the Crown Prince."

At this time, Emperor Ruizong of Tang Li Dan and Princess Taiping were naturally paying attention to Li Longji. Seeing that Crown Prince Li Longji was still chatting and laughing there, they both showed a sneer on their faces at the same time.

In fact, with Princess Taiping's influence in the Tang Dynasty, she was the first to know that today was a Hongmen Banquet, and she also knew that Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Li Dan, would announce his abdication on the spot today, so she hated the crown prince Li Longji who rebelled against Tiangang.

At this moment, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Li Dan, realized that the main event was about to begin, so the eunuch Feng beside him advised, "Your Majesty, today's ceremony is too noisy and time-consuming. How about taking a rest first?"

"Good! I am indeed feeling a little tired." Tang Ruizong Li Dan was naturally eager to leave the Cantian Tower as soon as possible. After all, Sha Si's (Wang Yuantong) sabotage plan was to destroy the tower. Then he looked at Crown Prince Li Longji and Princess Taiping beside him with a smile on his face. "Crown Prince, Princess, you will preside over the ceremony from now on. I will rest and come back again later."

"..." However, at this time, Crown Prince Li Longji and Princess Taiping looked at each other with a sneer, feeling that the behavior of Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Li Dan, was really too childish.

At this moment, Su Wuming suddenly appeared and stopped Emperor Ruizong Li Dan. "No! Your Majesty, I believe that Your Majesty should enjoy the joy with the people. How can you leave the grand opening ceremony of the Cantian Tower early?"

"This..." As expected, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Li Dan, was at a loss for words to respond for a moment.

However, Eunuch Feng, standing by, rebuked Su Wuming in a timid tone, "How dare you! Su Wuming, how can a petty official like you have the right to speak at such a grand ceremony?"

"..."

No one could have imagined that Crown Prince Li Longji would look at Li Dan with a half-smile and say, "Father, I agree with Su Wuming's point of view. After all, more important things have not yet been announced."

"Huh? What the prince said makes sense! Then I'll try my best to restrain myself." Sure enough, what the prince Li Longji said was very meaningful.

"Thank you for your hard work, Father."

Seeing that he could not leave the Chantian Tower smoothly, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Li Dan, helplessly signaled to the eunuch Feng beside him, simply to signal Feng to tell Wang Yuantong to change the plan of destroying the tower.

However, Wang Yuantong and Feng Nei Shi had some plans of their own and were not willing to change the plan of destroying the building easily. After all, the opportunity to catch them all in one fell swoop was very rare.

Seeing that the situation was already ripe, Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng stood up and looked at Wang Yuantong, "Sha Si, I wonder how long you are going to hide?"

"what……"

"What? Shas showed up?"

"..."

As Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng finished their words and looked at each other, everyone at the ceremony looked at Wang Yuantong in unison, and everyone showed a confused look for a moment.

However, Wang Yuantong forced a smile and asked in an unnatural way, "Su Wuming, Lu Lingfeng, what do you mean?" "Hmph! Shas, the real Wang Yuantong must have been killed by you, right? And then you have been living in seclusion as Wang Yuantong for more than ten years?" At this time, Lu Lingfeng on the side exposed Wang Yuantong's true identity with a sneer on his face. This statement was also to prevent the person behind Wang Yuantong from going crazy.

"..."

"What?" Everyone at the ceremony looked at Wang Yuantong in shock.

"Haha, Su Wuming, you really are worthy of being Di Gong's direct disciple. You are definitely better than your teacher."

Then Shas (Wang Yuantong) admitted his identity. After he fled Luoyang, he came to Wang Yuantong’s hometown, Shazhou.

He originally wanted to continue fleeing westward, but later he wanted to continue with the identity of Wang Yuantong, and for some unknown reason he wanted to become the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty. After waiting for eleven years, he was finally recalled by Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Li Dan.

You should know that Wang Yuantong was the chief officer of Li Dan's palace, the Prince of Xiang, and was later appointed by Wu Zetian as the Minister of Control of Cranes. So it is very intriguing when Shas activated Wang Yuantong's identity.

Shas looked at Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Li Dan, who was sitting on the throne again, and realized that his crimes had been exposed. Shas believed that he had become a discarded pawn, and finally vowed to die with the entire Tang court.

At this time, many imperial guards appeared at the ceremony to guard Li Dan, Li Longji and the other two. Of course, Li Dan had a look of disappointment on his face, and Princess Taiping also shook her head in disappointment. Only Crown Prince Li Longji still had a look of confidence.

Then Shas flew out of the building on a wooden bird, and everyone realized that he was going to destroy the building.

Because the minor official who gave advice to Yuwen Mukai, the designer of the Cantian Tower, was Wang Yuantong. Sure enough, Shas soon arrived at the 18th floor of the Cantian Tower on a wooden bird, intending to forcibly destroy this unprecedented Cantian Tower from here.

However, Lu Lingfeng had already ordered Feng Tai to design a mechanism on this floor, which really caused Shas, who came to destroy the building, to fall into the trap and eventually die tragically at the foot of the Chantian Building.

……

On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lu Lingfeng turned the tide and the four prime ministers in the court jointly wrote a letter to recommend him as the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple.

The last imperial decree issued by Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Li Dan, during his reign was to order the demolition of the Cantian Tower. From then on, there was no more Tianwaitian in the Tang Dynasty.

On the eve of the demolition of the Tianwaitian Tower, Princess Taiping summoned Lu Lingfeng to Tianwaitian.

Princess Taiping looked at her own son right in front of her, and she felt so miserable that she couldn't express her longing for him. In the end, she didn't admit their mother-son relationship.

Lu Lingfeng feigned a distant look at Princess Taiping and bowed, "Your Highness, may I know what this summons brings?"

"Mr. Lu, don't be nervous! I just feel that you are unusually similar to my lost son. I wonder if you could have a few drinks with me?" Princess Taiping looked at Lu Lingfeng, who was aloof from others, with a smile on her face and invited him.

"I'm sorry, Princess, I'm not good at drinking."

"Uh... okay! Then you can go down." Sure enough, Princess Taiping waved her hand with a look of disappointment and sadness on her face.

"Yes! Your Highness."

At this time, Princess Taiping looked at Lu Lingfeng's tall and strong back, but she couldn't help but cover her face and cry with sadness and pride. She felt that fate was sometimes too unpredictable.

Of course, the reason why Princess Taiping did not recognize her biological son Lu Lingfeng was entirely because she was worried that Crown Prince Li Longji would persecute Lu Lingfeng. After all, the struggle for politics and imperial power is not about emotions.

Then Su Wuming took out another copy of "Di Gong's Quotations" and gave it to Lu Lingfeng. He also explained that Di Renjie once said that Lu Lingfeng was young and frivolous, and arrogant because of his talent, but he was also kind-hearted, talented, and had great potential.

If one day Lu Lingfeng can go through trials and tribulations, understand the sufferings of the people, and truly understand that the people are the country, he will let Su Wuming accept him as his disciple.

Of course, this is also the reason why Su Wuming burned incense and asked for seal at the Di Gong Temple in Luoyang, and led Lu Lingfeng to formally become Di Renjie's apprentice.

Holding the "Di Gong Quotations", Lu Lingfeng looked at Su Wuming with a face full of resentment, "Su Wuming, you are too mean. I thought that my mentor only had a copy of "Detective Notes"?"

"Haha, how can one not be careful?" However, Su Wuming had a smug expression on his face.

"That's right! If that Su Ning knew about this, he would definitely have stolen the copy of 'Di Gong Yu Lu' again."

"Lu Lingfeng, are you still angry with Suning?"

"Ah! Pei Xijun couldn't hide the happiness on her face at all. It's obvious that she and Su Ning are living a happy life. Besides, Su Ning is indeed very capable. His achievements have left me far behind."

"Lu Lingfeng, it's best if you can understand. Su Ning is indeed a rare confidant."

"Well, Su Wuming, I understand what you mean. I will never target him again."

"That's good."

Then, the retired emperor Li Dan, unwilling to accept defeat, said that Su Wuming was wrong. Although he later redeemed himself, he was demoted to the position of Qianling Mausoleum Secretary to guard the late emperor's body.

Pei Jian, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel, was also demoted to the position of lieutenant of He County, Nanzhou. Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng both came to see him off. After all, Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng were very good friends with Pei Jian's son-in-law.

Before Pei Jian left, Su Wuming suddenly looked at him and asked, "Sir Pei, does the emperor know about the plan of Cantian Tower?"

Pei Jian thought carefully before looking at Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng and said, "The emperor is unaware of this. The emperor's eunuch, Feng Nei Shi, was originally named Feng Han. He and Sha Si were both subordinates of Zhang Yizhi. It must be Feng Han who colluded with Sha Si to deceive the emperor."

"Oh? Seriously?" However, Su Wuming looked at Pei Jian with a questioning look on his face.

"Su Wuming, don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask, and don't even think about it. Don't end up losing your own heads." Pei Jian suddenly looked at Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng with a serious expression and warned them.

"..."

Then Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng watched Pei Jian go away, climbed up a high mountain, and looked down at the Tang Dynasty. They saw that the Tang Dynasty was peaceful, bright, and prosperous like a dream.

"Lu Lingfeng, as the Minister of Justice, can you clear away the dark side of the Tang Dynasty and restore peace and prosperity?"

"A lifelong wish."

After that, Yingtao accompanied Su Wuming to take up the post of Qianling Cheng.

Lu Lingfeng also took up the post of Dali Temple Chief Justice. He learned that the Dali Temple now had a backlog of more than 98,760 cases, which gave him a headache. He hoped that his good friend Su Wuming could come and help him solve the case.

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(End of this chapter)