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Chapter 1337 Gao Lishi

In the original drama, Su Wuming and Lu Lingfeng both competed to be won over by Princess Taiping and the Crown Prince. However, Su Ning at this time did not receive such treatment, because Su Ning, a seventh-rank Right Thousand Oxen Guard, was just a small figure in the eyes of those big men.

After the strong woman Wu Zetian died of old age, the most powerful people in the Tang Dynasty became Princess Taiping and Crown Prince Li Longji. As for Emperor Ruizong of Tang Li Dan, he was sometimes just a figurehead.

Moreover, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Li Dan, could only do some small tricks in secret that could not be made public, otherwise he would not have been manipulated so clearly by his biological mother, Wu Zetian. So to some extent, neither the brothers Li Dan nor Li Xian were wise rulers.

In 712, the Tang Dynasty's Chang'an City was in a precarious situation. The internal strife among the top powerful people in Chang'an City became more and more intense. Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Li Dan, believed that Chang'an City was a shackle on him, so he would lead the entire court on a tour to the eastern capital Luoyang in a few days.

As the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji naturally had to accompany the emperor on the trip. As the person who protected the Crown Prince Li Longji's safety, Su Ning watched Li Longji from afar, but he was looking forward to seeing the stunningly beautiful Yang Yuhuan in his mind. He didn't know whether he could wait for Yang Yuhuan, one of the four great beauties, to appear this time.

Since all the powerful people in Chang'an were busy moving to the Eastern Capital, this happened to be the time when the Eastern Palace was at its weakest. Sure enough, a large number of black-clothed and masked thugs appeared and attacked the carriage of Crown Prince Li Longji.

As the captain of the Right Thousand Bull Guards who protected the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace, Suning naturally had to rush forward to meet the enemy as soon as possible. He rode on his horse demon and charged towards the group of men in black with a lance in his hand.

You must know that Suning has been forcibly suppressing its own strength. After all, being one step ahead is a talent, but being two steps ahead may be a madman. Suning is unwilling to be excluded by Datang's energy system.

However, even though Suning repeatedly suppressed his true strength, he still quickly became the most handsome guy at the scene. It was really that the invincible Suning was too handsome and intimidating.

Crown Prince Li Longji looked at Suning, who was killing the enemy like chopping melons and vegetables, and asked Gao Lishi, "Gao Lishi, who is that general? How can he be so brave?"

"Your Highness, this person is Su Ning, who solved the Chang'an black tea case." Gao Lishi explained to Prince Li Longji while suppressing his inner surprise.

I didn't expect that a little tune that I made on a whim would bring me such an unexpected surprise. I was determined to cultivate Suning into my confidant.

"Suning? This name sounds familiar." Crown Prince Li Longji couldn't remember who Suning was for a moment.

"Prince, originally, Su Ning was merely a constable in the Chang'an County Court. He was bought from the former county lieutenant, Wu Daqi, and so the Emperor ordered him to be completely dismissed. Unexpectedly, Su Ning followed Di Gong's disciple, Su Wuming, to Nanzhou, and even wiped out all the bandit strongholds in Nanzhou and the county. Li Shi felt that Su Ning was a rare talent, so he took the initiative to transfer him back to Chang'an."

"Well, Gao Lishi, you did a great job."

"Thank you for the compliment, Prince."

After a brief consideration, Crown Prince Li Longji decided to reuse Su Ning. However, the decision he made was to sow discord in the Jinwu Guard. "The position of Right Thousand Bull Guard Chief is too low. Let Su Ning be the Lieutenant General of the Jinwu Guard."

"Prince, the Jinwu Guards are the emperor's personal guards. Perhaps the emperor won't agree?" Gao Lishi naturally understood Li Longji's meaning at the first moment, and then expressed his biggest concern about this arrangement.

However, Li Longji smiled with unusual confidence and said, "That's fine! Just go find General Lu Tong of the Jinwu Guard and tell him that Su Ning's position was arranged by me. I believe Lu Tong will definitely accept the arrangement."

"Yes! Prince."

In fact, Gao Lishi also knew that many people were secretly loyal to Li Longji. Now seeing that Prince Li Longji was so confident, he naturally realized that Lu Tong must have defected to the prince.

Then, thanks to the protection of Suning, a top master, the attackers were quickly slaughtered, so Crown Prince Li Longji's carriage continued on its journey without any danger.

However, when Crown Prince Li Longji's carriage passed by Su Ning, he couldn't help but look at Su Ning with curiosity and favor, and there was no concealment of the praise and smile on his face.

Suning naturally understood a lot from Li Longji's eyes. With his understanding of Li Longji's character and way of doing things, he knew that this guy liked to reuse people who could do things for him, and would ruthlessly abandon anyone who had no use for him.

However, Suning didn't care at all. After all, he wanted to witness the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty with his own eyes. Although the prosperous Tang Dynasty would be destroyed by Li Longji, the catastrophe of the Anshi Rebellion happened more than 20 years later.

In fact, with Suning's strength, it is entirely possible for An Lushan to appear earlier, or for the entire Tang Dynasty to become filled with smoke of war in an instant, so the future of the Tang Dynasty is completely in the hands of Suning.

In stark contrast to Crown Prince Li Longji's mentality, Princess Taiping was furious. She smashed many pieces of porcelain in anger, "Damn it! Damn it! Over five hundred of our warriors were killed in one day. When did the Crown Prince acquire this kind of strength?"

"Princess, it seems that a general has come to the prince's side." Xue Bing, the chief secretary of the princess's mansion, reported hurriedly with a bitter face, feeling that Princess Taiping was getting weaker and weaker.

"Oh? Who is it? Which family is he from?" Princess Taiping felt surprised after her rage.

"Princess, this man's name is Su Ning. He used to be a constable in the Chang'an County government office. Later, he went to Nanzhou to serve as a military officer. He was just transferred back to Chang'an by Gao Lishi, who is close to the Crown Prince."

"Su Ning? The little captain who cracked the Chang'an Black Tea case?"

"Exactly this person."

"Humph! Our prince actually has some ability to judge people. I originally thought that Su Ning was just a mediocre person."

"Princess, do you want me to contact this Su Ning secretly? It is said that this Su Ning is extremely lustful."

"Alright! As long as this Su Ning is willing to serve me, I will naturally be generous with my rewards of treasures and beauties."

"Yes! Princess."

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Things in the world are so wonderful. As long as you show your strength, those big forces will pounce on you like wolves and tigers.

At this time, Suning was naturally arranged by Gao Lishi to be the General of the Jinwu Guard. Now he not only snatched the heroine from Lu Lingfeng, but also took the position that belonged to Lu Lingfeng.

At this moment, Jinwu Guard General Lu Tong still couldn't forget his former subordinate. "Suning, I heard that you have a close relationship with the former General of the Central Army, Lu Lingfeng?"

"Replying to the general, Lu Lingfeng and I are not close. At most, we just know each other." Su Ning did not want to lose Lu Lingfeng's relationship. After all, he and he were rivals in love before.

"Oh? Is he doing well in Nanzhou?" Lu Tong looked at Su Ning in surprise and continued to ask.

"Very good! You know, Lu Lingfeng's biggest obsession is to become Di Gong's apprentice. Now he can finally learn to solve cases from Di Gong's disciples."

"Yeah, that makes sense! When Lu Lingfeng was in Chang'an City, he was a bit idle. All he thought about every day was solving big cases."

"..."

It was only then that Lu Tong looked at Su Ning meaningfully and reminded him, "Suning, since the Crown Prince personally arranged for you to come here, I, Lu Tong, naturally have no complaints, but I still hope that you can do a good job in the Jinwu Guard." "Yes! General, your humble servant, Su Ning, understands."

After dealing with Lu Tong, the general of the Jinwu Guard, Suning returned to his job again, and now he was responsible for the safety of the entire capital relocation team.

The Tang Emperor, Emperor Ruizong of Tang, Li Dan, naturally noticed the handsome Su Ning and learned of Su Ning's identity from the eunuch Feng beside him. Naturally, he looked at the powerful general in front of him with a complicated expression.

Unfortunately, Li Dan's choice made him miss the opportunity to recruit Suning. However, after feeling regretful, Li Dan stopped caring about it again, because in his eyes, as the emperor, he had no shortage of any talents he wanted.

Su Ning, who had just returned to his job, saw a middle-aged, fat man approaching. "Excuse me, is this General Su, the new Lieutenant General of the Jinwu Guard?"

"I am Suning! May I know who you are?" Suning looked at the person in front of him with a look of surprise and asked with a bow.

"I am Xue Bing, the chief official of Princess Taiping's residence. Princess Taiping wishes to summon you."

"Please lead the way, Mr. Xue." Suning accepted it without any hesitation.

"it is good."

At this time, Suning had no worries. He had no way to refuse Princess Taiping's summons anyway. Even if he refused, Princess Taiping would not be praised by Li Longji.

Soon, Su Ning followed the chief official of Princess Taiping's residence to the team of the princess's residence, and then met Princess Taiping, who was in charge of the government of the Tang Dynasty. "The humble General Su Ning of the Jinwu Guards greets the princess."

"Well, he is indeed a handsome man, as handsome as Lu Lingfeng." Princess Taiping saw that Su Ning was referring to Lu Lingfeng.

"Huh? Princess, you are too kind." For a moment, Suning didn't know how to respond to Princess Taiping.

"I heard that Lu Lingfeng is doing well in Nanzhou?"

"That's right! Su Wuming also taught Lu Lingfeng everything he knew in Nanzhou, and now Lu Lingfeng's ability to solve cases is soaring rapidly."

"Well, that's good! Lu Lingfeng is still a rare talent."

"..." At this time, Su Ning did not feel any discomfort. After all, the Princess Taiping in front of him was Lu Lingfeng's mother.

Any mother would first care about her son. "Su Ning, you are really good, so I want to transfer you to the Princess's Mansion."

"Thank you for your appreciation, Princess! But I am also very grateful to the Crown Prince for his training of me, otherwise I would still be feeding mosquitoes in Nanzhou." However, Su Ning rejected Princess Taiping's recruitment without hesitation, or there must be spies of Crown Prince Li Longji in Princess Taiping's mansion.

"Hmph! A wise bird chooses the right tree to roost in! What I can give you is something the prince cannot." Sure enough, Suning's refusal made Princess Taiping look angry.

"No! The Crown Prince is the future emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and Princess, you..."

"Hmph! Since you've already made your own judgment, I won't say anything more."

"I resign from my humble position."

"..." At this time, Princess Taiping's face was naturally filled with indignation, feeling that this little Suning was really too disrespectful to her.

She is Princess Taiping of the Tang Dynasty. Her grandfather, father, mother and brothers are all emperors. There is also a woman in the Tang Dynasty whose status is more noble than hers.

Today, he was willing to condescend to personally summon a General of the Jinwu Guard who had no background at all, which gave Su Ning a huge face. However, he never expected that Su Ning would refuse without hesitation.

However, after Suning left Princess Taiping's mansion, he immediately went to the Crown Prince's carriage, ready to report today's events to Li Longji as soon as possible. After all, now was not the time to cause misunderstandings with this guy.

Su Ning went straight to Gao Lishi and explained what happened today. He did not ask to see Crown Prince Li Longji. "Eunuch Gao, just now, Xue Changshi from the Princess's Mansion took me to the Princess's Mansion."

"Oh? General of the Central Army, does the princess want to talk to you about something?" However, at this time, Eunuch Gao looked at Su Ning meaningfully, and there was no surprise on his face as if he had just learned about this matter.

"That's right! The princess wanted to transfer me to the Princess's Palace, but I rejected it."

"Why? You should know that Princess Taiping is very generous. She will definitely treat you in ways you can't even imagine."

"Eunuch Gao, Su Ning does not want to be a slave to three families. In this life, he will only be loyal to the Crown Prince."

"Haha, good! I, Gao Lishi, was right about the person." Sure enough, Suning's explanation and attitude made Gao Lishi very satisfied.

"Please continue to take care of me in the future, Eunuch Gao."

"Don't worry! Everyone in the Tang Dynasty knows that I, Gao Lishi, recommended you. As long as you can continue to serve the Crown Prince loyally, the Crown Prince will definitely value you more and more."

"Yes! Eunuch Gao."

Then Gao Lishi suddenly looked at Su Ning meaningfully again and asked, "General, would you like me to take you to meet the Crown Prince?"

"Everything will be arranged by Eunuch Gao." Suning returned the question to Gao Lishi, knowing that even if he met Crown Prince Li Longji, it would be meaningless.

"Well, then you can go down and take up the post. The prince has been traveling hard recently and is very tired. We should wait until we reach Luoyang to discuss this."

"Yes."

Seeing that Suning was so sensible, Gao Lishi was naturally very satisfied. He didn't want some fools to rack their brains to meet the prince, but they didn't know that the prince might not even bother to look at them.

But Suning's performance and attitude today spoke for themselves. Gao Lishi realized that Suning was a rare smart person and would definitely become his right-hand man in the future.

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(End of this chapter)