A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 433 Golden Spearman Xu Ning

Just as Gao Yanei entered the flower and bird market, Lu Cheng also came to a two-story restaurant more than a hundred meters away, went straight up to the second floor, asked for a private room by the window, ordered a few side dishes and a pot of wine.

After the food and wine were served, we just happened to see Gao Yanei walking out of the flower and bird shop in the distance outside the window, carrying a bird cage, and walking onto the street with a group of people, shouting and yelling.

Lu Cheng drank a glass of wine, put down the glass, and slightly raised his sleeves. Suddenly, a high-tech weapon appeared in his sleeves. Then he quickly pulled the trigger, and a barely perceptible white light flashed by.

Not far away, Gao Yanei, who was holding a bird cage with a smug look on his face, suddenly felt a heat on his forehead and he instantly lost consciousness. When he fell to the ground, half of his head was already charred black. The bird cage in his hand fell to the ground, and a falcon immediately broke free and flew away.

"Yanei! What's wrong with you?"

"Oh no! Gao Yanei is dead!"

"Could it be that this person was struck by lightning?"

"Gao Yanei was struck to death by lightning!"

"Go and report to General Gao!"

There was a sudden chaos on the street. Lu Cheng drank a few glasses of wine and ate a few bites of food. When the commotion in the distance spread to the restaurant, Lu Cheng got up, asked the waiter to pack up the food and wine, and went home.

The Guardian laser gun has an effective range of 150 meters and is equipped with a high-energy battery. It is light, small, easy to carry, and has a bullet capacity of 120 rounds. Compared with gunpowder weapons, this bullet capacity is comparable to that of a machine gun.

Moreover, the laser gun has a faster firing rate and is more concealed. It can be hidden in the wide sleeves of a robe and cannot be discovered by others.

As for the killing effect, Gao Yanei's half head is clear evidence of it.

Moreover, Lu Cheng also stored a foldable solar panel in the storage space, which he could take out to generate electricity when necessary and to charge the battery, so that he could get ammunition replenishment at any time.

Ever since putting these epoch-making weapons in the cross-border backpack, Lu Cheng had only treated them as his last resort and had hardly ever used them. This time, he might as well try using Gao Yanei's forehead.

Soon, the news that Gao Yanei was struck to death by lightning in the street spread throughout the entire Bianjing City. The people of Bianjing City all applauded and cheered. Coach Zhang and his family also breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the news.

However, the next day, another piece of news came back that Lin Chong, the former instructor of the 80 imperial guards, died of illness on the way to Cangzhou. The two officers escorting Lin Chong, Dong Chao and Xue Ba, also died of illness in a forest less than miles away from Bianjing on their way back to Bianjing.

After Lu Cheng heard the news, he was not too surprised. According to the development of the original novel, the two officers, Dong Chao and Xue Ba, took Lu Qian's gold, and first tortured Lin Chong on the road, not giving him enough food, and then washed Lin Chong's feet with boiling water, scalding Lin Chong's feet, and put small shoes on Lin Chong, rubbing Lin Chong's feet.

After arriving at the Wild Boar Forest, the two officers wanted to tie Lin Chong to a tree, saying that they were afraid that he would run away while they were resting and sleeping. Lin Chong did not resist at all. When he was injured and tied to a tree with shackles on his head, he could only accept his fate when no one came to rescue him.

As for the two officers Dong Chao and Xue Ba, they were probably killed on their way back.

Soon after, rumors began to spread in Bianjing City that General Gao and Gao Yanei framed Lin Chong and killed him on the way to exile in Cangzhou. Lin Chong's wronged soul returned to Bianjing and killed Gao Yanei in the street for revenge.

There is also a saying that Gao Yanei committed many evil deeds and eventually died, and was taken away by God.

No one knew where the news came from, and it caused a sensation for a while. Even Emperor Huizong of Song specially summoned Gao Qiu to inquire about what happened.

After this incident, Song Huizong, who was already superstitious about Taoism, learned of Gao Yanei's death and asked about the crimes he had committed. He inevitably felt some dissatisfaction with Gao Qiu.

The next morning, Lu Cheng came to the palace again to discuss calligraphy and painting with Song Huizong.

During this period of time, Song Huizong had basically mastered the various essentials of sketching and was able to draw some portraits in a decent manner.

It has to be said that Emperor Huizong was indeed very talented in calligraphy and painting, and was willing to work hard. In addition, he had a solid foundation, so it was natural for him to learn knowledge in this area very quickly.

Lu Cheng also learned various landscape paintings, flower and bird paintings, and Slender Gold calligraphy from Song Huizong, and also made rapid progress.

In this mutually beneficial teaching and exchange, Lu Cheng was favored by the emperor and his popularity grew day by day.

After discussing flower and bird paintings, Song Huizong instructed Lu Cheng to paint a peacock. After Lu Cheng finished the painting, he gave high praise: "Shou Xin, when you first came, your flower and bird paintings were very ordinary, but now they are quite charming. You have made rapid progress."

"It's all thanks to the emperor's teaching. Only a good teacher can produce a good student. If the student makes slow progress, wouldn't it be a waste of your majesty's personal guidance?"

"You are really good at talking. By the way, I heard that you have the ability to subdue tigers and tame birds and beasts. Is it true?"

"I dare not deceive the officials. This is indeed true."

"So, your skills must be pretty good, right?"

"Students also know some skills in boxing, kicking, guns and sticks."

"There are also many experts who are good at spears and sticks in my palace guards. I wonder if you dare to compete with them?"

"Why not? If the emperor wants to see it, I am willing to give it a try."

"Okay, young people should have this kind of confidence and vigor. Yang Jian, go and ask the leaders and coaches of the Golden Spear Squad, Silver Spear Squad, and Archery Squad to get ready. I want to see the imperial guards compete today."

"Yes, official."

This eunuch Yang Jian, who has the same name and surname as the legendary Erlang Shen Yang Jian, was the most favored eunuch around Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty. Later, he was appointed as the Jiedushi of Zhanghua, and rose to the position of Taifu. After his death, he was named Taishi.

Whenever Song Huizong traveled, he would take Yang Jian with him.

"Let's go and set up the driving school field."

Soon, Lu Cheng followed Song Huizong to the training ground of the Palace Guards.

The imperial guards of the Song Dynasty were under the command of the Palace Front Division. They mainly consisted of 24 shifts with more than people, and each shift had about people.

These twenty-four squads are all brave and skilled fighters selected from the 800,000 imperial guards, and are divided into different squads according to their proficiency in weapons.

Among the twenty-four squads, the Gold Spear Squad and the Silver Spear Squad are all experts in using spears and lances.

Following Song Huizong's order, the leaders and coaches of the Golden Spear Squad and the Silver Spear Squad came out and arrived at the parade ground.

The chief eunuch Yang Jian came to the center of the field and said, "Several coaches and squad leaders, this is Master Lu Cheng, also known in the martial arts world as the Tiger Taming God, who can tame tigers with his bare hands. I want to compete with you today, who will go first?"

The squad leaders looked at each other, but none of them was the first to step forward. On the one hand, they were not clear about Lu Cheng's background, and on the other hand, they had all heard that Lu Cheng was now in the emperor's favor. It would be bad if they accidentally hurt the opponent during the duel, or if they defeated the opponent and it became a bad scene, or if they were hated by the opponent.

Of course, if you lose the battle, it will be even worse, and you may even lose your official position.

Seeing that no one stood up, Yang Jian coughed lightly, and several people were shocked. One of them immediately stood up and said, "Xu Ning, the coach of the Golden Spear Squad, please give me some advice."

Lu Cheng glanced at the other person. Is this the golden spearman Xu Ning, whose golden armor was stolen by Liangshan’s Shi Qian and who was eventually tricked into going to Liangshan?

Lu Cheng also stepped forward and clasped his fists and bowed: "Coach Xu is right, Lu Cheng Lu Shouxin, please give me your advice."