A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 434: Imperial College Recorder and Imperial Military Commandant

The 108 Liangshan heroes gathered together. When Song Jiang divided the generals, he enfeoffed them among the Five Tigers, Eight Hussars and Sixteen Young Generals. The Golden Spear Master Xu Ning ranked second among the Eight Hussars and his strength was quite good.

Moreover, Xu Ning's expertise in linked spear techniques is unique in the world.

In the original novel, the Liangshan soldiers were unable to defeat Hu Yanzhuo's iron chain horses, so they sent Shi Qian, the flea on the drum, to steal Xu Ning's family heirloom armor, trick Xu Ning away, and take the opportunity to kidnap Xu Ning's entire family, forcing Xu Ning to go to Liangshan and break Hu Yanzhuo's iron chain horses with his hook-and-sickle spear.

However, even if the Jade Unicorn Lu Junyi, who was known to be the best in the world with spear and stick, came, he would not be able to withstand a few moves from Lu Cheng, let alone the Golden Spear Master Xu Ning?

What Lu Cheng had to consider was not to let his opponent lose too quickly or too ugly. After all, his opponent was a master in the Imperial Guard. If he was defeated by Lu Cheng in just three or two moves, Song Huizong would definitely lose face.

"Bang" As the spears in the hands of both sides collided for the first time, the golden spearman Xu Ning felt his hands numb and his heart trembled. He quickly grasped the spear in his hand, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

Lu Cheng also had an idea in his mind and used more strength. Then he reduced the strength in his hands by two times and fought with the opponent again.

The two men's weapons collided again, and Xu Ning clearly felt that the force was much weaker this time. He immediately understood that the other party was intentionally giving in.

At that moment, Xu Ning also changed his tactics. He was no longer in a hurry, but took a steady and cautious approach. His marksmanship was beautiful, but the damage was not great.

Lu Cheng was also very cooperative. His long spear was like pear blossoms in a rainstorm or a dragon emerging from the sea. Every move he made was exquisite.

An expert might be able to tell that the two were having a fake match, but Song Huizong was watching with great interest, nodding his head repeatedly, feeling that the two were both masters and the fighting was very exciting.

After fighting for fifty or sixty moves, Lu Cheng and Xu Ning exchanged glances. Lu Cheng suddenly exerted force with the spear in his hand, knocking the spear away from Xu Ning's hand. He then took half a step forward and placed the tip of the spear against Xu Ning's throat, ending the fight in a handsome manner.

"Good!" Song Huizong clapped his hands and cheered, then looked at Lu Cheng: "Shou Xin really has real skills, the coach of the Golden Spear Squad is no match for you."

"Your Majesty, I was born with some supernatural powers. My family was wealthy and my ancestors were in the medicinal materials business. My father used precious Chinese medicine to lay a solid foundation for me since I was a child. That's why I have this ability. Although the coach of the Golden Spear Squad was selected from the group, he didn't have any contact with precious Chinese medicine since he was a child. It's normal that his foundation is not as good as mine. Coach Xu's spear skills are exquisite and rare in the world. It shows that there are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in your majesty's guards."

Song Huizong laughed. He was originally dissatisfied with Xu Ning's performance, but he no longer cared about it after hearing this. Instead, he smiled and said, "You praised my guards, but then defeated them. Isn't this also a disguised form of self-praise?

However, since you have such skills and can tame birds and beasts, I have a few Ferghana horses that were tributed by the Western Army, but they have not been tamed yet. If you can tame them, I will give you a Ferghana horse, how about it? "

"It is my honor to be able to tame horses for the emperor. I dare not accept any gift from the emperor."

"You are too cautious. Come with me to see those BMWs."

Afterwards, Song Huizong went to the horse training farm again, and Lu Cheng left with him.

Before leaving, Lu Cheng bowed to the golden spearman Xu Ning and said that they should have a drink together when they were free. Xu Ning was very touched and bowed to Lu Cheng.

Soon, everyone arrived at the horse training farm, and Lu Cheng also saw those excellent Dayuan horses.

Lu Cheng is also a horse lover. He has many horses at home. The best one is a fine horse from the Western Regions given by Zhong Shidao. After being strengthened by Lu Cheng with drugs, it is no less powerful than a Ferghana horse. He named it Zhuifeng. Together with the original BMW Shunfeng, they are Lu Cheng's two favorite mounts.

However, the BMW presented by Zhong Shidao was ultimately inferior to the Ferghana BMW presented as tribute to the imperial palace.

Lu Cheng fell in love with one of the horses at first sight. It was completely black except for its four white hooves. The horse had smooth muscle lines, strong limbs, bright hair, and was full of energy. There was also a white spot on its forehead.

When Lu Cheng approached the horses, they became a little restless. But as Lu Cheng spoke softly to comfort them and a friendly power emanated from his body, the horses stopped being restless and looked at Lu Cheng.

Lu Cheng first selected a brown horse, took two steps forward, jumped on it, and rode on the horse's back which had not yet been saddled.

The horse raised its body and tried to throw Lu Cheng off, but Lu Cheng grabbed its neck and clamped his legs around the horse's belly.

The horse trainer quickly let go of the reins, allowing the horse that Lu Cheng was riding to gallop freely on the horse field.

The horse tried every possible means to throw Lu Cheng off its back, but failed. Instead, Lu Cheng firmly controlled it.

While the horse was running, Lu Cheng freed one hand and rhythmically patted the horse's neck to soothe its emotions.

After running two laps, the horse's temper calmed down and its running speed began to stabilize. Lu Cheng let go of his hands and just clamped the horse's belly with his legs. His whole body kept rising and falling with the horse's gallop. He even made a bow and arrow gesture in the air with his hands on the horse's back.

When Emperor Huizong of Song saw this, he could not help but admire him greatly: "I never thought that Shouxin could tame a fierce horse in just a quarter of an hour. It is really extraordinary."

Yang Jian, who was standing by, also said, "Extraordinary people do extraordinary things. Aren't such talents still used by the government?"

"Haha, that's right. Yang Jian, this Lu Cheng is a young man who is both civil and military, and he is very much in my heart. What position do you think should be given to him?"

"It's all up to the emperor. I think that no matter what position he is given, Shouxin will be grateful to your majesty. Besides, Lu Shouxin is your majesty's personal disciple. He has learned a lot from your majesty in calligraphy and painting. He is also a rare talent."

Lu Cheng often gave gifts to the eunuch Yang Jian, and even prepared a men's perfume for him to cover up his body odor. Naturally, Yang Jian would say a few good words for him.

Hearing Yang Jian's words, Song Huizong laughed and said, "That's right. However, Lu Cheng has only been in the Imperial College for less than half a year. If we rashly reward him too much, people will inevitably be dissatisfied. How about this, let him be a student of the Imperial College first, and see how he performs, and then reward him appropriately."

As he spoke, Lu Cheng had already tamed two more wild horses.

Upon seeing this, Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty asked someone to bring Lu Cheng a bow and arrow, and asked Lu Cheng to demonstrate his riding and archery skills.

Lu Cheng took the bow and arrow, galloped on a newly tamed horse, then bent the bow and shot down a passing bird in the sky with one arrow, stunning everyone.

When Emperor Huizong of Song saw Lu Cheng's performance, he liked him even more and immediately had a new idea. After Lu Cheng temporarily tamed a few wild horses, Emperor Huizong of Song immediately ordered that Lu Cheng be appointed as the Recorder of the Imperial Academy and the Captain of the Imperial Armoury, holding both civil and military positions.

The Taixue Lu was a civil servant of the ninth rank, mainly responsible for the management of the school rules and regulations of the Taixue Academy, which was equivalent to the clerk of the teaching department of a university in later generations.

As for the Imperial Guard Captain, he was an eighth-rank military official and had no actual position.

Of course, if he were a high-ranking official, it would be impossible for Lu Cheng to hold both civil and military positions at the same time.

The reason for this arrangement was that Song Huizong had not yet decided whether to arrange for Lu Cheng to take the civil servant route or the military general route.

However, in addition to being responsible for the management of the school rules and regulations of Taixue Academy, Lu Cheng also worked part-time as the coach of the Golden Spear Squad of the Imperial Guards by virtue of his position as the Imperial Guard Captain.