A Journey Through the Worlds of Film and Television.

Chapter 408: Imitation of a Tiger

When the group arrived at the new shack that housekeeper Sun had built for the tiger, the tiger Liefeng was lying on an open space outside the shack, basking in the sun leisurely.

Every animal that Lu Cheng has domesticated for a long time can sense the breath and position of its master within a certain range. This tiger has not been domesticated for a long time, and has not yet established that kind of tacit understanding.

However, as the crowd approached, the tiger immediately became alert. After sensing the breath of its master, it relaxed and then stood up and walked towards Lu Cheng.

When Chao Gai, Zhu Tong, Lei Heng and others saw the majestic tiger, their hearts tightened, their hair stood on end, and they reached for the weapons at their waists.

This is a reverence for the king of beasts, and also an instinctive physical alert.

Lu Cheng took a few steps forward and waved his hand. The tiger rushed to Lu Cheng in three or two steps, lowered its body, rubbed Lu Cheng's outstretched hand with its head, and then squatted down, looking well-behaved and obedient.

Chao Gai and others were all stunned. How could this be the ferocious king of beasts? It was clearly an obedient house dog.

Originally, everyone was somewhat skeptical about Lu Cheng's ability to tame the tiger, but after seeing this scene, everyone had to believe it.

"Master Lu can actually make the beasts in the mountains so obedient. He is truly a god. Chao Gai admires him!"

Zhu Tong and Lei Heng also quickly complimented him: "Mr. Lu is indeed an extraordinary person. I admire him."

Lu Cheng laughed and patted the tiger's head: "Liefeng, go back and rest."

The tiger growled, rubbed Lu Cheng's hand again, turned around and returned to its roost to continue resting.

"Lord Chao, the two captains, we have seen this tiger before. It is just a wild beast in the forest. It is nothing special. Since you have come to my Lu Family Manor today, please come and have a seat at the manor. I will show my hospitality as a host."

"That's annoying."

"please."

When everyone returned to the manor, the kitchen had already prepared some wine and food. After Lu Cheng invited everyone to take their seats, he raised his glass and said, "You are giving me, Lu, face by coming to my Lu Family Manor as guests. Come, let me toast you all first!"

"Thank you, sir."

With Lu Cheng's warm hospitality, everyone ate and chatted, with everyone talking to each other, and the atmosphere at the banquet was very warm.

After eating and drinking, Lu Cheng asked housekeeper Sun to prepare a return gift for everyone and sent everyone out of the manor.

Socializing at the wine table is also an important part of human interactions, especially for these so-called gangsters. After a drink, everyone can call each other brothers, as if they were brothers who had been separated for many years.

Of course, you need to weigh for yourself how much of it is true and how much is false.

On the other side, after Zhu Tong and Lei Heng returned to the county government, the magistrate of Yuncheng County immediately summoned them over and asked, "Captain Zhu, Captain Lei, I heard that you went to Lujiazhuang today. Did you really see the tiger?"

"Your Excellency, we did see the tiger. The tiger was tamed by Lu Cheng and was very well behaved. It came and went as it pleased, just like a domestic dog."

"Is that true? It seems that this young Mr. Lu is no ordinary person."

"Sir, although Mr. Lu is young, he is quite heroic and has excellent martial arts skills. According to Chao Baozheng from Dongxi Village, he had fought with Lu Cheng. Although the two did not decide the winner, Lu Cheng clearly had some room to maneuver. This shows that Lu Cheng's martial arts skills are definitely not low."

"Oh? I heard that Chao Gai was able to hold up the bluestone pagoda, was not interested in women, and practiced martial arts for many years, but he couldn't beat Lu Cheng?"

"Sir, things like martial arts also depend on personal talent."

"If you two take action, how do you compare to Lu Cheng?"

"Sir, even if the two of us join forces, I'm afraid we are no match for Lu Cheng."

"Okay, I understand. You guys can go back first."

In fact, as the chief official of Yuncheng County, the county magistrate was somewhat worried because there were too many powerful people in this place and he was afraid of causing trouble.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, in order to avoid the situation during the Five Dynasties where military generals took control of local areas and used their own troops to oppose the imperial court, the Song Dynasty implemented a national policy of emphasizing civil officials over military officials, governing local areas with civil officials, and adopting a form of mobile dispatch, setting term limits for local officials.

In the early days of the Song Dynasty, the term of office for a county magistrate was three years. However, as the bureaucracy became corrupt and officials became redundant, many county magistrates later served for only two years.

After the two-year term is up, the county magistrate's performance will be evaluated. Those who perform well will be promoted or transferred to a better county. Those who perform poorly may be transferred to some remote and poor counties, or demoted and dismissed.

At present, the county magistrate of Yuncheng County has been in office for two years and will leave in one year at most. However, he has not made any achievements in these two years. There was even a large-scale fight between two villages for water sources, which caused a very bad impact.

If he fails to achieve some results in this last year, he will most likely be transferred to some remote and poor counties when his term of office expires.

Therefore, the county magistrate has been active recently, sending money to higher-ups and building relationships in the hope of seeking a better future.

Now, Lu Cheng, a strange man who can subdue a tiger, has appeared. If he can make some progress and stand out, he may be able to leave a good impression in Shangguan's eyes.

Thinking of this, the county magistrate called his legal advisor over to discuss how to make use of this matter.

At this time, Lu Cheng didn't know all this. He was hunting in the mountains outside Yuncheng County with Menghu Liefeng.

Although he had tamed the tiger, Lu Cheng was not prepared to keep Liefeng as a pet and deprive it of the power and fighting ability of the king of beasts. Instead, he planned to further train it in hunting skills and the tacit understanding of cooperation with himself, so as to enhance its fighting ability.

When a tiger roars in the forest, all the beasts are frightened. As a dull tiger roar is heard, all the beasts in the forest run away and all the birds fly away. Some birds that are close to the trees fall directly from the trees. Two hares are so frightened that their bodies are stiff and they dare not move.

While hunting with Liefeng, Lu Cheng was also further observing its posture and learning to imitate his tiger roar to see if he could make a shocking sound from his throat.

Although the throat structure of humans is completely different from that of tigers, Lu Cheng is no longer an ordinary human being, and his physique is no worse than that of the king of beasts.

After some attempts, Lu Cheng found that his imitation of a tiger's roar could indeed scare away birds and beasts, but at present he was unable to make them stiff.

Even if Lu Cheng brought a hare in front of him and roared at it, the hare was only frightened and trembled, screaming, but did not stiffen. When Lu Cheng put the hare back on the ground, it immediately turned around and ran away, disappearing in a moment.

In the evening, after finishing hunting in the mountains, Lu Cheng returned to the tiger's shack with the tiger Liefeng and today's prey.

Seeing Liefeng return to the shack and lie down in a good position, breathing steadily and powerfully, with his belly rising and falling, Lu Cheng suddenly felt something. He stopped and came to the side of Liefeng's shack, lying down on the ground like Liefeng, imitating his breathing frequency, and began to adjust his movements and breathing...

In the traditional Chinese martial art Xingyiquan, there is a tiger-shaped fist, which imitates the movements of a tiger hunting and attacks.

People who practice boxing also have a saying that “the sound of tigers and leopards thundering, muscles and bones vibrating together”.

Some martial arts novels of later generations also describe the use of "Tiger Leopard Thunder Sound" to temper one's muscles, bones and internal organs.

Lu Cheng didn't know whether these were true or not, but he was willing to give it a try to see if imitating a tiger's lying posture and breathing could really help him exercise...