The Black Diao Army was powerful in the northwest, and Xiande had been active in the northwest seven years ago and had not celebrated a festival with the imperial guards. However, Cao Bin was excluded by the powerful prime minister Hou Dayong, and became Zhengzhou defensive envoy from the emperor's guard commander, while Hou Dayong was the founder of the Black Diao Army. Therefore, Cao Bin's several accompanying men had prejudices against the Black Diao Army. Hearing that the big man was an officer of the Black Diao Army, he immediately changed his face. The two followers subconsciously stood up, and their right hands were placed on the hilt.

Seeing this, Cao Bin laughed, "The Black Eagle Army is so powerful that it is the world. I have seen it here. It is indeed a powerful general. Since I have the fate to sit together today, everyone should have a good drink. I have always heard that the man from the northwest is generous and upright. When I see him today, he is indeed well-known."

Seeing that Cao Bin was very polite and calm, and had a strong sense of a general, Hou Dayong nodded secretly and said, "General Cao is a famous general of the imperial guards, and Zhou Yong has always admired him."

Cao Bin said: "Brother Zhou has been awarded a mistake, what is there to be admired?" Cao Bin followed Chai Rong for many years and has a high status among the imperial guards, but he did not directly lead troops to fight. His fame outside is actually not as good as frontline generals such as Zhao Kuangyin, Han Lingkun, Li Jixun, Zhang Lingduo. Cao Bin knew very well. When he heard Hou Dayong's praise, he thought it was just casual flattery.

Hou Dayong really knew this attendant. He put down his chopsticks and said in a daze: "I have heard two stories about General Cao."

Cao Bin smiled and said, "Do I know the two stories?"

"The first story is a very cold winter. General Cao's house was damaged. His family wanted to repair the house, but the general disagreed. It was not that the general was not afraid of the cold, nor did he mind being broken. It was not that he was stingy with money. The reason was incredible. I remember the general said this - it was in the middle of the winter, and there were hundreds of insects hibernating between the walls, tiles and stones, so he should not hurt his life."

Hou Dayong continued to sigh: "General Cao is brave and fearless on the battlefield, and kills people like hell. His responsibilities lie; in life, moths and ants are compassionate, but it is due to human nature. This is the first thing I admire the general."

This matter was indeed done by Cao Bin, but he knew that it was mostly people in the mansion and some very good friends. Outsiders did not know about it. Zhou Yong, who was unknown to the Black Diao Army, even knew such trivial matters. Cao Bin's face had become serious.

"The second story is that when the late emperor lived in Chanzhou, General Cao was the chief supervisor of the General's Office. He was friends with Zhao Kuangyin, Zheng En and others. One day, Zhao and Zheng asked the general for wine together, but the general said that although there was a lot of wine in the warehouse, they were all official wine, and they could not be used. With the approval of His Highness Chai, they could not be used. Zheng En scolded the general for bullying others. The general let the general scold him, but just ignored him, waiting for Zhao. After Zheng and the other two returned, the general paid and bought two jars of wine on the street to send them."

Hou Dayong sighed again: "General Cao strictly abides by discipline and is selfless. On the other hand, he is generous and kind to his friends, and he has the style of an ancient gentleman."

The second story is only known by the people in the General's Mansion. Now it was told from the strange Black Eagle Army officer, which surprised Cao Bin. He stood up and said, "Who are you? Why do you know these old things?"

Liu Xigu was also full of surprise. He had never heard of the first story, but he had heard Zhao Kuangyin tell him with his own ears. From this point of view, Zhou Yong must be a confidant around Hou Dayong, otherwise he would not know such an anecdote.

Seeing that Cao Bin was full of surprise and nervousness, Hou Dayong smiled easily and said, "Mr. Hou has told us these two stories many times."

Cao Bin did not expect Hou Dayong to tell these two things to his subordinates of the Hei Diao Army, and asked skeptically: "The Prime Minister Hou knew these two things."

Hou Dayong laughed and said, "If the Prime Minister Hou doesn't talk, I am a rough man, how can I know these things?"

Cao Bin slowly sat back, poured two bowls of wine, raised it, and drank it against Hou Dayong, "I really didn't expect that Hou Xiang actually knew these trivial things."

Hou Dayong put down the big bowl and said, "Prince Hou was once the defensive envoy of Zhengzhou. At that time, I was with Hou Xiang. Zhengzhou is a Feng Shui treasure land."

"General Cao believes that Prime Minister Hou has made achievements in Zhengzhou."

When talking about Zhengzhou, Cao Bin sincerely praised: "Master Hou has been in Zhengzhou for more than a year. The people of Zhengzhou are still obsessed with it. They praise him endlessly, opening porridge shops, building silt fields, setting up iron shops, and curing plagues. These things are truly meritless, and their subsequent duties are too far away."

These things were all done by Hou Dayong in Zhengzhou a few years ago. Cao Bin could do something realistically and authentically, without exaggerating or distorting. His reputation of being honest and upright is indeed well-deserved.

Hou Dayong had a good impression of Cao Bin. It was necessary to drive Cao Bin out of Daliang to a political struggle. Now that the overall situation has been settled, it has become an urgent task to focus on talents. He said: "It seems that General Cao is a person with a heart and a pragmatic person."

Seeing that Zhou Yong was very talkative, while his other partner was silent, Cao Bin said, "This brother must be a member of the Black Eagle Army." Seeing that Shi Gao Yueming had blue eyes, Cao Bin guessed that he was a Hu person. However, the Five Dynasties had a lot of Tang Dynasty traditions and did not discriminate against the Hu people clearly, so he didn't think much about it.

Shi Gao Yueming deliberately said in a rough voice: "I used to be the follower of the Hou Xiang, and now I am following General Zhou. The Hou Xiang is a good person. If you don't believe it, you go to Lingzhou, Fengzhou, Tongxin and other places to ask the people. As well as Dangxiang people and Tubo people, you are convinced by the Hou Xiang. I am a Hu person and I am also devoted to the Hou Xiang."

Liu Xigu and Cao Bin looked at each other. Liu Xigu was still thinking about the Hanlin incident in his heart, but he didn't want them to have a deep conversation. He smiled and said, "Don't talk about state affairs today. Everyone has a good drink and get drunk. This is worthy of the great spring day."

In spring, I have fun and drunkenness. Don’t let down this great time. Shi Gao Yueming picked up a bowl of wine and drank it all. Looking at Hou Lang’s eyes, it was already a little blurred.

Outside Mingyue Restaurant, there was a sudden scream and a little bit of humor mixed in it.

On the street, two Uighur men with high noses and deep eyes were surrounded by a group of black eagle soldiers. These black eagle soldiers had standard Hou family knives on their bodies, but they did not use the knife and punched and kicked the Uighur men with force. The two Uighur men were tall and strong. Although they tried their best to resist, the hero could not defeat both fists and were soon beaten by the Black Eagle soldiers to the point of bruising and swollen face.

An Uighur man was furious and reached into his arms. Another Uighur man hurriedly shouted: "Adi, don't use the knife, they are many."

A very strong Black Eagle Army soldier suddenly punched the Uighurs called Adi. The punch was extremely heavy, hitting the Uighurs Adi so loudly. He was dizzy and his body lightened. He was hugged by another Black Eagle Army and fell heavily to the ground. Another Uighur was also pressed to the ground at the same time.

Adi scolded on the ground, "Hou Li, we have a kind of fighting alone." Hou Li was the tall and strong man from the Black Eagle Army. He punched Adi several times and said, "When I was in Shazhou, why didn't you fight alone with me? Now I want to fight alone, dream."

Adi and Hou Li are both from Shazhou and live in a big fort built in the same green space. Adi's family is in the east of the fort and Hou Li's family is in the west of the fort. Uighurs account for most of the Uighurs in the fort. There are some Tubo people, with the smallest number of Tang people. Adi and Hou Li are almost the same age. The two have hated each other since childhood and have fought like stars in the world.

The Uighurs accounted for the vast majority in the Dabao, and the Tang people such as Hou Li were always passively beaten. Hou Li, who grew up in this environment, had a very brave temperament, and neither the Uighurs nor the Tubo people dared to fight alone with him.

The Black Eagle Army occupied Lingzhou, Tongxin and other places, and posted a notice to welcome the return of the Tang people in Guasha Prefectures. The news was taken into the Hexi Corridor in various ways. Many bullied Tang people moved their families to Lingzhou, and Hou Li's family also secretly moved east to Lingzhou. After Hou Li arrived in Lingzhou, it happened that the Black Eagle Army formed the Jinshan Camp, and Hou Li became a soldier in the Jinshan Camp. Because of his bravery, he quickly became the commander of the sergeant and came to Daliang with the Black Eagle Army.

Today he led a patrol team. In front of Mingyue Restaurant, he suddenly saw Adi who was walking out of the restaurant. Hou Li, who had had enough of bullying in the past, immediately beat Adi in the street, for blood, and beat him up on the street.

Hou Li just wanted to exclaim his anger. Seeing the two Uighurs lying on the street with blood on their faces, he whistled, and the Black Eagle Army soldiers quickly left Mingyue Restaurant.

Adid and another Uighur were lying on the ground with blood on their faces and crowds watching the fun. When they saw that it was a soldier fighting with the Hu people, they became bystanders happily.

A young man in gray clothes stood outside the circle, watching the Black Eagle Army soldiers fighting with the Hu people with a calm expression. Just as the Black Eagle Army soldiers left, he took advantage of everyone's attention and moved his left hand slightly. A tiny short needle flew towards the Uighurs lying on the ground like a poisonous snake. His movements were extremely subtle, and the short needle was very fast, so people could not notice it when they watched the fun.

A angrily shouted suddenly on the second floor of Mingyue Restaurant, "Little thief, what a big courage." Then, a figure jumped off the windowsill, pointing to the young man in gray. The young man in gray bent over and got into the crowd, his movements were flexible and quick, and he lost his target in a blink of an eye.

The Uighurs who were lying to ask for help from Adid, suddenly had black blood flowing out of their faces, and their legs kicked on the ground a few times, and then there was no movement. Adid was hit hard on his head and sat on the ground dizzy. He suddenly saw the black blood flowing out of his companion and rubbed his eyes in disbelief. After he was convinced that his companion was dead, he took a short knife from his arms and shouted loudly on the street.
Chapter completed!