There is a saying in "The Analects of Confucius": The son is silent, and the strange power is chaotic.

However, the monster not far in front of Sima Jiu and the others made the atheistic thoughts in Sima Jiu's heart faintly shake a little.

By the light of the moon, he could see the monster clearly.

It looks like a wolf and a fox, stooping and walking.

At this time, like a hungry wolf, it looked at Sima Jiu and the three people in the alley, its wide mouth grinning, revealing its teeth glowing with cold light.

Immediately after, when its gaze fell on the harmless sword on Sima Jiu's waist, it whined in disgust.

Then, after a moment of hesitation on the roof, it flickered and vanished.

Sima Jiu thought that he was hallucinating, and couldn't help but rub his eyes, and when he looked again, there was nothing else on the dilapidated roof except for some weeds.

"Brother Jiu, what's wrong with you." Xu Shiyun saw Sima Jiu suddenly stop and said in surprise.

"Nothing! I guess I drank a little too much and hallucinated, and I seemed to see a dog running past. Sima Jiu thought for a moment and didn't say anything about the monster he had seen.

It's just that there is a faint doubt in my heart.

Then, we moved on.

Sima Jiu and the three went back to the house to rest, and there was nothing to do all night.

Day 2.

Sima Jiu woke up early, and Xu Shiyun and Wei Chigong, who had always gotten up early, didn't get up for the first time, and the two were still sleeping soundly.

Sima Jiu remembered the matter of visiting Yang Su's mansion, and after a brief explanation with his younger sister Sima Ruohua, he went straight to the west.

As soon as he walked out of a street in Xinchangfang, he noticed that Zuo Tunwei had sealed an alley, and at the entrance of the alley, many people were watching.

Sima Jiu shook his head, thinking to himself: "It seems that the habit of onlookers has existed since ancient times. ”

He thought that this was Xinchangfang, which happened to be the Lifang where he lived, and no matter what happened, he had better understand it.

So, Sima Jiu also squeezed into the crowd of onlookers.

"It's so miserable, the vampire demon has come to Xinchangfang again, and the blood of this family of three has been sucked dry. It seems that this Xinchangfang has offended some big demon. "A middle-aged man, talking in the crowd, everyone looked at him, obviously this person knew something inside.

"Every moonlit night, in dozens of markets in Dongcheng, there will be a case of blood-sucking and extermination. It is said that because of this matter, His Majesty the Emperor invited the Taoist and Yin-Yang masters to come to catch demons. I see, before the future of the grandmaster, on the night of the full moon, everyone must be vigilant. A young man dressed as a scholar kept reminding the crowd of onlookers.

"It's so miserable, and among them, there is a child who is less than ten years old! Dali Temple and Sixteen Guards are really incompetent, this demon has been doing evil in the city for a long time, but they haven't even found the slightest clue. ”

"Shhhh You don't want to live, be quiet, and be heard by these guards, and you'll be in trouble. ”

The crowd of onlookers talked a lot, you say a word to me, Sima Jiu listened for a while, and after understanding the general situation of the matter, he left thoughtfully.

He traveled through Daxing City for a long time before he came to Xinghuafang.

It stands to reason that each lane occupies a huge area, and the streets in the lane are also quite large, and there should be many mansions on each street.

However, on one of the streets in this Xinghuafang, there is only one gate of the mansion, and on the door plaque, there are two big characters of Yang Mansion written on it.

At the door, twelve guards stood guard, their postures as straight as nails, dressed in armor, very powerful.

At this time, at the side gate of the Yang Mansion, more than a dozen young people were waiting for a rat-bearded person with a mean face to ask questions.

The man sat on a bamboo bench with a shore table in front of him, which was piled high with papers.

Before the birth of the imperial examination system, there were many people who entered the office.

As the saying goes, 'there is no poor family in the upper grade, and there is no scholar in the lower grade'.

The low-grade children who are not high can only enter the government through the path recommended by the powerful.

Obviously, these people seem to want to enter the ranks through the Yang family.

This is also the first checkpoint for most children from poor families to enter Shiyang Mansion.

Thinking of this, Sima Jiu shook his head unfunny, and lined up at the end of the line as if nothing had happened.

A young man in front of him was very nervous, and when the young man saw Sima Jiu coming, he looked at him without words.

"Brother does he have a letter of recommendation? Come to the Taishi, this section is the most critical. ”

Sima Jiu shook his head indifferently. "Nope!"

"Now, Lord Yang led the army to quell the rebellion in the state, won many battles, and his reputation is far and wide, if he wants to join the Yang family......" Xia Ruohan was a little worried about Sima Jiu.

Sima Jiu smiled and said, "Under Sima Jiu, thank you Brother Tai for reminding me." ”

"In the next is the Yang family's son of the Xia family, Xia Ruohan, who began to study Confucian classics at the age of six, and has a strategy for governing Kyushu in his chest, and is trying to do a career."

Xia Ruohan is a young man with a long face and a thin face, dressed as a scholar.

Although he was full of confidence in his words, his face was already full of sweat, obviously, he was strong on the outside and dry on the inside.

......

"Name, family history, character, whether there is a letter of recommendation." Mousebeard didn't look at the young man at the front of the line, but just took a piece of paper to record.

"Zhang Chunfeng, middle and lower six grades, the first grade is here, and there is no letter of recommendation." A thin man smiled all over his face, looked at the mouse's beard, and his voice trembled slightly.

Mousebeard picked up the object in front of him nonchalantly and looked at it casually.

"The middle and lower grades are barely passable, and if there is no recommendation letter, I will wait for a reply in ten days, and I will retreat."

"Thank you, sir!" The thin man bowed and bowed, and then departed in a huff.

The mousebeard's name is Yang San, and he is the old servant of the Yang Su family.

Nowadays, Yang Su is scorching, and the people who come to take refuge every day are like crucian carp crossing the river.

Although he is just an ordinary domestic servant, he has the qualifications to screen scholars, and he is very powerful.

Soon after, the people in front of them were all screened.

Among the more than ten people, only one person was able to get lucky to enter the house because of the recommendation letter of the Yang family, and the others were either rejected or went home to wait for the notice.

When Xia Ruohan saw this, the more panicked he became, and when it was his turn, he actually stuttered slightly.

"Xia Ruohan, the next seven products, no formless products, there is a letter of recommendation from the hometown and county order, Xiaosheng has been familiar with the essence of Confucianism since childhood, and has a strategy for governing the world in his chest, and he is willing to be a staff member of Lord Yang."

Xia Ruohan stammered for a long time, and Yang San glared at him.

"Below the sixth grade, no formless grade, and you still want to be a staff member, are you here to cancel my Yang Mansion?"

"Quickly retreat, Hugh has to make noise in front of my Yang family. Your appearance is to go to the imperial city to serve the saints, and you are also congenitally deficient. ”

Several guards guarding the door couldn't help but laugh out loud when they saw Yang San speaking harshly and scolding funny.

Xia Ruohan's face was flushed, and he wanted to raise his sleeves to use force, but he retracted his actions with insufficient momentum, and then left in disappointment.

Sima Jiu saw that the rat's beard was mean, he sneered in his heart, and walked up slowly.

"Sima Jiu, the next nine products, no form, no recommendation letters." Sima Jiu looked at Yang San and said with a faint smile.

When the onlookers heard Sima Jiu's resume, they immediately burst into laughter.

The next product also dares to come here, it is really rare for a thousand years.

In fact, Sima Jiu didn't know his rank, and said that he was inferior, which meant some temptation.

"I'm embarrassed to come here. The old man sees that you have a good skin, and you enter the palace cleanly, but it is also a good way. Yang San stood up from the stool and shouted at Sima Jiu.

Xia Ruohan stood a little farther away and did not leave. He whispered resentfully: "It's too bullying! ”

Sima Jiu rolled up his sleeves unhurriedly, and under Xia Ruohan's adoring eyes, raising his hand was a loud slap, and it slapped Yang San's face firmly.

Suddenly, Yang San was beaten to the point that his eyes were full of stars, and he staggered and fell to the ground, covering his cheeks with red fingers.

"You, you, you, bold, come on, take it for me."

"Who dare?" Sima Jiu was fearless.

"What a crazy boy, call me!" Yang San angrily commanded the guards.

Sima Jiu looked at the guards and said loudly: "Sima Jiu, the old man from Bingzhou, came to find Brother Xuan Ting and Brother Xuan Gan to catch up with the past. It is very unreasonable for you to wait for such an action. ”

The guards were about to step forward to get someone, and when they heard Sima Jiu's words, they didn't know whether it was true or false for a while, and they were stunned in place.

At the time of merging the state, Sima Jiu had a good relationship with Yang Xuanting and Yang Xuangan, and agreed to visit the Yang brothers after arriving in Daxing City.

He didn't come here to be humiliated.

Sima Jiu snorted coldly, turned around and was about to leave.

Seeing this, Yang San reacted, thinking that Sima Jiu was pretending to be pretentious, and when he stepped forward to catch Sima Jiu, he was kicked in the back and fell straight out.

"My Yang family's style is corrupted by an evil servant like you, the ninth brother once killed the enemy side by side with me and the state, but he is a friend of my Yang family, you people, do you have eyes on your buttocks!"

Yang Xuanting was dressed in civilian clothes and walked out of the Yang Mansion.

He saw Yang San rolling on the ground, and he was still angry, so he kicked it again.

The sergeants and servants at the door saw Yang Xuan standing out and saluted together.

"See the third son, see Shangyi Tong." The people at the door saluted respectfully.

Yang Xuanting ignored them, grabbed Sima Jiu, and smiled very sincerely.

"Okay, ninth brother, not long ago, my brother rushed back from Bingzhou, and I happened to meet my brother Jiancheng on the way, so I knew that you came to Daxing City."

"In the past seven days, I have been looking forward to my brother coming every day, and I almost let the Sixteen Wei Dasuo all over the city."

Yang Xuanting tugged on Sima Jiu's sleeve, very affectionate.

Xia Ruohan was almost dumbfounded.

Yang San touched his flushed cheeks, and the tears in his eyes flowed down aggrievedly.