"Hongnong Huayin Western Jin Zhonglang will Xia Ruohan, a descendant of Xia Fang, have seen Gongzi." Xia Ruohan, a horse-faced scholar, sang a song, came to Sima Jiu's side, bowed to the end, and was very respectful to Sima Jiu.

Sima Jiu saw Xia Ruohan's self-made recommendation, and he was very respectful, and for a while, he was a little at a loss.

Since the crossing, he has interacted with Li Jiancheng, Yang Su and other big names, all casually.

Today, it was the first time he had seen such a careless person.

Sima Jiu asked unnaturally, "Brother Tai, why are you doing this?" ”

"Xia didn't know that Brother Sima was an old acquaintance of the Yang family, and he spoke abruptly before, and he still looked at Brother Sima Haihan." Xia Ruohan was still unusually polite.

"Haha, brother Tai is outside, you are so polite, it really hurts me." Sima Jiu waved his hand at him, signaling that there was no need to see outside.

"Brother Tai, the younger brother still has something to do, so I'll leave first."

At this time, it was close to two minutes of the Shen hour.

Sima Jiu and Xia Ruohan met for the first time, and they didn't have anything to say to him, so they wanted to bypass him and go home.

However, Sima Jiu walked a few steps, but Xia Ruohan followed him without leaving half a step.

Xia Ruohan's face was always full of gentle smiles, and he looked like he wanted to say something.

Sima Jiu walked two streets, but Xia Ruohan still followed him closely.

Sima Jiu felt funny, and couldn't help but urge the control crane gong, shuttling through the crowd freely, seemingly slow and fast, and soon after, he threw off the trailing madman Xia Ruohan.

Xia Ruohan's face was covered in sweat, and when Sima Jiu disappeared from his field of vision, he couldn't help but pant and shook his head in annoyance.

Originally, he was familiar with the scriptures and classics, and he had a strategic mind, and in order to enter the office, he was familiar with the court.

However, he was born in a poor family, there is no backstage, and the wealthy nobles don't pay attention to a little person like him at all.

He has been camping in Daxing City for nearly half a year, but he still hasn't been hired.

Today, he saw that Sima Jiu had a close relationship with Yang Xuanting, the third son of the Yang family, and it seemed that he also knew Yang Xuan, the eldest son of the Yang family, and Sima Jiu did not have the arrogance of a noble son, so he was a dead horse doctor and wanted to try his luck here with Sima Jiu.

Xia Ruohan looked at the crowd helplessly and turned his head in annoyance.

It seems that there is no hope of entering the office, and it is time to leave the imperial capital Daxing City and go back to Huayin's hometown to farm.

Just when his heart was sour, someone patted him on the shoulder.

This shot brought back a Hongru to the empire, and a Shangkaifu Yi and the three divisions to shoot back.

At some point, Sima Jiu circled back behind Xia Ruohan.

"Brother Xia, the younger brother has just arrived, and he is not a noble gatekeeper, what is the matter with you following me?"

Xia Ruohan was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly explained: "Hey, I'm ashamed to say it. ”

"I was a Confucian student who had been taught by the former teacher Niu Hong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and I wanted to find an official position in Daxing City, and I wanted to show my ambitions in my chest a little, but I ran into a wall everywhere."

"Before, I saw that Brother Sima and the son of the Yang family met, so I wanted to see if Brother Sima had a way to help." Xia Ruohan decided not to go around in circles anymore, scratched his head, and said to Sima Jiu embarrassedly.

Sima Jiu shook his head and said with a smile: "I was born in a cold family, and there is no way, Brother Xia's Confucian background, let me recommend it, aren't you afraid of the pearl secretly investing?" ”

"Brother Sima is so familiar with the son of the Yang family, and he has become acquainted with the prince of Tang Guocheng, so he only prays that Brother Sima can bring one or two younger brothers." Xia Ruohan slammed to the ground again.

Sima Jiu looked at the young man in front of him, who was much older than himself, and then remembered that he seemed to need an assistant who knew the basic rules of officialdom.

In Daxing City, doctors, Taoists, and Buddhists are sects of the rivers and lakes, and it is not easy to borrow strength for official careers.

Xu Shiyun and Wei Chigong are also Jianghu people, and they don't know anything about officialdom.

The Yang family, the Li family, hehe, Sima Jiu is just a small character, so naturally it is impossible to get too much guidance.

In this way, Xia Ruohan is a good choice.

Sima Jiu decided to help Xia Ruohan, and then heard the news and said, "Does Brother Xia have a place to live?" ”

"To tell you the truth, the money I brought with me is about to run out, and at present, I live in an inn." Xia Ruohan was a little embarrassed.

"If Brother Xia doesn't mind, move to my house temporarily."

Sima Jiu's words undoubtedly accepted Xia Ruohan's request, and also solved his accommodation problem.

After all, he was born in a poor family, and he didn't have much money with him, and the inn in Daxing City, the imperial capital, was not cheap.

"Thank you, Brother Sima." Xia Ruohan bowed again.

"My family lives in Xinchangfang, if you don't mind, let's talk while walking." Sima Jiu deliberately mentioned the residence.

Xia Ruohan had been in Daxing City for some time, so he had naturally heard about the vampire demon in Dongcheng and was afraid of Dongcheng.

But he thought about his future, touched the coil in his purse, and finally chose to follow Sima Jiu.

Along the way, Sima Jiu chatted with Xia Ruohan a lot.

As the conversation deepened, Sima Jiu had a feeling that he had picked up a big living treasure.

Xia Ruohan was very familiar with the political structure of the Sui Dynasty and the situation of wealthy nobles.

In his words, he even faintly pointed out the biggest potential threat to the stability of the empire, that is, the contradiction between the empire and the Guanlong aristocratic forces, the Shandong scholar forces, and the Jiangnan wealthy forces represented by Empress Xiao.

In his previous life, Sima Jiu, a history student who scored 59 points in the scientific examination, knew that many of the measures taken by the new emperor Yang Guang after his accession to the throne seemed to be a waste of money for the people, but in fact they were all aimed at weakening the power of the nobles, wealthy families and nobles, so as to strengthen the centralization of power.

However, he didn't expect that Xia Ruohan, a down-and-out scholar, would actually tell the interests of the Sui Dynasty in one sentence, and his insight can be seen.

After chatting all the way, Sima Jiu became more and more convinced of the correctness of his choice.

After a long time, the two finally arrived at Sima Jiu's rented mansion in Xinchangfang.

At this time, Xu Shiyun and Wei Chigong were drinking in the compound.

"The two of you are so elegant." Sima Jiu greeted as soon as he entered the door.

"Ninth brother, you're back, come on, drink together." It seems that Wei Chigong didn't drink all his luck last night.

"Wine to drink, but let me introduce you to a good man first."

As he spoke, Sima Jiu pushed Xia Ruohan in front of the two.

"This is my friend, Xia Ruohan, Brother Xia, twenty-two years old."

Xia Ruohan was a little restrained, bowed down and said, "I've seen two." ”

"The friend of the ninth brother is my friend of Wei Chigong, come, drink." Wei Chigong lifted two stools and motioned for Sima Jiu and Xia Ruohan to take their seats.

"My name is Xu Shiyun." Xu Shiyun handed over two wine glasses.

Subsequently, Sima Jiu, Xu Shiyun, Wei Chigong and Xia Ruohan drank together and talked about current affairs.

During the wine game, the words of the four were quite speculative.

Xia Ruohan's amount of wine was really not high, and after a few glasses, he became drunk, and his speech was not serious, and he actually pointed out the shortcomings of the empire's policy towards Shandong and the Jiangnan region.

The words of the down-and-out scholar Xia Ruohan were said at the key point, which resonated with Xu Shiyun and Wei Chigong.

Subsequently, Xia Ruohan even put forward the view that the empire could only truly unify Kyushu by moving its capital to Luoyang and strengthening its control over Shandong and Jiangnan.

When Sima Jiu heard this, his heart shook wildly.

After all, he is a time-traveler and knows that Xia Ruohan's views are extremely correct.

After three rounds of drinking, Sima Jiu said that he had been recommended by Yang Xuanting as the head of Dali Temple, and he would take office tomorrow.

"Ninth brother, what kind of shit luck have you stepped on?" Wei Chigong joked.

"Dali Temple is in charge of the prison, it is the core department of the empire, and the Dali Temple is generally served by the children of noble and wealthy families." Xia Ruohan blushed and introduced.

"The current Dali Temple Secretary Chang Ming is a admirer of the Legalist strict punishment and strict law, but he is more than strict and rigid, dexterous and lacking in background."

In fact, the authority of Dali Temple is now in the hands of the Yang family. The law department is an important department of the empire, and Lord Yang Su transferred his three sons out of the army and arranged them to Dali Temple, which is very meaningful. ”

Sima Jiufang was only fifteen years old, and he had already sat in the position of Sizhi from the Liupin Dali Temple, which made Xia Ruohan extremely envious.

This also made him more and more convinced of the correctness of his choice to follow Sima Jiu.

"Virtuous brother, for the sake of brother, I still hope to ...... Virtuous brothers. Xia Ruohan held his wine glass crookedly, wanting to clink glasses with Sima Jiu.

Sima Jiu said disapprerovingly: "Tomorrow, you and I will go to Dali Temple together, and it is not difficult to arrange a position if you want to come." ”

"Thank you, brother!"

"Brother! Why are you drinking again? At this moment, Sima Ruohua came to Sima Jiusheng's side and reproached angrily.

Sima Jiu smiled and said: "Little sister, it's okay, I met Brother Xia today, I was happy, so I drank two glasses." ”

"Brother, do you take these two altars as two cups?" Sima Ruohua pointed to the two basin-sized wine jars on the table, surprised.

"Hey, hey!" Sima Jiu smiled with a smile.

When Xia Ruohan saw this girl named Sima Jiu's brother, he immediately bowed his head and guarded the Confucian teachings, his eyes did not squint, and he even inhaled gently, for fear of inhaling the woman's body fragrance and blaspheming others.

His actions made Sima Ruohua purse his lips and laugh secretly.

The people drank until the full moon rose, and then they went back to the house to rest.

Xia Ruohan wanted to return to the inn, but when he thought of what happened on a moonlit night in Dongcheng, and when he returned to the inn, he would have to walk alone in the streets and alleys of Dongcheng, and he was afraid, so he accepted Sima Jiu's invitation and gritted his teeth to live here.

Under the full moon, the compound where Sima Jiu was located was like daylight.

Sima Jiu looked up at the bright moon outside the window, thinking in his heart.

Suddenly, a breeze blew by, and a few fallen leaves floated in the silver moonlight.

For some reason, the image of the back of a red-haired man suddenly passed through his mind.