Xiahou He had only just seen one visitor off when another soon arrived.
The famous scholar who came to see him this time was rather unusual. He was a Xiongnu man named Liu Xuan.
The man who brought him was his teacher, Sun Yan, that staunch supporter of Zheng Learning.
Over the past several days, Xiahou He had met many famous scholars seeking positions, but this was his first time meeting a Xiongnu famous scholar.
Of course, had Liu Xuan not volunteered his identity, outsiders would scarcely have recognized it. Whether in dress and appearance or speech and bearing, he was no different from the famous scholars of the day.
Xiahou He regarded the teacher and disciple before him with a complicated expression.
Were even the Xiongnu afraid of paying taxes now?
Sun Yan looked at his prized disciple, his eyes brimming with pride.
Kong Chao and the others had suppressed him rather badly, so he had summoned his friends and outstanding disciples from various places, hoping they would serve as his assistants.
After Liu Xuan arrived in Luoyang, Sun Yan wanted to secure him a position at the Imperial Academy. After all, the more outstanding the disciple, the more prestige he brought his teacher.
He said, "All this time, I have never recommended a disciple to Xiahou He, but this disciple of mine is different. He is another Jin Midi from the reign of Emperor Xiaowu of the Former Han!"
"He has read the Book of Songs and the Book of Documents thoroughly and mastered the classics. His attainments in them are already no less than those of the learned scholars of the Central Plains."
"Moreover, he has always had ambitions. He often vows to assist a Sage King and achieve merits like those of Xiao He and Deng