"In this Manhu department, there are many people who are proficient in arithmetic. But when I really encountered difficulties, I couldn't stand up to any of them. There is a half-hung Guo Jitong, his problem was criticized by the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, and he is not good, but I still have to hold him. You can't bear to make me angry and let him be a villain? ”

"Then I can't help you. I'm just an old man who eats idle meals at home, and I don't have to worry about you, the head of the household. ”

"But if you have good skills, or if you have a good student, you hide it and don't use it for me, do you want to leave it to the next Hubu who doesn't know who's it? I'm only five or six years younger than you, so it's almost time for me to become a priest. What do you want to do when you don't sell me a favor while I'm still in this position? Gan Yunchang is your son, isn't it? Jiang Zhongfang is your student, isn't it? Isn't it nice that you helped me and I give back to them? ”

"It's not that I'm hiding, it's that I, the student, have a problem." Gan Lun sighed.

"Besides, if she wants to be famous, can I hide it? Don't forget that there is a tournament at the end of the year. With my arithmetic level as a student, if I want to get ahead, I just need to sign up to participate. When the time comes, take the first place, and still worry about no future? ”

"That's just as well." Qi Xugu was persuaded by him.

But he was still unwilling and asked, "What's wrong with him?" Can't we help him? ”

Gan Lun shook his head: "I can't help, and I can't say it." ”

Qi Xugu frowned.

He is the head of the household department, and he is also a top official in the Great Jin Dynasty. Although Gan Lun is only an official of Wupinzhishi, he also has his own connections.

If even they can't help, then the identity of this student ...... Mo is not the prince and grandson?

But the prince and grandson will not delay getting ahead, right?

Gan Lun didn't know that Qi Xugu had opened his brain, and his brain was out of the house fight.

He said, "All right." I can promise you, if there is any arithmetic problem in the household department, you can give it to me, and if my students do it, they will definitely help you. As for the rest, we'll talk about that later. ”

Qi Xugu's eyes lit up: "This is what you said, I will look for you if there is a problem in the future." ”

Gan Lun nodded: "Don't worry." ”

He stood up: "Are you going to the auction meeting of the Fifth Highness?" It's getting late, and it's time for you to go to the office. I won't delay you, I'll go back first. ”

Walking out of the household, Gan Lun looked back at the yamen he had worked for all his life, and felt very regretful.

If only Zhao Ruxi were a man. With her arithmetic ability, Qi Xugu will definitely reuse her, and the emperor must be willing to promote her.

Although Empress Shengyao won the right for women to participate in the imperial examination and become an official, there is no one who can really enter such a yamen to be an official.

Even if some women are more outstanding, they are willing to come out and do things, but in the end, they are forced by public opinion to shrink back by the family, and at most they become the masters of the girls' academy.

This road is too difficult to walk, and he is unwilling to let Zhao Ruxi go through the ordeal. Zhao Ruxi would not choose such a path.

Zhao Ruxi followed Mr. Deadwood, became a celebrity, painted some paintings, and his reputation and status were not lacking, but he was more detached than being an official in the household department. Why did she bother?

……

Zhao Ruxi returned to Beijing after separating from Gan Lun, went home, had dinner, changed his clothes and went out.

Because of this metaphysical factor, Xiao Lingyan is also very superstitious now, and specially went to ask someone to calculate the date, so the auction was not selected on Mu Holiday, so the time could only be arranged from after dinner to before curfew.

Fortunately, the curfew of the Great Jin Dynasty was late, and the ancients had an early dinner, which was more than two hours away from the curfew. The auction lasted an hour and a half, plus the time to enter the auction and go home at the end of the day, which was enough.

Zhao Ruxi went out in a carriage to meet everyone in front of the Kangfu and went to the auction house together.

At this time, many people came to the auction house, and there were many voices of greetings and greetings everywhere. There are many officials with their families, but Zhao Ruxi is not the only woman.

Kang Shilin and the others greeted each other all the way, and it took a while to get to the box.

There are six seats in a private room, and they are arranged in a semicircle around a round table, on which snacks and melon seeds are already placed.

Seeing Kang Shilin and them coming in, the guys waiting in the box greeted him politely, pulled out a chair and invited Kang Shilin to sit down, and quickly made tea.

The invitation card has already indicated that the box can only accommodate six people, so everyone is holding the number of people. In addition to Kang Shilin and his four apprentices, there is also his eldest son Kang Yannian.

Kang Yannian is already nearly sixty years old, and he is a high-ranking official in Honglu Temple. He sat with Wu Huaisi on the left and on the right beside Kang Shilin, and Gong Cheng sat under him.

Wu Zong sat on the other side of Wuhuai Temple. Zhao Ruxi, as the youngest and youngest person, naturally sat next to Wu Zong.

Wu Zong looked at the situation of the entire auction house and said to Zhao Ruxi: "The arrangement is not bad. ”

Zhao Ruxi nodded.

Seeing that there were only forty or fifty seats below and only twenty boxes upstairs, Zhao Ruxi said, "It's just a little smaller." ”

Even if there are few people who can participate in the auction, in ancient times with strict hierarchies, you had to arrange seats according to your status, and your status was understood at a glance.

When the upstairs raised the card, the people downstairs didn't dare to say anything. The person in the middle raised his card, and the person sitting in the box on both sides also became a quail. So what's the point of this auction?

I don't know how Xiao Lingyan dealt with this problem.

She was thinking about it when she heard a stir downstairs.

Wu Zong got up and stretched his neck to look down, and said, "Could it be that the emperor is coming?" ”

Zhao Ruxi sat on the ground and sat in his seat without moving: "It shouldn't be." ”

Wu Zong saw clearly the people below, so he sat back again: "Sure enough, it's not." ”

Several princes are here. If the emperor comes over again, wouldn't it be inconvenient for others to serve it in one pot?

Even if Xiao Qi was coming, the Praetorian Guards would definitely surround this place and prevent the assassins from taking advantage of it. But if you're not afraid of 10,000, you're afraid of what happens, and it's always a big mistake to be careful. It's not worth risking your life just to see the excitement.

Kang Shilin didn't say it, with his son and apprentices here, he didn't have to worry about it. Wu Huaisi and Kang Yannian have been in officialdom all their lives, and they have maintained the habit of 'seeing six ways with their eyes and listening to all directions' at any time.

Although they accompanied Kang Shilin upstairs, they left their entourage below.

At this time, someone from the Kang family came to report: "Old lady, ladies and gentlemen, it is Gonggong Xie in the palace who came up to participate in the auction instead of the emperor." ”

Kang Shilin nodded.

He is also a very calm one, knowing that Xiao Qi will definitely not come, it should be the big eunuch next to the emperor who came, so that the upstairs and downstairs stirred.

When Grandpa Xie arrived, the auction began.

The one who came out to host was a handsome man, in his thirties, who claimed to be a guest of His Royal Highness the Fifth Highness, named Xu Zhou.