Chapter 32 The bright moon is in the sky

The bright moon was in the sky, and everything was silent. Only the intensive chirping of frogs came from the pond outside the village.

Shen Yuexi walked to the drawn curtain with a set of clothes in both hands, and put the clothes one by one on the horizontal bar next to it so that Xiao Zhuo could reach them after taking a shower.

"Husband," she whispered through the curtain, "the clothes have been placed here."

After standing outside and waiting for a while, she heard neither a response nor the sound of water. She couldn't help but worry, what happened to this person?

Walking to the curtain, she tilted her head and peeked in quietly, just in time to see Xiao Zhuo with his head tilted up as if he was concentrating with his eyes closed, his wet black hair casually scattered on his white back, and his two arms with graceful muscles. He stretched out and held the edge of the tub. A string of small drops of water flowed from the crook of his elbow and dripped on the ground.

This man looked thin, but I didn't expect him to be so promising.

Her heart was pounding suddenly, her face felt hot, and she hurriedly averted her gaze and turned around.

This is definitely not voyeurism.

Who made this man remain silent for no reason? She just wanted to see what happened out of kindness.

Xiao Zhuo seemed to be asleep. She cleared her throat and was about to wake him up with a louder voice when Xiao Zhuo's deep voice came out from inside:

"I ve done washing."

The sound of splashing coming out of the bath came from behind her. Shen Yuexi turned around quickly and walked quickly out the door. When she got to the door, she stood still, looked up at the sky and pretended to admire the moon.

There was the sound of pouring water in the house, it must be Xiao Zhuo changing the water for her.

She kept looking up at the moon and reached out to touch her cheek, which was still a little hot. She didn't know if it was red or not, so Xiao Zhuo would notice the flaw.

There were footsteps behind her, and they stopped half a meter away from her.

She still kept her head looking up at the moon.

"Okay, it's your turn to wash up."

Shen Yuexi turned around pretending to be relaxed, trying her best to look normal, at least not so awkward. She smiled and said: "The moon tonight is really..."

Before she finished speaking, her eyes happened to fall on him. She was startled but did not move her eyes away.

The bright moonlight passed through the treetops and shone diagonally on his tall body, as if shrouded in a faint halo. His half-dried black hair was scattered casually on his back. There were a few disobedient long hairs. Across his smooth forehead, across his thick and long eyelashes, dancing in the wind on his cold and deep clear eyes.

At this moment, she felt that Xiao Zhuo was the immortal who walked out of the painting. His unique nobility and elegance made people intoxicated without realizing it.

"Yes, the bright moon in front of you is so eye-catching."

After Xiao Zhuo finished speaking, he also raised his head and looked up at the night sky, but the direction he was looking at was completely opposite to hers. Shen Yuexi followed his gaze and noticed that the moon was in the direction he was looking at.

I can only imagine how lonely I felt when I saw it.

Just now when Xiao Zhuo was standing behind her, she was still looking at the sky, then turned around and said to him, "The moon is so..."

This time humiliating.

"You admire the moon first, I...I'm going to take a bath."

With a blushing face, she quickly passed Xiao Zhuo and ran into the house.

The clothes she took off smelled of garlic. She sneezed. The smell was really strong. After sniffing, she stepped into the tub.

Xiao Zhuo stood outside the door until she finished washing and put on her clothes before he returned to the house.

Shen Yuexi was sitting at the table, her semi-dried wet hair spread behind her back, looking down at her hands.

Those blood blisters had disappeared, and the skin at the blisters wrinkled when the menstrual water soaked them, which made her feel a little distressed.

Xiao Zhuo frowned slightly, picked up the handkerchief placed on the chair, walked around the chair, came behind Shen Yuexi, put the long black hair in his hand, and wiped it carefully with the handkerchief.

"I can do it myself." Shen Yuexi turned around to take the handkerchief in his hand.

Xiao Zhuo moved his hand to the side, just out of her reach, and said warmly: "It's okay, I'll wipe it off soon."

Since she couldn't compete with Xiao Zhuo, she had no choice but to let Xiao Zhuo wipe her.

But this was too boring, so she reached out to pick up a book on the table and opened it.

The title of the book is "The Story of Tiangong". She bought it from the county bookstore. She wanted to use this book to understand the world.

She doesn't know much about this world yet, and most of the original owner's memories are in the small world of the Duke's Mansion. She doesn't know anything about the outside world. It's no different from what she, a person who has traveled halfway through, knows.

She bought two books, one is "The Major Events of the Yan Dynasty", which records the major events that Yan has experienced since the founding of the dynasty. The other is the "Tiangong Story" that she is holding in her hand now. It records the great events of the Yan Dynasty. Agriculture and handicrafts of the Yan Dynasty, such as machinery, bricks and tiles, ceramics, sulfur, candle paper, weapons, gunpowder, textiles, dyeing, salt making, coal mining, oil extraction and other production technologies.

What surprised her was that she didn't expect such advanced technology to exist in ancient times, and it was recorded truthfully.

In this case, there will be a source for Big Bear to make related things in the future.

The book introduces in detail some new inventions and creations in various industries. It is a comprehensive textbook that opens up the new century.

Although the content of the book seems to her to be ancient technology, in this era, it is a cheat. If used properly, it can completely improve productivity and promote social development.

But what she couldn't figure out was, with such a powerful book, why was the productivity of the Great Yan Dynasty still lagging behind?

What confused her even more was that since there were so many records, why did she rarely see these things now? Moreover, based on the "Annals of the Yan Dynasty", the founding emperor of this dynasty was not a pedantic and conservative person, so why now everyone from the court to society Becoming more conservative.

At least during the reign of Emperor Shengzu, society was extremely enlightened, and there was even a phenomenon of women entering the court as officials.

Why is Dayan now retreating instead of advancing?

She raised her eyes from the page and looked up at Xiao Zhuo behind her:

"There are many inventions and creations in this book. Why haven't you seen these things before?"

Xiao Zhuo wiped her hair and said indifferently:

"After the current emperor succeeded to the throne, powerful foreign enemies frequently invaded the border areas. In addition, the vassal kings from all sides separated themselves and did not sincerely submit to the current emperor. The Yan Dynasty was suffering from internal and external troubles, and the imperial court no longer had any intention to engage in such things."

Xiao Zhuo talked about the emperor, but there was not much affection between father and son in his words, and he was very indifferent.

Shen Yuexi nodded clearly. It was internal and external troubles. Isn't it always written like this in history books? That's why there are such good books in bookstores that no one cares about.

"Is this book sold in the capital?"

With Xiao Zhuo's talent and knowledge, this kind of book should not be unappealing.

Xiao Zhuo shook his head and said: "As far as I know, there is no such book in the capital. If you hadn't bought it, I wouldn't have known that there was such a strange person in the Yan Dynasty."

It takes a strange person to compile such a book. Not only will it be remembered for centuries, it will also benefit future generations.

Xiao Zhuo also focused his eyes on the page in her hand.

The candlelight swayed gently, and the half-dark light shrouded his face in a hazy state.
Chapter completed!