Spoiler History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 754: Visible and Touchable
It was snowing heavily in Yecheng. As Lu Su was muttering, in a small courtyard in the city, Cai Zhenji carefully pushed a coal cake into the stove in front of her.

Seeing the coal cakes gradually turn red as they were licked by the flames, and the small clay pot sitting on the stove also emitting a sweet smell, she sighed softly:
"I am lucky to have General Ma take care of me."

Xin Xianying didn't think much of it. She was wearing winter clothes at the moment but holding a fan in her hand. She waved it to blow away the strange smell of the burning coal cakes, and the air she sent over also made the flame in the heater jump a little more.

Carefully padding the pot with a cloth, she opened the lid of the small clay pot and greedily sniffed the sweet smell mixed with the aroma of fruit. She shook her head and said:
"We are all women, not warriors fighting on the battlefield, why would you harm us?"

This was actually a bit too simple. Even Cai Zhenji, who sighed like this, knew very well that Xin Xianying's father Xin Bi was said to have made great contributions in the previous capture of the city.

What about me? My husband Yang Xin is the governor of Shangdang. After General Ma Chao conquered Huguan, he still needed my husband to stabilize the situation in Shangdang. Therefore, the safety of the whole family can be guaranteed, including my sister. However...

Xin Xianying picked up the spoon beside her, carefully reached into the jar, dipped a little canned juice and tasted it, and her eyes immediately narrowed into crescents.

Xin Xianying scooped a little more with a spoon, and while blowing it carefully to cool it down, she sighed:
"This canning method isn't that difficult, why hasn't anyone discovered it before?"

After blowing it cool, Xin Xianying held it to Cai Zhenji's lips, which immediately made the young lady of the Cai family touch her forehead and smile:
"You think it's simple, but my sister also said that mathematics is even more so. There are mathematical principles everywhere, but they are all lost here."

“The achievements of our predecessors were unknown, so that later generations can gain fame and success by chance. We must not be complacent because of this.”

"Why, I know it."

Xin Xianying leaned back to avoid Cai Zhenji's fingers and muttered:

"It's possible that the reason why we were favored by General Ma in Huguan was all thanks to the eldest sister's academic talent."

Cai Zhenji couldn't help but turn her head to look at her sister who had been reading quietly from beginning to end, and she felt that it was possible.

After the fall of Huguan City, there was still chaos. Even if the three of them died, Xin Pi would not be able to blame them afterwards.'

But after the city was captured, the chaos lasted only half an hour before Ma Chao suppressed it. Some Qiang cavalry who crossed the line were beheaded by General Ma. This allowed the people of Shangdang, who had a tough folk character, to experience up close what Ma Chao, the King of Liangzhou, was like.

With this precedent, it seemed natural for Ma Chao to visit her husband Yang Xin and ask him to maintain order for the sake of the people. The difference was that when General Ma heard that his sister had read the book from the south, he asked about it with great interest. After that, Ma Chao's attitude became more serious.

Yang Xun had once asked curiously, but he only heard Ma Chao say, "How can someone who can fully understand the heavenly book written by the general be an ordinary person?"

It was because of this sentence that after the emperor captured the city, my sister thought again and again and finally returned to Yecheng, which she had once resisted, and lived in seclusion.

Xin Xianying's slightly teasing words did not make Cai Wenji have any special expression. She just held the page of the book and thought for a while and said:

"Xianying, please cook two more cans of food later and send them to our neighbor, Mrs. Zhen."

"Sister, Uncle Liu has always been known for his kindness, so he won't leave an orphan and a widow without anything."

Xin Xianying wanted to refuse, but seeing Cai Wenji's insistence, he quickly followed her advice:

"Well, well, well, her husband led the army but turned around and left without firing a single arrow, abandoning his wife and children here. This Madam Zhen is also pitiful. Who can blame me for having a good heart like that uncle?"

This time, Cai Wenji could no longer maintain her indifferent expression and could not help but knock her head:

"Stop talking nonsense and go quickly." Seeing Xin Xianying sneaking into the room to get canned food in a frivolous manner, Cai Zhenji also sighed and shook her head:
"If Madam Zhen's husband really returns to attack Yecheng, and General Ma Chao arrives from Shangdang, he will surely be defeated if they attack from both sides."

Cai Wenji remained unmoved, and turned another page and said:

"At that time, the people in Yecheng were still undecided. Maybe the city would fall in half a day, maybe two days, maybe ten days. Who knows? In the end, it is something that cannot be changed. There is no point in talking about it."

After revealing this matter, Cai Wenji sighed for the first time:
"The Qiang cavalry of Xiliang was led by Ma Chao. Within ten months after they left Shangdang, they successively captured Guangping, Julu, Anping, and Pingshan of Zhao. Qinghe, Hejian, Zhongshan, and Bohai all surrendered. They won a great reputation in one battle."

Although it does have a bit of the meaning of taking advantage of the power of a tiger, if you think about it from another angle, if you can't expose the Communist Party, ordinary people don't even have the qualifications to take advantage of the power of a tiger, so it's even more difficult to say anything.

Cai Zhenji was not interested in these. She leaned forward slightly and suggested:

"Sister, that Uncle Liu has been in Yecheng for more than ten days. Now the people of Yecheng are in a stable mood and there are many interesting things coming from the south. Why don't you go out and take a look? Only here..."

When he lowered his head, he could see the books in his sister's hand. These were not the ones bought by Xin Xianying, but were given to him by a female official named Li Shu after he settled down in Yecheng. She said that they were given by order of Lord Xuande.

If Xin Xianying could read half a page of books with thousands of words when she was bored, it was difficult for her to even read all of these now.

Cai Wenji smiled:
"To be able to study and understand the truth without distraction is what I have been dreaming of for the past thirty years."

Cai Zhenji was silent for a moment. There was more pity in her eyes when she looked at her sister, and her voice became softer:

"What is the logic of this book written by the talented person at the Liu Emperor's place?"

Cai Wenji moved her aching neck slightly, and gently leaned her head against her sister's waist, with a very peaceful smile on her face:
“These principles can be seen, touched, and smelled.”

"Look up and you can see; look down and you can see; every breath you take is related to this."

She didn't quite understand what her sister said, but seeing her sister happy, Cai Zhenji was also happy for her sister.

At this time, Xin Xianying also returned with two cans and started shouting from a distance:
"Uncle Liu just sent me an invitation. There will be a small New Year banquet in a few days. Are you two going or not?"

Cai Wenji and Cai Zhenji looked at each other:
"Little New Year's Eve party?"

……

"Little New Year's Eve feast? What is Little New Year's Eve feast?"

Liu Xie, who was only wearing a single piece of clothing, pondered for a moment and didn't quite understand.

It was already night and the snow was still falling. The floor and walls of the dormitory had heating pipes. The hot air rising from the burning coal cakes flowed throughout the house along the heating pipes, making the dormitory warm.

A soft body came up from behind, and the soft hands gently covered his heart. The voice was also very gentle:
"If Bohe doesn't understand, why not ask the emperor's uncle to come and ask?"

The only response from Fu Shou was silence.

(End of this chapter)