Chapter 70: 'Letter from Home'
This night, it is inevitable to get drunk, but even if Chen Mo is drunk, his mind is mostly sober, except for being more wild than on weekdays, the things that night in Chun Nuan Pavilion will naturally not happen again, although Yun Si is good, but Chen Mo is not ready to accept another concubine, although the woman around him is moving, but Chen Mo only says two lines of poetry at most, let's talk about ideals, talk about life, and further in-depth exchanges, Chen Mo is now very attentive and will not give each other any chance.
The next day to visit Lu Zhi, Chen Mo declined Yuan Shao's invitation to stay overnight that night, and when he returned home, it was already late at night, and after Yun Si and Juan'er served clothes, and drank sobering soup, he fell asleep on the couch.
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"This 'Polemic' is quite wonderful." Early the next morning, when Chen Mo came to Lu Zhi with a roll of bamboo slips, Lu Zhi was looking at the poems that Chen Mo had made when he was drunk yesterday.
"The junior didn't have a condition last night, which is not enough to make Lu Gongjian smile." Chen Mo also had to marvel, last night was originally written by himself casually, but he didn't want to send it to Lu Zhi early this morning.
"In the old man's place, there is no need to be humble, although there are only more than 100 words to chat, but it is the hardships of the battlefield, if you can not fight, who wants to fight? It's just ......" In the end, Lu Zhi looked at Chen Mo a little strangely.
"What advice does Gong Lu have?" Chen Mo hurriedly asked.
"I can't talk about advice, but the old man doesn't quite understand, how can you write this golden iron horse, a murderous poem in the gentle township of Qinglou?" Lu Zhi looked at Chen Mo with some incredulity.
Poetry is a kind of thing, and the environment at the time is closely related, generally in the Qinglou out of the poems, most of them are about some wind and snow, the beautiful yearning for love, surrounded by beauties, most of the writing is affectionate, even if it is higher, it is also borrowed from the scenery to express nostalgia and the like, in the Qinglou can write a piece of Jin Ge Iron Horse, murderous words, not to mention the last, but it must be unprecedented, Lu Zhi can't help but be a little curious about what Chen Mo was thinking at that time?
"When I was drunk, I remembered the hardships of the battlefield." Chen Mo sneered, the ghost knows why he suddenly remembered the things on the battlefield in Runan when he saw the beautiful woman pouring wine for herself, and he was really moved by it at that time, but now that he thinks about it carefully, it is somewhat strange to write such a word in the gentle township.
"No wonder, I've heard people say that Bao Hong began to disagree with your plan, it was your efforts to mediate that made him change his mind, and he must have suffered some grievances if he was able to do this." Lu Zhi nodded, read this "Polemic" again, and it could be seen that Lu Zhi liked this article very much. "In more than 100 words, the battle is full of hustle and bustle, tragedy and helplessness, is it not the work of moaning without illness, and you were on guard last night? ”
Chen Mo looked at Lu Zhi in amazement, can you see this?
"Chess can read people's hearts, and so is poetry." Lu Zhi shook his head and smiled: "When you play chess, you are often sharp, and you would rather lose both than let people see your path clearly. ”
"I haven't thanked Duke Lu for his help from the court the day before yesterday." Chen Mo didn't want to mention this.
"Actually, Your Majesty itself has the intention of letting you lead the military academy captain, but you are still old, and the ministers may not be willing, so it is because of the twists and turns yesterday, but I didn't expect Ciyang (Yuan Kui) to help you." Lu Zhi shook his head, he knew his own weight, if the Son of Heaven was unintentional, even if he was willing to help Chen Mo speak, but with him, he would not be able to push Chen Mo up.
"I received a letter from home yesterday, but it was for you." Lu Zhi took out a bamboo slip from his arms and handed it to Chen Mo.
"Give it to me?" Chen Mo looked at Lu Zhi in amazement, how could the letter to his family be sent to Lu Zhi? Both my mother and the teacher know where they are. But then, Chen Mo reacted, family letters, in addition to his mother, there is also a Chen family, but for Chen Mo, that home, which exists in legends, is too far away from him.
"I have a master-apprentice friendship with Bo Zhengong, counting it up, your father and Han Yu are both Bo Zhen's nephews, and the Chen family is also the family of the Three Princes, do you know that since you came to Luoyang, Han Yu has written to me, asking me to take care of you." Lu Zhi looked at Chen Mo and sighed: "As for the grievances between your two families, Han Yu also wrote to me, Chen Mo, I don't know if you hate them because of this, but you also underestimate the word family, the thief who betrays the master, that is, your father and Han Yu have some misunderstanding, he pits your father, Han Yu will never contain him, this thief has been scolded to death by Han Yu's rod when he fled back to Han Yu, but your mother is also a strong person, even when she asks for your name, she doesn't want to negotiate more with that side." ”
Bozhen is Chen Qiu's character, Chen Qiu is Chen Qi's uncle, and he is also the uncle of Chen Mo's father.
"Then why ......" Chen Mo frowned and looked at the letter in his hand, did not open it, and looked up at Lu Zhi.
"They don't help you directly, but help you through me?" Lu Zhi said with a smile.
"Mo is puzzled." Chen Mo nodded.
"Back then, Bo Zhengong and Situ Liu He, Wei Wei Yangqiu conspired to punish the eunuchs, was imprisoned because of the revelation of the incident, and was later executed, and the Chen family was also hated, at that time Han Yu was still the county order, and after hearing the news, he resigned and returned to his hometown, so he was spared, and the servant of your family was also because the Chen family lost power, so he dared to harm your father, otherwise in the name of Bo Zhengong, your father is also quite talented, how can he end up in this step?" Lu Zhi shook his head and said: "Your family is in the middle of the road, but you have a chance to become a leader, like Han Yu, the eunuch is hindered by Han Yu's reputation, and he does not dare to blame, but if he enters the official career, I am afraid that he will soon be targeted by the eunuchs, and now that you have entered the official career, it can be regarded as the hope of the Chen family, of course, the old man will not ask you to forgive anyone, how to measure this matter, it is all up to you, and the old man is only responsible for passing on the letter to you." ”
In other words, Chen Mo now has an official body and has his own heels in Luoyang, so the Chen family now wants to contact Chen Mo.
Although Lu Zhi didn't say it, Chen Mo was so smart, he naturally figured it out, Chen Qi may have really mentioned it at the beginning, but it was normal to let Lu Zhi take care of the juniors, otherwise Lu Zhi would not have seen him for so long, it was still his luck to meet Lu Zhi.
And now, Chen Mo became famous in the First World War in Runan, and was later promoted to lieutenant, and he had his own heels in Luoyang, and his family saw the hope of re-entering the official career, so this letter fell into his hands.
"Lu Gong, I wonder if this is my second letter?" Chen Mo raised his head and looked at Lu Zhi.
Lu Zhi looked at Chen Mo, sighed, nodded, he disdained to lie, and probably knew Chen Mo's thoughts, but the family was high in the eyes of outsiders, but internally, there must be fighting, Chen Mo's branch was in decline, plus some misunderstandings, even if Chen Mo knew it, seeing that Chen's mother was rejected because of this, he didn't bother to explain, so Chen Mo went to Luoyang to work alone, and even used Zang Ba's connections instead of the Chen family, and when Chen Mo became famous, the Chen family wanted to restore the relationship with Chen Mo through Lu Zhi.
"Lu Gong." Chen Mo didn't look at the 'family letter', and only looked up at Lu Zhi and said: "I grew up in the countryside freely, although my life is poor, but I am also quite happy, my father's affairs, I only knew about it at the age of nine, and I don't have a dislike for the main family, and I don't have a good feeling, if it weren't for Lu Gong mentioning it today, it may be difficult to intersect in this life." ”
"That's right." Lu Zhi nodded and said: "This is your Chen family's business, the old man is inconvenient to say more, but I have a word, you can think about it." ”
"Lu Gong, please speak." Chen Mo hurriedly sat upright and bowed.
"In this world, many things are like this, and the old man also admits that if you don't have today's achievements, maybe Han Yu won't have much communication with you, but in this world, at least in the eyes of the world, there is only one Huaipu Chen family, whether it is you or Han Yu, they are all members of the Chen family, and this will not change because of you or Han Yu."
Chen Mo nodded, he understood what Lu Zhi meant, and bowed his hand and said, "Mo understands." ”
Chen Mo wants to revitalize the family, and it is the Huaipu Chen family that is revitalized, not just his family, but if Chen Mo does not accept Chen Qi's overtures, then his next road will be very difficult, not how Chen Qi wants to harm him, but if Chen Mo refuses to reconcile, then for a long time, Chen Mo will be the identity of a concubine, but if he accepts, then Chen Mo will change from a concubine to a concubine, the difference between the concubine is very big, not to mention, once Chen Mo accepts, the resources and connections of the Chen family, Chen Qi will not be able to use them in Xuzhou, but Chen Mo can, Not to mention the financial support, at least there is no need for Chen Mo to go to the house to engrave and supplement the family.
"It's good to understand." Lu Zhi looked at Chen Mo with a complicated face, opened the bamboo slip that Chen Mo brought to him and said with a smile: "I wanted to keep you to eat with you and play chess in the afternoon, but now it seems that you are in a state of mind at this time, and I am afraid that you don't want to stay here for a long time." ”
"Duke Lu forgives his sins." Chen Mo nodded, saluted Lu Zhi and said, "Please allow Mo to retire first." ”
"Go, there is also a copy of what Han Yu sent, take it or not, you decide for yourself, if you take it, tell the steward, and he will send someone to help you send it to Zang's mansion." Lu Zhi said with a smile.
"Thank you, Duke Lu." Chen Mo's eyes lit up, he was very short of money now, but then it dimmed, taking it was equivalent to agreeing to rebuild the old relationship with Chen Qi's lineage, before making a decision, Chen Mo couldn't take it for the time being, sighed leisurely, and said to Lu Zhi: "Please also ask Lu Gong to take care of it temporarily, and when you think clearly, you will come to ask for it." ”
"Okay, the old man will help you keep it for a few more days, and when you think it through, you will send someone to pick it up." Lu Zhi nodded and smiled: "You are naturally intelligent, you have experienced hardships since you were a child, I hope you don't have to be trapped by too many distracting thoughts." ”
Chen Mo nodded, saluted Lu Zhi, and turned to leave.