Chapter 488: Death
In the twenty-eighth year of Han Teaching, Chen Mo, who is already fifty-four years old, does not look old, if you only look at his appearance, it seems that there is not much difference between him and when he was thirty or forty years old, and the years seem to be particularly kind to him, but what makes Chen Mo uncomfortable is that his teacher, Zang Hong, is critically ill.
Luoyang, Zang Mansion is no longer the former Zang Mansion, as Chen Mo's teacher, Zang Hong since he stepped down to the position of Yongzhou Assassin History, less than two years, he was re-invited by Chen Mo to replace the late Tai Lieutenant Yang Biao as the post of Tai Lieutenant, as Chen Mo's teacher, Zang Hong gave Chen Mo a lot, not only learning, if there was no Zang Hong back then, Chen Mo may have been mixed in the Yellow Turban Army, maybe there will be achievements, but his road will be much more difficult.
Now the career is not too particular about the background, as long as the children of military families, wealthy gentry, and wealthy families have the opportunity to enter the office, but in Chen Mo's childhood, if there is no Zang Hong, even if there is no Taiping Rebellion, no matter how much he learns, it will be difficult to enter the office, even if he does, at most he is just a small official, step by step in the troubled times, maybe he can still achieve something, but it will never be as smooth as now.
So for Zang Hong, Chen Mo has always respected him as a father, and now that Zang Hong is critically ill, Chen Mo put down everything and rushed to Chang'an overnight with Dian Wei.
"See the king!" Zang Yu, the son of Zang Hong, saw Chen Mo and hurriedly stepped forward to salute.
"No need to be polite, how is the teacher's condition?" Chen Mo stretched out his hand to support it, and asked regardless of the dust on his face.
"Isn't it too good? The healer said...... It's been these two days. Zang Yu said gloomily.
"Is the teacher still awake at the moment?" Chen Mo asked.
Zang Yu didn't dare to slack off? He hurriedly went to inquire, and after a while, he came out and said, "Your Majesty? My father woke up. ”
Chen Mo nodded? At the moment, I followed Zang Yu into the house, and the room was filled with a strong smell of medicinal soup? On the sickbed, Zang Hong's eyes closed slightly? Once that high-spirited teacher? Now that he was described as withered, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, and when he heard the movement, he tried to open his eyes and said, "But the king has come?" ”
Chen Mo looked at Zang Hong's appearance? Feeling sour? Hurriedly stepped forward, grabbed Zang Hong's hand and said, "Teacher, it's a disciple." ”
"The king is coming, but the old man has not been able to greet him in person, and I hope that the king will not be surprised." Zang Hong laughed.
"Teacher? I am Bodao, how can there be a teacher in this world to welcome a disciple? "Chen Mo's eyes are a little sour? Turning his head to look away, taking a deep breath? Fu looked at Zang Hong again: "The teacher is seriously ill, and the disciple can't come to take care of him?" Already a grave sin? Don't be surprised, teacher. ”
"Bo Dao...... Are you the king now? This rule cannot be abolished! Zang Hong stroked Chen Mo's palm and said with a smile.
"There are some rules, and he is not right." Chen Mo smiled.
"Alas~ The old man is nearly seventy years old this year, in this life, the old man...... In the first half of his life, he did things casually, made a lot of mistakes, and the second half of his life was regarded as atonement, Bodao, do you know what is the most complacent thing in the old man's life? Zang Hong closed his eyes, and now he seemed to have exhausted all his strength to speak.
"I don't know." Chen Mo smiled.
"In the old man's life, the most complacent thing is to teach a disciple like Bodao, whether it is merit or pass, these are all comments from later generations, but Mo'er has made the old man fortunate to see it in this life...... Seeing that my Han is prosperous and all countries are coming to the dynasty, this is my generation's lifelong wish, but it is expected to be achieved in the hands of my disciples, haha, that Zhang Chao was still unwilling to accept you back then, I don't know how he met under the spring, see how I ridiculed him! In the end, a smile appeared on Zang Hong's face, and he smiled happily.
"The disciples can have today, it is all the work of the teacher." Chen Mo nodded, and he didn't wipe his snot when he accidentally ran down.
"Wrong, that is, without Zang Hong, you are still extraordinary." Zang Hong shook his head and sighed: "There are disciples like this, and it is enough to wish." ”
"Teacher, don't say this, haven't you always wanted to teach your apprentices to learn the piano? When he recovered from his illness this time, he came to Chang'an to learn the piano from the teacher. Chen Mo grabbed Zang Hong's hand, and tears couldn't stop pouring out.
"No, take a step forward as a teacher, and if you have a fate in the next life, I will teach you to learn the piano." Zang Hong said with a smile, he has a high level of knowledge in his life, and he can be said to be proficient in everything, but for some reason, his favorite piano has been learned indecently, maybe he is not suitable by nature, closed his eyes, Zang Hong asked: "Bo Dao, do you believe that there are gods and ghosts in this world?" ”
Chen Mo nodded: "The teacher said that he would believe it." ”
"Speaking of Mo'er, you may not believe it, these days, after the old man has fallen asleep, his wisdom is as if he is out of the body, no longer bound by the body, and can travel thousands of miles, the old man sees you worrying about political affairs in Luoyang, and sees that outside the East China Sea, there is an island country, outside of Kangju, there are some strange Hu people's lives, and I don't know if it's true or not." Zang Hong muttered.
"Yes, in the past, Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions, and he traveled to the countries of the Western Regions, in the west of Kangju, there were people with yellow hair and white skin, and there were also people with black skin, and there were people around the disciples who came from there and talked about the terroir over there." Chen Mo was a little puzzled when he heard this, what is the situation? But he didn't want to pay attention to it at this time.
"Really?" Zang Hong's expression was slightly stunned: "Could it be that the old man saw the scene is real?" ”
"In his life, a teacher's contribution to the society and people's livelihood must be inspired by God." Chen Mo nodded hurriedly.
"Mer...... Head ......," Zang Hong suddenly stretched out his hand and smiled.
"Hmm." Chen Mo lowered his head and put Zang Hong's hand on his head.
"Mo'er acts steadily, what he has done over the years, the world may not understand it too much, but future generations will definitely know Mo'er's merits, my son is now the most powerful in the world, and he has the opportunity to ascend to the supreme, but he is reluctant, thinking that he is worried about me and other old ......thieves," Zang Hong said with a smile.
"No, how is the teacher an old thief?" Chen Mo hurriedly shook his head.
"Old and not dead is for the thief, the old man also knows, Mo'er has concerns, but the things in the world, when it should be done, the time has come, the old man has been Hanchen all his life, Mo'er can let the old man die as Hanchen, the old man's wish is enough, the old man also hopes that Mo'er can create a more prosperous era than today, may I be a great Han in the world, everyone is like a dragon!" The last four words, suddenly high-pitched, as if he had exhausted all his strength, the voice fell, he closed his eyes with a smile, and the hand on Chen Mo's head slowly fell, and his face still maintained a smile.
"Teacher......" Chen Mo looked at Zang Hong's closed eyes, knelt down silently, and bowed to Zang Hong: "Teacher's wish is also a silent wish, teacher rest in peace!" ”
After kneeling beside Zang Hong's couch for a long time, Chen Mo slowly stood up and walked out of the room silently, Zang Yu hurriedly greeted him, looked at Chen Mo and said, "Your Majesty, father is ......."
"The teacher is gone." Chen Mo sighed and stood silently outside the door.
Zang Yu's face changed, and he hurriedly went in, and after a while, there was a cry in the room.
Chen Mo leaned on the pillar and looked at the sky blankly, in his life, he had met many nobles, Lu Zhi and Cai Yong, if you talk about fame, these two are the biggest, Cai Yong is still his father-in-law, but Chen Mo is most grateful in his heart, but there are only two people, one is his mother, if it weren't for his mother's hard work, in order to support himself, he may not be able to see Zang Hong, the other is Zang Hong, as Chen Mo's first teacher, Zang Hong is undoubtedly very competent, not only for the help of his career, Chen Mo's ability to learn solid knowledge when he was a child was thanks to his mentor.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a reborn parent, now that Zang Hong is gone, Chen Mo suddenly feels empty, so he leans against the pillar and looks at the sky, until late at night, Zang Yu came to Chen Mo with red eyes and a bowl of meat porridge: "Your Majesty, you haven't eaten for half a day, eat something." ”
"Hmm." Chen Mo nodded, took the bowl and took a sip, but sighed again, looked at Zang Yu, Chen Mo smiled: "I used to get together less and leave more with the teacher, but it wasn't so uncomfortable, because Lone knew that the teacher was here, although everyone was born, old, sick and died, but I always felt that the teacher would always be there. ”
"The doctor once said......" Zang Yu hesitated, looked at Chen Mo and said: "My father has actually reached the end of his life, but he has been holding on, probably my father is also waiting for the king, but when I wanted to write to Luoyang, my father always said that the king was very busy, so don't bother, and then I still secretly wrote to the official." ”
Chen Mo suddenly thought of the teacher's dying words, wandering the world, maybe at that time he had reached the end of his life, and his soul was out of his body, but he didn't want to really leave......
Chen Mo suddenly felt that his throat was very blocked, in his mind, the memories of the teacher kept surging, speaking of which, although the days in Dangli were not as beautiful as they are now, they may be the happiest days in his life, the teacher is free and easy by nature, not bound by vulgar etiquette, and the professor himself is not such a stereotype, but the deepest impression seems to be the scene of the piano back then, thinking of the scene at that time, Chen Mo couldn't help laughing, just laughing and laughing, but the tears kept flowing.
Zang Yu stood beside Chen Mo and didn't dare to speak, but only accompanied Chen Mo until late before going to rest.
Zang Hong's funeral was presided over by Chen Mo himself, for today's Han Dynasty, this may be more beautiful than the Son of Heaven personally presiding over it, after all, Chen Mo is now the actual controller of the world.
Liu Neng was interested in posthumously sealing Zang Hong as the Marquis of Sheyang, Chen Mo didn't care too much about this, everyone is dead, what's the point of sealing it?
Chen Mo stayed in front of Zang Hong's tomb for seven days before leaving, walking on the road with Dian Wei, it was summer, the season when everything was prosperous, but in Chen Mo's eyes, it seemed to have lost its vitality.
"Your Majesty, one day Lao Dian dies, will you also be sad?" Dian Wei followed Chen Mo's side, and seeing that Chen Mo didn't speak all the way, he couldn't help but ask.
Chen Mo turned his head when he heard this, glanced at him, turned his head and said, "No." ”
"No......" Dian Wei looked at Chen Mo in amazement, touched his half-white hair and said, "Your Majesty, you are too ......"
"Shut up and hurry!"
"喏~"