Chapter 65 into silence

From 1915, Su Manshu became weaker and weaker.In April of that year, he said in a book with Shao Yuanchong: "I urinate once every two days of my illness, and have a big bowel movement every five days. The doctor said it was because of Fusi's disease, and advised Yu to smoke opium for three minutes a day." In 1916, Zhou Nankai recalled the situation of visiting Laoshan Mountain in Qingdao with Su Manshu: "Recalling the five years of the Republic of China, Manshu was in Qingdao, and he traveled to Laoshan Mountain with him. The car stopped halfway up the mountain, and then took a mountain sedan chair. Manshu was exhausted and complained. One step back and three retreats, You Xing was greatly reduced. At that time, he was forced to say nothing. However, the color of Manshu's distress was evident on his brows. Because of his physical strength and spirit, his internal losses were already serious. He stayed in the lower palace of Laoshan Mountain at midnight , Manshu suddenly shouted that there was a ghost holding his feet, and he was frightened all night, but he didn't know that he was in a deep sleep. The companion was Mr. Liu Bai, and it was strange that he couldn't sleep with him."

The following year, Su Manshu was admitted to a hospital on Xiafei Road in Shanghai. Chen Guofu recalled: "Mr. suffered from stomach problems, and it was very difficult in the hospital...Mr. Deng Mengshuo was very close to him, and often brought him food. He I have no idea. His appetite improved a little, and he finished his meal in one meal, so his illness was not easy to recover. There were many comrades who came to visit him at those times. Every night, I always went to talk with him. Sometimes he talked about fun Scenery, and sometimes talk about the true meaning of Buddhist scriptures. He himself also talked about the cause of his illness, and he must change his own temperament."

Zhang Zhuo came to visit and asked Su Manshu why the charcoal fire was so hot in the room. Manshu told him that his body temperature was low and he was extremely afraid of the cold. Soon, Su Manshu was admitted to a hospital on Baochang Road.Zhou Nanxin went to visit, and Manshu held his hand and said, "I don't have a timepiece by my side. I'm in the dark day and night. I don't know when my life will end?" Zhou took off the pocket watch he was wearing and gave it to him.Manshu scolded the doctor for not being good at caring, and asked Zhou to negotiate with the hospital on his behalf.Zhou went to the dean, but the dean took out three or four packs of fried chestnuts with sugar, but instead complained that Manshu did not follow the doctor's advice and ate forbidden food in private. This was found from Manshu's pillow, so how could he recover so quickly.

Cheng Yansheng went to the hospital to visit Su Manshu. Manshu took out several pawn tickets and asked him to redeem them. Cheng also had no money and could not help.After Cheng Bei went to the north, Manshu still asked him to bring a letter to Chen Duxiu and Cai Yuanpei, saying that he wanted to invite the two to seek tuition fees for him, and planned to study abroad in Italy after recovering from illness and learn painting. In the spring of 1918, Su Manshu was transferred to Guangci Hospital on Father Jin Road, and Juzheng was also being treated in Guangci Hospital, living next door to Manshu.Zhou Nanxin went to visit Manshu and heard from Juzheng that Manshu was terminally ill and could not be cured, but he was particularly afraid of death.Zhou asked Juzheng to make up a myth to comfort him, and Juzheng went to Manshu and said: "Yelai dreamed that a god and man looked like a Buddha, and the cloud declared that Manshu's illness should be cured quickly. It will definitely heal." Manju was very happy when he heard it, and he put his palms together in his quilt to thank the Buddha and Juzheng, his appearance was very pitiful.

In mid-to-late February, Su Manshu wrote to Liu Yazi, telling him that he could no longer stand up and had diarrhea five or six times. When he waited until March, he wrote to Liu Yazi again. Before Su Manshu's death, Zheng Tongsun and Zhu Shaoping went to visit him. He said to Zheng, "A few days ago, I almost died, but now I am out of danger. From now on, I can't eat my cigars and sugar indiscriminately." Ping Zhichu went to Shanghai and visited the hospital with Gong Weisheng. Manshu was already sick and dying, and when he was dying, he said to his friends, "I'm sorry..." When Sun Bochun learned that he was visiting at the sick bed, he could no longer speak.

At 4 o'clock in the afternoon on May 2, 1918, Su Manshu left a sentence, "Just remember Dongdao's mother, all sentient beings will be fine", and then passed away.Except for a few crude boxes and some rouge sachets, Manshu has nothing left.A friend found a paper ball beside his pillow, and wrote the words "Bury me in monk's clothes".But when he was buried in the final coffin, he was wearing a blue robe and mandarin jacket and black satin shoes that ordinary gentlemen had never worn in his life. Su Manshu's funeral was taken care of by Wang Jingwei and others, and Dai Jitao, Ye Chulan and other friends contributed to the funeral expenses, and Mrs. Sun Yat-sen also donated 40 yuan. On May 4th, his coffin was temporarily housed in the Guangzhao Office. At that time, many revolutionaries were wanted and could not leave the rental business, so only Sun Bochun, the wife of the Japanese Taotian, the Japanese Kamei, and an unknown Cantonese only.

Six years later, on June 9, 1924, Sun Yat-sen invested a thousand dollars to order Su Manshu's friend Chen Qubing to be buried in the West Lake. A part of the tomb) is set aside as the resting place of Manshu; across from it is the memorial tomb of Su Xiaoxiao, a famous prostitute in the Southern Qi Dynasty. After burying Su Manshu, everyone went to a nearby restaurant for dinner.Chen Qubing, Juzheng, and Lin Zhixia all indulged in alcohol and became very drunk. They slandered the people of the time and criticized the political situation.Zhu Zhenzhuang asked the bartender to hide the wine utensils, and lied that the wine was exhausted, but the three of them still refused to give up.They said: "What day is it today? Everyone in the seat is already deeply saddened by Manshu's death, so how can you be more sad than wine!" They all stopped drinking.Lin Zhixia was so drunk that he staggered and couldn't walk, if it wasn't for Zhu Zhenzhuang's support, he could hardly cross the lake to go home.