The young master came back, the Zheng Mansion became lively all of a sudden, the people in the mansion were full of big smiles, the servants had already prepared the bath water, and the big wooden barrel was steaming warm water, Tang Ming tried the water temperature and felt that it was just right, without saying a word, he took off the clothes on his body and jumped into the wooden barrel.

Tang Ming was already used to anything floating on the sea, but the inconvenience of taking a bath made him very angry. You can't take a shower on the ship, and at most you can only take a towel and wipe it wet, and you will feel uncomfortable after a long time.

After taking a bath happily and completely washing off the dirt on his body, Tang Ming's whole person immediately became energetic, changed into clean clothes, and walked out of the bathhouse.

The old housekeeper stubbornly guarded the door, and when Tang Ming came out, he smiled and took him to dinner.

A large table of fragrant dishes has been prepared in the dining hall, and the eldest brother and sister-in-law and little Tang Yin are already sitting around the table, waiting for him to arrive.

After saying hello, the family happily began to eat, the old housekeeper Zheng Bo personally served on the side, Tang Ming was heartbroken that he was too old and asked him to sit down to eat together. Unexpectedly, Uncle Zheng suddenly cried with tears.

"Does the young master dislike the old slave for being old, and he can't serve you well, the old slave has lived for this age and has already stepped into the coffin with one foot. The only thought now is that I hope to serve my master well. Your father-in-law was busy building ships and training the fleet for a few days a year and couldn't come back for a few days, and finally the old slave was looking forward to the young master, but he never thought that the young master would dislike the old slave, so the old slave would go back, and he wouldn't be here to hinder the young master's eyes. ”

Uncle Zheng can be said to be in tears, those who hear it are sad and those who see it cry, Tang Ming didn't expect that his casual words would cause such consequences.

This person is fragile when he is old, and his only thought when he has no ambition is to be able to spend his old age in peace, and then have children and grandchildren by his side. But Uncle Zheng has no descendants and no wife, and the closest person except Zheng He is only Tang Ming, who fell down halfway.

The helpless Tang Ming shook his head slightly, and hurriedly got up and persuaded: "Uncle Zheng, your old man is the treasure of the house, how can I dislike it, you have worked hard in the house all your life to arrange this family business properly, and now when you are old, you have to know how to enjoy the happiness of leisure, where can you still work." ”

The old man is very stubborn, he still has to serve Tang Ming for dinner, otherwise he is disgusting him, Tang Ming has no choice, in order to make Zheng Bo happy, he can only do whatever he wants, and it doesn't matter if the food comes to his appetite or not, in short, he stuffs his mouth in one go.

Seeing Tang Ming's deflated look, the eldest brother and sister-in-law covered their mouths and snickered on the side, they had already learned how powerful Uncle Zheng was. This will be Tang Ming's turn, and it will be strange that they are unfortunate and mishare.

After eating and drinking, Tang Ming chatted with his eldest brother and sister-in-law about family life, and also informed them about his residence in the ancient dynasty by the way. Tang Tianhao was very surprised by this, his younger brother deserved to be a son of a master, and he went out to get the identity of a prince overseas, and there was an island as a fief, which would make him believe that Tang Ming said on the way to go to him to be the emperor of the soil.

The afternoon sun was relatively abundant, and it was not so cold outside, Tang Ming ordered his subordinates to prepare a carriage and wanted to visit Yao Guangxiao, but was stopped by the old housekeeper. It is rude to say that it is reckless to go like this, at least you have to write a letter of worship first.

Or the old housekeeper knows a lot, originally he thought that Yao Guangxiao was his teacher, so he didn't have to be so troublesome, when would he take care of this.

Soon the next person sent a gilded red greeting post, Tang Ming took it with a smile, said goodbye to Uncle Zheng again, and let the groom set off.

Yao Guangxiao Since Zhu Di officially ascended the throne, he almost no longer went to the early dynasty, and hid in his small temple every day to chant sutras and chant Buddha. Zhu Di also persuaded him several times, but Yao Guangxiao had already made up his mind, and begged Zhu Di in turn to let him concentrate on practicing Buddhism.

Zhu Di still respected Yao Guangxiao very much, and did not force him, but just asked him to agree to his request as he went.

Qingshou Temple is still so air-cold, the only difference is that the paint on the gate is more mottled, and Yao Guangxiao has not been renovated after so long. Could it be that the old monk has become a Buddha on the ground and has begun to stop eating fireworks in the world.

Tang Ming held the worship post in his hand, standing in a daze at the wide open door, when the little senior brother saw Tang Ming in the courtyard, he didn't recognize it at first, but after carefully identifying it, he ran over with great joy.

"Is that you, junior brother?" The little senior brother was exactly the same as half a year ago, and he didn't even grow in height, Tang Ming recognized him at a glance.

"It's me, is the old man there?" Saying that, Tang Ming handed over the greeting note in his hand.

The little senior brother nodded again and again: "Yes, in the Buddha hall, how did you become so dark, junior brother, I almost couldn't recognize you just now?" ”

The little senior brother only cared about his own curiosity, and he didn't know if he entered the door, there was no way, Tang Ming could only enter uninvited: "Senior brother, this is a long time, after I have met the master and his old man, I will explain to you later." ”

"Okay, well, the master heard the news of your return in the morning, and he has been waiting in the Buddha hall, junior brother, go in quickly, I'll make you tea." The little senior brother seemed very enthusiastic, he was very curious about Tang Ming's overseas trip, what the overseas world was like and how it was different from the Ming Dynasty, he had heard some outsiders who came to the Ming Dynasty talk about it, and he had always been interested.

Tang Ming watched the little senior brother leave, and then walked through the small courtyard and went straight to the Buddhist hall opposite, knocked on the door and shouted Master, Tang Ming quietly waited for a response.

After a while, I heard Yao Guangxiao's deep voice: "Come in!" ”

"Squeak!" The wooden door was pushed open by Tang Ming, and Yao Guangxiao was seen sitting in front of the Buddha statue with his back to him. Light smoke curled from the incense burner.

Tang Ming bent down deeply at Yao Guangxiao's back: "Disciple Tang Ming visited the master, and I didn't see if the master was healthy for many days." ”

Yao Guangxiao made a noise, slowly turned around, looked Tang Ming up and down for a moment before saying with a smile: "You have been gone for half a year, and when you come back, you know a lot of etiquette." Seeing that you are so tanned, is it not easy to live overseas? ”

Looking at Yao Guangxiao, Tang Ming found that he was older than before, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to have increased a lot. He didn't become a Buddha on the ground, let alone eat the fireworks of the world, his old face and thin body seemed to be even more unbearable than Zheng Bolai.

At his suggestion, Tang Ming sat opposite Yao Guangxiao and replied respectfully: "Master Lao is concerned, the disciple is all well overseas, and under the supervision of Uncle Fang, he also married Jialan. (To be continued.) )