In the twenty-seventh year of Kangxi, when the power of the three feudatories had been cut and Taiwan was recovered, after many years of recuperation, although there was still a quasi-Geldan making trouble in the north, but the southern places were singing and dancing, and it was a grand scene.

Yandang Mountain, located in Yongjia County, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, is famous for its strange peaks and strange stones, waterfalls and flowing springs, ancient caves and deformities, and condensing green blue pools.

There was a poem: "After the rain of yellow plum blossoms overnight, the peaks are green and white, and there are thousands of waterfalls and streams, and the geese are the first strange at this time." "It's about the beautiful scenery of Yandang Mountain.

"Master Ma, there is the Yuelai Inn in front. ”

Yueqing Village, Yongjia County, although it is only a small village, but because of the famous mountain, there is an endless stream of people coming and going on weekdays, and most of the people who want to go up the mountain to play in the village purchase food and clothing, so the business in the village is very prosperous, and the ordinary county town is only afraid of being as good as Yueqing Village.

The man who spoke was dressed in a gray-white robe, with a thin figure, and a large oily braid hanging behind him, about seventeen or eighteen years old. And a step in front of him stood a man in a navy blue robe, extremely tall, with a face as angular as carefully carved, looking burly and powerful, with a jade pendant tied around his waist. The jade pendant is divided into two pieces, with a ring on the outside, the color is green and dark, and a white-fronted tiger is carved in the middle.

"Liu An, how many times have I told you, don't call me Master Ma outside, call me Brother Ma. The burly man turned his head and said with a frown. His face was dark, like a villager who worked in the fields every day, but judging by his dress, he was not from a farmer's background.

"Yes, Brother Ma. Liu An hurriedly said, secretly blaming himself in his heart, how could he even make such a mistake, but fortunately, Master Ma did not blame.

"Three years ago, I went out with my father to run errands, and I passed by here, I remember that at that time, there were only two or three rooms in Yuelai Inn, and there were not even half of the residents, how did it become like this now!" The burly man saw from afar that Yuelai Inn was located in the middle of the most prosperous street in Yueqing Village, with crowds of people coming and going endlessly, so lively!

"Liu An, you seem to be from this Yueqing Village, right?" the burly man said suddenly.

"Yes, Brother Ma, my house is not far from here. Liu An replied respectfully.

The burly man raised his head, thought for a moment, and said, "You started following me in the beginning of autumn last year, and it's been more than half a year." In this case, we will not be in a hurry to leave, but after dinner, you will go home and come to see me early to-morrow morning. ”

When Liu An heard this, he was overjoyed, and said again and again: "Thank you, Brother Ma!"

The feeling of passing through the door and not entering, people who have never experienced it do not understand the bitterness, Liu An has been thinking about it since he entered Yongjia County, and he wanted to find an opportunity to mention this matter to Brother Ma, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to let him go home to visit his relatives, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Smile and welcome guests from all over the world, and gather people from all over the world. ”

There is a couplet hanging in front of the door of the Yuelai Inn, and a gilded signboard is hung in front of the door, with four big characters on it: Yuelai Inn.

Liu An took a step forward, walked into the inn, and said to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper Li, do you remember me?"

"Yo, it's Xiao Anzi! I haven't seen you for more than half a year, where is I tall today!" "Shopkeeper Li is in his forties, medium build, fat, with two mustaches at the corners of his mouth, and his round face looks amiable.

"Shopkeeper Li, I'll talk to you later, and I'll give our big brother Ma a room. Liu An took out a silver ingot from his arms and said.

"Hey, who is this master?" Shopkeeper Li walked past Liu An and looked back, a man with his hands behind his back, a Chinese face, sword eyebrows and sideburns, standing there, not angry and arrogant. Shopkeeper Li frowned, only feeling that this man seemed to have seen it somewhere, where had he seen it......

Oh yes!

Shopkeeper Li hurriedly walked out of the counter, greeted him, bent down and said with a smile: "It turned out to be Master Ma, you are here, it really makes the small shop shine!"

"Do you know me?" the burly man said suspiciously, this Yueqing Village, he came here for the second time in his life, and he had never seen such a person as Shopkeeper Li in his memory.

"One side of the edge, one side of the edge!" Li shopkeeper smiled all over his face and said: "Last year, when the adult was the top student in high school, I happened to be in the capital province, and I was fortunate to see the demeanor of the adult, which is really a blessing for three lives." ”

It turned out that this burly man's surname was Ma, his name was Quan, his name was Yin, a native of Yangqu, Shanxi, and a martial artist in the twenty-sixth year of Kangxi, that is, Wu Zhuangyuan, and was awarded a first-class guard. Later, because of the saint's southern tour, he was appointed as the chief soldier of Nanchang Town, Jiangxi Province, and was given a peacock feather.

And that Liu An, who entered Beijing to make a living at the age of seventeen, was clever and diligent, and was favored by Ma Quan and accepted as a personal guard.

Ma Quan passed through Yueqing Village this time, that is, he went to Nanchang Town to take up his post, he was reluctant to make a noise along the road, pretending to be a tourist, so he asked Liu An to call him Brother Ma.

"Shopkeeper Li, Brother Ma went out on errands this time, and he didn't want others to know his identity, so you treat us as tourists. Liu An whispered in the ear of Shopkeeper Li.

"I understand! I understand!" Shopkeeper Li nodded again and again, and then shouted to the back hall: "Little Liuzi, quickly greet the two masters, Lingyan Hall!"

"Laile!" a young man wearing a thick linen short coat and hunched over led Ma Quan and Liu An to the private room to sit down.

"Steamed foie gras, fried roe deer legs, fried duck feet, fried beef tendon with mandarin ducks. Liu An ordered four dishes in one go, thought about it, and added another one: "Chrysanthemum rabbit shreds, let's take peanuts and rice with wine, first serve these few, and then a few catties of five-year-old Yueqing rice wine." Also, clean up the room for our big brother. ”

"This master, you are a connoisseur, this wine and food, a radius of 100 miles, count the best of our Yuelai Inn! You see, the room ensures that you live comfortably! Two masters, wait a minute. "Xiao Liuzi is not very old, but he is extremely neat, and he trotted out to make arrangements.

Ma Quan is a man from the Northwest, who likes to eat meat and drink a lot of wine, but since he has become a martial champion, his taste has become refined. Liu An has been with him for more than half a year, and he is already familiar with his preferences, there are many famous dishes in Yuelai Inn, and Liu An orders all the dishes that Ma Quan loves to eat.

Ma Quan saw it in his eyes, although he didn't speak, but he secretly praised it in his heart, and figured out his intentions, but it was a kind of knowledge, and Liu Anru could teach it.

After a while, Xiao Liuzi walked in with a plate of steaming fried duck palms in his left hand and a jar of rice wine of about five catties in his right hand.

"Fried duck palms, two masters, take the chopsticks. Xiao Liuzi neatly put down the wine and food, put two cups, and with a "snap", he slapped the mud seal of the wine jar, and the mellow taste of rice wine floated out.

"Well, good!" Ma Quan closed his eyes, smelled the wine, and couldn't help but say good, although he is a northerner, he likes spirits the most, but the rice wine and rice wine in the south of the Yangtze River also have their own uniqueness, mellow and rich, it is really "wine is not drunk and everyone is drunk".

"Master, the Tianzi room is full, there is only a herringbone room, and there are two rooms left, you see, do you want a herringbone room?" Xiao Liuzi fiddled with the wine and food, hunched his waist, and said.

When Liu An heard this, he frowned, this herringbone room is the worst room in the Yuelai Inn, how can he let Master Ma live here? He was about to speak, but was stopped by Ma Quan: "Little brother, clean up." ”

When Xiao Liuzi heard this, he was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Master, I'll arrange it, you can use it!"

"Master Ma, the conditions of this herringbone room are indeed average, or let's change places, Tongfu Inn is nearby. After Xiao Liuzi withdrew, Liu An said to Ma Quan again.

"Hey, I'm a martial artist, a rough man, so I don't need to pay so much attention. Ma Quan waved his right hand and said, "Eat vegetables, eat vegetables." ”

Yuelai Inn can be transformed into a well-known inn in Yueqing Village, second to none, and it does have its reason, after a while, Liu An ordered several dishes all on the table, Lingyan Hall suddenly overflowed with fragrance, Ma Quan's index finger moved, and he couldn't help but have a big appetite.

When the wine was half-drunk, there was a sudden noise outside the door.

"What's going on?" Ma Quan said with a frown, putting down the chopsticks in his hand.

"I'll take a look. Liu An got up, pushed the door out, and saw shopkeeper Li and others surrounded by a Taoist priest and walked over. This Taoist priest is dressed in a white robe, his face is like a crown of jade, and his long hair is coiled into a bun, which is quite a bit of a fairy wind and bones.

"Little Liuzi, quickly clean up the Tianzi room and let the Taoist chief rest. Hurry up!" I saw a bright smile on the face of the shopkeeper Li, and personally led the Taoist chief to the largest private room, "Drunken Immortal Residence", and sat down.

When Liu An heard this, he secretly said that it was not good.

"Hmph!" Sure enough, there was an angry snort behind him, and Ma Quan slapped his chopsticks on the table with a "snap", and said coldly: "What do you mean?

"It's too much of a deception!" Ma Quan stood up suddenly, his eyes wide with rage.

"Master Ma, you dissipate your anger, maybe it's a misunderstanding!" Liu An sweated beads on his forehead, Ma Quan's temper was unknown to others, but he was very clear, even in the capital, it was a notoriously hot temper. A few years ago, when he was shopping for New Year's goods on the street, a profiteer slandered people, and his anger rose sharply, and he broke two ribs of the man with one punch. If there is a disturbance today, I am afraid that it will end easily.

"What a misunderstanding, this is obviously the shopkeeper humiliating me! How can I bear this birdish breath!" Ma Quan said, rolled up his sleeves, exposed his thick arms, and walked towards the door.

"Master Ma think twice!" Liu Anxin knew that it was useless to say anything at this time, so he had to say: "The daughter of this shopkeeper Li is the concubine of the second son of Zhang Qingwen, the governor of Zhili. ”

Ma Quanhu stopped and whispered, "Is this true?"

"Don't dare to lie at all. Liu An lowered his head and saw Ma Quan's clenched fists slowly loosening.

"Hmph!" With another cold snort, Ma Quan turned back to his position and drank the wine in his glass.

"My lord, I'll go and inquire at once. Liu An bowed to Ma Quan, gently closed the door, and retreated.

Although Yueqing rice wine is not as strong as the burning knife in the northwest, Ma Quan's face is still flushed with red light after cup of belly.

Although Ma Quan is a man from the northwest and has a rough and uninhibited personality, he is by no means a stupid person, and the governor of Zhili is not something he can afford to provoke, even if people deliberately humiliate him, he can only break his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

"My lord, I've found out. Liu An walked in and whispered mysteriously in Ma Quan's ear: "My lord, do you remember that three years ago, this Yuelai Inn was just a few huts, and no one cared about it?"