At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a family surnamed Ma in Qufu, Shandong Province, and their ancestors were all fortune tellers who showed people faces. As the saying goes, "Three hundred and sixty lines lead to the champion in action." In the generation of Lao Ma, this ancestral skill was brought to the extreme by him, and people came every day. The money was too much, but Lao Ma gradually felt uneasy. He knew the truth that disaster was coming from the mouth, so he made a quick decision and did something unusual on an ordinary day: close his doors and close his business.

This time, Lao Ma focused on staying at home with his wife and children. Lao Ma had an only son. When the child was born, he had fair skin and delicate facial features. Lao Ma named him "Ma Yun." "Yun" means Meiyu – he hoped his son would be as extraordinary as Meiyu in the future!

When Ma Yun reached the age of fourteen, he was developing, and his body grew taller like a joint, and even his facial features changed a lot: his original round face began to narrow, and a pair of small eyes turned up at the corners of his eyes, making people look like a beautiful woman with a bright smile! As the saying goes: "Men and women are like wealth all their lives", but Lao Ma shook his head and sighed when he saw it, and often said to himself: "This child, with a melon face and mandarin duck eyes, must be a real person when he grows up!"

In the blink of an eye, Ma Yun was nineteen years old. Although this child had been pampered since he was a child, he had always been safe and stable. He had never caused much trouble.

This year, Old Ma invited someone to book a marriage for Ma Yun. Although the girl was not a show for everyone, she was gentle and filial, but at this critical juncture, Ma Yun indulged in the theater and often stayed up all night. This morning, Old Ma stood on the street early, waiting for Ma Yun, who had not returned all night, to come back. Finally, when the sun was up, Ma Yun came from a distance with a yawn. The neighbors who passed by stopped and watched, and they all knew that Old Ma had a hot temper, and there must be a good show next. Ma Yun staggered and hummed a tune, and when he was almost in front of the old horse, he suddenly stopped his footsteps. When he looked at the old horse, his face was so scared that there was no blood on his face. "Dad, I, I..." Ma Yun knew his father's temper and couldn't speak for a while. Who would have thought that the old horse wouldn't say a word, just stared solemnly at his son's face…

The road gradually surrounded a lot of people, and everyone knew that the old horse had the ability to see faces. Now that they saw the old horse circling Ma Yun back and forth, they all knew that today's matter was no small matter!

He had never seen his father's face so solemn before. He felt that it must not be just as simple as asking if he didn't go home at night. Could it be that... he saw some disaster on his face? Ma Yun was born into such a family, and he was deeply convinced of his father's ability.

Ma Yun was in a hurry when he heard that: "Not going home? Then where am I going? Dad, don't be angry, my son is wrong."

"Father is not angry. Father has prepared money for you, so you can go to Hangzhou. It is a good place. You can buy whatever you want to eat when you go there, don't worry about money..."

At this time, the people on the street sighed, because everyone knew it well: Lao Ma must have predicted some disaster in the face of the child, and there will be no way to avoid this disaster, so instead of watching the child close to death in front of him day by day, it is better to let him leave. After leaving, he can enjoy life to the fullest, and his family seems to be able to reduce sadness a little... Ma Yun also realized this, so after Lao Ma ruthlessly closed the door, he kowtowed three times in front of the door with a gloomy face and staggered away…

After Ma Yun left, Old Ma first resigned from the marriage; then not long after, Old Ma arranged a funeral for Ma Yun at home. On the day of the funeral, the streets were crowded with people. When the family put Ma Yun's clothes in the coffin, Old Ma fainted in grief.

At this time, a few soldiers in the crowd said, "Don't say it, this old man really has the ability to predict good luck. His precious son just reached the black trend and died..."

It turns out that the black trend is a mountain road that must pass through the south, where a group of desperados have gathered. Almost all the merchants going south have to leave money to buy the road. If there is any violation, it will be a loss of people and money. Ma Yun felt that he didn't have much time left, and it was a waste to keep so much silver, so he found someone to build a bridge on a river not far away. For so many years, there has been no bridge over the river, and there is no boat in the water. If the bridge is to be repaired, who would want to provoke these villains? Sure enough, the bridge has not been repaired, and the ballast has already come to the door - this Ma Yun dare to openly cut off their wealth, how can these plague gods let him go easily?