"Let me tell you about Huang Donglai and Linghu Xiang," when the two of them arrived at the restroom, the central one among the three cubicles in front was already occupied.
Who was in there?
Ma Xuansheng, of course.
This really exemplified the saying, 'No coincidence, no story.' Just think about it—it's known that in the Southern City Military Department, with its plethora of people, there wasn't just one restroom. Moreover, the restrooms inside the other parts of the Military Department typically started with no less than eight stalls. This one, being in a remote location, had only three...
So why on earth did Ma Xuansheng choose this place to "conduct his business"?
Because usually, he was accustomed to sitting on his own "comfort chair" at home, attended by servants during his business—incense and fruit platter beside him, someone to wipe his sweat and fan him—thus, he found the common soldiers' restroom filthy and distasteful.
