The legend of Wu Zetian eating fish glue

The first female emperor in the history of China was Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian was very ambitious from an early age. Legend has it that when Wu Zetian was a child, her family was not rich and she made a living by opening a restaurant. Before Wu Zetian's father went to Guang 'an County, Sichuan Province to be an official, Wu Zetian's family used to be a business trip to Jinyang Lake.

One night, two strange-looking Persians came to the store. Holding two fish from Jinyang Lake in their hands, the Persian stepped into the restaurant opened by Wu Zetian's family and shouted: Madam, cook these two fish for us and steam them, don't cut them, don't cut them? Wu Zetian's mother said, ok, you sit upstairs and I'll make it for you right away.

Wu Zetian's mother took two big fish into the back kitchen. When she was ready to cook fish, she found that these two fish were very special. First, the fish are very big, and each fish weighs four or five pounds; Second, this fish looks strange. There are nine stars on the fish head, and the scales are shining. Every scale scraped off is the size of the bottom of a bowl and the size of money. Wu Zetian's mother was too scared to start work. But in order to make money, I have to bite the bullet and scrape the scales to wash the fish. She estimated that the fish would not be cooked for an hour.

Peter said that the two Persians saw that it was still early, so they went out of the shop and looked at the scenery along the road. They were very surprised to see a hill by the lake, which looked like a sea crab. They quickly climbed up the mountain and were even more delighted to see a well pool halfway up the mountain. There happened to be a very clever little girl playing there, so I called her over and said, let's go to the top of the mountain and watch the two peaks of this mountain. If this well is soaked, let us know and we will reward you.

The little girl asked curiously, what does this well and pond have to do with this mountain? Two Persians, thinking that the little girl was not sensible, told her the truth: this mountain is a purple mountain, which looks like a big crab named Wei Zi Crab, and it is a good place for nobles. The two peaks at the top of this mountain are two crab claws, and this well pool is the crab navel. If we push it with the crab claw, the stomach of Wei Zi crab will bubble outward, which proves that this crab is alive. If someone builds a grave here and buries his ancestors in Crab Belly Mountain, then his descendants will be extremely rich and glorious.

The little girl asked again, what if the well doesn't bubble? Two Persians said: Then it will become a dead crab, and the land of Feng Shui will be destroyed and useless.

The little girl smiled with bright eyes and said, OK, I'll show you. You can run to the top of the mountain. She was very happy to receive three copper coins from the Persians.

The Persians ran to the two peaks of the mountain, hit it hard and kicked three feet. Sure enough, a series of blisters appeared in the well pool. The little girl was surprised and happy. I thought: these two bearded Persians are really smart. If you tell them the truth, it will benefit others. Yes, we can't tell them. For this reason, when two Persians came down the hill hopefully to ask questions, the little girl shook her two horns and repeatedly said, no blisters, no? The Persian looked at the mountain shape carefully again and said doubtfully, it's strange that we have been to many places and have never seen flowers. Seeing that Yamagata is obviously a live crab, why is there no blister in the crab's stomach? They asked the little girl anxiously, Did you see it clearly, little girl? The little girl nodded and said, look clearly.

You never ran away? No? The little girl said for sure.

After listening to the little girl, the Persian sighed heavily and said, What a pity! What a pity! If it is a live crab mountain, there will be a large population in the East China Sea. These words of the Persians were firmly imprinted on the little girl's heart.

This little girl is Wu Zetian.

Before the Persians went down the mountain, the little girl ran into the hotel kitchen through the back door. Wu Zetian's mother is steaming fish. The big fish is almost steamed, giving off a burst of attractive fragrance. Wu Zetian was spoiled by adults at home, so she didn't care about it willy-nilly. When she opens the steaming lid of the fish steamer, she will eat fish with chopsticks. Her mother hurried forward to dissuade her, saying that the fish could not move. This was cooked by Persian merchants at a high price. They refused to have a laparotomy or cut it off, let alone lose their heads and tails. After steaming, fish must be intact. Moving chopsticks will ruin the fish shape. For your mother's offending customers, it will not only lose money, but also ruin the reputation of the hotel.

Wu Zetian didn't have to eat fish at first, but she was tired of playing and wanted to eat fish to satisfy her hunger. Look at the fish in this steamer. It's all kinds of strange, with golden head and silver tail. It's fat, tender and delicious. It's very attractive. I heard from my mother that it was Persian fish, and I was even more clamorous to eat it.

However, her mother asked her to make trouble, but she didn't eat.

Seeing that she couldn't eat fish, Wu Zetian had a brainwave and said to her mother, well, I don't eat fish, I eat fish glue. Is it okay? Without waiting for her mother's consent, Wu Zetian quickly laid hands on her, dug out the big gelatin in the fish mouth with her fingers and wolfed it down. I almost threw up in the middle of the meal. But she still crustily skin of head and ate it. Wu Zetian's mother looked at it and just shook her head.

It was dark. Wu Zetian's mother lit a lamp in the shop, put chopsticks and wine glasses on it, served two pots of steaming big fish and greeted two Persian guests to eat fish. Two Persians said they would sit in the dark and eat fish, so they blew out the lights. It was dark in the shop, and two Persians were eating and eating. They quarreled, and the more they quarreled, the more fierce they became. Finally, they even beat each other's tables and smashed cups to fight, scaring Wu Zetian's mother into lighting a lamp to stop the fight.

Wu Zetian's mother said, Please entertain yourselves. Why did you quarrel? Persians accuse each other of stealing fish glue? Wu Zetian's mother didn't know what was going on until she heard it. She thought, since the Persians quarreled so fiercely over two pieces of fish glue, it can be seen that this fish glue is heavier than fish, and her daughter can't tell the truth about stealing fish glue. She came forward to persuade them and said, Persian guests, stop arguing. Just two pieces of fish glue. According to our local custom, fishermen only eat fish, not glue. When steaming fish, I dug out the glue and threw it to the wild cats.

The two Persians stood up in surprise and glared viciously: What, you threw the gelatin of the royal fish to the wild cats? You, you and Wu Zetian's mother run a restaurant and have seen the world. After the storm, she was not intimidated by the Persian momentum, but smiled and said contemptuously, What's the fuss? Persian guest, as I said before, you said this fish is not cut, this fish is not cut; You said the fish was intact without being cut. Besides scraping fish scales, there is not even a fish beard. What did I do wrong? The Persian was speechless and sat down in frustration.

The Persian sighed and said, "Madam, you don't know that these two fish are not easy to take, but they are the best fish, commonly known as emperor fish. It took us 65,438+00 years to find them from a fisherman in Donghai, China. Although fish is precious, eating it can prolong life, but what is more precious is these two kinds of fish glue. The descendants of people who eat one kind of fish glue will produce a noble person, and people who eat two kinds of fish glue will be worshipped and become extremely rich. If their ancestors' graves were placed in Wei Zi caves, the people who ate the fish glue must be the queen or the emperor.