Zheng Linggong, who died of fighting spirits

Zheng Linggong (郑靈公), courtesy name Yi, was the tenth monarch of the State of Zheng during the Spring and Autumn Period and the son of Zheng Mugong.

Shortly after Zheng Linggong took the throne, the Chu people offered a shrew to Zheng Linggong.

On this day, Zheng Guo's son Song and zijia were going to see Zheng Linggong together. Halfway through, Gongzi Song's index finger trembled, and he said while letting the Zi family look at his trembling index finger that once my index finger moved, I would be able to taste the novelty of deliciousness.

Entering the palace, I really saw that there was a Zaifu slaughtering the shrew, and Gongzi Song said triumphantly, "Sure enough", and smiled at the Zi family.

Zheng Linggong saw the situation and asked them why they were laughing.

The Zi family told Zheng Linggong one by one about the shaking of Gongzi Song's fingers on the road and the prediction that he could eat delicious food.

Zheng Linggong heard the words and did not say anything. When the soup was boiled, Zheng Linggong summoned the Gongqing Doctor and gave the soup to everyone to taste.

Gongzi Song was also among the summoned Gongqing Doctors, but Zheng Linggong did not give him the soup.

Obviously, Zheng Linggong was deliberately teasing this brother of Gongzi who liked to show off and did not know the prophet, in order to ridicule Gongzi Song's index finger shaking divination.

Watching everyone eat the soup with relish, Gongzi Song was embarrassed and angry, he walked to the top of the soup, reached out and dipped his fingers in the soup, put it in his mouth and sucked it, and then whisked his sleeve away.

Seeing that Gongzi Song was so uninteresting and contemptuous of himself, Zheng Linggong secretly decided that he had to kill Gongzi Song.

Who knew that Gongzi Song had preemptively found the Zi family and secretly murdered Zheng Linggong.

The Zi family did not agree, saying, "Even if the livestock are old, they cannot be easily killed." Not to mention the monarch. ”

Therefore, Gongzi Song in turn framed the Zi family, "the Zi Family was afraid and followed it."

In the summer of that year, Zheng Linggong was killed, and Gongzi Song took revenge for not giving the soup.

Zheng Linggong was killed and killed because of the trivial matter of eating shrew soup with the grand duke Song, and he left less than a year after ascending the throne.

The Zi family could not stop Gongzi Song's act of killing the king in time, "benevolent but not martial", and carried the notoriety of killing the king.

Later, this matter was condensed into the idiom "touching Yu Ding", warning future generations not to arbitrarily take advantage of non-profits.

Although the desire of the tip of the tongue, indulging it will also lead to the disaster of killing.