It is said that Qin Hui killed Yue Fei and wanted to behead him. When he was beheading, a rooster crowed. Qin Hui jumped into the chicken's mouth. When eating the chicken, be careful to peel off the chicken's brain. If the brain is intact, the shape will be better. It looks particularly like a little man kneeling with his hands tied, so people call this chicken brain Qin Hui. ?

There is another folk legend: Yue Fei was killed in Fengbo Pavilion by Qin Hui and his wife, and the soldiers and civilians were filled with indignation. A food vendor in Lin'an was deeply upset after hearing the news, so he kneaded two noodle figures that looked like Qin Hui and Wang, twisted them together, fried them in a pan, and called them "fried cypress."

In order to vent their anger, people rushed to buy. As the number of customers increased, the shop simplified the production process and directly entangled the two noodles and fried them, which became the common fried dough sticks today. To this day, some places still refer to fried dough sticks as fried cypress or fried ghost. ?

In fact, the origin of fried dough sticks dates back to the Song Dynasty. As early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Jia Sixie, an agriculturist in the Northern Wei Dynasty, recorded the preparation method of fried food in "Qi Min Yao Shu". Liu Yuxi (also known as Su Shi) of the Tang Dynasty also described the shape and production process of fried dough sticks in his poem "Han Ju". But there is no doubt that the names of fried cypress and fried ghost originated from the Southern Song Dynasty and are closely related to Qin Hui.

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The traitor Qin Hui?

Yue Fei won a great victory in Zhuxian Town and approached Tokyo. Seeing that Wu Shu could no longer stay in Tokyo, he decided to cross the Yellow River and retreat north. When he left Tokyo with the Jin soldiers, a scholar stopped his horse and said: "Your Majesty (referring to Wushu), don't leave. Yue Shaobao ('Shaobao' is Yue Fei's official title) will withdraw his troops soon. Tokyo must be fine." "

Wu Shu was very surprised and asked the scholar: "Yue Fei used 500 cavalry to defeat our army of 100,000 people. The people are waiting for them to attack day and night. How can Tokyo be defended?"?

The scholar said: "It is impossible for powerful ministers and generals in the imperial court to perform meritorious service outside. In my opinion, Yue Shaobao's own life cannot be saved, so how can he talk about meritorious service?"?

Wu Shu suddenly realized what he was saying, and immediately turned his horse around and led his troops back to Tokyo. ?