Confucius said: "Eat and drink, men and women, are the main sources of human desires." The pursuit of delicious food is human instinct.

But some foodies will completely lose their resistance and their brains will completely lose their sense in front of delicious food.

The act of finding a dark corner to eat alone is called solitary eating.

Eat well when you eat alone, and your mouth and stomach will both enjoy it.

If you eat alone, you will not be able to eat well. At best, you will be looked down upon by others, and at worst, you will be betrayed by others.

In ancient times, material living standards were underdeveloped. For many ordinary people, just having enough to eat was pretty good.

If you could also eat some delicious food, life couldn't be more perfect.

But if someone eats alone at this time, the country will be ruined and the family will be destroyed if not careful.

In 605 BC, the people of Chu State gave Zheng Linggong, the boss of Zheng State, a turtle (the largest type of freshwater turtle).

Zheng Linggong took a look and saw that it was such a big turtle. He couldn't finish it by himself anyway, so he might as well have a dinner party and let his friends come and try it.

The doctor Zigong and his family also received invitations from Zheng Linggong.

However, Zheng Linggong probably wanted to give everyone a big surprise, and the invitation did not clearly state that he was here to eat seafood today.

As soon as he entered the palace, Zi Gong suddenly raised his middle finger, no, his index finger to Zi Jia.

The Zi family was very unhappy, you are sick, Zi Gong said, didn’t you see it moving?

Who doesn't know how to move the index finger? As Zi Jia spoke, he also showed his index finger and performed a 360-degree finger rotation performance.

Zi Gong is very disdainful of Zi Jia's performance. You can stop anytime you want, but I can't stop at all.

Zi Jia didn't believe it and grabbed Zi Gong's index finger, but it was still moving desperately.

Zi Gong said that my index finger has special functions. As long as it moves, it means that I can eat delicious food immediately. Zi's family is half-convinced.

The further the two of them walked, the more they felt that there was an atmosphere like a seafood food stall around them.

When I entered the main hall, I saw the master chefs in the imperial kitchen setting up a big cauldron. I didn't know what they were cooking, but I knew it was good food by the smell.

At this time, the Zi family admired Zi Gong. The two smiled at each other, found their seats and waited for the food to be served.

At this time, Zheng Linggong came in. Seeing the two men's fascinated smiles, he asked them what was going on, and the Zi family introduced the Zi Gong's special powers in detail.

After Zheng Linggong heard this, he didn't say anything and watched silently as his son acted coquettishly.

Soon, the turtle soup was ready, and Zheng Linggong asked the waiter to serve everyone a bowl.

Zi Gong looked at the waiter walking towards him with a bowl full of turtle soup. He seemed a little impatient, so he cleared the table himself and started to enjoy it as soon as the soup was put away.

However, the waiter completely ignored Zi Gong's eager eyes and carefully placed the bowl filled with soup on the next table.

When Zheng Linggong announced that it was time to eat, there was only a glass of wine and a few cold dishes on the table.

Looking at Zheng Linggong and other friends, they were enjoying a seafood feast. No one dared to remind Zheng Linggong that Master Zigong hadn't eaten yet.

Zi Gong thought that he must have offended his boss, but he was a very nice person, how could he bear this humiliation.

So, Zi Gong stood up and walked straight to the big cauldron where turtle soup was boiled. He put his index finger with special functions into the cauldron and dipped some soup into it, put it in his mouth and licked it, and then walked out of the hall in a big way.

("Zuo Zhuan": Get your hands on the tripod and taste it) Zheng Linggong and a group of ministers just stared at Zigong's performance in stunned silence. By the time they came to their senses, Zigong had already left.

Zheng Linggong was very angry. You put your index finger in the cauldron and refused to let anyone eat it. Moreover, you have a habit of not washing your hands after going to the toilet.

The most important thing is that you are too arrogant. In front of so many younger brothers, you are too disrespectful and plan to find a suitable opportunity to kill Zigong.

Zi Gong couldn't swallow this breath. Hearing that Zheng Linggong was going to attack him, he decided to strike first, so he united with the Zi family and others to kill Zheng Linggong first.

Poor Zheng Linggong was killed because he and a group of friends ate alone in front of his son in a fit of anger.

The idiom "to get involved in the tripod" comes from this.

There are those who kill people because they eat alone, and there are those who betray the country because they eat alone.

One year, the king of Zhongshan held a sheep feast and invited ministers to attend the banquet.

But this banquet was obviously not well prepared. Too many people were invited, and there was too little mutton. Not to mention that they couldn't eat the meat, and some people didn't even drink the soup.

Sima Ziqi is this lucky man.

Although there is little mutton, can't you just give me a little each? How come you don't know how to share when you are so old? They are all eating alone.

I came to the banquet happily, but I didn’t even drink the soup. How could I explain it to my wife and children when I got home?