One day, Wang went to the north of the village to collect firewood and found a seven-inch-long spotted snake in the grass, covered in injuries and unable to move. The king was moved by compassion and washed his medicine. After a while, the snake woke up, nodded to thank the king, and the king took it home.
Since then, the mother and son have been carefully taken care of, the snake's wound has gradually healed, and the snake has grown up, and it seems that she always wants to talk to them. This adds a lot of fun to the monotonous and lonely life of mother and son. As the days passed, the king chopped firewood by mistake, the mother kept the house, and the little snake stayed at home all day.
Suddenly one day, the little snake got bored and climbed into the yard to bask in the sun. The little snake became thick and long after being irradiated by the sun. When the old lady saw it, she screamed and fainted. When the king came back, the snake returned to the house and returned to its original shape. She said anxiously, "I lost my temper today and scared my mother to death." But don't be afraid. Please peel off three layers of skin from me, get some weeds, and put them in a pot to make soup for my mother to drink. "
Wang said stupidly, "No, that will hurt your health." Let's find another way "
The spotted snake urged him several times, and the king jumped up with tears and obeyed.
After drinking the soup, my mother woke up soon, and both mother and son were grateful and puzzled. Every night, Wang recalls the golden light in the snake basket and thinks that this snake is extraordinary.
It is said that Song Renzong doesn't care about state affairs all day, and he is tired of the palace life day after day. If he wants a shiny pearl to play with, he will put up a notice, and whoever provides one will be rewarded.
The story reached the ears of the king. When he got home, he told the snake about it. The snake thought for a moment and said, "You have been very kind to me these years and saved your life. You always wanted to repay me, but you never got a chance. Now I can finally do something for you. To tell you the truth, my eyes are two shining pearls. If you gouge out one of my eyes and give it to the emperor, you can be promoted and made a fortune, and your old mother can spend her old age in peace. "
Wang was very happy after hearing this, but after all, he had feelings for snakes and couldn't bear to do it.
The serpent said, "Never mind, I can hold on."
Wang gouged out the eye of the serpent by mistake, only to find that the night has really become a rare pearl, so he dedicated the orb to the emperor. Wu Wen had never seen such a strange treasure, and he was full of praise. The emperor was also very happy. He made the king a high official and gave him a lot of gold and silver treasures.
Queen Nishinomiya saw it and wanted one, too. As a last resort, Song Renzong ordered the search for the sphere again, and promised that the second person who gave the sphere could become the prime minister.
Delusion, your majesty, if I get the second eye of a snake, won't the prime minister be mine? So the king went to discuss with the snake again.
Because of his kindness, the snake turned the remaining eye into a sphere and gave it to Wang Xi, so Wang Xi became prime minister as he wished.
Coincidentally, the little princess of today's dynasty also suffers from strange diseases, and the imperial doctors in the palace refused to recruit. Legend has it that boa constrictor's liver survived for four or two thousand years. When it was difficult to find a solution, the emperor issued an imperial edict and posted a royal list all over the country, telling anyone who could cure the princess's disease to recruit him as a doctor and make him king.
At that time, the prime minister Wang Xian was blinded by interests, cut to the chase, told the story, pleaded. Hearing this, the blind snake said sadly, "Have you ever thought that if I give you my liver, I will lose my life?"
"But I saved your life," Prime Minister Wang continued to beg. "You should repay me."
Hearing this, the serpent sighed, "Well, I'll open my mouth for a while, and you can climb from my mouth to my stomach to get it!" " "
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Chao lost his prime minister, and people looked for him separately, but he was gone. Finally, his family judged that he might have been swallowed by a big snake. And the allusion that "people's hearts are not enough to swallow snakes" spread.
Later, I don't know when, people sent the wrong message, mistaking the "image" of the Prime Minister for the image of an elephant, so the "powerless snake swallows the elephant" has spread to this day.