"Qiwanzhai" teahouse is the most famous teahouse in Jingnan County. It is located in the center of the county. It covers an area of about 200 square meters and has two floors. It can accommodate more than a hundred people to gather for tea at the same time. The decoration style is elegant and popular.
The name of the "Qiwanzhai" tea house is taken from the "Seven Bowls of Tea Song" written by Lu Tong, a poet from the Tang Dynasty who was the sage of tea in Central Asia. Loneliness and boredom. Three bowls of dry intestines, but only five thousand volumes of writing. Four bowls of light sweating, all the uneven things in life are dispersed into the pores. Five bowls of muscles and bones are clear, six bowls of celestial beings are opened. Seven bowls of food can't be eaten, but only sleep. The refreshing breeze blows through my armpits." Lu Tong wrote all about the beauty of tea. The owner used this as the name of the teahouse, which is not only considerate, but also very stylish.
Not only does the name of the restaurant make it famous, but the owner of the teahouse also knows how to run a business. Not only does he carefully select tea and ingredients, but he also often invites storytellers, singers, and opera singers to come to the teahouse to perform for free for the enjoyment of tea patrons. Therefore, the teahouse The business in the teahouse is very prosperous. Every day, the teahouse gathers people from all walks of life in Jingnan County. People talk and gossip. More than half of the current political news and gossip in Jingnan County are brewed and spread here.
For example, today, Qiwanzhai invited a storyteller to tell a story about the Three Kingdoms, and the teahouse was packed with people. The storyteller told the story of Feng Chu, Pang Tongshi, who guarded Leiyang County. After telling the story, the storyteller went backstage to have a tea break. Went. After talking about the Three Kingdoms for a long time, the storyteller’s throat was so dry that it was almost smoking. He had to drink half a pot of tea to moisten his throat and take a good rest before he could continue his story.
The storyteller went down to rest, and the teahouse became lively with teagoers.
The storyteller told the story of Pang Tong's trial as the magistrate of Leiyang County. Coincidentally, the most popular topic in Jingnan County now happens to be the new magistrate. After the storyteller left, the tea guests naturally started chatting. The newly appointed county magistrate Zhu Pingan.
"This person is incomparable. Look at Pang Tong. In half a day, he solved all the political affairs that had been backlogged for hundreds of days. Where is our new county magistrate?! It has been a few days and I heard about a case. There was no trial. Alas, our people in Jingnan are really suffering from such a useless magistrate."
At the table closest to the storyteller table in the teahouse, there sat a bearded tea guest. He had just listened most seriously. Now he thought of the charm of Fengchu Pangtong mentioned by the storyteller, and then thought of the performance of the new magistrate in the past few days. I couldn't help myself with such a comparison. I took a sip of tea and started complaining.
"Do you know why? Let me tell you. My brother-in-law is a servant of the county government. I heard from him that our new little county official was ganged up by the old youtiao of the county government. Xiao The county magistrate asked someone to send files on the backlog of cases. It has been several days, but I have not received a single file."
A tea guest at the table next to him was eating melon seeds while deciphering the secrets of the bearded man and the tea guests around him.
"It's true. I've also heard about it. I have a relative who is a clerk in the county government. He mentioned it to me when we were drinking the day before yesterday. It is said that Zhang Xiancheng was behind it, and all the subordinates in the six houses united and refused to cooperate. .”
Soon someone nodded in agreement and further decrypted the information.
"I've told you a long time ago that he has no hair on his lips and can't do his job well. This little county magistrate is too young. He probably hasn't even grown hair yet, and he doesn't have any helpers. He alone is no match for Zhang Xian Cheng and the others."
"It is said that when a new official takes office, there are three things to do with it. It is a good thing for our small county magistrate. When a new official takes office, the people below will not give him the book of fire, and someone even pours a basin of water on the match. Let alone three things, he will
Not even a tiny bit of flame can be lit."
"Hey, this little county magistrate is probably going to be kicked out. Even if he is not kicked out, he will be punished and dismissed by the higher authorities. As the head of a county, Jingnan County can't carry out any work at all. You say, he won't be kicked out.
Punishment, who is punished.”
"We, the people of Jingnan, are really miserable, having to deal with such an incompetent county magistrate. Take a look at Chun'an County, the magistrate of Nahai is well-known. We are unlucky. This magistrate has changed so many times, but he is just like a weasel.
, one nest is worse than the other."
"Hey, we would rather the county officials be greedy and lustful than the county officials who are incompetent. One general will be incompetent and the entire army will be exhausted."
As soon as the topic started, people couldn't stop the train. Everyone in the teahouse made comments one after another. Basically, all they heard were dissing Zhu Pingan. They were extremely disappointed with Zhu Pingan.
The more they diss Zhu Ping'an, the more passionate everyone becomes, and there is a tendency for heroes to see the same thing and sympathize with each other.
"Waiter, come on, have a bowl of tea, our throats are going to be filled with smoke as we leave."
Just when everyone in the "Qi Wan Zhai" was dissing, five or six people came in from the tea house and urged the waiter to pour tea.
These people became the focus as soon as they entered and attracted everyone's attention.
For no other reason than the clothes these people are wearing, they are all wearing prison uniforms!!!
Prison uniform?!
Fugitive?!
When everyone saw the prison uniforms they were wearing, they couldn't help but think of the words fugitive and prison escape.
Then I took a closer look at them. They were dirty and unkempt, and they looked like prisoners who had been locked up for a long time.
If the prisoner is not squatting in the prison, why are he here?
Everyone knows that Xiaozhi County has not received even a single file and has not tried a single case. How can it be possible for any prisoners to be released?
Isn’t this a jailbreak?!!
Jingnan County is not a big place, and it has not been heard of anyone escaping from prison for many years. Now that such an escaped prisoner appears all of a sudden, this is big and explosive news. All the tea guests looked at the prisoners in prison uniforms who came in in shock.
"Look outside quickly, there are many more outside."
A tea patron by the window saw out of the corner of his eye some prisoners in prison uniforms passing by the teahouse. He looked closely and found that there were many prisoners in prison uniforms passing by the teahouse outside. He couldn't help but shouted loudly to alert everyone.
After hearing the reminder, everyone looked outside. Sure enough, they saw many prisoners in prison uniforms, at least seventy or eighty, passing by the tea house. Looking at the direction, they should be heading outside the city.
"How come so many people escape from prison?!"
"What does the county government do for food? Why do so many people escape from prison?!"
"What does this little county magistrate do for a living?! He is really incompetent. He can't control his subordinates, not even the prisoners, but he allowed so many people to escape from prison!"
All the diners in the tea house were stunned, looking at the tea guests in prison uniforms with strange eyes, pointing and whispering.
"What are you talking about? You can talk about us behind our backs, but you can't speak ill of the county magistrate behind his back! What kind of escape?! We came home to harvest in the autumn with the special permission of the magistrate."
"We are all prisoners imprisoned for not paying taxes. The county magistrate took pity on us because we have seniors and subordinates, and life is not easy. Considering that the autumn harvest is about to begin, in order not to delay the farming season, he specially allowed us to go home to participate.
Autumn harvest, let us return to the prison to report after the autumn harvest."
"The magistrate is such a good official. If any of you dare to speak ill of the magistrate behind his back, don't blame me for not having eyesight in my fists!"
Several prisoners in prison uniforms begging for tea could bear it when they first heard the whispers behind everyone's back. But when they heard them talking about Zhu Ping'an's incompetence behind their backs, they couldn't help but burst into flames, glared at everyone, and said loudly.