Rise From the Humble

The "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 at the same time to enjoy tea. The decoration style is elegant and popular.

The name of the "Qiwanzhai" teahouse is taken from the "Song of Seven Bowls of Tea" written by the poet Lu Tong of the Tang Dynasty, the sage of tea. Lu Tong said in "Seven Bowls of Tea Song": "One bowl moistens the throat, and two bowls break the loneliness. Three bowls search the dry intestines, but only five thousand volumes of words. Four bowls make people sweat lightly, and all the injustice in life is directed to the pores. Powder. Five bowls will clear your muscles and bones, and six bowls will clear your spirits. You can’t eat seven bowls, but you can only feel the refreshing breeze blowing under your armpits." Lu Tong wrote all about the beauty of tea, and the restaurant used this as the name of the teahouse. It is not only considerate, but also very special. Strong style.

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 Jingnan County 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 and Pang Tong trying to guard the county magistrate of Leiyang. After finishing the story, the storyteller went backstage to drink tea and take a break. After talking about the Three Kingdoms for most of the day, 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 magistrate of Leiyang County. Coincidentally, the hottest and most talked about topic in Jingnan County now happens to be the new magistrate. After the storyteller left, the tea guests naturally started talking about the new magistrate Zhu Ping'an.

"This person is incomparable to others. 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?! After these few days, I heard about a case There's no trial at all. We, the people of Jingnan, are really miserable because we have such a useless magistrate."

At the table closest to the storyteller table in the tea house, there sat a bearded tea guest. He had just listened most seriously. Now he thought of the charm of Feng Chu Pang Tong mentioned by the storyteller, and then thought of the performance of the new magistrate in the past few days. After such a comparison, I couldn't help but started complaining after taking a sip of tea.

"Do you know why? Let me tell you. My brother-in-law is a yamen servant of the county government. I heard from him that our new little county magistrate was ousted by the old youtiao of the county government. Xiao The county magistrate asked someone to send files on backlogged cases, and it’s been several days, but I haven’t received a single file.”

A tea guest at the table next to him was eating melon seeds while deciphering the secrets of the bearded tea guests 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 while drinking the day before yesterday. It is said that Zhang Xiancheng was behind it, and all the subordinate officials in the six houses united and refused to cooperate. .”

Soon someone nodded in agreement and further deciphered the secret.

"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 doesn't have all his hair. He doesn't have any helpers. He alone is no match for Zhang Xiancheng and the others."

"It is said that when a new official takes office, it is good for our small county magistrate. When the new official took office, the people below refused to give him the book of fire, and the matches were poured with a basin of water. Not to mention the three things, he It won’t even ignite a little flame.”

"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 superiors. As the head of a county, Jingnan County can't carry out any work. 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 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."

Once the topic started, it couldn't be stopped. Everyone in the teahouse commented one after another. Basically, all they heard were dissing Zhu Pingan. They were extremely disappointed in Zhu Pingan.

The more people 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.

"Boy, come on, have a bowl of tea, our throats are almost filled with smoke as we leave."

Just when everyone in "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.

If nothing else, it’s just because of 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 is he here?

Everyone knows that Xiaozhi County has not received even a single file and has not tried a single case. How can any prisoner be released?

Isn't this a jailbreak? ! !

Jingnan County is not a big place, and we haven't heard of anyone escaping from prison for many years. Now that such an escaped prisoner suddenly appears, 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.

"Why are so many people escaping 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's so incompetent that he can't control his subordinates, not even the prisoners, but he allowed so many people to escape from prison!"

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 are you talking about? We are allowed to go home to harvest in the fall 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 saying that Zhu Ping'an was incompetent behind their backs, they couldn't help but jump up in arms, glare at everyone, and speak loudly.