M'tawuni ya N, komwe "zaka zitatu zotsatsa, palibe boma limene simungathe kulipeza," anadza Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakov. Monga Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol anati: "... mnyamata, wopusa ...". Komabe, wolemba mabuku Gogol anadziwonetsa yekha modzichepetsa, chifukwa cha zokoma zake zosangalatsa. Ndipotu, Khlestakov anali munthu wopusa kwambiri, wolemekezeka kwambiri komanso wodziwa zambiri. Kuwonetseratu kosasangalatsa kwa Khlestakov kumachokera kuwona. Anapita kwa bambo ake mofulumizitsa, ndipo ngakhale mumtima mwake ankafuna kuona zotsatira za ulendowu ndalama zina za makolo, chifukwa anali atataya ndalama ku Petersburg, atayika, ndi kumangidwa.
Khlestakov anali ndi zaka 25, anali ndi wantchito yemwe sanadye masiku awiri, ndipo adayambanso mano ndi njala . Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakov sankatha kuwomba mano ake, osati malinga ndi udindo. Ndiyeno adakondwera, chifukwa sadadye masiku awiri. Chifukwa cha kugwidwa kwa njala kwa azimayi awiriwa anali ophweka, Khlestakov panjira adasungira ndalama zonse m'makhadi. Ndipo ndondomeko ya Khlestakov isalembedwe m'ndondomeko ya mutu uno, ndikuzindikira kuti njala imene ikufotokoza bwino munthu. Pazu wa kusintha kwa khalidwe, pali luntha, m'malo opanda kanthu pali chinachake monga nzeru.
Ndipo, chochititsa chidwi kwambiri, makhalidwe atsopano omwe adawonekera kwa munthu wanjala, mwazifukwa zina amakhala naye pafupi kwa sabata atatha. Bambo Khlestakov anabwera ku tawuni ya tawuniyi masiku anayi apitawo, opanda ndalama m'thumba mwake. Anakwanitsa kubwereka chipinda cha hotelo kuti azipempha kuti azilipira pa tsiku lochoka. Ndalama, amati, zatayika, koma posachedwa zidzatumizidwa kachiwiri. Ali m'sitilanti, nayenso adatengedwa kuti ali ndi ngongole ndipo amapatsidwa chakudya chamadzulo, kenako amadya chakudya chamadzulo. Tsiku lachiwiri, Bambo Khlestakov ndi mtumiki wake anabwera ndi chakudya chamadzulo, chamasana, ndi madzulo. Ndipo Ivan Alexandrovich pa chakudya chamadzulo amatenga ndipo amauza wopereka chakudya kuti iwo sanatumikire izo mwanjira imeneyo, kapena iwo sanatero. Wowonjezeramo, akudandaula mwakachetechete, adagawana maganizo a Khlystakov ndi wolandira.
Tsiku lotsatira, Bambo Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakov ndi mtumiki wake adatsutsidwa. Ndipo tsopano choti achite, iye analibe lingaliro, masiku awiri opanda chakudya, palibe kanthu koti apite, palibe choyenera kulipira chiwerengerocho. Ndipo sindikufuna kupita kundende. Malo apamwamba. Ndipo mwadzidzidzi mtundu wina wosamvetsetseka umabwera ndi zokambirana zosamvetsetseka. Kazembe ali ndi mutu wina. Panthawi yovuta komanso kukambirana momasuka, Khlestakov mwadzidzidzi adaunikiridwa ndipo adazindikira kuti adalakwitsa munthu wofunikira. Ngati sakanakhala ndi njala, sakanatha kuganiza. Ndipo pamene ndamvetsetsa, zomwezo zinapangidwa mwamsanga - anthu ofunika kwambiri a zomwe apempha, aliyense adzalandira. Khlestakov akuyambanso kuonekera: iye ndi munthu wolemekezeka, amasankha kusewera ndi anzake atsopano, sanawakhumudwitse, kuwakhumudwitsa, kuwuza zoona za chiberekero. Ndipo, ndikukhulupirirani, Khlestakov ndi munthu wodalitsika, ngati atenga ndalamazo, adzawatsitsimutsa.
A Khlestakov wanjala anatenga zofunikira zofunika, ndipo meya akutembenukira ku chiwanda pang'ono ndikupereka ndalama, kutembenuka ndi mantha, ndikumuitanira kudya kunyumba kwake. Ivan Alexandrovich anapita kwa bwanamkubwayo, anakumana ndi mkazi wake ndi mwana wake wamkazi, ndipo sanathe kusankha kuti azimayi awiri oyenerera apereke chithandizo ndi mtima. Chakudya chamadzulo ndinayamba kukamba za kufunika kwanga "m'tawuni ya Petersburg "yi," zapamwamba kwambiri! ". Bwanamkubwa ndi alendo ena onsewo anali kumwetulira, kumvetsera nkhani yosalala. Ndipo ziribe kanthu kuti Khlestakov wotani Ivan Aleksandrovich ali ndi chikhalidwe chotani, iye akadali mlembi waluso. Ndipo ngati iye akwatira mkazi wa meya (meya akuwoneka kuti adagwirizana kale), iye adzakhalanso mwamuna wabwino kwambiri m'banja. Kufotokozera mwachidule kwa Khlestakov kumatha.
Ndiye Ivan Aleksandrovich Khlestakov anali ndi ndalama zambiri mu ngongole, chifukwa chake kusalabadira kwake kunali komwe angapite kukayenda. Panthawi yake yopanda pake iye adalembera kalata mnzake ku Petersburg ndi mbiri yowona za anthu onse a mumzinda wa N ndi nzeru zake. Zomwe zinachitikazi zimatchedwa "Inspector", zomwe Khlestakov sanachite, koma mosiyana ndi ennobled. Ndiye kalatayi inalembedwa ndi anthu opusa, ndipo zomwe zinachitika pambuyo pake, Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol sananene kanthu za izi.