Yan Po Creates a Scene in Yuncheng County; Zhu Tong Righteously Lets Song Gongming Go

The poem says: Only because he was enamored of wind and moon did trouble arise;Old Mother Yan took her complaint to the magistrate’s court.Had not a righteous man shown a generous heart,Song Jiang would long since have been thrown into prison.Heroes throughout the world are generous and loyal;Their burning loyalty moves even clerks and officials.Though a man be buried in the earth,He cannot forget Zhu Tong’s kindness;This fair name will be handed down through all ages,Shining over heaven and earth. The story goes that the constables seized Tang Niu’er and brought him into the county court. When the magistrate heard that a case of homicide had arisen, he quickly took his seat and opened court. The constables pushed Tang Niu’er forward before the bench. The magistrate saw an old woman kneeling on the left and Tang Niu’er kneeling on the right. The magistrate asked, “What is this case of homicide?” The old woman complained: “My surname is Yan. My daughter is called Poxi. She was kept as a concubine by Clerk Song Jiang. Last night my daughter was drinking with Song......