7. Lin narrated his whole story to the tribunal at Kaifeng, ending with how he had been tricked over the incident with the saber. The prefect knew that Lin had been framed but couldn't afford to offend Gao Qiu. Lin was found guilty of entering White Tiger Hall in possession of a weapon, and sentenced to twenty strokes of the rod followed by imprisonment at a remote location.
7. 在開封府堂上，林沖把岳廟進香、高衙內糾纏、買刀中計原原本本說了出來，那府尹心知林沖被誣，但又不敢得罪高太尉，便把林沖定為帶刀誤入「白虎堂」，重打二十大棍，發配滄州牢城。