At the western end of Pienchow during the T'ang Dynasty (618-907) was an inn called the Wooden Bridge Inn. The innkeeper, a Mistress Tertia, was in her thirties and lived by herself, with neither children nor relatives.
唐朝，汴州西方有個板橋店，店東三娘子年方卅，一人獨居，不見兒女親友。沒有人知道三娘子究竟從何處來。