It was during the Yuanho period (806--821) that a man from Hsuchow named Chao Chi-ho stopped at the Wooden Bridge Inn on his way to the eastern capital of Loyang. Six or seven guests had come before him and taken the other beds, so Chao, as the last to arrive, was left with the one in back, next to the wall that separated the guests 'room from their hostess'.
元和年間，許州趙季和要到東都洛陽去，經過板橋店，歇宿三娘子店中。這時候，店裡已有六、七個旅人佔妥房間，只剩下與主人房隔鄰的邊間，趙季和於是在此住下。