During the Xuanhe era of the Northern Song, a poisoning murder case in Yanggu County caused a sensation. The victim was Wu Dalang, older brother of the tiger-slaying hero Wu Song, and the chief suspects were Ximen Qing and Pan Jinlian. Determined to avenge his brother, Wu Song resigned from his post and pursued the evidence himself after finding no recourse through official channels. Yet the case was shrouded in mystery. Every person connected to it seemed suspicious, but no one could be conclusively identified as the culprit. Wu Song at one point hunted down Pan Jinlian and repeatedly clashed with Ximen Qing, and only in the end did he uncover the truth and avenge his brother.
This is a wholly fictional story with a transmigration element. The transmigrator is merely a witness. The story of Ximen Qing, Pan Jinlian, Wu Song, Wu Dalang, and Wang Po in Water Margin is known to every household. The author has no intention of altering a classic, but only hopes to examine the complexities of human nature and the love and hate between men and women from a different perspective. These are timeless themes, and everyone has their own interpretation and point of view.
