Ximen Xing’s confession in court terrifies the two brothers-in-law of Ximen Qing, the Wú brothers. In order to have Wu Song executed, the wife of Ximen Qing gives her two brothers two thousand taels of silver, and asks them to deliver the money to the county magistrate. However, the brothers keep the silver for themselves. When the government clerk, Chen Hong, gets wind of it, he immediately goes to see the magistrate, and argues in Wu Song’s defence.
西門興在堂上招供，嚇壞了西門慶的兩個舅爺——吳氏弟兄，爲了將武松置於死地，西門慶的妻子拿出二千兩銀子要兩個兄弟送給縣官，可卻被他們私吞了。書辦陳洪得知後，立即到衙門面見縣官，爲武松辯罪。