話說濟公露出佛光、靈光、金光，妖精這才跪倒央求。和尚叫妖精現了原形，一看原來是一個香獐子。
话说济公露出佛光、灵光、金光，妖精这才跪倒央求。和尚叫妖精现了原形，一看原来是一个香獐子。
Now, when Ji Gong let out his Buddha’s light, inner light and golden light, the demon at last knelt down and begged for mercy. The monk told the demon to show its true form, and he looked: it was a musk deer.
書中交代：這個香獐子，乃是天台山後天母宮，有一個玉面老妖狐的第三的徒弟，他有三千五百年的道行。這個老妖狐，乃是五雲山五雲洞五雲老祖的女兒，自稱玉面長壽仙姑。這個香獐子常到清靜庵去聽經，後來她一想：「莫若我拜老尼姑為師，跟他學學經卷。」自己搖身一變，變了一個美貌的婦人，到庵里去投奔老尼姑。她說，她是村北住家，丈夫故世，婆母要叫她改嫁，她不願意改嫁，要拜老尼姑為師，情願晨昏三叩首，早晚一爐香，侍奉佛主，她說姓章名叫香娘。老尼姑妙慧信以為真，不知道她是妖精，把她收下。焉想到韓文美瞧見她，惦念在心，托老尼姑說媒，老尼姑倒是怕韓文美死了，韓成夫婦絕了後，倒是一番好意，把香娘子給韓文美說了去。今天香獐子遇見濟公，當時求濟公饒命，和尚說：「你要叫我饒你也行得，你依我一件事。」章香娘說：「只要聖僧饒命，有什麼事，聖僧只管吩咐。」和尚說：「你附耳如此如此，然後這等這樣，依我的話照樣辦，我就饒你。」香獐子說：「聖僧怎么說我怎么辦。」和尚說：「既然如此，你去你的，咱們後日見。」
书中交代：这个香獐子，乃是天台山后天母宫，有一个玉面老妖狐的第三的徒弟，他有三千五百年的道行。这个老妖狐，乃是五云山五云洞五云老祖的女儿，自称玉面长寿仙姑。这个香獐子常到清静庵去听经，后来她一想：「莫若我拜老尼姑为师，跟他学学经卷。」自己摇身一变，变了一个美貌的妇人，到庵里去投奔老尼姑。她说，她是村北住家，丈夫故世，婆母要叫她改嫁，她不愿意改嫁，要拜老尼姑为师，情愿晨昏三叩首，早晚一炉香，侍奉佛主，她说姓章名叫香娘。老尼姑妙慧信以为真，不知道她是妖精，把她收下。焉想到韩文美瞧见她，惦念在心，托老尼姑说媒，老尼姑倒是怕韩文美死了，韩成夫妇绝了后，倒是一番好意，把香娘子给韩文美说了去。今天香獐子遇见济公，当时求济公饶命，和尚说：「你要叫我饶你也行得，你依我一件事。」章香娘说：「只要圣僧饶命，有什么事，圣僧只管吩咐。」和尚说：「你附耳如此如此，然后这等这样，依我的话照样办，我就饶你。」香獐子说：「圣僧怎么说我怎么办。」和尚说：「既然如此，你去你的，咱们后日见。」
A word of explanation: this musk deer was the third disciple of the Jade-Faced Old Fox Demon of Tianmu Palace, on the far side of Mount Tiantai, and had three thousand five hundred years of cultivation. This old fox demon was the daughter of the Five Clouds Patriarch of Wuyun Cave on Mount Wuyun, and called herself the Jade-Faced Immortal Lady of Longevity (Yumian Changshou Xiangu). The musk deer often went to Qingjing Nunnery to hear the scriptures, and later she thought, ‘I’d do better to take the old nun as my teacher and learn the scriptures from her.’ She gave herself a shake and turned into a beautiful woman, and went to the nunnery to throw herself on the old nun’s mercy. She said she lived north of the village; her husband had died and her mother-in-law wanted to marry her off again, but she did not want to remarry. She wished to take the old nun as her teacher, and would gladly knock her head to the ground three times at dawn and dusk and burn a censer of incense morning and night in the service of the Buddha. She said her surname was Zhang and her name Xiangniang. The old nun Miaohui believed her, not knowing she was a demon, and took her in. Who would have thought that Han Wenmei would see her, set his heart on her and ask the old nun to act as go-between? The old nun was afraid that if Han Wenmei died, Han Cheng and his wife would be left without an heir, so it was with good intentions that she made the match between Xiangniang and Han Wenmei. Today the musk deer had met Ji Gong, and at once she begged him to spare her life. “If you want me to spare you, that can be done,” said the monk, “so long as you do one thing for me.” “Only spare my life, holy monk,” said Zhang Xiangniang, “and whatever it is, you have only to command.” “Lend me your ear,” said the monk. “Thus and so, and then this way and that. Do it exactly as I say, and I’ll spare you.” “However the holy monk says, so I’ll do,” said the musk deer. “In that case,” said the monk, “off you go about your business. We’ll meet the day after tomorrow.”
香獐子立刻一晃身，竟自去了。和尚這才把孫道全救過來，孫道全一明白過來，睜眼一看，濟公在旁邊站著，孫道全趕緊給師父行禮。和尚說：「你無故要多管閒事，‘是非只為多開口，煩惱皆因強出頭’，沒有那么大能為，還要捉妖？沒捉成妖，差點叫妖精把你吃了。」孫道全說：「多虧師父前來搭救，不然，我命休矣！」和尚說：「你捉妖叫人家把你打出來，你還有什麼臉見人？我還捧你一場，叫你把神仙充整了。」孫道全說：「師父，我怎么把神仙充整了？」和尚說：「你附耳如此這般，這等這樣，就把仙家充整了。」孫道全點頭答應，和尚說：「你去罷，我還有事。」和尚出了山神廟，一直來到海棠橋，路西里有一座酒館，字號「鳳鳴居」。初時這座酒館，原來是韓文美、王全、李修緣三個人，每人拿三百銀子成本開的，倒不為賺錢，所為三個人隨便消遣。後來李修緣一走，王全也不到鋪子去照料，韓文美一病，把這個鋪子就交給家人王祿照管。
香獐子立刻一晃身，竟自去了。和尚这才把孙道全救过来，孙道全一明白过来，睁眼一看，济公在旁边站着，孙道全赶紧给师父行礼。和尚说：「你无故要多管闲事，‘是非只为多开口，烦恼皆因强出头’，没有那么大能为，还要捉妖？没捉成妖，差点叫妖精把你吃了。」孙道全说：「多亏师父前来搭救，不然，我命休矣！」和尚说：「你捉妖叫人家把你打出来，你还有什么脸见人？我还捧你一场，叫你把神仙充整了。」孙道全说：「师父，我怎么把神仙充整了？」和尚说：「你附耳如此这般，这等这样，就把仙家充整了。」孙道全点头答应，和尚说：「你去罢，我还有事。」和尚出了山神庙，一直来到海棠桥，路西里有一座酒馆，字号「凤鸣居」。初时这座酒馆，原来是韩文美、王全、李修缘三个人，每人拿三百银子成本开的，倒不为赚钱，所为三个人随便消遣。后来李修缘一走，王全也不到铺子去照料，韩文美一病，把这个铺子就交给家人王禄照管。
The musk deer gave her body a sway and was gone. Only then did the monk bring Sun Daoquan round. As soon as Sun Daoquan came to his senses he opened his eyes and saw Ji Gong standing beside him, and he hurried to pay his respects to his master. “For no reason at all you had to go meddling in other people’s business,” said the monk. “‘Quarrels come from talking too much; grief comes from pushing yourself forward.’ You haven’t got that much skill, and still you want to catch demons? You didn’t catch the demon, and the demon all but ate you.” “If you hadn’t come to save me, Master,” said Sun Daoquan, “my life would have been finished!” “You went to catch a demon and they threw you out,” said the monk. “What face have you got left to show people? I’ll still give you a boost and let you play the immortal to the full.” “Master,” said Sun Daoquan, “how am I to play the immortal to the full?” “Lend me your ear,” said the monk. “Thus and so, this way and that, and you’ll have played the immortal to the full.” Sun Daoquan nodded and agreed. “Off you go,” said the monk. “I’ve other business.” The monk left the temple of the mountain god and came straight to Haitang Bridge. On the west side of the road was a tavern called the Fengming Tavern. When it first opened, this tavern had been started by Han Wenmei, Wang Quan and Li Xiuyuan, each of the three putting in three hundred taels of silver as capital, not to make money but as a place for the three of them to amuse themselves. Later, once Li Xiuyuan went away, Wang Quan stopped going to look after the shop, and when Han Wenmei fell ill the shop was handed over to the household servant Wang Lu to manage.