話說追雲燕子黃雲同濟公長老來到陸陽山，抬頭一看，這座山坐北向南。
话说追云燕子黄云同济公长老来到陆阳山，抬头一看，这座山坐北向南。
Now, Huang Yun, the Cloud-Chasing Swallow, came with Ji Gong to Mount Luyang. He looked up: the mountain sat on the north and faced the south.
方一進山口，見路西里山坡下有五間房，作為回事處。黃雲來到陸陽山，一道辛苦，偏趕巧鄧元吉、鄧萬川二人正在山下。鄧元吉一看黃雲容貌不俗，問：「尊駕找誰？」黃雲很透著和氣，說：「在下我姓黃名雲，乃是南路的鏢頭。前者我手下的夥計杜彪，他押著鏢從貴寶處經過，本來他是新上挑板，不懂得鏢行的規矩，聽說言語不周，得罪了本山的二位鄧爺，將我的鏢車留下。我今天一來陪罪，二來我要拜望這山的當家的。」黃雲本不打算來動手，想這蓮花塢有知己的朋友，不要翻臉。焉想到鄧元吉、鄧萬川這兩個人更不通情理，聽黃雲這兩句話，這兩個人一想：「我要叫黃雲把鏢要了去，我們算栽了。真要把姓黃的壓下去，我二人從此練不出來。」想罷，鄧元吉把眼一瞪，說：「你就是追雲燕子黃雲？來了甚好。你手下的夥計，太不懂情理，我叫鄧元吉，鏢是我留下的。你就這么要不行，你得托出好朋友來見我們，要不然你跪下給我們磕三個頭，認罪服輸，把鏢給你。要不然，你休想要鏢。」
方一进山口，见路西里山坡下有五间房，作为回事处。黄云来到陆阳山，一道辛苦，偏赶巧邓元吉、邓万川二人正在山下。邓元吉一看黄云容貌不俗，问：「尊驾找谁？」黄云很透着和气，说：「在下我姓黄名云，乃是南路的镖头。前者我手下的伙计杜彪，他押着镖从贵宝处经过，本来他是新上挑板，不懂得镖行的规矩，听说言语不周，得罪了本山的二位邓爷，将我的镖车留下。我今天一来陪罪，二来我要拜望这山的当家的。」黄云本不打算来动手，想这莲花坞有知己的朋友，不要翻脸。焉想到邓元吉、邓万川这两个人更不通情理，听黄云这两句话，这两个人一想：「我要叫黄云把镖要了去，我们算栽了。真要把姓黄的压下去，我二人从此练不出来。」想罢，邓元吉把眼一瞪，说：「你就是追云燕子黄云？来了甚好。你手下的伙计，太不懂情理，我叫邓元吉，镖是我留下的。你就这么要不行，你得托出好朋友来见我们，要不然你跪下给我们磕三个头，认罪服输，把镖给你。要不然，你休想要镖。」
Just inside the mouth of the pass, below the slope on the west side of the road, stood a house of five rooms that served as the gatehouse where callers were announced. Huang Yun had come all the way to Mount Luyang, a weary road, and as luck would have it Deng Yuanji and Deng Wanchuan were at the foot of the mountain just then. Seeing that Huang Yun was no common-looking man, Deng Yuanji asked, “Whom are you looking for, sir?” Huang Yun was all civility. “My humble surname is Huang and my name is Yun,” he said. “I am an escort master on the southern route. Some time ago a man of mine, Du Biao, passed your honourable place with a consignment under escort. He was new to the work and didn’t know the rules of the escort trade, and I hear he spoke out of turn and gave offence to the two Masters Deng of this mountain, who kept my escort carts here. I have come today, first to apologize, and second to pay my respects to the head of this mountain.” Huang Yun had not come meaning to fight. He thought he had close friends at Lianhua Stronghold, and he did not want to fall out with anyone. Who would have thought that these two, Deng Yuanji and Deng Wanchuan, would be even less reasonable? When they heard Huang Yun’s words, the two of them thought, “If we let Huang Yun walk off with his consignment, we’re the ones who’ve taken a fall. If we don’t put this Huang fellow down, the two of us will never be able to hold our heads up again.” With that, Deng Yuanji glared at him. “So you’re Huang Yun, the Cloud-Chasing Swallow? Good of you to come. That man of yours had no idea how to behave. I’m Deng Yuanji, and I’m the one who kept the consignment. You can’t just ask for it like this. You’ve got to bring some stand-up fellow to see us on your behalf. Or else get down on your knees, kowtow to us three times, own that you were wrong and that you’re beaten, and we’ll give it to you. Otherwise you can forget about your consignment.”
黃雲一聽這話，太不像話了，泥人也有個土性，黃雲一想：「要不是陸陽山有朋友，我也不能來這樣虛心下氣，這就算我栽。」自己越想越氣，這才把面目一沉，說：「姓鄧的，你別反想，並非是我姓黃的怕你們，南北東西我闖蕩二十餘載，大概也沒人敢留我的鏢。我想這陸陽山有金毛海馬孫得亮弟兄，韓龍、韓慶、萬里飛來陸通，都跟我知己，我不好意思翻臉。你兩個人太不知事務，可別說我不懂交情。」鄧元吉說：「你還敢怎么樣嗎？」黃雲說：「怎么樣？不留你兩個人！」鄧元吉、鄧萬川二人也是初生犢兒不怕虎，長出犄角反怕狼，自己以為自己的能力大了，二人哈哈一笑，說：「姓黃的，你大膽敢說不留我們？來來來，你我今天倒得分個強存弱死，真在假亡。」
黄云一听这话，太不像话了，泥人也有个土性，黄云一想：「要不是陆阳山有朋友，我也不能来这样虚心下气，这就算我栽。」自己越想越气，这才把面目一沉，说：「姓邓的，你别反想，并非是我姓黄的怕你们，南北东西我闯荡二十余载，大概也没人敢留我的镖。我想这陆阳山有金毛海马孙得亮弟兄，韩龙、韩庆、万里飞来陆通，都跟我知己，我不好意思翻脸。你两个人太不知事务，可别说我不懂交情。」邓元吉说：「你还敢怎么样吗？」黄云说：「怎么样？不留你两个人！」邓元吉、邓万川二人也是初生犊儿不怕虎，长出犄角反怕狼，自己以为自己的能力大了，二人哈哈一笑，说：「姓黄的，你大胆敢说不留我们？来来来，你我今天倒得分个强存弱死，真在假亡。」
To Huang Yun this was going too far. Even a clay figure has some earth in its temper. Huang Yun thought, “If I hadn’t friends on Mount Luyang, I’d never have come here so meek and humble — and even so it means I’m the one taking the fall.” The more he thought about it, the angrier he grew, and at last his face darkened. “You, Deng,” he said, “don’t get the wrong idea. It isn’t that I, Huang, am afraid of you. I’ve roamed north, south, east and west for over twenty years, and I doubt there’s anyone who would dare keep my consignment. I thought of how Sun Deliang the Golden-Haired Sea Horse and his brother, and Han Long, Han Qing and Lu Tong the Ten-Thousand-Mile Flyer, here on Mount Luyang, are all close friends of mine, and I didn’t like to fall out with you. But you two have no sense of how things are done — so don’t say I don’t know what friendship is.” “And what are you going to do about it?” said Deng Yuanji. “What am I going to do?” said Huang Yun. “I’ll make an end of the pair of you!” Now Deng Yuanji and Deng Wanchuan were like the newborn calf that fears no tiger — though once it grows its horns, it fears the wolf. They thought their own skill was great. The two of them roared with laughter. “Huang, you’ve got the nerve to say you’ll make an end of us? Come on, come on, come on! Today we’ll settle it, you and we: the strong live and the weak die, the real stands and the sham goes down.”