話說知縣吩咐把兇手帶過來。官人把張福、李祿帶過來。知縣一看說：「你們兩個人姓什麼？」這個說：「小人叫抓天鷂鷹張福。」那個說：「小人叫過街老鼠李祿。」老爺說：「你兩個人誰把和尚打死的？」李祿說：「是張福把那和尚打死的，我是勸架來著。」張福說：「李祿打死的。」老爺說：「你這兩個東西混帳。倒是誰打死的？」李祿說：「老爺不信，瞧張福手上有血。他說我打死的，我手上沒血。」老爺立刻派官人一驗，果然張福手上有血。知縣說：「張福，明明是你打死的。你還狡賴」張福說：「回老爺，和尚是我打死的。北門外高家錢鋪門口，一刀砍死劉二混，可是李祿殺的。」老爺一聽一愣。
话说知县吩咐把凶手带过来。官人把张福、李禄带过来。知县一看说：「你们两个人姓什么？」这个说：「小人叫抓天鹞鹰张福。」那个说：「小人叫过街老鼠李禄。」老爷说：「你两个人谁把和尚打死的？」李禄说：「是张福把那和尚打死的，我是劝架来着。」张福说：「李禄打死的。」老爷说：「你这两个东西混帐。倒是谁打死的？」李禄说：「老爷不信，瞧张福手上有血。他说我打死的，我手上没血。」老爷立刻派官人一验，果然张福手上有血。知县说：「张福，明明是你打死的。你还狡赖」张福说：「回老爷，和尚是我打死的。北门外高家钱铺门口，一刀砍死刘二混，可是李禄杀的。」老爷一听一愣。
Now, the magistrate ordered the killers brought forward, and the runners brought Zhang Fu and Li Lu before him. The magistrate looked them over. “You two,” he said, “what are your names?” “Your humble servant is called the Sky-Snatching Hawk, Zhang Fu,” said the one. “Your humble servant is called the Rat Crossing the Street, Li Lu,” said the other. “Which of you two beat the monk to death?” said His Honour. “It was Zhang Fu who beat the monk to death,” said Li Lu. “I was trying to break it up.” “Li Lu killed him,” said Zhang Fu. “You pair of scoundrels!” said His Honour. “Which of you killed him, then?” “If Your Honour doesn’t believe me,” said Li Lu, “look at Zhang Fu’s hand: there’s blood on it. He says I killed him, but there’s no blood on my hand.” His Honour at once had the runners examine them, and sure enough, there was blood on Zhang Fu’s hand. “Zhang Fu,” said the magistrate, “it’s plain that you killed him. And still you try to wriggle out of it?” “I beg to report to Your Honour,” said Zhang Fu, “the monk, yes, I killed him. But Liu Erhun, cut down with one stroke of a knife at the door of the Gao Family Money Shop outside the North Gate, that was Li Lu’s killing.” When His Honour heard this, he was taken aback.
書中交代，怪不得和尚說他兩個人是忘八，原本張福、李祿這兩個人是破落戶出身，在外面做光棍，欺財主，無所不為。家裡每人娶了個媳婦。這兩個人在外面盡交的有錢的浮蕩子弟。瞧見人家一有錢，這兩個人就套著跟人家交朋友，沒有交不上的，愛吃的人，他就先請他吃；愛嫖的人，他也陪著他嫖。日子長了，他就帶往自己家裡，叫他女人勾引人家。他作為不知道，充好朋友。不是向人家借錢，就是向人家借當。他女人叫他今天打鐲子，明天又叫置衣裳，兩口子吃人家。怎么劉二混會被李祿殺了呢？皆因劉二混有個本家，給了他幾百兩銀子。李祿見劉二混有了錢，他就把劉二混招到家去住著，吃喝不分。李祿的妻子一勾引劉二混，劉二混也是年輕的人，焉有不貪色的？把自己銀子拿出來，吃喝穿戴，全是他的。後來劉二混把銀子都花完了，還在李祿家吃喝，李祿就往外攆，劉二混說：「我把錢都花在你們家裡，我也沒處去，你叫走不行。你們吃我就吃，你們喝我就喝。」
书中交代，怪不得和尚说他两个人是忘八，原本张福、李禄这两个人是破落户出身，在外面做光棍，欺财主，无所不为。家里每人娶了个媳妇。这两个人在外面尽交的有钱的浮荡子弟。瞧见人家一有钱，这两个人就套着跟人家交朋友，没有交不上的，爱吃的人，他就先请他吃；爱嫖的人，他也陪着他嫖。日子长了，他就带往自己家里，叫他女人勾引人家。他作为不知道，充好朋友。不是向人家借钱，就是向人家借当。他女人叫他今天打镯子，明天又叫置衣裳，两口子吃人家。怎么刘二混会被李禄杀了呢？皆因刘二混有个本家，给了他几百两银子。李禄见刘二混有了钱，他就把刘二混招到家去住着，吃喝不分。李禄的妻子一勾引刘二混，刘二混也是年轻的人，焉有不贪色的？把自己银子拿出来，吃喝穿戴，全是他的。后来刘二混把银子都花完了，还在李禄家吃喝，李禄就往外撵，刘二混说：「我把钱都花在你们家里，我也没处去，你叫走不行。你们吃我就吃，你们喝我就喝。」
A word of explanation: no wonder the monk had called the two of them cuckolds. Zhang Fu and Li Lu both came of families gone to ruin. Out in the world they lived as idle bullies and preyed on the rich; there was nothing they would not do. At home each of them had taken a wife. And out in the world, the friends these two made were all moneyed young rakes. Whenever they saw a man with money, the two of them would worm their way into his friendship, and there was no one they could not make friends with. If a man liked his food, they would treat him to meals first; if he liked whoring, they would go whoring with him. After a while they would take him home and have their wives seduce him, while the husband pretended to know nothing and played the stand-up fellow. If he wasn’t borrowing money from the man, he was borrowing things of his to pawn. One day the wife would have the man get her a bracelet made, the next day she would have him buy her clothes, and husband and wife lived off him together. How did Liu Erhun come to be killed by Li Lu? It was because a kinsman of Liu Erhun’s had given him a few hundred taels of silver. When Li Lu saw that Liu Erhun had money, he took him home to live with him, and they ate and drank as one household. Li Lu’s wife set about seducing Liu Erhun, and Liu Erhun was a young man too; how could he resist a pretty woman? He brought out his silver, and the food, the drink, the clothes and the finery were all paid for by him. Later, when Liu Erhun had spent all his silver, he still ate and drank at Li Lu’s house, and Li Lu tried to throw him out. “I spent all my money in your house,” said Liu Erhun, “and I’ve got nowhere else to go. Telling me to leave won’t work. When you eat, I eat; when you drink, I drink.”