話說姜天瑞，用定神法把四位英雄定住。華清風吩咐：去到西跨院，栽上五根柏木樁。把香燭桌案，應用東西預備好了。山人要煉五鬼陰風劍。華雲龍立在一旁，竟自不言。楊明說：「好，姓華的，我們可是為你來的。你瞧我等死，這倒不錯。」華雲龍聽楊明這話，他這才說：「祖師爺，你老人家慈悲慈悲罷。這都是我的朋友，你看在我的面上，別殺他們。」華清風說：「華雲龍，你還給他等求？你打算他等是你的朋友？你可知在沙土崗，姓雷的他要幫著官人拿你。姓楊的說，他會打暗器，拿石頭原是打你，錯打了官人。你還在睡裡夢裡。」楊明一聽，心說：「奇怪。我們說的話，老道怎么會知道。真是神仙，未卜先知！」雷鳴是破口大罵。
话说姜天瑞，用定神法把四位英雄定住。华清风吩咐：去到西跨院，栽上五根柏木桩。把香烛桌案，应用东西预备好了。山人要炼五鬼阴风剑。华云龙立在一旁，竟自不言。杨明说：「好，姓华的，我们可是为你来的。你瞧我等死，这倒不错。」华云龙听杨明这话，他这才说：「祖师爷，你老人家慈悲慈悲罢。这都是我的朋友，你看在我的面上，别杀他们。」华清风说：「华云龙，你还给他等求？你打算他等是你的朋友？你可知在沙土岗，姓雷的他要帮着官人拿你。姓杨的说，他会打暗器，拿石头原是打你，错打了官人。你还在睡里梦里。」杨明一听，心说：「奇怪。我们说的话，老道怎么会知道。真是神仙，未卜先知！」雷鸣是破口大骂。
Now, Jiang Tianrui had held the four heroes fast with his immobilizing spell. Hua Qingfeng gave his orders: go to the west side courtyard and plant five posts of cypress wood; get the incense and candles, the altar table and everything that will be needed ready. This man of the mountains is going to forge the Five-Ghost Chill-Wind Sword. Hua Yunlong stood to one side and said not a word. “Fine, Hua,” said Yang Ming. “We came here for your sake, you know. And you just watch us die. Very nice.” Only when he heard this from Yang Ming did Hua Yunlong speak up. “Patriarch, sir, have mercy, have mercy. These are all my friends. For my sake, don’t kill them.” “Hua Yunlong,” said Hua Qingfeng, “you’re still pleading for them? You think they’re your friends? Do you know that on the sandy ridge the one called Lei wanted to help the officers catch you? And the one called Yang said he was good with hidden weapons: that stone was meant for you, and it hit the officer by mistake. And you’re still walking in your sleep.” When Yang Ming heard this, he thought, “Strange. How could the old Daoist know what we said? He really is an immortal. He knows things before they happen!” Lei Ming cursed him up and down.
華清風立刻吩咐，把眾人捆著搭著，來到西跨院。見那裡栽著五根柏木柱。放著八仙桌。有香爐蠟扦，香燭紙馬，五穀糧食，菜根，無根水，黃毛邊紙，硃砂白芨筆硯等。一應的東西都預備好了。就把四個人往木樁上一捆。陳亮說：「罷了，沒想到今天死在這裡。哎呀，應了濟公的話了。他老人家說，一個月不可出蓬萊觀，要不聽話，有性命之憂，他救不了咱們。這都是陸通不聽話，連累了咱們幾個人。」楊明說：「事已至此，也就不必說了。」雷鳴、陳亮說：「我們兩個人死了倒不要緊。上無父母的牽纏，下無妻子的掛礙。孔二哥已然是出了家，死了萬事皆休。就是楊大哥死不得，家有白髮老娘，綠鬢妻子，未成丁幼兒。你要一死，是母老妻單子幼，無人照顧。」這一句話，勾起楊明心中一陣難過。嘆了一聲說：「二位賢弟，倒不便提這個了。一則生有處、死有地，閻王造就三更死，誰敢留人到五更。二則你我弟兄，倒是一件樂事。」陳亮說：「怎么要死倒是樂事呢？」楊明說：「你沒瞧見閒書，想當初三國志，宴桃園豪傑三結義，斬黃巾英雄首立功，劉關張結義之時說，不願同年同月同日同時生，但願同年同月同日同時死，尚且不能。現今你我弟兄豈不是同年同月同日同時死么？」正說著話，華清風吩咐：「給我拿過一個瓶來，我可以把他等的陰魂拘來，收在瓶內。」姜天瑞說：「師父，你煉五鬼陰風劍，這是四個人，尚少一個人呢。」華清風一聽，豁然大悟，說：「有理有理。山人一時懵懂住了。還少一個人，這不能煉。」姜天瑞說：「今可下山，再找一個人去。」華清風說：「何必找去，你把廚房吃飯那人添上，就得了。」
华清风立刻吩咐，把众人捆着搭着，来到西跨院。见那里栽着五根柏木柱。放着八仙桌。有香炉蜡扦，香烛纸马，五谷粮食，菜根，无根水，黄毛边纸，朱砂白芨笔砚等。一应的东西都预备好了。就把四个人往木桩上一捆。陈亮说：「罢了，没想到今天死在这里。哎呀，应了济公的话了。他老人家说，一个月不可出蓬莱观，要不听话，有性命之忧，他救不了咱们。这都是陆通不听话，连累了咱们几个人。」杨明说：「事已至此，也就不必说了。」雷鸣、陈亮说：「我们两个人死了倒不要紧。上无父母的牵缠，下无妻子的挂碍。孔二哥已然是出了家，死了万事皆休。就是杨大哥死不得，家有白发老娘，绿鬓妻子，未成丁幼儿。你要一死，是母老妻单子幼，无人照顾。」这一句话，勾起杨明心中一阵难过。叹了一声说：「二位贤弟，倒不便提这个了。一则生有处、死有地，阎王造就三更死，谁敢留人到五更。二则你我弟兄，倒是一件乐事。」陈亮说：「怎么要死倒是乐事呢？」杨明说：「你没瞧见闲书，想当初三国志，宴桃园豪杰三结义，斩黄巾英雄首立功，刘关张结义之时说，不愿同年同月同日同时生，但愿同年同月同日同时死，尚且不能。现今你我弟兄岂不是同年同月同日同时死幺？」正说着话，华清风吩咐：「给我拿过一个瓶来，我可以把他等的阴魂拘来，收在瓶内。」姜天瑞说：「师父，你炼五鬼阴风剑，这是四个人，尚少一个人呢。」华清风一听，豁然大悟，说：「有理有理。山人一时懵懂住了。还少一个人，这不能炼。」姜天瑞说：「今可下山，再找一个人去。」华清风说：「何必找去，你把厨房吃饭那人添上，就得了。」
Hua Qingfeng gave the order at once, and the four men, bound as they were, were carried to the west side courtyard. There they saw five posts of cypress wood planted in the ground and an Eight Immortals table set out, with an incense burner and candle spikes, incense, candles and paper horses, the five grains, vegetable roots, rootless water, yellow rough-edged paper, cinnabar and bletilla glue, a brush and an inkstone, and so on: everything needed had been made ready. The four men were tied to the posts. “That’s that,” said Chen Liang. “Who’d have thought we’d die here today? Ah! What Ji Gong said has come true. He told us not to leave Penglai Temple for a month; if we didn’t listen, our lives would be in danger and he couldn’t save us. It’s all because Lu Tong wouldn’t listen, and he’s dragged the rest of us down with him.” “Now that it’s come to this,” said Yang Ming, “there’s no point in saying so.” Lei Ming and Chen Liang said, “It doesn’t matter if the two of us die. We’ve no parents above to hold us back and no wife or children below to worry about. Second Brother Kong has already left the world, so when he dies, that’s the end of everything. It’s you, Brother Yang, who can’t die. You have a white-haired old mother at home, a young wife with her hair still black and a little son not yet grown. If you die, your mother is old, your wife alone and your son small, with no one to look after them.” These words stirred up a wave of grief in Yang Ming’s heart. He sighed and said, “My two good brothers, better not bring that up. For one thing, every man has his place to be born and his place to die: if King Yama has fixed your death for the third watch, who dares keep you till the fifth? For another, for us brothers this is actually a happy thing.” “How can dying be a happy thing?” said Chen Liang. “Haven’t you read the storybooks?” said Yang Ming. “Long ago, in the Three Kingdoms: ‘Feasting in the Peach Garden, three heroes swear brotherhood; slaying the Yellow Turbans, the heroes first win glory.’ When Liu, Guan and Zhang swore their brotherhood, they said, ‘We do not ask to be born in the same year, month, day and hour, but we wish to die in the same year, month, day and hour’, and even they couldn’t manage it. And here we brothers are, dying in the same year, month, day and hour, aren’t we?” As they were talking, Hua Qingfeng gave an order: “Bring me a bottle. I’ll summon their ghosts and shut them up inside it.” “Master,” said Jiang Tianrui, “you’re forging the Five-Ghost Chill-Wind Sword, and there are only four men here. We’re still one short.” At this Hua Qingfeng suddenly saw it. “Right you are, right you are. This man of the mountains got muddled for a moment. We’re one man short; it can’t be forged like this.” “I can go down the mountain today and find another,” said Jiang Tianrui. “Why go looking?” said Hua Qingfeng. “Just add that fellow eating in the kitchen, and that’ll do.”
書中交代：誰在廚房吃飯呢？乃是黑風鬼張榮。原是張榮在樹林子等著華雲龍去買鏢。等到工夫大了，不見華雲龍回來。正在心中焦躁，只見楊明、雷鳴、陳亮、孔貴、陸通這五個人，由正北往南跑。張榮大吃一驚，趕緊隱藏起來，生怕楊明瞧見他，必要他的命。自己正在暗中觀看，見正南上官人追下華雲龍來。雷鳴說：「要幫著官人把華雲龍拿住。楊明要拿石子打華雲龍。張榮在暗中聽的明明白白。這小子怕被楊明眾人瞧見，他先回到古天山來。一見華清風，提說華雲龍之事。要不然，華清風怎么會知道楊明拿石子打華雲龍？他又不是神仙，焉能未卜先知？都是張榮說的。此刻張榮正在廚房吃飯，姜天瑞來到廚房說：「張榮。現在祖師爺要煉五鬼陰風劍，少一個人。」張榮說：「我給下山誆去。」姜天瑞說：「你也不用誆去。祖師爺說了，把你添上就夠了。你少活幾年罷。」張榮一聽，嚇的顏色更變，說：「別把我添上呀。」姜天瑞說：「由不了你。」用袍袖一指，張榮不能動轉，當時也把張榮搭到西跨院來。張榮口中直央求說：「祖師爺饒命。」楊明一瞧，見是張榮，心中咬牙忿恨。自己一想：「要不是出來找張榮，焉能離家在外，遇見這樣的事。」楊明破口大罵，說：「張榮，你這廝，人面獸心。我姓楊的出來，原為找你這小輩報仇。沒想到今天在這裡會見你。」
书中交代：谁在厨房吃饭呢？乃是黑风鬼张荣。原是张荣在树林子等着华云龙去买镖。等到工夫大了，不见华云龙回来。正在心中焦躁，只见杨明、雷鸣、陈亮、孔贵、陆通这五个人，由正北往南跑。张荣大吃一惊，赶紧隐藏起来，生怕杨明瞧见他，必要他的命。自己正在暗中观看，见正南上官人追下华云龙来。雷鸣说：「要帮着官人把华云龙拿住。杨明要拿石子打华云龙。张荣在暗中听的明明白白。这小子怕被杨明众人瞧见，他先回到古天山来。一见华清风，提说华云龙之事。要不然，华清风怎么会知道杨明拿石子打华云龙？他又不是神仙，焉能未卜先知？都是张荣说的。此刻张荣正在厨房吃饭，姜天瑞来到厨房说：「张荣。现在祖师爷要炼五鬼阴风剑，少一个人。」张荣说：「我给下山诓去。」姜天瑞说：「你也不用诓去。祖师爷说了，把你添上就够了。你少活几年罢。」张荣一听，吓的颜色更变，说：「别把我添上呀。」姜天瑞说：「由不了你。」用袍袖一指，张荣不能动转，当时也把张荣搭到西跨院来。张荣口中直央求说：「祖师爷饶命。」杨明一瞧，见是张荣，心中咬牙忿恨。自己一想：「要不是出来找张荣，焉能离家在外，遇见这样的事。」杨明破口大骂，说：「张荣，你这厮，人面兽心。我姓杨的出来，原为找你这小辈报仇。没想到今天在这里会见你。」
A word of explanation: who was eating in the kitchen? It was the Black-Wind Ghost, Zhang Rong. Zhang Rong had been waiting in the woods for Hua Yunlong, who had gone to buy darts. After a long while there was still no sign of Hua Yunlong. Zhang Rong was fretting when he saw five men, Yang Ming, Lei Ming, Chen Liang, Kong Gui and Lu Tong, running from the north toward the south. Zhang Rong got a great fright and hurried to hide, terrified that if Yang Ming saw him, he would be sure to take his life. He was watching from hiding when he saw the officers coming up from the south in pursuit of Hua Yunlong. Lei Ming said he wanted to help the officers catch Hua Yunlong, and Yang Ming was going to throw a stone at Hua Yunlong: Zhang Rong, in hiding, heard it all quite clearly. The wretch was afraid Yang Ming and the others would spot him, so he went back ahead of them to Mount Gutian, and as soon as he saw Hua Qingfeng, he told him what had happened to Hua Yunlong. Otherwise, how could Hua Qingfeng have known that Yang Ming threw a stone at Hua Yunlong? He was no immortal; how could he know things before they happened? It was all Zhang Rong’s telling. At this moment Zhang Rong was eating in the kitchen. Jiang Tianrui came into the kitchen and said, “Zhang Rong. The Patriarch is about to forge the Five-Ghost Chill-Wind Sword, and he’s one man short.” “I’ll go down the mountain and trick one into coming,” said Zhang Rong. “You needn’t trick anyone,” said Jiang Tianrui. “The Patriarch says adding you will make up the number. You’ll just have to live a few years less.” At this Zhang Rong turned pale with fright. “Don’t add me!” he said. “It’s not up to you,” said Jiang Tianrui. He pointed with his robe sleeve, Zhang Rong could not move, and then and there Zhang Rong too was carried to the west side courtyard. Zhang Rong kept begging, “Patriarch, spare my life!” Yang Ming looked and saw that it was Zhang Rong, and he ground his teeth in hatred. He thought, “If I hadn’t come out to find Zhang Rong, I’d never have been away from home to run into all this.” Yang Ming cursed him loudly. “Zhang Rong, you cur, with a man’s face and a beast’s heart! I, Yang, came out in the first place to find you, you little wretch, and take my revenge. I never thought I’d meet you here today.”