且說蔣四爺聽胡和之言，暗暗說道：「怨不得我找不著我二哥呢。原來被他們擒住了。」正在思索，忽聽外面叫門，胡和答應著，卻向蔣平擺手，隨後將燈吹滅，方趔趄趔趄出來開放山門。只聽有人問道：「今日可有什麼事麼？」胡和道：「什麼事也沒有。橫豎也沒有人找。我也沒有吃酒。」又聽一人道：「他已醉了，還說沒有吃酒呢。你將山門好好的關了吧。」說著，二人向後邊去了。
且说蒋四爷听胡和之言，暗暗说道：「怨不得我找不着我二哥呢。原来被他们擒住了。」正在思索，忽听外面叫门，胡和答应着，却向蒋平摆手，随后将灯吹灭，方趔趄趔趄出来开放山门。只听有人问道：「今日可有什么事么？」胡和道：「什么事也没有。横竖也没有人找。我也没有吃酒。」又听一人道：「他已醉了，还说没有吃酒呢。你将山门好好的关了吧。」说着，二人向后边去了。
Now, when Fourth Master Jiang heard what Hu He said, he thought to himself, “No wonder I couldn’t find my Second Brother. So they’ve caught him.” He was still turning it over when someone suddenly called at the gate outside. Hu He answered, but waved a hand at Jiang Ping to keep quiet, blew out the lamp, and only then went staggering and lurching out to open the temple gate. Someone asked, “Anything happen today?” “Nothing at all,” said Hu He. “Nobody’s come looking, anyhow. And I haven’t been drinking.” Then another voice said, “He’s drunk already, and he says he hasn’t been drinking! Shut the temple gate properly, will you.” And with that the two of them went off to the back.
胡和關了山門，從新點上燈來，道：「兄弟，這可沒了事咧。咱們喝吧。喝醉了給他個睡，什麼事全不管他。」蔣爺道：「很好。」卻暗暗算計胡和。不多時，將老道灌了個爛醉，人事不知。蔣爺脫了道袍，紮縛停當，來到外間，將招子拿起，抽出三稜鵝眉刺，熄滅了燈，悄悄出了東廂房，竟奔後院而來。果見有三座磚塔，見中間的極大。剛然走到跟前，忽聽嚷道：「好呀！你們將老爺捆縛在此，不言不語，到底是怎樣呵？快快給老爺一個爽利呀！」蔣爺聽了不是韓爺的聲音，悄悄道：「你是誰？不要嚷！我來救你。」說罷，走到跟前，把繩索挑去，輕輕將他二臂舒回。
胡和关了山门，从新点上灯来，道：「兄弟，这可没了事咧。咱们喝吧。喝醉了给他个睡，什么事全不管他。」蒋爷道：「很好。」却暗暗算计胡和。不多时，将老道灌了个烂醉，人事不知。蒋爷脱了道袍，扎缚停当，来到外间，将招子拿起，抽出三棱鹅眉刺，熄灭了灯，悄悄出了东厢房，竟奔后院而来。果见有三座砖塔，见中间的极大。刚然走到跟前，忽听嚷道：「好呀！你们将老爷捆缚在此，不言不语，到底是怎样呵？快快给老爷一个爽利呀！」蒋爷听了不是韩爷的声音，悄悄道：「你是谁？不要嚷！我来救你。」说罢，走到跟前，把绳索挑去，轻轻将他二臂舒回。
Hu He shut the temple gate and lit the lamp again. “Brother,” he said, “that’s the end of that. Let’s drink. Get drunk, sleep it off, and never mind any of it.” “Very good,” said Jiang Ping, but secretly he had his own plans for Hu He. Before long he had plied the old Taoist till he was dead drunk and dead to the world. Jiang Ping took off his Taoist robe, tied up his clothes tight and trim, and went into the outer room. There he picked up his fortune-teller’s banner, drew out his three-edged emei piercer, put out the lamp, slipped quietly out of the east wing and made straight for the back courtyard. Sure enough, there stood three brick pagodas, and the one in the middle was very large. He had just come up to it when someone suddenly shouted, “Well now! You’ve tied your lord and master up here and not a word out of you. What are you going to do with me, eh? Be quick and give your master a clean end!” Jiang Ping could tell it was not Han Zhang’s voice. “Who are you?” he said softly. “Don’t shout! I’ve come to save you.” With that he went up to the man, flicked the ropes apart with his piercer, and gently eased his arms back into place.
那大漢定了定神，方說道：「你是什麼人？」蔣爺道：「我姓蔣名平。」大漢失聲道：「曖喲！莫不是翻江鼠蔣四爺麼？」蔣平道：「正是。你不要高聲。」大漢道：「幸會，幸會。小人龍濤，自仁和縣灶君祠跟下花蝶來到此處，原要與家兄報仇，不想反被他們拿住。以為再無生理，誰知又蒙四爺知道搭救。」蔣爺聽了，便問道：「我二哥在那裡？」龍濤道：「並不曾遇見什么二爺。就是昨晚也是夜星子馮七給小人送的信。因此得信到觀音庵訪拿花蝶，爬進牆去，卻見個細條身子的與花蝶動手，是我跳下牆去幫助。後來花蝶跳牆，那人比我高多了，也就飛身躍牆，把花蝶追至此處。及至我爬進牆來幫助，不知那人為什麼反倒越牆走了。我本不是花蝶對手，又搭上個黑胖老道，如何敵得住，因此就被他們擒住了。」
那大汉定了定神，方说道：「你是什么人？」蒋爷道：「我姓蒋名平。」大汉失声道：「暧哟！莫不是翻江鼠蒋四爷么？」蒋平道：「正是。你不要高声。」大汉道：「幸会，幸会。小人龙涛，自仁和县灶君祠跟下花蝶来到此处，原要与家兄报仇，不想反被他们拿住。以为再无生理，谁知又蒙四爷知道搭救。」蒋爷听了，便问道：「我二哥在那里？」龙涛道：「并不曾遇见什么二爷。就是昨晚也是夜星子冯七给小人送的信。因此得信到观音庵访拿花蝶，爬进墙去，却见个细条身子的与花蝶动手，是我跳下墙去帮助。后来花蝶跳墙，那人比我高多了，也就飞身跃墙，把花蝶追至此处。及至我爬进墙来帮助，不知那人为什么反倒越墙走了。我本不是花蝶对手，又搭上个黑胖老道，如何敌得住，因此就被他们擒住了。」
The big fellow pulled himself together. “Who are you?” he asked. “My name is Jiang Ping,” said Jiang Ping. The big fellow cried out, “Aiyo! You can’t be Fourth Master Jiang, the River Rat?” “The same,” said Jiang Ping. “Keep your voice down.” “It’s an honour, an honour,” said the big fellow. “I’m Long Tao. I trailed the Butterfly here from the shrine of the Kitchen God in Renhe County, meaning to avenge my brother, and instead they caught me. I thought I was done for — who’d have thought you’d find out, Fourth Master, and come to save me?” At that Jiang Ping asked, “Where is my Second Brother?” “I never came across any Second Master,” said Long Tao. “Last night it was Feng Qi, the Night Imp, who brought me word, so I went to the Guanyin Shrine to take the Butterfly. I climbed over the wall and saw a man with a long, slim build fighting the Butterfly, and I jumped down off the wall to help him. Then the Butterfly jumped the wall, and that man, who was far better at it than me, flew over the wall after him and chased him all the way here. But when I’d climbed in over the wall here to help, that man, for some reason, went off over the wall instead. I was no match for the Butterfly to begin with, and with a fat, dark old Taoist on top of him, how could I hold them off? So they caught me.”