話說鄭雄見了濟公，濟公說要上萬珍樓去喝酒。鄭雄說：「我正要上萬珍樓去。」和尚說：「好。」鄭雄說：「我上萬珍樓去不是喝酒，我要替朋友去報仇，找孫泰來。師父要喝酒，上別處去喝去。」和尚說：「我也要去找孫泰來。」鄭雄說：「既是師父願意去，我也不攔，你我一同走罷。」和尚說：「你先等等。」和尚來到豆腐店裡，說：「周得山你先別死，你也別寫陰狀，周茂你也先別上錢塘縣告去，我和尚替你到萬珍樓去找廖廷貴。少時必叫你過得去，準得叫廖廷貴給你陪不是，摔砸你的東西，我管保照樣賠你，你等我兩三個時辰，聽我和尚的回信，要沒有場面，你再死也不晚。」周得山聽這語一愣，說：「大師父怎么稱呼？」和尚說：「我乃靈隱寺濟顛僧是也。」周得山耳聞聽見說過，本來濟公在臨安城名頭高大，無人不知。周得山說：「聖僧既是慈悲，我聽你老人家回信。」和尚說：「對。」這才同鄭雄一直進了錢塘關。往前走了不遠，北里就是萬珍樓酒飯館，鄭雄頭裡走，一掀帘子進去。一進門，東邊是櫃房，西邊是灶，鄭雄在攔柜上一拍。說：「呔，鄭大太爺今天在這裡照顧照顧你小子！」麻面虎孫泰來正在櫃房裡埋怨廖廷貴，不當依仗我這鋪子，拆人家的豆腐店。倘要逼出人命來，怎么辦？再說臨安城乃藏龍臥虎之地，就許有人出來，路見不平，連我此時都收了心，不敢無故惹禍，廖廷貴說：「不必怨我呀？皆因周茂他先拿斧子砍我，你瞧瞧我這膀子有多重傷？」正說著話，只聽外面一聲喊：「孫泰來，今天鄭大太爺照顧照顧你小子！」孫泰來隔簾縫往外一看，是鐵面天王鄭雄。
话说郑雄见了济公，济公说要上万珍楼去喝酒。郑雄说：「我正要上万珍楼去。」和尚说：「好。」郑雄说：「我上万珍楼去不是喝酒，我要替朋友去报仇，找孙泰来。师父要喝酒，上别处去喝去。」和尚说：「我也要去找孙泰来。」郑雄说：「既是师父愿意去，我也不拦，你我一同走罢。」和尚说：「你先等等。」和尚来到豆腐店里，说：「周得山你先别死，你也别写阴状，周茂你也先别上钱塘县告去，我和尚替你到万珍楼去找廖廷贵。少时必叫你过得去，准得叫廖廷贵给你陪不是，摔砸你的东西，我管保照样赔你，你等我两三个时辰，听我和尚的回信，要没有场面，你再死也不晚。」周得山听这语一愣，说：「大师父怎么称呼？」和尚说：「我乃灵隐寺济颠僧是也。」周得山耳闻听见说过，本来济公在临安城名头高大，无人不知。周得山说：「圣僧既是慈悲，我听你老人家回信。」和尚说：「对。」这才同郑雄一直进了钱塘关。往前走了不远，北里就是万珍楼酒饭馆，郑雄头里走，一掀帘子进去。一进门，东边是柜房，西边是灶，郑雄在拦柜上一拍。说：「呔，郑大太爷今天在这里照顾照顾你小子！」麻面虎孙泰来正在柜房里埋怨廖廷贵，不当依仗我这铺子，拆人家的豆腐店。倘要逼出人命来，怎么办？再说临安城乃藏龙卧虎之地，就许有人出来，路见不平，连我此时都收了心，不敢无故惹祸，廖廷贵说：「不必怨我呀？皆因周茂他先拿斧子砍我，你瞧瞧我这膀子有多重伤？」正说着话，只听外面一声喊：「孙泰来，今天郑大太爷照顾照顾你小子！」孙泰来隔帘缝往外一看，是铁面天王郑雄。
Now, when Zheng Xiong met Ji Gong, Ji Gong said he was going to Wanzhen Tower for a drink. “I’m on my way to Wanzhen Tower myself,” said Zheng Xiong. “Good,” said the monk. “I’m not going to Wanzhen Tower to drink,” said Zheng Xiong. “I’m going to settle a score for a friend. I’m after Sun Tailai. If you want a drink, Master, go and have it somewhere else.” “I’m after Sun Tailai too,” said the monk. “Well, if you want to come, Master, I won’t stop you,” said Zheng Xiong. “Let’s go together.” “Wait a moment first,” said the monk. He went into the tofu shop and said, “Zhou Deshan, don’t you go dying just yet, and don’t write any petition to the underworld either. Zhou Mao, don’t go off to Qiantang County to file your complaint yet. This monk is going to Wanzhen Tower to find Liao Tinggui for you. Before long I’ll see you come out of this all right. I’ll make sure Liao Tinggui apologizes to you, and whatever of yours they smashed, I guarantee you’ll be paid back item for item. Wait two or three double-hours for this monk to bring you word. If nothing comes of it, it won’t be too late to die then.” Zhou Deshan was taken aback. “What should I call you, Reverend Master?” “I am Crazy Ji of Lingyin Temple,” said the monk. Zhou Deshan had heard tell of him; Ji Gong’s name stood high in Lin’an, and there was no one who did not know it. “Since the holy monk is so merciful,” said Zhou Deshan, “I’ll wait to hear from you, sir.” “Right,” said the monk. Only then did he go with Zheng Xiong straight in through the Qiantang Gate. They had not gone far when there on the north side of the street was Wanzhen Tower, the wine and food house. Zheng Xiong went first and flung aside the door curtain. Inside the door, the counting room was on the east and the stoves on the west. Zheng Xiong slapped the counter. “Hey! Eldest Grand Master Zheng is here today to give you some custom, you little punk!” Sun Tailai, the Pockmarked Tiger, was in the counting room just then, scolding Liao Tinggui: he should never have leaned on the shop’s name to wreck other people’s tofu shop. If they drove somebody to his death, what then? Besides, Lin’an was a place where dragons lay hidden and tigers crouched, and someone might well step in to right a wrong he saw on the road. Even he himself had pulled in his horns these days and did not dare stir up trouble for nothing. “Don’t go blaming me!” said Liao Tinggui. “It was Zhou Mao who went at me with an axe first. Look how badly he cut my arm!” They were still talking when a shout came from outside: “Sun Tailai! Eldest Grand Master Zheng is here today to give you some custom, you little punk!” Sun Tailai peered out through the gap at the edge of the curtain. It was Zheng Xiong, the Iron-Faced Heavenly King.
孫泰來知道鄭雄在臨安城晃動乾坤人物字號，鄭雄眼皮最雜，上至公侯下至庶民，沒有不認識鄭雄的。本來鄭雄也真愛交友，揮金似土，仗義疏財，慷慨大道，濟困扶危，無論是誰，求到鄭雄跟前，十吊八吊，三十五十，真不含糊，故此臨安城遠近皆知，比孫泰來的字號大的多，鄭雄是正直為人，孫泰來是個惡霸，當面都不敢惹他，背談人人皆罵，鄭雄為人的聲氣，是人人仰望。今天孫泰來一瞧是鄭雄，就是一愕，說：「廖廷貴你看，禍來了，鄭雄可是本地的人物，今天這是旁風邪火。他來堵著門一罵我，我要不出去，我就不用混了。頭十年他要來罵我，我不惹他不要緊，臨安城提不到我孫泰來。現在我可就栽了，往後我就不用叫字號了，再一叫字號，人家就說：「孫泰來你不用欺負我們，鄭雄你就不敢惹？多這一句話，我就得臊死。這可講不了，我倒得鬥鬥鄭雄。廖廷貴你出去，把他用好言穩住，別叫他走。我去找人去，我一個人不是他的對手，我約了人來把他打壞了，反正是一場官司。」廖廷貴點頭，轉身出來，見鄭雄氣哼哼，廖廷貴說：「鄭大爺，你來了？為何這么大氣？誰得罪你老人家了？」鄭雄說：「我來找麻面虎孫泰來，叫他出來見我。」廖廷貴說：「鄭大爺你先消消氣，我們掌柜的沒在家，你先上樓去喝杯酒，有什麼話好說，夥計來，把鄭大爺陪上樓去，給鄭大爺要兩壺酒幾樣菜，鄭大爺請罷！」夥計過來說：「鄭大爺樓上坐罷。」鄭雄一想：「冤各有頭，債各有主。我找孫泰來，他既沒在家，我不便跟別人鬧，我上樓去等他。」想罷說：「既是孫泰來沒在家，我樓上去等他，他回來叫他見我。」夥計說：「是了。」鄭雄就往裡走。和尚由外面進來，也是一拍攔櫃說：「孫泰來，今天和尚老爺照顧照顧你小子。」廖廷貴一想：「真是壁倒眾人推。」
孙泰来知道郑雄在临安城晃动乾坤人物字号，郑雄眼皮最杂，上至公侯下至庶民，没有不认识郑雄的。本来郑雄也真爱交友，挥金似土，仗义疏财，慷慨大道，济困扶危，无论是谁，求到郑雄跟前，十吊八吊，三十五十，真不含糊，故此临安城远近皆知，比孙泰来的字号大的多，郑雄是正直为人，孙泰来是个恶霸，当面都不敢惹他，背谈人人皆骂，郑雄为人的声气，是人人仰望。今天孙泰来一瞧是郑雄，就是一愕，说：「廖廷贵你看，祸来了，郑雄可是本地的人物，今天这是旁风邪火。他来堵着门一骂我，我要不出去，我就不用混了。头十年他要来骂我，我不惹他不要紧，临安城提不到我孙泰来。现在我可就栽了，往后我就不用叫字号了，再一叫字号，人家就说：「孙泰来你不用欺负我们，郑雄你就不敢惹？多这一句话，我就得臊死。这可讲不了，我倒得斗斗郑雄。廖廷贵你出去，把他用好言稳住，别叫他走。我去找人去，我一个人不是他的对手，我约了人来把他打坏了，反正是一场官司。」廖廷贵点头，转身出来，见郑雄气哼哼，廖廷贵说：「郑大爷，你来了？为何这么大气？谁得罪你老人家了？」郑雄说：「我来找麻面虎孙泰来，叫他出来见我。」廖廷贵说：「郑大爷你先消消气，我们掌柜的没在家，你先上楼去喝杯酒，有什么话好说，伙计来，把郑大爷陪上楼去，给郑大爷要两壶酒几样菜，郑大爷请罢！」伙计过来说：「郑大爷楼上坐罢。」郑雄一想：「冤各有头，债各有主。我找孙泰来，他既没在家，我不便跟别人闹，我上楼去等他。」想罢说：「既是孙泰来没在家，我楼上去等他，他回来叫他见我。」伙计说：「是了。」郑雄就往里走。和尚由外面进来，也是一拍拦柜说：「孙泰来，今天和尚老爷照顾照顾你小子。」廖廷贵一想：「真是壁倒众人推。」
Sun Tailai knew that Zheng Xiong was a man in Lin’an who could shake heaven and earth, a name to reckon with. Zheng Xiong knew everyone; from dukes and marquises down to common folk, there was no one who did not know him. And Zheng Xiong truly did love making friends. He threw gold about like dirt, gave freely for a just cause, was generous and open-handed, and helped people out of trouble and want. No matter who it was, if they came to Zheng Xiong for help, ten strings of cash or eight, thirty or fifty, he never thought twice. So he was known far and near in Lin’an, with a far bigger name than Sun Tailai. Zheng Xiong was an upright man; Sun Tailai was a bully whom no one dared cross to his face and everyone cursed behind his back, while Zheng Xiong’s character and standing were looked up to by all. Today, when Sun Tailai saw it was Zheng Xiong, he gave a start. “Look, Liao Tinggui, trouble’s here. Zheng Xiong is somebody around here. This is an ill wind and a stray fire out of nowhere. If he plants himself in my doorway and curses me, and I don’t go out, I may as well quit the game. Ten years ago, if he’d come and cursed me, I could have left him alone and it wouldn’t have mattered; nobody in Lin’an had heard of Sun Tailai then. But now I’d be finished. I could never throw my name around again. If I tried, people would say, ‘Sun Tailai, don’t you bully us. You don’t dare cross Zheng Xiong, do you?’ One more word like that and I’d die of shame. There’s no way round it. I’ll have to have it out with Zheng Xiong. Liao Tinggui, you go out and calm him down with sweet talk. Don’t let him leave. I’ll go and get some men. I’m no match for him on my own. I’ll bring men to come and beat him to a pulp. At worst it’s a lawsuit.” Liao Tinggui nodded, turned and came out. Seeing Zheng Xiong huffing with rage, he said, “Master Zheng, you’re here? Why so angry? Who has offended you, sir?” “I’ve come for the Pockmarked Tiger, Sun Tailai,” said Zheng Xiong. “Tell him to come out and face me.” “Let your anger cool a little first, Master Zheng,” said Liao Tinggui. “Our boss isn’t in. Go upstairs first and have a cup of wine. Whatever it is can be talked over. Waiter, come here! Take Master Zheng upstairs, and order him two pots of wine and a few dishes. This way, Master Zheng, please!” A waiter came over. “Please take a seat upstairs, Master Zheng.” Zheng Xiong thought, “Every wrong has its doer, every debt its debtor. It’s Sun Tailai I’m after. Since he isn’t in, it wouldn’t be right to make a scene with anyone else. I’ll go up and wait for him.” With that he said, “If Sun Tailai isn’t in, I’ll wait for him upstairs. When he gets back, tell him to come and see me.” “Yes, sir,” said the waiter. Zheng Xiong went on in. Then the monk came in from outside, and he too slapped the counter. “Sun Tailai! His Lordship the Monk is here today to give you some custom, you little punk!” Liao Tinggui thought, “When a wall starts to fall, everybody gives it a push.”
一瞧和尚，廖廷貴想起來了，他是蒙飯吃的和尚呀！只因前者濟公知道萬珍樓是惡霸開的，他就在這白吃過兩頓飯。那一天和尚來到萬珍樓，吃了十吊多錢，和尚說：「跟我到錢鋪拿錢去。」廖廷貴叫夥計跟去，出了酒鋪，一展眼和尚沒了，夥計回去說把人跟丟了，掌柜的打夥計一個嘴巴，罵了一頓。次日和尚又來了，一進門說：「掌柜的，昨天我碰著朋友了，也沒給你送錢來，今天我特為來給你送錢還帳。」大眾一想：「和尚不是蒙飯吃的，要是蒙吃蒙喝，今天就不來了。」和尚又坐下要酒要菜，什麼好吃要什麼，要了一桌子。吃完了，叫夥計一算，二帳還一，合銀子十二兩八錢，和尚說：「不多。」和尚就到柜上說：「掌柜，我吃了十二兩八錢，跟我上錢鋪取去罷。」廖廷貴一想：「昨天叫夥計跟著去丟了，今天別叫夥計跟著了。」廖廷貴說：「和尚，昨天你說到錢鋪取錢，你就跑了，今天又到錢鋪取錢？」和尚說：「我昨天也不是跑了，是碰見朋友說話，跟夥計走岔了。」廖廷貴說：「我同你取去罷。」跟著和尚出了酒鋪。和尚說：「你瞧過人飛沒有？」廖廷貴說：「沒有瞧過。」和尚說：「你瞧，這就是人飛。」「踢踏踢踏」撒腿就跑。和尚一跑，口中說：
「酒似青漿肉又肥，酩酊醉後欲歸回。任憑掌柜不賒欠，架不住貧僧腿似飛。」
廖廷貴追著，展眼和尚沒了。廖廷貴回到鋪子，說：「和尚又跑了，哪時見著他，哪時揪住打他。」今天和尚自己來了。一拍櫃說：「孫泰來，今天和尚老爺來照顧照顧你。」廖廷貴一瞧惱了，說：「好和尚，你蒙了兩頓飯吃，還敢來攪我們？」和尚說：「這是好的。」鄭雄一回頭，說：「師父上樓呀。」廖廷貴一瞧，嚇的就不敢說了，說：「大師父，同鄭大爺來的，請罷。」鄭雄說：「是我師父。」廖廷貴說：「是是。」往下不敢再說別的。
一瞧和尚，廖廷贵想起来了，他是蒙饭吃的和尚呀！只因前者济公知道万珍楼是恶霸开的，他就在这白吃过两顿饭。那一天和尚来到万珍楼，吃了十吊多钱，和尚说：「跟我到钱铺拿钱去。」廖廷贵叫伙计跟去，出了酒铺，一展眼和尚没了，伙计回去说把人跟丢了，掌柜的打伙计一个嘴巴，骂了一顿。次日和尚又来了，一进门说：「掌柜的，昨天我碰着朋友了，也没给你送钱来，今天我特为来给你送钱还帐。」大众一想：「和尚不是蒙饭吃的，要是蒙吃蒙喝，今天就不来了。」和尚又坐下要酒要菜，什么好吃要什么，要了一桌子。吃完了，叫伙计一算，二帐还一，合银子十二两八钱，和尚说：「不多。」和尚就到柜上说：「掌柜，我吃了十二两八钱，跟我上钱铺取去罢。」廖廷贵一想：「昨天叫伙计跟着去丢了，今天别叫伙计跟着了。」廖廷贵说：「和尚，昨天你说到钱铺取钱，你就跑了，今天又到钱铺取钱？」和尚说：「我昨天也不是跑了，是碰见朋友说话，跟伙计走岔了。」廖廷贵说：「我同你取去罢。」跟着和尚出了酒铺。和尚说：「你瞧过人飞没有？」廖廷贵说：「没有瞧过。」和尚说：「你瞧，这就是人飞。」「踢踏踢踏」撒腿就跑。和尚一跑，口中说：
「酒似青浆肉又肥，酩酊醉后欲归回。任凭掌柜不赊欠，架不住贫僧腿似飞。」
廖廷贵追着，展眼和尚没了。廖廷贵回到铺子，说：「和尚又跑了，哪时见着他，哪时揪住打他。」今天和尚自己来了。一拍柜说：「孙泰来，今天和尚老爷来照顾照顾你。」廖廷贵一瞧恼了，说：「好和尚，你蒙了两顿饭吃，还敢来搅我们？」和尚说：「这是好的。」郑雄一回头，说：「师父上楼呀。」廖廷贵一瞧，吓的就不敢说了，说：「大师父，同郑大爷来的，请罢。」郑雄说：「是我师父。」廖廷贵说：「是是。」往下不敢再说别的。
One look at the monk and Liao Tinggui remembered: this was the monk who had cheated them out of meals! Some time before, knowing that Wanzhen Tower was run by a bully, Ji Gong had twice eaten here without paying. That first day the monk came to Wanzhen Tower and ate more than ten strings of cash’s worth. “Come with me to the money shop to collect it,” the monk said. Liao Tinggui sent a waiter with him. They left the wine shop, and in the blink of an eye the monk was gone. The waiter came back and said he had lost the man, and the boss slapped his face and gave him a good cursing. The next day the monk came again. As soon as he was in the door he said, “Boss, yesterday I ran into a friend and never brought you the money. Today I’ve come specially to bring it and settle up.” Everyone thought, “So the monk isn’t a cheat after all. If he were out to eat and drink for nothing, he wouldn’t have come back today.” The monk sat down again and called for wine and dishes, whatever was best, until he had a whole tableful. When he had finished, he had the waiter reckon it up. The two bills together came to twelve taels and eight mace of silver. “That’s not much,” said the monk. He went over to the counter. “Boss, I’ve eaten twelve taels eight mace. Come with me to the money shop and get it.” Liao Tinggui thought, “Yesterday I sent a waiter with him and he lost him. Today I won’t send a waiter.” “Monk,” said Liao Tinggui, “yesterday you said you’d get money from the money shop, and then you ran off. And today it’s the money shop again?” “I didn’t run off yesterday,” said the monk. “I met a friend and stopped to talk, and the waiter and I lost each other.” “I’ll go and get it with you,” said Liao Tinggui, and he followed the monk out of the wine shop. “Have you ever seen a man fly?” said the monk. “No, never,” said Liao Tinggui. “Watch,” said the monk. “This is a man flying.” Pit-pat, pit-pat, off he ran as fast as his legs would carry him, and as he ran he chanted:
“The wine’s like nectar, the meat is fat;I’m roaring drunk, so home I go at that.The boss won’t give a monk credit? Never mind:this poor monk’s legs can fly and leave him behind.”
Liao Tinggui gave chase, and in the blink of an eye the monk was gone. Back at the shop Liao Tinggui said, “The monk’s run off again. Whenever I see him, I’ll grab him and give him a beating.” And today the monk had come of his own accord. He slapped the counter and said, “Sun Tailai! His Lordship the Monk is here today to give you some custom.” One look and Liao Tinggui flared up. “You rotten monk! You cheated us of two meals, and now you dare come here and make trouble?” “That’s a good one,” said the monk. Zheng Xiong turned his head. “Come upstairs, Master.” When Liao Tinggui saw this he was too frightened to go on. “Reverend Master, you came with Master Zheng. Please, go on up.” “He is my master,” said Zheng Xiong. “Yes, yes,” said Liao Tinggui, and he dared say nothing more.