話說雷鳴、陳亮聽外面說生人味，雷鳴也不答話，拉出刀來。只見帘子一起，是一個女子，剛要往裡進去。雷鳴說：「什麼東西！」掄刀就是一刀。只見一道火光，妖精竟自逃走。這一刀當真砍著了。只見地下有血，有黃毛，也瞧不出是狼毛是狐狸毛。雷鳴這裡一嚷，老員外早有預備。同家人點燈了，過來一瞧，見地下有血有黃毛，也不知是什麼妖精。
话说雷鸣、陈亮听外面说生人味，雷鸣也不答话，拉出刀来。只见帘子一起，是一个女子，刚要往里进去。雷鸣说：「什么东西！」抡刀就是一刀。只见一道火光，妖精竟自逃走。这一刀当真砍着了。只见地下有血，有黄毛，也瞧不出是狼毛是狐狸毛。雷鸣这里一嚷，老员外早有预备。同家人点灯了，过来一瞧，见地下有血有黄毛，也不知是什么妖精。
Now, when Lei Ming and Chen Liang heard the voice outside say it smelled a stranger, Lei Ming didn’t waste a word: he drew his blade. The door curtain lifted, and there was a woman, just about to step inside. “What kind of thing are you?” said Lei Ming, and he swung his blade in one stroke. There was a streak of fiery light, and the demon was gone. The stroke really had struck home: there was blood on the floor, and yellow hairs, though no one could tell whether they were a wolf’s or a fox’s. At Lei Ming’s shout the old squire, who had been ready for this all along, came over with his servants and lit the lamps. They looked and saw blood and yellow hairs on the floor, but could not tell what kind of demon it had been.
書中交代，這個妖精，乃是黃鼠狼，有一千二百年的道行。前濟公傳，有濟公九渡黃鼠女，就是這個黃鼠狼。它仍然不改，今天被雷鳴砍了一刀。這一逃走，逃到立空山，去拜立空和尚為師。到下文書裡，有五雲老祖擺群妖五雲陣，它也在其內，以報今天一刀之仇，跟濟公作對。這三個人總算是濟公的徒弟。此是後話，暫且不表。金老員外見雷鳴把妖精趕走，果然地下有血跡，當時謝過雷鳴。大眾說著話，天光大亮。金員外拿出二百銀子送給雷鳴，雷鳴不肯要。老丈執意相送，不收不行。這三個人無法，把銀子收了。三個人分著，各帶六十餘兩這才告辭，出了金家莊。雷鳴說：「大哥、三弟，你瞧這倒不錯，白吃白喝，一個人白得六十多兩銀子。」楊明說：「往後你再別辦這宗險事。倘若妖精青臉紅髮，就許把你吃了。你有什麼能為，這也是濟公他老人家暗中保護的。」說著話往前走。
书中交代，这个妖精，乃是黄鼠狼，有一千二百年的道行。前济公传，有济公九渡黄鼠女，就是这个黄鼠狼。它仍然不改，今天被雷鸣砍了一刀。这一逃走，逃到立空山，去拜立空和尚为师。到下文书里，有五云老祖摆群妖五云阵，它也在其内，以报今天一刀之仇，跟济公作对。这三个人总算是济公的徒弟。此是后话，暂且不表。金老员外见雷鸣把妖精赶走，果然地下有血迹，当时谢过雷鸣。大众说着话，天光大亮。金员外拿出二百银子送给雷鸣，雷鸣不肯要。老丈执意相送，不收不行。这三个人无法，把银子收了。三个人分着，各带六十余两这才告辞，出了金家庄。雷鸣说：「大哥、三弟，你瞧这倒不错，白吃白喝，一个人白得六十多两银子。」杨明说：「往后你再别办这宗险事。倘若妖精青脸红发，就许把你吃了。你有什么能为，这也是济公他老人家暗中保护的。」说着话往前走。
A word of explanation: this demon was a yellow weasel with twelve hundred years of cultivation. In the earlier Tale of Ji Gong there is the story “Ji Gong Nine Times Delivers the Weasel Maiden”, and this was that very weasel. She had still not mended her ways, and today Lei Ming had given her a cut of his blade. She fled to Mount Likong and took the monk Likong as her master. Later in the story, when the Five Clouds Patriarch sets up the Five Clouds Formation of all the demons, she will be in it too, to avenge today’s cut and to set herself against Ji Gong. These three men counted, after all, as Ji Gong’s disciples. But that is for later; we leave it for now. When old Squire Jin saw that Lei Ming had driven off the demon, and that there really was blood on the floor, he thanked Lei Ming there and then. They all sat talking until it was broad daylight. Squire Jin brought out two hundred taels of silver as a gift for Lei Ming. Lei Ming would not take it. The old gentleman insisted on giving it, and there was no refusing. The three men had no choice but to accept the silver. They shared it out, each carrying sixty-odd taels, and only then took their leave and left Jin Family Village. “Big brother, third brother,” said Lei Ming, “look, that didn’t turn out badly at all. We ate for free, drank for free, and each of us got sixty-odd taels for nothing.” “Don’t you ever pull a risky stunt like that again,” said Yang Ming. “If that demon had been one of the blue-faced, red-haired kind, it might well have eaten you. What powers have you got? This too was Ji Gong, the old master, protecting us in secret.” Talking, they went on their way.
相離常山縣不遠，眼前道旁有一道土崗，有幾棵樹，陳亮說：「大哥、二哥，頭裡慢走，我要出恭。」楊明、雷鳴點頭答應。陳亮來到土崗下，蹲下出恭。焉想到後面來了一人，身高八尺，黑臉膛，頭挽牛心髮髻。穿著青布單砍肩，青中衣，靸鞋。手提鋼刀，由陳亮身背後照定陳亮就是一刀。陳亮正在出恭，瞧見了，又不能站起來。身子往前一趴，抬腿照賊人就是一腿，把賊人踢了一溜滾，陳亮這才趕過去，把賊人按住，陳亮說：「你這廝，好生大膽，這幸虧是我，你真不睜眼。」這賊人口中直央求說：「大太爺饒命。」陳亮說：「你大概久慣為賊，必有案，你姓什麼？哪裡人？老實說，我便饒你不死。」賊人說：「我是鎮江府丹陽縣人。」陳亮一聽，他說是丹陽縣人，這音也像。陳亮一想是鄉親，可就有意不殺他。陳亮說：「你是丹陽縣人，姓什麼？在什麼村住？」賊人說：「我在陳家堡住。」陳亮一聽，心說：「他在陳家堡住，我怎不認識？」又問賊人姓什麼，在陳家堡哪邊住，賊人說：「我在陳家堡十字街路北，我姓陳，叫陳亮，外號叫聖手白猿。」陳亮一聽，氣往上沖，照定賊人，就是一個嘴巴。楊明、雷鳴尚未走遠，也跑回來。楊明說：「老三，怎麼回事？」陳亮說：「我蹲著出恭，他由背後把刀砍我，被我拿住。這還不算，大哥問問他姓什麼？」楊明說：「你姓什麼？」賊人說：「我姓陳，叫陳亮，外號叫聖手白猿。」雷鳴噗哧一笑說：「你小子冒充名姓，當著陳亮，你還叫陳亮。」賊人「呀」了一聲說：「我可是瞎了眼了。我可是丹陽人，我不姓陳，我姓宋，叫宋八仙。只因我知道有一位陳三爺是英雄，我故此充他老人家的名姓。你們二位貴姓？」楊明說：「我叫楊明，他叫雷鳴。」賊人一聽，說：「你就是威鎮八方楊大爺，你就是風裡雲煙雷二爺麼，我可是瞎了眼了。三位饒了我罷。」楊明說：「我給你幾兩銀子，你做個小本經營，別做賊人了。」陳亮說：「大哥，別胡鬧了，亮清字把瓢給摘了就得了。」賊人說：「求求三位爺饒命罷。三位上哪去？」楊明說：「上馬家湖。」賊人說：「是了本會，風字萬水多魚旺，葷天汪鑽越馬肘局密，急付流扯活，對不對？」他說的這是江湖黑話。
相离常山县不远，眼前道旁有一道土岗，有几棵树，陈亮说：「大哥、二哥，头里慢走，我要出恭。」杨明、雷鸣点头答应。陈亮来到土岗下，蹲下出恭。焉想到后面来了一人，身高八尺，黑脸膛，头挽牛心发髻。穿着青布单砍肩，青中衣，靸鞋。手提钢刀，由陈亮身背后照定陈亮就是一刀。陈亮正在出恭，瞧见了，又不能站起来。身子往前一趴，抬腿照贼人就是一腿，把贼人踢了一溜滚，陈亮这才赶过去，把贼人按住，陈亮说：「你这厮，好生大胆，这幸亏是我，你真不睁眼。」这贼人口中直央求说：「大太爷饶命。」陈亮说：「你大概久惯为贼，必有案，你姓什么？哪里人？老实说，我便饶你不死。」贼人说：「我是镇江府丹阳县人。」陈亮一听，他说是丹阳县人，这音也像。陈亮一想是乡亲，可就有意不杀他。陈亮说：「你是丹阳县人，姓什么？在什么村住？」贼人说：「我在陈家堡住。」陈亮一听，心说：「他在陈家堡住，我怎不认识？」又问贼人姓什么，在陈家堡哪边住，贼人说：「我在陈家堡十字街路北，我姓陈，叫陈亮，外号叫圣手白猿。」陈亮一听，气往上冲，照定贼人，就是一个嘴巴。杨明、雷鸣尚未走远，也跑回来。杨明说：「老三，怎么回事？」陈亮说：「我蹲着出恭，他由背后把刀砍我，被我拿住。这还不算，大哥问问他姓什么？」杨明说：「你姓什么？」贼人说：「我姓陈，叫陈亮，外号叫圣手白猿。」雷鸣噗哧一笑说：「你小子冒充名姓，当着陈亮，你还叫陈亮。」贼人「呀」了一声说：「我可是瞎了眼了。我可是丹阳人，我不姓陈，我姓宋，叫宋八仙。只因我知道有一位陈三爷是英雄，我故此充他老人家的名姓。你们二位贵姓？」杨明说：「我叫杨明，他叫雷鸣。」贼人一听，说：「你就是威镇八方杨大爷，你就是风里云烟雷二爷么，我可是瞎了眼了。三位饶了我罢。」杨明说：「我给你几两银子，你做个小本经营，别做贼人了。」陈亮说：「大哥，别胡闹了，亮清字把瓢给摘了就得了。」贼人说：「求求三位爷饶命罢。三位上哪去？」杨明说：「上马家湖。」贼人说：「是了本会，风字万水多鱼旺，荤天汪钻越马肘局密，急付流扯活，对不对？」他说的这是江湖黑话。
Not far from Changshan County, there was an earthen ridge beside the road ahead, with a few trees on it. “Big brother, second brother,” said Chen Liang, “go on ahead slowly. I need to relieve myself.” Yang Ming and Lei Ming nodded. Chen Liang went down below the ridge and squatted to do his business. Who would have thought that a man would come up behind him? He was eight feet tall, with a black face, and his hair was twisted up in an ox-heart topknot. He wore an unlined sleeveless jacket of black cloth, black trousers and slip-on shoes. He had a steel blade in his hand, and from behind Chen Liang’s back he aimed a cut straight at him. Chen Liang, in the middle of his business, saw him coming but couldn’t stand up. He threw himself forward onto his front and lashed out at the robber with a kick that sent him rolling. Only then did Chen Liang go after him and pin him down. “You wretch,” said Chen Liang, “you’ve got some nerve! Lucky for you it was me. You really are blind.” The robber kept begging, “Grand sir, spare my life!” “You’ve been a thief a long time, I’d say,” said Chen Liang, “and you’ve surely got cases against you. What’s your surname? Where are you from? Tell me honestly and I’ll spare your life.” “I’m from Danyang County in Zhenjiang Prefecture,” said the robber. When Chen Liang heard him say he was from Danyang County, the accent sounded right too. Thinking him a man from home, Chen Liang was minded not to kill him. “If you’re from Danyang County,” said Chen Liang, “what’s your surname? Which village do you live in?” “I live in Chen Family Fort,” said the robber. Chen Liang thought, “He lives in Chen Family Fort, and I don’t know him?” He asked again what the robber’s surname was and whereabouts in Chen Family Fort he lived. “I live on the north side of Shizi Street in Chen Family Fort,” said the robber. “My surname is Chen, my name is Chen Liang, and they call me the Masterful White Ape.” When Chen Liang heard this, rage shot up in him, and he gave the robber a slap across the mouth. Yang Ming and Lei Ming had not yet gone far, and they came running back as well. “Third brother,” said Yang Ming, “what’s going on?” “I was squatting, doing my business,” said Chen Liang, “and he came at me from behind with a blade, and I caught him. That’s not all. Big brother, ask him what his name is.” “What’s your name?” said Yang Ming. “My surname is Chen,” said the robber, “my name is Chen Liang, and they call me the Masterful White Ape.” Lei Ming snorted with laughter. “You little whelp, passing yourself off under someone else’s name, and right in front of Chen Liang you call yourself Chen Liang!” “Ah!” cried the robber. “I really am blind. I really am from Danyang, but my surname isn’t Chen. It’s Song, and I’m called Song Baxian. It’s only because I knew there was a Third Master Chen who’s a hero that I borrowed the old gentleman’s name. And what might you two gentlemen be called?” “I’m Yang Ming,” said Yang Ming, “and he’s Lei Ming.” When the robber heard this, he said, “So you’re Master Yang, Awe of the Eight Directions, and you’re Second Master Lei, Cloud and Smoke in the Wind! I really am blind. Spare me, the three of you.” “I’ll give you a few taels of silver,” said Yang Ming. “Set yourself up in some small trade and stop being a thief.” “Big brother, stop fooling around,” said Chen Liang. “Flash the green and pluck off his ladle, and that’s that.” “I beg you, sirs, all three of you, spare my life,” said the robber. “Where are you three going?” “To Ma Family Lake,” said Yang Ming. “Got it,” said the robber. “‘Our own meet’, ‘Wind-word Wan’, ‘much water and the fish are thriving’; ‘murk-sky, Wang-drill, over the horse-elbow, the bureau’s snug’; ‘quick hand, flow off, haul the live stuff’. Right?” What he was speaking was the secret cant of the rivers and lakes.