2.3 杨戬计划 Salvation Plan

目录 Catalog：2.3 杨戬计划 Salvation Plan；2.3.2 九黎 Nine Crowds；2.3.3 妈祖家宴 Mazu Family Feast；2.3.4 太乙真人 Strictly Second Real Human

 

武二郎（即二郎神，如图2.3-1）回到湖北驻地后，他被巫毒女妖（即熬忖，如图4）诅咒了的谣言就熄灭了。反而是，他因祸得福，长出了第三只眼睛的谣言被传开了。这次战争虽然没抢到很多土地，但也算是个胜仗，他就高兴地回华国的首都，永安，述职了。

元始天尊（即太昊，华国的皇帝）亲自主持召开了政治局扩大会议，来宣布 “杨戬计划”。这次会议除了有夏国的代表团参加，还有两位特别代表（注，熬忖派来的秘密代表）。武二郎的护卫也被邀请去列席旁听了。

女娲造人计划到此时已经被实施了34年了。这计划的实施是从张三郎（即玉皇大帝，太阳神）出生开始算起的；此时他约33或34岁。因应狭谷关战役的结果，即熬忖对武二郎下蛊成功了（参见2.2节），华国和夏国决定接纳熬忖为女娲造人项目的后加入者。此时的女娲造人工程开始由这三个国家共同实施。

The rumor that Martial Second Wolf (aka. Second Wolf God, see fig. 2.3-1) had been cursed by the voodoo demoness was extinguished when he returned to his Hubei Garrison. Instead, the rumor that he had grown a third eye (as in Fig. 4) because of the curse was spread. The war was a victory, even though he didn't grab a lot of land, so he happily returned to the capital of Hua, Yong’an, to report for duty.

Original Sky Honor (i.e. Taihao, the Emperor of Hua) personally presided over an enlarged meeting of the Politburo to come and announce the “Yangjian Plan”. In addition to a delegation from the Xia Kingdom, this meeting also included two special representatives (Note, the secret representatives sent by Aocun). Martial Second Wolf’s guards were also invited to sit in front of the audience.

The Nuwa man creation project had been implemented for 34 years by this time. The implementation of this project began when Third Wolf Zhang (that is Turquoise Emperor, Sun God) was born; he was about 33 or 34 years old at this time. In response to the result of the Battle of Narrow Valley Pass, that is, Aocun succeeded in projecting Carrion Beetles (curse) on Martial Second Wolf (see Section 2.2), Hua and Xia decided to accept Aocun as a latecomer to the Nuwa man creation project.

这时熬忖还不是云海国的国王，所以大致来说，对于女娲造人工程，这三国各自有不同的称呼：夏国（如图3）仍称呼女娲造人，云海国（如图4）称三足鸟计划，华国（如图1）称作杨戬计划。杨戬是拯救，救世主的意思，是原始天尊赐予武二郎的新名字。计划实施的具体措施是，当夏娃（即玉女）给金童（即大禹，黄帝）下蛊成功（参见3.0 阪泉之战）后，这对儿玉女和金童就交给熬忖（即尧帝，中华帝国的第一任皇帝）和二郎神来教导，成为中华帝国的第二任和第三任皇帝。

在华国政治局扩大会议中午休息的时候，武二郎对护卫说：“你们帮我向元始天尊请个假，说我肚子疼，去看医生了。”会议再次开始时，武二郎的护卫去向元始天尊为武二郎请假。原始天遵示意他们回去坐下，然后愤怒地大声说：“我讲《中华法典》，故事的主角不来听，我怎么讲！？” 他又指着武大郎大叫： “你也别听了！去给你弟弟讲明白喽！”

At this time, Aocun was not yet the king of Cloud Sea Kingdom, so generally speaking, the three kingdoms had different names for the Nuwa man creation project: Xia Kingdom (as shown in Figure 3) still called it Nuwa man creation, Cloud Sea Kingdom (as shown in Figure 4) called it the Three-legged Bird Project, and Hua Kingdom (as shown in Figure 1) called it the Yang’jian Project. Yang’jian means salvation and savior, and it is the new name given to Martial Second Wolf by Original Sky Honor. The specific measures for the implementation of the plan are that when Eve (i.e. the Jade Girl) successfully projects Carrion Beetles (curse; see section 3.0 Battle of Ban Fountain) on the Golden Boy (i.e. Big Yu, Yellow Emperor), the pair of Jade Girl and Gold Boy will be handed over to Aocun (i.e. Emperor Yao, the first emperor of the Chinese Empire) and Second Wolf God for teaching, and they will become the second and third emperors of the Chinese Empire.

During the lunch break of the enlarged Politburo meeting of the State of China, Wu Erlang said to his guards, "Please ask Original Sky Honor for leave for me. I have a stomachache and I'm going to see a doctor." When the meeting started again, Martial Second Wolf's guards went to Original Sky Honor to ask for leave for Martial Second Wolf. Original Sky Honor motioned them to sit down, and then shouted angrily, "I'm going to talk about the Chinese Codex, but the protagonist of the story doesn't come to listen. How can I talk about it!?" He pointed at Martial Big Wolf and shouted, "Don't listen! Go and explain it to your brother!"

2.3-2

武大郎去客栈找武二郎，没找到，又去太医院问，医生说他没来过，就回家了。他发现武二郎正在他的书房里翻他的书，气愤地说：“你又来偷我的书去换羊皮纸！？”

武二郎回答：“真小气！小时候的事总说它干啥！？”

武大郎说：“你咋不说你整天祸害人呢！ 这么重要的会议你都不听，那你来永安干什么来了？”

武二郎回答：“我想向你借几本奇门遁甲的书！”

武大郎说：“那种书，你根本看不懂，你要它干什么？”

Martial Big Wolf went to the inn to look for Martial Second Wolf but couldn't find him. He went to the Imperial Hospital to ask, but the doctor said he had never been there, so he went home. He found Martial Second Wolf flipping through his books in his study, and angrily said, "You come to steal my books again to exchange for parchment!?"

Martial Second Wolf replied: "How stingy! Why do you keep talking about childhood events!"

Martial Big Wolf said: "Why don't you tell me that you are always causing trouble for others! You didn't even listen to such an important meeting, so what are you doing in Yong'an?"

Martial Second Wolf replied: "I want to borrow some ‘Strange Doors of Shield and Armor’ books from you!"

Martial Big Wolf said: "You can't understand that kind of book, what do you want it for?"

武二郎开始给武大郎讲前文女娲娘娘给他解释的奇门遁甲。武大郎气愤地站了起来，大声质问：“这是谁告诉你的？”

武二郎看武大郎这么生气，认真地回答：“告诉我这事的那个人说，我不能对别人说我曾经向她学习奇门遁甲。她说，在这方面你是专家。如果你说她讲得不对，会坏了她的名声的！”

武大郎放松了下来，说：“那是她就是那么理解的！事实是这样的！”接着他开始从孙子兵法的角度来讲述奇门遁甲，也帮他再一次解释了在狭谷关战役中熬忖是如何使用奇门遁甲的。

Second Wolf began to tell Big Wolf about the “Strange Doors of Shield and Armor” that Nuwa had explained to him in the previous section. Big Wolf stood up angrily and asked loudly: "Who told you this?"

Seeing Big Wolf so angry, Second Wolf answered seriously: "The person who told me this said that I can't tell others that I once learned ‘Strange Doors of Shield and Armor’ from her. She said that you are an expert in this area. If you say that she is wrong, it will ruin her reputation!"

Big Wolf relaxed and said, “That's how she understood it! The facts are like these!” Then he began to talk about “Strange Doors of Shield and Armor” from the perspective of Sun’zi Soldier Strategy, which also helped him explain once again how Aocun used “Strange Doors of Shield and Armor” during the battle of the Narrow Valley Pass.

2.3-3

武二郎再一次叨咕：“巫毒女妖这么厉害！她是我们华国的大敌，下次我遇见她，一定杀了她！”

武大郎说：“咿！你怎么那么想呢！？正邪是从天条（即约柜，参见16.2节）来判断的。你能懂一些九黎（即大千世界）是因为熬忖为你开了天眼，种下了慧根；这么说她是你的神母啊！ 再说，我也曾经在她们的那个巫毒学院学习过，那我是巫毒魔鬼吗？”

Once again, Second Wolf chattered, ‘The Voodoo Demoness is so powerful! She's a great enemy of our country of Hua, next time I meet her, I'll kill her!’

Big Wolf said, "Hey! Why do you think so? Good and evil are determined by the Sky Clauses (i.e. Covenant Ark, See Section 16.2). You can understand some of the Jiuli (i.e., Nine Crowds, Great Grand World) because Aocun opened your celestial eye and planted your gnostic root; so, she is your godmother! Besides, I used to study at that voodoo academy of theirs, so am I a voodoo demon? "

武二郎听后，惊讶了：“大哥你曾经在巫毒学院学习过！那个假熬忖说，‘有两个像你这么高的小个子，另外一个人是谁？他现在在哪里？”

武大郎愣住了，心想，“女娲给我的剧本里没有这句话呀！” 随口回答：“瞎说，你听错了吧！？”

武二郎回答：“没错！我听她说过两遍了！”

武大郎心想，“两遍了！我怎么没在《中华法典》的剧本里看见过呢！哎呀！最近这剧本常改，我得问清楚，别演错了！”他问武二郎：“你先给我说说谁是那个假熬忖？她是怎么跟你说那两个小个子学生的？”

When Martial Second Wolf heard this, he was surprised, “Big brother you once studied at the Voodoo Academy! That fake Aocun said, ‘There are two little men as tall as you’, who is the other one? Where is he now?”

Martial Big Wolf froze, thinking, “This line wasn't in the script Nuwa gave me!” Casually, he replied, “Nonsense, you've heard it wrong!?”

Martial Second Wolf replied, “That's right! I've heard her say it twice!”

Martial Big Wolf thought to himself, “Twice! How come I haven't seen it in the script of the Chinese Codex! Oops! This script has been changed a lot lately, I must ask about it, so I don't play it wrong!” He asked Martial Second Wolf, “Tell me first who is the fake Aocun? What did she tell you about those two short and small students?”

2.3-4

武二郎说：“我问你呢！那另一个小个子是谁？你先回答我！”

武大郎坐下了，在思考。随后，武二郎看见他的脸色越来越难看，就要哭了。武二郎禁不住了，连忙喊：“哎！哎！你现在是靖王了！我忘了恭喜你了！”

武大郎反应过来了，回答：“是啊！我现在是靖王了，我忘了！谢谢你提醒我！”

武二郎问：“元始天尊（华国的皇帝）封你为靖王，都赏你什么了？”

武大郎回答：“到现在他还什么都没给。饭都快吃不上了，他没余钱给我个人，能给我军费预算的50%，我就满足了！”

Martial Second Wolf said, "I'm asking you! Who is the other little guy? Answer me first!"

Martial Big Wolf sat down and thought. Then, Second Wolf saw that his face was getting uglier and uglier, and he was about to cry. Second Wolf couldn't help it and shouted, "Hey! Hey! You are the King of Jing now! I forgot to congratulate you!"

Big Wolf reacted and answered, "Yes! I am the Jing King now, I forgot! Thank you for reminding me!"

Second Wolf asked: "Original Sky Honor (King of Hua) named you Jing King, what did he give you as a reward?"

Big Wolf replied: "He hasn't given me anything yet. We can barely afford to eat. He doesn't have any money left for me, but if he can give me 50% of the military budget, I'll be satisfied!"

武二郎说：“他也跟我说了，现在是他执政20多年来最穷的时候，要求我在满足必须的情况下消减军费。咱这国家得多长时间能从贫困中缓解过来？”

武大郎回答：“都是让咱哥儿俩给闹得（注，武大郎平定了北方，武二郎平定了南方），我看得三五年后才能吃饱饭。你还是先告诉我那个假熬忖说的巫毒院的两个小个子学生吧！”

Second Wolf said: "He also told me that this is the poorest time in his 20-plus years in power and asked me to cut military spending while meeting necessities. How long will it take for our country to get out of poverty?"

Second Wolf replied: "It's all because of us two brothers (note, Big Wolf pacified the north, Second Wolf pacified the south). I think it will take three to five years before we can have enough food. You should first tell me about the two short students from the Voodoo Academy that the fake Aocun mentioned!"

2.3-5 梁子伯和夸父 Zibo Liang and Kua’fu

武二郎为武大郎讲述了2.2.3 《自由恋爱》。武大郎听明白了，原来是《中华法典》的编委在给武大郎的剧本中删掉了武二郎和熬忖两人骂他的相关文字。

武大郎说：“另外那个小个子是我养父梁子伯的儿子，名叫夸父。我称呼我养父为粮伯。我小时候体弱多病，粮伯常常背着我上学，下学。我生病不能上学的时候，他让夸父代替我去上学，回来教我。巫毒学院的学费很贵，学校知道了也没人说什么。”

“接着粮伯就让我和夸父交替上学，回来相互教，谁的第一名拿的多谁是太阳。我在家的时候，粮伯教我打猴拳，我的身体就渐渐地好起来了。我的成绩好，总考第一，总是太阳，他一直在追我。”

Martial Second Wolf recounted 2.2.3 “Naturally Falling in Love” for Martial Big Wolf. Martial Big Wolf understands that the editorial board of Chinese Codex has deleted the text related to the two, Martial Second Wolf and Aocun, scolding him from the script given to him.

Martial Big Wolf said: “The other little man is the son of my foster father Corn Uncle, named Kua’fu. When I was a child, I was weak and sickly, and Corn Uncle used to carry me to and from school on his back. When I was sick and couldn't go to school, he asked Kua’fu to go to school in my place and come back to teach me. The tuition fees at the Voodoo Academy were very expensive, and no one said anything when the school found out.

“Then Corn Uncle asked me and Kua’fu to take turns to go to school, and when we came back, we would teach each other. Whoever got more first place would be the sun. When I was at home, Corn Uncle taught me Monkeyish martial arts, so I gradually got stronger. I had good grades, always ranked first in the exams, and was always the sun. He was always chasing me.”

武大郎说着，就哭了。武二郎说：“伤心事儿，就别说了。”

武大郎回答：“以前有两次，我想告诉你，因为怕影响你打仗，没说。现在不打仗了，我想说给你听。后来，我就很少看见夸父了。我们的华国内部出现了叛徒，去云海国告密。老国王派的人接我离开的那天，为了掩护我离开，粮伯又让夸父穿上了我的校服，代替我去上学了。 再往后，我就不知道了。”

武大郎边哭边说：“在我当上将军后，几次委托人帮我打听他们俩的消息，但都没有回复。我想找到他们的遗骨，送回他们的老家安葬。”

Big Wolf said and cried. Second Wolf said: “Don't say anything sad.”

Martial Big Wolf replied: “Twice before, I wanted to tell you, but didn't because I was afraid it would affect you in the war. Now that we are not fighting anymore, I want to tell you. Since then, I have seen very little of Kua’fu. There was a traitor within our country of Hua who went to the Cloud Sea country to inform us. The day the old king sent people to pick me up and leave, to cover my departure, Corn Uncle had Kua’fu put on my school uniform again and went to school instead. Further on, I don't know.”

As cried, Martial Big Wolf said, “After I became a general, I commissioned people to ask for news of the two of them for me several times, but there was no reply. I want to find their bones and send them back to their old home for a burial.’

潘金莲（法号石矶娘娘，桃花圣母）说话了：“二叔来了，我看你们俩唠的热闹，就没过来打搅。这怎么哭成这样了！？”

武二郎回答：“大哥想起了小时候的伤心事，没事！”

武大郎说：“你在这儿住几天吧！我再给你讲讲。来了半天了，你去跟你嫂子聊聊，我自己在这里静一会儿就好了。”

Goldthread Pan (Juristic fames, Holy Mother of Peach Flower, Stone Jetty Princess, Stone Girl) spoke up, “Second Uncle is here, I saw you two chattering away, so I didn't come over to interrupt. Why is he crying like this!’

Martial Second Wolf replied, “Big brother remembered something sad from his childhood, it's fine!”

Martial Big Wolf said, “Stay here for a few days! I'll tell you more. It's been half a day since you got here, so go talk to your sister-in-law, I'll just be quiet here for a while by myself.”

2.3-6

武二郎就跟着潘金莲来到了她的会客室。据传说，潘金莲的房间充满着花香，一进入就让人心情舒畅。他问：“大嫂！我向你打听个人。20年前你和我大哥结婚的时候，有一位道号太乙的郎中曾经给我大哥治病（参见1.4.1节），他是什么人？”

潘金莲说，“他住的聚贤庄，离我们家不远，是我的一位师父，是一位兽医。不过他从事过很多行业，例如唱戏，贩马，卖酒。在我家客人多，忙的时候，有时请他来帮忙。你问他干什么？”

Martial Second Wolf followed Goldthread Pan to her reception room. According to legend, Goldthread Pan's room was filled with the fragrance of flowers, which made people feel happy as soon as they entered. He asked: "Sister-in-law! I want to ask you about someone. 18 years ago, when you and my elder brother got married, a Taoist doctor named Taiyi treated my elder brother (see section1.4.1). Who is he?"

Goldthread Pan said, "He lives in Gathering Sages Village, not far from our home. He is one of my teacher-fathers, a veterinarian. But he has worked in many industries, such as singing opera, selling horses, and selling liquor. When my family has many guests and is busy, we sometimes ask him to help. What do you ask him for?"

武二郎回答：“没什么，我在湖北遇见他了，他说他是猪肉商。我感觉奇怪，他怎么改行了！你说，他是你的一位师父，你有几位师父？”

潘金莲转脸计算着，说：“哎呀！我有很多师父和师母，只在典兵学院上学时，就有几十位。”说着，她还在计算着。

武二郎说：“大嫂你别算了！这种师父和师母我也有很多，数不清！”

Martial Second Wolf replied, "Nothing! I met him in Hubei, he said he is a pork merchant. I feel strange, why did he change his career! You said he is one of your teacher-fathers, how many teacher-fathers do you have?"

Goldthread Pan turned around and counted, saying, "Oh! I have many teacher-fathers and teacher-mothers. When I was studying at the Codex Soldier Academy alone, I had dozens of them." As she spoke, she was still counting.

Goldthread Pan said, "Sister-in-law, don't count anymore! I also have many teacher-fathers and teacher-mothers like this, too many to count!"

潘金莲问：“你问这个干什么？”

武二郎回答：“没什么，前几天女娲对我说，某个人是我的神母，我生气了。现在看来，那是我一直生活在军队里，脱离了日常社会的现实生活，可丢脸了！”

潘金莲说：“这没什么！偶尔听见了新词语，我也不习惯。”

Goldthread Pan asked, ‘What are you asking for?’

Martial Second Wolf replied, ‘Nothing, I got angry the other day when Nuwa told me that a certain person is my godmother. Now it seems that was because I've been living in the army, out of touch with the realities of everyday society, which can be humiliating!’

Goldthread Pan said, ‘It's nothing! Every now and then I hear some new words and don't get used to them too.’

2.3-7杨戬逃跑 Yang’jian Runaway

随后的五天里，武大郎结合九黎（义为九众，大千世界），奇门遁甲，和孙子兵法来给武二郎讲解他们俩人的战争史。武二郎几次被训哭了。第六天早晨，元始天尊传唤武大郎进宫。武二郎有了逃跑的机会。他偷了几本兵书，藏在了马鞍底下的坐垫里，牵着马，从后门溜了出来。忽然，他听见潘金莲说：“二叔要走了吗？多住几天吧！让你大哥把《孙子兵法》给你讲透了！”

武二郎被吓得一怔，看见潘金莲正悠闲地坐在门旁边的凳子上，回答：“啊！嫂子在这里乘凉呢！我要离开了，麻烦你告诉我大哥说，我就不向他告别了！”

In the following five days, Martial Big Wolf combined Jiuli (i.e., nine crowds, three grand great grand worlds), Strange Doors of Shield and Armor, and Sun’zi Soldier Strategy to explain to Martial Second Wolf their war history. Martial Second Wolf was admonished to cry several times. On the morning of the sixth day, Original Sky Honor summoned Martial Big Wolf to the palace. Martial Second Wolf had a chance to escape. He stole a few military books, hid them in the cushion under the saddle, led the horse, and slipped out through the back door. Suddenly, he heard Goldthread Pan say, "Is the second uncle leaving? Stay a few more days and let your elder brother explain the Sun’zi Solder Strategy to you thoroughly!"

Martial Second Wolf was startled, saw Goldthread Pan sitting leisurely on a stool next to the door, and replied: “Ah! My sister-in-law is here in the cool! I am leaving, please tell my elder brother that I won't bid him farewell!”

潘金莲回答：“好的，我向他转达你的话。但是，你怎么没拿几本书走？那么多书，你都不喜欢吗？”

武二郎回答：“我怕我把书拿走了，我大哥要看的时候，找不着，耽误事！”

潘金莲说：“你拿吧，没事。你把你拿走的书的名字清单给我就好。他有的书，元始天尊也都有。随后，我把清单交给原始天尊书房里的宫女，让她们为武大郎再复制一套。前几年，你大哥征服了北方的十几个国家。别的没抢着，他缴获了几屋子的羊皮纸，都运到皇宫里了。这么复制书不需要花钱。”

Goldthread Pan replied, “Yes, I will convey your words to him. But why didn't you take a few books to go? So many books that you don't like?”

Martial Second Wolf replied, “I'm afraid that if I take the book away, my big brother won't be able to find it when he wants to read it, and it will delay affairs!”

Goldthread Pan said, “You take it, it's fine! Just give me a list of the books you took. All the books he has, Original Sky Honor also has. Afterwards, I gave the list to the palace maids in the Original Sky Honor's study and asked them to make another set of copies for Martial Big Wolf. A few years ago, your elder brother conquered more than a dozen countries in the north. He didn't grab anything else, but he seized several rooms of parchment and transported them all to the palace.  It doesn't cost any money to copy the books this way.”

武二郎高兴地回去拿书。佣人们帮着把书打捆装袋，放到了马上。出来时，他发现潘金莲还在门口坐着呢，说：“我把清单放在了书房的桌子上了。” 据传说，这时元始天尊和武大郎正站在他们家的塔楼上目送着杨戬离开。此后，杨戬打仗总是兵不血刃，运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外。

Martial Second Wolf happily went back to get the books. The servants helped to bundle the books into bags and put them on the horse. When he came out, he found Goldthread Pan still sitting at the door and said, "I put the list on the table in the study." According to legend, Original Sky Honor and Martial Big Wolf were standing on the tower of their house at this time, watching Yang'jian leave. From then on, Yang’jian always won battles without bloodshed, and he was able to plan and win battles thousands of miles away.

 

2.3.2 九黎 Nine Crowds

武二郎回到了乾塘关，从妈祖借了些金子，凑足了20公斤黄金就去找张屠户（又名张三郎，玉皇大帝）还钱了。张屠户一见二哥来看他了，惊叹道：“你这名震华夏的大将军来看望我这无名草民，请受小弟一拜！”

武二郎上前就拉起了张屠户，说：“你说的无名是暗淡无光的无明（参见14.1节），是无知。你现在衣食住行无忧，膝下有七个女儿，你就是福。我确实是名满华夏，但我整天所作都是生死抉择，我就是生死的痛苦。”

张屠户还在思考时，武二郎结下了马背上的黄金，说：“我在鲵丸宫治病时，把20公斤黄金的买蘑菇钱记在了你的账上，现在还给你。”

Martial Second Wolf returned to Qiantang Pass, borrowed some gold from Mazu, gathered 20 kilograms of gold and went to see Butcher Zhang (aka Third Wolf Zhang, Turquoise Emperor) to pay back the money. Butcher Zhang, upon seeing that Second Brother had come to see him, marveled, “You, the great general who has shaken Hua and Xia, have come to visit me, a fameless grasshopper, please accept my humble obeisance!”

Martial Second Wolf stepped forward and pulled Zhang the Butcher up, saying, "The fameless-ness you said is the non-light (i.e., less light; see Section 14.1), which is ignorance. You have no worries about clothing food dwelling and travelling, and you have seven daughters; you are fortunate itself. I am indeed famous throughout Hua and Xia, but all I do every day are life and death decisions; I am the pain itself of life and death."

While Butcher Zhang was still thinking, Martial Second Wolf took the gold on his horse's back and said, "When I was treated in Salamander Bolus Palace, I put the money for buying mushrooms with 20 kilograms of gold into your account. Now I give it back to you."

张屠户回答：“这黄金就当是恭喜你成为元帅的贺礼！”

武二郎回答：“你听谁说的，我不是元帅。”

张屠户回答：“我不是听别人说的。我是这样想的。你以前不能晋升为元帅，是因为你的典军没有建设好。现在你的天眼开了，你很快就能建设起你自己的典军。不久之后，你成为元帅是自然而然的事。”

武二郎问：“为什么你一见到我，就说我的天眼睁开了？”

张屠户回答：“从刚才我们谈话中，你对 ‘无明’ 的理解。”

Butcher Zhang replied, "This gold is a gift to congratulate you on becoming the Full Marshal!”

Martial Second Wolf replied: "Who told you that? I am not a Full Marshal."

Butcher Zhang replied: "I didn't hear that from others. This is what I think. You couldn't be promoted to the Full Marshal before because your codex army was not well built. Now that your celestial eye is open, you will be able to build your own codex army soon. Then, it will be natural for you to become a Full Marshal."

Martial Second Wolf asked: "Why did you say my celestial eye opened when you just saw me?"

Butcher Zhang replied: "From our conversation just now, your understanding of 'non-light’."

武二郎问：“就从我懂那一个词，你就说我的天眼开了。九黎（如图2.3.2-23至31）意味着整个世界啊！”

张屠户是《宝莲灯》的作者，知道武二郎以前不懂九黎，就详细地回答：“九黎就两个字。黎，义为众，也可以理解为黎明，少光，无明。九黎就是九众（如图23至31；详细的解释参见第13章《苦谛》），就是九个无明，就是九个无知。”

武二郎惊讶地说：“你说的跟《宝莲灯》书上说的不一样啊！”

张屠户回答：“我也有《宝莲灯》。我可以用七种不同的说法来解释九黎，得出的结论都是一样的。九黎就是九众，也可以理解为从低到高的九个世界。这九个世界的九地都是烦恼，糊涂，身土，故称九地。这九个世界各有自己的天，所以就有了九天的说法。天是清净，深奥的知识，和神的意思。你懂得了无明，就得到了九天，所以我说你的天眼睁开了。”

Martial Second Wolf asked: "Just a word I understood, you said my celestial eye was opened. ‘Jiu Li’ (i.e., Nine Crowds, see figs. 2.3.2-23 to31) means the whole world!"

Zhang the butcher is the author of the Lotus Treasury Lamp, knowing that Martial Second Wolf did not understand Jiuli before, he answered in detail: "Jiuli is just two words. Li means crowd, and can also be understood as dawn, little light, and non-light. Jiuli is the nine crowds (as shown in Figures 23 to 31; see Chapter 13, Bitter Crux, for a more detailed explanation), which means nine non-lights, or nine ignorance."

Martial Second Wolf was surprised and said: "What you said is different from what is said in the Lotus Treasury Lamp!"

Butcher Zhang replied, "I also have the Lotus Treasury Lamp. I can explain Jiuli in seven different ways, and the conclusions are all the same. Jiuli means nine crowds, which can also be understood as nine worlds from low to high. The nine lands of these nine worlds are all annoyances, muddles, body soils, so they are called nine lands. These nine worlds each have their own sky, so there is the saying of nine skies. Sky means immaculateness, profound knowledge, and God. You understand nine non-lights now, you get the nine skies, so I say your celestial eye is opened."

2.3.2-2

武二郎惊讶地说：“我在咱大哥家住了五天，看来我得在你家住七天。我们还是先把黄金送的金库里面去吧！”

张屠户回答：“二哥，你的这个天眼，又作慧根，100公斤黄金也没处买去！这么大的事，我送你二十公斤黄金，你应该收下。妈祖拥有我的金华火腿公司的30%的股份。她有很多黄金在我的金库里呢！”

武二郎问：“她有多少黄金！我能看看吗？

Martial Second Wolf was surprised and said: "I stayed at our eldest brother's house for five days, so it seems I must stay at yours for seven days. Let's send the gold to the vault first!"

Butcher Zhang replied, “Second Brother, this celestial eye of yours, also known as gnostic root, is something 100 kilograms of gold has no place to buy! Such a great affair, I give you 20 kilograms of gold, you should accept it. Mazu owns 30% of my Jin’hua Ham Company. She has quite a bit of gold in my vault!”

Martial Second Wolf asked, “How much gold does she have! Can I see it?”

他们进了金库。张屠户指着杂乱无章地堆放着的金银和钱币（注，金童就是这种懒散邋遢的性格），说：“这堆是妈祖的，那堆的右侧是妈祖的，还有那堆！”

武二郎忽然说，“哎呀！我把金子落在院子里了。”说着他迅速出了金库。

张屠户跟了出来，叨咕：“二哥！现在咱乾塘关的的治安可好了。别说土匪，我都十多年没听说有小偷偷东西了！人们都不知道什么是战争了。”

They entered the vault. Butcher Zhang pointed to the gold, silver and coins stacked haphazardly (note, Golden Boy is of this lazy and unkempt character) and said, “This pile belongs Mazu, the right side of that pile belongs Mazu, and that pile!”

Martial Second Wolf suddenly said, "Oh! I left my gold in the yard." He quickly left the vault. Zhang the butcher followed him out and muttered, "Brother! The security in Qiantang Pass is very good now. Not to mention bandits, I haven't heard of thieves stealing things for more than ten years! People don't even know what war is anymore."

回到金库后，武二郎粗略地计算了一下，心里想，“你蒙我！我管理着三十万军队的后勤呢！怎么可能被你的这点儿小伎俩骗了！你这连流动资金都不充足啊！”他却说：“看你的破房子，我就知道你没赚多少钱！不过你在妈祖身边，饿不着！这钱我收下了。我把这20公斤黄金送给妈祖，算咱俩一人一半。”

张屠户回答：“黄金是你的，你爱送给谁就送给谁。”

After returning to the vault, Martial Second Wolf did some rough calculations and thought to himself, “You hoodwinked me! I'm managing the logistics of 300,000 troops! How could I be fooled by this little trick of yours! You don't even have enough liquidity here!” Instead, he said: “Looking at your shabby house, I can tell you don't make much money! But you're with Mazu, so you won't starve! I'll accept this money, and give these 20 kilograms of gold to Mazu, counting it as half for us both.”

Butcher Zhang replied, “The gold is yours; you can give it to whomever you like.”

2.3.2-3

当他们俩从金库里出来，张屠户说：“二哥来的不巧！你弟妹大巢氏和孩子们都去夏国她们的姥姥家了，下个月XX日才会回来。我得去厨房看看，晚饭吃些什么？”

武二郎一边计算着日子，一边回答：“正好！我和弟妹在一起感觉拘束，也没给侄女们买什么礼物！”

这时，妈祖派佣人来了，说：“媳妇大巢氏不在家，你们俩就别做晚饭了。妈祖准备了晚宴，让你们俩早点回去吃晚饭！”

When the two of them came out of the vault, Butcher Zhang said, “Second brother came at a bad time! Your younger sister-in-law, Big Nest, and the children have gone to their grandma's house in Xia Kingdom and won't be back until the XX day of next month. I must go to the kitchen to see what's for dinner.”

While calculating the date, Martial Second Wolf replied, “Just in time! I feel constrained with my younger sister-in-law, and I haven't bought any gifts for my nieces!”

At that moment, Mazu’s servant came and said, “Mazu said, the daughter-in-law, Big Nest, is not at home, the two of you should not cook dinner. Mazu has prepared a dinner party, so you two should go back early for dinner!”

两个人进了书房。武二郎看见张屠户家有满屋子的书，就说：“哎呀！难怪你没钱！你的钱都用来买书了！”

张屠户回答：“是的！这些书的80%是我花重金买来的。二哥你若是喜欢，谁便拿！不过你别看完了书就用来换酒喝。你给我拿回来，我给你西凤酒！”

武二郎回答：“这么大方！但我不缺西凤酒！”

The two went into the study. When Martial Second Wolf saw that Butcher Zhang’s house had a room full of books, he said, “Oops! No wonder you don't have any money! You used all your money to buy books!”

Butcher Zhang replied, “Yes! I spent a lot of money on 80% of these books. If you like them, Second Brother, whichever you like, you can take them! But don't use books to trade for liquor after you've finished reading them. You bring them back to me and I'll give you Xi’feng liquor!”

Martial Second Wolf replied, “So generous! But I don't need Xi’feng alcohol!”

张屠户说：“你是大将军，可能真的用得着这书的知识！我只是个杀猪的，看这书只是兴趣爱好，没什么实际意义。啊！我忘记了，你的军事驻地有帮夏国戍边的功能。”

这俩人开始谈论九黎。佣人又来告诉他们俩，早点儿去妈祖家吃晚饭，别让她等得时间长了。另外，妈祖让你们俩走过去，运动运动，别骑马。

Butcher Zhang said, “You're a great general, so you might really need the knowledge of these books! I'm just a pig killer, reading these books is just a hobby, nothing practical. Ah! I forgot that your military compound has the function of helping the Xia Kingdom to garrison its borders.”

These two started talking about Jiu Li (i.e., Nine Crowds, or Nine Dawns). The maid came back to tell the two of them to go to Mazu’s house early for dinner, so as not to make her wait too long. Also, Mazu told the two of you to walk over there and exercise, don't ride horses.

2.3.2-4

这俩人决定一边向妈祖家走一边说话。忽然，武二郎问：“三郎，你记不记得一个叫做太乙的湖北的猪肉商？”

张屠户还在思考问题，想了很长的时间，才回答：“啊！是有一个山东省清河县的老头子，名叫太乙！他常和一群猪肉商到我这混吃混喝。你问他干啥？”

武二郎回答：“就是他！”接着，他述说了《瑶池圣火》（参见2.2.2节）中，太乙救了他。

These two decided to talk as they walked toward Mazu’s house. Suddenly, Martial Second Wolf asked, “Third Wolf, do you remember a pork merchant from Hubei called Tai’yi?”

Butcher Zhang was still pondering the question and thought for a long time before answering, “Ah! There was an old man from Clear-water County in Shandong Province named Tai’yi! He often comes to my place with a group of pork merchants to eat, drink, and take pork and alcohol. Why do you ask him?”

Martial Second Wolf replies, “That's him!” He then recounted that in Sacred Fire of Yao Pond (cf. Section 2.2.2), Tai’yi had saved him.

武二郎接着说：“当时我就问他，‘我怎么报答你呀？’他回答，‘我去你弟弟张屠户那儿，他总是用质量不合格的猪肉招待我。他以为我不知道，我就是不好意思说。如果你弟弟能用合格的猪肉招待我，我就满足了！’我回答，‘我会告诉我弟弟，我保证以后他会用最好的的猪肉招待你！’”

张屠户反问：“他真这么说的？”

武二郎回答：“他就是这么说的！他帮你卖猪肉，是贵宾！你咋还给他们吃质量不合格的猪肉呢？”

Martial Second Wolf continues, “At that time I asked him, ‘How can I repay you?’ He replied, 'When I go to your brother Butcher Zhang's place, he always treats me with pork of substandard quality. He thought I didn't know, and I was just too embarrassed to say anything. If your brother could entertain me with qualified pork, I would be satisfied!' I replied, 'I'll tell my brother, and I promise that in the future he'll entertain you with the best pork!'”

Butcher Zhang asked back, “Did he really say that?”

Martial Second Wolf replied, “That's what he said! He helped you sell pork and is a VIP! Why do you still give them pork of substandard quality?”

张屠户说：“他们都那么大岁数了，能吃出啥好赖！？实际都是好猪肉，差别很小。每次来都连吃带拿的！奇怪了！我给他的酒里掺水了，他都不知道！他还能吃出猪肉质量不合格！？”

武二郎又问：“那你为什么还给他带走些猪肉呢？”

张屠户回答：“他总说他帮我卖出肉了，向我要报酬。实际上整个山东省的销售量都没有给他的报酬多。”

武二郎说：“那你就每年按照他索要的数量的三倍给他质量合格的猪肉。”

张屠户回答：“行！”

Butcher Zhang said, “They're all so old, what can they eat that's good and bad! It's all good pork, with very little difference. Every time they come, they eat and take it with them! That's strange! I watered down his alcohol, and he didn't even know it! He can still eat out the pork quality is not up to par!?”

Martial Second Wolf asked again, “Then why did you also let them take some pork?”

Butcher Zhang replied, “He always said he helped me sell pork and asked me for payment. The entire Shandong Province didn't sell as much as it paid him.

Martial Second Wolf said, “Then you will give him pork of satisfactory quality every year at three times the quantity he demands.”

Butcher Zhang replied, “OK!”

武二郎又问：“刚才你说，你给他喝掺水的酒。他能喝几杯酒！你为啥要掺水呢？”

张屠户回答：“啊！二哥你不知道，我贷款买下了夏国的西凤酒厂。太乙还朝我要西凤酒！”

武二郎惊奇地问：“你从哪里贷的款？”

张屠户回答：“从大巢氏她妈。”

武二郎气愤地说：“你从她借钱买她的酒厂！难怪她说你总是占她的便宜，被气得睡不着觉！”

Martial Second Wolf asked again: "Just now you said that you gave him liquor mixed with water. How many glasses of alcohol can he drink! Why did you mix water?"

Zhang the butcher replied: "Ah! Second brother, you don't know, I bought Xi’feng liquor in Xia State with a loan. Taiyi also asked me for Xi’feng liquor!"

Martial Second Wolf asked in amazement, “Where did you get the loan from?”

Zhang Butcher replied, “From Big Nest’s mom.”

Martial Second Wolf said angrily, “You used the money you borrowed from her to buy her liquor plant! No wonder she said you always took advantage of her and was so angry that she couldn't sleep!”

张屠户回答：“可不是那么回事！她总跟她闺女叨咕，‘那个西凤酒厂快倒闭了，她要没酒喝了’。她让我从她贷款买西凤酒厂。贷款的利息特别高，而且酒的价钱由她定，所以我永远也还不清贷款，就只是管理酒厂。我就挣个辛苦钱。她那是乐得睡不着觉了。”

武二郎不耐烦地说：“那你就按照太乙索要的猪肉和西凤酒的数量的三倍，每年给他送去合格的产品！我给你钱，你算算，得多少钱？”

张屠户回答：“好！我每季度派人给他送过去！当然要用最好的产品给救命恩人！你不用给我钱，没多少钱！他都那么大岁数了，活不了几年了！”

Butcher Zhang replied, “It's not like that! She was always complaining to her daughter, 'That Xi’feng plant is going out of business, she's going to run out of alcohol.' She asked me to take out a loan from her to buy the Xi’feng Distillery. The interest rate on the loan is very high, and she sets the price of the liquor, so I'll never be able to pay back the loan, just manage the liquor plant for her. I just earn some hard-earned money. She's so happy that she can't sleep.”

Martial Second Wolf said impatiently, “Then you will send him qualified products every year according to three times the amount of pork and Xi’feng alcohol Taiyi demanded! I'll pay you, do the math, how much will it cost?”

Butcher Zhang replied, “Good! I'll send someone to send it to him every quarter! Of course I must use the best products for our savior! You don't have to pay me, not much! He's so old, won't live for many years!”

武二郎说：“酒和火腿的保质期都很长，你一年送一次就行了，为啥还要按季度送？”

张屠户回答：“给他送过去后，他就请客送礼！消耗没了，他还要！”

武二郎听了之后，感觉不放心（注，这表明他的觉悟特质很强），问：“那你什么时候让人送过去？”

张屠户回答：“下个月我就亲自给他送过去。以后每季度初，我按照他索要的猪肉和西凤酒的数量，给他质量合格产品！让佣人给他送去。”

Martial Second Wolf said, “Alcohol and ham have a long shelf life, you can just send them once a year, why do you need to send them quarterly?”

Butcher Zhang replied, “After I send them to him, he invites people and give them out as gifts! When it's gone, he wants more!”

After Martial Second Wolf heard this, he felt uneasy (note, this shows that he has a strong conscientious trait), and asked, “Then when will you have someone send it over?”

Butcher Zhang replied, “I will personally deliver it to him next month. In the future, at the beginning of each quarter, I will give him qualified products in accordance with the quantity of pork and Xi’feng alcohol he requested! Have the servants deliver them to him.”

 

2.3.3 妈祖家宴 Mazu's Family Feast

武二郎（如图2.3.3-2所示）和张屠户（如图5）到妈祖（如图1）家时，晚饭已经准备好了，妈祖正坐在饭桌旁等着他们俩。她看见那20千克黄金拎回来了，就问。武二郎说， “三弟把这金子作为恭喜我升任大元帅的贺礼，送给我了。我们俩决定把这金子算我们俩一人一半，孝敬给您。”

妈祖回答：“你回来后，拿着金子就去找张三郎了。你刚离开，元始天尊的使者就来了，跟我说了你这次回永安的经过。我听明白了！这次你能回来陪我吃饭，全是女娲娘娘保佑的结果。这金子我收下了。”

When Martial Second Wolf (shown in Fig. 2.3.3-2) and Butcher Zhang (fig.5) arrived at Mazu's (fig.1) house, dinner was ready, and she was sitting at the dining table waiting for them. Mazu saw that they had carried the 20 kilograms of gold back, asked. Martial Second Wolf said: “Third Brother gave me this gold as a congratulatory gift for my promotion to Full Marshal. We both decided to honor you with half this gold for each of us.”

Mazu said: “When you came back, you took the gold and went to your third brother’s house. Just after you left, a messenger from Original Sky Honor came and told me about your return to Yongan this time. I heard and understood! It's all the result of Mother Nuwa's blessing that you came back to dine with me this time. I accept this gold.”

妈祖转头对张屠户（又名张三郎，玉皇大帝，如图5）说：“我听说了，你的流动资金不足，消减了金华火腿的产量。那不对！你做这生意到现在14年了，才步入正轨。猪肉的销量不好，你应该努力扩大生产规模，降低价格。你才34岁，正是男人干事业的年龄，而你却摆出了要退休的架势。这可不像个男人。妈妈我今天高兴，这20千克黄金给你了。”

张屠户刚要张嘴拒绝接受妈祖的赏赐，妈祖又说话了：“别说这黄金的事了！咱娘儿俩多的是时间说话。元始天尊给我布置任务了。我要办正事！”她转脸问武二郎：“你这次回家，准备住多长时间？”

Mazu turned to Zhang the Butcher (also known as Third Wolf Zhang, Turquoise Emperor, See Fig. 5) and said, "I heard that you have insufficient working capital and have reduced the production of Jinhua ham. That's not right! You have been in this business for 14 years and it is only getting on track. Pork sales are not good; you should work hard to expand production and lower prices. You are only 34 years old, which is the age for a man to start a career, but you are pretending to retire. This is not like a man. Mom, I am happy today, and I give you these 20 kilograms of gold.”

Just as Butcher Zhang was about to open his mouth and refuse to accept Mazu's reward, Mazu spoke again: “Let's not talk about the gold! We two have plenty of time to talk. Original Sky Honor (King of Hua currently) has given me an assignment. I'm going to do the right affair!” She turned to Martial Second Wolf and asked, “How long are you going to stay at home this time?”

张屠户回答：“七天。”

武二郎回答：“十五天。我准备从这里去夏国办些事。”

张屠户说：“你弟媳妇大巢氏现在在夏国的皇宫呢。你七天后出发，到达夏国皇宫时，她还没离开。那夏国的女王就会请你喝酒。”

武二郎回答：“我就是不想和她一起喝酒，才决定推迟七天从这里出发。”

张屠户尴尬了。妈祖笑着对他说：“你二哥仍然是个大男孩儿，害羞！”

Butcher Zhang replied: “Seven days.”

Martial Second Wolf replied: “15 days. I'm going to go to Xia kingdom to do some business from here.”

Butcher Zhang said: “Your younger sister-in-law, Big Nest, is now in the imperial palace of Xia. You will set out seven days later and arrive at the Xia kingdom's palace before she leaves. Then the woman emperor of Xia will invite you for a drink.”

Martial Second Wolf replied: “It was because I didn't want to drink with her that I decided to postpone my departure from here for seven days.”

Butcher Zhang was embarrassed. Mazu laughed at him and said: “Your second brother is still a big boy, shy!”

2.3.3-2

妈祖又对张屠户说：“这次你二哥回永安，元始天尊安排你大哥，静安王武大郎，给他讲《孙子兵法》。他不听！他从后门跑出来了。你大嫂潘金莲劝他多住几天。他都没回答。” 妈祖转脸对武二郎说：“元始天尊指示我。让我看着你，你要好好地跟你三弟学习《宝莲灯》。你还逃跑不？你若是再逃跑，我就骑着驴追你去！”

武二郎回答：“不逃跑了！妈妈都这么说了，我还怎么逃跑！”

Mazu also said to Butcher Zhang: “This time, when your second brother returned to Yongan, Original Sky Honor arranged for your elder brother, Martial Big Wolf Jing King, to give him a lecture on Sun’zi Soldier Strategy. He didn't listen! He ran out the back door. Your sister-in-law, Goldthread Pan, persuaded him to stay a few more days. He didn't even answer.” Mazu turned her face to Martial Second Wolf and said: “Original Sky Honor instructed me! Let me keep an eye on you, and you should learn the Treasury Lotus Lamp from your third brother properly. Are you still running away? If you run away again, I will chase you on a donkey!”

Martial Second Wolf replied: “No more running away! How can I run away when mom has said so!”

妈祖又对武二郎说：“元始天尊说，‘《宝莲灯》和《孙子兵法》是当今世界的两部奇书，你都用得着。这两本书的作者就是你三弟张屠户和你大哥武大郎。这两本书是现在华国和夏国最流行的两本书。夏国的女王蔻珠妹妹也是这么跟我说的。女娲娘娘也跟我说过，‘当今世上，你三弟张屠户的天眼最好！’原始天尊给我布置的任务就是，‘看着你，让你向你三弟把《宝莲灯》学习明白喽！’ 你能让我完成任务不？”

武二郎满面羞愧地回答：“我努力向三弟学习！”

Mazu then said to Martial Second Wolf: “Original Sky Honor said, ‘Treasury Lotus Lamp and Sun’zi Soldier Strategy are two marvelous books in today's world, both of which you can use.’ The authors of these two books are your third brother, Zhang the Butcher, and your elder brother, Martial Big Wolf. These two books are the two most popular books in Hua and Xia Kingdom now. Sister Kou’zhu, the woman emperor of Xia Kingdom, told me the same affairs. Princess Nuwa also told me, 'In today's world, your third brother, Third Wolf Zhang, has the best Celestial Eye!' Original Sky Honor's task for me is, 'To look at you, so that you can learn from your third brother to understand the Treasury Lotus Lamp!' Can you let me fulfill my task?”

Martial Second Wolf replied with a face full of shame: “I will endeavor to learn from Third Brother!”

妈祖又转脸向张屠户，问：“你给我交个底儿！你能把《宝莲灯》给你二哥讲明白喽不？”

张屠户自信满满地说：“对于没经历过四禅天的人，我讲不明白。我二哥已经经历过四禅天了，我肯定能给他讲明白！”

妈祖又说：“我捉摸着，要不你把重要的条目写下来，交给你二哥！让他以后常常看看，别忘喽！”

张屠户回答：“四禅天的经历特殊，一旦经历了，终生不忘。我给他讲明白了，《宝莲灯》和我二哥就聚变成为一个整体了。所有我要讲的重要内容都写在宝莲灯里了。”

Mazu turned to Butcher Zhang and asked, “Give me the bottom line! Can you explain the Treasury Lotus Lamp to your second brother?”

Butcher Zhang said confidently: “For those who have not experienced the Fourth Meditation Sky, I cannot explain it. My second brother has already experienced the Fourth Meditation Sky, so I can explain it to him!”

Mazu added: “I'm thinking, why don't you write down the important entries and give them to your second brother! Let him look at it often in the future, and don't forget it!”

Butcher Zhang replied: “The experience of the Fourth Meditation Sky special; once experienced, it is never forgotten. Once I have explained it to him, the Treasury Lotus Lamp and my second brother will converge to become one. All the important affairs I have to say are written in the Treasury Lotus Lamp.”

2.3.3-3

妈祖叨咕：“这话，我听着放心！那我就决定了，‘你们晚上来我这里吃饭，睡觉。早晨，吃完饭，你们俩就去你们家讨论《宝莲灯》。你们俩赶紧吃饭吧，要不饭菜都凉了！”

武二郎用筷子夹起了一片儿金华火腿（如图4），问张屠户：“这猪肉的质量合格不？”

张屠户抗议道：“质量不合格！但是，这都是因为妈祖不吃质量合格的猪肉。有几次，我让妈祖品尝一下质量合格的猪肉，她都不尝！”

妈祖笑着说道：“我怕吃上瘾了，你赚不到钱责怪我吃得多！”

Mazu chattered: “That's reassuring to hear! Then I decided, 'You will come to me at night to eat and sleep. In the morning, after breakfast, you two will go to your house to study the Treasury Lotus Lamp. You two hurry up and eat, or the food will get cold!”

Martial Second Wolf picked up a slice of Jinhua ham (see fig. 4) with his chopsticks and asked Butcher Zhang: “Is the quality of this pork up to par?”

Butcher Zhang protested: “The quality is not up to par! But it's all because Mazu doesn't eat pork of passable quality. There were times when I asked Mazu to taste the pork that was of passable quality, but she wouldn't even taste it!”

Mazu laughed and said: “I'm afraid that if I get addicted to it, you won't be able to make any money and blame me for eating too much!”

2.3.3-4

妈祖又问张屠户，“你教你二哥《宝莲灯》（即大千世界，亦作九黎，参见第13章《苦谛》）的时间紧不？我听你们的谈话，好像不是很困难。”

张屠户回答：“不紧，时间充裕！听你一说，我就明白了。女娲娘娘和我大哥武大郎已经给我二哥讲明白了。他现在已经位列仙班了。原始天尊的意思是让我来完成他们的工作，让我二哥成为宝莲灯来拯救世界。”

Mazu then asked Zhang the Butcher: “Are you short on time to teach your second brother the Treasury Lotus Lamp (i.e., Great Grand Worlds, also known as the Nine Crowds; see Chapter 13, ‘Bitter Crux’)? I listened to your conversation, and it didn't seem to be very difficult.”

Zhang the Butcher replied: "Not tight, time is plentiful! I understand what you said. Goddess Nuwa and my eldest brother Martial Big Wolf have explained everything to my second brother. He is now a member of the immortal class. Original Sky Honor wants me to complete their works and let my second brother become the Treasury Lotus Lamp to save the world."

妈祖叨咕，“是这么回事！” 然后她转脸对武二郎说，“使者对我说，‘咱们华国现在的五个军区，你和你大哥各负责一个。元始天尊批你大哥的军事预算最紧，只给50%。他给你的预算最宽松，几乎你报上去多少，他就批给你多少。’ 我现在懂了，他对你大哥最放心，对你最不放心！”

Mazu muttered: "That's what happened!" Then she turned to Martial Second Wolf and said: "The messenger said to me, 'We now have five military regions in Hua, and you and your elder brother oversee one each. Original Sky Honor approved the tightest military budget for your elder brother, only giving him 50%. The budget for you is the most generous, he approves almost whatever you submit.' Now I understand, he trusts your elder brother the most and you the least!"

2.3.3-5

妈祖又转脸对张屠户说：“有时间好！相亲去！我听说西南三十里桃花凹有个刘员外，名声挺好。他女儿桃花女的人品不错！咱俩也跟着去，帮你二哥好好看看那个桃花女（参见15.6《桃花劫》）！”

张屠户说：“哎呀妈呀！我二哥现在是华国的大将军，比你家的那位我的曾曾外祖父的大将军大十几倍呢！很多王公贵族的女儿，我二哥都看不上眼，怎么能看上一个村姑呢！”

Mazu turned her face to Butcher Zhang again and said, “It's good to have time! Go on a blind date! I've heard that there's a Publican Liu in Peach Flower Village, 30 miles to the southwest, who has a pretty good reputation. His daughter, Peach Flower girl, is pretty and smart! Let's go along and help your second brother take a good look at that Peach Flower girl (see 15.6 Peach Flower Catastrophe)!”

Butcher Zhang said, “Oh! Dear Mother! My second brother is now a great general of the Hua Nation, more than ten times greater than the great general of my great-great-grandfather in your family! Many daughters of princes and nobles, my second brother doesn’t even look at them, how can he like a village girl!”

妈祖又说：“典兵学院的院长，刘太岁，刘公的级别和我一样高。他家就在咱这乾塘关的东郊。元始天尊每次来看我，都会到他家坐一会儿。他的女儿刘健君我见过几次，挺好。要不，明天下午咱们娘仨去她家坐一会儿？”

张屠户（又名玉皇大帝）恍然大悟地回答：“那个刘健君的男朋友，名叫卢岩，我见过几次！前几天我还在白娘子和许仙相遇的那个断桥边看见他了呢！他说他正在公元21世纪重新编辑《中华法典》，但他还没得到主编刘建君（参见7.2 节《刘建军》）的同意。”

Mazu said again: "The president of Codex Soldier Academy, Longevity Liu, Publican Liu is of the same rank as me. His home is in the eastern suburbs of this Qian’tang Pass. Whenever Original Sky Honor comes to visit me, he will go to his home to sit for a while. I have met his daughter Eve Liu several times. She is very nice. How about we go to her home tomorrow afternoon to sit for a while?"

Butcher Zhang (a.k.a. Sun God) replied with a sudden realization, “That Eve Liu's boyfriend, named Adam Luyan, I've seen him a few times! I even saw him the other day by that broken bridge where the White Lady and Xu’xian met! He said he's re-editing the Chinese Codex in the 21st Century C.E., but he hasn't gotten permission from the editor-in-chief, Eve Liu (Cf. 7.2 Eve Liu).”

妈祖抢白：“没结婚就不算！我只是说咱们去刘太岁家坐一会儿，又不是去抢她们家的闺女！”

武二郎说：“你们俩说话，我听着就累了。我已经有中意的了。我这次计划去杭州就想让女娲娘娘帮我出个主义，送给那个女的一件什么礼物！？”

Mazu retorted, “It doesn't count if they're not married! I'm just saying that we're going to sit at Longevity Liu's house for a while, it's not like we're going to steal their daughter!”

Martial Second Wolf said, “I'm exhausted for listening to you two talks. I already have a favorite. I'm planning to go to Hangzhou this time just to ask Nuwa to help me come up with an idea on what kind of gift to give to that woman!?”

2.3.3-6

妈祖高兴地说，“好计划！我在女娲那儿也有点儿面子。看在我的面子上，女娲能帮你好好地筹划！她是谁家的闺女呀？”

武二郎立刻站起来了，说：“抱歉！我得去方便一下！”

妈祖问张屠户：“发生了什么事？”

Mazu said happily, “Good plan! I have some face with Nuwa. For my sake, Nuwa can help you with a good plan! Whose daughter, is she?”

Martial Second Wolf immediately stood up and said, “Sorry! I must go and facilitate!”

Mazu asked Zhang the Butcher: "What happened?"

张屠户回答：“我二哥所处的政治环境复杂，另外他这个人叫真！孩子出生之前，他就不会告诉咱们他结婚了！”

妈祖说：“这说的是他！你别老跟我唱反调啊！你二哥都已经36岁了！若不是他打仗忙，人们都得议论他患了断袖之癖。”

张屠户回答：“好！我顺着妈祖说。”

Zhang the Butcher replied: "My second brother is in a complicated political environment, and he is a very honest person! He would not tell us that he was married before the child was born!"

Mazu said: "This is about him! Don't always contradict me! Your second brother is already 36 years old! If he wasn't busy fighting, people would say he has a homosexual habit."

Zhang the butcher replied: "Okay! I will agree with Mazu."

武二郎回来后，妈祖对他说，“你去找女娲娘娘办事，给她的礼物可不能马虎。你把你给我的那两瓶茅台给她吧！”

武二郎问：“你的茅台是从哪里来的？谁送的？”

妈祖说：“你给我的！我看你给我的礼包里有两瓶茅台酒（如图6）！”

When Martial Second Wolf returned, Mazu said to him, “You went to Nuwa on business, so you can't be sloppy with your gifts to her. Give her the two bottles of Maotai you gave me!”

Wu Martial Second Wolf asked, “Where did you get the Maotai? Who gave it to you?”

Mazu said, “You gave it to me! I see two bottles of Maotai (See Fig. 6) in the gift bag you gave me!”

武二郎说：“那两瓶茅台酒是假的。那礼包是我在湖北出发时，士兵们包起来的。我忘记把那两瓶酒拿出去了。”

妈祖问：“你怎么知道那是假酒呢？”

武二郎说：“听我大哥给我讲解狭谷关战役时，我才知道那酒是熬忖从福建买的假酒，用来骗我的。”

Martial Second Wolf said, “Those two bottles of Maotai are fake. That gift bag was wrapped up by the soldiers when I left in Hunan. I forgot to take those two bottles of alcohol out.”

Mazu asked, “How did you know they were fake Maotai?”

妈祖惊恐地转脸对张屠户说：“我听了，怎么感觉这么害怕呢！？”

张屠户说：“你害怕，给我！福建分厂产的茅台酒也是茅台酒啊！”

妈祖立刻对佣人说：“把那两瓶茅台酒拿来，倒在洗手盆里！”

Martial Second Wolf said, “When I listened to my elder brother explaining the battle of Narrow Valley Pass to me, I realized that the Maotai alcohol was a fake bought by Aocun from Fujian and used to cheat me.”

Mazu turned his face in horror to Zhang the Butcher and said, “Why do I feel so scared when I heard that!?”

Butcher Zhang said, “You're scared, give it to me! The Maotai alcohol produced by the Fujian branch is also Maotai alcohol!”

Immediately, Mazu said to the servant, “Bring those two bottles of Maotai alcohol and pour them into the washbasin!”

当佣人把茅台酒倒进洗脸盆后，满屋子飘着酒香。张屠户兴奋地说：“妈祖有钱！价值六百两银子的两瓶茅台酒用来洗手；我得先洗！”说着，他站起来，就要去洗手。”

妈祖厉声喝道：“你给我坐下！”然后她对武二郎说：“你自己把脸盆里的东西倒进厕所里去！”

武二郎回来后，妈祖说：“吃的东西都这么不小心！我这三个儿子，就你总让我担心。给女娲的礼物还是送杜康酒如图（亦作典酒，如图7）！元始天尊刚给我送来了杜康的孙子亲手酿的杜康酒。礼包还没拆开呢！不用拆了，就那么原包给女娲！元始天尊办事靠谱，礼物也体面！”

When the servant poured the Maotai liquor into the wash basin, the whole room was filled with the aroma of liquor. Butcher Zhang said excitedly: "Mazu is rich! Two bottles of Maotai liquor worth six hundred taels (30 kilograms) of silver are used to wash hands; I must wash first!" As he said that, he stood up and was about to wash his hands.

Mazu snapped, “Sit down!” Then she said to Martial Second Wolf, “Pour the contents of the washbasin into the toilet yourself!”

When Martial Second Wolf returned, Mazu said, “You are so careless with food! Of my three sons, you're the only one who always worries me. It's better to give Nuwa a gift of Du’kang Alcohol (aka. Codex Alcohol, See Fig. 7)! Original Sky Honor has just sent me Du’kang Alcohol, hand-brewed by Du’kang's grandson. The gift package hasn't been opened yet! No need to open it, just give it to Nuwa in that original package! Original Sky Honor is reliable, and the gift is decent!”

2.3.3-7 蔻珠和玉珠 Kou'zhu (Juvenile Pearl) and Yu'zhu (Jade Pearl)

妈祖又对武二郎说，“我要是再年轻几岁，我也跟你去夏国的首都，杭州。我想再看看蔻珠妹妹（即夏国的国王）。你不知道，‘她看你三弟的眼神总是那么火辣辣的，像是在看神似的。’我头几次和她，还有你三弟一起喝酒时，我就在琢磨。这事当时就被你三弟媳妇，大巢氏，发现了。她跟我叨咕，‘我妈看三郎总那样儿，开始时，我还以为是因为我呢。后来我发现我只是她对张三郎情感的一小部分！’”

When Martial Second Wolf returned, Mazu said to him, “If I were a few years younger, I would go with you to the capital of Xia, Hangzhou. I want to see Sister Kou’zhu (i.e., Juvenile Pearl, king of Xia Kingdom) again. You don't know, 'She always looks at your third brother with such fiery eyes, as if she were looking at God.' The first few times I drank with her, and your third brother, I kept thinking about it. This was then discovered by your third brother's wife, Big Nest, at the time. She muttered to me, 'My mom always looks at Third Wolf like that, and at first, I thought it was because of me. Then I realized that I was only a small part of her feelings for Third Wolf Zhang!'”

张屠户惊讶地问：“你没问过为什么吗？”

妈祖回答：“问过两次。她都回答，‘我总看三郎像似我的玉珠妹妹！’我问玉珠是谁？她吱吱唔唔，我也就不好意思再问了。”

张屠户问：“妈妈！你能再告诉我一遍，你是怎么捡着我的？”

Butcher Zhang asked in surprise, “Didn't you ask why?”

Mazu replied, “Twice. She replied, 'I always see that Third Wolf looks like my sister Yu’zhu (i.e., Jade Pearl, Mysterious Woman of Ninth Sky, wife of Original Sky Honor) sister!' I asked her who Yu’zhu was. She squealed, so I was too embarrassed to ask again.”

Butcher Zhang asked, “Mom! Can you tell me again how you picked me up?”

妈祖说：“我都跟你说过两遍了。31年前，我，你爸礼敬公，还有你爷爷邓国公，坐车从外面回来，就在乾塘关北面的路上。我们忽然听到孩子的哭声。你爷爷让我下车去看看。我就去了。哭声是从一个放在地上的篮子传来的。那篮子旁边站着一个官宦家属打扮的丫鬟（即蔻珠），她看见我来了，笑着指了指篮子，就离开了。她走向一个在远处哭泣的官宦小姐（即玉珠，张屠户的母亲）。然后，她拉着那位哭泣的小姐离开了。我就把你抱回来了。”

张屠户问：“你说过一个玉珠。”

Mazu said, “I've told you twice. 31 years ago, I, your father, Publican Etiquette Salutation, and your grandfather, Publican of Deng State, were coming back from outside in a car on the road just north of Qian’tang Pass. We suddenly heard a child crying. Your grandfather told me to get out of the car and go look. So, I went. The cries were coming from a basket placed on the ground. There was a maid with official family dress (i.e., Kou’zhu) standing next to that basket. She saw me coming, smiled, pointed to the basket, and left. She walked towards an official girl (i.e. Yu’zhu, Butcher Zhang's mother) who was crying in the distance. Then she dragged the weeping girl away. And I carried you back.”

Butcher Zhang asked, “You said a jade pearl.”

妈祖回答：“是的！抱你回来后，我们仔细地检查了你带来的东西，就只有你口袋里的一颗玉珠特别。珠子有‘太阳在燃烧’的刻纹（如图5，张三郎雕像的胸前所示）。我今天把那颗玉珠给你。以前，我没给你，是怕你弄丢了。”

Mazu replied, “Yes! After carrying you back, we carefully examined the things you brought with you, and only one jade bead in your pocket was special. The jade pearl has the engraving 'The Sun is Burning' (as shown in Figure 5, on the chest of the statue of Third Wolf Zhang). I am giving you that jade pearl today. Before, I didn't give it to you because I was afraid you would lose it.”

2.3.3-8

武二郎说，“你们俩误会我了！我不喜欢和夏国的国王喝酒是因为前年的事。我派人去湘西帮她剿匪，是因为华国和夏国是友好国家，应当互相帮助。但她对欠我们的医药费和阵亡士兵的抚恤金赖着不给。我写信向她要。她就把钱给我送来了，还让人把一批西凤酒直接抬到了我的办公室。我以为那酒是她送给我的礼物，就分给将军们喝了。后来，账房先生告诉我，‘夏国送来的东西，加上被我分发给将军们的西凤酒，总和刚好是她欠我们的医药费和抚恤金’。所以，将军们都笑话我，‘自费替夏国女王蔻珠卖酒’。”

Martial Second Wolf said, “You two have misunderstood me! I don't like drinking with the king of Xia because of what happened the year before last. I sent people to Xiang’xi to help her fight bandits because Hua and Xia are friendly countries and should help each other. But she refused to pay the medical bills she owed us and the pensions of fallen soldiers. I wrote to her to ask them. She then sent me the money and had a shipment of Xifeng liquor carried directly to my office. I thought the alcohol was a gift from her and distributed it to the generals. Later, the bookkeeper told me, 'The sum of what Xia sent, plus the Xifeng alcohol that was distributed to the generals by me, was just about the amount she owed us for medical bills and pensions'. So, the generals laughed at me, 'selling alcohol for the woman king of Xia, Kou’zhu, at my own expense'.”

妈祖笑着说：“那时，你三弟买下了西凤酒（如图8）厂，那笔广告费应该由你三弟出。”

张屠户惊讶地说：“我才明白为什么我买了西凤酒厂后，订单立刻增长了200%，原来是二哥给我做的广告。三年，我总共赚了20千克黄金。看来这20千克黄金是属于二哥你的。这三年，我白忙了，一两黄金的辛苦费都没赚着。”

妈祖忍不住大笑，对张屠户说：“我就说你那丈母娘猴奸猴奸的，从她那儿赚钱比蹬天都难！哎呀！说走嘴了，幸亏你们的大哥不在家！我一说 ‘猴奸’，他就说我在骂你们的爷爷，邓国公（参见1.2节）。”

Mazu smiled and said, “At that time, your third brother bought the Xi’feng Liquor (See Fig. 8) Plant, and that advertising fee should be paid by your third brother.”

Butcher Zhang was surprised and said, “I realized why my orders increased by 200% immediately after I bought the Xi’feng Liquor Plant, it was because my second brother advertised for me. In three years, I earned a total of 20 kilograms of gold. It seems that these 20 kilograms of gold belong to you, Second Brother. These three years, I worked for nothing, and I didn't even earn a tael (50 grams) of gold for my hard work.

Mazu couldn't help but laugh and said to Butcher Zhang, “I told you that your mother-in-law is a monkeyish-smart mother-in-law, and it's harder to make money from her than to step up to the sky! Oops! Luckily, your elder brother was not at home! As soon as I say 'monkeyish-smart’, he would say I was scolding your grandfather, State Publican Deng (cf. 1.2).”

张屠户说：“二哥，这20千克黄金你还是拿走吧！”

妈祖立刻说：“我说你别再说黄金的事了。他吃穿住行都是国家花钱。他不缺钱！我管这些年帐本了，清楚的很！”

武二郎对张屠户说：“我真不缺钱。这次是我两三年来第一次花自己的钱。我都想不起来上一次花自己的钱是什么时候了。”

Butcher Zhang said, "Brother, you should take these 20 kilograms of gold!"

Mazu immediately said, "I told you to stop talking about gold. His food, clothing, housing and transportation are all paid for by the state. He is not short of money! I have managed the account books for these years, and I know everything clearly!"

Martial Second Wolf said to Butcher Zhang, "I am really not short of money. This is the first time I have spent my own money in two or three years. I can't even remember the last time I spent my own money."

2.3.3-9

几天后，武二郎想去夏国的皇宫喝酒了，向妈祖请求允许他离开。妈祖征求张屠户的意见。

张屠户回答：“该说的，我已经从多个方面，不同的角度说了多遍了。宝莲灯需要在现实生活中反复验证，才能完全掌握。我同意我二哥离开。”

妈祖就也同意他离开了。

A few days later, Martial Second Wolf wanted to go to the palace of Xia State to drink, and asked Mazu to allow him to leave. Mazu asked Zhang the Butcher for his opinion.

Zhang the Butcher replied: "I have said what I should say many times from many aspects and different angles. The Treasury Lotus Lamp needs to be verified repeatedly in real life before it can be fully mastered. I agree that my second brother can leave."

Mazu also agreed to let him leave.

 

2.3.4 太乙真人 Strictly Second Real Human

武二郎（如图2.3.4-3）对张屠户（如图5，6，7）承诺的给太乙真人（如图1）送合格的猪肉的事不放心。他离开乾塘关时，嘱咐两个卫兵，几天后去山东省清河县核实一下。

当这两个卫兵到达太乙真人的家时，发现他正在自己家的大门前宴请宾客，过路人也可以参加。他们俩想听消息，就坐进了宴席。这时，一个白胡子老头儿（即太乙真人，如图1）正在对身边的客人说：“两天前，我徒弟，乾塘关礼敬公的三太子，哪吒，来给我送礼来了。还特别告诉我，‘这次给我送来的是合格的金华火腿，和没参水的西凤酒！’请几位品尝一下，尝尝真正的金华火腿和西凤酒是什么味？”

Martial Second Wolf (see fig. 2.3.4-3) was not confident about Butcher Zhang's (as shown in figs. 5, 6, 7) promise to deliver qualified pork to Taiyi (i.e., strictly second) Real Human (as shown in fig. 1). When he left Qiantang Pass, he asked two guards to go to Clear Water County, Shandong Province to verify the matter a few days later.

When the two guards arrived at Taiyi's house, they found that he was entertaining guests in front of his gate, and passers-by were also welcome to attend. The two wanted to hear the news, so they sat down at the banquet. At this time, an old man with a white beard (Taiyi, as shown in Figure 1) was saying to the guests around him: "Two days ago, my disciple, Nezha, the third prince of Publican Etiquette Salutation of Qian’tang Pass, came to give me gifts. He also told me in particular, 'This time, he sent me qualified Jinhua ham and Xifeng Alcohol without mixing water!' Please taste it and try what the real Jinhua ham and Xifeng Alcohol taste like?"

太乙真人看见了刚进来的武二郎的两个卫兵，就吩咐佣人说，“给他们俩送去合格的金华火腿，和没参水西凤酒，让他们俩品尝一下。”

这俩卫兵赶忙拒绝说：“我们只是过路人，可不敢占便宜，奢望消耗那种珍馐美味。简单地吃点儿家常饭，我们就感激不尽了！”

太乙的佣人回答说：“前天他的徒弟张屠户来给他送合格的火腿和没参水的西凤酒，他就把新送来的火腿和西凤酒放进了仓库，以前的全搬出来了。这火腿很好，这酒就是普通的二锅头。那参了水的西凤酒昨天就喝没了。这不，那些空酒瓶子还在那儿摆着呢！”

When Taiyi saw the two guards of Martial Second Wolf who had just come in, he told the servants, "Send them some qualified Jinhua ham and Xifeng Alcohol without mixing water and let them taste it."

The two guards quickly refused and said, "We are just passers-by. We dare not take advantage of you and hope to consume such delicacies. We will be grateful if we can just have a simple home-cooked meal!"

Taiyi's servant replied, "The day before yesterday, his disciple Zhang the Butcher came to deliver qualified ham and Xifeng wine without water. He put the newly delivered ham and Xifeng Alcohol into the warehouse and moved out the old ones. This ham is very good, and this Alcohol is just ordinary Alcohol. The Xifeng Alcohol with water was drunk up yesterday. Look, those empty liquor bottles are still there!"

俩卫兵看见太乙的门前摆着几百个西凤酒和杜康酒的酒瓶子，好奇地问：“这两天你们家的主人用价值几万两白银的酒来招待客人！？”

太乙的佣人回答：“没那么多！我也不知道他是从哪里弄来了那么多空的名酒的瓶子！”

The two guards saw hundreds of Xifeng and Dukang Alcohol bottles in front of Taiyi's door, and asked curiously, "Did your master entertain guests with Alcohol worth tens of thousands of taels of silver these two days!?"

Taiyi's servant replied: "Not that many! I don't know where he got so many empty bottles of famous alcohol from!"

2.3.4-2

这时，人们看见佣人和这俩卫兵在交头接耳地低声说话，宴会变得肃静了，都想听听他们在说些什么！太乙不高兴了，大声对身边的人说：“我徒弟哪吒临走时，过来给我跪下了，抱着我的腿哭，说，‘师父你别再去我二哥武二郎那里告我了。我二哥力气大；他生气了，一巴掌能把我打死！’我听了之后就糊涂了，‘这三头六臂（如图5，义为上帝三人组，参见10.9节）的哪吒怎么被吓成这样了！？’ 他走了之后，我想了一夜。我终于想明白了， ‘他是在20年前，被武二郎打死的那只吊睛白虎（参见1.4节）吓着了！’那只老虎可真吓人，不幸的是它遇见二郎神了，命里该绝！”

这时，又来新客人了，太乙指示佣人给武二郎的两个卫兵上菜，自己去招待新来的客人了。

At this time, people saw the servant and the two guards whispering to each other, and the banquet became quiet. Everyone wanted to hear what they were talking about! Taiyi was unhappy and said loudly to the people around him: "When my disciple Nezha was leaving, he came to me and knelt, hugged my legs and cried, saying, 'Teacher-father, don't go to my second brother Martial Second Wolf to complain about me again. My second brother is very strong; when he gets angry, he can slap me to death!' After hearing this, I was confused, 'How could this three-headed and six-armed Nezha (Figure 5, meaning Trinity, see Section 10.9) be scared like this!' After he left, I thought about it all night. I finally figured it out, 'He was scared by the white tiger with hanging eyes that was killed by Martial Second Wolf 20 years ago (see section 1.4)!' That tiger was scary, but unfortunately it met Second Wolf God, and it was destined to die!" At this time, new guests came again. Taiyi instructed the servants to serve food to Martial Second Wolf's two guards and went to entertain the new guests himself.

一个武二郎的卫兵问佣人：“这金华火腿的味道很好，怎么说是质量不合格呢？”

佣人回答：“是好火腿！我家的主人舍不得吃；总是等到过期了，他才拿出来吃。味道不好，他就说他的徒弟给他不合格的猪肉。在山东没人买金华火腿，都是因为他总说金华火腿的质量不合格！”

另一个士兵问：“我听你们家主人总说那几句话，‘他的三头六臂的徒弟，哪吒，给他送合格的猪肉和不参水的西凤酒了’！？”

佣人回答：“这两天，他见着谁都说那几句话。没人的时候，他自己叨咕那几句话！”

One of Martial Second Wolf's guards asked the servant, “This Jinhua ham tastes great, so how can you say it's of substandard quality?”

The servant replied, “It is good ham! My master can't afford to eat it; he always waits until it expires before he takes it out to eat. When it tasted bad, he said his disciple had given him substandard pork. No one buys Jinhua ham in Shandong, all because he always says it's of substandard quality!”

Another soldier asked, “I heard your master always say those words, ‘His three-headed, six-armed disciple, Nezha, has sent him qualified pork and non-watered Xifeng alcohol!’?”

The servant replied, “In the past two days, he said those words to everyone he met. When no one is around, he mutters those words to himself!”

另一个武二郎的卫兵问：“武二郎打虎！我怎么没听说过呢！？”

佣人回答：“那是20年前的事。就因为武二郎打虎，这地方的名字现在被改成 ‘打虎冈’了！”

这时，太乙来到了他们的身边，看见武二郎的卫兵不相信 ‘武二郎打虎’，拉着他说，“你跟我来，我让你看一样东西。”

Another of Martial Second Wolf's guards asked, “Martial Second Wolf fights tigers! Why haven't I heard of it!?”

The servant replied, “That was 20 years ago. Just because Martial Second Wolf fought the tiger, the name of this place is now changed to 'Beating Tiger Gang'!”

At that moment, Taiyi came to them, and seeing that Martial Second Wolf's guards didn't believe in Martial Second Wolf Fighting the Tiger,' he pulled him and said, “Come with me, and I'll show you something.”

2.3.4-3 二郎神的圣物 Holy Object of Second Wolf God

太乙真人指着挂在客厅墙上的虎皮说：“这就是那只被武二郎打死的那只虎的皮！”

两个卫兵小声商量了一下，表示要买这张虎皮。

太乙听了，表示不感兴趣，说：“我从来没打算卖。你们买它干什么？”

一个武二郎的卫兵说：“这事没打算对您说，我们是从湖北来的，来核实张将军对您的承诺，‘张屠户要用最好的猪肉来招待您。’这事已经没问题了。”

Taiyi pointed to the tiger skin hanging on the wall of the living room and said, “This is the skin of that tiger that was killed by Martial Second Wolf!”

The two guards whispered and expressed their intention to buy this tiger skin.

Hearing this, Taiyi expressed his disinterest and said, “I never intended to sell it. What are you guys buying it for?”

One of Martial Second Wolf's guards said, “This was not intended to be said to you; we have come from Hubei to verify General Zhang's promise to you, ‘Butcher Zhang will serve you with the finest pork.’ This is no longer a problem.”

太乙回答：“哎呀！武二郎这孩子办事可真认真！我刚从湖北回来！”

一个卫兵问：“您去湖北干什么？”

太乙回答：“我是女娲剧组的成员，去湖北给一位好色的女国王（即熬忖，如图4）做童子鸡去了！”

一个卫兵听明白了，说：“啊！你还是厨师！你就顺便救了武二郎将军！”

太乙回答：“可不是那么回事！但这是女娲娘娘的秘密，现在还不能说！咱么还是先到厨房，吃点真正合格的金华火腿，喝点儿西凤酒！你们要喝杜康酒，我也有！你们要这张虎皮干什么？”

Taiyi replied, “Oops! This boy Martial Second Wolf is serious about his words! I've just returned from Hubei!”

A guard asked, “What were you doing in Hubei?”

Taiyi replied, “I'm a member of Nuwa's crew, and we went to Hubei to make ‘virgin boy chicken’ for a lustful female king (i.e., Aocun, as shown in fig. 4)!”

One of the guards understood and said, “Ah! You're a cook also! And you saved General Martial Second Wolf by the way!”

Taiyi replied, 'It's not that! But it's Nuwa's secret, so we can't talk about it yet! Let's go to the kitchen first, eat some real qualified Jinhua ham and drink some Xifeng Alcohol! If you want to drink Dukang Alcohol, I have it too! What do you need this tiger skin for?”

卫兵说：“是这么回事！我们湖北军区也有典军，但总是建设不好。他们说需要一件武二郎将军的圣物摆在典军军部的大堂上，就请求我们，武二郎的卫兵，寻找武二郎的圣物。几年了，我们什么也没找到。我们俩从湖北出来时，典军把我们在战场上缴获的一箱茅台酒要过去了，说是要把那酒作为圣物摆在典军的大堂里。我们俩觉着你的这张虎皮比那箱茅台酒更有意义！”

太乙真人听后，不说话了！

The guard said, “That's how it is! We also have a codex army in the Hubei Military Region, but it is always poorly constructed. They said they needed a holy relic of General Martial Second Wolf to be placed in the lobby of the codex military headquarters, they requested us, Martial Second Wolf's guards, to look for his holy relic. It's been a couple of years, and we haven't found anything. When the two of us came out of Hubei, the codex army asked for a case of Maotai Alcohol that we had captured on the battlefield, saying that they wanted to place that alcohol as a holy relic in the lobby of the codex army. The two of us felt that this tiger skin of yours is more meaningful than that case of Maotai Alcohol!”

Taiyi Zhenzhen stopped talking after hearing this!

一个卫兵问：“怎么了？这张虎皮不是您的？”

太乙回答：“这只老虎本来是二十几年前元始天尊来井阳冈打猎时抓住的一只白虎崽。就被王后和石矶娘娘（潘金莲，如图2）收养为宠物了。被武二郎打死之后，石矶娘娘让我找个风水好的地方给埋了。我就找四个人把它抬到我家来了。我给了他们四个农民工每人十文钱的劳务费和十文钱的保密费。我就把这只老虎吃了。那虎骨酒到现在我还没喝完呢！”

A guard asked: "What's wrong? This tiger skin is not yours?"

Taiyi replied: "This tiger was originally a white tiger cub that Original Sky Honor (King of Hua at the speaking time) caught when he came to Well-Sun Gang to hunt more than 20 years ago. It was adopted as a pet by the Queen of Hua and Queen Stone Jetty (aka. Goldthread Pan, as shown in Figure 2). After being beaten to death by Martial Second Wolf, Queen Stone Jetty asked me to find a good Feng Shui place to bury it. So, I found four people carrying it to my house. I gave each of the four farmers ten cents for labor and ten cents for confidentiality. I ate the tiger. I haven't finished the tiger bone alcohol yet!"

一个卫兵笑道：“难怪武二郎从来没对我们说他打虎的事！这事都过去20多年了。我认为这张虎皮属于你！”

太乙回答：“是吗！那我就用这张虎皮去换你们典军的那箱茅台酒。我还没喝过茅台酒呢！几年前，我在连云港的船上花三百两银子买了一瓶茅台酒，但到现在我都没敢尝尝！”

另一个卫兵问：“你花了那么多的钱买的酒，怎么不敢喝呢？”

A guard laughed and said, "No wonder Martial Second Wolf never told us about his tiger-killing experience! It happened more than 20 years ago. I think this tiger skin belongs to you!"

Taiyi replied, "Really? Then I will use this tiger skin to exchange for your Codex Army's box of Maotai. I haven't tasted Maotai yet! A few years ago, I spent 300 taels of silver on a ship in Connection to Cloud Port, but I haven't dared to taste it until now!"

Another guard asked, "You spent so much money on alcohol, why don't you dare to drink it?"

太乙回答：“我害怕巫毒女妖（即熬忖，图4）在那酒里尿尿了；熬忖不喜欢我！”

卫兵回答：“熬忖也不喜欢我们，但我们不担心她对我们下毒，因为她不知道我们是谁！您在女娲的剧组做什么工作，什么级别！”

太乙回答：“女娲的那个剧组很小。她是老板，我和其它的人都排行第二。”

Taiyi replied, "I'm afraid that Voodoo Demoness (Aocun, Figure 4) had peed in it; Aocun doesn't like me!"

The guard replied: "Aocun doesn't like us either, but we are not worried that she will poison us because she doesn't know who we are! What job do you do in Nuwa's crew and what is your rank!"

Taiyi replied: "Nuwa's crew is very small. She is the boss, and I and the others are second."

2.3.4-4

太乙就要跟随武二郎的这两位卫兵去湖北。卫兵回答：“我们当然欢迎您去帮我们建设典军。把您请去了，我们俩立功了。但是我们有个条件，这事得有你的孩子的同意书。”

太乙问：“我去湖北，为什么还得我儿子同意？”

卫兵回答：“我们不会害你；但你岁数大了，去湖北，山高路远。如果您过世了呢！ 我们得确保您的孩子不会追究我们的责任。”

Taiyi was about to follow Martial Second Wolf's two guards to Hubei.

The guards replied: "Of course we welcome you to help us build the codex army. We have done a great service by inviting you. But we have a condition. We need your children's consent."

Taiyi asked: "Why do I need my son's consent to go to Hubei?"

The guards replied: "We will not harm you; but you are old, and it is a long way to go to Hubei. What if you die? We have to make sure your children will not hold us responsible."

太乙回答：“我是他们的祖宗，我的事，他们管不着！”

卫兵回答：“现在的世道变了。孩子是祖宗，父母是奴隶！”

太乙的儿子知道后，说：“我爹在家就总有人来送礼；但我们尊重他的愿望。他做事，他自己高兴就好！”

就这样，太乙真人跟随着武二郎的两个护卫去湖北军区说书去了。

Taiyi replied: "I am their ancestor; they have no right to interfere with my affairs!"

The guard replied: "The world has changed now. Children are ancestors, parents are slaves!"

When Taiyi's son found out, he said: "When my father is at home, people always come to give gifts; but we respect his wishes. He does things if he is happy!"

In this way, Taiyi True Human followed Martial Second Wolf's two guards to the Hubei Military Region to tell stories.

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