文官，刺客，和大禹（又名黄帝，魃，如图3，4）进入饭店后找了一间宽敞的包房，开始吃饭。文官问大禹：“你十年前去了华国，怎么回来了？”

大禹就简述了近十年的经历，然后问：“二位叔叔在国务院工作，认识舜王（即小龙女，嫘祖，水，如图1，2）不？”

Literary-Official, Assassin, and Big Yu (aka. Yellow Creator, Bā (meaning Drought), see Figures 3 and 4) entered the restaurant, found a spacious private room, and began their meal. Literary-Official asked Big Yu, “You went to Hua Country ten years ago. Why have you returned?”

Big Yu briefly recounted his experiences over the past decade, then inquired, “My two uncles work at the State Council. Do you know King Shun (aka. as Little Dragoness, Lei Ancestor, and Shui (Water), as shown in Figures 1 and 2)?”

还没等文官开口回答，刺客 “噌” 一声，拔出了刀。随后，他走到了包房一边的舞台上，模仿大禹小时候在鄮县学校表演的话剧，跪下一条腿对天求雨说：“神啊！请您向北走！”

Before Literary-Official could answer, Assassin drew his blade with a sharp whizz. Then he strode onto the small stage at one end of the private room and mimicked a play performed by the young Big Yu at the school in Mao County. Kneeling on one knee, he raised his face to the heavens and prayed for rain: “O God! Please journey northward!”

书中交代，这个魃神的故事是女娲造人委员会为金童们编写的传说故事。蚩尤（注1）祸乱人间。玉皇大帝派双身神青衣女魃（如图3，注2）去除掉蚩尤。可是魃杀死蚩尤后，他所在的地方出现了旱灾。于是求雨的人便祈祷：“神啊！请您北去！”

The book explains that this legend of the Bā God was a mythical tale composed by Nüwa's Human Creation Committee for the Gold Boys. Chiyou (Note 1) wreaked havoc upon the mortal world. Turquoise White-king Great Creator dispatched the twin-bodied God “Turquoise-Cloth Woman Drought (as shown in Figure 3, Note 2) to eliminate Chiyou. However, after Ba slew Chiyou, drought struck the region where he had been. Thus, those seeking rain prayed: “O God! Please go northward!”

注1，汉语中的蚩尤亦作转移身见，英语塞斯，是一切见惑的基础，参见11.4.4.1.4 《根本烦恼》。

注2，青是玉皇大帝的代表色。衣表示玉皇大帝为夏娃和魃穿上了衣服。这衣服是心衣，参见14.2节。女代表玉女，夏娃；她是众生之母。魃代表金童，亚当，佛，旱神，北方之神。

Note 1: In Chinese, Chiyou is also called "translocation body view”, and Seth in English, is the base of all muddles. See 11.4.4.1.4 "Fundamental Afflictions."

Note 2: Turquoise is the representative color of Turquoise White-king Great Creator. "Clothes" signifies that Turquoise White-king Great Creator has clothed Eve and Ba (Drought). These clothes are the heart cloths; see section 14.2 Fundamental Annoyances. "Woman" represents Jade Girl, Eve; she is the mother of all sentients. "Ba (Drought)" represents the Gold Boy, Adam, Buddha, God of Drought, and God of the North.

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大禹和文官看了刺客的表演后，都笑了。文官说：“我同意刺客的说法，你应该先去北方的乾塘关吊唁炎帝！办事得有顺序，有主次！你的问题中，神父张屠户（即炎帝）是大事。你认祖归宗后，再办什么事都容易了！”

After watching Assassin's performance, both Big Yu and Literary-Official laughed. Literary-Official said, "I agree with Assassin's statement. You should first go to Dragon Pond Pass in the north to pay your respects to Creator Yan! There must be an order to do affairs, a hierarchy of importance! In your case, Godfather Zhang the Butcher (i.e., Creator Yan) is the most important affair. Once you returned your ancestry, everything else will be easier!"

大禹回答：“他们家，我就只认识舜王，不认识别的任何人！”

文官说：“到乾塘关后，你就住在他们家的附近，每天去拜祭炎帝。五天，十天，或一个月后，你就认识他们家的人了。”

Big Yu replied, "Of their family, I only know King Shun, I don't know anyone else!"

Literary-Official said, "After you arrive at Dragon Pond Pass, you will live near their house and go to commonwealth with Creator Yan every day. After five days, ten days, or a month, you will know their family."

大禹叨咕：“这真是个好主意！你们还没回答我的问题：你们认识舜王不？她结婚没？”

刺客又 “噌啷！”拔出了刀，把刀在大禹的身边晃。文官生气地大叫：“你还能杀了大禹，还是怎么着！”他指着刺客坐的椅子说：“这凳子不结实！我看见你拿刀就害怕，擦伤了谁都不好！”

Big Yu muttered, "That's a great idea! You haven't answered my question yet: Do you know King Shun? Is she married?"

Assassin drew his knife again with a "clang!" and brandished it beside Big Yu. Literary-Official shouted angrily, "What, are you going to kill Big Yu or something?!" He pointed to the chair Assassin was sitting on and said, "This chair isn't sturdy! I get scared when I see you with a knife; it wouldn't be good if anyone got hurt!"

刺客收起了刀，又到屋里的舞台上表演祈雨：“神啊！请您向北走！”他回到饭桌边后开始计算去乾塘关的路费，算得很仔细。然后从袋子里拿出银子。”

文官叨咕道：“你多给一些能怎么样！？这么小气！”

Assassin sheathed his knife and went back to the stage inside the house to perform a rain-praying ritual: "God! Please head north!" He returned to the dining table and began calculating the travel expenses to Dragon Pond Pass, doing so meticulously. Then he took out silver from his bag. Literary-Official muttered, "What's wrong with giving a little more?! So stingy!"

刺客回答：“咱给他钱给多了，他用这钱去逛窑子；咱俩就对不起咱们的师傅和师母（即伏羲和女娲）了。行！我再给他三次看戏的门票钱。”

刺客做出把钱递给大禹的动作。大禹伸手接。刺客把钱收回来了，说：“你还没说你要去乾塘关。你去别的地方，二位叔叔不给钱！”

Assassin replied, "If we give him too much money, he'll use it to go to brothels; then we'll be letting down our teacher-father and teacher-mother (Fuxi and Nuwa). Fine! I'll give him enough for three more theater tickets."

Assassin gestured as if to hand the money to Big Yu. Big Yu reached out to take it. Assassin took the money back, saying, "You haven't mentioned you're going to Dragon Pond Pass. If you go anywhere else, your two uncles won't give you any money!"

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他们三人聊了很长的时间，从饭店里出来时。刺客再一次到舞台上表演祈雨：“神啊！请您北去！”

到了饭店的外面，刺客把大禹叫到了身边，打开银袋子给大禹看，然后说：“我借给你一个大银元宝，给你做备用。我是认真的，你绝对不能用我们的钱去逛窑子！下次见到我时，你把这个银元宝还给我！”

大禹回到住处后，想了两天，第三天才踏上了去往乾塘关的路。

The three of them talked for a long time. When they came out of the restaurant, the assassin went back to the stage to perform his rain-praying ritual: "God! Please go north!"

Outside the restaurant, Assassin called Big Yu to his side, opened his silver pouch to show him, and said, "I'm lending you a large silver ingot for your own use. I'm serious; you absolutely cannot use our money to go to brothels! Return this silver ingot to me next time you see me!"

After returning to his lodgings, Big Yu thought about it for two days before finally setting off for Dragon Pond Pass on the third day.

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会稽县人口稠密，XY隘口是会稽县去乾塘关的必经之路，此隘口和丛林相连，人烟稀少，方便狙击或打劫。文官和刺客早早就带着弓和弩在隘口处等候了。

Huiji County was densely populated, and the XY Pass served as the only route from Huiji to Dragon Pond Pass. This pass connected to dense forests where few people ventured, making it ideal for ambushes or robberies. Civil officials and assassins had long since taken up position at the pass, armed with bow and crossbow.

在预期的时间，文官和刺客看见一辆富人家的马车慢慢地走了过来。天气很热，车窗的帘子被卷起来了，他们俩看见车里面的贵妇是西王母。马车过去后，大禹慢悠悠地走了过来。两个人禁不住地乐，没表现出刺杀大禹的动作。大禹过去后，会稽县的县长，他们俩的师傅，走到了他俩的身边，说：“你们俩在这干什么？我的狙击手在那儿！”说着，县长指着他的狙击手的位置给他俩看。

At the appointed hour, Literary-Official and Assassin watched as a carriage belonging to a wealthy family approached slowly. The weather was hot, and the curtains at the windows were rolled up. They both saw that the noble lady inside was King-Mother of the West. After the carriage passed, Big Yu strolled over at a leisurely pace. The two men couldn't help but laugh, showing no signs of their assassination intent. After Big Yu had passed, the Prefect of Huiji County—their teacher—approached them and said, “What are you two doing here? My snipers are positioned over there!” With that, the prefect pointed to the snipers' posts to show them.

县长逮捕了文官和刺客。审讯后，县长拿出了西王母的手令，说：“你们俩回到县里做你们以前做的工作吧！没有西王母的命令，你们终身不得走出会稽县。”

The county prefect arrested Literary-Official and Assassin. After interrogation, he took out King-mother of the West’s edict and declared: “You two shall return to the county and resume your former duties! Without King-Mother’s command, you shall never leave Huiji County for the rest of your lives.”

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文官和刺客回到了会稽县政府，发现县政府里认识大禹的人都随着西王母和县长去了。就他们俩的级别高，他们俩就成为会稽县的县长了。

Literary-Official and Assassin returned to the Huiji County government office, only to find that everyone there who knew Big Yu had gone with King-Mother of the West and the county prefect. As the two highest-ranking officials present, they were appointed as the new prefect of Huiji County.

西王母带那么多的县政府工作人员干什么？在会稽县通往乾塘关的路上布满了士兵，那些认识大禹的人去给军队当向导，辨认谁是大禹。

Why did King-Mother of the West bring so many county government officials? Soldiers lined the road from Huiji County to Dragon Pond Pass, and those who knew Big Yu served as guides for the armies, identifying who Big Yu was.

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