伍子胥：’感谢这位兄弟出手相助，不然我也许会惨遭这两个贼子的毒手了。’

Wu-zi Xu: ‘Brother, thanks for reaching out a helping hand. Or I could have fallen prey to those two muggers.’

专诸：’哪里话？路见不平出手相助，乃是大丈夫所为。举手之劳而已，这位先生不必言谢。’

Zhuan Zhu: ‘Don’t mention it. A real man has to help when he sees fit to do so. No sweat anyway, you really don’t have to thank me, mister.’

伍子胥：“那好，那好。”

Wu-zi Xu: ‘Good. Good.’

伍子胥说着说着，正欲行走之际，突然双腿一软，整个人又倒了下来。

Wu-zi Xu kept saying, on and on. When he was about to walk, both his legs went weak all of a sudden. He fell, altogether.

专诸：’先生，我想您应该是被那两个贼子弄伤了腿，不便行走了。碰巧我家就在此附近，如先生不见弃，可到寒舍先歇一歇。’

Zhuan Zhu: ‘Mister, I reckon you must’ve been hurt by those two thieves. It’s not easy for you to walk now. My house happens to be somewhere near here. You may come and have a rest if you don’t mind, mister.’

伍子胥：’哎呀，这样也好，那就劳烦兄弟你了。’

Wu-zi Xu: ‘Oh, yeah! That’d be great. Thanks for your

trouble.’

‘哪里话？我们走！’专诸豪气的喝道！

‘Don’t mention it! Let’s go.’ Zhuan Zhu said, magnanimously.

黎达在不远处一直在观望，心想：’主人到底为何如此？唉……真不是我们这些下人所能明白的。’

Da Li had been watching all this, from a not very distant place. He thought: ‘Why would master do this? Well…I’m inferior. It’s really beyond my imagination.’

随后，伍子胥便来到专诸的家，安坐了下来。专诸喊道：’娘子，快拿些草药来，这位先生的腿伤了。’

Later, Wu-zi Xu arrived at Zhuan Zhu’s home, settled down. Zhuan Zhu hollered: ‘My wife, get me some herbal medicine. This mister’s legs have been hurt.’

专诸妻子于是便拿出药膏，她算不上什么大美人，胜在五官端正，也是个好妇人家。Zhuan Zhu’s wife took out some ointment. Couldn’t say she was a beauty but she had a decent countenance anyway. Might as well call her a good woman. 

专诸：’娘子，去给我们泡些茶来，上好的，让我们的客人先解解渴。’

Zhuan Zhu: ‘My wife, go make us some tea. The top-notch kind. Let’s quench our guess’s thirst.’

专诸妻：’是，夫君。’

Zhuan Zhu’s wife: ‘Yes, my lord.’

伍子胥：’兄弟，真想不到，你们家也算齐备，什么也不缺啊。’

Wu-zi Xu: ‘Brother, I didn’t realize you’d got a nice house here. Well-quipped. Everything you want, you’ve got it.’

专诸：’先生见笑了，我是个杀猪的……哎呀！该死啊，至今仍未请教先生贵姓大名呢？我叫专诸。’

Zhuan Zhu: ‘Mister, stop mocking me. I’m a butcher. Ouch…Goddamn! I haven’t asked you your name. I’m Zhuan Zhu.’

伍子胥：’好！我叫伍子胥，原是楚人，因奸臣当道，我父兄双双遇害，我经九死一生方才逃到吴国来啊……’

Wu-zi Xu: ‘Good. I’m Wu-zi Xu. I was originally from Chu. Because some evil officers were in power, my father and elder brother were both killed. After going through many close calls, I fled to the kingdom of Wu.’

专诸是个屠夫，何曾听过如此骇人的身世。此时，他不禁长叹一声：’先生，您……您的遭遇……’

Zhuan Zhu was a butcher. He wouldn’t have heard such an outrageous life story. Meanwhile, he heaved a sigh: ‘Mister, what you’ve gone through…you’ve gone through…’

专诸念头一转，厉声喝道：’告诉专诸，是谁害死先生家人的？我设法为您报仇！’

Zhuan Zhu changed his thought and exclaimed : ‘Tell me，mister, who killed your family? I’ll try to take revenge for you.’

伍子胥：’罢了！此人乃是楚平王身边宠臣，为高权重，楚国朝野上下无不畏惧此人者。’

Wu-zi Xu: ‘Well, forget it. He is the high-ranking officer, loved and trusted by king Chu-ping. Every one in the cabinet is terrified by this man.’

专诸：’原来如此。那先生来到我吴国作何打算呢？’

Zhuan Zhu: ‘I see. So, what do you plan to do in our country?’

伍子胥：’唉……一切……还得从长计议啊。’

Wu-zi Xu: ‘Well…everything….is still up in the air. And it’s going to a long time to make plans. ’

此时，专诸妻子已沏好了茶，给自己夫君和客人端上来了。

Now, Zhuan Zhu’s wife had made some tea. She took it up to her husband and the guest.

专诸：’先生，请喝茶。这也不算什么顶级上好的茶，不过，在寒舍……哈哈哈哈，喝吧，先生。’

Zhuan Zhu: ‘Mister, please have some tea. Wouldn’t say it’s top-quality tea but…In our humble little house…Ha, ha, ha, ha! Let’s drink some, mister. ‘

伍子胥一路走来，又说了这么多话，现在一闻茶香，喉头一醒，顿觉口渴难耐，于是便大口大口的喝了起来。

Wu-zi Xu had been walking, and talking a lot. Now, he smelled the pleasant smell of the tea. His throat ‘woke up’. So he couldn’t beat his thirstiness. He was gulping down the tea.

伍子胥：’好茶！好茶啊！谢谢夫人。’

Wu-zi Xu: ‘Great tea! Great tea! Thanks, lady.’