He thought to himself: "I heard on the grapevine that Song Gongming is there when you need him, and it's true indeed! 江湖上 refers to the criminal network, here translated as “grapevine”. Wu Song said: "Stop talking crap! Otherwise I won't pay you! Give me another three bowls of wine!" 沒 here is pronounced mò, and means “in the end”. The owner said: "You're such a big guy, if you fall down drunk, how could I help you up?" 長 here means ‘tall’. The owner said: "Now there's a slant-eyed, white-headed tiger on Jingyang Mountain up ahead; 大蟲 is an archaic word for ‘tiger’. at other times of day - afternoon, evening and night - it is not permitted to cross the mountain. 寅, 卯, 酉, 戌 and 亥 are more times of day. you'll have some scheme to get my money or kill me, yet you're trying to scare me with this bullshit tiger?" 謀財害命 is a chengyu meaning “to plot to kill someone for their money”.

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