還我鈴來 Give Me Back The Bells
菩薩道：「悟空，還我鈴來。」行者道：「老孫不知。」菩薩喝道：「你這賊猴！若不是你偷了這鈴，莫說一個悟空，就是十個，也不敢近身。快拿出來。」菩萨道：「悟空，还我铃来。」行者道：「老孙不知。」菩萨喝道：「你这贼猴！若不是你偷了这铃，莫说一个悟空，就是十个，也不敢近身。快拿出来。」
逐句解 Line by line
The Bodhisattva said, "Wukong, give me back the bells."
Nine characters and no preamble. 還 is huán, the verb — the same word Wukong himself shouted at the cave gate when he demanded the queen back.
Pilgrim said, "Old Sun knows nothing about it."
Seven characters, and it carries both its own attribution and its own closing quotation mark, so it stands as a segment however short. He is lying to a Bodhisattva.
The Bodhisattva shouted, "You thieving ape!
賊猴 — thieving ape — is not a formal rebuke but an exasperated one. The pair 喝道 fixes the reading of 喝 at hè.
"If you had not stolen these bells, not one Wukong but ten would not have dared come near him. Bring them out at once."
She is telling him he only won because he cheated. 一 takes yí before the falling tone of 個. The four characters that close the quotation ride in the same segment.
還我鈴來 is four characters the reader has heard before. Wukong stood outside the cave gate at the third watch and shouted 還我金聖娘娘來 — give me back the Golden Sage Queen. The construction is identical and now it is aimed at him.
老孫不知 is the flattest lie in the chapter and it lasts one exchange. He is standing in front of the Bodhisattva who fitted the collar, with the bells at his waist, and he says he knows nothing about it.
Her rebuke is the sharpest assessment of the fight anyone offers. 莫說一個悟空，就是十個，也不敢近身 — not one Wukong but ten would not have dared go near him. The whole chapter of disguises, wine, lice and forged bells was necessary, and she says so.