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尋一條僻路
To Find a Back Road
真個三藏依言，一行都閃下路來，到一個坑坎之下坐定。行者道：「兄弟，你兩個好生保守師父，待老孫變化了，去那城中看看，尋一條僻路，連夜去也。」真个三藏依言，一行都闪下路来，到一个坑坎之下坐定。行者道：「兄弟，你两个好生保守师父，待老孙变化了，去那城中看看，寻一条僻路，连夜去也。」
逐句解 Line by line
真個三藏依言，一行都閃下路來，到一個坑坎之下坐定。
真个三藏依言，一行都闪下路来，到一个坑坎之下坐定。
Tripitaka did as he was told, and the whole party slipped down off the road and settled below a hollow.
一行 is yì xíng, a party travelling together — the whole company of them. 閃 is to dodge or duck aside, quicker and more furtive than simply leaving the road.
行者道：「兄弟，你兩個好生保守師父，待老孫變化了，去那城中看看，尋一條僻路，連夜去也。」
行者道：「兄弟，你两个好生保守师父，待老孙变化了，去那城中看看，寻一条僻路，连夜去也。」
Pilgrim said: "Brothers, you two look after the master properly. Wait while old Monkey changes himself and goes to take a look at that city, and finds a back road, and we will travel through the night."
老孫, old Sun, is Wukong's own name for himself — half boast, half affection, and untranslatable in one word. 連夜 is through the night without stopping. He is already planning like a smuggler: scout by dark, move by dark, and out before the city wakes.
總評 Commentary
This short exchange already holds every element of the solution — transformation, reconnaissance, a route chosen because nobody watches it. What Pilgrim does not yet know is that the back road will not exist, and that the way through will have to be made rather than found.
The hollow below the road is a small piece of staging that pays off later. The party is now off the highway and out of sight, which is where Pilgrim will need them to be when he comes back with an armful of stolen clothes.