1刺客登場
Enter the Assassin
刺客的名字:隱娘,本名聶窈。
刺客的身世:生於唐 德宗 貞元年間(西元785年)
父親聶鋒,掌管魏博軍紀的都虞侯。
母親聶田氏,嘉誠公主的録事官。
The assassin’s name was Nie Yinniang. She was born in 785 during the Tang Dynasty. Her father Nie Feng was a military officer of Weibo and her mother Nie Tian was a scribe of Princess Jiacheng.
隱娘成為刺客,是一個傳奇…
The legend began when Nie Yinniang was twelve years of age.
那一年,隱娘十二歲。
三月三上巳日,魏博城郊,杏花風吹雪般地飄入野宴帳幕內。
緋衣的十二歲女孩,在鞦韆上,飛也似的把自己盪到碧天高處,
突然縱身飛出,躍上樹梢,攀走於枝椏間,身手俐落,引來眾人一片驚嘩…,
帳幕內美麗的元誼女前來覲見嘉誠公主與藩主田緒,
少主田季安被喚入帳內相識,眾聲讚美,好一對璧人!
It was the third day of the third month that year. The governor of Weibo was having an outdoor banquet. Spring was in full bloom. Yinniang sat on a swing and went all the way up in the air and landed lightly on a tree.
元誼女來自塞外,是洺州刺史的愛女,
不久前,在一個大雪紛飛的正月春日,
元誼大將軍率兵五千及其家人萬餘口,前來與魏博結盟。
Not long ago, Yuan Yi, magistrate of faraway Mingzhou, took his troops and their families to seek shelter with the governor.
野宴河邊的校場上,少主田季安擊鞠,
穿梭在眾少年間的隱娘是唯一的女孩兒。
只見她策馬乘勢追擊,一揮桿,鞠球準準擊入元家的帳帷內,
元誼女卻沉著不驚。
On that day, out on the polo ground, Yinniang was the only girl among the young men playing in the game. With a single drive she sent the ball straight into the tent of Yuan's daughter.
嘉誠公主目睹著這一切,眼神悲憫。
同時此刻,站在遠方默默觀察的道姑,不禁沉吟思量著…
決定將她帶走,訓練她成為頂尖殺手。
A Taoist nun watching at a distance was impressed with Little Yinniang's nimble moves and quick wits and decided to take the girl and train her in the trade of assassination.