朗月奕風(fēng)盈，青澤入夢(mèng)馨。

The moon is bright, the wind is strong, and the dream is bright.

——題記

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寒窗十年。

Ten years in the cold.

離應(yīng)試只有三個(gè)月，匆匆登上赴京趕考之路，爭(zhēng)取個(gè)好功名，一展宏圖，更待何時(shí)。

It's only three months from the examination, and I'm on the way to Beijing in a hurry to get a good reputation, make a grand plan and wait for when.

京城郊外。

On the outskirts of the capital.

與繁華的京都相比，幾戶人家上空裊裊升起的炊煙，倒也不顯伶仃。

Compared with the bustling city of Kyoto, the smoke curling up in the air of several families does not seem to be lonely.

投奔叔父家，幾間不大的屋舍，對(duì)我而言，有個(gè)能安心讀書之處已足矣。最為曼妙的是，莫過于屋外一大片的荷塘，周遭草色盈盈。晨讀時(shí)飄來的泥土的芬芳，給枯燥的四書五經(jīng)帶來一絲愜意。

It is enough for me to go to my uncle 's house and a few small houses. The most graceful thing is that there is a large lotus pond outside the house, surrounded by grass. The fragrance of the earth in the morning brings a touch of comfort to the boring four books and five classics.

六月。

June.

月夜景致可人，很久沒有認(rèn)真仰望過蒼穹了。熄了燈，乘著月色，步入荷塘深處，執(zhí)書簡(jiǎn)，暢讀深夜。

The moon night scenery is lovely. I haven't looked up the sky for a long time. Turn off the light, riding the moonlight, into the depth of the lotus pond, holding a book, reading late at night.

馨香襲。

Sweet smell.

徙倚欲何依。

Where to rely on.

舉目。

Raise your eyes.

青衣，垂鬢，素襟。

Blue clothes, hanging temples, plain lapels.

驚見一妙齡女子幽幽坐在荷塘對(duì)岸，凝視著平靜水面上的彎月，素凈的臉龐，柳眉細(xì)彎，白皙如蓮。

I was surprised to see a young woman sitting on the other side of the lotus pond, staring at the curved moon on the calm water, her plain face, willow eyebrows, white as lotus.

沒有京都女子的妖艷，沒有城村女子的羞澀，皇室般的恬靜雍容。

There is no glamour of women in Kyoto, no shyness of women in cities and villages, and no royal tranquility and grace.

書讀得也有些乏味了，卷好書簡(jiǎn)，走上前去，道：“姑娘何以此時(shí)仍閑于野？”

The book was a little boring. After rolling up the slips, he went forward and said, "why is the girl still idle in the wild at this time?"

她抬頭，心顫，如此靈秀，清澈的雙眸，朱唇微動(dòng)，淡然道：“彼此彼此。”

She looked up, her heart quivered, her eyes were clear, her lips were moving, and she said quietly, "this is each other."

見她不大搭理，也不便多問，步入草色深處，俯看螢蟲。

See her not to answer, also inconvenient ask more, step into the grass color deep place, look down at the firefly.

不知她何時(shí)來之，也不知何時(shí)去也，再抬頭，她已然無蹤。

I don't know when she's coming or when she's going. Look up, she's gone.

此后多夜卻連連看到她。

After that, I saw her for many nights.

那日，捕到一只螢蟲，她輕聲道：“放了它罷?！?/p>

That day, catching a firefly, she whispered, "let it go."

螢蟲攜光漸遠(yuǎn)，她要唇悄聲道：“小女名清漣。見君日夜苦讀，心中之感頗多，不知君愿否聽我一言？”

The firefly carried the light away, and she asked her lips to whisper: "the name of the little girl is Qinglian. Seeing you study hard day and night, I feel a lot in my heart. Would you like to listen to me

稍愣，呆望。

A moment, a moment.

聞她語，卿本佳人，更甚才人，只可惜她身為女子，否則狀元非她莫屬。

Hearing her words, you are a beautiful woman, even more talented. It's a pity that she is a woman. Otherwise, the number one is not her.

此后連連多日，她常于夜出助我復(fù)習(xí)讀書，與清漣便如此熟識(shí)。

After that, for many days, she often went out at night to help me review my books, so familiar with Qinglian.

最后三天。

The last three days.

瘋狂。

Insane.

應(yīng)試。

Take the exam.

苦等。

Bitter and so on.

放皇榜那天。

On the day of the imperial list.

狀元！狀元！狂喜。

Champion! Champion! An ecstasy.

又回到了叔父家旁的荷塘，月色掩映下，青衣女子，輕盈而來。

He went back to the lotus pond next to his uncle's house. Under the moonlight, the woman in blue came here light.

在我手心一筆一劃寫下“出淤泥而不染”六字，潸然離去。

In the palm of my hand, I wrote down the six words of "out of mud without dyeing", and then left.

官場(chǎng)風(fēng)云十載，

Ten years of officialdom,

已非我所想，非我所控，非我所愿。年少時(shí)的幼稚在官場(chǎng)經(jīng)歷過種種磨難后，變得恐怕不是成熟，而是污穢了罷。

It's not what I think, it's not what I control, it's not what I want. I'm afraid that after all kinds of tribulations in the officialdom, the childishness in childhood is not mature, but filthy.

多年不見的一位故人，不再記得她的音容笑貌，她的一顰一蹙，只是她留了些許什么積郁在心底，久久揮之不去。

An old man who hasn't been seen for many years no longer remembers her voice, face and face. She frowns and frowns, but she leaves something in her heart, lingering for a long time.

“污”紗帽。

"Dirty" gauze cap.

如今端坐于公堂之上，厚顏無恥地喊著“明鏡高懸”的已不再似乎當(dāng)年那個(gè)年少氣盛，口口聲聲為國(guó)家為社稷為江山為人民的書生了。

Now it is no longer as if those who sit on the court and shout "bright mirror hanging high" with audacity were young and vigorous scholars who spoke for the country, the country and the people.

惡有惡報(bào)。

Evil will be recompensed with evil.

上斷頭臺(tái)那一天，滿腦子只有悔過。

On the day when I went to the guillotine, I was filled with regret.

落淚。

Shed tears.

劊子手舉起了他的刀。

The executioner raised his knife.

恍惚間出現(xiàn)一位身著青衣的妙齡女子。清風(fēng)，月撩人，她輕盈地在我手心寫下六個(gè)字：

In a trance, a young woman in blue appeared. The breeze and the moon are charming. She writes six words in my hand lightly:

出淤泥而不染。

Out of mud and not stained.

刀落。

The knife fell.