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這是一個武功絕倫的女刺客,最後,卻無法殺人的故事。
中國的唐代,女刺客是將門之女,十歲那年被師父帶走訓練成頂尖殺手,專門刺殺殘暴的藩鎮節度使,在一次刺殺任務失敗後,師父將她送回故鄉,這次,她要行刺的目標是北方最強大的藩鎮節度使,她的表哥,也是她幼年時候的戀人。
女刺客離家十三年後回來了。現在,她面對的是她的父母,她的記憶,她的摯愛,她深藏的感情,這一切,都在向她挑戰。做為一名訓練有素的刺客,她將如何執行師父的聖諭?
9th century China. 10-year-old general's daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised - a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
A slave to the orders of her mistress, Nie Yinniang must choose: sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins. |