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基地系列:基地前奏|Prelude to Foundation

第二章|Chapter 2

属类： 双语小说 【分类】魔幻小说 -[作者: 艾萨克-阿西莫夫] 阅读：[13956]
《基地前奏》 在《基地与地球》中广袤荒凉的星际旅程之后,《基地前奏》将镜头拉回到基地三部曲开场之前几十年,繁华的帝国之都川陀。开创整个基地故事根基.故事的时间线来到《基地》的几十年前，彼时的哈里·谢顿还未开创出完整的心理史学，只是发表了一篇论文。但正是这篇关乎可以预言未来的论文将谢顿带上一段逃亡冒险之旅。
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这个时期的哈里·谢顿貌不惊人。与克里昂大帝一世一样，他也是二十二岁，不过他的身高只有一米七二。他的脸庞光润，显得快活爽朗，头发是接近黑色的深褐色，衣着带着一种一眼就能看出的土气。

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对于那些将哈里·谢顿视为传奇性半人半神的后人而言，谢顿此刻的形象——没有满头白发、没有布满皱纹的老脸、没有放射智慧光芒的微笑、没有坐在轮椅上——似乎是一种亵渎。不过，即使到了耄耋高龄，谢顿的双眼依旧散发着愉悦的神采，那是他始终不变的特征。

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此时此刻，他的一双眼睛显得特别愉悦，因为他刚在“十年会议”上发表一篇论文。这篇论文多少引起些许注意，老欧斯特费兹甚至对他点了点头，说道：“有创意，年轻人，实在有创意。”这句话出自欧斯特费兹之口，令他倍觉受用，心中的成就感无以复加。

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可是现在却有一个新的而且相当出乎意料的发展，谢顿不知道它是否会让自己更加愉悦、更有成就感。

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他瞪着眼前这位人高马大、身穿制服的年轻人。那人的短袖上衣左胸处，有一个帅气的“星舰与太阳”标志。

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“艾尔本·卫利斯中尉。”这位禁卫军军官说着便将身份证件收起来。“请您这就跟我走好吗，阁下？”

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当然，卫利斯是武装前来的，此外还有两名禁卫军等在门外。谢顿知道自己别无选择，虽然对方刻意表现得很礼貌。但无论如何，他总有权把事情弄清楚，于是他说：“去见皇上？”

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“前往皇宫，阁下，我接到的指示仅止于此。”

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“可是为什么呢？”

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“我并不知情，阁下。我接到严格的指示，一定要您跟我前去，无论使用什么方法。”

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“可是这样一来，好像是我遭到逮捕，而我没有犯什么法。”

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“应该这么说，这像是我们在为您护驾——如果您不再耽误时间的话。”

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谢顿果然未再耽搁。他紧闭嘴唇，仿佛将其他的疑问全部封在嘴里，点了点头，便迈开脚步。即使他真要去见皇上，接受皇上的嘉奖，他也不觉得有什么好高兴的。他的努力是为了整个帝国，换句话说，是为了所有人类世界的和平与团结，而不是为了这个皇帝。

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中尉走在前面，另外两名禁卫军殿后。谢顿对擦身而过的每个人报以微笑，故意装得若无其事的样子。走出旅馆之后，他们登上一辆官方地面车（谢顿不禁伸手摸了摸椅套，他从未坐过这么豪华的车子）。

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他们所在的地点是川陀最富有的地区之一。这里的穹顶相当高耸，足以带来置身露天空间的感觉。任何人都会发誓自己正沐浴在阳光之下，连生长在露天世界的哈里·谢顿也不例外。虽然见不到太阳或任何阴影，空气却显得明朗而清香。

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随着周遭的景物迅速后退，穹顶开始往下弯，墙壁也变得越来越窄。他们很快就进入一座密闭的隧道，里面每隔固定距离便出现一个“星舰与太阳”的标志。这隧道显然（谢顿心想）专供官方交通工具使用。

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前面一道门及时打开，地面车快速穿过。那道门重新关上之后，他们已经来到露天的空间——真正的露天空间。这里是川陀表面仅有的二百五十平方公里露天地表，壮丽的皇宫即坐落其上。谢顿很希望有机会在这片土地上明处逛逛——并非由于皇宫，而是因为这里有帝国大学，以及最吸引他的帝国图书馆。

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然而，穿过川陀密封在穹顶内的世界，来到露天的林地与原野之后，他发现自己置身于一个乌云遮日的世界，一阵寒风猛然袭来。他随手按下开关，把车窗关了起来。

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外面是个阴冷的日子。

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Hari Seldon did not make an impressive appearance at this time. Like the Emperor Cleon I, he was thirty-two years old, but he was only 1.73 meters tall. His face was smooth and cheerful, his hair dark brown, almost black, and his clothing had the unmistakable touch of provinciality about it. To anyone in later times who knew of Hari Seldon only as a legendary demigod, it would seem almost sacrilegious for him not to have white hair, not to have an old lined face, a quiet smile radiating wisdom, not to be seated in a wheelchair. Even then, in advanced old age, his eyes had been cheerful, however. There was that.

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And his eyes were particularly cheerful now, for his paper had been given at the Decennial Convention. It had even aroused some interest in a distant sort of way and old Osterfith had nodded his head at him and had said, "ingenious, young man. Most ingenious." Which, coming from Osterfith, was satisfactory. Most satisfactory.

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But now there was a new--and quite unexpected--development and Seldon wasnt sure whether it should increase his cheer and intensify his satisfaction or not. He stared at the tall young man in uniform--the Spaceship-and-Sun neatly placed on the left side of his tunic .

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" Lieutenant Alban Wellis," said the officer of the Emperors Guard before putting away his identification. "Will you come with me now, sir?"

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Wellis was armed, of course. There were two other Guardsmen waiting outside his door. Seldon knew he had no choice, for all the others careful politeness, but there was no reason he could not seek information. He said, "To see the Emperor?"

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"To be brought to the Palace, sir. Thats the extent of my instructions."

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"But why?"

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"I was not told why, sir. And I have my strict instructions that you must come with me--one way or another."

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"But this seems as though I am being arrested. I have done nothing to warrant that."

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"Say, rather, that it seems you are being given an escort of honor--if you delay me no further."

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Seldon delayed no further. He pressed his lips together, as though to block of further questions, nodded his head, and stepped forward. Even if he was going to meet the Emperor and to receive Imperial commendation, he found no joy in it. He was for the Empire--that is, for the worlds of humanity in peace and union but he was not for the Emperor.

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The lieutenant walked ahead, the other two behind. Seldon smiled at those he passed and managed to look unconcerned. Outside the hotel they climbed into an official ground-car. (Seldon ran his hand over the upholstery; he had never been in anything so ornate.)

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They were in one of the wealthiest sections of Trantor. The dome was high enough here to give a sensation of being in the open and one could swear--even one such as Hari Seldon, who had been born and brought up on an open world--that they were in sunlight. You could see no sun and no shadows, but the air was light and fragrant .

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And then it passed and the dome curved down and the walls narrowed in and soon they were moving along an enclosed tunnel, marked periodically with the Spaceship-and-Sun and so clearly reserved (Seldon thought) for official vehicles.

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A door opened and the ground-car sped through. When the door closed behind them, they were in the open--the true, the real open. There were 250 square kilometers of the only stretch of open land on Trantor and on it stood the Imperial Palace. Seldon would have liked a chance to wander through that open land--not because of the Palace, but because it also contained the Galactic University and, most intriguing of all, the Galactic Library.

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And yet, in passing from the enclosed world of Trantor into the open patch of wood and parkland, he had passed into a world in which clouds dimmed the sky and a chill wind rued his shirt. He pressed the contact that closed the ground-cars window.

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It was a dismal day outside.

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