Dali, located in present-day Yunnan, is one of the earliest cultural birthplaces in Yunnan and has a long history. According to the literature, the ancestors of the Bai people flourished here in the 4th century, scattering many clans and tribes, known as "the genus of Kunming" in the history books, and they created a splendid Neolithic culture.

During the Qin Dynasty, the Central Plains Dynasty established an administrative structure in the southwest and began to rule Dali; In the Han Dynasty, the central army defeated the various tribes of Kunming, and set up counties in Dali to open up the Southern Silk Road; During the Three Kingdoms period, Yunnan, Guizhou and the southwestern part of Sichuan were called Nanzhong, which belonged to the Shu Kingdom, and rebuilt Yunnan in the Dali area. During the Sui Dynasty, there was a rebellion in Kunming, and the Sui Dynasty was pacified; During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty set up the Rongzhou Governor's Office, and all counties in the Dali area were under its jurisdiction.

In the seventh century A.D., there were six "edicts" (tribes) around Erhai Lake, such as Mengcui, Yuexi, Langqiong, Deng Zhen, Shilang and Mengshe, among which Mengshe edict was in the south of the edicts, so it was called Nanzhao. In the eighth century AD, the Six Zhaos, with the support of the Tang Dynasty, established the Nanzhao regime. There was a close relationship between Nanzhao and the Tang Dynasty. Later, due to the growing strength of the Southern Zhao Dynasty and the increasingly fierce contradictions with the Tang Dynasty, finally in 749 A.D. and 754 A.D., a large-scale war broke out between the two sides, known as the "Tianbao War" in history. Later, through the efforts of both sides, the "Cangshan Alliance" was held in 794 A.D., and the two sides reconciled.

In the later period of the Southern Zhao, there was civil strife in the palace, and finally the country fell apart in chaos. The Nanzhao Kingdom died out.

In 937, Tonghai Jiedu made Duan Siping join forces with the 37th Department of Eastern Yunnan to march into Dali and establish the Dali State. The Dali Kingdom basically inherited the boundaries of Nanzhao.

The country of Dali is much larger than today's Dali, and it is also larger than Yunnan. According to the records of the Yuan Dynasty, Dali is east to Hengshan of Pu'an Road, that is, Zhenning County of Guizhou Province, west to Jiangtou City of Burma, and Jaishak Chin State in the northeast of Shijie District of Myanmar, which is 3,900 miles away; South to the Lucang River of Anlu. The Dai area on both sides of the Heihe River in Laichuan Province today, north to the Dadu River of Luoros, and the Xichang area of Sichuan Province today, where 4,000 li, there are five cities, eight prefectures, four counties, and 37 tribes.

As for how big it is, then you need to carefully investigate and calculate, and there is no longer much here.

Outside Dali, Lin Heng, who had been away from this place for more than two years, walked back. Two years of experience have made him change a lot. He has matured and grown up, his face has lost the immature color he once had, and his eyes contain firmness and sharpness, which makes people know at a glance that Lu Dao is a responsible and mature man.

Walking into the city, Lin Heng looked at the familiar and somewhat unfamiliar streets around him, and sighed slightly: After two years of walking, I don't know what happened to my parents?

Thinking of his parents' faces, Lin Heng quickened his pace. Soon passed through the layers of streets and came to the outside of the Dali Palace. The land of the palace is prosperous, but the defense is also strict. As soon as Lin Heng arrived outside, two guards stepped forward to stop and ask, and Lin Heng didn't say much, and took out the token in his arms. When the two guards saw it, they hurriedly saluted Lin Heng. His token was given to him by Duan Zhengming, representing the emperor's presence in person. With this token, he can naturally enter and leave the court freely.

He is no stranger to Lin Heng of the Imperial Palace, he has also lived here for three years, and many of these roads are naturally understood. Because he missed his mother, there was wind under his feet, and the whole person was like a breeze, and soon crossed the front layer of the hall and came to the back court, where the harem concubines lived, but now only the queen lived, because Duan Zhengming did not have a concubine.

"Stop, who are you? Why are you trespassing in the palace? The maid of the first palace saw Lin Heng standing outside the queen's palace and stepped forward to shout.

Lin Heng glanced at her, quite familiar, and hesitated: "Sister Lan? ”

Tinglan looked at the visitor with some surprise, but after a closer look, she was pleasantly surprised: "You are Heng Young ......"

Lin Heng nodded with a smile and said, "Sister Lan, I haven't seen you for two years, so you don't recognize me." ”

"yes. I haven't seen you in two years, and you've changed a lot. Ting Lan nodded and said with some emotion. She is not very old, she is only twenty-three years old this year, she is Lin Heng's playmate when she was a child, the son of her mother's maid, when Lin Heng was there, she has been taking care of Lin Heng's daily life, Lin Heng is gone, she was recruited by the queen to her side and took over her mother's position.

"Sister Lan, is my mother here?"

Ting Lan shook her head and said, "The queen mother is not in the palace, she and Her Majesty went to the Zhennan Wangfu to see the prince of Zhennan." ”

Hearing this, Lin Heng nodded clearly. He is twenty years this year, and there are still eighteen years before Tianlong starts, Duan Yu should have been born this year. Raising his feet and walking up to the palace, Lin Heng said: "Sister Lan, you asked someone to help me prepare hot water, I want to bathe." ”

"Yes, Young Master Heng, wait a minute!"

Tinglan nodded, she didn't think it was strange that Lin Heng didn't go to Zhennan Wangfu. This kid didn't like King Zhennan when he was a child, of course, he can't say he doesn't like it, he just feels awkward, because King Duan Zhengchun of Zhennan is not a few years older than him, how can you not blame him if he asks him to call Uncle Xiaozi? Therefore, he rarely went to the Zhennan Palace.

After washing up well, Lin Heng put down his sword and spun around in the garden outside. This was the place where he practiced his sword, and it was also the place where he accompanied his mother and father to play, recording his memories for several years. Of course, his deepest memory is when he was in the palace, but unfortunately Duan Zhengming became the emperor, and he rarely returned there.

Standing on the grass, Lin Heng breathed heavily, he looked at the familiar scene around him, and couldn't help but hear in his mind when he was playing with his mother, and burst out laughing.

"When people grow up, they will lose their childlike fun, and I don't know if they can keep a pure heart?"

Shaking his head, Lin Heng broke off a branch and danced lightly on the grass. He used a branch as a sword, without any internal force, and the fight was also slow, so that people could know what was going on at a glance, but slowly, his swordsmanship became more and more complicated, and a branch in his hand turned into a sword shadow, making people unable to distinguish between reality and fiction, and after reaching the most lu, the branch in his hand changed again, and the complex sword shadow disappeared without a trace, leaving only a dry branch, and with a slight wave, there was a sound of breaking the sky.

Pointing, stabbing, inserting, hanging, picking...... The branches came to life in Lin Heng's hands, but the simple movements gave people a feeling of inescapability, and the momentum on his body became more and more condensed, especially after reaching the most cowardly, it was almost impossible to tell whether it was the branch or himself.

With a snap, the branch suddenly shattered, and Lin Heng stood there, keeping the stabbing motion in his hand. The eyes are dull. At this time, he fell into an epiphany.

Epiphany is a way to quickly improve one's realm, and it is hard to find. If you want to have an epiphany, you must have a deep accumulation, Lin Heng's accumulation is enough, and the two years of experience have also allowed him to integrate what he has learned and reach the realm of a first-class master.

And so it is. This time the epiphany Lin Heng had learned was slashed in his mind one by one, and then disappeared one by one, and when his eyes regained their brilliance, the whole person was like a sharp sword, unstoppable.

Feng Qingyang said that there is no trick to win, and the Dugu Nine Swords he inherited is a shortcut, but Dugu Nine Swords is not without moves, he has a move, because people only need to move. There are tricks. There are flaws, and there are flaws, the so-called no moves, what Lin Heng can't imagine. But if he goes further, he knows that maybe no trick is the realm of the unity of man and sword. That is, the realm of having no sword in your hand and a sword in your heart.

If you think about it, a person is already a sword, so his every move is a move, but it is not a move. Like a child, how can he play with it? However, you want to break his moves, but you feel that there is no trace.

This is the case with the unity of man and sword. At this point you are the sword. The sword is in your hand like an extension of your arm, without any flaws. Isn't that just a trick?

"Bang bang...... Heng'er's swordsmanship has improved again, and now even my father may not be able to fight your swordsmanship! Later, Duan Zhengming and the queen didn't know when they came, Lin Heng raised his eyes and glanced at the sky, and found that the sun had tilted to the west, and he had an epiphany for at least three hours.

Shaking his head, Lin Heng sobered himself up a little, stepped forward and saluted, "I've seen my father and mother!" ”

"Hmm!" The two nodded, and the queen pulled Lin Heng over to look at him carefully, with some worry on her face. Seeing his mother's expression, Lin Heng felt warm in his heart, and comforted softly: "Mother, the child is fine. ”

"Queen, Heng'er hasn't eaten since she came back, let's eat and talk together." Duan Zhengming interjected.

The queen nodded, and immediately ordered someone to prepare food, and she herself pulled Lin Heng and talked to him softly, asking him how he had lived in the past two years and whether he was doing well.

Duan Zhengming, who had done Lin Heng, naturally knew the Tao clearly, after all, he had made a lot of waves in the rivers and lakes in the past two years, which also made his father's face shine, but Lin Heng's life must be too dangerous, although the queen knew a little bit about it, as long as she didn't say it in detail, she wouldn't really understand. Duan Zhengming didn't want his wife to worry, so naturally he wouldn't tell her this. Lin Heng also understands, so he just picks some cheerful and interesting things to say.

The three of them reunited after a long absence, and naturally got together for lovesickness, when they ate, they chatted happily, and after eating, Lin Heng even accompanied his mother and father to talk, and he didn't leave until very late.

The next day, Lin Heng visited his father and mother early in the morning, and when his parents left the court, he chatted with his mother, and went to the back garden with her to play, playing chess and playing the piano with her. Lin Heng learned these from his mother when he was a child, and occasionally accompanied his mother to play, often making her laugh and dispel her from the bitterness of having no children.

This time, it was no exception, Lin Heng first played chess and chatted with his mother, and then specially played a tune he learned outside for her, and then taught her and played with her.

The relaxed and leisurely days always pass quickly, and he has returned to Dali for more than a month in the blink of an eye. For more than a month, he spent most of his time with his mother, and only occasionally in the dead of night would he draw his long sword and play a sword technique to consolidate his cultivation, and sometimes he would have a trick with the palace guards to guide them in swordsmanship. Of course, it is also necessary to meet people, such as Duan Zhengchun and the three dukes of Dali, he met them all, and he also had a discussion with them. Duan Zhengchun don't say it, this guy's kung fu will not be good in the future, and it will be even worse now, but the three princes of Dali are not weak, although they have not yet reached the realm of the future, they can also learn from Lin Heng normally, but they are much better than Duan Zhengchun.

In the current Dali, in addition to the monks of Tianlong Temple, the most powerful is Duan Zhengming, although it is not as good as in the future, but the martial arts are high, and Lin Heng will not fall behind in the fight. It is worth mentioning that his Yiyang Finger is not very smart, and he only has the realm of six grades, but his martial arts are really good. This made Lin Heng very strange, why did he improve his One Yang Finger in the future, but his cultivation did not improve much, could it be said that he put down other martial arts and specialized in one Yang Finger?

In fact, this is very easy to understand, Yiyang refers to the second martial arts in Dali, and the Duan family has learned to study it carefully, so it is inevitable to let go of other martial arts, and Duan Zhengming is still the emperor, so naturally there is not much time to study martial arts, so it is understandable that his martial arts cultivation is down.

On this day, after his mother rested, Lin Heng went to see his father who was thrown in the office, and said that he was going to Tianlong Temple.

Duan Zhengming was surprised and said, "Heng'er, why do you want to go to Tianlong Temple?" ’

"Tournament!" Lin Heng said two words, Duan Zhengming was slightly stunned, and then smiled bitterly. He also knows this adopted son, he is a martial idiot, and his talent is extremely high, and he has cultivation that is not weaker than himself now, and he will definitely surpass himself in the future.

"Tianlong Temple is the most profound place for my Dali martial arts cultivation, and it is understandable that you want to go there." Nodding, Duan Zhengming agreed to Lin Heng's request, Lin Heng thanked him happily and went back to recuperate. (To be continued......)