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At the southwest border, there was a small country that was famous for its principles. At the height of the Dali Dynasty, the territories occupied the whole of today's Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, as well as the southwest of Sichuan, northern Myanmar and a few areas such as Laos and Vietnam.

It coexisted with the later dynasties of the Central Plains, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Sui, Tang, Northern Song and Southern Song dynasties for more than 300 years. Finally, it was destroyed by Kublai in 1253. However, the Duan Clan did not disappear. After the founding of the Yuan Dynasty, in view of the Duan Clan's great power in Dali, the appointed Dali Clan had been appointed as steward for generations, and they still ruled Dali region for over a hundred years.

The current king of Dali is Duan Xingzhi, who succeeded to the throne last year (1251). He said that Duan Xingzhi might not be known by everyone. But when it came to Duan Zhixing, I believe many people who had seen "Sagittarius" should remember. Duan Zhixing was the book's "Southern Emperor", also known as the "One-Lamp Grandmaster". This Duan Xingzhi was Duan Zhixing's great-grandson.

In "Eagles", it described a master of light as a wise man, and a monk as well. However, according to the history of Yunnan, this person did not have a family background, and during his reign, he had more than 60 monasteries. "How could a small nation of Dali endure this ordeal, coupled with the fact that the Gao family was in power, continue to weaken.

After the "Southern Emperor", the national power was no longer the same. Eight years ago (1244) Mongolia was closing in on Dali from the south when the reigning King, Duan Xiangxing, dispatched Gao He to fend off the attack. Had it not been for the withdrawal of troops from Mongolia, due to the death of its abode, the Great Khan of Mongolia, the Dali nation might have ceased to exist at that time.

The northwest of Dali was Tufan, while the northeast was the Great Song, and the south was a lush and verdant Burmese forest. In fact, there was no room for further development. It was no small matter to be able to stay under the strong for more than three hundred years. Moreover, Dali had once been seized by the Gao Clan, and after that, the Gao Clan returned to the Duan Clan. This meant that the Duan Clan had its own means of survival even in the face of other regimes. One of them was that they seemed to be from the martial arts world and not from the martial arts world.

The sun had just risen. On the official road that led from Teng Chong to Dali, a carriage was slowly advancing. The forest to the left was filled with the chirping of birds.

The people in the carriage seemed to have quite a background, with two horses at the front and back.

The man on the left held a steel axe in his hand. He had a full beard and his eyes were wide open. The other person held a judge's pen. His face was handsome and he looked like a scholar. He was very quiet.

Of the two people behind him, one wore a suit of silver armor and held a snake spear in his hand. He looked valiant and valiant, with a smile on his face. The other person didn't have any weapons on him, but his eyes were frighteningly bright.

These four were no other than them. It was none other than the Duan Clan's four protectors — Iron Axe's third son, Zhu Ruilin; the second judge, Wu Changqing; the fourth in armor, Gao Xu; and the boss, Zhang Yizhu.

These four people were not only famous in Dali, but also in the martial arts world of the Central Plains. And because he was a special bodyguard of the Duan Clan in the Great Li Nation, his identity seemed special.

As for the person on the horse carriage, it was none other than Princess Qingyun of the Great Li Country.

Where did this Princess Qingyun come from? However, he had to start from the current imperial concubine, Qu Hongyan.

It turned out that Qu Hongyan had gone to Dali alone after the disbanding of the "Carefree Seven Heroes" back then. At that time, Dali was still in Duan Xingxiang's hands. Although Duan Xiangxing was not a very famous person, he was still like Emperor Wen An, Duan Zhengshun, who loved to look for trouble.

At that time, Qu Hongyan's face was cut by Liu Ye Qing, and even though she wore a veil, it did not affect her graceful figure nor her charm. Duan Xiangxing was attracted by Qu Hongyan's charm as soon as he saw her. Love at first sight, directly accepted as an imperial concubine. When Qu Hongyan was forty, she gave birth to a daughter for Duan Xiang. Even Princess Qingyun, Duan Feiyun, was no more than seventeen years old.

Qu Hongyan was favored by the harem, and her daughter, Duan Fei Yun, was favored by millions.

After Duan Xiangxing's death, many people originally thought that Qu Hongyan would no longer spoil the harem alone. However, Duan Xingzhi unexpectedly took Red Swallow as his consort once again, and even gave her the status of "Princess Qingyun", as well as the title of "Princess Qingyun", as well as the status of "Tengchong", and even granted her the privilege of using the Duan Clan's four great protectors at will.

In this way, Duan Ling Tian became even more so the true "First Princess" of the Great Li Kingdom.

However, the title of "Princess Qingyun" did not come from Duan Xiangxing. Rather, it came from Duan Xingzhi. From this, it could be seen that Qu Hongyan's status in the Dali royal family was extremely high, almost untouchable.

"Uncle Zhu San, how much longer until Dali? I'm so tired!" Duan Ling Tian's lazy voice sounded from within the carriage. There was dissatisfaction in his voice.

It was also no wonder that today was her eighteenth birthday. Duan Xiangxing especially set up a banquet in the prince's mansion, inviting many people to celebrate her birthday. Originally, the news that came the day before yesterday told Duan Fei Yun to hurry back to Dali. However, Duan Feiyun insisted that she still had a few important things that she had to wait for another day to complete.

How could the four protectors understand this princess' thoughts? They couldn't persuade her no matter what, so in the end, they could only compromise.

However, from Teng Chong to Dali, one had to pass through the Lancang River. Although the road was not far, the path was not easy. Based on Duan Fei Yun's personality, if she was hit by a bumpy wave, then it wouldn't work either. As a result, the four of them had no choice but to wake up Duan Feiyun before daybreak while sending her a message.

So it caused Duan Fei Yun to be extremely unhappy.

"Reporting to Princess, Lan Cangjiang is not far ahead. After we pass Lan Cangjiang, we will arrive at Dali in two hours. " "Yes," said the man outside the carriage.

"How annoying." Duan Fei Yun's unhappy voice sounded out from within the carriage.

However, Gao Xu smiled and replied, "Your Highness sent me news the day before yesterday." They had been on the road yesterday, but now they had returned to Dali. The princess said that she still had something else to do. Isn't this something that the princess brought upon herself? "

"What a great Gao Xu, you actually dared to laugh at this princess. Are you tired of living? " Duan Ling Tian opened the carriage window as he glared at Gao Xu.

Gao Xu didn't even look at her as he leisurely said, "How could I, Gao Xu, dare to laugh at a princess? It's just that you have to think for us, Princess. If we don't hurry on our way and delay the time set by the Prince, we will be punished! "

"Gao Xu, don't be rude! Today is the birthday of the princess, so we'll just follow her. Since it was not far from Dali now, he could still return to Dali at the time set by the prince. Let's hurry on our way. " The boss Zhang Yi Quan said.

"Humph!" Uncle Zhang was still the best. This Gao fellow loves to go against me! "Let's see how long I'll hold on to your weakness. I'll definitely teach you a lesson." Duan Ling Tian snorted coldly as he spat out a few harsh words. He then closed the curtain and ignored Gao Xu.

Zhu Ruilin laughed and turned to look at Gao Xu, saying, "I say, number four, it's not like you don't know the princess' temper. If you are so straightforward, wouldn't that just be touching a thorn in the head? "

However, Gao Xu smiled disapprovingly and said, "If I'm the same as you, wouldn't that be a little too boring?" At this point, Gao Xu looked at Wu Changqing and asked, "Second Brother, what do you think?"

Wu Changqing only smiled faintly and did not reply. He was not a talker.

"Enough, don't say anymore. "It's better to hurry on our way. We should be more careful when crossing the river. There are bandits lurking here, so don't let anything happen to them." Zhang Yi Quan said.

As expected, the faint sound of running water could be heard. The sound grew louder as they moved forward.

As a result, everyone kept quiet and continued to rush forward.