故事发(fā )(🍅)生在南诏王(wáng )阁(gé )罗凤重病(bìng ),其孙异牟寻准(🕋)备登基为王时期,阁罗(🎺)凤之(zhī )子凤伽(gā )异早逝(🌰),其子(🏴)异牟寻(xún )(🥩)聪慧(huì )能干,善于抚(🎲)慰百(❣)姓,但因异(yì )(😎)牟寻年纪尚轻,内有众多(🛍)大臣不愿归(guī )顺于(yú )他。只有阁罗凤之前(🛺)俘虏的郑回一直感(gǎn )(✖)恩阁罗凤不(🚑)杀(shā )之恩还予(yǔ )以(🐖)重用,对异牟(móu )(🌙)寻也处(chù )处关(🥁)心照顾(🚨)。阁罗(luó )凤(fèng )临死前(💱)立南诏德化碑,表明(🗞)叛唐出(chū )于(yú )(✋)不得已,愿与(🌞)唐世代友好,异牟寻也早有此意,但是(shì )南诏当时还有(💠)很多(duō )大(dà )臣反对(🥕)归(guī )顺大(🧟)唐(táng )(🚴),两种主张(zhāng )(🌮)、两派势(shì )力早已明争(🏉)暗斗,故事就是在(zài )这样(yàng )的背景(jǐng )下(🌹)诞(dàn )(⛏)生的(de )(👪),势单力薄的(de )(🌼)南诏想归顺大唐(táng ),将归顺之意秘密送达(😙)并(bìng )(🤥)得到大唐的支(📸)持,一路上凶多(duō )吉少,杀机四(sì )伏(fú )(🔎)···(🌱)···