"It is precisely because they are the new emperor's personal bodyguards that they never show their faces in public. If that's what you're after, then you've come to the wrong person."
As the new emperor's personal bodyguard, their duty was simply to protect the emperor's safety and obey his orders; they would not have any interaction with others.
Even if there is some overlap—"
Seeing Yu Rong suddenly fall silent, An Le pressed for an answer.
"Even if we have some connection, so what?"
"It's just a clandestine murder business; those who have dealt with it are already dead."
Anle paused for a moment, then thought, "Wow, that's pretty creepy."
"Then, may I enter the royal palace of the Kingdom of Islaile?"
Yu Rong's eyebrows twitched. "The royal palace? You mean, the Islay Palace?"
Anle awkwardly touched his nose. "Isn't it called the Royal Palace, not the Imperial Palace?"
"Um... right?"
"I did secretly accompany the new emperor once during a mission before."
Anle took a deep breath, exhaled heavily, and made a crucial decision.
"Then... let's go again, take me with you."
Since you don't know anyone there, I'll have to go myself.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't leave here?"
Anle nodded.
"Yes, I'm just going out to take care of some business. Since I don't plan to leave, I'll naturally have to find a way to keep this place safe."
However, before she went, she needed to settle things with her mother first.
She didn't want to return to find only their corpses.
She needs to find a cure for the plague before she can leave with peace of mind and have more leverage to negotiate.
Otherwise, whoever takes over Jincheng will only be dealing with a hot potato that they have to get rid of.
The same applies to the Kingdom of Islail.
"You'll help me, won't you? This is a favor you owe me." Anle's gaze swept over the two people lying on the ground.
At this moment, both of them were breathing steadily and slowly, the unsightly dark purple bruises around their eyes had faded, and their lips looked bright red.
Yu Rong followed An Le's gaze, a barely perceptible twitch appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"Yes, I'll help with anything, but I'm afraid I won't be able to help enough."
Anle smiled and said, "As long as you can take me out of Jincheng and into the royal palace of the Kingdom of Islaile, and protect my personal safety, that will be a great help to me."
"You still haven't told me what you're going to do."
“I’m going to negotiate a groundbreaking deal.” Anle’s words were meaningful, and he cast a thought-provoking glance at Yu Rong, asking as if he were pondering something.
Have you ever seen a battlefield after a war breaks out between two countries? How did the two countries fight? What weapons did the soldiers use to fight?
If the Kingdom of Islail possessed advanced and lethal defensive weapons, it would surely be able to suppress the Kingdom of Kro, wouldn't it?
When the Kingdom of Islail becomes a powerful sovereign nation, acquiring ownership of Golden City should no longer be a problem.
This was the only roundabout way she could think of to protect Jincheng, the town, and her Paradise Dessert Shop.
Only by protecting Jincheng can her Paradise Dessert Shop be preserved; otherwise, it will be reduced to ashes.
Yu Rong looked at An Le with a puzzled expression, clearly not understanding what necessary connection the big deal she mentioned had with the war between the two countries.
But as for war, I've certainly seen it.
As a bodyguard, going into battle to kill the enemy, fighting against overwhelming odds, or at least being able to take on a hundred enemies at once, is an essential part of training; it is the most basic skill.
However, many of them were deployed as soldiers to the battlefield.
As for weapons, there are many different kinds.
"The weapons commonly used on the battlefield include knives, spears, swords, halberds, tridents, clubs, forks, rakes, whips, maces, hammers, axes, hooks, sickles, rakes, crutches, bows and arrows, and shields."
As long as the goal of killing the enemy can be achieved, whatever weapon is convenient and effective should be used.
Anle blinked, then tentatively asked again.
"Do you have any weapons like muskets or cannons?" All she heard from him were cold weapons, which reassured her a lot.
Upon hearing this, Yu Rong clearly became interested.
"Musketeers? Cannons? What are those?"
Anle smiled mysteriously, "You'll find out when the time comes."
That was her winning strategy in negotiations with the Kingdom of Islail.
However, right now, the most important thing is not to study cold weapons and firearms, but to find a way to solve this plague.
All she wanted to know was what he said about weapons of this era.
However, considering how backward this place is, it shouldn't have anything particularly advanced in terms of weaponry. She learned a little bit about it from the blacksmith shop.
"Tell me about the plague that struck Hongcheng a hundred years ago."
Yu Rong raised an eyebrow as he looked at An Le, who had changed the subject. "The Red City plague?"
Anle bit her lip, looking troubled.
"Well, I'd like to learn more about this plague. My mother has contracted it and tried some medicine, but it hasn't been able to cure her."
In order to combat this plague, the only option is to develop a cure.
Otherwise, even if I wanted to protect Jincheng, I couldn't.
Yu Rong paused slightly, "Protect Jincheng?"
She wanted to protect Jincheng?
This is indeed a difficult and enormous task.
It is a major headache for the country.
If they could really hold onto it, why would they make such a costly decision as sacrificing a city?
For a century, no one has been able to solve this problem.
How dare a little girl speak so arrogantly and recklessly in front of him!
He certainly wouldn't believe it if it were anyone else, but she could even cure the deadly poison of black fungus, which is considered incurable in this world.
They no longer seemed to think her words were nonsense.
He believed her.
"I don't know much about plagues. As for the plague in Red City, the imperial physicians in the palace have also discussed it. According to the imperial physicians, this plague is corpse poison."
The plague originated from these rotting, foul-smelling corpses.
During the hot summer months, the bodies were buried by rocks and submerged in floodwaters, causing them to rot and decompose, which led to the pollution of the river water by the corpses.
Water contaminated with corpse poison becomes toxic, and if drunk by someone, it will naturally produce poisonous gas.
However, the solution to this poison gas problem remains unsolved.
Therefore, this was the only option: to cremate the Red City, destroy the source of pollution, and prevent the spread of toxic gas. This was the most direct, simple, and brutal, yet most effective method.
This has been done every year.
When the Red City was burned down, all the trees withered and everything turned to ashes. It took a hundred years for it to finally become the prosperous city it is today.
If it weren't for a last resort, who would be so cruel as to burn down a city? It was a desperate measure.
Can you do what no one else can?
Anle's face scrunched up. What he said was practically meaningless; she knew less about the plague than he did.
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