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"The weapons equipped by the Dune Dynasty troops are flintlock rifles, which have relatively simple firepower. The dense gunfire coming from the City Lord's Mansion last night was obviously caused by automatic rifles and pistols."

"As far as I know, in the entire northern border battlefield, only the troops under your command, Professor Xia, are equipped with these two powerful weapons."

"So I'm sorry that I suddenly came to visit you today. Marshal, please don't mind."

Just when Xia Yun was feeling confused and uncertain, Xiao Mengmeng told him how she determined the identities of Xia Yun and his group.

In fact.

Even Xiao Mengmeng herself did not expect to meet Xia Yun in such a place.

In her original guess, these people in the grassland inn should all be Xia Yun's subordinates.

The reason why she came here today was to help these people leave Lantuo City.

Meeting Xia Yun was really an accident.

"Then how did you find this place?"

After roughly understanding the reason behind the whole incident, Xia Yun still had many questions in his mind.

Their actions last night were very secretive.

For the sake of safety and confidentiality, he deliberately set the time of operation to after dark.

Unexpectedly, even so, Xiao Mengmeng still discovered it.

When Xiao Mengmeng heard this, she laughed again.

"Grand Marshal, don't you think that those men in black who followed my daughter look familiar?"

Xiao Mengmeng smiled.

Xia Yun's eyes focused, and his mind quickly recalled the dozen or so men in black he had just seen.

Soon, Xia Yun suddenly understood.

"It's the secret guard!"

"Were you sent by His Majesty?"

At this moment, Xia Yun felt as if his eyes had suddenly opened. The dozen or so men in black brought by Xiao Mengmeng were clearly the secret guards serving under the empress in the capital.

The identity of the secret guards was so secretive that even he knew very little about it.

However, one thing is beyond doubt: as the Empress's confidants, the Dark Guards are extremely capable.

But he still felt a little confused.

Why did the empress send a little girl like Xiao Mengmeng to Lantuo City, especially at this time when the two countries were at war?

Could it be that the empress doesn’t know what happened on the battlefield in the northern border?

Xia Yun immediately began to wonder again.

However, the words that came out of Xiao Mengmeng's mouth immediately answered Xia Yun's doubts directly.

"What the Grand Marshal said is both right and wrong."

"The people my daughter brought with her are indeed secret guards."

"However, my presence in Lantuo City was not directly assigned by His Majesty, but because this is the duty of the Ruyang Palace."

Xiao Mengmeng responded with a smile.

When Xia Yun heard these words, he suddenly woke up!

He remembered that yesterday at the City Lord's Mansion, Richard had said that he was not the only Central Plains merchant in Lantuo City!

"Princess, you came to Lantuo City to do business, right?" Xia Yun asked with a smile.

"Could it be that only the Grand Marshal is allowed to come to Lantuo City to do business, but my daughter is not allowed to come?"

Xiao Mengmeng laughed.

Xia Yun guessed right.

She did come to Lantuo City to do business, and she represented the entire Runan Palace.

"I see."

Xia Yun nodded thoughtfully, and at the same time, he had a rough guess about the extremely mysterious Ruyang Palace.

"No wonder the Ruyang Palace has been so low-key for so many years, and even unwilling to get involved in the affairs of the court. It turns out that they are engaged in trade for the court."

Xia Yun then continued to speak and expressed his own speculation about the Ruyang Palace.

"The Grand Marshal is worthy of being the Grand Marshal. He was able to guess the mission of our Ruyang Palace based on just a few words from my daughter. It's really amazing."

Although Xia Yun had guessed the truth, Xiao Mengmeng's face did not show any anger, but her smile became even brighter.

The affairs of the Prince of Ruyang's Palace were indeed a secret to ordinary officials.

But for an important court official of Xia Yun's level, the duties of the Ruyang Palace were no secret at all.

In fact, Xia Yun might be the last first-rank minister in the Daliang Dynasty who knew the responsibilities of the Ruyang Palace.

Other first-rank ministers inside and outside the court had known about this many years ago.

It's just that everyone has known it for a long time.

"Then I wonder why the princess suddenly appeared at the Prairie Inn?"

After finding out the reason why Xiao Mengmeng appeared in Lantuo City, Xia Yun asked again.

"Of course I am here to help the Grand Marshal leave Lantuo City."

Xiao Mengmeng responded immediately, revealing a rare daughter's attitude in her words.

"Help me leave Lantuo City?"

Xia Yun raised his eyebrows, with a rather curious look running through his mind.

He didn't understand what ability Xiao Mengmeng had to help him leave Lantuo City.

You have to know that this is not the Daliang Dynasty.

Xiao Mengmeng's identity as the princess of Ruyang Palace is not only useless here, but once it is known to others, it will cause her to be killed.

In response to Xia Yun's questions, Xiao Mengmeng did not explain immediately, but slowly took out a token from her arms.

"This is a token purchased by the royal court of the Dune Kingdom. With this token, the Grand Marshal and his caravan can freely enter and exit all cities in the Dune Kingdom. No one will dare to stop you."

Xiao Mengmeng pushed the token in front of Xia Yun and explained.

Upon hearing this, Xia Yun focused his eyes on the token, and saw a row of Shadun characters clearly engraved on the token, which translated into exactly four big characters: "Imperial Court Procurement"!

One of the reasons why Xia Yun had the courage to lead dozens of people alone into the interior of the Dune Kingdom was because Xia Yun was proficient in the Dune language!

Royal Court Purchase?

Combining the superficial meaning of these four words, Xia Yun immediately understood the function of this token.

Anyone holding this token will become the royal merchant of the Dune Dynasty and can enter and exit the Dune Dynasty at will and purchase a large amount of supplies.

But he was still a little curious, how could Xiao Mengmeng have such a token in her hand?

"You gave me the token, what are you going to do with yourselves?"

After thinking for a moment, Xia Yun asked again.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Xia Yun finished speaking, Xiao Mengmeng's other hand suddenly raised up.

In Xiao Mengmeng's other hand, a token purchased by the imperial court appeared!

"Could it be that the Grand Marshal thought that my daughter only had one such token?"

Xiao Mengmeng burst into laughter again, and her laughter sounded particularly clear and moving.

"To be honest with you, Marshal, since the time of the previous emperor, my Ruyang Palace has been secretly responsible for trade with the Dune Kingdom. And without the knowledge of the Dune Kingdom, the power cultivated by my Ruyang Palace has become one of the largest merchants in the Dune Dynasty."

After the laughter died down, Xiao Mengmeng added.