At this time, behind the metal door, four people were sitting opposite each other on the left and right sides. Unlike the minions outside the door, these four people had a lot of food in front of them. What they could never have imagined was that there was a person staring at them closely inside the stone wall three meters away from them.
Originally, after observing for a while, Xu Jianguo planned to continue his action, but after thinking about it, he was still a little uneasy, so he just moved his mind and put the four people into the space.
Just like that, not counting the Monkey and the Pig a few years ago, in just these few days, he had dealt with half of the twelve zodiac animals, and the remaining ones were basically no threat to him in a head-on confrontation.
After dealing with these four people, Xu Jianguo continued to go down. Half an hour later, he finally saw Yu Rong, the man he had only seen in photos in his previous life, in the innermost stone chamber on the third underground floor.
At this time, Xu Jianguo was located inside the stone wall directly above his bedroom, so he could clearly see the entire situation in the bedroom.
Thin was Xu Jianguo's first impression of this man.
He looked at the sleeping man and didn't understand why such a general of Longxia Kingdom with great military achievements would be so obsessed with power and would do anything to achieve it.
He glanced at the watch on his wrist and found that it was already past three in the morning. According to Fu Bo's report, the servants had already taken a team of mercenaries to the positions they had planned in advance. As long as Xu Jianguo succeeded, their mission this time would be successfully completed.
But when Xu Jianguo looked at the man who was frowning even in his sleep, and thought about what he had done before, he suddenly realized that it would be too easy for him to just let him die in his sleep.
After thinking about it, Xu Jianguo had an idea in his mind. With a thought, he directly put the man on the bed into the space.
But when he appeared in the dark room of Xu Jianguo's space, he immediately woke up from his sleep, and his vigilance was very high.
The darkroom was still pitch black. Yu Rong sat in a chair without moving or panicking. Instead, he asked in his unique voice, "Who are you?"
"I'm from Longxia!" Xu Jianguo stood opposite him and said.
His answer made Yu Rong stunned. After a while, she continued, "Where is this?"
"you guess?"
Every answer of Xu Jianguo was beyond Yu Rong's expectations and constantly irritated him.
"Do you know who I am?"
"Of course I know! Then do you know why I brought you to this place?"
After pondering for a moment, Yurong asked, "What do you want?"
"What can you give me?"
"As long as it's something you want and I have it, I can give it to you!"
"Including your life and the lives of your family?"
“…”
"Okay, I won't beat around the bush with you anymore. Let's talk about... 'immortality'!"
As soon as Xu Jianguo finished speaking, Yu Rong, who was sitting on the chair, suddenly widened her eyes and stared at the front, as if she wanted to see through the darkness around her and see clearly who the person opposite her was.
"How did you know that?"
"General, please understand. I'm asking you this question now! I acknowledge that you've made outstanding contributions to our country, but that's no reason for you to undermine the stability and unity of our motherland!"
"Humph, what qualifications do you have to lecture me? You weren't even born when I was on the battlefield!"
"So what? Just because you've made contributions, you can recklessly suppress your colleagues? Kill innocent people at will? Attempt to overthrow the power of the existing central government? Who do you think you are?! In my presence, you coil up like a dragon and lie down like a tiger. Don't bring your warlord and bureaucratism to me. I won't buy it!"
As Xu Jianguo finished speaking, he saw Yu Rong, who was sitting on the chair, had a gloomy expression. He took a few deep breaths before continuing, "Young man, I won't argue with you here. Tell me, what do you want?"
"Didn't I tell you, I want your life!"
"Let's be practical. Who sent you?"
"You're right. We should talk about something practical. Who told you about 'immortality'?"
“…”
There was another silence, and at this time, the last bit of patience in Xu Jianguo's heart had long been exhausted.
He picked up the syringe on the table, walked to Yurong's side, turned his head over and injected it into his carotid artery.
Xu Jianguo's sudden action scared Yu Rong. For the first time, a look of panic appeared on his originally gloomy face.
Soon, ten minutes passed, and Xu Jianguo continued to ask: "Where did you get the news about Changsheng?"
"I saw it in an ancient book."
"What ancient book? Where did you get it from?"
"The ancient book has no cover. It's a fragment. I don't even know what it's called. I found it by chance in a Taoist temple when I was with the army entering Jingzhou."
"What's the name of the Taoist temple?"
"Taoyuan Temple!"
He thought for a moment and realized that he had never heard of the name of this Taoist temple.
"Where is that ancient book now?"
"I burned it."
Xu Jianguo breathed a sigh of relief and thought that it was better to burn it. After he dealt with the remaining twelve zodiac animals, at least he would no longer have to worry about Funiu's safety.
"Who did you send to handle the Qingyun Temple matter?"
"The twelve zodiac signs!"
"Everyone involved?"
"yes!"
"Besides the armed forces here, do you have any other forces at your disposal?"
"have!"
"Where?"
"Hangcheng Base, Jingzhou Base, Jibei Base and Liaoxi Base."
Xu Jianguo's pupils shrank slightly, and he took a deep breath before asking his last question: "Regarding the events of Qingyun Temple and the assassination of Su Dingshan and Wu Tianlong, do you ever feel any regret?"
After asking this question, Xu Jianguo stared at him intently, and saw a trace of struggle flash across his face. After a moment, he slowly said, "No!"
"Very good, thank you for your contribution to the country, and thank you for giving me a reason!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Jianguo picked up another syringe on the table and injected the transparent liquid inside into his body.
After the injection was completed, Yurong only lasted less than thirty seconds before she fell into a deep sleep.
In the end, Xu Jianguo did not choose to kill him, but used the special medicine in his hand to turn him into a person who would never have to worry again. This was the last bit of dignity left for him by his junior, who was also a soldier.
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