Chapter 214: Ruthless Jiangnan King

Jiangcheng, Tianxing Club.

As Jiangcheng's most elite private club, Tianxing Club's security is extremely tight.

Ordinary people can't even get close to the gate, let alone enter.

Yet in the most luxurious private suite on the top floor of the club, a heavy atmosphere now pervades.

Jiangnan Wang sits alone on a wide mahogany sofa, gripping a white jade wine cup in his hand.

He furrows his brows, drinking sip after sip, and the cup is soon emptied.

He mutters inwardly that if it weren't for that Jiang Feng guy bursting in midway, he wouldn't have had to spend the astronomical six hundred billion!

But thinking that the Tiger Talisman is already in hand, his anger eases a few degrees.

He just doesn't know why a lingering unease remains in his heart, never dissipating.

Just then, the suite door is gently knocked.

Si Jiannan's voice sounds from outside the door.

"Prince, the person has arrived."

Jiangnan Wang's eyes brighten, and he abruptly sets the cup down.

"Come in!"

The suite door is pushed open, Si Jiannan leads, followed by a furtive figure—Yun Hengqiu, who just bought the Tiger Talisman at the Auction Hall.

Yun Hengqiu's face is full of ingratiating smiles, and the moment he steps in, he falls to his knees before Jiangnan Wang with a thud.

"Prince, I have fulfilled my duty! I have secured the Tiger Talisman for you!"

While speaking, Yun Hengqiu quickly pulls the Zitan Wood Box from his chest and raises both hands high above his head.

Jiangnan Wang can no longer contain his Excitement, and strides two steps at a time toward Yun Hengqiu.

He snatches the Zitan Wood Box, not even glancing at Yun Hengqiu, and eagerly opens it.

When the Southern Frontier Tiger Talisman reappears before his eyes, Jiangnan Wang's pupils instantly blaze with intense light.

He carefully holds the Tiger Talisman, his whole body trembling with Excitement.

After a good half hour, he suddenly bursts into loud laughter.

"Hahaha! Southern Frontier Tiger Talisman! After all that wandering, you finally end up in my hands! With it, the tens of thousands of elite in Nanjiang will sooner or later obey my command!"

Kneeling on the ground, Yun Hengqiu immediately starts flattering.

"Prince, this is Heavenly Fate! Only in your hands can the Tiger Talisman fulfill its true value! In anyone else's hands, they are unfit to wield such a national treasure!"

"Fine, Yun Hengqiu, well said."

Yun Hengqiu's flattery hits Jiangnan Wang's heart, and his smile grows even more arrogant.

After laughing for a while, Jiangnan Wang gradually restrains his smile and returns the Tiger Talisman to the Zitan Wood Box.

He turns and gives Si Jiannan a brief instruction.

"Place the Tiger Talisman into my Treasure Vault; remember, assign three times the usual manpower, guard it strictly, and even a single fly must not come within half a step of the Vault!"

For some reason, ever since acquiring the Tiger Talisman, his unease has only grown stronger.

Thus his instructions to Si Jiannan become a few more sentences.

"Understood!"

Si Jiannan bows, carefully takes the Zitan Wood Box, and then silently exits the suite.

Only Jiangnan Wang and Yun Hengqiu remain in the suite.

Jiangnan Wang sits back on the sofa, pours himself a drink, and also pours one for Yun Hengqiu, handing it to him.

"Brother Yun, this time you have earned great merit for me; tell me, what reward do you desire? Anything I can provide, I will fulfill."

Yun Hengqiu quickly takes the cup, a hint of sycophantic smile on his face, his tone faltering.

"Reward... I dare not ask for a reward! To ease the Prince's worries is my humble fortune! It's... it's..."

He stops midway, looking as if he cannot continue.

Jiangnan Wang, of course, reads his mind and smiles knowingly.

"Rest assured, the evidence of your accidental killing of Prince Huai's concubine in Kyoto, I guarantee it will never appear on Prince Huai's desk in this lifetime, nor will a third person ever know."

Upon hearing this, Yun Hengqiu's body freezes instantly, then he seems to exhale a huge sigh of relief.

Back then, he coveted a concubine of Prince Huai, tried to seize her but met fierce resistance, and accidentally killed her.

The matter was a dead end, yet Jiangnan Wang found a leverage.

Because of this, although he is Prince Huai's brother-in-law, he can only work covertly for Jiangnan Wang, fearing Jiangnan Wang would hand over the evidence and cause his demise.

Jiangnan Wang looks at him, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"For now, do not return to Jingcheng. Having bought the Tiger Talisman, news will spread across the empire quickly; Prince Huai will certainly learn, and then all factions will demand the Talisman from you. Staying in the country makes you a live target."

Speaking, Jiangnan Wang pulls a ticket from his pocket and tosses it before Yun Hengqiu.

"I have arranged it; tonight you depart for Ying Country, where no one will know your identity nor find you. When my great undertaking succeeds, that will be the time you return home to be ennobled and appointed prime minister!"

Yun Hengqiu grabs the ticket, overjoyed, kneels again, and repeatedly kowtows to Jiangnan Wang.

"Thank you, Prince! Thank you for your grace! I will follow you all my life, enduring any hardship for you without hesitation!"

Jiangnan Wang watches his demeanor, a faint smile appearing, lifts his own cup, and signals to Yun Hengqiu.

"Alright, stand up, drink this cup, then pack your things and prepare to depart."

Yun Hengqiu, not daring to delay, quickly lifts the cup and drinks it all in one gulp.

"Prince, this wine really... hoho"

Before Yun Hengqiu can finish, his face suddenly turns ghastly!

He clutches his stomach with both hands, his body convulses violently, his eyes bulge.

Within seconds, Yun Hengqiu falls straight onto the ground, lifeless, his eyes still wide open, death unblinking.

Jiangnan Wang walked to Yun Hengqiu's corpse, looking down from above, and the smile on his face had long vanished.

"Only the dead won't betray this king."

At that moment, the private room door was pushed open again, and Si Jiannan slipped in silently once more.

Jiangnan Wang didn't turn his head, and coldly gave the order.

"Go, clean his corpse thoroughly, leave no trace, as if he never existed in this world."

"I obey!"

Si Jiannan bowed and complied, and immediately ordered the corpse of Yun Hengqiu to be dragged out.

Soon the marks on the Ground were cleaned spotless, as if nothing had happened.

……

Meanwhile, Jiangcheng Ji Shi Tang.

In the Backyard of Jishi Hall, a stone table was set at this moment, with a pot of clear tea and two teacups on it.

Jiang Feng sat leisurely on a stone bench, sipping tea at a relaxed pace, while opposite him, Southern Defense Marquis Xiao Po Zhan wore a Gloomy Face that seemed able to drip water.

After remaining silent for a full half minute, Xiao Po Zhan could no longer hold back, and slammed his hand onto the stone table.

"Since Yun Hengqiu left the Yitian Pavilion's gate, he has completely vanished—no sign of life, no sign of death…"

He roared as if his anger had been suppressed to the extreme.

"You tell the Marquis, where is the Marquis's Tiger Talisman?"