Probably only in the bath where everyone is equal, Varo can temporarily forget his slave status and recall his past life again.
Especially when he walked into the hot tub and completely soaked his body in the hot water, every pore was stretched, and Varo couldn't help but let out a satisfied sigh.
He closed his eyes in the pool, but after waiting for a while, he didn't see Zhang Heng entering the water, so he opened his eyes again, "Come on, it will be a little hot at first, but after you get used to it, you will feel that your fatigue is covered by water." The warm water has been taken away. When I was still running an antique shop, I would often ask old customers to come to the bathhouse to discuss business while taking a bath... "
While talking, Walo seemed to think of something again, with a look of nostalgia on his face, but soon the pain from the bruise on his chest brought him back to reality.
That was what he left in the battle with Habitus. Although Zhang Heng's plan for him was successful, it also angered Habitus. After that, the latter didn't hold back, and directly slashed his sword. Chest, got the fighting physiology, fortunately after the doctor's examination, it was confirmed that his ribs were not broken.
Zhang Heng didn't say anything according to Varo's words, but pointed to a corridor on the south side and asked, "Where does that lead to?"
Varo poked his head out and glanced, "It should be a hot air bath."
The hot air bath is similar to a modern sauna room. It is the hottest place in the entire bathing area. The temperature can reach 60 degrees. A steady stream of hot air emerges from the gaps between the walls and the floor. If you don’t wear sandals, you will easily get burned.
"Did you see anything suspicious when you came in?" Zhang Heng asked later.
"Suspicious things... what do you mean?" Varo was a little puzzled.
There were not many gladiators coming to the bathroom to take a bath at this moment. Apart from Zhang Heng and Walo, there were only two other people taking a bath in the hot water bathroom, but Walo knew that Zhang Heng was not asking about those two people.
Zhang Heng didn't explain much. Seeing that the other two people were resting with their eyes closed, Zhang Heng didn't ask them, and walked directly to the hot air bath.
His observation ability has always been very good, especially after living together with Sherlock Holmes in the deductive copy, but this is also the first time he has doubts about what he sees with his own eyes.
Because just now, the moment Valo pushed the door open, Zhang Heng saw a woman's figure disappearing into the passage leading to the hot bathroom.
According to Varro, the baths in Rome once designed different routes for men and women, but not many people followed them. The famous politician and orator Cicero also satirized this phenomenon, lamenting that it was morally corrupt, but this is still the case. There is no way to stop the enthusiasm of women and men to enter the bath together.
However, this kind of thing will not happen in the bathhouse of the gladiator school, because according to regulations, this is the place where gladiators and trainers bathe and bathe, and the female slaves working in the gladiator school will bathe in the bath outside.
Therefore, logically speaking, it is impossible for Zhang Heng to see any woman here.
What's more, the other party's dress is still very strange. He is wearing a black robe and wraps himself tightly. He is not from the school at first glance.
How did such a person pass the inspection of the janitor guarding the gate of the bathing place, and how did he walk through the swimming pool and the courtyard in front of him, all the way in under the eyes of the gladiators who were wrestling and fitness
Zhang Heng couldn't imagine the possibility of this.
Ordinary people might have left this matter behind, but Zhang Heng instinctively sensed that the other party was probably aiming at him, so he didn't walk into the hot tub like Varo, but turned towards the hot tub. Go to the hot air passage where the black-robed woman disappeared.
"Did you go directly to the hot air bath? Why don't you get used to it in the hot tub first?" Varo shouted behind him, "Be careful not to faint from the heat."
"Thank you for reminding me, take a bath by yourself first, and leave me alone." Zhang Heng walked into the corridor on the south side while talking.
He could clearly feel that as he walked in step by step, the temperature around him was also rising. Compared with the heat wave coming out of the hot bathroom, the little water vapor in the hot bathroom was nothing at all, and it even made people feel uncomfortable. There is a touch of coolness.
This is a veritable sauna room, but its function is very similar to that of the previous gymnasium. The ancient Romans seem to believe that sweating can expel venom and diseases from the body, so whether it is wrestling or this hot air bath, it is for Let the person who takes a bath sweat more.
Zhang Heng walked through the long and narrow corridor and entered this circular room. Because the floor was overheated, if he lay down here, he would get burned in a short time. In order to let the bathers rest, the craftsmen who built the bathhouse were There are many alcoves in the middle of the wall.
But on the other hand, these alcoves will also block the sight of outsiders, but fortunately, Zhang Heng can tell whether there is anyone in the alcoves from the protruding legs.
He walked to the first alcove with people, and there was a gladiator sitting there. The latter probably felt that he had steamed enough, and before Zhang Heng came to him, he got up and left the alcove, facing the hot water outside. Walking to the bathroom, when the two turned sideways, he gave Zhang Heng a slight nod as a greeting.
Zhang Heng also saluted him back, and then walked towards the next place.
But this time the legs protruding from the alcove did not seem to be the target Zhang Heng was looking for. They were a pair of skinny legs, which also indicated that its owner was an old man.
And Zhang Heng didn't know why, although he had never seen the face under the black robe, he seemed to be sure that it was a young woman.
why is that? Zhang Heng frowned, always feeling that something was wrong, he seemed to have missed something.
At this time, a somewhat old voice sounded, "Did you leave anything here?"
Zhang Heng took another half step forward, and finally saw the person in the alcove clearly.
It was the old Greek trainer he met when he first entered the gladiator school. The latter was also dressed in the same way as him, wearing only a girdle, sitting in the alcove, It's like trying to blend in with the stone wall behind.
Now that the other party spoke, Zhang Heng asked politely, "Have you been sitting here before? I wonder if you saw a woman in a black robe?"
According to common sense, if the black-robed woman is such a conspicuous target, if she really enters the hot air bath, the people inside will definitely not turn a blind eye to it, and if the person who has not seen it will probably ask him if he is dazzled at this moment.
However, the reaction of the old trainer in the alcove was very strange. He neither said he had seen nor doubted Zhang Heng's eyes, but calmly said, "Can you describe her appearance?"
"I can't see her face."
"What about other places, for example, what is she holding in her hand? Is there anything else on her besides the black robe?"
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