Zhang Heng didn't stay in place for long, and soon continued to walk forward, as if he didn't notice the little tail behind him.
He walked slowly along the banks of the Tiber River, neither fast nor slow, completely mixed with the surrounding crowd, and then turned right into the perfume shop street.
As the name suggests, this street is full of perfume shops.
The origin of perfume is earlier than most people think. About 3,000 years ago, ancient Egypt began to use perfume. Afterwards, perfume in ancient Greece and ancient Rome was also very popular, such as Vic where Zhang Heng is located. Many arenas, the advertisements painted on the walls before clearly told the audience that the lower stands would spray perfume, which is one of the means for the arena to attract audiences.
In addition, the ancient Romans had many creative uses of perfume. For example, when building a house, some people would mix perfume into the mortar, so that the sun would emit fragrance on it, and some people would put perfume Painted on the bodies of slaves and horses, it will bring joy and happiness wherever they go.
It is precisely because of the enthusiasm of the ancient Romans for perfume that the business of perfume shops has been very good.
Every day on the street of the perfume shop, there are many people rubbing against each other, so the people who are following Zhang Heng are also facing a big enemy, for fear that their target will slip away if they are not paying attention.
But it turns out that they were a little overwhelmed. Zhang Heng neither quickened his pace nor hid, and kept in their sight until he crossed the perfume shop street and came to the apartment complex behind, and it became much quieter here. .
Zhang Heng walked into an alley with a clothes drying pole, on which brightly colored clothes were fluttering in the wind.
The group of people watching behind him looked at each other, and felt that it was almost time to do something, so they pulled out their weapons, most of them were daggers, and a dagger, and a group of five people turned their heads away The clothes to dry on the bed rushed into the alley in front of me.
It was less than a few blinks before Zhang Heng walked in, but they lost each other's figure in front of their eyes.
What the hell
The five of them rubbed their eyes, and expressions of disbelief appeared on their faces.
They followed all the way without losing their target, but when it was time to make a move, they disappeared. This is really unacceptable emotionally.
Even though such a big living person disappeared out of thin air like this, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never believe it.
However, when they were in a dilemma about how to deal with their employers, a voice came from above their heads.
"Are you looking for me?"
Zhang Heng let go of the hand supporting the wall, jumped down from above, and just landed on the back of the last man, who was kicked out by him directly, and bumped into the four partners in front of him.
And Zhang Heng took advantage of this time to pick up the dagger that the opponent had dropped on the ground, and then the four people in front of him also turned around and helped their companions on the ground.
The confrontation between the two sides didn't last long. The next moment, the five of them rushed over without saying a word.
So Zhang Heng didn't talk nonsense. He had already seen that these five people should be gangsters on the street.
Fortunately, such a battle is hardly difficult for Zhang Heng.
There is a reason why he chose this place as the place for the two sides to fight, not only because it is relatively remote and allows the opponent to show their fangs, but also because the width of this alley is very narrow, and it can only accommodate two people at most in parallel, and Once the movements are relatively large, they will also affect each other.
Although there were five people on the opposite side, only two of them could face Zhang Heng each time, and they would fight with each other. Zhang Heng stabbed him with a sword, one wanted to hide to the right and the other wanted to hide to the left. can escape.
This group of people is a bunch of rabble, without any fighting skills, and they only fight with a lot of ruthlessness. Even Varo, who has only been trained for fifty days, can deal with two by himself.
And it only took Zhang Heng less than three minutes to completely subdue these gangsters. The so-called subduing means that no one dares to get up from the ground when they are put down again. .
Then Zhang Heng squatted in front of one of the guys who looked like the leader, raised his face with a dagger, and asked, "Come on, tell me who sent you here?"
"I can't say, otherwise I won't be able to hang around in Rome anymore." The young man gritted his teeth and said quite stubbornly. Judging from his appearance, he may not be very old, only fifteen or sixteen years old.
"You should know that I won't be satisfied with this answer." Zhang Heng looked into the other's eyes.
Although Zhang Heng's tone was very calm, the young gangster couldn't help but shudder for some reason, but before he could speak, his companion wailed, "Tell him, tell him, we all How much money was confiscated, and the seven Denarius who were distributed to everyone, there is no reason to give up my life for this money."
Hearing the words, the young gangster also had a look of hesitation on his face.
"I think what your brother said is very reasonable. If I were you, I would accept his suggestion." Zhang Heng said, while pressing the short sword in his hand down a little bit.
"Unap, it was the people from the Unap Arena who found us. They paid us to keep an eye on you. Whenever a person leaves the arena, they will do it. We didn't expect that this was the first day we met. Here's the opportunity." The young gangster whispered, his voice full of bitterness.
"They asked you to kill me?" Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.
"That's not true, as long as you can't get out of bed for two months."
"Ah."
Zhang Heng understands that this matter is probably due to the gladiator performance in the Flavi Amphitheater more than a month later. It is not that Zhang Heng is ignorant of the gladiator school now. He knows that behind the Unap Arena is the The fourth largest gladiator school in the city of Rome is in direct competition with Marcruz's gladiator school, especially since there has been a lot of friction between the two sides in recent years.
However, Zhang Heng didn't expect the opponent to move so quickly. He was only famous on the front foot and found trouble on the back foot. It stands to reason that it was only a few hours since he won the twelve-man melee. Even if the Unap Arena had to cut off the competition The opponent should also attack Habitus first.
Zhang Heng tapped the hilt of the sword with his fingers while thinking about it.
The five gangsters looked at Zhang Heng nervously. Everyone's face was full of apprehension, not knowing what fate awaited them.
After a while, Zhang Heng stretched out a hand, "Hand over the deposit you received."
None of the five gangsters did it right away, obviously a little reluctant. They usually don't have any serious jobs, and of course they don't have any source of income. They managed to make a fortune. Although it's not much, it still hurts to hand it over for nothing. And after they miss, they have to consider how to explain to their employers.
Seeing that the group of teenagers on the opposite side didn't move, Zhang Heng said again, "I've always been a fair person. You can choose between being unable to get out of bed for two months or giving me the deposit."
Hearing that the gangsters had to reluctantly take out the money, Zhang Heng counted the amount, but he didn't put the money into his pocket, but said, "Very good, I have a profitable business now , I don’t know if you are interested.”