The appointed day is coming soon.
It wasn't just Zhang Heng who received the invitation, but basically all the high-level executives of all the big and small forces were present on this day.
In the morning, there were no people wandering around on the nearby streets, replaced by a group of menacing looking strong men, who not only guarded the door of the tavern, but also basically controlled the two surrounding streets.
And those who are invited, no matter how big or small the power behind them, can only bring two subordinates to the appointment.
This is obviously to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to make trouble.
The place where Jews and other foreigners mixed in the southeast of Rome has been outside the law since the time of Hadrian, where thieves, assassins, robbers, villains... gather and are not controlled by law.
Most of the time, they are more used to talking with their fists. After all, this is a world where the weak prey on the strong, but sometimes they will sit down and negotiate when it is not worthwhile to start a war. Of course, most of the time, negotiations are limited to the two parties involved. Or the three parties, led by one of the three major forces like this, and the invitation to everyone basically only happens once every six or seven years.
And at this time, it often means that a major event that affects most of the forces has occurred recently, and this time is no exception. Everyone who receives the invitation knows what the party is for.
Therefore, many people are waiting to see the good show of Zhang Heng and his patrol team.
Especially those small powers who have been bullied by the patrols during this period are looking forward to returning to the good old days. They hope that the big powers can uphold justice for them, restrain the patrols, and stop the patrols from doing anything wrong. Obediently play the role of their mascot.
Among them, there is one person who is the most eager, and his eyes are obviously full of strong hatred. Everyone here is familiar with him. Boss, the unlucky ghost named Copper Arm.
After being defeated, he immediately ran to the territory of the Jewish gang. As the area with the most Jews in the southeast, the Jewish gang is also the largest force here, with the largest number of people, and controls almost half of the business in this area. Under the circumstances, the Jewish gang will not interfere too much with the actions of the people below.
Because considering the criminal environment here, there will be no shortage of bold people, the replacement of the bottom forces, and the battles for the territory are commonplace. As long as the new successor can still pay the full amount, it should be handed over. The income of those at the top doesn't care who is helping them manage the business below.
However, the situation of Bronze Arm is quite special. He himself is a member of the Jewish gang. He used to help lend money in an underground arena of the Jewish gang. He used this relationship to meet many underground gladiators who could fight. Later, when the opportunity came, he He set up a territory outside to work on his own, because he was backed by the Jewish gang, the largest gang, and his influence developed rapidly, and he became a well-known medium-sized influence in two years.
But just five days ago, his good days came to an end. He hadn't figured out what happened, and why he got involved in the beating of the patrol team members for no reason. Zhang Heng was rejected by handing in someone He led people to raid his territory under the pretext of using the excuse, and when Copper Arm saw that the situation was not good and decided to hand over the person first, he found that the person in his hand had disappeared. Moreover, Bronze Arm recruited manpower afterwards, but unexpectedly only recruited less than 20 people.
This was tantamount to bringing him back to before liberation almost overnight, so Bronze Arm had no choice but to seek help from the Jewish gang behind him.
And this afternoon's gathering, in his opinion, is almost a trial of what Zhang Heng and his patrols have done during this period, but this is not the Giulia Basilica, and it is not the law of Rome, but the law of Rome. It is the rule set by the three major forces.
Therefore, in Tongarm's view, Zhang Heng will never get out of the tavern alive this time.
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Now it is very close to the start of the party, but no one from Zhang Heng's party showed up. Soap and his group were almost the last to arrive. He did not bring his best brother Shouhou this time, but With two big arms and round waists, he can play ruthless characters at first glance.
But even so, Soap still feels a little guilty. How could he, who has lived here since he was a child, have never heard of the name of the Jewish Gang? His previous dream was to join the Jewish Gang and become a member of it without being handcuffed. However, at that time, he never imagined that although he failed to become a member of the Jewish gang, he actually became an enemy of the Jewish gang.
It can only be said that fate is really amazing.
When he brought people in, the eyes around him were generally full of hostility. It was no secret that Soap and the patrol team got close. When the two sides first cooperated, they used this relationship to deceive many people. His new Only the rising small forces can develop so fast.
Of course, the price is that he is not very well received by other forces now. When Soap entered the door, he had heard words such as "traitor" or "running dog" more than once. After all, he was just a thief. Although he performed very well some time ago and started to feel like being the boss, many people here are more powerful and powerful than him.
Being stared at by them together, saying that he is not afraid is a lie, and his biggest reliance on the patrol team has not been there at the moment. Taking a step back, even if he was there, he probably would not be able to protect himself.
After Zao Zao received the invitation, he ran to Zhang Heng in a hurry and asked him what he planned to do, but Zhang Heng just told him not to worry.
But how can they not be worried, what they are facing now is all the forces in the southeast city, and they are united and ready to attack them. Ren Soapao didn't know how to pass the test this time, but fortunately, the expression on his face didn't betray his true thoughts.
Soap couldn't look calm, but he could still keep a straight face. Facing the flood of abuse, he didn't have the guts to scold back, so he took two of his subordinates and sat down in a corner where there was no one around.
After waiting for a while, basically everyone from all forces arrived, except Zhang Heng and the patrol team he represented.
So Soap saw a middle-aged Jew walking upstairs and downstairs. The latter had a high status in the Jewish gang and was also the person in charge of hosting the party. He walked up to Soap and said.
"Is it so difficult to recruit people for the patrol team? All the senior and powerful people here have arrived ahead of time, but they haven't shown up yet. Could it be that they want Mr. Lockyd to wait for them?"