Zhang Heng didn't expect Commodus to come to him so soon. It stands to reason that after Binot's assessment report was handed in, it would be two days before it arrived in Commodore's hands.
Therefore, during this period of time, Zhang Heng also took a vacation for himself, and took the little slave girl to wander around the city of Rome. They first went to Perfume Street. The little slave girl was a little curious. She saw Zhang Heng opening bottles of perfume on the shelf. , then put it back after sniffing.
"Why, don't you like it?" The little slave girl asked, blinking her eyes.
"Oh, no, I just want to smell them." Zhang Heng picked out a bottle and paid for it while talking, and then threw the bottle of perfume to the little slave girl, "I'll give it to you."
"Really?" The little slave girl happily took the perfume, opened it while Zhang Heng wasn't paying attention, and applied some on her hair.
Afterwards, the two walked out of the perfume shop, first went to Martius Square, and then went to the Octavia Porch. This place is far away from the city center. There are no markets and apartment buildings, and it is replaced by a large area of greenery. , temples, and sculptures are very suitable for wild outings and leisure.
The vast porch surrounds the green atrium, and in the center is the temple of Jupiter and Juno. The frescoes and stucco portraits on the porch tell the ancient myths and legends, and there are Alexander in the distance. The bronze statue of the emperor, tourists and believers either shuttled under the porch, or stopped in front of the sculpture, full of tranquility and solemnity.
The little slave girl found a piece of grass to sit down, took out the lunch she had carefully prepared, and chatted with Zhang Heng over lunch.
The little slave girl didn't think about happiness when she was in the Victor Arena before, but at this moment she felt that she had indeed reached out and grasped happiness.
"Is the patrol going well?" the little slave girl asked after biting a piece of bread.
"Well, although there are some deviations, it is basically in line with my previous plan." Zhang Hengdao, "Perhaps it should be said to be smoother than the plan."
"Then you are going to work for His Majesty the Emperor next?"
"If there is no accident, it will be like this." Zhang Heng nodded.
"That's great, you can reveal Klinde's true face to His Majesty the Emperor." The little slave girl obviously still misses Klinde, a duplicitous villain.
Zhang Heng couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, "How can it be so simple, will the emperor believe me if I tell the emperor?"
"Because I believe you." The little slave girl said confidently, "You are much more trustworthy than Klinde, no, I shouldn't compare you together, you are not comparable at all."
"That's because you've lived with me for a long time." Zhang Heng shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry about me, I'm not afraid of guys like Klind, and his main target is not me. There are many opportunities for cooperation.”
The little slave girl was confused when she heard it, she pouted and was about to say something, but the next moment she saw that the master she was talking about just now appeared in front of her alive, and was walking towards her with guards, the little girl The slave was taken aback, thinking that Klinde had some witchcraft, and heard all the bad things she said just now from a long distance away, and now she was going to bring someone to arrest her, so she quickly ran behind Zhang Heng.
"You guys are living a leisurely life, which is really enviable, but I'm afraid you will bid farewell to such days from now on." Klinde said to Zhang Heng with a smile.
"Um?"
"His Majesty the Emperor is very satisfied with your performance in the southeast city, and asked me to take you into the palace to have an audience, but your people are really hard to find. I went to your residence, but I couldn't find anyone, so I went to the patrol team again. I heard that you went on an outing, so I thought you might be here, it seems that I'm lucky, come with me, don't keep His Majesty waiting." Klind said.
Hearing this, Zhang Heng stood up from the grass, and said to the little slave girl behind him, "I can't help it, let's stop here today, you go home first."
"Then you, you have to be careful." The little slave girl looked at Klinde with some worry, and whispered.
Zhang Heng followed Klinde in a carriage and went straight to the palace, but before entering the palace, Klinde stopped the carriage and asked the driver to park the carriage in a place where no one noticed.
Afterwards, Klinder cleared his throat and said, "I know you've heard some rumors."
"What rumor?" Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.
"For example, only unlucky ones who have offended someone or have no background will be sent to the patrol team in the southeast city. That place is like a place of exile in Rome."
"Oh, I..." Zhang Heng just said, before he was interrupted by Klinde.
"This is true. Although this statement is not accurate, it is not far behind. The problem in the southeast city has been around for a long time. To be honest, neither I nor His Majesty thought that anyone could solve the trouble there."
"I didn't either. I just reached an agreement with the big forces there to slightly restrain the criminal activities on the surface." Zhang Heng said.
"You are too modest. In short, I wanted to arrange you to go to the area on the north bank of the Tiber River, because the law and order there is the best, and you can easily complete the tasks assigned by His Majesty the Emperor, but as you know, that day we only Halfway through the conversation, I had to ask Pannonax to be in charge of your constituency because of some urgent matters, but I was shocked when I learned that you were assigned to the southeast district a few days later."
There was a look of guilt on Klinde's face, "Forgive me, I didn't find you in the first place, because I didn't know how to face you, I mean, His Majesty asked me to take charge of this matter It was out of trust in me, but you were assigned to the southeast district in the end, I will undoubtedly bear a lot of responsibility for this matter, but I was not idle in those days after that, and I still did something for you."
"Yeah?"
"Yes, I investigated Pannonax, and guess what?"
"how?"
Klinde lowered his voice, and put his mouth close to Zhang Heng's ear, "I found out that he is from Ortrus, he hides very deeply, and the two only communicate with each other by letters, and every time they read it, they will be burnt." My people tried their best to get a letter that Pannonax had finished writing and hadn't had time to send, you can read it yourself."
After Klinde finished speaking, he stuffed a piece of papyrus full of words into Zhang Heng's hand. In addition, he also handed a letter home written by Pannonax to Zhang Heng, letting the latter You can compare the writing on it, and then said with concern, "May I take the liberty to ask, is there any grievance between you and Otrus? Because I have no idea why he is targeting you."
"I have no idea about this either." Zhang Heng said, "I heard that Ortrus is a very mysterious person who has always been a dragon. I don't even know what he looks like and where he is. He's getting revenge."
"It's true," Klinde nodded, "but it's always important to be careful. Although everyone is doing things for His Majesty, it is inevitable that some people will have other thoughts. You should also pay attention to safety. I heard that O There are people under Truss who hide in the dark and do some shady things for him. If you encounter any troubles in the future, you can come to me. I also hope that I can give you some compensation for what happened before. .”