It has been half a day since Zhang Heng and Decius met for the first time. The two also took a big circle in the city of Rome, from the Binota mine to the southeast city, and then to Klaus' apartment. nonstop.
With the deepening of the investigation, the truth of the mine shutdown is gradually emerging.
The most important of these is, of course, the man with the red birthmark on his face—Amidio. As an intermediary, he made an appointment with Cobb, which finally led to the whole thing. Finding him means finding the main messenger behind it.
And now Zhang Heng and Decius are standing downstairs in Amedeo's apartment.
The sun was almost setting.
Amedeo's residence is much more remote than Klaus's. Although it is not as chaotic as the southeast urban area, it is also a poor area. Most of the people who live here are short-term tenants. The rent is paid once a week. Being driven away, Amedeo, as a lobbyist of the Senate, although not as famous as Klaus, would not be reduced to this level.
With his income, he can afford a better place, and there is only one reason why he chooses to live here, and that is to keep a low profile.
Obviously, he also knows that what he usually does is not visible, and he wants to be as unobtrusive as possible. Moreover, Zhang Heng estimates that he does not live here permanently, and he should change places after a while.
Decius didn't like the atmosphere on the street very much. At the same time, his stomach also made a growl, reminding him that it was time for dinner. At this time in the past, he should have finished work and returned home, sitting at the dining table Beside, waiting for the servant to bring the steaming food.
However, he knew that now was the critical time of the investigation, and it was no longer a matter of losing his job. It was related to the future of his family. He didn't complain, but asked Zhang Heng with some concern, "Are we Shouldn't some guards be called over? That guy is unlikely to cooperate with us."
With the lessons learned by Klaus, Decius has realized that it is not an easy task for these lobbyists to cooperate honestly, especially for the other party to betray the employer behind him.
"To tell you the truth, I haven't been a consultant for a long time, and I haven't figured out how to dispatch guards and things like that, but it doesn't matter, I have you by my side, you are like my Watson." Zhang Heng said.
"What am I like yours?" Decius didn't understand.
"Watson... don't take it to heart, I'm just talking casually." Zhang Hengdao, standing downstairs, raised his neck to look at the approximate location of Amedeo's room. The house here is obviously for the poor, even if There is no balcony on the second floor, only a small window, which is closed tightly, so you can't see the scene inside, and the walls are pitted, obviously it has not been maintained for a long time.
Zhang Heng patted Decius on the shoulder, "Come on, let's go upstairs to meet Mr. Amedeo."
"Oh." Decius tried her best to remember again, and confirmed that she had never heard of Watson before she took a step and followed Zhang Heng up the stairs.
The two walked through a somewhat dark corridor and came outside Amedeo's house.
Decius reached out and knocked on the door, and according to Zhang Heng's instruction, said, "We are the landlord's people, here to collect the rent."
As a result, there was no movement in Amedeo's room, but the door to the room next to him was opened first, and a man came out and said in surprise, "The rent is collected again, didn't you collect it two days ago?"
Decius looked at Zhang Heng with embarrassment when he heard the words, and the latter said without changing his face, "The rent has increased, and now it is a supplementary payment."
"But it just went up last month." The man looked in disbelief, "How many days have passed?"
The man's voice was not low, causing people in other rooms to poke their heads out one after another. The increase in rent is something that everyone cares about. Zhang Heng knew that he couldn't hide it. In addition, Amedeo's room was a little too quiet. There was no movement until now, so he winked at Decius who was on the side, telling the latter to step aside, and then kicked on the door.
"Oh my god, that's not the case, isn't it just that you haven't paid the rent once, and the price has increased, and you too..." The man in the next room stopped abruptly at this point, his eyes widened.
The scene in front of him made him gasp. He saw a thin man lying motionless on a round table. His clothes were covered in blood, which was still dripping to the floor.
Seeing this scene, everyone subconsciously took a few steps back, only Zhang Heng's expression remained unchanged, but instead he stepped forward and walked into the room.
He had seen many similar scenes when he was an assistant to Sherlock Holmes, and he hadn't felt anything for a long time. Zhang Heng walked directly to the round table, reached out and touched under the man's nose to confirm that the man was not breathing. After turning the corpse over, he first glanced at the dagger stuck in his chest, then moved his gaze up and saw the red birthmark on the corpse's face.
"Ha, it seems that this is the true master we are looking for." Zhang Heng said to Decius.
"He... is he dead?" Decius' face turned pale.
"Yes, and the time of death should be just a few minutes ago." Zhang Heng looked at the blood stains, and there were hardly any solidified parts. "It seems that someone came to visit the person we were looking for before we did. You might just pass by the murderer."
"Huh?" Decius tried hard to recall the people he met on the stairs, but he couldn't remember anything. Now his mind was blank, and his only thought was that he was really involved in some big event.
But what he couldn't figure out was that he was just a small person in charge of casting a bronze statue for the emperor, why would someone make an idea of him and even kill him.
At this moment, the man in the next room finally came to his senses and shouted, "There's been a murder, we should go and get the patrol team!"
"Good idea, then I will trouble you." Zhang Heng nodded, and then said to others, "I am an advisor to His Majesty the Emperor. In order to prevent the murderer from staying upstairs, I suggest that everyone return to their own In the room, waiting for the patrol team to come and investigate."
Everyone dispersed after hearing the words, leaving only Decius standing blankly at the door.
Zhang Heng waved at him, "What are you still doing, come in, we don't have much time, the patrol team should be here soon."
"Why is there not much time?" Decius wondered, "Amidio is dead, what else can we ask?"
"A person like Amedeo has been working in the dark and has too many secrets. He will definitely be on guard against someone assassinating him. The murderer was obviously not prepared this time. I checked the body and he was killed with a knife. Other than that There are no other scars on the outside, which means that the murderer should not have time to find and interrogate Amedeo, and if we are lucky, we can know what we want to know without Amedeo asking."