Decius waited until his wife fell asleep before getting up from the bed, put on her clothes again, and then looked at her lover on the bed again, as if she had made up her mind, she walked out of the room lightly.
He walked through the dark front hall, trying not to wake up the slaves who were sleeping there, and waited until Domus walked out of his house before he was relieved, then looked left and right to make sure that he was not being followed. He only walked south along the street, and he didn't go too far, because the people living in the nearby area were basically the upper-class Roman nobles.
This area is almost the most expensive area in Rome, and you can't buy a house here if you have money, and you have to have status. The family of Decius moved here after the rise. Domus is of the smaller kind.
In contrast, the place where Decius is going now is much more luxurious, which shows that its owner is quite famous even in the Senate, so Decius tidied up his clothes before visiting.
However, before he had time to knock on the door of the Domus, a familiar voice sounded behind him first.
"From a friend's standpoint, I really don't recommend you do this."
Decius was taken aback, especially when he realized whose voice it was, he was almost out of his wits.
"You, when did you come here?"
"I've been here for a while," Zhang Heng said, "I have to say, the environment here is pretty good. I like the little fountain outside your house, it's pretty cute."
"But why didn't I see you?" Although Decius tried to keep himself as calm as possible, his heart was beating wildly.
"Because I didn't want to scare you, although it looked like I did scare you in the end." Zhang Heng said with some regret, "It's so late, you're not sleeping at home, why are you running out?"
"Uh, I kind of... can't sleep, you know, a lot of things happened today, and the guy named Amedeo died before our eyes, and I..."
"Have you never seen a prisoner executed in the arena before?" Zhang Heng asked curiously.
"I've seen it before, but it's completely different from this," Decius said. "Besides, if Amedeo dies, we may also be in danger."
"Ha, so you went out for a walk full of thoughts, and accidentally wandered outside the residence of Mayor Andrea." Zhang Heng said, "This explanation sounds very reasonable."
Decius was silent when he heard the words, then he raised his head and asked Zhang Hengdao, "Then why are you here?"
"I'm here, of course, to prevent you from doing stupid things, and by the way, I'll settle the issue of the bronze statue."
"How to solve it?" Decius asked in surprise, "Do you know who is behind this matter?"
Zhang Heng didn't answer Decius' question, but stretched out a hand and said, "Give me back the things first."
"What?" Decius's heart tightened, but he still didn't let go.
"The necklace you stole from Amedeo's room this evening."
"I didn't steal anything... Wait a minute," Decius seemed to think of something, his eyes widened, "Where did you put the necklace?"
"Yeah, so you can understand why I stopped you and didn't want you to go to see Andrea? If you take this necklace to negotiate with Andrea, I'm afraid you'll really step into Amedeo's footsteps, "Zhang Heng blinked his eyes and said, "The necklace is not any evidence left by Amedeo, it's just, uh... It was a gift from someone else, and I threw it into the crack of the bed board."
The main reason is that Zhang Heng didn't have a good choice at the time. If he didn't throw the necklace Lucilla gave him, he could only throw his own props.
"You designed to frame me?" Decius looked in disbelief, "But when did you suspect me?"
"I didn't design to frame you, because there are three possibilities. The first is that you didn't perform your Watson duties well. You didn't find the necklace carelessly. Of course, nothing happened. The second is that you found the necklace and then notified me. I really hope you do this, because I will praise you for it, and third, this is the current situation, you took the necklace without telling me, and I need to stop you from doing stupid things in time."
Zhang Hengdao, "As for when you said I doubted you, to be honest, I really believed in you at the beginning. Your family became a noble with the support of the former emperor Aurelius, and has always been a die-hard supporter of the royal family. This means that you were supposed to stand with us in the incident of the bronze statue, but when I got to know you better, I found your family environment quite interesting.
"Your mother is a slave, and... I'm sorry for saying this, but it's not a pretty one, so your birth was actually an accident. Your father got drunk and married your mother, and your mother was born After leaving you, you were kicked out of the house by the hostess. It is conceivable that your childhood was not very happy. In fact, until now, your position in this family has been more like a dependent. Fortunately, you have A loving and understanding wife, but unfortunately your brother is an asshole who will harass your wife when you are no more, so I can't help but wonder how much you really belong to your family feeling?"
"Did you do any research before coming to see me?" Decius looked serious.
"No, I came to you directly after I came out of the palace." Zhang Heng said.
"But we haven't been together all the time, when will you..." Decius was taken aback when she said this, and she came to her senses, "In the southeast block, you said you went to find friends to see if you could solve the ore problem. At that time we separated for a while."
"Yes, you are indeed much smarter than you appear on the surface. I know a guy. It is said that the forces behind him are everywhere and specialize in all kinds of news, and they are not just nestled in the southeast city, so I asked for information about you from him." Zhang Heng said,
"And this solved one of my biggest doubts. If the bronze statue is not delivered on time, your family will undoubtedly suffer losses, especially for new nobles like your father who rely on Aurelius to enter the Senate. Without the favor of the emperor, the family may soon decline, but I guess this is not bad news for you, because your interests and your family's interests are not aligned."
Zhang Heng paused, "Of course, this does not mean that you will definitely take a different stand from your family on the matter of the copper mine. Strictly speaking, I really began to suspect that you are our friend Claude who went to meet you." time."