"When we went to see Klaus, did I do anything that made you suspicious?" Decius asked.
"No, strictly speaking it's not you, remember what I was doing before we entered the door?" Zhang Heng asked.
"You were looking around, looking at the people in the corridor... oh, you saw people from Andrea." Decius said.
"I don't know who those people are, or even what their purpose is, but my friends in the southeast city told me that those guys have been following us, and the murderer killed Ami minutes before we arrived. Dio's, in other words someone realized that we were close to the final answer and rushed to kill Amedeo to prevent him from talking nonsense, but this caused another problem."
Zhang Heng said, "Even if they are following us, how do they know our movements so clearly?"
"Did you start to doubt me at that time?" Decius said, "So you casually fabricated the statement that Amedeo is likely to leave evidence."
"Well, it's not a fabrication. The possibility of such a thing is not small." Zhang Heng said.
"Aren't you afraid that I will really find out the evidence he left behind and then hide it secretly?" Decius couldn't help asking.
"We are in the same room, my friend, do you really think you can hide your every move from me?" Zhang Heng sighed.
Decius fell silent upon hearing this.
"The only question left to bother me now is how deeply you are involved in this matter?" Zhang Heng looked at Decius, "I personally tend to think that there is a relationship between you and Andrea. Agreement, but limited knowledge, because your surprise as things unfold doesn't seem to be faking, unless you're a great showman."
"I think your childhood energy has contributed a little to your acting career, but it shouldn't be able to completely fool me, especially after seeing Amedeo's body, your fear and shock are real. Also Therefore," Zhang Heng snapped his fingers, "I was a little surprised that you didn't hesitate to hide my necklace afterwards."
Decius finally spoke after being silent for a while, "You know me only from hearsay, and you don't know my real life. If there is an opportunity in front of me, let me take my beloved away My family, I will never miss it no matter what."
"The premise is that you really have a bargaining chip with Andya, and why do you think you won't fall into Amedeo's fate?" Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows, "Also, I'm curious about what Andya promised to give What are you, let you stand by his side."
"He told me that as long as I don't mind my own business, he will provide me with a stable and decent job after the matter is over, so that my wife and I can move out of here." Decius said.
"This condition sounds good. You should do as he said, don't worry about the necklace, stay by my side and continue to play the role of Watson." Zhang Heng said sincerely.
"But I want more, I also want to get ahead and get into the Senate, so that I can really hold my head up in front of my father and that bastard brother, if, if that necklace is really Amedeo With the important physical evidence left behind, I will have the capital to negotiate with Andrea." Decius clenched his fists.
"Courage is commendable." Zhang Heng praised, but then he changed the subject and added, "Unfortunately, I don't have any brains."
"..."
"Okay, I roughly understand your position in this matter, let's solve the ore matter next." Zhang Heng clapped his hands and said.
"Are you looking for Andrea to have a showdown with him?" Decius asked.
"Amidio is dead. If you were Andrea, would you admit that you did what happened in the mine?"
"Most likely not." Decius said truthfully.
"That's right, even if I bring you to confront him, he won't admit it, and strictly speaking, he just told you not to meddle in your own business, and didn't instruct you what to do. You just belong to freedom if you take the necklace. play."
"Then how do you want to convince him to resume work at the Binotta mine?"
"Knowing who is the mastermind behind the scenes, it is very simple to resume work in the mine. I don't need him to admit that he did this, as long as he also grabs his painful foot, we can do it in his own way. Treat him as a person," Zhang Heng smiled, "but it's better not to know the specific process, you can continue to fulfill the agreement with Andya, don't meddle in other people's business."
"I... don't quite understand." Decius looked a little puzzled, "Aren't you going to hold me accountable for this matter?"
"Yeah, after all, you have been my Watson for a while, and it won't do me any good to hold you accountable." Zhang Heng said, "In addition, you can rest assured that even if Andrea knows that I am dealing with him, he won't do anything wrong." I will doubt you, but from now on, if you have any news, you should tell me in time, and I may entrust you with something, but don't worry, I will pay you when I need you to do something, You want to enter the Senate? I may be able to help you in this matter."
...
After knowing who the main messenger behind the scenes was, Zhang Heng immediately made a counterattack plan, but before that, he had to do one thing first, which was to muddy the water and drag someone into the water by the way.
Early the next morning Zhang Heng went to visit Elder Divobraye. Divobraye was still very cautious. We have also heard about the confrontation between the young emperors.
Adhering to the usual attitude of not offending anyone, he welcomed the visit of Zhang Heng, a new consultant, but he was not very enthusiastic. He just chatted casually in the front hall, but then Zhang Heng proposed to go to the study to see Looking at his collection, it was not easy for Divobraye to refuse in person, so the two stayed in the study for a while, and then they probably felt bored, so Zhang Heng offered to leave by himself.
So Divobraye, who was relieved, sent Zhang Heng to the front hall and watched the Oriental leave his domus.
As a result, Zhang Heng went straight to Cobb’s residence on the outskirts of the city as soon as he went out. He stayed at Cobb’s residence in the same way and spent half a day. This made Andya, who was secretly monitoring Zhang Heng’s whereabouts, very nervous. Worbraye was the largest buyer of Cobb's farm.
Although he asked Amedeo to negotiate with Cobb, he was willing to help Cobb pay the liquidated damages of the mine, and he was willing to pay Cobb another sum of money, but the mine was only a small part of Cobb’s business, and his The bulk of the income still comes from his farm. If Divobraye also participates and uses his status as the largest buyer to put pressure on Cobb, Cobb is likely to confess all the content of the transaction with him.
But Andrea is still holding a little bit of luck. After all, Divobraye, the old fox, has been neutral for so long. It's just that the person who has been pushed to the front has a more important political alliance behind him, otherwise Andrea, a small city official, would not dare to challenge the imperial power alone.
Divobraye probably wouldn't be so blatantly hostile to them, otherwise he would have to hold Commodus's thigh tightly from tonight onwards. This might just be the bluff of the oriental man.
However, another day later, Andrea received a bad news. In the area under his jurisdiction, the sewer pipes were damaged by unknown persons last night.