"Wow, is this our new home?" The little slave girl rushed into the new house excitedly.
"No, it's my new home, you're just staying there temporarily." Zhang Heng said
"Hmph, stingy."
"..."
The Domus that Commodus gave to Zhang Heng was not in the area where Decius's family lived, but it was also a well-known wealthy area in Rome, and as Commodus said, it was closer to the palace, which was convenient for Zhang Heng. Constantly going back and forth between the palace and the residence.
Probably because Zhang Heng lived alone, Commodus did not give Zhang Heng a house that was too large. However, even so, the area of the new house was almost the same as that of Marcruz's Domus, especially the front hall, which was very large. It is spacious, with excellent lighting, and a long and narrow rain-bearing pond. At the same time, the furniture inside is also well equipped. Kang Maode also sent two servants to Zhang Heng to help him take care of the house.
The little slave girl was immersed in the joy of changing a new house, running all over the yard, fumbling here and there, while Zhang Heng asked two servants to drag the luggage into the house, then turned around and walked into the study room, and found out from the cabinet. He bought two bottles of wine and poured himself a glass.
After solving the troubles in the mine, he was quite relaxed during this time. With Decius around, he didn't need to go to the site every day to watch the progress of the project. Going to Dongcheng District to deal with some soapy problems that Marcus couldn't solve, so the main time of the day was used by him to digest the assassin skills taught to him by the old Persian trainer.
Now his assassin skills have been upgraded to lv2, which also means that he has almost stepped into the threshold of a first-class assassin. Coupled with the [Kreis Heart], which can be called the assassin's divine outfit, Zhang Heng is very good at assassination. His true strength is actually close to that of a top assassin, but after he has digested what the old Persian trainer taught him, if he wants to improve his ability in this area, he needs to accumulate assassination experience like other assassins and continue to polish his skills.
But beyond that, there is a shortcut.
That is the Assassin Library of the Balance Blade, which stores various assassin books since the establishment of the Balance Blade. If he can stay in it for a while, Zhang Heng estimates that he should have a lot of improvement, and he has already been with his daughter. The priest made a deal, and after Otrus was killed, he could enter the library.
This is also Zhang Heng's main goal in the recent period.
On the other hand, being close to Commodus also means that he can get in touch with the people of the Imperial Guard, and he can start to investigate who wanted to hire murderers to assassinate him before him.
This is actually a question that Zhang Heng is very concerned about. The unknown enemy is the most dangerous. He jumps up too fast. Looking up, except for the bosses of a few small forces annexed by him before, none of them rose to the level of assassinating him.
However, it is difficult for this type of people to get in touch with the imperial guards, so this means that there are no suspects on his list now.
From the perspective of motivation, Zhang Heng can't find a reason for someone to kill him, but Zhang Heng also knows that sometimes killing people does not necessarily need to be based on sufficient and sufficient reasons, like some serial killers with pathological psychology, and some impulsive murder, but this is more troublesome to investigate.
The only clue Zhang Heng has now is the portrait. It seems that he will also meet the guards next.
...
Zhang Heng didn't expect that Lucilla would be the first guest after he moved into his new home.
From the first time the two met, Zhang Heng didn't want to get too close to this woman who attempted to kill her brother, even though according to historical records, it would take two years before her assassination of her brother happened. Not in this dungeon anymore, but this woman has always been crazy, and she doesn't like to play cards according to common sense. Zhang Heng can't figure out what she will do next, so he doesn't want to get too close to her.
If it was someone else, Zhang Heng might have already issued a warning, but Lucilla has a superior status, and even her husband needs to be respectful to her. Except for Commodus, no one in the empire can suppress her, so even though sometimes She would do some outrageous things, but most people just turned a blind eye to her, and Zhang Heng also couldn't refuse her on the bright side.
Therefore, as a return gift for receiving the necklace, Zhang Heng also sent her and Queen Krispina tickets to the gladiatorial performance as promised. Krispina declined the invitation, which did not surprise Zhang Heng. , because Krispina grew up in a big family and paid special attention to her manners and self-cultivation. Now that she married Commodus and became a queen, she naturally hoped to show the demeanor of a queen and not just play crazy with herself.
But Lucilla, Lucilla was very interested in Zhang Heng's wrestling performance before, and also accepted the tickets. However, there was no one in her box that day, so Marcruz, who was ready to give a welcome speech, Also a little embarrassing.
After this incident, Zhang Heng originally thought that Lucilla's enthusiasm for him had subsided, but he didn't expect this woman to suddenly appear in front of him after two months of disappearance.
When Lucy came, she was not notified, and she just walked in, so she encountered the same obstacles as her younger brother, and was stopped in the front hall by the little slave girl who hadn't passed her excitement yet.
But Lucilla was not so easy to talk to, she just winked at the guard behind her, and the tall, burly knight with a solemn face walked towards the little slave girl.
The little slave girl suddenly became nervous. The difference in height and body shape between the two sides was too large. In her eyes, Lucilla's guard was like a hill, but this was her home. As a half master, at this time There is no way to retreat.
The little slave girl thought so, but she didn't expect her body to retreat.
Her collar was picked up, and Zhang Heng, who came out of the study, directly carried her behind him, and then nodded to Lucilla, "Augusta."
"Just call me Lucilla." Lucilla smiled at Zhang Heng, waved her hand and called her guard back, as if she had done nothing before.
Of course, Zhang Heng didn't expect the other party to admit his mistake, so he let the aggrieved little slave girl go up to the second floor first, and then said, "I don't know what Augusta wants me to do?"
"Call me Lucilla, I don't want to repeat it a third time." Lucilla smiled unabated, "You men are really heartless animals. It's been so long since you haven't seen me. You don't want to say you miss me, but you still ask me?" Why did I come to you."
"..." Zhang Heng didn't know how to answer these words, so he could only choose to remain silent.