Zhang Heng contacted the people in the perfume shop according to the method given to him by the priestess. As a result, he got nothing but the confidence of the Balance Blade. This made Zhang Heng feel a bad feeling in his heart.
The woman wearing the veil is right. Zhang Heng really doesn't know the true strength of the Balance Blade. However, he just came into contact with Otrus not long ago, and he knows that people like Otrus are definitely difficult to deal with, let alone Otrus now made it clear that he was joining forces with the Hound, preparing to kill the Balance Blade together.
In Zhang Heng's original prediction, the war between the Blade of Balance and the Hound lasted for more than two hundred years. This time it should be equally difficult to tell the winner. In this way, he, a candidate for the Blade of Balance, can also see it while paddling. means between the parties.
But now it seems that he probably overestimated the ability of the leader of the generation of Balance Blade, and at the same time underestimated the comeback of the Hound. If the mouthpiece is the Hound, then the hive behind him is likely to belong to the peripheral organization of the Hound .
And this also means that the hound has probably been operating in Rome for quite some time. The previous assassination by Britannia was probably just a means for the hound to divert his attention. As we all know, this makes it hard for Zhang Heng to believe that they really have the initiative in this war.
And once the Blade of Balance is defeated, it is obviously difficult for him as a candidate to survive alone.
Zhang Heng knew that he needed to make some preparations in advance to prevent the situation from deteriorating suddenly, although according to the old Persian trainer, only four people in the Balance Blade, including himself, knew Zhang Heng's identity. But from this moment on, Zhang Heng also needs to prepare for the leak of his identity.
However, he does not intend to give up the plan to assassinate Otrus, not only because Zhang Heng needs to enter the secret library of the Balance Blade, but also because he can solve Otrus, which should also relieve some pressure on the Balance Blade.
With Otrus' extremely cautious character, there are not many opportunities to show his flaws.
This time, he didn't expect that Zhang Heng didn't finish the problematic glass of wine, and he could still stay awake when he was asking questions. In addition, he obviously didn't expect that someone would be able to tell the truth just from the tone, wording and footsteps. After hearing so much information, otherwise he would never have come to meet Zhang Heng in person.
But in the future, Zhang Heng may also start a race against time.
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"What? Your fief has been cut off. It's in the province of Mesopotamia. Where is that place?" The little slave girl was confused when she heard this. She has been a slave in Rome since she was born. , she has never left here at all, and she has heard of the nearby provinces, and it will not work any farther away.
"Well, the province of Mesopotamia is located in the southeast of Rome. The distance of thousands of miles requires a horse-drawn carriage, then a boat, and then a horse-drawn carriage. It will probably take a few months." Zhang Heng Dao.
"It's that far away, but isn't it impossible for you to leave Rome?" The little slave girl was puzzled, "Then how do you manage your fiefdom?"
After she finished speaking, she found that Zhang Heng's eyes fell on her body. The little female slave was stunned for a moment, and then her face turned pale as if thinking of something, "You... what do you mean, you don't want me to go, do you?"
"Well, it may be hard for you to make a trip."
"But, but you don't, didn't you say it's thousands of kilometers away?" The little slave girl was completely frightened and stuttered.
"You don't have to worry too much, I'm not in a hurry anyway, you can walk slowly, enjoy the scenery along the way, and try the delicious food, I will give you enough travel expenses, you didn't leave before Have you ever been to Rome, just to go out and learn a lot.”
"But I don't want to leave... Rome." The little slave girl almost blurted out that I don't want to leave you, but at the last moment, she had the wit to replace the word "you" with "Rome".
"I know, just take it as a favor, I don't have anyone else around me I can trust now."
"But I have been a slave since I was a child, and I don't know how to manage the fief." The little slave finally came up with another tenable reason, and then quickly added, "I'll stay by your side , wash your clothes and cook for you, and take care of your daily life, this is what I am best at."
But she didn't expect someone to be more ruthless than she imagined. Zhang Heng said, "It's okay, if you lose money in business, just write to me and ask for money. If you make money, you can spend it yourself."
"That's okay?" The little female slave was completely stunned by Zhang Heng's open-mindedness. She wanted to say later but the point was not this. However, when she realized it, she heard Zhang Heng directly say in a non-negotiable tone, "You Go pack it up, leave the day after tomorrow, get on the road early, otherwise it will be winter when you arrive in Mesopotamia province."
Hearing this, the little slave girl's heart fell to the bottom of the valley. Faced with this order, she couldn't say anything anymore, and ran away with her head bowed.
Zhang Heng knew that the little slave girl would probably cry a lot when she returned to her room.
But this will not change any of Zhang Heng's decisions. Commodus originally wanted to give him a fief near Rome, but Zhang Heng took the initiative to ask his fief to be placed in a remote place, declaring to the outside world that he wanted to share more land , but in fact it was just to find an excuse to send the little slave girl on a long journey.
These days, not to mention the mobile Internet, there is not even a telegram, and people are basically out of contact when they go out, so that no matter what happens in Rome in the future, the little slave girl will not be affected, and Zhang Heng is also equal to the relationship between the two. Both of the people with whom he was closest had sent out the next upcoming vortex.
As for the farewell, it will be a matter of time anyway, even if nothing happens, Zhang Heng will leave the dungeon a year later, instead of getting along with each other for a longer period of time, and parting is more uncomfortable, it is better to be cruel now, and Zhang Heng also basically gave the little slave girl all the money he earned during this period. After sending the latter away, he was finally able to let go of his hands and feet completely.
With the help of [Kreis Heart], Zhang Heng sneaked into the temple where the citizens' files were stored at night, and found the list of nobles born twenty years ago, but the result surprised him a bit, and it took about a week After investigation and exclusion, Zhang Heng found that Ortrus was not among them.
This is a bit strange, either Otrus has already taken away his own citizen files through some method, or Zhang Heng has gone in the wrong direction, Otrus is really not born of noble family as the rumors say, But firstly, this cannot explain his aristocratic habits, and secondly, compared with nobles, the number of civilians is much larger. It is impossible for Zhang Heng to collect all the files of civilians born 20 years ago. Parts are excluded.
Zhang Heng felt that he might have missed something.