Zhang Heng jumped off the balcony and landed lightly on the ground.
On his left, Lucilla's Domus is still singing and dancing. The musician plucks the strings of the lyre. Just like the curtain fell.
But in comparison, the street outside is much quieter,
It's past midnight now, and there are basically no pedestrians still staying outside.
This is not good news for Zhang Heng, because assassins prefer chaotic environments, markets with mixed crowds, arena stands full of guests, and pubs and theaters with people coming and going... These places can easily make a The assassin disappears.
Fortunately, the moonlight is not too bright tonight, and the night can provide some camouflage for Zhang Heng.
Zhang Heng didn't go to Otrus right away, but went back to the southeast city first, changed into a black suit that was more suitable for night action, and when he was adding arrows to his quiver, he also heard the corridor Footsteps from outside.
The footsteps were very light. If it weren't for the fact that the floor of this apartment was in disrepair, even with Zhang Heng's hearing, it would be difficult to hear it through a door.
This is the standard assassin's footsteps.
Zhang Heng was not surprised. It was no secret that he formed a new force in the southeast city, not to mention that the Hound and the Hive were looking for information for them. After Zhang Heng had a premonition that his identity might be exposed, he asked Marcus to be in the southeast city. The city has arranged several safe houses for him, but now it seems that the locations of these safe houses are also controlled by the hound.
In addition to ambushing assassins at his residence, the Hound also has manpower here.
The footsteps in the corridor finally stopped outside his door, but Zhang Heng didn't seem to hear it. He was still counting the arrows in his quiver, and he also packed two figs to eat on the road.
Afterwards, the assassins in the corridor were probably also prepared, and quietly unlocked the door. However, when they rushed into the room, they found that there was no one there, and they couldn't help but look at each other.
In the room opposite, Zhang Heng put on his hood leisurely, looked behind him to make sure that nothing was left behind, then leaned out of the window, and climbed up the khaki brick wall to the roof , jumped directly from the roof to the slightly shorter apartment next door, then returned to the ground, dodged into a dark alley, and disappeared completely.
The safe house arranged by Zhang Heng through Marcus was originally for the hounds to see, and then he asked Soap to find a few trustworthy locals, who paid the money and rented the opposite door quietly. A true hiding place in times of crisis.
After getting rid of the assassin behind him, Zhang Heng set off for the first place to go tonight.
Roman Forum.
Just like all cities have a city center, Rome is no exception, and its city center is in the Roman Forum.
More than a dozen centuries ago, it was just a barren swamp full of mosquitoes and uninhabited. There were even Romans who buried their dead relatives here. The water here turned the water here into a hard ground.
At that time, Rome was still in the era of the republic. People paved roads, built temples and basilicas here, making it more and more prosperous, and gradually formed a huge square. In the imperial era, because of the continuous expansion of the territory , and the explosion of the urban population, the original Roman Forum could no longer meet the needs, so five new squares were successively built around it.
But there is no doubt that the Roman Forum is still the most central area. The former emperor Mark Aurelius once published a eulogy in memory of Caesar here. The gilded pillar in front of the podium is the starting point of all roads leaving Rome. . It is also the end of the proverb "all roads lead to Rome".
But Zhang Heng didn't come here to visit tonight. He walked through the huge arch built by Augustus, and passed through the center of the square, where a vine, an olive tree and a fig tree were planted, and they were also called Known as the sacred tree of Rome, Zhang Heng looked up and saw the temples located on the Capitoline Hill, where the gods of Rome were enshrined.
Among them, the two most majestic and magnificent temples stand on the top of the mountain, one on the left and one on the right, which are the temples of the god king Jupiter and the god queen Juno.
Zhang Heng knew that Ortrus was in one of these two temples, so he didn't waste any time and walked up the wide stone steps.
During the day, the Roman Forum is almost the busiest place in the entire city of Rome, crowded with people, devout believers line up in front of temples, large and small, and beggars will take the opportunity to ask them for money Food or copper coins, vendors will sell their wares at the stalls around the square, and there will always be a wonderful verbal battle in the basilica...
But now, after entering the world of night, everything has returned to silence, only the sacred fire of the Temple of Vesta is still burning.
Zhang Heng didn't encounter any obstacles along the way, and quickly climbed to the top of the mountain.
After he hesitated for a while, he first came to the Jupiter Temple on the left. The flames on the altar had been extinguished, leaving only some charred bones and surrounding garlands. Zhang Heng walked around the altar and came to the tightly closed bronze In front of the gate, and then threw the stones picked up on the road.
After a while, the bronze door slowly opened, and a young priest poked his head out from inside, rubbing his eyes. However, he looked around, but did not see any figure outside, and then looked further away In the place where I saw an owl standing on the wall, I couldn't help but bowed my head and cursed.
Owls have long been a symbol of bad luck in Rome, so seeing one is not a good thing either.
The young priest didn't dare to look around anymore, retracted his body, and closed the door again. But what he didn't notice was that when he and the owl were looking at each other, a figure above his head quietly slipped into the temple.
Zhang Heng has been practicing stealth hard during this period, coupled with the blessing of [Kreis Heart], even if he passes by ordinary people, it is difficult to be spotted as long as he is not seen.
Zhang Heng was not in a hurry, and waited for a while in the shadow of the ceiling until the young priest walked back to his residence before returning to the ground, and then he walked to the marble statue of Jupiter.
Zhang Heng's eyes were not on the lifelike statue that could be called a work of art, but on the stone seat under the statue. He squatted down and touched the air vent underneath.