Although Lucilla temporarily dispelled the idea of suicide under Zhang Heng's persuasion, she was still full of apprehension, especially when she saw Zhang Heng's arrest warrants posted almost all over the city the next morning. Said to be close to the goal, even walking on the street became more and more difficult.
And as time goes by, Zhang Heng's situation will only become more and more dangerous.
The two have lost contact since that night. Lucilla doesn't know if Zhang Heng is still alive, and if he is still alive, how long can he hide? She knows that Zhang Heng has his own power in the southeast city, but the arrest warrant The bounty is enough to turn anyone into a traitor, not to mention those guys in the southeast city have no sense of honor. As long as the money is enough, those poor people can even betray their own father, and now Zhang Heng has lost him. The position beside Maode, in other words, is now the time when his control is weakest.
Lucilla didn't know how Zhang Heng should restrain his subordinates so as not to let himself be betrayed.
In fact, Lucilla felt that it was more likely that Zhang Heng had escaped from Rome, because only this could explain why he neither came to see her nor was caught.
Thinking of this, Lucilla's heart sank.
And at this time, one hand wrapped around her body, Pompeoianus' voice came from behind her, as gentle as ever, "Why, are you feeling unwell?"
Lucilla turned her eyes away from the street downstairs, and forced a smile, "It's nothing, I was just thinking, it will be the Saturnalia in a few days."
"Oh, yes, Saturnalia." Pompeianus nodded, "I heard that there will be a grand celebration in Trajan's Square that day, and we may go there to have some fun."
"Yes, that's right." Lucilla dealt with her husband absent-mindedly.
"But now, my dear, we are going to watch the gladiatorial performance in the Victor Arena first." Pompeianus picked up the necklace on the table, put it on for Lucilla with his own hands, and straightened her hair, "It's a pity you The favorite oriental man can no longer perform in the Victor Arena, but fortunately we still have the giant Telyphilos to watch, but we have to hurry up, otherwise we will not be able to catch up with the start of the show."
"I'll be fine soon, why don't you go downstairs and wait for me first."
"Okay." Pompeianus smiled, kissed Lucilla's forehead again, and then opened the door.
However, as soon as he took a step, the whole person froze there, and then slowly retreated into the room. Lucilla frowned when she heard the footsteps behind her, and then turned around and said, "Why, you forgot something?"
However, the next moment she saw a guy dressed as a servant holding a dagger against Pompeianus' chest, a chill suddenly rose in Lucilla's heart, she obviously didn't expect the assassin of the hound to come So quickly, he said, "Something is coming towards me, it has nothing to do with him, he doesn't know anything."
"No, I'm afraid this matter has a lot to do with him." The assassin dressed as a servant said, and it was Zhang Heng's voice.
"Are you still in Rome?" Lucilla was taken aback.
"Yeah, our agreement hasn't been fulfilled yet, so of course I won't leave," Zhang Heng said, "I've already killed Otrus for you, but the leader of the Hound, he has been staying in the barracks all the time, It's not very easy to strike, and after I kill Otrus, he will definitely increase his vigilance, but fortunately, I know an excellent opportunity to perfectly avoid all his men and guards, that is, he came from the barracks When we got home."
"Wait, are you saying that my husband is the leader of the hounds?" Lucilla looked unbelievable, "How is this possible, this is just a lie you made up to enter the library, right?"
"Unfortunately not, to be honest, I never doubted him before, because he has an almost perfect disguise, Aurelius' confidant, your husband, the number one figure in the military, and has always been known for his gentle personality, At the same time, he is hardly involved in any faction fighting, and no one would normally associate him with the leader of the hounds, and neither would I."
Zhang Heng paused, then continued, "But a few months ago when I was still in the southeast city, I was more inclined to think that the assassin was sent by Klind, because he always had some Jealous of Commodus's favor for me, but I didn't know that he had served your husband for a long time, and was He seemed flustered when someone brought up his relationship with your husband, and it made me notice that your husband might not be what it seems.
"But until that time, I still didn't think he would be the leader of the Hounds, firstly because the person who assassinated me was not from the Hounds, and secondly because of the timing of the assassination, my identity hadn't been revealed at that time, no matter who hired the assassin it was obvious They didn't kill me because I was an alternate member of the Blade of Balance, in fact, I still have no answer to this question." Zhang Heng cast his eyes on Pompeianus in front of him while talking.
However, the latter just listened quietly and did not say anything.
So Zhang Heng continued, "But this incident let me know that the person behind Herto is your husband, and as I said before, until this time three coins, I still only know you and Otto I don’t know the identity of Russ, but I don’t know who the leader of the hounds is, so I didn’t plan to stay in Rome at that time.
"I have a friend named Varo that I... well, met in gladiator school, he was an antique dealer before he was enslaved, but then his wife and his best friend teamed up to scam him out Afterwards, I hired someone to help him investigate and found that this matter was not simple. No matter whether his wife or friend, they were just doing things for others. The mastermind behind the whole thing was a man named Pereg The old man in Reno, and it's not the first time he's done something like this."
"What do you want to say?" Lucilla didn't know why Zhang Heng suddenly brought the topic up to a commoner.
And Zhang Heng said, "Don't worry, listen to me and you will understand. After the fake Ortrus was assassinated, the Balance Blade has not contacted me. I knew your situation was not good, so I waited for two more days. I was ready to run away. At that time, I thought I was going to run away anyway, so I might as well solve my friend’s troubles. After all, Valo and I got along quite happily in the gladiator school, so we thought it was the last time. Do him a favor."
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