Although Lucyla temporarily dispelled the idea of suicide under Zhang Heng's persuasion, her heart was still full of apprehension, especially the next morning, when she saw that Zhang Heng's wanted notice was posted almost all over the city, let alone approaching the target, it became more and more difficult to even walk on the street.

And as time goes by, Zhang Heng's situation will only become more and more dangerous.

The two have lost contact since that night, Lucyla doesn't know if Zhang Heng is still alive now, 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 bounty on the wanted warrant is enough to turn anyone into a traitor, not to mention that those guys in the southeast city themselves have no sense of honor, as long as the money is enough, those poor people can even betray their father, and Zhang Heng has now lost his position by Commodus, in other words, now is the time when his control is the weakest.

Lucyla didn't know how Zhang Heng had to restrain his subordinates to keep herself from being betrayed.

In fact, Lucyla felt that it was more likely that Zhang Heng had escaped from Rome, because this was the only way to explain why he had neither come to see her nor been caught.

Lucyla's heart sank at the thought of this.

And at this moment, a hand wrapped around her body, and Pompeianus's voice came from behind her, as gentle as ever, "What, is it unwell?" ”

Lucyla withdrew her gaze from the street downstairs and forced a smile, "It's nothing, I was just thinking that Saturnalia was in a few days." ”

"Oh yes, Saturnalia." Pompeianus nodded, "I heard that there will be a big celebration in Trajan's Square that day, and we might be able to have some fun there." ”

"yes, that's right." Lucyla was absent-mindedly coping with her husband.

"But now, my dear, we're going to see the gladiatorial show at the Victor Arena first." Pompeianus picked up the necklace on the table, put it on for Lucila with his own hands, and straightened her hair, "It's a pity that your favorite Oriental will never be able to perform in the Victor Arena anymore, but fortunately we still have the giant Telephilos to watch, but we have to hurry, otherwise we won't be able to start the show in time." ”

"I'll be fine soon, why don't you go downstairs and wait for me first."

"Okay." Pompeianus smiled and kissed Lucilla on the forehead before opening 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 back and said, "Why, have you forgotten something?" ”

However, the next moment she saw a man dressed as a servant holding a dagger against Pompeianus's chest, and a chill suddenly rose in Lucyla's heart, she obviously did not expect the Hound assassin to come so quickly, and said, "Something is coming at me, it has nothing to do with him, he doesn't know anything." ”

"No, I'm afraid this has a lot to do with him." The assassin dressed as a servant spoke, and it was Zhang Heng's voice.

"You're still in Rome and haven't left?" Lucyla was stunned.

"Yes, our agreement hasn't been fulfilled yet, of course I won't leave," Zhang Heng said, "I've already helped you kill Otrous, but the leader of the hounds, he has been staying in the barracks in normal times, and he is not too easy to start, and after I kill Oterus, he will definitely strengthen his vigilance, but fortunately, I know an excellent opportunity to perfectly avoid all his men and guards, that is, when he returns home from the barracks." ”

"Wait, you're talking about my husband, the leader of the hounds?" Lucyla looked incredulous, "How is this possible, it's just a lie you made up to get into the library, right?" ”

"Unfortunately not, to be honest I never doubted him before, because he has an almost perfect disguise, Aurelius's cronies, your husband, the number one man in the military, and has always been known for his mild-mannered personality, while hardly participating in any factional fights, no one would normally associate him with the leader of the hounds, and I will not."

Zhang Heng paused, and continued, "But a few months ago, when I was still in the southeast city, I was assassinated, and at that time I was more inclined to think that the assassin was sent by Clinder, because he had always been a little jealous of Commod's favor for me, but it wasn't until a few days ago that I met the hired murderer, a centurion named Herto, that I learned that he had served under your husband for a long time, and he seemed a little flustered when someone mentioned his relationship with your husband. And this made me realize that your husband may not be as simple as 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 was not revealed at that time, and whoever hired the assassins obviously didn't come to kill me because I was an alternate member of the Blade of Balance, in fact, I have not answered this question until now." Zhang Heng said as he set his eyes on Pompeianus in front of him.

However, the latter just listened quietly and did not say anything.

So Zhang Heng continued, "But this incident made me know that the person behind Herto is your husband, and as I said before, until this time, I still only know the identities of you and Otheros, and I don't know who the leader of the hounds is, so I didn't plan to stay in the city of Rome at that time."

"I have a friend named Varro, who is my ...... Well, I met him in the gladiator school, he was an antique dealer before he became a slave, but then his wife and his best friend teamed up to cheat him out of his property, and afterwards I hired someone to help him investigate, and found out that this matter is not simple, whether his wife is a good friend or not, they are just doing things for others, and the mastermind behind the whole thing is an old man named Peregrino, and this is not the first time he has done this kind of thing. ”

"What do you want to say?" Lucyla didn't know why Zhang Heng suddenly brought the topic to a civilian.

And Zhang Heng said, "Don't worry, listen to me and you will understand, after the assassination of Fake Ortellus, the Blade of Balance has not contacted me, I know that your situation is not good, and I waited for two more days and I was ready to escape, I thought that I was going to run anyway, it was better to solve my friend's troubles, after all, Varro and I got along quite well in the gladiator school, so I should do him a favor at the end." ”

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