Half a day has passed since Zhang Heng and Dachius met for the first time, and the two have also made a big circle in the city of Rome, from the Binota mine to the southeast city, and then to Klaus's apartment, all the way non-stop.

As the investigation continues, the truth about the mine shutdown is gradually emerging.

The most crucial of this is, of course, the man with the red birthmark on his face - Amidio, who, as an intermediary, made an appointment with Cobb, and finally contributed to the whole thing, and finding him means finding the main messenger behind it.

And now Zhang Heng and Dai Chius are standing downstairs in Amidio's apartment.

The sun is almost setting.

Amidio's residence is much more remote than Klaus's, although it is not as chaotic as the southeast city, but it is also a slum, most of the people who will live here are short-term renters, the rent is paid once a week, and those who can't pay it will be driven out, Amidio as a lobbyist of the Senate, although not as famous as Klaus, but not to this point.

With his income, he could afford a better place to live, and he chose to live here for only one reason, and that was to keep a low profile.

Obviously, he also knows that what he usually does is not visible, and he wants to be as unnoticeable as possible, and Zhang Heng estimates that he is not a permanent resident here, so he should change places every once in a while.

Dachius didn't like the street vibe, and his stomach rumbled, reminding him that it was time for dinner, and that he should have finished his work by this time, and had returned to the house, sitting at the table, waiting for the servants to bring the steaming food.

However, he knew that it was a critical time for the investigation, and it was no longer a matter of losing his job, it was about the future of his family, so he didn't complain about anything, but asked Zhang Heng on the side with some concern, "Should we call some guards over?" That guy probably won't be able to cooperate with us. ”

With Klaus's lessons in mind, Dekius has learned that it is not easy to get these lobbyists to work honestly, especially if they sell out their employers.

"I'll tell you the truth, I haven't been a consultant for a long time, and I haven't figured out how to deploy guards or anything like that, but it doesn't matter, I'm with you by my side, and you're like my Watson." Zhang Hengdao.

"What am I like you?" Dekius didn't understand.

Watson...... Don't take it personally, I'm just talking about it. Zhang Hengdao, he stood downstairs, raised his neck and looked at the approximate location of Amidio's room, the house here is obviously oriented to the poor, even on the second floor, there is no balcony, only a small window, closed, you can't see the scene inside, and the wall is pitted, obviously it has not been maintained for a long time.

Zhang Heng patted Daichius on the shoulder, "Let's go, let's go upstairs to meet this Mr. Amidio." ”

"Uh-oh." Daikius tried to recall again, and confirmed that he had indeed never heard of such a person as Watson, so he took a step and followed Zhang Heng up the stairs.

The two of them walked through a somewhat dark corridor to the outside of Amidio's house.

Daikius stretched out his hand and knocked on the door, and according to Zhang Heng's teachings, he spoke, "We are the landlord's people, and we are here to collect the rent." ”

As a result, there was no movement in Amidio's room, but the door of the room next to him opened first, and a man came out of it and said in surprise, "Collected the rent again, didn't you collect it two days ago?" ”

Hearing this, Dai Jius looked at Zhang Heng with an embarrassed expression, and the latter said without changing his face, "The rent has risen, and now it is a supplementary payment." ”

"But it just went up last month." The man looked incredulous, "It's only been a few days?" ”

The man's voice was not small, so that the people in the other rooms also probed out, the rent increase was something that everyone cared about, Zhang Heng knew that he couldn't hide it, and Amidio's room was a little too quiet, and there was no movement until now, so he glanced at Daichius on the side, asked the latter to step aside, and then kicked on the door.

"Oh my God, no, didn't you just pay the rent once, and the price still went up, you ...... too" The man in the next room suddenly stopped abruptly and widened his eyes when he said this.

The sight in front of him made him gasp, and he saw a stubble man lying motionless on a round table, his clothes covered in blood, still dripping to the floor.

Seeing this scene, everyone subconsciously took a few steps back, only Zhang Heng's expression remained unchanged, but instead took a step forward and walked into the house.

He had seen a similar scene when he was working as an assistant to Sherlock Holmes, and he didn't know how much, he didn't feel it anymore, Zhang Heng walked directly to the round table, reached out and touched it under the man's nose, confirmed that the other party was no longer breathing, and then turned the body over, first looked at the dagger stuck in his chest, and then moved his eyes up and saw the red birthmark on the corpse's face.

"Ha, it seems that this is the right person we are looking for." Zhang Heng said to Dai Jiwu.

He ...... Is he dead? Dachius' face turned pale.

"Yes, and the time of death should have been just a few minutes ago," Zhang Heng looked at the bloodstains, and there were hardly any coagulated parts, "It seems that someone came to visit the person we were looking for before us, and we might have passed the murderer on the stairs before." ”

"Huh?" Dekius tried to think about the people he had met on the stairs, but he couldn't think of anything, and now his mind went blank, and the only thought was that he was really involved in something big.

But what he couldn't figure out was that he was just a small person responsible for casting a bronze statue of the emperor, why someone would hit him with the idea and kill him.

At this time, the man in the next room finally came to his senses and shouted, "There has been a murder, we should go and get the patrol!" ”

"Good idea, then I'll trouble you." Zhang Heng nodded, and then said to the others, "I am an advisor to His Majesty the Emperor, in order to prevent the murderer from staying upstairs now, I suggest that everyone can go back to their rooms and wait for the patrol team to come and investigate." ”

The crowd dispersed, leaving Dechius standing in the doorway.

Zhang Heng waved his hand at him, "What are you doing in a daze, come in, we don't have much time, the patrol should be over soon." ”

"What's the running out of time?" Dekius wondered, "Amidio is dead, what else can we ask?" ”

"A person like Amidio, who has been doing things in the dark, has mastered too many secrets, and will definitely be on guard against someone assassinating him, the murderer is obviously not prepared this time, I checked the body, it was a knife death, and there are no other scars, which shows that the murderer should not have time to find and torture Amidio, if we are lucky, we can know what we want to know without Amidio opening his mouth."