Zhang Heng jumped down from 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, and the melodious sound of the lyre comes from the other side of the fence with the laughter of the feast, as if the joy never ends.

But in comparison, the streets outside are much quieter.

It's past midnight now, and there are hardly any pedestrians left.

This was not good news for Zhang Heng, as the Assassins preferred chaotic environments, crowded bazaars, arena stands full of guests, and bustling taverns and courtyards...... These are places where an Assassin can easily disappear.

But fortunately, the moonlight tonight is not too bright, and the night can also provide Zhang Heng with some camouflage.

Zhang Heng didn't go to find Otrous immediately, but went back to the southeast city first, changed into a set of black clothes that were more suitable for night action, and just as he was replenishing the arrows in his quiver, he also heard footsteps coming from outside the corridor.

The footsteps were very soft, if it weren't for the fact that the floor of this apartment was really 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 bloodhounds and the hive organization searched for information for them, Zhang Heng had a premonition that his identity might be exposed, so he asked Marcus to arrange a few safe houses for him in the southeast city, but now it seems that the location of these safe houses has also been mastered by the hounds.

In addition to ambushing the Assassins at his residence, the Hound also had a manpower here.

The footsteps in the corridor finally stopped outside his door, but Zhang Heng was still counting the arrows in the quiver as if he hadn't heard it, and by the way, he also packed two figs to eat on the road for a while.

The Assassins in the hallway were probably ready to unlock the door without a word, but when they rushed into the room, they found it empty, and they couldn't help but look at each other.

In the room opposite the door, Zhang Heng put on his hood unhurriedly, looked behind him again, and made sure that nothing had fallen, then he leaned out of the window, climbed the earthy yellow brick wall to the roof, jumped directly from the roof to the slightly lower apartment building next door, and 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, and then he asked Soap to find a few trustworthy locals, and quietly rented the opposite door at the expense, which was Zhang Heng's real hiding place at a critical moment.

After getting rid of the assassin behind him, Zhang Heng set off for the first place he was going to tonight.

- Roman Forum.

Just like all cities have a city center, Rome is no exception, and its city center is right in the Roman Forum.

A dozen centuries ago it was a barren swamp infested with mosquitoes, uninhabited, and even buried dead relatives by the Romans, but centuries later, large drainage ditches diverted water from the valley and turned it into hard ground.

At that time, Rome was still in the republican era, and people paved roads here, built temples and basilica, so that it became more and more prosperous, and gradually formed a huge square, and in the imperial era, because of the continuous expansion of the territory, as well as the explosion of the city's population, the original Roman Forum could no longer meet the needs, so five new squares were built around it.

But there is no doubt that the Roman Forum is still the most central area, where the previous emperor Marc Aurelius gave his eulogy in memory of Caesar, and the gilded column in front of the podium is the starting point for all roads out of Rome. At the same time, it is also the end of the proverbial "all roads lead to Rome".

However, Zhang Heng did not come here to visit tonight, he walked through the huge arch built by Augustus, and passed through the center of the square, where a grapevine, an olive tree and a fig tree were planted, also known as the sacred tree of Rome, Zhang Heng looked up and saw the temples perched on the Capitoline Hill, where the Roman gods were enshrined.

Two of the most majestic temples stand on the top of the mountain, one on the left and the other on the right, the temples of Jupiter and Juno, the queen of the gods.

Zhang Heng knew that Ottrus was in one of the two temples, and he wasted no time and walked up the wide stone steps.

During the day, the Roman Forum is almost the busiest part of the city, with devout devotees lining up in front of temples large and small, beggars begging for food or copper coins, vendors selling their wares in the stalls around the square, and Basilica where there is always a great battle of words......

But now, after entering the world of night, all of this has fallen silent, and only the sacred fire of the Temple of Vista is still burning.

Zhang Heng did not encounter any obstacles along the way, and quickly climbed to the top of the mountain.

After that, he hesitated, and first came to the temple of Jupiter on the left, the flames on the altar had been extinguished, leaving only some charred bones and garlands around it, Zhang Heng bypassed the altar, came to the closed bronze gate, and then threw out the stones he picked up on the road.

After a while, the bronze gate slowly opened, and a young priest rubbed his eyes and poked his head out of it, but he looked around, but saw no figure outside, and then looked farther away, and saw an owl standing at the head of the wall, and couldn't help but bow his head and curse.

Owls have always been a symbol of bad luck in Rome, so it's not a good thing to see them either.

The young priest did not dare to look at it any more, so he shrank back and closed the door again. But what he didn't notice was that just as he was looking at the owl, a figure overhead slipped silently into the temple.

Zhang Heng has been practicing stealth hard during this time, and with the blessing of [Heart of Kleis], even if he passes by ordinary people, it will be difficult to be discovered as long as he is not seen.

Zhang Heng was not in a hurry, and waited in the shadow of the ceiling for a moment until the young priest walked back to his quarters, and then returned to the ground, and then he walked to the marble statue of Jupiter.

Zhang Heng's gaze was not on the lifelike, artwork statue, but on the stone seat under the statue, he squatted down and touched the air hole below.