In the second meeting with Hyacinth, Zhang Heng could feel the attitude of the Balance Blade towards him more clearly.

Even if he took the initiative to warn Hyacinth that the Ottrus who appeared next to Commodus tomorrow was fake, Hyacinth was reluctant to reveal more information related to the next action, making it clear that he did not fully trust Zhang Heng.

And Zhang Heng was also a little helpless about this, which was probably a side effect of his lack of faith in Kleis, which caused the Blade of Balance to be quite skeptical about his position in this war in the future.

Especially considering that he is now in the thriving situation around Commodus, whether he is willing to give up everything he has now in order to maintain balance is also a question worth discussing, and the Blade of Balance obviously does not want to bet on Zhang Heng's loyalty at such a time.

This is understandable, and it is also difficult to trust a newcomer who does not have much sense of belonging to the organization in the position of Zhang Heng in the Blade of Balance, but in this way, Zhang Heng found that he had completely become an outsider.

Zhang Heng came to the palace on time early the next morning to report, unlike in the past, Clinder was like not seeing him this time, and he was still talking to his colleagues around him, and with Clinde, the leader, as an example, the other relevant personnel were also quite indifferent to Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng knew that this was Clint expressing his dissatisfaction with the fact that he didn't go to advise Commodus together, but his attention was now on the war between the Balance Blade and Otheros and the hounds, and he didn't plan to do the consultant's errand for a long time, so he didn't pay much attention to this kind of workplace struggle, and just found a corner to stand there alone.

After a while, the general of the Praetorian Guard, who was in charge of the inspection of security, also appeared, and the emperor's departure from the city of Rome was a major matter, and the escort along the way must be done well, but fortunately the place where Commodus was going this time was not far away, twenty miles outside the city, which was also a military camp in itself.

Therefore, there is no need to bring too many escorts, sixty elite Praetorian Guards are basically enough to deal with all emergencies, but for the sake of insurance, the Praetorian Guard still sent nine squads this time, more than a hundred.

Mainly considering that in addition to Emperor Commodus, there was also Otlus in his entourage this time, the latter's identity is very sensitive, and there have always been rumors that an assassin wants to assassinate Otlus, and this is his first public appearance, and the Praetorian Guard has to gather all their spirits.

At the head of the Praetorian Guard was the military tribune Sebtur, who looked majestic in armor, with a sword in his hand, and a red cloak draped over his back, and two centurions as his deputies.

Zhang Heng's expression moved slightly when he saw one of the centurions, because he found that the centurion's appearance was very similar to the person in the portrait given to him by the One-Eyed Samaritan.

Zhang Heng had been assassinated inexplicably when he was in the southeast city before, he chased the assassin to find the middleman, and learned that the person who hired him to kill him was likely to be from the Praetorian Guard, but at that time he had no access to the Praetorian Guard, and the investigation could only be interrupted here.

After Zhang Heng became an advisor, there were people who had contact with the Praetorian Guard, but the base camp of the Praetorian Guard was not in the Roman city, and the Praetorian Guards guarding the palace and the emperor himself adopted a shift system.

This time, the guards were said to have been drawn directly from the base camp, and the guards of the palace remained in the palace to protect the queen and the others living here.

Zhang Heng didn't know the name of the centurion behind Sebtur, he was still being squeezed out by Clint and the others, and it seemed impossible to get information from their mouths, but this didn't bother Zhang Heng, he simply walked directly to Sebutur.

The military protector had just arrived at the palace, and he didn't know the dirty relationship between Zhang Heng and Clinder and others, seeing Zhang Heng walking towards him, he seemed quite enthusiastic, he knew that the Oriental in front of him was a recent political star, but it was a little strange that when he came to the palace, he saw Zhang Heng standing alone in the corner, and before Sebtur could figure out the reason, he saw that Zhang Heng had already walked over.

So Sebtur also took the initiative to stretch out his hand and shake Zhang Heng, and the two exchanged a few words, although strictly speaking, Sebtur and Zhang Heng belong to different systems, but this does not mean that the military tribune does not need political allies, especially political allies who have been by Commod's side for a long time and know what the young emperor is thinking.

And Sebtur did not forget his two important subordinates after being polite with Zhang Heng, and introduced the two centurions accompanying him to Zhang Heng, and he found that Zhang Heng seemed to be particularly interested in one of the centurions named Herto.

Zhang Heng looked into the latter's eyes when he shook hands with Herto and said, "Are you from Thrace?" ”

"Yes." Herto didn't seem to want to look at Zhang Heng, and the two of them only made contact for a moment before Herto looked away.

"Have we met before, because I think you look familiar."

Herto was stunned, "We?" No, no, I usually stay in the barracks and don't go into the city much. ”

Seeing that Zhang Heng was interested in Herto, and Herto didn't seem to be too good at talking, he took the initiative to help on the side, "Hertor is more honest and doesn't talk much, but he is very brave when he fights, he once followed General Pompianus to participate in the Roman Parthian War, and he was very meritorious, and then he followed General Pompianus back to Rome and transferred to the Praetorian Guard, in fact, it was a pity that he served as a centurion, and my position would be his." ”

As a result, Herto not only did not accept Butur's affection, but his face changed slightly, he looked at Zhang Heng from the corner of his eye, and found that Zhang Heng's face had not changed, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Then Zhang Heng said, "I didn't expect Centurion Herto's to be so heroic." Turning the conversation to the other centurion, the four of them chatted a few more times, and saw Commodus come down the stairs with a fellow wearing a pursuer's helmet.

So the crowd fell silent, this time Commodus was no longer the protagonist of the room, in fact, most people's eyes were focused on the somewhat strange figure beside him.

The man wore a thick helmet on his head, and the pursuer's helmet was designed to protect the pursuer's head, so the materials were very generous, basically blocking the head tightly, leaving only two observation holes.