Zhang Heng contacted the people in the perfume shop in the way the priestess gave him, but he didn't gain anything other than the confidence of the Balance Blade, which made Zhang Heng's heart rise a feeling that it was not too good.

The veiled woman was right, Zhang Heng really didn't know the true strength of the Balance Blade, but he had just come into contact with Otrous not long ago, and knew that people like Otlus were definitely not easy to deal with, not to mention that Ottrus was now clearly joining forces with the Hound and preparing to check the Balance Blade together.

In Zhang Heng's original expectation, the war between the Balance Blade and the Hound lasted for more than two hundred years, and this time it should be equally difficult to distinguish the winner and loser, so that he, the candidate of the Balance Blade, could also see the means between the two sides while paddling.

But now it seems that he may well have overestimated the abilities of the leader of the Balanced Blade generation, and at the same time underestimated the returning hounds, and if the microphone was the hound's man, then the hive behind him was probably also a peripheral organization affiliated with the hounds.

And this also means that the Hound has probably been operating in Rome for quite some time, and the previous assassination in Britannia is likely to be just a means for the Hound to divert his attention, and the Blade of Balance has no idea about the opponent who is growing and growing under his nose, which makes it difficult for Zhang Heng to believe that they really have the initiative in this war.

And once the Blade of Balance fails, it will obviously be difficult for him as a candidate to stand alone.

Zhang Heng knew that he needed to make some preparations in advance to prevent the situation from suddenly deteriorating, although according to the old Persian trainer, only four people in the Blade of Balance, including himself, knew Zhang Heng's identity. But from this moment on, Zhang Heng also needs to be prepared for the leakage of his identity.

However, he did not intend to give up the plan to assassinate Aoterus, not only because Zhang Heng needed to enter the secret library of the Balance Blade, but also because he could deal with Otlus, he should also be able to relieve some pressure on the Balance Blade.

With Otrus's cautious personality, there are not many opportunities to reveal flaws.

This time, he didn't expect Zhang Heng to finish the glass of wine in question, and he could still stay sober when he asked, and he obviously didn't expect that someone could hear so much information just from the intonation, wording and footsteps, otherwise he would never have come to meet Zhang Heng in person.

But next, Zhang Heng is afraid that he will start a race against time.

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"What? Your fief has been set off in the province of Mesopotamia, where is that place? The little slave girl was stunned when she heard this, she had been a slave in Rome since she was born, and she had never left here at all, and she had heard of the nearby provinces, but no matter how far away.

"Well, the province of Mesopotamia is southeast of Rome, thousands of miles away, and it takes a few months to make a carriage first, then a boat, and then a carriage." Zhang Hengdao.

"It's so far, but you can't get out of Rome, can't you?" The little slave girl was puzzled, "Then how are you going to manage your fiefdom?" ”

After she finished speaking, she found that Zhang Heng's gaze fell on her, and the little slave girl was stunned for a moment, and then seemed to think of something, and her little face turned pale, "You...... What do you mean, it's not going to let me go, is it? ”

"Well, it may take you a hard time to make a trip."

"But, but don't you, don't you say it's thousands of kilometers away?" The little slave girl was completely frightened and stammered.

"You don't have to be in a hurry, I'm not in a hurry anyway, you can walk slowly, enjoy the scenery along the way or something on the way, and taste the delicious food, I will give you enough travel expenses, haven't you left Rome before, and you just went out for a long time."

"But I don't want to leave...... Rome. The little slave girl almost blurted out that I don't want to leave you, but at the last moment, she changed the word "you" to "Rome" in a hurry.

"I know, just do me a favor, I don't have anyone else I can trust now."

"But I've been a slave since I was a child, managing a fief or something, and I don't know what to do." The little slave girl finally came up with another valid reason, and then hurriedly added, "I'll stay with you, wash your clothes and cook for you, and take care of your daily life, I'm the best at this." ”

But she didn't expect someone to be even more ruthless than she imagined, Zhang Heng heard and said, "It's okay, just write to me and ask for money if you lose money, and if you make money, you can spend it yourself." ”

"Is that okay?" The little slave girl was completely stunned by Zhang Heng's open-mindedness, she wanted to say it later, but the point was not this, but when she reacted, she heard Zhang Heng directly say in a non-negotiable tone, "You go and clean up, leave the day after tomorrow, and get on the road early, otherwise it will be winter when you arrive in Mesopotamia." ”

When the little slave girl heard this, her heart fell to the bottom completely, and in the face of this order like an eviction order, she couldn't say anything anymore, and ran away with her head down.

Zhang Heng knew that the little slave girl was going to cry a lot after returning to her room.

But this will not change any of Zhang Heng's decisions, Commodus originally wanted to pick a fief for him near Rome, but Zhang Heng took the initiative to ask to put his fief in a remote place, claiming that he wanted to share a little more land, but in fact, it was to find an excuse to send the little slave girl on a long trip.

In these years, not to mention the mobile phone Internet, there is not even a telegram, and people are basically out of contact as soon as they go out, so that no matter what happens in Rome in the future, the little slave girl will not be affected, and Zhang Heng is equivalent to sending the two people who are closest to him out of the next upcoming whirlpool.

As for farewell, it's a matter of time anyway, even if nothing happens, Zhang Heng will leave the copy in a year, instead of getting along longer a year later, and being more uncomfortable when they are separated, it is better to be ruthless now, and Zhang Heng also basically gave the money earned during this time to the little slave girl, and after sending the latter away, he can finally let go completely.

With the help of [Heart of Kleis], Zhang Heng infiltrated the temple where the citizen's files were stored at night and found the list of nobles born twenty years ago, but the result was a little surprising to him, after spending about a week investigating and ruling out, Zhang Heng found that Otlus was not among them.

This is a little strange, either Aoterus has taken away his own citizen files by some means, or Zhang Heng has found the wrong direction, Aoterus is really not born in the aristocracy as the rumors say, but first, this can't explain those aristocratic habits on him, and secondly, compared to the aristocracy, the number of commoners is going to be more, Zhang Heng can't collect all the commoner files born twenty years ago, and eliminate them one by one.

Zhang Heng felt that he was likely missing something.