When he was in the southeast city, the microphone once tested Zhang Heng with the doctrine of the Blade of Balance, and then Zhang Heng also told Otrus about it, so now he can't lie about it in the dungeon.

At the same time, Zhang Heng also realized that the reason why Commodus named him and Clint to interrogate the captured assassins was probably not accidental, in order to let him, an "insider", expose the existence of the Blade of Balance.

This also means that the assassination that took place by the bridge in the afternoon was not instigated by the Blade of Balance, but a duet sung by Orterus and Commodus.

Ortrus didn't even think of launching a stand-in to stand in front of the stage for him, but used it as a consumable, and successfully blamed the assassination on the Balance Blade, so that he could use the power of the state apparatus to encircle the Balance Blade.

And the facts are even more exciting than Zhang Heng guessed.

When he and Clint reported the information they had received from the female Assassin to Commodus, His Majesty immediately issued a wanted warrant for all members of the Balanced Blade, and even offered a reward of 100,000 gold coins from his private coffers to avenge his most trusted advisor.

The Senate also expressed concern about this matter, and a group of nobles led by Dio expressed their condolences for the assassination of Ottrus at the first time, because it was irregularities to use the funds in the treasury to chase the murderer, and they even used donations to raise another 200,000 gold coins to join the bounty, but in private, many people were actually gloating.

Because Ortrus was a man of Commodus, and had always been known as Commodus's right-hand man along with Clinder, the death of Ortrus now means that Commodus has one less hand, so that the young emperor will have to rely more on the Senate in the future.

Such a situation was undoubtedly what a group of great nobles led by Dio wanted to see, but their happiness only lasted less than half a day, and then they were dumbfounded together, because they found that they seemed to have underestimated the young emperor.

Taking advantage of Ortrus' death, Commodus began to purge the Janissaries of the high-ranking generals.

With the exception of Sebutul, a military tribune who escaped in a daze because of his meritorious escort, the other officers from the great nobility were either transferred or dismissed, and replaced by a group of officers who had fought with Commodus and the Germanic tribes, regardless of their origins, all had one thing in common, that is, loyalty to Commodus.

In the end, except for Commodus, the supreme commander of the Praetorian Guard, who did not move for the time being, the other middle and high-level generals were replaced, which means that Commodus actually completely controlled the strongest armed force in the city of Rome.

By the time the Senate reacted, everything had already settled, and Dior and the others could only look at each other.

However, Zhang Heng didn't have much time to care about these political turmoil for the time being, five days had passed since the assassination of Ortrus, and the Blade of Balance still hadn't contacted him.

In the past five days, his side has been peaceful, and just this morning Commodus summoned him, because he had performed well in the previous assassination by the bridge, killing three Assassins, Commodus decided to reward him with a large amount of land, so that Zhang Heng has even more territory than many noble families who have operated for several generations.

The only drawback is that it is a little far away from Rome, and if there is a war in the future, it will be easy to become the front line, but even so, there are many people who envy him, after all, even if he is also a consultant, there is a difference between good and bad.

Now anyone with a discerning eye can see that if nothing else, Clinder will take over the vacated position vacated by Ottrus and become Commod's chief adviser, and Zhang Heng will become the next Clinder, of course, provided that he can find a way to repair the small contradictions between him and Clinder caused by the exhortation.

Clinder is now waiting for Zhang Heng to bow his head, although he still feels that Zhang Heng is a threat, but this does not prevent him from enjoying the victory at this stage first, but what makes him embarrassed is that Zhang Heng did not come to him in the next few days, and the latter does not know what he is busy with, and is often not at home all day.

But tonight, Zhang Heng rarely went home for the night, he stretched out his hand to push open the door and walked into the front hall, but then Zhang Heng's footsteps stopped.

The little slave girl had been sent away by him almost a month ago, and now there were only Zhang Heng and two servants in this Domus who came with the house, and these two people had not lived with Zhang Heng for a long time, and there were no noticeable features, but the work was still good.

In the past, when Zhang Heng went home, someone would come out to greet him, but now the whole Domus was quiet, without a sound, until Zhang Heng stood still in the front hall, and the water waves in the rain-bearing pool were reflected on the wall by the moonlight, shaking slightly.

And Zhang Heng's ears also caught the sound of some sharp weapon cutting through the air.

Zhang Heng almost moved with his front foot, and an arrow on his back foot hit the place where he was standing before, Zhang Heng didn't look up to know that the archer was hiding on the second floor, and it was probably the assassin who killed "Ottrus" with an arrow by the bridge before.

The opponent's previous archery technique also impressed Zhang Heng, so Zhang Heng didn't think much about it, and flashed behind a marble column beside him, but just as he was about to approach the marble column, he suddenly stopped without warning.

At the same time, a scimitar stretched out from behind the column, slashing at his face head-on, if Zhang Heng hadn't kept his foothold just now, he would have been cut into two pieces by the scimitar now.

But at this moment, Zhang Heng's crisis has not passed, although he escaped this premeditated ambush by relying on superhuman hearing and prediction, but he did not forget that there is also a sharpshooter on the second floor, and the other party will obviously not let go of such a good opportunity, and the truth is indeed as he thought, at the moment when he turned from movement to quiet, the sharpshooter on the second floor seized this fleeting opportunity and released the bowstring.

Therefore, now Zhang Heng not only has to face the scimitar in front of him, but also has to deal with the second arrow that rushed towards him.

Zhang Heng didn't hesitate to make a choice, because the scimitar had already slashed into his chest, and he was bound to deal with this imminent crisis first, so Zhang Heng swung out the Persian short sword in his hand, and at the same time, his other hand also quickly pressed on the hilt of the other Persian short sword.

Almost at the same moment that Zhang Heng blocked the scimitar, the fatal arrow also flew in front of him, Zhang Heng had to use the skill of drawing the knife to pull out another Persian sword before the last moment, and then he used the same method he had used to deal with the archery gladiators in the Flavi Amphitheater, and knocked off the feathered arrow that was shot at him.

What was certain was that the two assassins in front of them had not seen Zhang Heng's performance, so when they witnessed this scene, their expressions inevitably appeared in a trance.

Because it's really not like a human being can do it.