Chapter 147: Are You Interested?
Zhang Heng didn't stay where he was for long, and soon continued to walk forward, as if he hadn't noticed the little tail behind him.
He walked slowly along the banks of the Tiber, neither fast nor slow, blending in with the crowd around him, and then turned right into the perfume shop street.
As the name suggests, this street is full of perfume shops.
The origin of perfume is earlier than most people think, about 3,000 years ago in ancient Egypt began to use perfume, and then ancient Greece and Rome perfume was also very popular, such as Zhang Heng's Victor Arena, which was painted on the wall before the advertisement clearly informed the audience that the lower stands would be sprayed with perfume, which was one of the means for the arena to attract audiences.
In addition, the ancient Romans used perfume in many creative ways, such as when building a house, some people would mix perfume into mortar so that the sun would shine on it, and some people would apply perfume to slaves and horses to make their places feel refreshed.
It is precisely because of the ancient Romans' enthusiasm for perfume that the business of perfume shops has been very good.
There are many people rubbing shoulders on the perfume shop street every day, so the people who are watching Zhang Heng in the back are also like a great enemy, for fear that one will be slipped away by the target if he is not careful.
But it turned out that they were a little worried, Zhang Heng neither quickened his pace nor hid in Tibet, and always remained in their line of sight, until he crossed the perfume shop street and came to a group of apartments in the back, which was much quieter.
Zhang Heng walked into an alley with a clothes pole, on which brightly colored clothes were fluttering in the wind.
The group of people who were watching behind him looked at each other, and felt that it was almost time to make a move, so they drew the weapons in their arms, most of them daggers, and a short sword, and a group of five, brushed off the clothes drying on their heads and rushed into the alley in front of them.
It was less than a few blinks before Zhang Heng walked in, but they lost each other's figures in front of their eyes.
What the hell?
The five of them rubbed their eyes, and a look of disbelief appeared on their faces.
They followed all the way without losing their goal, but when it was time to do it, the person was gone, which is really emotionally unacceptable.
It was clear that such a big living person actually disappeared out of thin air like this, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed it.
However, just as they were struggling with how to deal with their employers, a voice came from above them.
"Are you looking for me?"
Zhang Heng let go of his hand holding the wall and jumped down from it, landing right on the back of the last person, who was kicked out directly by him, and collided with the four partners in front of him.
And Zhang Heng took advantage of this time to pick up the short sword that the other party had dropped on the ground, and then the four people in front of him also turned around and helped up their companions on the ground.
The confrontation between the two sides did not last long, and the next moment the five of them rushed over without saying a word.
So Zhang Heng didn't talk nonsense, he had already seen that these five people should be hooligans on the street, and they usually did a lot of things like rape, and such guys could only pry their mouths open if they were beaten up.
Fortunately, such a battle was almost not difficult for Zhang Heng.
There is a reason why he chose this place as the location for the two sides to fight, not only because it is relatively remote and allows the other party to show their fangs, but also because the width of this alley is very narrow, which can only accommodate two people at most in parallel, and once the action is relatively large, it will affect each other.
Although there are five people on the opposite side, only two people can face Zhang Heng face to face each time, and the two will fight with each other, Zhang Heng stabbed with a sword, one wanted to hide to the right and the other wanted to hide to the left, but the result was that neither of the two could dodge.
This group of people is a rabble, they have no fighting skills, and they only rely on a ruthless force to fight, and even Varro, who has only been trained for fifty days, can deal with two by himself.
And Zhang Heng only took less than three minutes to completely subdue this group of gangsters, the so-called subdued means that when they are put to the ground again, no one dares to get up from the ground.
Then Zhang Heng squatted in front of one of the guys who looked like the leader, provoked the other party's face with a short sword, and asked, "Come on, tell me who sent you?" ”
"I can't say it, or I won't be able to hang out in Rome anymore." The young man gritted his teeth and said, he was quite tough, and he was probably not very old, only fifteen or sixteen years old.
"You know I'm not going to be happy with this answer." Zhang Heng looked into the other party's eyes.
Although Zhang Heng's tone was very calm, the young gangster didn't know why, but he couldn't help but shudder, but before he could speak, his companion next to him wailed first, "Tell him, tell him, we didn't confiscate a total of money, and the people who were distributed to everyone were seven Deñarius, and they couldn't give up their lives for this money." ”
When the young gangster heard this, a look of hesitation also appeared on his face.
"I think your brother has a point, and if I were you, I'd take his advice." Zhang Heng said, and at the same time pressed the short sword in his hand down a few points.
"Unap, it was the people from the Unap Arena who found us, they paid us to keep an eye on you, and when a person left the arena, they would do it, and we didn't expect that this was the first day for us to have a chance." The young thug whispered, his voice full of bitterness.
"They told you to kill me?" Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.
"That's not true, as long as you can't get out of bed for two months."
"Huh."
Zhang Heng knew that this matter was still because of the gladiatorial performance in the Flavi Amphitheater more than a month later, Zhang Heng was not ignorant of the gladiator school now, knowing that behind the Unap Arena was the fourth largest gladiator school in Rome, and the gladiator school of Makrus was in direct competition, especially in recent years, there has been a lot of friction between the two sides.
However, Zhang Heng didn't expect the other party to move so quickly, he was only famous on the front foot, and the trouble on the back foot came up, it stands to reason that it was only a few hours since he won the twelve-person melee, even if the Unap Arena wanted to cut off the competitors, it should be the first to attack Habitus.
Zhang Heng tapped the hilt of the sword with his fingers while thinking about it.
The five thugs looked at Zhang Heng a little nervously, and everyone's faces were full of apprehension, not knowing what fate awaited them.
After a while, Zhang Heng stretched out a hand, "Hand over the deposit you received." ”
The five gangsters didn't do it immediately, obviously they were a little reluctant, they usually didn't have any serious work, of course, they didn't have any source of income, and they were finally able to make a fortune, although it was not much, but it was a little painful to hand it over for nothing, and they had to think about how to explain to their employers after they missed.
Seeing that the young man on the other side did not move, Zhang Heng said again, "I have always been very fair, you can choose between not being able to get out of bed for two months and giving me the deposit." ”
Hearing this, the group of thugs had to reluctantly take out the money, Zhang Heng counted the amount, but did not put the money in his pocket, but said, "Very good, I have a profitable business now, I don't know if you are interested." ”