Chapter 196: Growth and Testing
Late at night.
It has been two days and one night since Zhang Heng led the patrol team to collect security fees from Tiejiao.
Tie Jiao also figured out Zhang Heng's identity and origin, in fact, this matter didn't take so long at all, the gladiatorial champion of the Flavi Amphitheater was the hottest topic in the entire city of Rome recently.
This Oriental has captured the hearts of an unknown number of maidens and noblewomen.
Everyone now regrets that they returned their freedom to Zhang Heng so early, which is equivalent to saying that they will no longer see the latter's heroic figure. Fortunately, after that, the gladiator school of Makruz put out an advertisement at the right time, saying that Zhang Heng would have a performance every month in the Victor Arena in the future, and he would start accepting tickets now.
Zhang Heng's return not only greatly increased the exposure of Victor Arena, but also allowed him to gradually grasp the initiative in the purchase and sale negotiations of the giant Tetraphilos.
Yes, now that Telphilos has not been sold, his master has received dozens of offers, and basically the gladiator schools that have the ability to develop the value of Therephilos have all bids, and each of them has more than one offer, one is higher than the other, and the more this is the case, the more the owner of Therephilos is hesitating, because if you wait, there may be a higher price.
After all, it is now a seller's market, and after Zhang Heng was freed, Therephilus, who performed eye-catching in the final battle, became the most ticket-selling gladiator in Rome, and he was a strange commodity.
However, after the news of Zhang Heng's imminent return was released in the Victor Arena, the business of Telephilos finally began to cool down, and none of the gladiator schools made any new offers, obviously now it was their turn to hesitate, after all, it was also risky to bet too much on a gladiator, not to mention that once Zhang Heng returned, Telphilos would also lose the title of the strongest gladiator.
Don't underestimate the difference between the first and the second, just look at Sisnatus and Satonilos back then, although Satonilos also has a lot of followers, but there is a quaint gap in the ability of the two to sell tickets, and the victory of the Victor Arena seems to be in no suspense, in order to compete for the second, how much is the gladiator school willing to pay?
At this time, the only one left to increase the price again was Makrus, but Macrorus also said that he would only give the owner of Telephilos one night to think, and once the time passed, he would withdraw the offer and no longer participate in the competition.
Eventually, after a night of deliberation and persuasion by Therephilos himself, his master finally accepted Makrus' offer and left the city of Rome with the money before dawn.
The other schools didn't know until the afternoon that Telephilos had been taken over by the Victor Arena, and Makruz was equal to taking the top three in this gladiatorial performance by himself, and his appetite was so great that all his peers gasped.
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On the other side, the iron cuffs were also taken aback after learning Zhang Heng's identity, especially the black-tailed snake also confessed that their group of people bumped into Zhang Heng and was repaired, which confirmed that Zhang Heng's combat power was basically as strong as the legend, but this did not dispel the idea of revenge from the iron cuffs, no way, the loss of thirty percent of the income was too painful for them, after all, they were just a small force, and they had to deal with all aspects, and they didn't have much money left in their hands.
Now the sudden loss of thirty percent of his income can be supported in the short term, but after a long time, he will definitely have to reduce the number of people under him, so that the situation will deteriorate further, and they will either be replaced or swallowed up by other forces.
Therefore, the iron cuffs must drive Zhang Heng out of here, and now he has found the reason for the abnormality of the patrol, as long as Zhang Heng is removed, the patrol can return to the previous state of mascot. And in the past two days, they have been preparing for this matter, considering Zhang Heng's terrifying combat strength, although they have a considerable advantage in numbers, the iron cuffs still decided to avoid a frontal conflict as much as possible.
He found Zhang Heng's residence, for some reason Zhang Heng did not live in the patrol station, but rented a room on the next street alone, and spent the night there alone for the past two days, which also gave the iron cuffs and the group a chance to attack.
Of course, it is not that no one has ever doubted this, such as the black-tailed snake, he has been beaten by Zhang Heng, and he always feels that this matter is a bit too coincidental, why did they have such a good opportunity to put it here immediately when they decided to take revenge on Zhang Heng, could it be too coincidental?
But at this time, the arrow had to be sent on the string, and the iron cuffs arranged for two people to keep an eye on the movements of the patrol, and Aris and his men were also the only people who could rush to protect Zhang Heng, as long as there was no movement over there, the iron cuffs would not worry about any accidents.
And they deliberately chose to do it late at night, at this time most of the people were asleep, no matter how powerful the Oriental man was, he couldn't know their movements in his sleep, and at the same time, the iron cuffs also found a guy who was very good at unlocking, as long as he could quietly touch into Zhang Heng's room, and several people pounced on it together, this matter was basically done.
The plan of the iron cuffs was well formulated, and the group also touched the downstairs where Zhang Heng was, and the iron cuffs allowed most of the people to stay downstairs, surrounded all the entrances and exits, and handed them over to the dwarf command, and then he personally went into battle, and brought eight people, including the black-tailed snake, upstairs, and the guy who was proficient in picking locks quietly pried open Zhang Heng's door.
The eight people held their breath together, looked at the figure lying sideways on the bed, and saw that the other party did not react, still sleeping soundly, a touch of joy appeared in the eyes of the iron cuffs, and took the lead and led the seven people to the side of the bed.
On the roof of the apartment building, Zhang Hengzheng looked down at the guarded and guarded handcuffs below, and a ghostly figure quietly passed through their seemingly impregnable defense line.
The handcuffs left downstairs were like blind men, completely oblivious to the masked ghost that was completely integrated into the night, and allowed the ghost to climb upstairs.
Zhang Heng made a silent applause and praised, "Not bad, the treasure knife is not old." ”
"Don't talk nonsense, I've already killed the people on the patrol side as you asked," the ghost began, in the voice of an old Persian trainer, "but it's just these little fish and shrimp, and they're scattered like this, and the two of us can do it in a few minutes, do we need outsiders to help, and besides, those people on the patrol don't seem to be of much use." ”
"People, they all need to grow, how can they grow if they are not given the opportunity, they are useless now, it doesn't mean that they won't be useful in the future, after all, I won't stay here for too long." Zhang Heng said, "I ignored the patrol team before, but I didn't expect that there were still some people who could be used, and I just wanted to see which of them were more worthy of training." ”
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