Chapter 803 Is It Just a Bit Similar?

To be fair, the gladiatorial performance on the first day was quite exciting. The gladiators who participated in this gladiatorial performance were very good and well-known in their respective gladiator schools or local areas. They all showed their own skills during the fight. Family Skills is quite pleasing to the eye from a viewing perspective alone.

Of course, this was all before Zhang Heng appeared.

Zhang Heng successfully raised the audience's viewing experience to another level with two performances, so those who appeared after him were unlucky. No matter how hard they fought, they even traded injuries for injuries, and shed blood as much as they wanted, they couldn't replace it. Come to the cheers and screams that should have been received, because the vast majority of the audience was still immersed in the previous bullfighting performance.

When they turned their attention back, they found that the battles were no longer as exciting as before.

However, they had already let Zhang Heng return to the performance once, and now they were embarrassed to let Zhang Heng fight three times in a row. They could only start frantically asking about more things related to this mysterious oriental gladiator after the performance. Come.

So on this day, a name was being talked about everywhere in the streets of Rome, so that other gladiators who came out together were ignored. Unfortunately, this is not the Internet era of later generations, otherwise Zhang Heng would only rely on these two explosive games today. His performance could become popular throughout the Roman Empire.

In addition, after the performance on the first day, Zhang Heng also welcomed an unexpected guest.

——Commodus.

In Zhang Heng's original plan, the young emperor should come to visit him two days later after the performance was complete, but he did not expect that Commodus could not calm down for a long time after watching the passionate bullfighting performance, so that night He ran to Marcus' gladiator school again.

Commodus was on a private visit incognito. He had changed into ordinary people's clothes and only had four guards behind him. When he showed up, he almost scared Marcus to death.

The owner of the Gladiator School quickly asked people to prepare tea, but Commodus refused.

The young emperor rubbed his hands excitedly, "I'm here to see Zhang Heng. Is he here?"

"Of course, I will send someone to call him to see you, Your Majesty." Marcus said respectfully.

"No, no, no, I am a guest. I should go find him. You can just send someone to take me to his residence. I want to talk to him alone."

"This..." Marcus's heart suddenly skipped a beat when he heard this. The thing he feared most has happened. Zhang Heng has already taken advantage of Commodus. In this case, he will no longer be able to control it from now on. Zhang Heng.

In fact, the reason why Marcus is still in the gladiator school and has not returned home is because he came to see Zhang Heng. He wanted to take advantage of the fact that the latter had not yet won the championship to attract the full attention of His Majesty the Emperor and find a way to bring him back under control. middle.

Marcus doesn't ask for anything now and has always regarded Zhang Heng as a cash cow. In three years, as long as Zhang Heng is willing to serve him sincerely, he is willing to return his freedom to this Oriental after three years. There is no other way. Although it was painful, Markrus had to admit after repeated considerations that this might be the best solution for him at this stage.

As for Zhang Heng, he is not afraid that the former will not agree, because no matter what, he is Zhang Heng's master legally and controls Zhang Heng's life and death. Even Kang Maode cannot change this. , he insists on killing Zhang Heng, and if he takes this matter to Giulia Basilica, he will win.

But this is the case in legal terms, which does not mean that Marcus really dares to offend Commodus. The emperor of the Roman Empire, the two sides are not a heavyweight at all. Don't look at what Marcus said in the gladiator school, but in real life He has no qualifications to speak in front of powerful people. If Commodus doesn't come tonight, Marcus can still pretend to be confused, but now Commodus comes to visit Zhang Heng in person. No matter what the reason is, the meaning of this is very unpleasant. Same.

Marcus also lost his last chance to threaten Zhang Heng. Of course, these thoughts only flashed through his head. Marcus did not dare to refuse Commodus' request and quickly found someone to take the young man with him. The emperor went to see Zhang Heng.

When Kang Maode came outside Zhang Heng's house, he happened to meet Zhang Heng's little slave girl coming out to collect clothes. Kang Maode and his guards did not wear any formal clothes that could show their identity, so Zhang Heng's little slave girl thought They were fervent "fans" who sneaked in to see the gladiators they admired.

This kind of thing has not happened before. As the most popular idol of this era, gladiators will inevitably encounter all kinds of harassment. Of course, the little slave girl is not qualified to watch today's gladiatorial performance, but Zhang Heng's She had heard about the amazing performance, and while she was proud, she also felt more and more the weight on her shoulders.

The period of living with Zhang Heng was also her happiest time. She was born in Rome. Her family was not rich but could not be said to be poor. However, the good times did not last long. Her father committed a crime not long after she was born. Not only did she He died, and his wife and daughter became slaves.

However, she did not feel how miserable her life experience was. Maybe it was because she was too young at that time and could not feel the pain caused by any great changes. She had been a slave since she was sensible, so she accepted it easily. At the same time, he also knew what his fate would be in the future, so when he was assigned to serve Zhang Heng, he had already made various preparations.

But I didn't expect the new owner to be a very special person.

Although he usually looks colder and doesn't like to talk much when he gets home, he would ask her if she was cold when she was sleeping on the floor. Recently, he had time to help her build a low bed. The little slave girl was so flattered that she felt so sweet for several days, which made her even more determined to take care of someone's daily life.

So now she firmly stopped Commodus and the others in front of them, and said fiercely, "Stop, stop, who are you, where are you from, don't you know that outsiders can't come in here?"

"Who are we?" Commodus raised his eyebrows, feeling a little funny, and took out a sesterces from his arms and threw it to the little slave girl.

"Bribery is useless." However, when the little slave girl saw this, she puffed up her chest and said as if she was not moved by money.

"It's not a bribe. Look at that coin. This is a sample coin. If nothing else happens, new coins will be minted according to this sample coin."

"Huh?" The little slave girl looked down at the copper coin in her hand, a little confused, "Why does the person above look so similar to you?"

"Is it just a bit similar?" Commodus frowned, "It seems I need to make a few more editions to compare."