Chapter 844 Trial

The appointed day came soon.

Zhang Heng was not the only one who received the invitation. Basically, all the senior leaders of all major and small forces were present on this day.

In the morning, there were no people wandering around in the nearby streets. Instead, there was a group of fierce-looking strong men, who not only guarded the door of the pub but also basically controlled the two surrounding streets.

Those who are invited, regardless of the size of the force behind them, can only bring two subordinates to the appointment.

This is obviously to prevent someone from taking the opportunity to cause trouble.

The mixed area of ​​Jews and other foreigners located in the southeast of the city of Rome has been a lawless place since the time of Hadrian, where thieves, assassins, robbers, villains... gathered without the control of the law.

Most of the time, they are more accustomed to speaking with their fists. After all, this is a world of the jungle. But sometimes when it is not cost-effective to go to war, they will sit down and negotiate. Of course, most of the time, negotiations are limited to the two parties involved. Or three parties, such a situation where one of the three major forces takes the lead and sends invitations to everyone basically only happens once every six or seven years.

And this time often means that major events have happened recently that can affect most of the forces. This time is no exception. Everyone who received the invitation knew what the purpose of this gathering was.

Therefore, many people are waiting to see the show of Zhang Heng and his patrol team.

Especially the small forces who were bullied by the patrols during this period are looking forward to returning to the good old days. They hope that the big forces can uphold justice for them, restrain the patrols, and prevent the patrols from misbehaving. Obediently play the role of their mascot.

Among them, there was one person who showed the most enthusiasm. There was obviously strong hatred in his eyes. Everyone here was familiar with him. He was the member of the medium-sized force who was dispersed by the patrol team's revenge raid. The boss, the unlucky guy nicknamed Brass Arm.

After being defeated, he immediately ran to the territory of the Jewish Gang. As the area with the largest number of Jews in the southeast, the Jewish Gang is also the largest force here, with the largest number of people. It controls almost half of the business in this area, but generally Under such circumstances, the Jewish gang would not interfere too much with the actions of the people below.

Because considering the criminal environment here, there is no shortage of brave people. The replacement of the bottom forces and the battles for the territory are commonplace. As long as the new successor can still pay the full amount, he should pay it. Income, those at the top do not care who is helping them manage their business below.

However, Bronze Arm's situation is quite special. He is a member of the Jewish Gang. He used to lend money in an underground gladiatorial arena of the Jewish Gang. He used this relationship to get to know many underground gladiators who could fight. Later, when the opportunity came, he He set up a territory outside and worked on his own. Because he was backed by the largest gang, the Jewish Gang, his power developed rapidly and he became a well-known medium-sized force in two years.

But just five days ago, his good days came to an end. Before he could figure out what happened, he was inexplicably involved in the beating of the patrol members. Zhang Heng was rejected by handing someone in. He led people to raid his territory under the pretext of a bad situation, and when Bronze Arm saw that the situation was not going well and decided to hand over the people first, he found that the people in his hands were also missing. In the end, he failed to even surrender. Not only did he lose his territory, Moreover, when Bronze Arm recruited people afterwards, it only managed to recruit less than twenty people.

This was equivalent to bringing him back to before liberation almost overnight, so Bronze Arm had no choice but to ask for help from the Jewish gang behind him.

In his opinion, this afternoon's gathering was almost a trial for what Zhang Heng and his patrol had done during this period. However, this was not Giulia Basilica, and what was followed was not Roman law. It is the rules set by the three major forces.

Therefore, from Bronze Arm's point of view, Zhang Heng has no chance of walking out of the tavern alive this time.

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It was already very close to the start time of the party, but still no one from Zhang Heng's party showed up. Soap's group was almost the last to arrive. This time, he did not bring his best brother Shou Monkey, but He has two big-bodied and round-waisted characters who can easily be beaten.

But even so, Soap still felt a little guilty. How could he, a person who had lived here since childhood, not hear of the name of the Jewish Gang? His previous dream was to join the Jewish Gang and become a member of it, no longer having to be shackled. However, at that time, he never imagined that although he failed to become a member of the Jewish gang, he actually became the enemy of the Jewish gang.

All I can say is that fate is really amazing.

When he led people through the door, the eyes around him were generally full of hostility. It was no secret that Soap and the patrol team were close. When the two parties first cooperated, they used this relationship to trick many people. This new person of his Only small forces that are rising can develop so fast.

Of course, the price is that he is not well received by other forces now. When Zao Zao came in, he heard words like "traitor" or "lackey" more than once. Some people even did not shy away from cursing him in front of him, and Zao Zao After all, he was just a thief. Although he performed very well some time ago and began to feel like a boss, many people here have greater power and territory than him.

Being stared at by them all, it would be a lie to say that he was not afraid, and the patrol team that he relied on the most were not present at the moment. To say the least, even if they were present, they would probably not be able to protect themselves.

After receiving the invitation, Soap rushed to Zhang Heng and asked him how he planned to deal with it, but Zhang Heng just told him not to worry.

But how can they not be worried? What they are facing now is all the forces in the southeastern city, united together to prepare to attack them. No matter how much he wanted to break his scalp, Ren Zao didn't know how he would get through this time, but fortunately, the expression on his face did not betray his true thoughts.

Soap couldn't look calm, but he could still keep a straight face. Faced with the invective, he didn't have the guts to retaliate, so he and his two men found a corner and sat down in a quiet place.

After waiting for a while, basically everyone from all the forces arrived, except Zhang Heng and the patrol team he represented.

So Zao Zao saw a middle-aged Jew walking downstairs. The latter had a high status in the Jewish gang and was also the person responsible for hosting the party. He now walked directly to Zao Zao and said.

"Is it so difficult to recruit people from the patrol? All the people here who are more senior and more powerful than them have already arrived in advance, and they are the only ones who haven't shown up yet. Could it be that they want Mr. Lockeed to wait for them?"