Chapter 857 Klind’s Whisper

Zhang Heng did not expect that Commodus would come to him so soon. Logically speaking, it would take two days at the earliest for Fabinot's evaluation report to reach Commodus.

Therefore, Zhang Heng also gave himself a holiday during this period and took the little slave girl to wander around the city of Rome. They went to the perfume street first. The little slave girl was a little curious. She saw Zhang Heng opening bottles of perfume on the shelves. , then put it back after sniffing it.

"Why, don't you like it?" the little slave girl asked, blinking.

"Oh, no, I just want to smell them." Zhang Heng said as he picked a bottle and paid for it, then threw the bottle of perfume to the little slave girl, "Here you go."

"Really?" The little slave girl happily took the perfume, opened it and applied some to her hair while Zhang Heng was not paying attention.

Afterwards, the two of them walked out of the perfume store and walked around Matius Square first, and then went to Octavia Porch. This place was far away from the city center. There were no markets or apartment buildings, instead it was replaced by large stretches of greenery. , temples, and sculptures, very suitable for picnics and leisure.

The vast porch surrounds the lush atrium. In the center is the temple of the god King Jupiter and the god Queen Juno. The frescoes and stucco portraits on the porch tell the stories of ancient myths and legends. In the distance, there is Alexander. Visitors and believers walk under the porch or stop in front of the bronze statue of the Great Emperor, which is full of tranquility and solemnity.

The little slave girl found a piece of grass to sit down, took out the lunch she had carefully prepared, and ate lunch with Zhang Heng and chatted with each other.

The little slave girl never thought about what happiness was when she was in the Victor Arena, but at this moment she felt that she had indeed reached out and caught happiness.

"Is things going well with the patrol?" the little slave girl asked as she took a bite of bread.

"Well, although there were some deviations, it was basically in line with my previous plan." Zhang Heng said, "Maybe it should be said that it went smoother than planned."

"Then are you going to work for His Majesty the Emperor next?"

"If nothing else, that's the case." Zhang Heng nodded.

"That's great, you can reveal Clinder's true face to His Majesty the Emperor." The little slave girl was obviously still thinking about Clinder, a duplicitous villain.

Zhang Heng burst out laughing when he heard this, "How can it be that simple? If I tell the emperor, will the emperor believe me?"

"Because I trust you." The little slave girl said confidently, "You are much more trustworthy than Clinder. No, I shouldn't compare you together. You are not comparable at all."

"That's because you and I have lived together for a long time." Zhang Heng shook his head and said, "You don't have to worry about me. I'm not afraid of guys like Clinder, and his main target is not me. In the future, we may even There are many opportunities for cooperation.”

The little slave girl was confused when she heard this. She pouted and was about to say something, but the next moment she saw that the real master she was talking about appeared in front of her alive and was walking towards her with the guards. The slave was startled, thinking that Clinder had some witchcraft, and that she had heard all the bad things she had just said from a long distance away. Now she was ready to bring people to arrest her, so she hurriedly ran behind Zhang Heng.

"Your life is very leisurely. It's really enviable, but I'm afraid you have to say goodbye to such a life from now on." Clinder smiled and said to Zhang Heng.

"Um?"

"His Majesty the Emperor is very satisfied with your performance in the southeastern city. He asked me to take you to the palace for an audience. However, it is really difficult to find your people. I went to your residence and found no one. I went to the patrol team again, and the result was that I heard someone said you were going on an outing, so I thought you might be here. It seems I'm lucky. Come with me quickly and don't keep His Majesty waiting," said Clinder.

After hearing this, Zhang Heng stood up from the grass and said to the little slave girl behind him, "There is nothing we can do. That's it for today. You can go home first."

"Then you, you have to be careful." The little slave girl glanced at Klind with some worry and whispered.

Zhang Heng followed Klind in the carriage and went straight to the palace, but before entering the palace, Klind stopped the carriage and asked the coachman to park the carriage in a place where no one noticed.

Then Klind cleared his throat and said, "I know you've heard some rumors."

"What rumors?" Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.

"For example, only unlucky people who have offended someone or have no background will be sent to the patrol team in the southeastern city. That place is like a penal colony in Rome."

"Oh, I..." Zhang Heng just started, but was interrupted by Klind before he could say anything.

"This is true. Although this statement is not accurate, it is not far off. The problems in the southeastern city have been around for a long time. To be honest, neither I nor His Majesty the Emperor thought that anyone could solve the trouble there."

"Neither did I. I just made an agreement with the big forces there to slightly restrict the criminal activities on the surface." Zhang Heng said.

"You are too humble. In short, I wanted to arrange you to the area on the north bank of the Tiber River because the security there is the best and you can easily complete the tasks assigned by His Majesty the Emperor. But as you know, we only had In the middle of the conversation, I encountered something urgent, so I had to ask Pannonax to take charge of your district. As a result, I was very shocked when I learned a few days later that you were assigned to the Southeast District."

There was a look of guilt on Clind's face, "Forgive me, I didn't find you right away because I didn't know how to face you. I mean, His Majesty asked me to be responsible for this matter. It was out of trust in me, but you were assigned to the Southeast District in the end. I undoubtedly have to bear a lot of responsibility for this, but I was not idle in the days after that, and I still did some things for you."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah, I looked into Pannonax, and guess what?"

"how?"

Klind lowered his voice and moved his mouth to Zhang Heng's ear, "I found out that he is from Otrus. He hides it very deeply. The two only communicate with each other through letters, and every time he reads it, he gets excited. Dropped it, my people tried their best to get a letter that Pannonax had not had time to send before he finished writing it, you can read it yourself."

After speaking, Klind put a piece of papyrus filled with words into Zhang Heng's hand. In addition, he also handed Zhang Heng a letter home written by Pannonax, asking the latter to You can compare the handwriting on it, and then say with concern, "Can I take the liberty to ask, is there any grudge between you and Otrus? Because I have no idea why he targeted you."

"I have no clue about this." Zhang Heng said, "I heard that Otrus is a very mysterious person who always disappears. I don't even know what he looks like and where he is, so how could he get along with him?" He has a grudge."

"That's true," Klind nodded, "But it's best to be careful in everything. Although everyone is doing things for His Majesty, it is inevitable that some people will have other ideas. You should also pay attention to safety. I heard that Austria There is a group of people under Truth who hide in the dark and do some shameful things for him. If you encounter any trouble in the future, you can come to me. I also hope that I can give you some compensation for what happened before. .”