Chapter 872 New Home and Visitors

"Wow, is this our new home?" The little slave girl rushed into the new house excitedly.

"No, this is my new home, you are just staying temporarily." Zhang Heng said

"Hmph, stingy."

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The Domus that Commodus gave to Zhang Heng was not in the area where the Decius family lived, but it was also a famous wealthy area in Rome, and as Commodus said, it was closer to the palace and more convenient for Zhang Heng. Constantly traveling between the palace and his residence.

Probably because Zhang Heng only lived alone, Commodus did not give Zhang Heng a house that was too big. However, even so, the new house occupied an area almost as big as the Domus of Macrus, especially the front hall, which was very large. It is spacious, has excellent lighting, and has a long and narrow rain-bearing pool. At the same time, the furniture inside is also well-equipped. Kang Maode also gave Zhang Heng two additional servants to help him take care of the house.

The little slave girl was immersed in the joy of changing to a new house, running around the yard, groping around, while Zhang Heng asked two servants to drag the luggage into the house, then turned around and walked into the study, rummaging through the cabinet. I bought two bottles of wine and poured myself a glass.

After solving the troubles in the mine, he was quite relaxed during this period. With Daikius here, he didn't need to go to the site every day to keep an eye on the progress of the project. In addition to the fixed monthly gladiatorial performances, he only returned occasionally. He went to Dongcheng District to deal with some problems that Soap and Marcus couldn't solve, so he spent the main time every day digesting the assassin skills taught to him by the old Persian trainer.

Now his assassin skills have been upgraded to lv2, which also means that he has almost stepped into the threshold of a first-class assassin. Coupled with the [Heart of Cleis], which can be called the assassin's divine armor, Zhang Heng is very good at assassination. His true strength is actually close to that of a top assassin, but once he has digested what the old Persian trainer taught him, and if he wants to improve his abilities in this area, he needs to accumulate assassination experience like other assassins and continue to polish his skills.

But beyond that, there is a shortcut.

——That is the assassin library of Balanced Blade, which stores various assassin books since the establishment of Balanced Blade. If he can stay in it for a while, Zhang Heng estimates that he will improve a lot, and he has already An agreement was reached with the priestess that after killing Otrus, he could enter the library.

This is also Zhang Heng's main goal in recent times.

On the other hand, being close to Commodus also meant that he could contact people from the Praetorian Guards, and he could start investigating who wanted to hire assassins to assassinate him.

This is actually an issue that Zhang Heng is very concerned about. The unknown enemy is the most dangerous. He jumps up too fast. It is normal for some people to be jealous, and he also offended some people along the way. But it really matters. Except for the bosses of a few small forces that he had annexed before, none of them reached the level of assassinating him.

However, it is difficult for this type of people to get in touch with the Imperial Guards, so this means that there are no suspects on his list now.

From a motivation point of view, Zhang Heng could not find a reason for someone to kill him, but Zhang Heng also knew that sometimes killings do not necessarily need to be based on sufficient reasons, such as some serial killers with pathological psychology, and some impulsive killers. murder, but this is more troublesome to investigate.

The only clue Zhang Heng has now is the portrait. It seems that he will also meet the people of the Imperial Guard next.

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Zhang Heng did not expect that his first guest after moving into his new home would be Lucila.

From the first time the two met, Zhang Heng did not want to get too close to the woman who attempted to kill her brother. Although according to historical records, it would take two years for her to assassinate her brother. By that time, Zhang Heng had already She is no longer in this dungeon, but this woman has always had a crazy energy in her body and does not like to play her cards according to common sense. Zhang Heng is not sure what she will do next, so he does not want to get too close to her.

If it had been anyone else, Zhang Heng might have issued a warning, but Lucila had a superior status, and even her husband needed to be respectful to her. Except for Commodus, no one in the empire could suppress her, so even though sometimes She would do some outrageous things, but most people would just turn a blind eye to her, and Zhang Heng also couldn't openly reject her.

Therefore, in return for receiving the necklace, Zhang Heng later gave her and Queen Crispina tickets to the gladiatorial performance as promised. Crispina declined the invitation, which was not beyond Zhang Heng's expectation. , because Crispina grew up in a big family and paid special attention to her behavior and cultivation. Now she married Commodus and became the queen. Naturally, she hopes to show the style of the queen and cannot just play around with herself.

But Lucila, Lucila had shown great interest in Zhang Heng's gladiatorial performance before and accepted the tickets. However, her box seat was empty that day, leaving Marcus who had prepared a welcome speech. It's also a little embarrassing.

After what happened, Zhang Heng originally thought that Lucila's enthusiasm for him had subsided, but he didn't expect that this woman would suddenly appear in front of him after disappearing for two months.

Lucila didn't let anyone know when she came, she just walked in directly. Then she encountered the same obstacle as her brother before. She was stopped in the front hall by the little slave girl who was not yet over her excitement.

However, Lucilla was not so easy to talk to. She directly winked at the guard behind her, and the tall knight with a solemn expression walked towards the little slave girl.

The little slave girl suddenly became nervous. The difference in height and body shape between the two parties was too big. In her eyes, Lucila's guard was like a mountain. But this was her home. As a half-master, at this time There is no way to retreat.

The little slave girl thought this, but unexpectedly her body still moved back.

Her collar was picked up, and Zhang Heng, who came out of the study, directly carried her behind him, and then nodded to Lucilla, "Augusta."

"Just call me Lucilla." Lucilla smiled at Zhang Heng and waved to call her guard back, as if she had done nothing before.

Of course, Zhang Heng didn't expect the other party to admit his mistake, so he asked the little slave girl who looked aggrieved to go up to the second floor first, and then said, "I wonder if Augusta wants to see me for anything?"

"Call me Lucila, I don't want to repeat it a third time." Lucila's smile did not diminish, "You men are really heartless animals. We haven't seen each other for such a long time. You didn't even say you missed me, but you even asked me. Why did I come to you?"

"..." Zhang Heng didn't know how to respond better, so he could only choose silence.