Chapter 874 Let Rome Become Greater!

Zhang Heng arrived at the palace before dark. Now the guards outside the palace were familiar with him. They knew that he was the celebrity in front of Kang Maode and no longer stopped him when they saw him.

Of course, Zhang Heng would probably never receive such treatment as Otrus, who had a secret passage leading directly to the study.

Commodus's trust in Otrus has reached a level that no one can match, and has long surpassed the relationship between the emperor and his advisors.

From this point of view, Zhang Heng can understand why the Balance Blade, which has considerable political resources, must get rid of Otrus, because there is basically no way to separate Otrus and Commodus except for assassination.

But in this way, Zhang Heng became a little curious about the stance of the Balanced Blade. He didn't know which side they were on. Killing Ortrus was to weaken the emperor's power and leave Commodus without anyone. It's available, or he doesn't want Commodus to continue to be bewitched by Otrus.

Of course, this kind of thing has nothing to do with Zhang Heng. Zhang Heng just thought about it casually on the way here in the carriage. He handed his Persian dagger to the maid on the side, and then followed another maid into the palace. middle.

There are already many people in the hall now, but His Majesty the Emperor has not shown up yet, and Zhang Heng has not seen anyone suspected of being Otrus.

However, Clint arrived early and was walking among the crowd. It could be seen that he was quite popular. Basically everyone respected him. Clind also saw Zhang Heng and patted him. A young man was talking to the back and then came over.

"Welcome, I heard about the incident at the mine. You handled it very well and allowed the batch of bronze statues to be delivered as scheduled." Clinder said, then lowered his voice, "Have you found out who is behind the scenes?"

Zhang Heng shook his head, "I don't know. I approached Elder Divobraye and hoped that he could provide me with some help. However, he rejected me, but the matter was resolved after that."

"Divebraye?" Klind raised his eyebrows, "That old fox, it's not surprising that he rejected you, because that guy is just a wallflower and doesn't want to offend anyone. But then why did he help you secretly?" Could it be that you solved this matter just to show your favor to us?"

Klind seemed a bit incomprehensible.

"I heard that you also encountered some troubles over there." Zhang Heng helped Divobraye draw attention again and then changed the subject.

"Oh, someone wanted to hinder the introduction of the new copper coins. I killed some people, so the remaining people became honest." Klind said disapprovingly, "Some people in the Senate seem to feel that they are living too comfortably. , forgetting where the power in their hands came from. His Majesty's father was too tolerant to the Senate when he was in power, which made some people get carried away. We need to change this situation. If nothing else, this is what we will do next. Things done.”

Klind inadvertently revealed some future plans to Zhang Heng, which was also one of his small means to win over political allies.

The two chatted for a while. Clinder did not talk about politics anymore, but changed the topic to eating, drinking and having fun. He recommended several famous restaurants in Rome to Zhang Heng. Zhang Heng made a note of it and planned to take his daughter with him one day. Let's go and try it together. First, check in at the Roman Internet celebrity store in the second century AD, and secondly, see if you can get some points by the way.

After a while, Commodus finally walked into the hall.

Everyone stopped talking and saluted the young emperor. The latter seemed to be in a good mood tonight. He waved his hand and said, "Today's dinner is to welcome a new friend. There are no outsiders here, so you don't have to be too restrained." ." After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhang Heng.

Upon seeing this, Zhang Heng walked up to Kang Maode and was embraced by His Majesty the Emperor. Kang Maode said enthusiastically, "Next, I would like to introduce my new advisor to you in a grand manner. I believe you are no stranger to him. Because there is no one in the entire city of Rome who does not know his name, and all women are crazy about him - he is the gladiator champion of the Flavius ​​Amphitheater, who can subdue a bison with his bare hands. He is Zhang Heng from another distant eastern empire. !”

His Majesty the Emperor deliberately raised his voice when he read Zhang Heng's name, and then there was a round of warm applause in the banquet hall.

When the applause subsided, Kang Maode continued, "I bet that all of you together may not be Zhang Heng's opponent, but don't think that he is just a reckless man. In fact, I am also amazed by his wisdom. You You know the southeastern city area. The security problem there has existed for a hundred or two hundred years, which has caused headaches to successive emperors. However, most people have no good solutions to it, but Zhang Heng spent two months and only used two In just a few months, he has greatly improved the security situation there. Compared to his force, his intelligence is what I think is more precious, because my father often said that in governing a country, the head is always more important than the head. The sword must be useful.”

Everyone nodded after hearing this.

Commodus took two glasses of wine from the waiter, gave one to Zhang Heng, and then raised the glass in his hand, "Let us pay tribute to this magical oriental man who will never disappoint, and welcome him to join us." Come to our cause and let us make Rome greater together!”

Hearing this, Zhang Heng also raised his glass and added, "To our Majesty, under his leadership, Rome will be filled with glory."

"To Your Majesty, to our new friend, Zhang Heng!" Everyone raised their glasses and shouted.

Afterwards, Commodus asked Clinder to take Zhang Heng to get to know the people attending the dinner.

Zhang Heng shook hands with all the guests one by one. Listening to Klind's introduction, his heart gradually sank because he found that his target, Otrus, did not appear.

At tonight's dinner, almost all of Commodus' basic members are present, except for the most mysterious Otrus.

In this way, not only were all Zhang Heng's previous plans ruined, but he also found that he could not find a way to get close to Otrus in a short period of time.

If Otrus was so cautious that he would not even attend a dinner party involving his own people, it would mean that no one could see him except Commodus, and it would be very difficult to assassinate him. Not to mention handing him over to the priestess' people for a while before killing him.

Zhang Heng has no intention of making any new friends from now on. He has different purposes from everyone here. After all, he is just a passerby to Rome in the second century AD. Even if he gets to Klind's position, it will be very difficult for him. It has no real meaning.