Chapter 894 The Head of the Hound (Happy Christmas Eve~)

Although Lucila temporarily gave up the idea of ​​committing suicide under Zhang Heng's persuasion, she was still full of anxiety, especially the next morning when she saw Zhang Heng's wanted posters posted almost all over the city. As we get closer to our goal, even walking down the street becomes increasingly difficult.

And as time goes by, Zhang Heng's situation will only become more and more dangerous.

The two have lost contact since that night. Lucilla doesn't know if Zhang Heng is still alive now. If he is still alive, how long he can hide. She knows that Zhang Heng has his own power in the southeastern city. However, the wanted order states that Zhang Heng has his own power in the southeast city. The bounty is enough to turn anyone into a traitor, not to mention those guys in the southeastern city have no sense of honor themselves. As long as they give enough money, those poor people can betray even their own fathers, and Zhang Heng has now lost his father in Kangxi. Maode's position, in other words, is now the time when his control is at its weakest.

Lucila didn't know how Zhang Heng had to restrain his men to prevent herself from being betrayed.

In fact, Lucila felt that it was more likely that Zhang Heng had escaped from the city of Rome, because only in this way could he explain why he neither came to see her nor was caught.

Lucila's heart sank at the thought.

And at this moment, a hand wrapped around her body, and Pompeianus' voice came from behind her, as gentle as ever, "Why, are you feeling unwell?"

Lucila looked away from the street downstairs and forced a smile, "It's nothing, I was just thinking that in a few days it will be Saturnalia."

"Oh, yes, Saturnalia." Pompeianus nodded, "I heard that there will be a grand celebration in Trajan's Square that day. Maybe we can go there to have some fun."

"Yes, that's right." Lucila dealt with her husband absentmindedly.

"But now, my dear, we have to go to the Victor Arena to watch the gladiator show." Pompeianus picked up the necklace on the table, put it on for Lucilla with his own hands, and arranged her hair, "It's a pity that you My favorite orientalist can no longer perform in Victor Arena, but fortunately we still have the giant Telephilus to watch, but we have to hurry up, otherwise we will not be able to catch up with the start of the show."

"I'll be fine soon, why don't you go downstairs and wait for me."

"Okay." Pompeianus smiled, kissed Lucilla's forehead again, and then opened the door.

However, as soon as he took a step, his whole body was frozen there, and then he slowly retreated into the room. Lucila frowned when she heard the footsteps behind her, then turned back and said, "Why, you forgot What is it?"

However, the next moment she saw a guy dressed as a servant holding a dagger against Pompeianus's chest. A chill suddenly rose in Lucila's heart. She obviously did not expect the hound assassin to come. He spoke so quickly, "If something comes to me, it has nothing to do with him. He doesn't know anything."

"No, I'm afraid this matter has a lot to do with him." The assassin dressed as a servant said, and it was Zhang Heng's voice.

"Are you still in Rome and haven't left?" Lucilla was stunned.

"Yes, of course I won't leave before our agreement is fulfilled," Zhang Heng said, "I have helped you kill Otrus, but the leader of the hounds, who usually stays in the military camp, It's not easy to start, and after I kill Ortrus, he will definitely be on guard. But fortunately, I know an excellent opportunity to avoid all his men and guards perfectly, which is when he leaves from the military camp. When I get home.”

"Wait a minute, are you saying that my husband is the leader of the hounds?" Lucila looked in disbelief. "How is this possible? This is just a lie you made up to get into the library, right?"

"Unfortunately not, to be honest, I have never doubted him before, because he has an almost perfect disguise, is Aurelius's confidant, your husband, the number one figure in the military, and has always been known for his gentle personality, At the same time, he hardly participates in any faction fights. Under normal circumstances, no one would associate him with the leader of the hounds, and neither would I."

Zhang Heng paused and continued, "But a few months ago when I was still in the southeastern city, I was assassinated. At that time, I was more inclined to think that the assassin was sent by Klind, because he had always had some problems. I was jealous of Commodus' favor for me, but it wasn't until a few days ago that I met the murderer, a centurion named Herto, and I didn't know that he had served under your husband for a long time, and that he was He seemed a little flustered when someone brought up his relationship with your husband, and that brought my attention to the fact that your husband may not be what he seems.

"But until then, I still didn't think he would be the leader of the hounds. Firstly, because the person who assassinated me was not from the hounds. Secondly, because of the timing of the assassination, my identity had not been exposed at that time. No matter who hired the assassin, it was obvious They are not here to kill me because I am a candidate member of the Balanced Blade. In fact, I still don’t have an answer to this question until now." Zhang Heng said while turning his eyes to Pompeianus in front of him.

However, the latter just listened quietly and did not say anything.

So Zhang Heng continued, "But this incident made me know that the person behind Herto is your husband, and as I said before, until now three coins, I still only know you and Otto I didn’t know who the leader of the hounds was, so I had no intention of staying in Rome at that time.

"I have a friend named Varro, whom I...well, met in the gladiator school. He was an antique dealer before becoming a slave, but then his wife and his best friend teamed up to swindle everyone. Afterwards, I hired someone to investigate his property and found that the matter was not simple. Whether his wife or good friend, they were just doing things for others. The mastermind behind the whole thing was a man named Perret. Greenough’s patriarch, and this isn’t the first time he’s done something like this.”

"What do you want to say?" Lucilla didn't know why Zhang Heng suddenly brought the topic to a civilian.

And Zhang Heng said, "Don't worry, just listen to me and you will understand. After the fake Ortrus was assassinated, the Blade of Balance never contacted me. I knew that your situation was not good, so I waited for two more days." I was ready to run away. I thought at that time that I was going to run away anyway, so I might as well solve my friend's troubles. After all, Varro and I got along quite happily in the gladiator school, so we just thought it was the last time we met. Do him a favor."