Chapter 890

Zhang Heng jumped down from the balcony and landed gently on the ground.

On his left side, Lucilla's Domus is still singing and dancing. The musician plucks the lyre strings. The melodious sound of the lyre comes from the other side of the wall with the laughter of the banquet, as if happiness will never end.

However, by contrast, the streets outside are much quieter,

now it's past midnight, and almost no pedestrians are still outside.

This is not good news for Zhang Heng, because assassins prefer a chaotic environment, such as crowded markets, arena stands full of guests, and taverns with people coming and going These places can easily make an assassin disappear.

Fortunately, the moonlight is not too bright tonight, and the night can also provide some camouflage for Zhang Heng.

Zhang Heng didn't go to otrus immediately. Instead, he went back to the southeast city first and changed into a suit of black clothes that was more suitable for night action. Just as he added arrows to his quiver bag, he heard footsteps coming from outside the corridor.

The sound of footsteps was very light. If it wasn't for the floor of the apartment, it would have been in disrepair for a long time. Even with Zhang Heng's hearing, it would have been hard to hear it through a door.

This is the standard Assassin's step.

Zhang Heng is not surprised. It's no secret that he set up a new force in the southeast city. What's more, the hound and the beehive are spying for them. After Zhang Heng had a premonition that his identity might be revealed, he asked Marcus to arrange several safe houses for him in the southeast city. But now it seems that the location of these safe houses is also controlled by the hound.

In addition to ambushing assassins in his quarters, the hounds also have staff here.

The footsteps in the corridor finally stopped outside his house, but Zhang Heng seemed not to hear them. He was still counting the arrows in his quiver bag. By the way, he packed two figs to eat on the road.

After that, the assassins in the corridor were probably ready to open the door quietly. However, when they rushed into the room, they found that there was no one inside and looked at each other.

In the room opposite the door, Zhang Heng put on his hood and looked behind him to make sure that nothing had fallen. Then he leaned out of the window, climbed the yellowish brick wall to the top of the building, jumped directly from the top of the building to the lower apartment building next door, and then went back to the ground again. He flashed into a dark alley and disappeared completely.

Zhang Heng's safe house arranged by Marcus was originally for hounds. Later, he asked soap to find some trustworthy locals and rent the opposite door quietly. This is Zhang Heng's real hiding place in a critical moment.

After shaking off the assassin behind him, Zhang Heng left for the first place to go tonight.

Rome square.

Just like all cities have a city center, Rome is no exception. Its city center is in Rome square.

More than a decade ago, it was just a barren swamp, full of mosquitoes and uninhabited people. Even the Romans buried their dead relatives here. However, several centuries later, the great drainage ditch drained the water from the valley and turned the water here into hard ground.

At that time, Rome was still in the Republican era. People paved roads, built temples and Basilica here, which made it more and more prosperous and gradually formed a huge square. In the imperial era, because of the continuous expansion of territory and the explosion of urban population, the original Roman square could not meet the needs, so it was built around it Five new squares.

But there is no doubt that Rome square is still the most central area, where the former Emperor Marc Aurelius once delivered a memorial to Caesar, and the gilded pillar in front of the rostrum is the starting point of all the roads to leave Rome. It is also the end of the proverb "all roads lead to Rome".

But Zhang Heng didn't come here to visit this evening. He walked through the huge arch built by Augustus and passed through the center of the square, where a grape tree, an olive tree and a fig tree were planted, also known as the Holy tree of Rome. Zhang Heng looked up and saw the temples on the mountain of capritorio, where the Roman gods were worshipped.

Two of the most magnificent temples stand on the top of the mountain, one on the left and the other on the right. They are the temples of King Jupiter and empress Juno.

Zhang Heng knew that otrus was in one of the two temples. He did not waste his time walking up the broad stone steps.

In the daytime, Rome square is also the busiest place in the whole Rome city. Devout believers form a long line in front of the temples, beggars will take the opportunity to ask for food or copper coins, vendors will sell their goods in the stalls around the square, and Basilica will always perform wonderful performances War of words

But now, after entering the world of night, all these things return to silence, only the flame of Vesta temple is still burning.

Zhang Heng did not encounter any obstacles along the way, and soon climbed to the top of the mountain.

Then he hesitated and went to the temple of Jupiter on the left. The fire on the altar had gone out, leaving only some charred bones and wreaths around. Zhang Heng went around the altar to the closed bronze gate, and then threw out the stones he had picked up on the road.After a while, the bronze gate slowly opened, and a young priest rubbed his eyes and pointed out his head from inside. However, he looked around, but did not see any figure outside. Then he looked farther away and saw an owl standing on the wall. He could not help but bow his head and curse.

Owls have always been a symbol of bad luck in Rome, so it's not good to see them.

The young priest did not dare to look around any more. He drew back and closed the door again. But what he didn't notice was that when he and the owl looked at each other, a figure on the top of his head slipped into the temple quietly.

Zhang Heng has been practicing sneaking assiduously during this period of time. With the blessing of the heart of kleiss, even if he passes by ordinary people, it is difficult to be found as long as he is not seen.

Zhang Heng didn't worry. He stayed in the shadow of the ceiling for a moment, until the young priest went back to his residence and returned to the ground. Then he went to the marble statue of Jupiter.

Zhang Heng's eyes are not on the lifelike statue, which can be called a work of art, but on the stone seat under the statue. He squats down and touches the air outlet below.

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