v3 Chapter 251： Owl and Doom

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

On his left-hand side, Lucilla's Domus was still singing and dancing. The musician strummed the strings of Lyar. The end.

But in comparison, the streets outside are much quieter,

It is now past midnight, and basically no pedestrians remain.

This is not good news for Zhang Heng, because assassins prefer a chaotic environment, those markets with mixed crowds, arena stands filled with guests, and pubs and tricks that come and go ... These places can be easily made. An assassin disappeared.

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

Zhang Heng didn't go to Otrus immediately, but went back to the Southeast District first, and changed into a black suit more suitable for night operations. He also heard the corridor when he added arrows to his quiver. Footsteps from outside.

The footsteps were very light. If it weren't for the fact that the floor of this apartment was in disrepair for some years, even with Zhang Heng's hearing, it would be difficult to hear through a door.

This is the footsteps of a standard assassin.

Zhang Heng is not surprised. It is no secret that he established a new force in the Southeastern District, not to mention the hound and the hive group to inquire information for them. Zhang Heng let Marcus in the southeast know that his identity might be exposed. The city has arranged several safe houses for him, but now it seems that the locations of these safe houses are also controlled by the hounds.

In addition to ambushing the assassin in his residence, the hound also arranged manpower here.

The footsteps in the corridor finally stopped outside his house, but Zhang Heng still counted the arrows in his quiver as if he hadn't heard them, and by the way he packed two figs in preparation for eating on the road.

Afterwards, the assassins in the corridor were probably ready, and they quietly unlocked the door locks. However, when they rushed into the room, they found that there was no one inside, and they couldn't help looking at each other.

In the room opposite the door, Zhang Heng put on a hood, and looked behind him, confirming that nothing had fallen. Then he leaned out of the window and climbed the yellow brick wall to the top of the building. He jumped directly from the top of the building to the next shorter apartment building, and then returned to the ground again, and walked into a dark alley, disappeared completely.

The safe house arranged by Zhang Heng through Marcus was originally shown to the hounds, and then he asked Soap to find a few trusted locals, and he rented the opposite door quietly. This is Zhang Hengzai. A real hiding place in times of crisis.

After dropping the assassins behind him, Zhang Heng set off for the first place to go tonight.

--Roman Forum.

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

More than a century ago, it was just a desolate, barren swamp with mosquitoes, no one living there, and even the Romans buried their dead relatives here, but after centuries, the large drainage ditch led away the valley. The water turned the water here into hard ground.

At that time, Rome was still in the Republican era. People paved the way here, built temples and Basilica, so that it became more and more prosperous, and gradually formed a huge square. In the era of the Empire, because of the continuous expansion of the territory And the explosion of the urban population, the original Roman Forum has been unable to meet the needs, so five new squares have been built around it.

But there is no doubt that the Roman Forum is still the most central area. The former emperor Marc Aurelius has given a memorial in memory of Caesar here, and the gilded pillar in front of the podium is all the roads leaving Rome. It is also the end of the proverb "All roads lead to Rome."

But Zhang Heng didn't come here to visit tonight. He walked through the huge arches built by Augustus and passed through the center of the square, where a vine, an olive tree and a fig tree were planted. Known as the sacred tree of Rome, Zhang Heng looked up to see the temples located on the Capitoline Hill, where the gods of Rome are worshipped.

Two of the most magnificent temples stood on the top of the mountain, one left and one right, respectively, the temple of the **** king Jupiter and the goddess Juneau.

Zhang Heng knew that Otrus was in one of these two temples. He didn't waste time and walked up the wide stone steps.

During the day, Roman Forum is almost the most lively place in the entire Roman city. The crowds are crowded, and devout believers line up in front of the temples, large and small, and beggars will ask them at this time. Food or copper coins, vendors will haw each of their goods at the stalls around the square, and Basilica will always have a wonderful quiz ...

But now, after entering the world of the night, all this is quiet again, only the flame of the Vesta Temple is still burning.

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

Afterwards he hesitated ~ www.novelhall.com ~ first came to the Jupiter Temple on the left, the flames on the altar had extinguished, leaving only some charred bones and garlands around, Zhang Heng bypassed the altar and came When I reached the closed bronze gate, I threw away the stones I picked up on the road.

After a while, the bronze door slowly opened, and a young priest rubbed his eyes and poked his head out, but he looked around, but did not see any figure outside, and then looked further away. I saw an owl standing at the wall and couldn't help cursing.

The owl is always a symbol of doom in Rome, so it is not a good thing to see an owl.

The young priest dared not look around anymore, retracted his body, and closed the door again. What he didn't notice, however, was that when he was staring at the owl, a figure above his head slipped into the temple silently.

Zhang Heng has been practicing stealth during this period of time, and with the blessing of [Creuss Heart], even if he passes by ordinary people, it is difficult to be found as long as he is not seen.

Zhang Heng was not in a hurry. He waited in the shadow of the ceiling for a while, and then returned to the ground until the young priest walked back to his residence, and then he reached the marble statue of Jupiter.

Zhang Heng's gaze was not on the life-like statue of art, but on the stone seat under the statue. He squatted down and touched the vent below.