48 Hours a Day

“So you found me, and after everything had settled, you and I, the two remaining sins of the Blade of Balance, oh, and maybe your teacher, but given his age, I doubt he would even make it to where I sent him.” Lucilla laughed at herself, “We are now all members of the Blade of Balance. Admit it, we have lost. If I were you, I would not have wasted precious time on a dying man, and you should have left Rome overnight before they caught you. ”

“Maybe," Zhang Heng asked afterwards. "What about you? Why don't you go. ”

“Because I am Aurelius' daughter, Lucius' wife, Augusta of the Roman Empire, and I will not escape, let alone be recognized in my capacity, wherever I flee.” Lucilla Dao, “they won't do it to me yet, because I'm the only blood relative of Conmoord, and they're definitely going to have to take that into account. ”

“So you're just gonna get to know yourself like that?” Zhang Heng pointed to the jade vial on the ground.

“As I said, this time we lost, and I accept the result, but I will not put my life and death in the hands of others, every day in panic, waiting for the day to come, rather than die with dignity now.” Lucilla, brace yourself, "don't underestimate the woman's determination that Leo Patra VII has her snake, and I have mine. ”

“It's admirable, but I'm going to make it right that you lost, not us.” Zhang Hengdao, “I haven't lost. ”

“Have you lost your mind because of what happened tonight,” Lucilla frowned, "and you don't even deserve to be in this war and talk about winning or losing? ”

“There are things that perhaps only bystanders can see more clearly.” Zhang Hengdao, "Oh, I'm not talking about you without clothes, but before I do, I have to confirm something with you. ”

“What is it?” Lucilla asked.

“Are our previous agreements still in force? ”

“Our agreement?” Lucilla is confused.

“I helped you get rid of Otrus, you took me to the secret library of the Blade of Balance,” Zhang Hengdao, “like you said, we were the only three people left with the Blade of Balance, since my teacher didn't know where to run happily, so now it seems that I only pointed to you to take me into the Blade of Balance library, I'm sure when I talk about it, you can see why I didn't rush out of town tonight, but came to you first. ”

Zhang Hengwang said to Lucilla, “I need you to live, or at least to live until I get into the library, which means that this time I'm afraid I'm going to have to do a loss-lose deal, not only to kill Otrus as promised, but also to help you solve the problem of the hound dog. ”

“What are you going to do now that you are alone, without any company or support, and want to fight two powerful enemies at the same time?” Lucilla smells suspicious, "and by dawn tomorrow, even if the hounds don't find you, your warrant will be all over the city's streets and alleys. ”

“Well... since we're an assassin organization, let's deal with it this time in an assassin's way.” Zhang Hengdao, "after all, the people who taught me these skills have always stressed to me that tradition is important. ”

“Not to mention you haven't passed the test to become a real assassin. How can you kill them if you don't even know who you're after and where?” Lucilla continued her questioning.

Zhang Heng smiled and touched three copper coins out of his pocket, sequentially in the palm of his hand, “Blade of Balance, Autruce, Hound Dog, if I can't see what the back of any of these coins is, I will escape Rome tonight as you suggested, I will not come to see you at all. Don't you know that such an answer would satisfy you? ”

“Do you know where Otrus is hiding? And you know who the Hound leader is?” Lucilla's eyes widened. "How is that possible? The Blade of Balance has been investigating this for so long that we cannot find it, otherwise we will not fail. ”

“As I said, there are things that perhaps only spectators can see more clearly. And I have to admit, it took me a lot of time, plus a little luck, to sort all the questions out by tonight, and fortunately, I've always had good luck. ”

Zhang Heng stood up from his seat as he said, "If you don't mind, I'm going to start work next. ”

After Zhang Heng walked to the balcony, but when he walked to the basin of Persian chrysanthemum, he stopped. “By the way, I do have a problem that I haven't figured out. Who is the traitor in the blade of balance? ”

Lucilla shook her head, “There are no traitors in the blade of balance. After what happened two hundred years ago, we were strict about loyalty and faith when choosing our members. Fae like you are the reason why it has been difficult for us to accept you. ”

“Oh, I see, the so-called traitor is your man who deliberately leaned on Otrus, so you didn't have to ask me anything in Otrus' mouth to distract him, did you? You didn't expect me to find Otrus, did you?” Zhang Hengyang raised his eyebrows.

“Yes, that's right.” Lucilla sighed, "because Otrus' whereabouts were so mysterious that we wanted to nail a nail at Otrus in this way, but it turns out that Otrus would never trust anyone, and in the end he used our people to convey the wrong information, eventually leading to the loss of the war with a blade of balance. ”

“Perhaps if you knew what Autrus was going through, you wouldn't have this fantasy.” Zhang Hengdao.

“What's the growth experience? ”

“Otrus is Conmoord's twin brother, he was infected with a strange disease when he was five years old, the initial guess should be that in our... uh, the country is called a polio disease, which can cause physical paralysis and other things, it looks a little deformed, but the court priest said the child is cursed, it brings bad luck, for the sake of this country and people, he has to be killed, I believe you know better than me the cat behind this thing, after all, you should have been a teenager, I have been looking into this secret for a long time. ”

“Yes, that's right. My father eventually got the kid killed, claiming he died of illness.” Lucilla said, “I remember this, and I couldn't forget the last time he looked me in the eye. ”

“In fact, your father did not kill the child, but sent him away in secret and entrusted it to the heart of a town guarding the border, so that the child could survive, of course, unknown. ”

“Is he my brother?” Lucilla is incredible.

“Yes, so if you can change your mind now, you know, let him live or something, after all, he's your blood. ”

“No, kill him.” Lucilla chopped the railroad, “there's only one person between him and me who can survive. If he doesn't die, it's me. As for his story, you can tell me slowly after you kill him. ”

“Well, I kind of like working for the Emperor's House now, at least you're having a good time.” Zhang Heng shrugged his shoulders.