It was probably only in the baths where everyone was equal that Varro was able to forget about his slavery for a while and relive his old life.

Especially when he walked into the hot tub and let his body completely soak in the hot water, every pore stretched, Varro couldn't help but let out a sigh of satisfaction.

He closed his eyes in the pool, but after waiting for a while, he didn't see Zhang Heng go into the water, so he opened his eyes again, "Come on, it's going to be a little hot at first, but after getting acquainted with it, you will feel that your fatigue is taken away by this warm water......

Varro seemed to remember something as he spoke, and there was a look of nostalgia on his face, but soon the pain from the bruise on his chest pulled him back to reality.

It was left by him in the battle with Habitus, although the plan that Zhang Heng made for him was successful, but it also angered Habitus, and then the latter did not spare his hand, and directly slashed him in the chest with a sword, obtaining the physiology of the battle, fortunately after the doctor's examination, it was confirmed that his ribs were not broken.

Zhang Heng didn't follow Varro's words or say anything, but pointed to a corridor on the south side and asked, "Where does that lead?" ”

Varro poked his head out and glanced at it, "I guess it's a hot bathroom." ”

Similar to a modern sauna, the hot air bath is the hottest place in the whole bath, the temperature can reach 60 degrees, and the constant heat comes out of the gaps between the walls and the floor, and it is easy to get burned without sandals.

"Did you see anything suspicious when you came in?" Zhang Heng then said.

"Something suspicious...... What is the meaning? Varro was a little confused.

There are not many gladiators who come to the bathroom to take a bath at this time, except for Zhang Heng and Varro, there are only two other people in the hot bath who are bathing, but Varro knows that Zhang Heng is not asking those two people.

Zhang Heng didn't explain much, seeing that the other two people were closing their eyes and recuperating, Zhang Heng didn't ask them, and walked directly towards the hot bathroom.

He had always been very observant, especially after living with Sherlock Holmes, but this was the first time he had doubts about what he was seeing.

Because just now, the moment Varro pushed the door, Zhang Heng saw the figure of a woman disappearing into the passage leading to the hot bathroom.

According to Varro, the baths in Rome used to have different routes for men and women, but not many people followed them, and the famous politician and orator Cicero also satirized this phenomenon, lamenting that it was moral, but this still did not stop the enthusiasm of women and men to enter the baths together.

However, this did not happen in the baths of the gladiator school, because according to the rules this was the place where the gladiators and trainers bathed, and the slave girls who worked at the gladiator school bathed in the baths outside.

Therefore, it stands to reason that it is impossible for Zhang Heng to see any woman here.

What's more, the other party is dressed very strangely, wearing a black robe, wrapping himself tightly, and at first glance he is not from the school.

How did such a man pass the inspection of the janitor who guarded the gate of the bathhouse, and how did he walk through the pool and courtyard in front of him, and walk all the way under the noses of the gladiators who were wrestling and exercising?

Zhang Heng couldn't imagine the possibility of this.

If it was an ordinary person, he might have left this matter behind, but Zhang Heng instinctively sensed that the other party was likely coming for him, so he didn't walk into the hot tub like Varro, but walked towards the hot air passage where the black-robed woman disappeared.

"Did you just go to the hot bathroom? Why don't you get used to it in the hot tub first? Varro shouted behind him, "Beware of being fainted by the heat." ”

"Thanks for reminding me, you can take a bath by yourself first, and leave me alone." Zhang Heng walked into the corridor on the south side as he spoke.

He could clearly feel that as he walked in, the temperature around him was also rising, compared to the heat wave in the hot bathroom, the water vapor in the hot bathroom was nothing at all, and even made people feel a little cool.

This is a veritable sauna, it functions a lot like the previous fitness courtyard, the ancient Romans seemed to believe that sweating can drain the venom and diseases from the body, so whether it is wrestling or this hot air bath, it is to make the bather sweat more.

Zhang Heng walked through the narrow corridor and entered this circular room, because the floor was too hot, if he lay down here, he would be burned soon, in order to let the bathers rest, the craftsman who built the bathhouse opened a lot of niches in the middle of the wall.

But on the other hand, these niches will also block the view of outsiders, but fortunately, Zhang Heng can judge whether there are people in the niches from those outstretched legs.

He walked to the first alcove where a gladiator was sitting, the latter probably felt that he had steamed enough, and without waiting for Zhang Heng to walk in front of him, he got up and left the alcove, and walked towards the hot water bathroom outside, and when the two of them turned sideways, he nodded slightly at Zhang Heng, which was regarded as a greeting.

Zhang Heng also saluted him in return, and then walked towards the next place.

However, the legs sticking out of the alcove this time didn't seem to be the target Zhang Heng was looking for, it was a pair of legs that were a little thin and shriveled, which also indicated that its owner was an old man.

And Zhang Heng didn't know why, although he hadn't seen the face under the black robe, he seemed to be sure that it was a young woman.

Why is that? Zhang Heng frowned, always feeling that something was not right, and he seemed to have missed something.

At this moment, an old voice sounded, "Did you leave something here?" ”

Zhang Heng took another half step forward, and finally saw the person in the alcove clearly.

It was the old Greek trainer he had met when he first entered the gladiator school, who was dressed in the same way as him, wearing only a corset and sitting in a niche as if to merge with the stone wall behind him.

Since the other party spoke, Zhang Heng also asked politely, "Have you been sitting here before, I don't know if you have seen a woman in a black robe?" ”

According to common sense, if the black-robed woman is such a conspicuous target, if she really enters the hot bathroom, the people inside will definitely not turn a blind eye, and if you don't see the person at this time, it is estimated that she will ask him if he is dazzled.

However, the reaction of the old trainer in the alcove was very strange, he neither said that he had seen nor doubted Zhang Heng's eyes, but said calmly, "Can you describe her appearance?" ”

"I can't see her face."

"What about the rest of the place, for example, what is she holding in her hand, is there anything else on her besides the black robe?"

Derpy said

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