885 Arrow And Scimitar

When Zhang Heng stayed in the southeast city, Cornu tested him with the Balance Blade's doctrine once. After that, Zhang Heng told Altrus about this matter, which was why he could not lie to Clint in the dungeon.

At the same time, Zhang Heng also realized why Commodus ordered him and Clint to interrogate the assassins. It seemed the ambush wasn't some random event. They wanted Zhang Heng to expose the existence of the Balance Blade.

In other words, the assassination that took place on the bridge that afternoon hadn't been led by the Balance Blade. It was a plan that Commodus and Altrus had come up with together. Altrus had no intention to use a representative on the front stage. The person who pretended to be him was supposed to sacrifice himself and put the blame for the assassination on the Balance Blade. With that, they would have a reason to use the empire's resources to get rid of Balance Blade once and for all.