Chapter 1673: News of the Night Attack

Because of the sudden and fierce gunfight in the morning, Ye Tian had to adjust today's visit itinerary.

In the original plan, they were going to visit the antique shops and galleries of the old town in the afternoon, and sweep the antiques and artworks left in all corners of the city.

Now they can only cancel this plan, and tomorrow they will go and sweep the many antique shops and galleries in the city, anyway, there is time, and there is no hurry at this time.

For the whole afternoon, they visited the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hundred Flowers, the symbol of Florence and the fourth largest in the world.

During this time, they were able to visit not only the exquisite Renaissance style historic building, but also the large number of top-notch antique artworks displayed in the historic building.

These include Ghiberti's 'Gates of Paradise' gold relief, Michelangelo's statue of St. Peter, Vasari's monumental fresco "Last Judgment" and many more.

Without exception, every piece of antique art here is famous in the history of Western art, priceless, and has great artistic value beyond the world.

Of course, the mausoleum of the genius architect and architect of this church, located under the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hundred Flowers, Ye Tian also visited it.

After visiting the interior of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hundred Flowers, it was already more than five o'clock in the afternoon and close to six o'clock.

In Florence in mid-November, the days are relatively short, the nights come earlier, and around 6 p.m., it is already a little dark, and it is dusk.

As twilight fell, Florence, after a tense day, seemed to relax a lot, and the smell of gunpowder in the air had been completely washed away by the continuous light rain, and it could no longer be smelled.

Because of the cloudy weather, the street lights in the streets of the old town are lit up early, showing people a different kind of atmosphere of Florence, the capital of art, which is also very beautiful.

At this time, Ye Tian and them, through the 463 steps on the north side of the church, strolled to the top of the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, standing on this commanding height, overlooking the street scene of the old town of Florence.

They were accompanied by Leonardo and two members of the Swiss Guard, as well as a manager of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fiore.

As for the Florentine cardinal, because of his advanced age, he could no longer climb the more than 400 steps, so he did not come up.

In the drizzle, Ye Tian stood on the dome of the cathedral and enjoyed the scenery of the old town of Florence for a while, and then walked down the steps and returned to the church again.

Next, they went to visit the famous Giotto Bell Tower.

They climbed the steps of the bell tower, surveying the towering Gothic tower with their feet and admiring the many frescoes and sculptures inside the tower.

By the time they came down from Giotto's bell tower, it was half past seven in the evening, and it was completely dark, and darkness covered all of Florence.

At this time, the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hundred Flowers had already prepared a dinner party and invited Ye Tian and them to the banquet.

For this warm invitation, Ye Tian naturally would not refuse, and happily accepted the invitation.

The time soon came to nine o'clock in the evening.

After the dinner, Ye Tian and the others were going to visit the Baptistery of San Giovanni again, and then returned to the Medici Villa Hotel to end today's tour.

Accompanied by Leonardo and two members of the Swiss Guard, as well as several high-ranking clergy, Ye Tian and the others left the Basilica of Santa Maria del Fiore and walked together to the Baptistery of San Giovanni across the square.

At this time, in the square in front of the cathedral, there were no more pedestrians and tourists.

In this bleak autumn wind and rainy day, who will be full of food and have nothing to do, and run here to hang out at night in the wind and rain?

Coupled with the bloody massacre that took place on Calchaioli Road today, everyone in the city was terrified, where would they dare to run into the street at night, unless they thought their lives were too long!

Even so, there are still some figures and lights in the square in front of the church, as well as an open umbrella.

At this time, those who remained here were either reporters from major news outlets or Florentine police on duty, all with their own goals.

There are only a few journalists left in the square, and many of them are so enthusiastic about journalism that they can't resist the cold of late autumn and have to evacuate the place.

The media reporters who still stayed here were also shivering with cold, and it was estimated that they wouldn't last long.

As for the Florentine policemen who were heavily armed and on guard, they had to stick to this place, always on high alert, and did not dare to relax for a moment.

It is completely conceivable that at this time, they are not sure how to curse Ye Tian wildly in their hearts, it is estimated that everyone hates it so much.

Seeing that Ye Tian and the others finally walked out of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hundred Flowers, the remaining media reporters in the square immediately rushed over with their cameras and video cameras as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.

As in the afternoon, before they rushed closer, they were stopped by the Florentine policemen who were waiting for them, and they could only stay ten meters away and ask Ye Tian questions loudly.

"Good evening, Steven, I'm a Corriere della Sera reporter, why have you been at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fiore for so long?

What have you done during this time? Can you explain your relationship with the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Hundred Flowers, and why do you receive special courtesy?"

"Good evening, Steven, at five o'clock this afternoon, an important figure of the Casa Monica family told the media that the people of their family are all in Rome and no one died in Florence today.

The guys who died on Calchaioli Road were just some unruly street gangsters who usually acted under the banner of the Casa Monica family, but they were not members of the Casa Monica family.

And the important person of the Casa Monica family said, you are welcome to visit Rome, if you have the opportunity, he would like to meet and exchange with you, what do you think of the other party's statement?"

Hearing the questions from these media reporters, Ye Tian immediately stopped, and quickly glanced around the scene, and then said loudly with a smile:

"Ladies and gentlemen, good evening, I didn't expect it to be so late, and the weather is so cold, everyone is still sticking here, you are so dedicated, I admire it very much.

For everyone's professionalism, I can't let you run in vain, that would be too inauthentic, and next, I will answer a few questions that everyone is more concerned about."

Hearing this, the eyes of many media reporters at the scene couldn't help but light up, everyone's eyes flashed with excitement, and they were full of anticipation, and finally did not wait in vain!

In an instant, the microphones and voice recorders in the hands of these media reporters stretched forward, and they couldn't wait to directly cross the distance of about ten meters and pestle Ye Tian's face.

After a pause, Ye Tian continued to say aloud:

"The reason we've been in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fiore for so long is because of the beauty of the historic building and the antique artworks such as the sculptures and frescoes inside.

Don't forget, I'm a top antique art expert and professional treasure hunter, and I really enjoy visiting and admiring antique works and historic buildings from all periods, which is also part of my job.

Journalist friends who know me may know that when I was in New York, I used to spend all day in museums, and even when I traveled to other places, I never missed the local museums.

In this way, you can understand why I have been in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Potore for so long, and if it weren't for the darkness, I would have liked to stay here and enjoy everything it has to offer.

As for my relationship with the Cathedral of Our Lady of Fiore, to be honest, we don't have any special relationship with each other, and like all the other tourists who come here, we are ordinary tourists.

The reason why we were able to enjoy this special privilege was because of the two top works of art that I gave to the Vatican some time ago, Raphael's Madonna and Michelangelo's Christ in Mourning.

It is precisely because of those two priceless and top-notch works of art that the Cathedral of Our Lady of Florities has given us the green light, and if you also give away these two paintings, you will definitely be able to enjoy such a courtesy!"

Hearing this, everyone at the scene couldn't help but roll their eyes angrily, and secretly complained one by one.

You're the lucky bastard, who else has a great painting by Raphael and Michelangelo?

Even if they are lucky enough to get a piece of this top-notch and priceless work of art, who would be willing to give it away for nothing?

While secretly complaining, many media reporters also nodded in agreement with Ye Tian's explanation, and there was no more doubt!

This is a reasonable statement, and it is simply impeccable.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Tian sneered and said loudly:

"As for what the important person of the Casa Monica family said to reporters, everyone should listen to it as a joke, don't take it seriously, that guy seems to have forgotten that this is an era of information explosion,

Are the fools who died on Calchaioli Road members of the Casa Monica family? The police must know very well, as do the media reporters and many others.

I've said before that I'm going to travel to Rome in a while, but I don't want to have anything to do with the Casa Monica family, and if there is, something unpleasant will happen!"

As soon as he said that, Kenny's voice suddenly came through the headphones, and he listened to it quite excitedly.

"Steven, the Casa Monica family and that gypsy gang have joined forces again, ready to attack you tonight to avenge the scum who died during the day"