Chapter 71: Preparing for a Rainy Day (1)
Nangong Yu stood up, pointed to the chair next to him, and motioned to Massimo to calm down, Nangong Yu sat in front of him, looking at him with a smile, and said, "The Duke has gathered you together today to discuss the matter of dealing with France, right?"
Massimo nodded and said, "Yes, almost all the nobles in Venice participated, and all three of us participated. ”
Nangong Yu picked up the rum on the table, took a sip, frowned, and said, "Oh, Anna also participated?"
Massimo said, "Yes. ”
You know, Anna has never attended all the meetings held by any Duke before, but this time Anna made an exception to join the Council of Nobles, and it seems that the Duke is facing a big problem.
Nangong Yu thought for a while, and suddenly asked, "Has your father's health been getting worse and worse recently?" ”
Why did he suddenly ask about his father's body, after listening to Nangong Yu's words, Ma Ximo couldn't help but be a little confused. Father's body is not as good as day by day, this is a fact, he raised his head and looked at Nangong Yu with a determined look, and secretly thought in his heart, could it be that someone is hindering his father's deterioration?
Thinking of this, Massimo said gloomily: "Yes, he is getting thinner, less and less energetic, and less and less appetite. ”
Sure enough! Nangong Yu narrowed his eyes, his mind was racing, Lord Duke's poor health has been a long-standing thing, but recently it seems that his body has aged faster, especially in recent months, he is in a state of trance at any time.
Nangong Yu said, "When is Alger going to the Black Sea?"
Massimo was stunned, recalled the scene in the Duke's palace today, and said, "How do you know, I remember that there are no of our people there today." ”
Nangong Yu rolled his eyes and said, "Do you still need to think about it? Knowing that Villanueva is in the Black Sea, knowing that he is pretending to be the navy of Venice to carry out piracy, and then thinking about it, now that we have eliminated the pirates in the Adriatic Sea, in order to avoid the misunderstanding of the Ottoman Empire, Alger will inevitably ask the Duke to lead the fleet to the Black Sea." ”
Massimo's eyes lit up and he said, "Yes, then we can take this opportunity to go to the Black Sea with Alger and kill Villanueva." ”
Nangong Yu smiled bitterly, shook his head, stood up, paced back and forth in the room, and said, "Massimo, your brother Alger's biggest threat is not Villanueva, not the Ottoman Empire. ”
Massimo was stunned for a moment and said, "What's that?"
Nangong Yu let out a long sigh and said, "Your father once sent someone to the Black Sea to inquire about the news, but he never came back, right?"
Massimo nodded, as if realizing something.
Nangong Yu said: "And who told you the news that you got from Villanueva this time?"
Massimo didn't know why, and said, "Of course it was the returning soldiers." ”
Nangong Yu shook his head and said, "Think about it again." ”
Massimo pondered for a moment, then suddenly widened his eyes and said, "Lucius, it's Baron Lucius. ”
Nangong Yu smiled and said, "Why do you think the soldiers he sent were able to come back?"
Massimo looked at Nangong Yu and said, "I'm a little confused by what you said, what the hell is going on?"
Nangong Yu drank the rum in the wine glass and said, "There are two possibilities. First, Villanueva deliberately released information to lure the Venetian naval fleet to the Black Sea and set up an ambush. Second, Lucius had already made peace with the people of Villanueva and wanted the Duke of Gallo to send a fleet to let them leave the Adriatic. But either way, for Alger
are very dangerous. And what they didn't know was that I sent Rosa to the Black Sea once. ”
Massimo said anxiously, "How's it going?"
Nangong Yu's face was slightly heavy, and he said, "Villanueva's fleet is indeed in the Black Sea, and it is indeed flying the flag of Venice. To make matters worse, Villanueva seems to have mastered all the facts of the Venetian political center of power, and the person who told him about them was, for now, Lucius. ”
Listening to Nangong Yu's words, a layer of frost appeared on Massimo's handsome face, and he said, "I'll go and kill him." ”
Nangong Yu said: "There is no hurry in this matter, Lucius is just a small fish, and what we have to do is to use his small fish to catch a bigger fish." ”
Massimo slapped his palm on the table and became furious! Venice is in a crisis at the moment, Duke Gallo is worried, everyone is working hard for their country, I didn't expect a little baron to hide such a vicious mind, vainly trying to harm Alger and the national fleet of Venice.
Suddenly, Massimo's mind flashed over the past few years, thinking that Lucius had always been indifferent to the affairs of the country, but he was enthusiastic about Anna, and when Anna was about to turn twelve years old, he was constantly flattering himself and Alger, which was a bit excessive.
In the past, Massimo always thought that Baron Lucius was not bad, and felt that this nobleman still knew how to have etiquette and good character. He also praised him many times in front of his father, saying that he was a qualified nobleman and a rare talent! But he never imagined that it was this talent who would harbor evil intentions when the country was in danger. If not
Nangong Yu sent Rosa to the Black Sea two months ago, and I am afraid that Alger will be buried in the belly of the fish after arriving in the Black Sea.
Massimo was so angry that his heart and lungs almost exploded, he gasped for a few breaths, gritted his teeth, and said: "I see! Hmph, if Alger encounters any accident on this voyage, then Venice will have no one to compete with Villanueva, and it will not be able to face the French attack." What a good calculation!What a vicious method!Lucius, I want your whole family to be beheaded!"Most
The latter sentence is almost hoarse.
Nangong Yu stood up, patted him on the shoulder, took an empty cup in his hand, and poured him some rum.
Massimo picked up the wine glass and poured the liquor inside into his stomach, and his blue eyes were a little blood-red.
After thinking about it, Massimo said, "You said you still want to keep him, he's just a small fish?"
Nangong Yu smiled and said, "Of course, have you ever done it first, Lucius is just a little baron, where did he get the courage to do these things, there must be someone behind him to support him." ”
Massimo calmed down a little and said, "But the most powerful person in the Venetian Council is my father, who will support him?"
Nangong Yu said: "This is exactly what I'm worried about, at present, the person behind him is very deep and does not show any traces." But there are many people who could be, such as France, or possibly Villanueva, these are all possible. ”。
After listening to Nangong Yu's analysis, Massimo fell silent, as long as Duke Gallo falls, then, with the support of the people behind him, Lucius will definitely be able to take advantage of the chaos in Venice to seize power, and the people behind him can completely use Lucius as a puppet to complete their real purpose. Massimo is a smart man, just a little thought, poop
I understood the real plot. For a while, I couldn't wait to send someone to immediately arrest Lucius's family in front of me and kill them with my own hands to relieve the hatred in my heart. I couldn't help but roar again.