Chapter 16: Gifts

The day after the rebellion ended, Ezio arrived at Ponte Vecchio at Lorenzo's invitation. Looking at the scene of this bridge that has remained unchanged for two years, Ezio can't help but think of the scene when he fought and caused trouble with those noble gentlemen on this bridge two years ago.

"Your Highness." Ezio said to Lorenzo.

"When I was six years old, I fell into the Almo River, and I thought I was going to die, but when I woke up I heard my mother crying, and beside her stood a strange man, who looked at me with a smiling face, and my mother said that this strange man saved me, and that he was your father, Giovanni Auditore. After that, our two families became friends, and to be honest, I was really scared and angry when I heard that he was sent to the execution ground. But thank God, this time he didn't take your father with him. Lorenzo said in a soothing tone, looking at Ezio from time to time.

"Yes, thank you, Mentor, otherwise・・・・・・ but this qiē is the responsibility of Jacopo de Pache and his gang, and they also attacked your Medici family, I will not let them go." Ezio said calmly.

"That greedy and cunning guy who is greedy for life and afraid of death, since he used innocent civilians to block the advance of our soldiers, he took the opportunity to escape, and the same is true of those rebellious guys, and what is even more odious is that they are still hiding like rats, and they can't find their clues at all." Lorenzo said angrily.

"You don't mind my rude interjection." Chen Xiaoyao's melodious voice sounded in the ears of the two of them.

"Mentor!"

"Holy Son!"

Ezio and Lorenzo let out different exclamations together, and the latter two couldn't help but look at each other when they heard each other's different names.

"Hehe, I guess Mr. Lorenzo doesn't know my identity other than that of the Holy Son. So here is a formal introduction, Chen Xiaoyao, from the ancient Oriental Assassin. Chen Xiaoyao looked at the two of them and said.

"Holy Son, I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that the Holy Son was also an assassin, so the person who saved Giovanni's family two years ago must be you." Lorenzo also said in an exclamatory voice, apparently Chen Xiaoyao was an assassin that shocked him in his heart.

"Exactly down there."

"Mentor, what are you doing here, aren't you supposed to be staying in the manor now?" Ezio looked at Chen Xiaoyao's assassin suit, which had been missing for two years, and said with some emotion and some confusion.

"Stupid you, since their plot has been ended by you, then I don't have to worry that they won't continue their plot because of me, if it weren't for this, do you think I wouldn't do it?" Chen's words made Ezio unable to refute.

"Yes, what the instructor taught me was that this qiē was all because I was too stupid, and the tutor didn't make any mistakes at all." Ezio decisively did not have the slightest backbone to seek the whole way, he didn't want to be the same as the previous time, because he refuted Chen Xiaoyao's words, and Chen Xiaoyao nagged him for a day and a night, and he didn't say the same thing.

"Forget it, I'm here today to bring you a few gifts." Chen Xiaoyao said mysteriously.

"Gifts?" Ezio was puzzled.

"Yes, I'll give you my first gift first, come with me."

After Chen Xiaoyao finished speaking, he walked in front, and Ezio and Lorenzo could only follow behind Chen Xiaoyao.

When following Chen Xiaoyao to a very secluded and dilapidated room on the outskirts of Florence, Ezio and Lorenzo saw the man they were looking for, Francisco Saviati, (PS: it was Francisco de Pacci and this one was Saviati) Bernardo di Bandino, Banosir, Stefano da Banono, and Antonio Maffei, missing one of them, Jacopo de Pacci and Rodrigo Pocchia.

"That's a nice gift, isn't it?" Chen Xiaoyao looked at Ezio and Lorenzo with happy expressions on their faces.

"This is a very good gift, thank you to the mentor, but how did you get hold of them, mentor?" Ezio asked Chen Xiaoyao happily.

"Actually, from the moment you acted, I knew that their plot would be put to an end by you, but according to their Templar style, they would not be captured, so I arranged for some people to ambush them in the route they would probably escape, but what I didn't expect was that they fled directly to Tuscany together, and coincidentally, I was ambushed on the way they fled." After Chen Xiaoyao finished speaking, not only Ezio and Lorenzo felt sad for the four of them, but even they themselves felt very unfortunate.

"As for Jacob de Pacchi, I'll let him escape, but don't worry I'll have Jacob watched, so that he can go and report to the rest of the people, and then we can catch them all, and the four of them will know about the people involved in these plots anyway, and I'll leave the interrogation to you." Chen Xiaoyao said his plan.

"Thank you." X2

"Hmph, you don't want to know anything from us." Of the four people who were captured, it was not known which one said such a thing, but it also attracted Chen Xiaoyao's attention.

"That's right, you demons, the Lord will punish you for your crimes, you demons even kneel down in front of the Lord and repent, it is useless, you demons, you demons, have captured the people with money, bewitched the people with words, made them lose their dignity and faith, especially you Lorenzo de' Medici, you are the greatest sinner in the world, you make the world full of demons, and you also let the demons do evil in the world・・・・・・" Antonio Maffei, who was tied up, shouted frantically.

"Hmph, Antonio Maffei, this qiē is obviously your fault, and you have to blame our heads, you are the biggest demon in the world." Lorenzo retorted to Mafiyi's words, but Maffei didn't even listen, and continued to shout about Lorenzo's 'sins'.

"Uh-woo-woo・・・・・・"

Chen Xiaoyao really didn't want to listen to Ma Feiyi's shouting, so he directly took out a piece of cloth from the king's treasure and stuffed it into Ma Feiyi's mouth.

Regarding the scene of Chen Xiaoyao Nabu plugging Mafiyi's mouth, Ezio and Lorenzo also expressed their approval.

"The rebellion of Maffei and Stefano da Banoen, I probably know what's going on, but you two Francisco Saviati and Bernardo di Bandino, Banocili, one of you is the Bishop of Pisa, and the other is even an important clerk in my bank, I really can't think of why you betrayed me." Lorenzo said with a sad look.

"Hahaha, Lorenzo, don't look pretended, don't forget that my family and those cousins in my family were expelled from Florence by you, and some of them died because of your expulsion, how can I not hate you, you say." Bernardo Di Bandino, an obese man, said angrily, it was hard to imagine that he could be an 'assassin' with his fat stature.

"Bernardo di Bandino is right, Lorenzo, you hypocritical bastard, I betrayed you for a very simple reason, I should have been me, I became the archbishop of Florence, and because of the interference of your Diqi family, I lost this position, and they promised me that I could give me this position." Francisco Saviati said to Lorenzo with a very sarcastic tone.

"It's just that the king is defeated and the king is defeated, there has never been good and bad in the world, only relative good and bad." Chen Xiaoyao said as he started to knock them out one by one.

"Okay, you've received the first gift, now let's talk about the second gift・・・・・" Chen Xiaoyao really said at a critical moment, when two people came in and interrupted Chen Xiaoyao's words.

"Isn't it time for us to come?"

The two figures who came in were Giovanni and Federico, and what Giovanni said just now was also what Giovanni said.

"Are you done?" Chen Xiaoyao did not answer Giovanni's question, but asked rhetorically.

"Well, as soon as the other party heard that it was your request, he immediately agreed." Giovanni said.

"Yes, then you just came at the right time, and you came just right." Chen Xiaoyao said mysteriously.

"Mentor, father, what are you talking about?" Ezio was confused.

"Hee-hee-hee, little turtle, congratulations." Federico also smiled mysteriously at this time.

"Alright, sue you, the second gift is your engagement to Christina Vebsch." Chen Xiaoyao said with a smile.

"My engagement with Christina? Are you sure! Mentor, father, brother, is this true! Ezio said excitedly, and he was greeted by a nod from Chen Xiaoyao and the three of them.

"Congratulations, Giovanni, you're not..." Lorenzo congratulated Ezio as well, but his unspoken words in the second half reminded Ezio of his excitement.

Yes, now the Auditore family is charged with treason, and once it is related to the Auditore family, it means that the person who is involved is also guilty of the same crime.

Hearing Lorenzo's words and the silent Ezio, Chen Xiaoyao smiled at each other with Giovanni and Federico.

"This is the third gift I am going to give, look at Ezio, this is the secret letter you gave to Utopé two years ago to prove the innocence of your Auditore family, and the evidence I have secretly collected for their betrayal of the country. With this, you can be vindicated for the crimes suffered by your Auditore family. Chen Xiaoyao took out a box from the corner (the treasure of the king).

"Thank you・・・・・・" Ezio could only repeat this sentence repeating now, in fact, everyone present (except for Chen Xiaoyao and the four people who were tied up) had the one who was not so grateful to Chen Xiaoyao in their hearts!

"It's the best gift ever, I swear." Ezio Auditore, Giovanni Auditore, Federico Auditore.