Chapter 18: Ambush

Ezio said goodbye to his family at the Auditore estate and left for the Medici Palace in Florence.

"Your Highness, now the Florentine rebels have all been killed." Ezio said to Lorenzo.

"Yes, Ezio, you Auditore family have really done a great job, so this time I want to think about what gift I should give you? By the way, with Ezio, you have this Medici cloak, which represents the friendship of my Medici family, so that as long as you wear this cloak with me, then you will not be wanted anywhere under the jurisdiction of my Medici family. The Medici held a cloak with the Medici family coat of arms in his hand and handed it to Ezio.

"Thank you, Your Highness." Ezio solemnly took the cloak with both hands, changed into it, and left the Palazzo Medici for Leonardo's residence.

"Leonardo? Leonardo? Are you there? Ezio knocked on the door of Leonardo's residence.

"This honorable sir, I'm sorry to tell you that Leonardo has left here, he was invited by a Venetian nobleman to spend his portraits, so Mr. Leonardo moved his studio to Venice, this is indeed an opportunity for Mr. Leonardo, but this gentleman, Leonardo has only been gone for a short time, and it should be too late for you to chase after him." A passer-by saw Ezio wearing the Medici coat of arms and said respectfully.

"Thank you very much, sir." Ezio thanked him and left.

However, what Ezio did not expect was that his conversation with the passer-by was seen by a soldier of Rodrigo who had been lying in ambush at Leonardo's residence for a long time, and the soldier beat the passer-by severely, and knowing that Ezio was going to Venice, the soldier immediately spread the news with a flying pigeon.

Ezio rode his horse and carried plenty of food into a mountain trail southeast of Florence.

Because the medieval period was not like we have trains, bullet trains, airplanes, and other kinds of transportation, and the road to the destination is not only very many but also wide and smooth, that period to other places is basically so many roads or fixed location of transportation, and the road is generally a relatively open mountain road, and because it is a mountain road is often potholes, and many places are on the mountain road without guardrails, next to the cliffs, And because the roads are not only potholed but also winding, people go in the morning and camp along the roads at night, so people usually have to carry a lot of goods at that time.

"Leonardo." In a wide aisle, Ezio saw Leonardo, who was crouching next to the carriage and didn't know what he was doing.

"Oh, Ezio... I didn't expect to meet you here, but I'm in a little trouble, the wheels of the carriage are stuck in this pit, and I can't do anything by myself. Leonardo said luckily.

"Is there anything I can help with?" Ezio asked.

"Ezio I know how to solve this problem, but I can't lift the carriage with my strength, can you help lift it?" Leonardo said, and quickly found a larger, smoother stone on the ground.

"From~~"

Ezio lifted the cart with all his might, and Leonardo raced the collected stones into the pit under the wheels.

"Alright, Ezio." As soon as Leonardo finished speaking, Ezio put the carriage down.

"Leonardo, what's this thing in your carriage? Looks like a big bat? Ezio stretched out his arm and moved his muscles to think about Leonardo.

"Oh, this is nothing, it's just that I practice one of my own ideas and ・・・・・・ but I really can't control it, I don't want to make this thing myself." Leonardo said as he took the food out of the carriage.

"Is this thing of any use?" Ezio is now a curious baby.

"Well, I can't tell, but, damn it, Ezio I can't stand it, let me say this, I know now and let humans fly like birds." Leonardo said excitedly and mysteriously.

"Hehe, I know Leonardo, now let's eat, I'll drive after eating, and it just so happens that I'm going to Venice too." Ezio just smiled, not taking Leonardo's words to heart.

"Ah, Venice, what a beautiful city! A city of inspiration! Rialto Bridge! Plaza Santa Matrian..." Leonardo said as he gushed about Ezio.

"Void~~ Wait Leonardo don't speak, someone." Ezio's words interrupted Leonardo's rambling.

Then a multitude of soldiers rode horses after them behind Ezio and their carriage.

"Who are they? Why are you chasing us? Leonardo said with some horror.

"They're Rodrigo Pochia's soldiers, they're here to capture me, Leonardo get into the carriage and I'll deal with them." Ezio spoke quickly, and then as Leonardo entered the carriage, he sped off at a rapid pace.

But how could a bulky carriage outrun a horse with only one soldier on it, and soon the carriage was chased by the soldiers, and was flat around the carriage.

"Leonardo grabbed the carriage." Ezio shouted, and then operated the carriage like the soldiers around him, knocking down or killing all the soldiers around him, greatly shocking the soldiers.

But the matter was not over yet, and the soldiers, seeing that Ezio was going to hit them, ran behind the carriage one by one, and slowly climbed onto the roof of the carriage from behind.

"Ezio, watch out behind you." Leonardo saw the soldiers climb onto the roof of the carriage and shouted to Ezio, who was driving the carriage and had no time to care.

"Damn it, fuck me off."

Just as Leonardo was reminding Ezio, a soldier approached Ezio's back and used his hands to strangle Ezio's neck, but Ezio struggled out of the reaction, and then Ezio grabbed his arm and threw him off the carriage and died.

One by one, the soldiers attacked Ezio, who threw them all off the carriage one by one, and this continued until the carriage ran onto a crowded road.

"Huh~~ escaped a catastrophe, do you say yes, Ezio." Leonardo, who was in the carriage, said happily.

"yes, Leonardo... Wait, what kind of sound is this... Ezio cried out in horror.

"Oh my God." Leonardo also cried out in horror.

Ezio had no doubt that if they were hit by these rolling stones, the wooden carriage would be crippled.

"Drive~~ Leonardo, you quickly throw away the excess things in the carriage to reduce the weight of the carriage." Ezio kept waving his whip and shouting at the same time.

"Oh, I'm working on it, this one can be thrown, this one can't be thrown, this one is memorable, this one isn't." Leonardo also hurriedly threw things inside and outside.

"Bump~~"

"It hurts." X2

The carriage crashed into a rolling stone, but fortunately it was very small compared to the others, so the rolling stone did not cause serious damage to the carriage, but a concussion was inevitable and caused some pain to Ezio and Leonardo.

In this way, Ezio escaped the impact of the rolling stones, but the matter was not over, and not far from them, two soldiers were burning a bridge with the torches they held.

"Ezio, speed up, they're going to burn the bridge."

"Ah!!h Ezio hurried across the bridge with his carriage, and the bridge that hung over the cliff collapsed just as Ezio and the others had just crossed it.

Before Ezio could cheer, a multitude of flaming arrows, with or without flaming, flew at them.

"Oh my God! O my God! My inventions are on fire, and my things that are of profound significance! Leonardo shouted in the carriage, apparently some of the flaming arrows had gone into the carriage and set some things on fire, but fortunately the flames were not loud.

"Damn it, Leonardo, leave your stuff alone, protect yourself..." Ezio shouted as he dodged the oncoming arrows, but before Ezio could finish his sentence, he ・・・・・・heard Leonardo's miserable screams.

"Oh~~ Ezio's help, Ezio's ass hurts so much!"

"I'm trying to hold on, wait a minute, I'll be safe here, protect myself." Ezio shouted a little speechlessly, he really wanted to ask Leonardo how to hide so that his ass could be hit by an arrow.

In the end, after much tribulation, Ezio and Leonardo escaped.

"Okay, Leonardo, we're safe, you're okay, right?" When he reached a location, Ezio immediately stopped the carriage, walked to the back of the carriage, opened the back of the carriage and asked.

"Ezio, do you think I don't have anything to do right now, and don't laugh!" Leonardo said in a tone of sadness, anger, helpless crying.

"Okay, I'm not laughing at Leonardo, poof, ahem..." Although Ezio said this, we could tell how hard it was for Ezio to endure by looking at his shaking shoulders.

Because I saw Leonardo lying on all fours like a puppy, and Leonardo's buttocks were stuck with two arrows, and the position was also very good, just one left and one right like two tails, and Leonardo's face also had tears and snot, which made people feel very funny.

"Leonardo hold on, I'll go to catch the carriage now, hold on, and soon I'll be in Romagna." With that, Ezio went to steer the carriage, this time slowly and steadily.