The musket shot out a spark that instantly lit up the face of the old man who happened to rush in front of Alexander, and with a scream, the splattered gunpowder smack hit his face and splashed into his eyes, and behind him his companion with the axe had fallen headlong with the sound of the gun, and the axe was thrown into the river.

As he fired, Alexander's other hand had already raised the rusty short knife that had not been inserted into his belt again, and as he flipped his wrist in reverse, he stabbed down with more force, and the blade stabbed directly into the old man's neck.

Screams rang out, but Alexander had already let go of his knife and threw it away, he strode to the river and jumped into the boat.

The roar of the muskets was so loud in the quiet of the night that Lucrezia staggered in fright, and if it weren't for the fact that Pagasus next to her arched her with his huge head, she might have fallen into the water.

Seeing Alexander jump on the boat, for some reason, Lucrezia couldn't help herself and lunged at him, she cried and hugged Alexander's body tightly, as if at that moment she was afraid that he would disappear from sight.

"Let go of my stupid woman," Alexander growled, and he wrenched Lucrezia's arm with all his might, then grabbed the oars from the boat and rowed hard, "If you don't want to be caught by the Venetians, hurry up and help, or neither of us will be able to escape." ”

Lucrezia let out an "oh" as if she came to her senses, and she didn't blush at the gaffe just now, and hurriedly grabbed another wooden oar, and kept rowing.

There were shouts in the distance, and it was clear that the Venetians had heard the gunshots, and Alexander had a harder hand in his hands, and he kept an eye on the shore as he rowed desperately, and when he saw several figures running towards the river bank from a distant light, he made a silent gesture to Lucrezia.

Lucrezia instinctively leaned down slightly, but after a while she realized that it was useless, the river was so flat that they would definitely be spotted if they looked up the river.

"We can't escape?" Lucrezia asked in alarm.

"Don't make a sound." As Alexander reloaded his musket, he whispered, "The river is dark, and these people must not be able to see clearly when they have just come from the light." ”

As he spoke, he began to paddle lightly, and the wooden boat slowly drifted towards the middle of the river.

"If we are caught, the Venetians will not dare to do anything to us as long as I tell who I am," Lucrezia said, and then she suddenly continued, "You may say that you are my servant, and then I will say that you are under my protection." ”

Alexander was slightly stunned, he glanced at Lucrezia and then smiled and said, "Do you want me to hide behind a woman?" And it's not a good idea for you, knowing that if they find out who you are, the Venetians won't release you easily, maybe they'll keep you locked up for years, maybe even until your father dies and you're no longer useful. ”

Alexander's words made Lucrezia's face turn pale, and she couldn't help but shudder at the thought that she might be imprisoned for many years if she did as Alexander had said

Seeing Lucrezia like this, Alexander sighed in his heart, of course he knew that he was not intimidating her, if it really fell into the hands of the Venetians, the two of them would probably be such a fate.

At least the Forza of the Sforza family had been captured by Caesar and imprisoned for many years after being captured in the war with the Borgias, and when she was finally released, she was already gone.

The Venetians had already discovered the bodies of the two men, and some of them quickly examined their injuries, while others began to look over the river.

As Alexander said, those people could not adapt to the darkness on the river because they had just run from the light, although the river was silver, but they were still a little dazed to look everywhere, taking this rare opportunity, Alexander bent down and paddled hard, but soon, the bright full moon in the sky betrayed them.

There was a shout, and then more began to look in the direction of the boat, and with the shouting and the shouting, Alexander noticed that someone on the shore had raised a longbow or a crossbow arrow.

"Be careful, get down!" Alexander pressed the head of Lucrezia next to him, and at the same time he heard a whistling from not far away, and someone was already shooting arrows at them!

There was another whistling, a sound that sounded so harsh and terrible on the river at night, that Pagasus suddenly hissed with his front hooves, and the boat shook violently with Lucrezia's scream!

Alexander reluctantly raised his musket, he did not want to do it, after all, the use of muskets could provoke a greater reaction from the Venetians, but the constant flying crossbow arrows were a great threat.

Gunshots rang out on the surface of the river, and the muzzle flames lit up the boats on the river for a moment.

The Venetians apparently did not expect the people in the boat to suddenly shoot, and the sound of the gunfire frightened those standing by the river to bend down, and some simply turned and ran, and when they realized that no one had been shot, they returned to the river and continued to raise their crossbows towards the boat.

Alexander couldn't help but think of Ulliu at this time, if the genius butler and the genius sharpshooter were here, maybe he could threaten these Venetians by shooting an enemy, but now he could only watch them search the river bank for boats, and Alexander knew that as long as they found the boats, with the Venetians' unique advantage on the water, it would be difficult for him to escape.

At that moment Lucrezia let out another exclamation, and before Alexander could ask, she had already cried out: "We are not drifting on the other side, we are drifting down the river." ”

It was only then that Alexander realized that he had been attracted by the Venetians on the shore that he had not noticed that the boat had reached the middle of the river, and that it was drifting rapidly downstream with the rushing water.

"Where are we going?" Lucrezia asked in a panic, she crouched beside Alexander and grabbed his arm tightly and asked, at this time, the darling of the Borgia family, the princess of Rome, no longer had the pride and nobility she had before, her face was only fearful, and even because she was too afraid, she could only find a little sense of security by clinging to her enemies.

"I don't know, but it would be nice to get to Montina like this." Alexander said as he lay on his back on the plank, only then did he feel a slight pain in his arm holding the gun.

What's wrong? Alexander asked himself, and he reached out, the sticky wetness and tingling that made him realize that he seemed to be injured.

Then, he felt a little heavy on his eyelids, and gradually he lost consciousness.

In his stupor, Alexander seemed to see Sophia, her beautiful armor, riding on a tall warhorse, and holding a sharp sword in her hand, rushing towards her enemy, who was like Josha!

Just as Alexander shouted loudly for the safety of his "sister", he steadily raised a fine musket with fine workmanship and jewels, which can be called a treasure of art, accompanied by the sound of gunfire, and the whistling projectiles broke through the smoke and flew towards the enemy!

Who was hit?

Alexander saw someone fall in the smoke of gunpowder, it seemed to be Barondi, which made his heart twitch suddenly, he didn't feel that he should feel sad at first, although he and Barendi were fiancées, but he didn't think that the relationship between the two was close or even normal, but when he saw Barendi being hit, he still rushed over and picked her up in a pool of blood.

But when he turned over the body of Barenti, who had fallen face down, he was shocked to find that it was Lucrezia who was holding him in his arms, covered in blood!

Alexander let out a startled exclamation, then woke up to his own shouts!

Then he found out that he was being tied up!

The rope is tied a little messily, and in some places it is even just a circle, and even a child can break free without much effort.

It's just that at this time, Alexander is not even as good as a child, he has no strength in his whole body, and the sweat on his forehead flows down the corners of his eyes into his eyes, which stimulates him so much that he can only close his eyes again.

The familiar neighing of horses rang out in my ears, and then my ears were licked by a slimy tongue.

Alexander opened his eyes again, and then noticed that it was already dawning, but they were still floating on the river, for in addition to the shaking of the boat beneath him, they could hear the rattling of the river.

But when he turned his head slightly, he saw that there was a forest not far away, and the forest had not moved, and it was evident that the boat was docked on the shore.

There was a sound of footsteps, and Alexander immediately closed his eyes, and with the hiss of Pagassos, he felt a figure appear near the top of his head.

Lucrezia looked down at Alexander, who was lying on the boat.

She stared warily at Alexander's face for a moment before cautiously climbing aboard the boat.

Pagasus whispered and arched Lucrezia's arm with his head, eliciting a scolding from her.

"He can't die," Lucrezia patted Pagasus on the bridge of his nose angrily, "My father taught me a lot of herbs since I was a child, don't worry, he'll get better." ”

Speaking of this, she paused, and then said in a slightly smug tone: "But when he wakes up, he will find that he is now my prisoner, and he wants to take me hostage, then I will let him be a prisoner for me for the rest of my life, and I will put him in the Papal Tower, and I will not think of freedom for the rest of my life." ”

As she spoke, Lucrezia smeared a piece of crushed grass with the hilt of a knife on Alexander's arm.

A cool sensation came from his aching arm, and Alexander couldn't help but move slightly.

Unexpectedly, his action frightened Lucrezia, she first exclaimed, her body shrank back, and at the same time she held the short sword that Alexander had given her tightly, pointing straight at Alexander.

Alexander didn't move, because he didn't know that Lucrezia was holding the dagger because his eyes were closed, and thinking that she might be aiming her musket at such a close distance, Alexander thought it would be better not to move around.

A crappy musketeer can sometimes be more terrifying than an elite archer.

Seeing that Alexander did not open his eyes, Lucrezia slowly leaned forward again, she carefully stretched out a foot, kicked Alexander's leg with the tip of her foot, and saw that he did not move, so she boldly moved forward a little more.

She first reached out and grabbed the rope that bound Alexander tightly, feeling that the tie was strong enough, and then slowly squatted down next to the pressure mountain again.

Lucrezia looked down closely, she always felt that Alexander was actually awake, but because she had a short sword in her hand and thought that she was very strong, she gradually grew bolder.

She gently pressed the cold blade of the short sword against Alexander's neck, and as the blade pressed down slightly against the skin on her throat, Lucrezia finally leaned down boldly and gently touched Alexander's lips with the corners of her mouth.

"I'm going to take you captive and lock you up," she said to Alexander in a very low voice, "don't expect that Barendi to get you out, I'm going to make you forget about her completely." ”

Feeling the slight touch from his lips, Alexander's hand quietly broke free from the tied rope buckle, at this time he already knew that Lucrezia should not be holding a musket, which made him feel a lot more relieved, just when he felt the short sword pressing on his throat relax slightly, he suddenly raised his hand and grabbed Lucrezia's wrist, and at the same time endured the pain on his arm with his other hand, and wrapped it hard, and hugged Lucrezia, who was just about to get up because of fright, in his arms and pressed it on him!

"Look who I caught." Alexander looked at the panicked Lucrezia and said with a smile, he saw in Lucrezia's eyes the anger that was almost burning because of shame and anger and the extreme nervousness because of fear, Alexander held her behind her hard to prevent her from getting up, and moved to make himself lie down more comfortably, "Should I be grateful in advance that you didn't throw me into the river while I was unconscious?" ”

"I regret not throwing you into the river," Lucrezia was nervous and angry, she felt that she was so ashamed that she had said so much to this man, and to hide her anger, "I will tell my father all this, and then let him sentence you, and no one will be able to save you, not even that Barendi." ”

"What sentence do I get? Put me in the Papal Tower? ”

Alexander asked indifferently, his words sending a fever on Lucrezia's face, and then she suddenly remembered something and raised her hand and pressed Alexander's arm that was holding her.

An indescribable tingling pain came from his arm, and Alexander let out a scream of pain, but before he could get up straight, he pulled hard with his other arm, and the two men fell to the board at the same time.

The entanglement of the two men in the boat alarmed Pagasus, who hissed and began to run along the river, and then after a while ran back again, looking at the boat tied to the shore and shaking from a distance.

The two people who fell together did not move at this time, Lucrezia's body was lying on his side and pressed Alexander's arm, and the faces of the two men were so close that they could feel each of the other's slight breaths.

No one spoke, and no one seemed willing to break the silence that was inexplicable and undesirable for them to break, until a long time later, when Alexander whispered: "Come with me to the new castle of Montina, and when the matter is over I will send you back to Rome." ”

"Why don't you send me back yourself? Are you afraid that my father will punish you? Lucrezia asked in a low voice, and then she suddenly said, "Are you really not going to see my father?" ”

"Why should I see the Pope?" Alexander asked, a little curiously, "I don't think he would have wanted to see him." ”

"If," Lucrezia lowered her voice, "I can intercede for you if you will ask him to forgive you, and if you ask my father to ......"

"I kidnapped you, forgot?" Alexander didn't let Lucrezia finish the following words, he slowly got up and leaned back on the boat to gasp, looked at the beauty half-lying in front of him and shook his head, "Your father and your brother won't spare me, but I'm not easy to deal with, don't forget that you are in my hands now." ”

After saying that, Alexander ignored Lucrezia, he picked up the dagger that he had thrown aside, put it back in its sheath, and then found the musket from the pile of debris in the bow of the ship, and saw the gunpowder scattered on the ship's board because of the open mouth, Alexander secretly rejoiced that Lucrezia was fortunately not good at firearms.

After quickly checking what he had left, he turned to Lucrezia, who was looking at him coldly, and said, "Do you know where this is?" ”

"I don't know, we've been floating in the river since last night, and we didn't dock until this morning." Lucrezia said in a cold voice, and she turned her face to the other side, as if she didn't want to see Alexander again.

"Have you been drifting west?" Alexander muttered in a low voice, he took out the map that Ofleiyi had drawn for him and looked at it carefully, but then he was dismayed to find that the map obviously only marked the approximate location of the simplest direction to Montieuville, and worse, the captain of the marching army obviously did not consider that the lord would come to drift in pairs, so the map did not indicate where the river would flow at all, except for a plausible ferry sign, and the ferry was obviously in front of another fork in the road, As a result, Alexander had no idea where they were.

"We have good news here," Alexander finally decided to give up after looking at the map for a long time, and he smiled wryly at Lucrezia, "There is also bad news, which one do you want to hear first?" ”

Lucrezia looked at Alexander with a blank face, not intending to respond.

Alexander had no choice but to say it himself: "The good news is that we finally know what this river is called, this is the Arno River. The bad news is that I don't know where we are in the river right now. ”

Lucrezia's eyes suddenly twitched slightly, and she looked up at Alexander, a strange look flashing in her eyes.

"Looks like we'll have to go ashore and ask where this is." Alexander didn't notice Lucrezia's strange appearance, he picked up his things and shook his arm again, although the pain in the arm was still there, but fortunately, the crossbow arrow only cut a bloody hole, if it wasn't for the fact that he didn't notice it for a while, he bled too much and passed out, yesterday maybe they had crossed the river directly to the opposite side.

Pagasus had obviously been bored for a long time, and when he saw Alexander coming over, he immediately made a small jump excitedly, which made Alexander secretly glad that he had broken off the troubles of his lower body, otherwise with Pagassos such an active temperament, it was hard to imagine where he would be taken to the battlefield again.

Lucrezia was surprisingly submissive, and she even climbed onto the horse herself, only when Alexander reached out and put his arm around her waist, she was a little unnatural.

Along the river, a path gradually appeared, and Alexander carefully walked forward while keeping an eye out for the people passing by on the road.

The steed of Pagasus had apparently attracted the attention of many people, and the handsomeness and beauty of the two young men on the horse had also become the focus of attention of the people who came and went along the road.

Alexander, realizing this, had to let Lucrezia dismount and walk with him, but fortunately a city had appeared not far in front of them.

Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves on the road in the distance, and Alexander walked vigilantly to the side of the road to take a closer look.

A flag with a white cross on a red background appeared in front of the oncoming team, and when she saw it, a smile suddenly appeared on Lucrezia's face.

Alexander's face turned ugly, and he recognized the banner as much as Lucrezia, and then he finally knew where he was.

One of the most famous buildings in the city is a sloping tower.

"Damn, how did it get to Pisa." Alexander muttered to himself.