The same piece of paper, even the handwriting was almost identical, if it weren't for the fact that the handwriting on it was only a single line, instead of two lines for verification as in Giovanni's house, Alexander would almost have thought that it was the piece of paper he had written before.

But now, looking at such a piece of paper, Alexander's heart was pounding.

Clearly, for whatever reason, Alexander VI was fully aware that the alleged discovery of evidence of a conspiracy against Giovanni Sforza was a farce, and that it was himself who was standing before him and trying to deceive him, regardless of who directed it.

Aware of the situation in front of him, Alexander's head suddenly grew a little bigger.

How Alexander VI became pope is almost universally known, and for a man who has almost driven himself bankrupt in order to become pope, the only compensation is not only to frantically recoup his investment completely, but also to reap more benefits.

For this reason, Alexander VI became synonymous with greed and ambition from the moment he first ascended the papal throne, and what guaranteed him to do so was his cunning and cruelty at all means.

There is no word for mercy, forgiveness and mercy in Alexander VI's dictionary, and he cruelly treats all his opponents who he considers to be a threat to him, and uses all kinds of conspiracies to eradicate what he sees as potential enemies, and his methods make even some people who are accustomed to all kinds of intrigues unbearable, and once someone once said in despair, "We have been caught by a most cruel and cold-blooded devil, and one day all of us will become food under his greedy maw." ”

Alexander's hands were clenched, and his eyes were fixed on Alexander VI, who was sitting in the chair across from him, while the corner of his eye glanced at the middle-aged man.

What will he do, smile and bring someone a cup of poisoned wine with the famous family poison configuration, or immediately order the soldiers hiding in the shadows to come out and kill me?

Alexander's mind pondered quickly, and he placed the paper on the table without moving.

He thought again about how this piece of paper appeared on his body, it should not have been Giovanni's, because although there was a long delay in Giovanni's Gilpitz Palace the day before, no one approached him.

Could it be Marino Palace? Alexander's heart jumped, and he believed that if he wanted to, the man in front of him was fully capable of arranging his eyes and ears in Marino Palace.

But soon this idea was overturned by him.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Alexander clearly knew that if he wanted Alexander VI to send someone to keep an eye on him, he was not qualified enough.

So how did this piece of paper get to him?

While he was pondering, Alexander VI, who had been calm, suddenly smiled.

Looking at this person's smile, Alexanda felt that what he saw seemed to be "naïve" and "mischievous".

That's right, Alexander VI's smile does not conjure up the idea of treacherous cunning or cruel and insidious, but rather a joy that is pure playfulness, like the smile of a child who has just played a prank and is looking at the helpless look of an adult.

"You don't think so?" Alexander VI's hand on the armrest pointed to him: "So, just think about what happened to you just outside?" ”

"Outside?"

Alexander's heart moved, and then he opened his mouth slightly to look at Alexander, and then at the middle-aged man next to him.

"Pelotto is still so sharp," said the middle-aged man, smiling at Alexander, "and there are so few people who have discovered his little tricks so far." ”

"Caesar will find out," Alexander VI corrected, as if he were pleading for his son, and then the smile on his face slowly faded, and his eyes focused on Alexander, "Do you understand now?" ”

Of course I do.

By this time Alexander already knew where the paper came from, when he had just happened to collide with someone in the hallway, and that Pelotto Cadheron took the opportunity to stuff it into his pocket.

But what touched him incredibly was that for such an almost mischievous deed, that Pelotto Cadherón had to offend the big man who brought Ferrara?

Thinking so, Alexander VI already let out a low snort and said, "I heard that you have met the messenger of Ferrara outside?" ”

"Rest assured, Your Majesty, he will not come to see you again, but the envoy of Ferrara seems to think that Pelotto Cadherón's actions are a contempt for the whole of Ferrara, so he seems to be a little," Speaking of this, the middle-aged man seemed to be thinking about what words to use, and after thinking about it, he said with a little caution, "Excited, yes, a little excited." ”

"Oh," said Alexander VI in a soft voice, and then looked at Alexander, as if he had completely forgotten about it, his gaze was calm and there was no emotion, and if he had to say yes, there was only a little inquiring doubt, "What begins with injustice must be strengthened by sin." Who said this? ”

Alexander met the gaze of the old man opposite with some surprise, this is indeed an old man, even if he has supreme power and the fate of countless people, or he keeps changing young and beautiful mistresses to announce to outsiders that he is still healthy and energetic, but the age of more than 60 years old is still silently announcing that he is indeed old.

The corners of Alexander's mouth twitched slightly, he could not have told him that it would be more than a hundred years before he said this, and that this sentence came from a famous line in a play about the usurper of the slayer.

What begins with unrighteousness must be strengthened by sin. Shakespeare's Macbeth is the most apt lash and indictment of the actions of the wrongdoers.

"This is a proverb, Your Majesty, a proverb that belongs to some remote places in southern Sicily." Alexander bowed, his heart was actually very nervous at this time, and when he answered, his eyes were fixed on the old man sitting in the chair not too far away, the distance between him and this person was not far, Alexander was considering whether he needed to rush over and kidnap him if necessary.

Alexander did not want to risk his life as a small footnote to the treacherous cruelty of the pope.

Maybe others will not dare to do anything to this person because of fear, but he knows that the spokesman of Jesus Christ walking in the world in front of him is just an old man.

"Oh, a country proverb."

Alexander VI muttered to himself, then nodded his head vigorously, as if to be quite impressed by the words, and then he stood up and walked to the globe next to him.

"Do you know this?" The young man in front of the meeting didn't seem to show surprise and curiosity, Alexander VI asked casually, and then waved his hand without waiting for Alexander to answer: "Look at me, of course you care more about that piece of paper now, I have to admit that I asked Pellow to do it, and it seems that he did a really good job." ”

Alexander VI chuckled, as if he were proud of his prank, but he apparently had no reason to explain why he had done so, and his attention seemed to be drawn to the marble globe in front of him.

The Pope's slightly slumped body leaned forward slightly, his eyes staring at the globe seriously, and that calm look of concentration and seriousness made it hard to believe that such a person could be a villain who used shameful conspiracy to frame his opponent and plunder others wildly and greedily.

The middle-aged man who had been beside him walked up to Alexander at this time, and he lowered his voice and said, "Duke Gandino will be here in a while, do you know what to say?" ”

Alexander looked at this person with some doubts, he was actually confused in his mind at this time, he really didn't know what was going on, why did Alexander VI play such a play?

Seeing the puzzled look on Alexander's face, the middle-aged man quietly glanced at the Pope, who was staring at the globe, and then lowered his voice and said, "You just need to remember that you have never seen the paper just now, and as for what you want to say, just do as agreed with Giovanni yesterday at the Gilpitz Palace." ”

Alexander looked at the middle-aged man in a little surprise, and after seeing his clear nod of certainty, Alexander could only nod slightly.

"I see, sir."

"Don't worry, it's as if it didn't happen," the middle-aged man smiled, and then whispered in a slightly soothing voice, "I heard you're from Sicily, if you can have the time to tell me what's there?" ”

As he spoke, the middle-aged man suddenly looked over to Alexander VI, and the Pope's gaze had just been taken off the globe.

"Nomelo, go and call Giovanni." The Pope commanded.

The middle-aged man nodded slightly and walked towards the door.

Now there were only two Alexanders in the room, and the distance between them was so close that Alexander believed that if he lunged forward, he would be able to control the man in front of him without two breaths!

"Do you know why Giovanni framed Giovanni?" Alexander VI asked suddenly, and then he seemed to smile because he thought that he was a little amused by what he said, "Behold, we are all Alexander, and we are talking about the other two Giovanni, and what a wonderful arrangement God has made." ”

Hearing that God was being raised, Alexander had to learn how to behave, so both Alexanders drew crosses on their chests at the same time.

"I want to know what exactly you see in Soniro," Alexander VI asked calmly, "do you really see the evidence that Giovanni is going to betray me?" ”

Alexander noticed that the Pope's brief, almost imperceptible pause when he asked the question, the interval that sounded like a momentary pause for breath, made Alexander seem to have a faint sense of something in it.

Someone who didn't know it might have overlooked the momentary change, but Alexander remembered for a moment what was about to happen in the near future.

The end of Lucrezia's marriage to Giovanni Sforza was the final breakdown, and in the process of this rupture, Giovanni Sforza almost lost his life.

In Lucrezia's first failed marriage, the roles of her two brothers seem to be a little vague to others, and Giovanni Sforza's various slanderous remarks against the Borgia family later spread because of his anger made the family the focus of people's criticism for a while, but in this kind of rumors, people's eyes are focused on the two brothers Giovanni and Caesar, who ruined the marriage. On the contrary, Lucrezia, who is the protagonist in this matter, does not receive much attention.

There was another person who was "neglected", and that was Alexander VI himself.

Alexander VI was clearly dissatisfied with Giovanni Sforza, but what did this father, as the husband of his daughter, think?

Alexander's mind pondered quickly, but he didn't have much time, and the man was now watching him with a pair of eyes that could read through people's hearts.

"Your Majesty, I did find something that was leaked by Colombo Sforza, the owner of the mines in Suniro, and a woman next to him, but I'm sorry that the real correspondence between the two of them is as you know." Alexander said as he looked at the second-hand forgery on the table, and a thought flashed through his mind as he said in a calm voice, "But I don't really think it really matters if it's true or not. ”

Alexander VI looked at the young man in front of him in some surprise.

He could see that this person was a little panicked at first because of the accident, but now he didn't know why, but he suddenly became a lot calmer.

"Your Majesty, according to some rumors, Colombo Sforza was killed by me," Alexander said quickly, he needed to turn the situation around as soon as possible, to be precise, to convince Alexander VI before Giovanni arrived, it was not only too short but also too impossible, but he had to do it, otherwise what was waiting for him was to walk out, and it wouldn't be long before he could die inexplicably" Now that I have denounced the conspiracy of the Sforza family, I think I can be a strong witness to expose the conspiracy of this family, And the people of the Sforza must be the ones who hate me the most, and I think that's enough for you. ”

Alexander VI's rickety body seemed to straighten up slightly, and he looked at Alexander silently, believing that the young man must have sensed the danger he was in, and as he thought, between his daughter and power, Alexander VI had the final choice.

Alexander VI only wanted to know if Giovanni Sforza had really betrayed himself so that he could finally make the right decision and not misjudge because of the influence of his son. So even if he knew that the so-called evidence was completely a trick made up by his son, what he wanted to do was only to let the young man in front of him tell him the truth out of fear.

As for this Alexander, he didn't even bother to think about what to do with him next.

But now, the young man's words surprised him slightly.

What Alexander was waiting for was his momentary surprise.

"Sforza will never admit to the conspiracy against the Vatican, and Colombo Sforza is dead, and now only I am the only one in the world who can prove it, and the Sforza family does not know how much I know." Looking at Alexander VI, Alexander calmly said, "So, I'm the one who made the Sforza family sleep." ”

Listening to Alexander's words, Alexander VI's eyes showed a little interest.

Just as he was about to say something, the middle-aged man named Nomelo had already pushed the door in, followed by Giovanni Borgia, Duke of Gandino.

"Come here, my son," Alexander VI beckoned to Giovanni, and before Giovanni could speak, he continued, "I must admit that you have brought me a very interesting Alexander." ”