A servant stood in the living room and looked curiously at the young man opposite.

He knew that this must be the lord from Naples, very young and good-looking, according to the more popular nowadays, this young man had a typical Greek god-like head, and his sculpted silhouette was easy to impress when viewed from the side, and his red hair looked so distinctive, just this appearance should be enough to arouse the covetousness of those noblewomen.

Especially compared to the Roman aristocrats who had either turned gray or simply ruined their faces because of syphilis because of overeating and over-sexuality, this young man was jealous of his surprisingly good health.

The servant had seen too many of those nobles, and the debauchery of life had ruined most of them, and even the master he served could not avoid making a mess of his body because of this kind of unbearability.

For example, Lord Giovanni, the most expensive duke, was actually in very bad health, and if he hadn't used enough spices to cover his disgusting smell every day, perhaps people would have known how much he paid for his greed.

And this young man was so healthy and full of vitality that even the servant in front of him felt an inexplicable jealousy.

In contrast to the extravagance of the city of Rome, which was full of extravagance, there was a certain envious vigor in this young man.

But even so, even if the beautiful young man in front of him was soon to be unlucky, at least after he had offended the "bride of Christ," he was already doomed.

The servant thought so crankily until he heard the young man say, "Okay, I will go to the appointment as scheduled," that he came to his senses, and then looked at the young man in front of him, and the servant hurriedly saluted and took his leave.

At the same time, in his heart, this servant of the Borgia family had already sentenced the young man in front of him to death.

"Are you really going to go on that date?" Nathan looked at Alexander, somehow maybe it was a delusion, he felt that something had changed since Alexander returned to Rome, or that since he openly shot and killed that Barry Farne at the gate of Marino Palace, Alexander was a little different from before: "Don't you know that it could be a conspiracy, maybe they are waiting for you to go and click you." Nashan said, gesturing his throat at his neck, "I've heard that the family's reputation is not so good, and even in Bohemia people are talking about the Vatican Pope and his wolf-like family, so if you must go, I suggest you help me convince Sophia first." ”

"Aren't you dead yet?" Alexander soon learned of Nashan's intentions, and it was clear that Nashan had not given up on the idea of taking Sophia away from the beginning, and now it seemed that this thought was even stronger, "Why do you have to take Sophia away?" ”

"The city is not safe, I think the palace in Bohemia is more suitable for her, and I said the queen will treat her well."

Nathan looked at Alexander and said that he was not going to tell Alexander that Caesar seemed to be paying attention to his daughter, because he was afraid that it would cause more trouble, and since Sophia's astonishing 'raid' that night, Nashan suddenly understood that if Sophia could not be taken away from this young man as soon as possible, maybe one day the two of them would do something for each other that would surprise everyone.

Think that his daughter can ransack the entire city of Rome for this young man, so what will he do?

Even if he was as bold as Nashan, he felt that it was a little unsettling to have these two young people together.

As for Caesar, Nathan never thought it was a good thing for him to have a crush on his daughter, and he didn't want Sophia to have anything to do with the Bishop of Valencia more than Alexander.

Because of this, Nashan felt that it was best to leave Rome with his daughter as soon as possible.

Alexander didn't know what Nashan was thinking, and he wouldn't agree with Nashan taking Sophia away like that, but at this time his mind was on the letter that Giovanni Borgia had just sent.

Giovanni invited him to dinner, and in the letter he made it clear that he would say, "Please don't worry about any accidents, I am well aware of your situation and worries, so please come to the banquet with peace of mind, I can guarantee that you will never encounter any danger you can imagine." ”

"What does Giovanni want to do?" This was the first time Alexander saw the letter, he knew that although Giovanni and Caesar were brothers, their relationship was obviously not as close as people thought, and even just had to think that the Duke of Gandia would die inexplicably soon, Alexander felt that Giovanni was really a slightly tragic figure, but now after he had obviously offended the people of the Farne family, he suddenly invited himself to his banquet publicly, which seemed a little too strange.

However, his surname was still Borgia.

"Looks like you want to go?" Seeing Alexander's groaning face, Nashan shrugged his shoulders, "That's why I'm going to take Sophia away, this place in Rome is not suitable for us to stay like this." ”

"I'm on an appointment," Alexander put the letter aside, he couldn't tell Nashan why, he couldn't say that he knew that the family was in fact strange enough to slaughter each other, at least in the eyes of others, the Borgia family was still close at this time.

Otherwise, there would not have been rumors that Lucrezia and her two brothers were too "close".

But Alexander knew that behind this rumor was a murder that would soon shake the whole of Italy, and that at that time, the cries of the family who were suspected of being murderers because of their incompatibility with each other even required Alexander VI to declare his other sons innocent in the name of the Church.

How long after that? 6 months or 7 months?

So what now? What was the conflict between Giovanni and his brothers? Has it reached the point where there is a deep enough rift?

"Do you want me to send more people to protect you?" Nashan asked helplessly.

"Well, send more." Alexander did not refuse Nashan's offer, he was not a man who thought he would always be lucky, so he would not refuse if he had one more person to protect him.

The Gilpitz Palace still looks so majestic, and compared to Lucrezia's Potico Palace, the Gilpitz Palace is obviously more majestic than Giovanni Borgia feels, even if he is already stubborn in secret, but the majesty of the Duke of Gandia has not been compromised in the slightest.

Seeing Alexander get off his horse, Giovanni also paid special attention to Alexander's mount, which was obviously unusually miraculous, saying that he had not ridden for a long time, and looking at the young man in front of him, who was younger and healthier than him, Duke Gandia, like his servant, felt an inexplicable jealousy in his heart.

To be honest, Giovanni did not like this young man from the bottom of his heart, and this dislike was decided even at the first meeting, and he himself could not say why.

Now watching him calmly jump off the horse, Giovanni suddenly figured out that maybe this dislike was because of the inexplicable vitality of this young man.

"Let's see who's coming," Giovanni slowly walked down the steps, he looked at Alexander carefully, he was actually a little curious, wondering how this man could be so bold as to kill Julia Farne's brother, "Do you know how many people in Rome want to kill you right now?" ”

"I think it must be a lot," Alexander nodded, he understood what Giovanni meant, "but I also want to know in what name they killed me, just because I killed a guy who insulted my woman?" ”

"That woman of yours is a bohemian," Giovanni corrected, "and the man you killed was named Farne, which is enough to make many people willing to curry favor with your life to please a certain lady." ”

"And that includes you, too?" Alexander looked directly at Giovanni.

Duke Gandia stared at Alexander in silence, and after a while a sentence popped out of his mouth: "You are not small enough to dare to speak to me like this." Then he turned around and raised his hand at the same time to say hello, "Come in, it's so cold outside, let's have a drink first and then talk." ”

The Gilpitz Palace was still as cold as before, and Alexander suddenly felt that if the Potico Palace was compared to a paradise nurtured with the smell of spring, then the Gilpitz Palace was obviously covered with snow and ice, and this feeling had been felt since the first time he came.

Apparently it was just an excuse to go to the feast, and looking at the cold dry meat and twice the wine on the table, Alexander simply pushed his glass aside.

Watching Alexander's movements, Giovanni also nodded: "Let's get straight to the point, I heard that you discovered some conspiracy, right?" ”

Alexander nodded, Giovanni's question was not surprising to him, in fact, he had already guessed something when he received Giovanni's letter.

"Something to do with Giovanni? I mean Lucrezia's husband? Giovanni frowned and asked, "You should know that he is my family." ”

Caesar and Jeffrey are also your family, Alexander said secretly in his heart, but at this time he just nodded silently.

"Is the evidence conclusive?" Giovanni asked such a question, and before hearing the answer, he immediately said in a stern tone, "This matter is very important, and our family does not want Lucrezia to be harmed, so if you can't provide enough favorable evidence, it will be considered as sowing discord." ”

Alexander listened calmly, and nodded again as Giovanni seemed to cough in anger, and then had to take a few sips from his glass to calm down.

"What do you mean by nodding, yes or no?" Giovanni roared angrily, "Do you know what the consequences of your words will be, if the people of the Sforza family know about your accusations, they will never be polite to you, and if it turns out that you are talking to slander my family, no one in the Borgia family will tolerate such evil deeds." ”

"The Borgias, may I ask if this includes Madame Julia Farne?"

Giovanni froze for a moment, looking at Alexander in disbelief, as if he had been stopped by his bold words, and after a moment he let out a sneer that seemed to be slightly surprised.

"It's surprising that you have such guts," Giovanni said with a laugh, then he grabbed the cold meat on the table and put it in his mouth as he chewed it and muttered to Alexander with his greasy fingers, "You know, you did frighten too many people with that news, so we have to be careful, and not everyone thinks that you should be taken for their word, so we need enough evidence, the Sforza family is very important to us, if you can't prove that what you say is true, you can only be the one who is unlucky." ”

Alexander nodded slightly, he had vaguely heard the meaning of Giovanni's words, it was obvious that Giovanni didn't care if Lucrezia's husband Giovanni Sforza really betrayed the Borgia family, he was more concerned about whether there was evidence.

"I can see that you seem to be in a bit of a dilemma, and maybe, some of my friends can help you." Giovanni took a sip of his glass and put down his glass, his eyes fixed on Alexander, and he raised his hand to pat it vigorously.

Two men walked in, one of them carrying a small wooden box on the table, which opened to become a small writing table.

"Come, write whatever you want." Giovanni said to Alexander.

Hearing this, one of the men gently placed the pen and paper in front of Alexander.

Vaguely guessing that some might be possible, Alexander picked up the pen, muttered a little, and then wrote a random sentence on the paper, and then he pushed the paper in front of the man.

The man took the paper and walked over to the box-made writing table and whispered to his companion, and then the two of them began to work, and in a few moments the paper was back in front of Alexander.

Looking at the two lines on it as if a person had repeated it twice, Alexander quietly pushed the piece of paper towards Giovanni.

"What begins with unrighteousness must be strengthened by sin."

Giovanni's brow furrowed slightly, and he placed the paper on the flame on the wax table beside the table, and in an instant the paper turned to ashes.

"Now you're relieved?" Giovanni stared at Alexander, "I can give you enough 'proof' that you just have to convince some people that Giovanni Sforza has betrayed the Borgia family, and in return I promise you will not be retaliated against by Farne, at least not during your stay in Rome." ”

Alexander looked at Giovanni, and he noticed the implicit meaning of the sentence.

"Don't look at me like that, after all, you killed Julia's only brother, and she won't let you go," Giovanni smiled slightly, "so you have two choices now, either kill those who want to curry favor with Julia Farne immediately, or help me get this done, and maybe have a chance to return to Naples safely." ”

Actually, there was a third option, Alexander thought to himself, and then he nodded.

"I know what to do."

"Very well," Giovanni gestured to the two men waiting next to him, "Hurry up and prepare what we need." ”

Then he said to Alexander, "Prepare yourself for the Pope." ”