Chapter 64: Connie's Secret (Part II)
Connie's sudden change surprised Alexander a little, and it also made him feel the cunning of this woman, and he really didn't know if he could hear anything really useful from her.
And Alexander came up so tough and even rude, originally to preemptively make it impossible for this woman to pursue the person she sent to follow, and also to test what she knew, now looking at her like this, Alexander asked with a slight movement in his heart: "Then tell me why you sent someone to follow me, or this should be answered by Colombo, is this how he treats all visitors?" β
Connie looked at Alexander with strange eyes, then smiled lightly and said, "Of course not, do you think anyone is qualified to let him be willing to send me out to accompany him?" β
When she spoke, the woman's eyes were somewhat angry and blamed, and the just right amount of unwillingness and annoyance was enough to make any man facing this scene feel something, and any man who could be regarded as qualified by her would also be proud of this after hearing it.
Alexander was also somewhat infected by the woman's annoyed and disgusted appearance, and his eyes flashed back to the night before when Connie stood in front of his bed to show off her seductive figure.
"So you're wondering why Colombo sent someone to follow you?" Connie lowered her voice slightly, and she slowly approached Alexander and whispered in his ear, "Because he is afraid of you, he knows that you are here to trouble him, and he has done a lot of unseemly things." β
Alexander looked at Connie in some surprise, he thought that this woman would quibble, deny, and even tempt him with her body again, but he never thought that she would sell Colombo so easily.
Still knowing that he couldn't trust the woman, Alexander asked, "Can you tell me what he's done?" After saying that, he looked at Connie's slightly brown eyes, "Please pay attention to Madame, if you still just talk casually, I won't believe it, after all, you have admitted to having a personal grudge with him before, he took away your family's mine, didn't you, and you even accused Lucrezia's husband of trying to deal with the Borgia family, but these are just your words, I don't think anyone will take things seriously because of your casual slander." β
Listening to Alexander's skeptical words, Connieo was not angry, she just listened to Alexander silently before speaking, "I know no one will believe me, but I do have proof. β
Alexander's heart moved, and his first reaction was the mysterious army in the col that the miner had said, but he really didn't believe that Connie would easily tell him such a secret.
Speculating in his mind, Alexander motioned for Connie to continue.
The woman chuckled inwardly, knowing that she had succeeded in arousing Alexander's curiosity, which made her secretly reassured.
"My lord, this mine is indeed owned by the Sforza family now," Connie's face darkened at this point, but then he recovered, "According to the agreement at the time of the marriage, the Sforza family was supposed to give this mine to the Borgia family as a dowry, but later because the Borgia family refused to pay the full dowry of 30,000 ducats, the Sforza family repented. β
Alexander nodded, he believed Conneo about this.
Lucrezia's married life was peculiar, except for the first year, when Lucrezia was unable to fulfill her marital obligations until she came of age, and Lucrezia spent most of the next two years with her father's mistresses, while Giovanni Sforza sometimes did not even see his wife.
This kind of marriage can be maintained purely for the benefit of the two families, but once this union of interests no longer exists, there may even be contradictions?
It wasn't clear why Giovanni Sforza was against his family, but it didn't matter, as long as Alexander knew that the woman wasn't lying to himself.
"Hoza Colombo is Giovanni's cousin and his most reliable supporter, and knows everything about him," Connie smiled at the corner of her eye, she liked the feeling of being able to toy with everyone and applaud "All of Giovanni's plots he knew about and even participated in, and it was his attention to stop sending coal to Rome, because Giovanni said that he needed Rome to mess with it for a while." β
Alexander looked at Connie in surprise.
Rome is indeed a bit chaotic, and after entering the winter, it has been unexpectedly constantly making the situation in Rome very turbulent, although Caesar took the opportunity to master many affairs of Rome through the Council of Order, but the French are not willing to lose their rule over the city, and now Rome can be said to be a headache with various forces.
But Giovanni Sforza is still not satisfied, and wants to make Rome more chaotic, so what does he want to do?
Take the opportunity to take Rome and become the master of the city?
Alexander felt that he should not be so stupid, and that he was not the same as his half-sister.
Although he had never met Giovanni Sforza, Alexander was certain from all the rumors that this man was actually a very columsy person compared to Caterina Sforza, known as the Forlì tigress.
At least for all these years as Lucrezia's husband, his reputation in Rome was so bad that he couldn't get into his wife's life at all, and he didn't even know who she was associating with.
Many people say that he is a cuckold softie, and among the people who put that cuckold on him, some of them are people close to Lucrezia, and some are even the Borgia family's own people.
Of course, it is impossible to verify how many of these rumors are true, but it can also be seen that Giovanni Sforza is not a tough and decisive person, he is at most secretly conspiring, but when faced with the Borgia family, he immediately becomes cautious, even timid.
Therefore, even if such a person has the opportunity to become the master of Rome, he will hesitate to move forward because of the future.
But it is this kind of person who often does not let go of the opportunity if he can cause some trouble to the Borgia family without endangering himself.
Thinking about it, Alexander felt that what Connie said should be true.
"Tell me what they're going to do." Alexander didn't care what the Borgia family would encounter in the coming troubles, he was more concerned with what he could get in this matter.
"I heard that they have something to do with a lot of nobles in Rome," Connie said carefully, knowing that she had to lead the man in front of her into the trap she had set, although all this was somewhat unexpected, and all the preparations were not made for this person, but since she had the opportunity, she didn't care to change her plans a little, "These people are against the Borgias, and they are willing to help him, because these people think that even a Sforza is much safer than Borgia." β
Alexander couldn't help but nod slightly, he quite agreed with this statement, although the current Caesar has not yet received the notorious bad reputation of "Duke Poison", but the Romans have already learned the various intrigues of the Borgia family, although the Sforza family is also a nouveau riche or even a traitor usurping legitimate power in the eyes of many Romans, but they should be more willing to deal with a less obnoxious family in comparison.
"They're going to overthrow the Borgias?" Alexander frowned slightly, Giovanni Sforza was not a very bold man in his memory, let alone a man of great courage, so it seemed somewhat strange to let him take the initiative to provoke the authority of the Borgia family.
"It's Colombo," Connie said with a mocking look, "Giovanni is not a person who can do big things at all, everything is the idea that Colombo gave him, and Colombo helped him get things done, compared to Giovanni, Hoza Colombo is more like a Sforza family." β
Alexander agrees with Connie's assertion, at least for now, it seems that Colombo was secretly plotting everything.
And this man's courage was a little surprising, and if that army was really Ottoman, Alexander would have to admire his courage.
In this era, there were not many Europeans who dared to collude with the Ottomans, but every one of them was certainly a daring guy.
"My lord, I told you this, I think you should reciprocate," Connie smiled when she saw that Alexander seemed to be lost in thought, she knew that her plan should have succeeded, even if this person didn't fully believe her words, but as long as he brought out the evidence he needed, everything would be fine, "I can give you more evidence, but before that I need you to make sure that you can protect me after this incident, knowing that Colombo knows that I told you all this, There's no way he'll let me go. β
The woman's just the right amount of anxiety made Alexander's originally somewhat suspicious mind lighten a lot, thinking about the evidence that might be obtained, Alexander nodded and said: "Please rest assured, when you get the evidence you said, if you want, you can go back to Rome with me, I believe that the people of the Borgia family will treat you well, after all, you have exposed a conspiracy against Borgia." β
Hearing Alexander say this, the woman looked delighted, she nodded her head, and then reached out and pointed to the wall behind her.
"Right here, I think you're no stranger to the secret passages here." Connie looked at Alexander with a slightly disgusted gaze, as if still angry at his apathy the previous night, and then she walked over to the wall and raised her hand to press the mechanism on the wall.
"I beg your pardon," one of the guards suddenly walked up to stop Conneo, and then said to Alexander, "let me go in first." β
Connie was annoyed at first, but she had to step aside when she saw Alexander nod.
The guard stood cautiously in front of the wall for a moment, then grabbed a Roman-looking cloud on the wall as Conio had said, and pulled hard, and with a low "boom", a secret door slowly opened.
The cold wind blew in his face, and the guard immediately grabbed the musket pinned to his waist, and at the same time clutched the short sword in his other hand, and walked into the secret door before turning back to greet a few of his companions.
"You don't have to be so upset, I'm here," Connie said to a few of the guards around her, seeing that they were all looking at Alexander, she simply raised her hand and made an invitation gesture, "Don't you want proof, it's all in there." β
Alexander waited a little until he heard the response of the guards inside, and then he walked through the secret door.
Suddenly darkened, and Alexander walked forward slowly, stopping for a moment when he heard Connie's footsteps behind him, and then immediately felt something soft hit him lightly on his back.
"My lord, can I think you're deliberately hinting at me?" Behind him, there was the sound of Connie being so close that he could feel even the breath he exhaled.
"Tell me where the evidence is," may be the reason for the ambiguity. Alexander couldn't help but lower his voice, "Is it a letter or something else?" β
"It's something more powerful, and I'm sure you'd like to see the evidence," Connie said with a laugh, "and you'll believe me when you see that." β
The guards who had entered the tunnel had returned, and he reported to Alexander that there was a fork in the road ahead, and that he had to come back to wait for orders because he did not know how to go.
"Go to the left," Connie said, glancing at Alexander, "and if you go to the right, you'll be in your room." β
Alexander's heart flickered, he knew that Connie was hinting at the events of the previous night, and coincidentally, the light was dim in the dark passage now, and Connie's soft body happened to be close to him, which made Alexander can't help but feel a sigh of thought.
"Where is the left side?" He asked in a low voice.
"To the evidence you want to know," Connie said, chuckling from her lips as she nudged Alexander's shoulder to signal him to move on. β
The group moved on, and although Connie was behind, Alexander was not worried about her trickery, as she was followed by several guards.
The passage is a little narrow, and although you can't see the surroundings clearly, you can feel the slope of the terrain under your feet, and you think you must have gone to the ground below the house.
"Right ahead."
When Connie said this, he seemed to be in a hurry, and reached out and gently pulled Alexander, and then immediately let go, feeling the urgency of the clothes being pulled hard by the woman in an instant, although it was only a short moment, Alexander's heart couldn't help but move.
There was a small door in front of him, and the guard who was walking in front immediately walked up, and he carefully pressed it against the door to listen, and then pulled the door hard.
At that moment, Alexander suddenly heard the warning shouts of the guards behind him, and he only had time to instinctively turn his head to look, only to see Connie's strange body against the wall, his hands raised in the air, grasping an iron ring that wanted to be set in the wall.
As soon as Alexander realized that the situation was not good, he felt empty under his feet, and the man fell into the darkness with the suddenly collapsed ground!