The campfires lit in the field late at night could be seen from a long distance, but without fear of being noticed, in addition to the sentry from a little farther away, Offrey had the Bohemians occupy a small col on the top of the slope near the three-way junction. This way, even if an enemy does find a campfire, it will not be so easy to attack.

Lucrezia was placed in a corner of the inner corner of the col, and the Bohemians were far away from her.

Lucrezia wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, and she could feel the strange eyes of the bohemians looking at her, and she thought that she was Alexander's trophy in the eyes of the savage cavalrymen, and perhaps they might even think she was his slave.

The bumps along the way made Lucrezia feel unspeakable soreness, but she tried to sit up straight as much as she could in order to maintain the last bit of dignity as a Borgia family, at least she thought it would play a role in the rest of the "negotiations".

Alexander came over, in fact, he was not having a good time, he had never run so non-stop all night, let alone with a person, seeing the white foam on the corner of Pagassos's mouth because of exhaustion, he felt that it was really a difficult night.

However, the rest of the journey will not be easy, he must beware of the Borgia family desperately chasing after Lucrezia after hearing about the robbery, and he must also be careful to accidentally run into Mulan or Venetian on the way before rushing to his destination, if that would be bad luck.

Alexander handed Lucrezia a few pieces of jerky and bread, and when he saw her staring at him with a wary look, he put the food on the floor, turned and sat down in a comfortable place.

Then a wave of tiredness struck immediately.

But Lucrezia obviously did not want him to sleep peacefully, and when she saw him close his eyes, Lucrezia suddenly said: "Do you know what you are doing, I think you are so pitiful, if you run away now, maybe you will live a few more days, my father and brothers will never let you go." ”

Alexander opened his eyes slightly, he looked at Lucrezia, who was sitting straight in front of him, and then closed his eyes again.

"Didn't you hear what I was saying?" Lucrezia asked angrily, she tried to recall what her father had said to them on how to make others do what they wanted, and then pressed down the anger in her heart and said patiently, "I don't know why you kidnapped me, but you don't do yourself any good by doing this, do you want ransom or territory, this is not something you can get by kidnapping me, and you will only anger my father by doing so, so that you will not only get nothing but yourself will get trouble." ”

As if moved by Lucrezia's words, Alexander opened his eyes again, and he looked at Lucrezia with interest, which made Lucrezia feel as if he had wondered if it was worth the money when he wanted to buy a piece of jewelry.

"Tell me, Madame, do you think your father loves you?"

"Of course, my father is the most loving person in the world, and no one loves me more than he does." Lucrezia was angry and said that it was clear that Alexander VI, who was cunning and sinister in the eyes of others, was the perfect father in her mind, and even if he killed her husband, this did not shake Alexander VI's position in her heart.

Hopefully you'll be able to say that when your second husband is killed by your father. The thought crossed Alexander's mind, but he didn't want to dwell on it.

"In that case, I don't think my situation in the future will be as bad as you say." Alexander smiled, he didn't want to talk nonsense with Lucrezia, as long as she didn't get into trouble along the way, he could have treated her as if she didn't exist.

At this time, Alexander's heart was on Montina.

As the titular Count of Montina, Alexander knew that the elder Rovere's real purpose was only to provoke an excuse for him to intervene in Romagna's affairs.

If the Venetians have coveted Romagna for a long time, the Genoese may not have had it in mind.

It's just that the Venetians have always been able to intervene frequently as suzerains in Romagna because they have several territories, and the Genoese seem to have little reason to find in this regard.

But this time, old Rovie found the best reason.

Montina would be a springboard for Genoese power to infiltrate Romagna.

As for the importance of being Rovere's "son-in-law" in the mind of the elder Rovere, Alexander did not think that he was much better than Giovanni Sforza in the mind of Alexander VI, maybe he would not simply poison himself, but to say that he betrayed him at a critical moment, Alexander felt that it was very likely.

And now he has done such a thing that makes everyone stunned, if he can't keep Montina as planned, maybe he will really have to wander the world as Lucrezia said.

Thinking of this, Alexander couldn't help but glance at the Pope's daughter opposite, and then he saw Lucrezia staring at him fiercely, and that look made him not doubt at all that if he fell into her hands, he would definitely suffer terrible revenge.

A cold wind blew, the flames kept shaking, Lucrezia was forced to move backwards by the hot wind, she looked at the young man opposite through the fire, and noticed that he was looking towards her, she immediately sat up slightly straighter, but the sparks that kept floating out of the fire flew towards her, and when one of the sparks fell on the hem of her skirt and immediately burned a hole, she let out a cry of horror.

Lucrezia's exclamation caught the attention of the Bohemians who were a little further away, who had clearly misunderstood something, and several of them probed their heads to look this way, and let out a heckling whistle because they could not see clearly.

"Come here, your side is downwind, and it's easy to be burned." Alexander said that when he saw Lucrezia's hesitation to come, he ignored her, but took up the jerky and bread and ate it.

Although she did not want to, Lucrezia went around the fire and sat down not far from Alexander, and when she saw Alexander eating, she could not help but feel a pang of hunger, and although the bread and jerky were not to her liking, she could barely eat them.

"What's the mess with those bohemians?" Lucrezia asked suddenly.

"They probably thought we were doing something, that's why you screamed." Alexander looked at Lucrezia with amusement, and he couldn't help but smile when he saw that her face suddenly turned as red as the campfire in front of him.

Now Lucrezia, although married and widowed, can only be said to be a little girl who has not gotten rid of her innocence, thinking that many years later, this girl with a red face will be famous in future generations because of many famous lovers, he feels that the human experience is really wonderful.

"They all deserve to be hanged," Lucrezia said angrily, before adding, "Just like you." ”

Alexander ignored Lucrezia's almost vicious curse, he knew that it was just the little woman in front of him venting her anger, and it was really in line with what her age should be, and when he thought about it, Barendi was a little too mature.

"Where are you taking me?" After a while, Lucrezia finally couldn't help but ask, she wanted to know what the man was thinking, and she even imagined that maybe she knew what he wanted, and she could come up with a way to convince him to let him go.

"We're going to the new castle in Montina," Alexander didn't hide, and she would soon know anyway, "because your father didn't keep his promise, I need to use you to force your father to send troops and make him more active." ”

Lucrezia's eyes showed doubt, she couldn't figure out what Alexander meant, with her previous 17 years of experience, she knew that it should be her father's trick, but she didn't know what was going on, but despite this, her heart moved, and her eyes lit up.

This was because she suddenly remembered that she had heard her father and brothers say that the new castle of Montina seemed to be the fief of the Barentia of the Rovere family, and that this Gombray became the Count of Montina because of his marriage contract to Barentia.

"So you're going to save your fiancée's territory?" Lucrezia asked tentatively, she wanted to know more about this man, so that she could have a chance to find a way to get herself out of the predicament in front of her.

As the daughter of the Borgia family, even if she has been pampered and spoiled since she was a child, the family's dedication to power and conspiracy that has been deeply rooted in the bone marrow still makes her quickly make decisions that are beneficial to her.

"It's to save that territory," Alexander took a hard bite of the jerky, chewed a few mouthfuls and drank some water, then slowly leaned comfortably against the stone behind him, he felt a little sleepy, and he was a little too lazy to respond to Lucrezia's question, "So as long as you are obedient and everything will be fine, your father will send troops for you, and then we will defeat Milan and the Venetians together, your father will regain control of Romagna, and I will get the territory that belongs to me, and that's it." ”

"Then aren't you afraid that my father will take revenge on you?" Lucrezia looked at Alexander, who had closed his eyes and seemed to be gradually falling asleep, and lowered her voice to ask.

Just when he waited for a while and didn't hear an answer and thought that Alexander was asleep, Alexander opened his eyes again.

"Madam, I didn't expect you to care so much about my fate," Alexander looked at Lucrezia, who was sitting not far away with his arms crossed, "but rest assured, I won't let you go out of fear of this." ”

Lucrezia, whose heart was pierced, did not feel embarrassed, and simply continued: "If you are willing to let me go, I can promise you that you will not let my father take revenge on you, but you have to let me go back." Although you are the fiancé of Barentia della Rovere, I don't think the Rovere family will offend my father for you, you must know that my father is the Pope, and to offend him is to offend the entire Vatican. ”

Alexander shook his head, he didn't want to listen to Lucrezia's threatening advice anymore, but just as he closed his eyes again and didn't seem to have slept for long, he was awakened by the sound of horses' hooves coming with the wind!

Alexander opened his eyes at once, and while he was still trying to distinguish the voice, the bohemian was already moving.

They quickly climbed up the hill from the col, and some of them hurried towards the corner where Alexander was.

After a while, Ofleiil walked briskly with a bohemian.

"What's going on?" Alexander asked in a low voice.

"It's a patrol post we sent out." Offrey said as he helped Alexander pick up the sword that was on the stone beside him, "My lord, it looks like someone is catching up." ”

"What?"

Alexander was a little stunned, he imagined that the Genoese army that had arrived in St. Teresa the next morning would not be able to help the Borgia family, so even if someone from the monastery rushed back to Rome overnight to report the news, it would have been a day before the Borgia got the news, and by then he could have calmly advanced towards Montina.

But now I heard that someone was catching up, which completely broke Alexander's previous plan.

"I can't tell how many there were, but there were hundreds," the Bohemian sentry cracked his mouth after taking a sip of his wine, "they didn't go fast enough to search all the way, but when they found the fire, they would keep coming." ”

Alexander frowned, he didn't know what had gone wrong, but the situation was a bit bad.

What Alexander needed was to force the Vatican to send troops, not to clash with the Borgias, who, as Lucrezia said, would probably abandon the old Rovere immediately if they did come into a head-on confrontation with the Borgias.

This is also the reason why even if everyone knows who he is, he still wears a face towel on his face when he kidnaps Lucrezia, as long as he doesn't completely tear his face, there is still room for relaxation.

But now suddenly someone is catching up, and if there is a head-on conflict with the other party, then there is no room for relaxation.

"Someone came to my rescue?" Lucrezia next to her screamed excitedly, and then closed her mouth in fright by the staring of several pairs of eyes.

"Pack up and get out of here." Alexander commanded, and then he pulled the struggling Lucrezia towards the col.

"Listen to me, I can intercede for you, but you have to let me go." Lucrezia tried again to convince the "kidnapper", but she was answered by a tightening of her waist, and then the whole person was lifted on horseback in her exclamation.

"Don't get into a conflict with the other person, leave immediately."

No sooner had Alexander finished his order than he heard a low shout from the Bohemians on the guard not far away: "Someone is coming!" ”

Hearing the warning, the Bohemians drew their sabers one after another, and at the same time the sound of hurried horses' hooves was heard in the distance.

Alexander quickly urged his horse up the high slope, and with a glimmer of dawn already faintly visible in the east, he saw a shadow like a black line on the road from St. Teresa rushing towards the three-way junction.

"My lord, are we ready to fight?" Oflaiyi asked in a low voice.

Alexander groaned for a moment, turning his head to look at the fork in the slope below.

"No, we can't clash with whoever comes, we don't want to fight the Borgias," Alexander said, wrapping his hand around Lucrezia's delicate waist, "Listen, I want you to lure them away from the fork in the road, and then wait until dawn for them to see you." ”

Alexander nodded to the Bohemian captain in the lead, and ordered: "Listen, try not to clash with them directly, let them see you, and let them see that there is no Lucrezia among you, so that they have no excuse to fight you." ”

"What about you, my lord?"

"I'll go the other way, and I'll wait in front for you to turn to Montina and join me," Alexander said, beckoning to Ofleiuil, "Give me your map, and then you lead them on, making sure that your pursuers can see you but can't catch up, and the longer you drag them, the safer I will be, understand?" ”

"Understood, sir!"

Offrey took a simple map from his purse and handed it to Alexander, who drew his saber.

"Follow me, Bohème!"

At the order of Oflei, the Bohemians quickly rushed down the high slope in the direction of the fork on the other side, and their rumbling hooves were heard far away in the quiet of the morning, and on the high slope Alexander soon noticed that the approaching pursuers had apparently discovered the anomaly, and after a short pause they immediately picked up speed and pursued them.

"It's time for us to go, too." Alexander clasped Lucrezia who was struggling with his hand, and said in a low voice, "Madam, if you still want to return to your Potico Palace safely, it is best to be honest from now on, and don't forget that there will only be two of us next, who knows what will happen?" ”

Hearing Alexander's obvious warning of threat, the struggling Lucrezia's body froze, and she watched the cavalry that came to save her follow the traces left by the Bohemians along the fork in the road in the other direction, and when everything around her became silent, she couldn't help but turn her head to look at Alexander behind her in some horror, and asked uneasily, "What are you going to do next?" ”

"Next, we're going to travel alone," Alexander smiled and tapped his stirrup, "Montina's new castle is still far away." ”

With that, he gently urged Pagasus down the high slope and along the other side of the road.