Until he came out of the town hall, Alexander wondered what Caesar's intentions were.

Obviously, being the so-called 'tribune' is just an excuse and a reason, and the purpose should naturally be so that he can be with Giovanni Sforza, so what is the purpose of putting so much effort into bringing the two of them together?

Alexander knew that Giovanni Sforza must have a deep hostility towards him, and if it weren't for the fact that Rome was still in the hands of the French, it is estimated that when the news of Colombo's murder came out, the Sforza family would have come to him for revenge.

Alexander's thoughts were not necessarily because of the closeness of the Sforza family or the high status of Colombo in their family, but because he seemed to know something about the Sforza family's preparations against Alexander VI from the news that Colombo had left behind.

Although the Sforza family and Alexander VI had long been at odds with each other, it was clear that they really wanted to deal with the Borgia family as the object of marriage, which was somewhat unexpected.

It can be seen from the fact that Giovanni did not hesitate to falsify evidence to urge Alexander VI to take action against Giovanni Sforza, at least until then, Alexander VI did not seem to have made up his mind.

Wait a minute, deal with Giovanni Sforza?

Alexander's heart suddenly moved, he couldn't remember exactly when the conflict between Borgia and the Sforza family broke out, but it was clear that the day of ending this marriage should not be far off, and he remembered that it was this year that Giovanni Sforza was about to have to face the fate of running alone, and from then on he would be completely strangers to Lucrezia.

This year, and Giovanni Sforza is now back from the battlefield, which means that the Borgia family will soon be in action.

At this time, what is the ulterior motive in making yourself the magistrate of Rome with this unlucky man who is destined to be a cuckold?

Alexander was almost certain that there was a conspiracy in the appointment, but it was not clear what it was.

And he guessed that since Caesar could make this arrangement, he must have considered what he would do if he refused to be the sheriff.

In fact, he didn't say yes right away.

Skop's words were always in his mind, and although he didn't know why the Farner family had taken the initiative to warn him, Caesar's sudden change of attitude towards him also aroused his vigilance.

Since returning to Rome, whether it was because of the conflict with the Farnes or because of the subtle change in Caesar's attitude towards him, Alexander had realized that the relationship between the two had been different from before.

Especially with the contact with the Rovere family, Alexander knew that his brief "rapprochement" with the Borgia family was probably coming to an end.

Now that Caesar had suddenly made overtures, and even put him in such an important position, it was impossible for Alexander not to have any doubts.

Caesar should have been able to guess his reaction, so how would he deal with himself, or force himself to comply?

Not long after he had left the town hall with all his doubts, Alexander had just crossed the town hall square and walked up to Trajan's Street when he saw a group of imposing-looking Romans approaching them.

They were ordinary people or ordinary rich people who didn't look special, and if it weren't for the fact that they all had weapons in their hands, and many of them had violent eyes in their eyes, Alexander wouldn't have paid much attention to them.

Although it was still a long way off, Alexander vaguely sensed that something was wrong, and he whispered to Paul Busako to be vigilant while ordering the huntsmen to slow down.

Sure enough, as the men approached, one of them suddenly made a surprised noise.

Then someone shouted: "Look, that's the Gombray team, I know his flag!" ”

This shout immediately attracted the attention of the others, and when someone immediately asked who Gombray was and what this man had done, the person who had been shouting excitedly began to shout excitedly to his companions: "This man has done business with the French, he has sold grain to the French army, and he has just helped the French to fight against the allied forces, this man is a lackey of the French!" ”

The man's words instantly aroused the anger of the crowd, who already seemed to be irritable, and they began to shout as they greeted Alexander's procession, and when they got closer, Alexander clearly heard them shouting "Lackeys of the French!" "Get out of Rome!" And so on and so forth.

The hunters quickly gathered around Alexander, and they lowered their bodies, holding the reins in front of them in one hand, and holding their muskets in the other hand on their arms as support, ready to shoot.

Paolo Busako's hand held the hilt of the saber, and he was not prepared to draw the saber without Alexander's order, because that would probably lead to terrible bloodshed, on the contrary, the fear of muskets in this era was sometimes less disturbing than the more familiar cold weapons, of course, Busako believed that it was because many of these people should have never seen the power of firearms, especially at such a close distance, the only thing that made Busako feel a little disadvantaged, It was the streets of Rome that seemed to be unfavorable to the rapid deployment and rapid maneuvering of the hunters, which made him miss the musketeers who walked slowly, and if they were here, with the terrain of such narrow streets, the dense fire would have brought a real slaughter.

Alexander motioned to the hunters to calm down and not act rashly, and at the same time kept a close eye on the people opposite, he guessed that these people would not have discovered him by such a coincidence, but probably had paid attention to him from the beginning, and as for why he waited until he came out of the town hall, instead of attacking him on the way here, it may not be a sentence that could be explained without a chance before.

Sure enough, when those people swarmed towards Alexander's procession, and at the same time attracted more ordinary people to watch because of their shouts, Alexander smelled a hint of conspiracy.

He ordered the soldiers to strictly prohibit random fire, and at the same time ordered the hunters to quickly retreat to the town hall not far away, believing that as long as they retreated to the building, with the fire of the hunting guards, even if the Romans were all heavily knighted in full clothes, he would let them know what the age of hot weapons was.

But the men seemed to sense Alexander's purpose, and they began to shout loudly, shouting for the people around them to stop their retreat.

Alexander's expression finally changed a little, he knew how dangerous the blind masses were, or no one knew better than he how terrible the blind masses were!

Not to mention that the current musket could not face so many people from all directions at the same time, and even if he could, he could not order the shooting casually, otherwise even if he could get rid of these blind crowds this time, unless he fled Rome immediately, the next thing he would have to face was the crazy revenge of the whole city.

The enraged people are completely uncontrolled, even sane beasts, the ancient city of Rome is a witness to the outbreak of this beast again and again, I don't know how many powerful people have been drowned in this terrible tide, as for whether they really have committed those crimes that were accused by the people, and then ten thousand mouths were to be punished with capital punishment, but no one has long been held accountable.

Alexander quickly ordered the huntsmen behind him to move closer to the town hall, knowing that as long as he approached the town hall, the people inside could not help but react.

But those men seemed to have been prepared, so some of them had already run behind Alexander's procession in advance, and then stopped on the road and began to shout loudly to provoke the onlookers on the road to stop Alexander's group.

"This man was fighting for the French just now, he robbed the supplies of the coalition army, look at his soldiers, they used the weapons that the French gave them, and now they are coming into the city to help the French," one of them shouted loudly, "we have survived a winter, and finally waited until the French are going to go like winter, but they still want to help the French, Romans, is this what you want to see?" ”

A skinny man jumps on a rock. , pointing his shuriken at Alexander's team in the crowd: "Don't let them escape, these people will come back and kill all of us as long as they have a chance to escape now, have you forgotten that this man once watched those poor Romans being hanged by the French in this square, and it was this woman's own hands that killed a young Roman woman!" ”

The man's shouts were so loud that they could be heard even through the hustle and bustle of the crowd, and Alexander's heart suddenly tightened for some reason, and he followed the sound, and through the surging heads of the crowd, he saw the eyes of the man who was standing at a distance on the stone and stared at him from afar.

He couldn't forget those eyes, those eyes full of hatred, and the anger and resentment in those eyes were even like a terrible accusation from hell, and even more terrible, there was an indescribable heat in those eyes, as if anything could be scorched by them.

And the man's face was painted with a very exaggerated pattern, which looked like a mask, but when the expression on his face changed, the pattern couldn't help but twist, and now his face was completely distorted into a terrible appearance, the mouth that was suspiciously painted by him scarlet opened exaggeratedly, and after looking at each other for a moment, Alexander saw him stretch out his right hand, gesture on his throat, and slowly make a throat cutting motion.

Alexander's hand quickly grasped the musket, and although he knew that it was almost impossible to hit at this distance and in this situation, he involuntarily wanted to draw his gun and shoot.

He recognized the man, or rather the eyes.

Alexander believed that the man's actions were not intended to kill him.

His goal is Sophia!

The man was telling him that he would kill Sophia, and even kill her in front of Alexander if possible, so that he could experience the pain of losing his lover firsthand!

The man's figure had disappeared into the crowd, but Alexander had the illusion that he was watching him in the dark.

The enemy hiding in the shadows is terrifying, and every time they appear, it is often when the opponent is most difficult to guard against, and now it is the most difficult to guard against for Alexander.

The crowd that had been stirred up around him began to gather around Alexander, many of whom may not have wanted to get involved, and many more did not even know who Gombray was or what he did, but the blind obedience and restlessness made them involuntarily rush forward after the others.

Alexander sensed the danger, and this time he only brought the hunters but not the Agri musketeers or the Bohèmes, which made him afraid to order fire easily because of the small number of firearms, and the people on the other side seemed to have discovered Alexander's scruples, and finally someone began to tentatively attack them with weapons.

Although he only raised his spear and stabbed at the nearest hunter, this action seemed to open a terrifying floodgate, and the crowd around him, who had been at a certain distance from the formation of the huntsman, began to shrink, and the eyes of the people gradually burst into a more and more daring light.

"Hunters, draw your sword! Guns, get ready! "Paul Busako gave the order.

For a while, the sound of sabers unsheathed sounded, and the hunters and guards pointed their knives in one hand, and on the guns of the gun racks, rows of black holes were aimed at the crowd in front of them.

"Your Excellency, you need to get out of here." Paolo Busako whispered that he knew that a fierce battle was coming, and that at such a close distance that the hunters might not even have time to throw away their muskets after the first shot was fired, they would face a white-knuckle fight, and in such a narrow place, there was no room for cavalry manoeuvre.

Alexander frowned, he knew that he was in great danger, something he had never expected when he first entered the city.

Although Skop had warned him, the scene in front of him was completely unexpected.

Alexander couldn't help but look back at the town hall behind him.

There was silence at the town hall, and there seemed to be no reaction to what was happening right before their eyes.

"Sure enough, it was used."

Alexander couldn't help but let out a self-deprecating wry smile, although he didn't know what Caesar's purpose was, but it was clear that he was trying to use himself to provoke the Romans to anger, or to use the Romans to provoke himself to kill?

Now it seems that no matter what the outcome, he has achieved his goal.

Because whether a gun is fired or not, a riot is no longer avoidable.

"Hunters, listen to me!"

Alexander, who had thought about this clearly, suddenly drew his sword, and with his shout, the huntsman let out a fierce shout full of attack and aggression at the same time.

This comes from the shouts of the Agri hunters to intimidate their prey during hunting, and has become a unique battle cry for the huntsmen.

"Musket ready!" Alexander's voice rang out in the array.

"My lord," Pelotto Cadron, who had been standing in front of the window on the second floor of the city hall and had been looking outside, turned back to Caesar with some excitement, "maybe there will be a fight." ”

Caesar, who was sitting in the marble tub, boredom picked up the steaming water and threw it on his face, then opened his eyes and looked at Pelotto Cadron.

"Don't worry, keep watching."

"Yes, sir." Pelotto Cadron turned his head in response, and then a look of surprise suddenly appeared on his face, "My lord, it seems that something is wrong. ”

"Is Giovanni here, it seems a little early." Caesar stood up from the bath.

"Not a big man, not your brother-in-law," Pelotto Cadron looked back in amazement, "I saw it, I saw ......"

"What do you see?" Caesar impatiently walked to the window and looked out, and then he looked stunned, and then he couldn't help but curse, "Damn! ”