Mahimo walked briskly through the corridors and spiraling up the staircase.

He wore sandals tied with leather belts on his feet, and he made a crackling sound on the marble floor, and although it was a sweltering June day, Mahimo was in a surprisingly good mood.

It was his first day as secretary to the Roman city guards, and although there was nothing for him to do, the monk was already feeling the change in status.

Perhaps it was Giovanni's death that really frightened the Romans, and no one dared to raise any objection from the nobles to Alexander VI's decision to appoint Alexander VI as a Roman official, even though Rome nominally had its own town hall, and Alexander VI could only rule over the Vatican.

No one wants to try how terrible the Pope's wrath will be, especially what a Pope with the pain of losing a child will do.

Everyone is suspicious, and I don't know when this rumor really started spreading.

Although it was previously known that this would be the case, it seems that it was after Alexander's entry into Rome that this statement was made public.

And the first person he publicly questioned was actually Skop of the Farne family.

Although he was not said to be the murderer, the public suspicion that Skop might have benefited from Giovanni's death immediately caused unease throughout the city.

Because it is clear that if even the people of the Farnes are under suspicion, doesn't that mean that everyone is suspicious?

This is the impression that countless Romans had of Alexander.

Although many people knew that they had been unfair to the Neapolitan, they could not have imagined that the stranger would return to Rome in such a way.

To make matters worse, this time he seems to have the power to decide the fate of some of them.

Massimo walked up the stairs with respectful eyes from a group of servants, low-ranking officials, and even a few minor nobles, the Roman town hall was not very high, but there was an unusually wide spiral staircase, and this staircase led to the roof, so when Massimo came to the roof, he saw Alexander standing on the edge of the roof and looking down.

"My lord, are you not in your office because the interior is uncomfortable?" The monk walked over and stood side by side with Alexander, then looked at the town hall square below, and he nodded, "But this is a nice place, standing here is like, like ......"

While the monk was still pondering what words to use to describe his mood, Alexander raised his hand and pointed to a spot in the square.

"It was right there that a guy tried to attack me and Sophia."

Mahimo was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered what he had heard of in his letter about the accident that had happened to Alexander, when he first arrived in Rome, at the execution site of a betrayed maid.

At the critical moment, Sophia kills the female prisoner who was almost robbed with a short crossbow, and it is a man with a mask on his face who tries to do so.

Massimo didn't know why Alexander had suddenly mentioned this, but he knew that now was not the time to express his feelings, so he immediately whispered, "My lord, we are ready, you can visit the whole city of Rome at any time." ”

Alexander looked at the monk, and he could imagine how proud Massimo was now, but the excitement on the monk's face made him a little amused.

Let the Romans know our lords, that's what Massimo said to the others.

Since returning to Alexander, Massimo has immediately regarded himself as the first person beside Alexander.

Even the soldiers who had just fought hard with Alexander on the battlefield were under his command.

As for Ofleuil, according to Mashimo, "those who have made a difference on the battlefield may not be able to swim in the great quagmire of Rome".

Mahimo was right, Rome was different from Oral, Chimone or Montina, there were no whistling cannonballs and deafening gunfire, no terrible stray arrows flying everywhere and spears and swords that could kill people at any time, but it was no safer than a battlefield.

Even more terrifying!

Piazza della Cala, a small place that was not well known, is now the most famous and least popular place in the city of Rome.

Before you even enter this irregular strip of square, you can feel an indescribable silence, which contrasts with the bustle of the huge Jewish ghetto that is surrounded by a clutter of houses.

Delacala Square is a long north-south strip, with a slightly curved middle being the center of the square, and a small fountain that has dried up has become the only view in this square, where people usually rest and chat next to the fountain surrounded by several gravel steps, and sometimes a few artists perform here to earn some change.

But at this time, the small fountain was quiet, and the silence was even somewhat terrifying.

Giovanni died under a stone niche in a square opposite the fountain.

It was an alcove of the Virgin praying vows, slightly sunk into the niche of the wall, and Maria's expressionless eyes stared down at the place in front of her, where Giovanni was later found dead.

Giovanni's body was found in the Tiber River, while the final confirmation of the place of the murder was this place in Piazza della Cala.

Alexander didn't know how the officials of the era surveyed the crime scene, but he did see a blackened stain on the stone floor in front of the alcove.

Even if he wasn't sure, Alexander, who had seen too much life and death on the battlefield, instinctively recognized that it was a blood stain.

So, Giovanni really died here?

Alexander secretly pondered in his heart that Giovanni's death, even after hundreds of years, is still an unsolvable mystery, just like countless unsolvable mysteries in history, in addition to the key of the main messenger and murderer, in fact, even where he died makes people have all kinds of speculation.

Alexander didn't believe the rumor that Giovanni had just come out of a house belonging to Chasanan on the day of his death.

He knew that Giovanni was an unruly person, and even contracted amorous disease because of this, and that he and Xia San did have some kind of unexplained relationship, which was also well known.

But at this time, it is not easy to entangle with Xia Sang? Alexander felt that Giovanni would not be so stupid.

Caesar had been in Naples for some time, and no matter what the outcome of the talks was, there should have been an answer, and Chasan was the sister of the husband that Caesar was going to find for Lucrezia, Duke of Billy Shelly.

Regardless of his purpose, Giovanni would not have been willing to see Caesar's success at this time, especially after hearing that Caesar had taken advantage of the opportunity to marry his sister and tried to pursue the daughter of King Frederick of Naples.

Will Giovanni be in the mood to continue fooling around with Chassan at this time?

Presumably, he would only think that Xia San was already with Caesar.

Because after all, for Xia San, it is very good for their brothers and sisters to achieve this family business, so why not side with Caesar.

What's more, according to some rumors, except for Geoffrey, who is the husband, the Borgia family seems to have a different relationship with Xia San.

Alexander crouched down and lightly wiped his fingers on the rough stone, the black dry stain seemed to have completely penetrated the stone, and there was no strange feeling to the touch.

Alexander stood up and looked down from above.

The entire stain splattered in a radial pattern, with a few small irregular patches at the farthest point of the splash.

Alexander pondered for a moment, then raised his hand and clenched his fist over the stain, then released his palm and made strange movements.

"My lord," said Massimo, who had finished praying in front of the statue of Our Lady in the alcove, and asked with some curiosity, "did you find anything?" ”

"What can be discovered," Alexander smiled lightly, "you must know that there are many things that cannot be discovered, but there are some things that must be discovered." ”

Massimo just nodded incomprehensibly at Alexander's inexplicable words, the monk knew his identity very well, he was a secretary, and sometimes he would act as the earl's messenger, or he was an errand boy, and he didn't care about pimping the lord if necessary, but the only thing he shouldn't do was to be too smart.

Massimo has seen quite a few people who think they are smart, and most of them don't end well.

The lord may be a good master, not only taking care of his food and drink, but also solving a lot of troubles for him.

At least a certain Neapolitan tavern owner, after some enlightenment from the lord lord, no longer saw Massimo and wanted to chase him for half a street.

Because of this, Massimo felt the need to take more care of the lord's affairs.

Seeing Alexander staring at the bloodstained stain on the ground, the monk pondered for a while before finally asking, "My lord, do you really want to find out who killed Giovanni?" ”

Alexander looked at Massimo, and he knew what the monk was hinting at.

Or anyone in the city of Rome can think of who is most likely to murder Giovanni.

Whose face did Alexander VI want to see?

Alexander lowered his head and continued to look at the stain on the ground.

Suddenly, he turned to Massimo and said, "Go to the Gilpitz Palace." ”

The last time Alexander went to the Gilpitz Palace, it was Giovanni who instructed him to frame another Giovanni, and at that time, no one except Alexander could have imagined that it would not be long before Giovanni would be in a cold coffin, lying in the main hall of the palace where he had lost his owner, and then let the people who came to see what he looked like after his death pass by the coffin, and then these people would praise Giovanni without hesitation, and in their praise, Giovanni was already a saint.

But it didn't matter, because everyone knew that it didn't mean anything to Giovanni anymore.

He's dead.

Before Alexander walked into the Girpitz Palace, he got a small nose clip from the doorman.

Of course he knew what it was for, so he didn't hesitate to clamp his nose with that nose clip.

But even so, the faint stench is still disgusting.

Because of the hot weather, even though the coffin was covered with spices, the disgusting stench still came to the face.

Giovanni's exposed skin was covered with a thick layer of powder, but the thick water could still be seen slowly flowing from the holes in the flesh that had begun to fester.

Massimo clutched his nose, he felt like he was about to vomit, but he couldn't disobey the lord's orders.

He cautiously made a request to the Duke of Gandino, who was sitting next to him, but when he saw the Duchess of Gandino's angry expression, Massimo immediately became angry.

"Just take a look, ma'am, just take a look."

"What are you suspecting?" The Duchess of Gandino, Giovanni's wife and one of the possessions he inherited from his brother Louis, Maria de Luna, looked at the friar in front of her with suspicion.

The newly-minted widow's unexpectedly calm was so unbelievable to Alexander that he even felt as if there was something about the Duchess's demeanor that could be called light.

"My lord would like to see the duke's wounds when he was assassinated." Massimo was careful to say that he knew he could not offend the Duchess at this time, but he did not understand why Alexander had to look at Giovanni's wounds.

According to the records, Giovanni was stabbed by a conical self-defense dagger with a short body that was narrow in front and wide in the back, and the shortsword was probably only one finger at the thinnest point, and the width could reach nearly four fingers together.

This is a typical armor-piercing self-defense sword.

The first reaction that came to Alexander's mind when he saw this record was that he was very familiar with the weapon, because as far as he knew, there was a person who had such a strange weapon.

He could even remember the inscription in Latin on the spine of the sword: "Prayer, piety, bravery, and devotion."

The sword belonged to Caesar Borgia.

Looking through the body of a deceased duke, this is obviously a very unacceptable move.

Although it cannot be compared with the extreme respect of the Oriental people for the dead, it does cause many people to be surprised.

People looked at Alexander, who stood alone in front of the coffin, seemingly completely untouched by the unbearable stench, and then looked at the monk who stood in front of the Duchess with a low brow, and for a time there was a burst of discussion in the Girpitz Palace.

Maria de Luna looked angrily at the monk in front of her, she knew who this man was, the Neapolitan secretary who had been appointed by her father-in-law as the Roman city guard, or the attendant of the Countess of Cosenza.

But what made the Duchess unbearable was that such a person dared to make such a request to herself.

"Duke Gandino is the most devout believer in God, and his soul has returned to heaven, so his body in the world cannot tolerate any more violations," the Duchess looked at Alexander, who was standing in front of the coffin not far away, just looking down at the body that had actually begun to decompose, "As his wife, I have a responsibility to maintain his last dignity in this world." ”

"Even if it's because of this to let the real murderer escape?" Alexander turned his head to look at the Duchess, "Or do you not care, who killed your husband?" ”

Maria de Luna's face was furious, and she opened her mouth to say something, but the stench made her retch.

Alexander looked at the duchess thoughtfully, and just as he was about to speak again, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves outside the Gilpitz Palace.

With the sound of thudding footsteps from boots on the marble floor, several dusty figures appeared at the door of the main hall.

"Let me look at him, look at Giovanni!"

A loud voice echoed through the hall, and when the well-proportioned and powerful figure appeared, everyone in the hall couldn't help but let out a low cry.

Caesar Borgia, back.