If Cardinal Monteiro was the sycophant next to Alexander VI, then the priest next to the cardinal was the sycophant next to the sycophant.

When the cardinal racks his brains but can't think of how to make His Majesty the Pope satisfied, the priest will find a way to solve the cardinal's problems, and when the cardinal wants to find a way to solve the problems encountered by the pope, it is the priest who rushes to the front, trying to do everything with the goal of satisfying his boss.

It's just that today's scene is a bit strange, when the priest came out of the secret passage sweating profusely, although he knew that seeing this scene would definitely surprise many people, but he did not expect to face terrible difficulties immediately.

Ulliu naturally knew the priest, so he was surprised, but Sophia obviously didn't know the old man who looked a little embarrassed, so before the surprised Moore could speak, she had already walked over and grabbed the priest by the collar and dragged him out of the secret passage.

"Hurry up and let this crazy woman let me go!" The priest was still struggling at first, but in front of Sophia, who was surprisingly strong, his struggle was only exchanged for more forceful clamping, and she even stretched out her fist and smashed it the old man's head, which made the priest cry out in pain and began to shout to Ulliu next to him in an almost pleading tone, "I am the priest of the dioceses of Monteiro and Sarava, the priest of the diocese of a dozen dioceses!" ”

Ulliu wanted to help the hapless priest, but seeing the anger of his mistress, he decided to pretend not to understand what the old man was saying, and only later, after thinking that if he continued like this, he would really kill someone, so he made a few gestures to Sophia that he did not even understand what he meant.

Eventually, however, Sophia let go of the hapless priest, and she let out an angry "ahh

Sophia didn't really care about Joanna's attack, she really cared about the masked man.

The moment she opened the door, she saw the man and remembered the scene in the town hall square.

Sophia also knew that the man was going to come for her sooner or later, and when she killed the woman, she knew it was just the beginning.

Alexander can't forget the eyes behind the mask, and neither will Sophia.

She was well aware of that man's hatred for her, so she never left her crossbow, and even in Marino Palace, she always carried her "love object" with her.

Only this time, because she didn't plan to leave the room, the crossbow was placed in the bedroom, but this time, she saw the masked man.

If a short crossbow was used instead of a musket, Sophia was absolutely sure that she would not let the man escape.

"Your Excellency, you have to explain how you came out of here," Ulliu, whose already swarthy face was not very good-looking, looked at the priest with suspicion, "We have just infiltrated here, and you may not believe it, the Queen of Naples was attacked and injured." ”

"God," the priest's face was surprised, and then his first reaction was "I didn't do it." ”

Then he realized that this justification would only make his situation worse, so he kept waving his hands: "Listen, there is indeed a secret passage here, which was built by the director who built this building in the first place, and who in Rome does not do this, there is a big labyrinth under this city." ”

"But it's a bit too coincidental," Uliuu looked at the priest, he couldn't refute the priest's words, the main thing was that he couldn't tell how even if the priest and the masked man were really in the same group, how could he be willing to take the risk of standing up for that man, "Tell me what you're doing here, is it idle and have nothing to do?" ”

When asked this, the priest seemed to have just come to his senses from his panic, and he first let out an "ah", then raised his voice and shouted: "For God's sake, hurry up and help the cardinal, he is in trouble." ”

Uliu looked at Sophia a little blankly, in Marino Palace, Sophia was the only master when Alexander was away, even Nashan had to admit this fact.

Sophia stared at the priest with her eyebrows furrowed, she didn't believe the old man's words at all, and if she could, she would even want to pry open the old man's mouth with a knife and make him tell the truth.

Sophia snorted a little annoyed now that Uliu was looking at her, and then she habitually touched the cold glowing tip of the arrow on her wrist on the bed of the short crossbow.

Sophia had developed a habit that the crossbow had become almost a part of her body, and it would feel unsteady even when she wasn't touching it while she was sleeping, and then making sure it was right next to her.

Now that Ulliu looked at her, Sophia was accustomed to stroking her crossbow again, but she did not know that this action seemed to the priest to be really thinking about his life and death, which made the old man's face turn pale.

After a terrible moment, seeing Sophia make a gesture, Ullius said to the anxious priest, "Tell me what is going on, Master Priest." ”

The priest did not bother to correct the Moorish salutation, and quickly talked about what had happened, and then the Moors learned that Cardinal Monteiro was really in trouble.

As a cardinal, although he likes to pat the pope's ass, Monteiro still has some skills.

Especially in his own diocese, as the Archbishop of Monteiro, the cardinal has a high prestige, and even the dukes have to admit that the archbishop is an invincible king in his diocese.

This should have been a good thing, after all, an archbishop with a tough attitude may not be liked by the secular aristocracy, but for the parishioners of the diocese, it should be somewhat gratifying, at least the parishioners of this diocese will not be bullied by other dioceses.

But I don't know what's going on, Cardinal Monteiro, who had been following the Pope in everything, has recently suddenly gone a little crazy and sang against the Pope, or at least did something against the Pope's wishes.

For example, he began to order the peasants of the parish to start a business with the French.

This decision took many people by surprise, and before people could figure out whether the cardinal was old and confused, there was a sudden riot in the city of Rome.

Monteiro was still far from Rome, and no one really cared whether the peasants there had indeed begun to do business with the French on the orders of the cardinals.

People just know that there is a good reason for this.

A group of people from an unknown source besieged the church where the cardinal was located, and at first there were not many people, but soon the crowd that had gathered became dark and oppressive.

At first, people just shouted questions about why they did business with the French, but then it turned into swearing.

"Why is our army at war with the French, but we want to feed the French?"

"The grain has been taken and sold, but we are going to starve in the winter, do you want to starve us to death?"

"It was the cardinal's order, he betrayed Rome and betrayed us!"

Once anger is provoked, it is not easy to quell, and anger that cannot be vented often ends up destroying everyone and everything around them.

The crowd gathered outside the church began to ignore the persuasion and even threats of the priests, even if they swore that the cardinal would not go to the Vatican, and the church became a scapegoat for the cardinal's crimes, and people began to destroy everything outside the church in a frenzy, if not for the last bit of fear, someone would have smashed open the door of the church with a few wooden pillars that had been destroyed and dumped.

What's really bad is that Cardinal Monteiro is actually in the church.

When the riots occurred, the cardinals, who had already felt that things were not going well and were about to take refuge in the Vatican, had to retreat to the church because of the riots on the way.

But what happened next was completely unexpected by the cardinal, who seemed to know his whereabouts and what he had done, and these people told the people who were causing a riot everywhere about his association with the French, and especially told them that they were starving because people like the cardinal sold the grain that was rightfully theirs to the French.

The angry crowd immediately surrounded the church, blocking the cardinal, who had not had time to escape again.

"For God's sake, go and save the cardinal, and you will be rewarded." The priest panicked and told Ulliu that at this time he did not care at all that he was a Moorish heretic, and if he could even negotiate terms with Satan, it was not that he was loyal to the cardinal, but that the priest knew very well that if the cardinal did meet misfortune, then he would also be unlucky.

At least he had his share in the business with the French, and many of them were ideas he had given him.

The priest had no doubt that the Vatican, in order to appease the anger of the mob, would never admit that all this was privately ordered by the Pope.

"Are we going to save the cardinal?"

Uliu looked at Sophia, he was just a butler, he was not a liar like Massimo who wanted to get into the aristocratic circle all day long, nor was he a prodigal guy like Nashan who always wanted to capture a few noblewomen by relying on his man's charm, as long as he could satisfy his master.

It made him feel that the priest was somewhat like him.

"We must go to the cardinal!"

An exclamation came from behind, and Joanna, supported by the maid, came pale and did not bother to speak to the priest, but shouted anxiously to Sophia.

"Cardinal Monteiro is the only one who supports me in the Vatican, and he is very important to me," Joanna tried to explain the cardinal's importance, but she saw Sophia's blank expression, and then she realized that it was really useless to say this to this girl, probably to her father, although the man did fascinate her.

Or is it useful to do it another way?

Joanna suddenly had an idea, she took Sophia's hand and whispered in her ear: "This is also a good thing for Cambrai, believe me if your husband will be happy to hear that you have helped the cardinal, the cardinal will be grateful for his saving grace, the cardinal is very rich and powerful, he will definitely repay you." ”

Sophia looked at Joanna suspiciously, she didn't know how much of what the stupid woman said was true, but it did move her.

Even if she didn't want to admit it, Sophia knew very well that in Alexander's mind, she was indeed his wife, but she was 'just' a wife.

She was obviously not as useful to him as Alexander's pesky sister, and she felt an inexplicable unease every time she saw the two of them sitting together talking about something she might never understand for the rest of her life.

Sophia fears that one day the annoying Josha will completely take her place, although she knows that she will not become her direct rival, but Sophia is afraid that she will find a woman for Alexander who meets her own conditions.

Sophia was convinced that it was possible, and maybe the damn Shosha was already planning it.

Now Joanna's words gave Sophia hope that she would do something that would be useful to Alexander, or even something that would satisfy him.

As soon as this thought arises, it can no longer be suppressed.

Sofia, who had only thought for a moment before making a decision, asked Ulliu to continue asking the priest about the situation on the cardinal's side.

When they heard that the cardinal seemed to be frightened and suddenly fell ill and could not move, Sophia and the others realized why the cardinal was the only one running through the secret passage to call for help.

"It's a bit difficult, it's messy outside," Uliu also tried to stop Sophia, but seeing the girl's excited face, he knew that it was useless for him to continue persuading, "But we don't have an army, there should be a lot of mobs." "Uliuu wants to try again with reality.

"Ah~"

Sophia pointed to the corner of the house, and not far from the outside of the house was the church where the Bohemian cavalry had been stationed in Nashan.

"Well, the matter of the army is settled," Uliu nodded helplessly, but then he raised a new difficulty, "but they are used to defend Marino Palace, in fact, to defend you, Madame, if you transfer them away, there will be no one to protect you." ”

Sophia paused slightly, then she patted the inner armor on her body, and then made a few gestures to the maid who was waiting for her in the back, and the maid, who had become familiar with her habits, immediately ran to the living room, and called two soldiers to help when she left.

The priest was a little puzzled, he only knew that the decision of this bohemian woman should be useful, and looking at the helpless and even painful expression on the face of the Moore next to him, the priest felt that something might happen.

Sure enough, with a rattling sound, two guards came out of the living room with a large wooden frame.

On the wooden frame, a set of shiny armor clanged.

Facing the priest, Sophia proudly patted her towering chest and patted the beautiful armor next to her.

At this point, even the dullest of people knew what she was going to do.

A bohemian Joan of Arc?

The priest felt that his mind was a little confused.

Outside Cardinal Monteiro's chapel, looking at the rioting crowd that surrounded the church, Crean said to the mask that was bandaging his right hand, which had two fingers broken: "Let go of your small personal vendetta for a moment, and let us do something greater, something great that will surprise everyone." ”