Handsome, tall and elegant with acuity, this is Caesar Borgia, the favorite son of Pope Alexander VI, and if the rumors about Geoffrey's bloodline may be doubtful are to be believed, then Caesar may be the only son of Alexander VI.

Caesar's eyes were clear, so clear that even if his gaze came into contact with anyone, the answer they would get was that he was standing in front of Giovanni's coffin, but his heart was still open and innocent.

But no one would be so naïve to believe those eyes, as if everyone was staring at the two people facing each other at this time, as if to see something between them.

Caesar hadn't met Alexander's official meeting since he saw Alexander firing a gun through the window of the town hall.

Even if he knew that Alexander was alone under the triumphal arch of Constantine and went to Gonzalo.

After a while, Alexander noticed that Caesar had not changed much, except for a few more strands of beard on his chin, which made him look a little more mature, and perhaps after a long run, his face was slightly less energetic, but it made him look more calm.

Caesar was also looking at Alexander.

Unlike others, Caesar did not despise Alexander.

He believes that a person can and should get what he desires as long as he is capable.

This even made Caesar value Alexander more than anyone else, because he believed that Alexander was not the kind of person who was willing to be lonely.

At this point, Caesar felt that the two of them were somewhat similar.

But even so, Caesar was still surprised when he met again.

If it was not new that he received the title of Count of Montina because of his marriage to Barentia della Roverre, the ensuing series of battles in Tuscany and Romagna surprised Caesar.

When he heard the news, Caesar first disbelieved it, and then fell into deep thought, he felt that he had finally underestimated this young man from Naples, especially when he was in Naples, and he realized that this young man not only had a high reputation in the city, but also had a good foundation.

At least his uncle, Count Mordillo, said that Naples was a huge shadow that could not be avoided at any time.

Caesar looked at Alexander, from the time he received the news to the time he rushed back to Rome, he had not had a good rest along the way, but even then Alexander came to Rome before him, and even when he entered the city, he heard about his father's decision to appoint Alexander as the commander of the Roman city.

Caesar did not know why Alexander VI gave such an order, but he was more concerned about the rumors about Alexander and Lucrezia, which gave him reason to believe that the setbacks and obstacles he encountered in Naples should have been related to Alexander's uncle, Count of Naples, Mordillo.

Caesar's pace slowed down, and he walked first towards Giovanni's coffin, then stopped and turned to look at Maria de Luna, then changed direction towards his sister-in-law.

This woman can be said to be Caesar's double sister-in-law, and her separate marriage to Louis and Giovanni kept her on the throne of Duchess of Gandino, and her union with Giovanni allowed her to give birth to a pair of children, which allowed her to continue to be a duchess.

"My poor sister-in-law," Caesar walked up to Maria de Luna, sighed softly, and then reached out and hugged her, "I don't know what to say now, Giovanni's death has hit us all too hard. ”

"Caesar, Caesar."

Maria de Luna kept crying, she grabbed Caesar by the shoulder, then sat back in her chair and quickly picked up the spice packet next to her nose and sniffed hard, she needed to catch her breath, the unconcealable stench of this hall made her vomit again.

Caesar then turned and walked towards Giovanni's coffin.

Alexander stood in front of the coffin and watched the sister-in-law until Caesar came to his side and watched his brother's festering body in the coffin.

Alexander turned his head to look at Caesar next to him, and from such a close distance, he still couldn't tell that there was anything strange on his face, or that at this time, the future Duke of Poison had trained himself so calmly and invisible.

"Who killed him?"

Caesar's voice was low, his eyes were sometimes wide and sometimes slightly narrow, and his hand grasping the edge of the coffin was loose and tight, as if he was trying to suppress the anger and irritability in his heart.

"I don't know," Alexander said, turning to look at Giovanni's body side by side, "there are no witnesses, not even the murder weapon has been found." ”

"He's my brother, I must find the murderer," Caesar's voice was still low, as if he was deliberately suppressing something, he turned his head to look at Alexander, "I heard that you are now the city guard of Rome, can you tell me when I can catch the murderer?" ”

"Do you want the murderer or the main messenger behind it," Alexander asked faintly, "or do you think that the person who really wants him to die will do it himself, just like the murder weapon that killed Giovanni, which is an armor-piercing sword," Speaking of which, Alexander turned his head to look at Caesar and stared into his eyes, "I remember you had an armor-piercing sword like this, didn't you?" ”

A low inhalation sounded all around, and those who could hear the conversation between the two looked at the two people in front of the coffin in amazement.

Is this a public accusation that Caesar was the mastermind or even the murderer of his brother?

The eyes of the people were fixed on the two people standing side by side, and they couldn't believe that Alexander dared to be so unscrupulous, and even said in front of Giovanni's coffin that everyone was talking about it, but absolutely no one dared to openly say it.

Caesar was also a little surprised, his slightly slender face first showed a slightly stunned look, and then his gaze slowly became gloomy.

"You have indeed surprised me," Caesar's gaze wandered over Alexander's face, "no one dares to speak to me like that, how dare you question me so much in front of my brother's bones?!" ”

Alexander's gaze glanced slightly at Caesar's hand as he touched the hilt of the sword at his waist, and then his gaze met Caesar's eye again.

"The one you're going to pull out now is the armor-piercing sword, I know you like this sword very much, so do you want to use it now to protect your dignity and reputation, or do you want to use it to prove that my guess may be the truth?"

Caesar's eyelids twitched, he was exhausted from the long journey, and now Alexander's verbal stimulation made him a little dizzy.

However, he finally let go of his hand, and while staring at Alexander, he slowly took a few steps back, stretched out his hand and pointed at Alexander's chest: "Remember your words, find that person, whoever he is, I want you to find him." ”

With that, he walked up to Maria de Luna, took her hand and kissed her, and then walked out with a determined step amid the countless pairs of suspicious eyes in the hall.

Ignoring the stares in the hall, Alexander turned to look at Giovanni in the coffin.

"I can help you with you and Lucrezia."

"We might be good friends."

"Count, I hope to see you in Rome as soon as possible."

Giovanni's words rang in Alexander's ears again.

This man is obviously not an upright person, he not only has the cunning of the Borgia family, but also inherits the unique meanness and ruthlessness of this family, he can use a person to betray him without hesitation, and he can not care at all with the opponent who has been alive and die before.

Despite this, in the last days of Giovanni's life, Alexander was somewhat favored by him.

As he himself said, for whatever purpose, he acted as a good reciprocal between the two Alexanders, and he even openly expressed his approval of a man who had kidnapped his sister in Rome.

Whatever he was doing it for, Alexander had to admit that he owed Giovanni for it.

And Giovanni's death, does it really have nothing to do with him?

Find out the murderer, which he also owes Giovanni.

The news of Caesar's return to Rome made everyone fall into inexplicable unease and excitement.

And after Caesar left the Gilpitz Palace, he immediately came to the Vatican.

He had enough troops with him with him, and Alexander's eyes narrowed slightly as they passed the Angel Castle and looked at the strange flag flying over the fortress.

The soldiers around him couldn't help but hug Caesar closely, while staring warily at the Agri, who were said to be called 'hunters'.

Caesar had already heard many legends about these Neapolitan mountain people, and for this reason he even took advantage of his mission to Napleste to ask the locals about the Agri.

Caesar's party crossed the bridge over the Tiber River, and Caesar was secretly relieved when his horse's horse's hooves stepped on Vatican soil.

He was not as confident and calm as he had been at the Girpitz Palace, when Caesar was nervous and even secretly frightened, and he was in a hurry to get back to Rome because he was worried about the rumors that were spreading.

He was well aware of the rumors about the murderer, and Caesar wondered if the Romans would rush at him if someone suddenly shouted in the street.

So along the way, his guards were tightly guarded by Caesar's side, they stared nervously at everyone who passed by, and when they crossed the stone bridge, passed the Angel Castle and stepped on the land belonging to the Vatican, Caesar could hear the relieved gasps of the people around him.

It was still the room where Alexander met the Pope, and Nomerlo, dressed in black, looked at Caesar who was hurrying over, and after a gentle hug with him, Nomelo opened the closed door for Caesar.

The moment the door was closed, Nomelo heard the Pope's slightly hollow voice: "My son, you are back. ”

News of Caesar's return to Rome spread quickly with his appearance at Gilpitz Palace.

For a time, the city of Rome was full of all kinds of inexplicable and even bizarre rumors.

Alexander eventually did not get permission from the Duchess of Gandino to re-examine Giovanni's wounds, but he did not insist.

He also left Guilpitz Palace after Caesar's departure, knowing that with Caesar's return, a lot would surely happen next.

Probably soon Giovanni's death would no longer be a topic of discussion for the Romans, and with Caesar's return, Alexander knew that another conundrum would inevitably arise before him.

Lucrezia's marriage.

Whether or not Giovanni's death interrupted Caesar's negotiations with Frederick of Naples, Alexander knew that Caesar's return would not do him any good.

If Giovanni extended an olive branch to him because he saw the favorable side that enveloped him, then for Caesar, Alexander's ambiguous relationship with Lucrezia was not only useless to him, but even greatly hindered him.

No one knew Caesar's ambitions for Romagna better than Alexander.

It was Caesar's dream to become Grand Duke of Romagna or even to unify all of Italy.

In the years that followed, Caesar would do everything in his power to achieve this dream, not only by playing with cunning diplomacy, but also by fighting on the battlefield to take everything he hoped for.

Whether it is Venice, Genoese or Milanese, Caesar's coveting of Romagna is absolutely intolerable.

As for the county of Montina that suddenly appeared in the hinterland of Romagna, it can probably be described as a thorn in the eye of Caesar.

Thinking of this, Alexander had a vague feeling that Alexander VI had summoned him from Montina for some other reason than Giovanni's death.

Is the Pope removing obstacles for Caesar?

A man who leaves his own territory and army cannot be a stumbling block to Caesar.

Alexander pondered Alexander VI's intentions, and he did not believe that Alexander VI would look at him differently because of Lucrezia.

The tradition of the Borgia family pit sons-in-law is very famous.

However, Alexander did not care much about the true purpose of Alexander VI.

He was willing to return to Rome in time after receiving the order, because he was sure that he would not be afraid even in the face of Caesar.

What's more, the current Caesar Borgia is just the illegitimate son of the Pope who has just taken off his religious robes, and he is not the famous Duke of Poison.

As the Roman defender, Alexander was able to command the armies of the Roman nobles, in addition to his own Agri, and the army of the Roman nobles formed by the previous Council of Order.

Alexander was well aware of those armies, or he suggested that Caesar build the current Roman defenses.

He knew that most of these people were actually mercenaries recruited by the nobles privately, and after the establishment of the Council of Order, in order to fight against the French at that time, these mercenaries became the city defense army under the command of the Council of Order.

With the victory of the coalition under Gonzalo's command over the French, the city defenders, who had only been looking for trouble with the French, soon became enemies of the coalition again.

The coalition forces under the command of Gonzalo now occupy most of the city of Rome, and if anyone makes a serious comparison, they will find that it is a coincidence that the areas controlled by the coalition forces are the same places that the French occupied at the beginning, and the city defense army still firmly grasps the territory that was taken from the French by taking advantage of the chaos.

Before he could return to the town hall, Alexander, who had heard of the dispute, rushed to a fortress in the east of the Roman city when he saw a group of soldiers confronting the opposing coalition forces at the crossroads, and a familiar young knight standing behind them caught Alexander's attention.

Alexander was not surprised to meet Konstantin della Rovere here.

He knew that as a veteran Belt and Road family with close ties to the French, the people of the Roveret family obviously did not have any good feelings towards the coalition forces, so it was not surprising that there was a conflict because of this.

But the next words of Konstantin made Alexander immediately realize that things might not be so simple.

"Some say they saw Giovanni die and a man appeared in Piazza della Cala."

"Who is it? Who reported it? ”

"A drunkard who was passing by there saw a man leave, and then he saw somebody lying there, but the guy was so drunk that he didn't even notice who was lying there, and he didn't even wake up the next day," said Konstantin, "and he didn't remember it until he heard about Giovanni's death." ”

"What did he see?" Alexander felt his heart tighten slightly.

Giovanni's death remains a mystery, and even centuries later, no one can say who the killer was.

"A man in a mask, no one can see his face," Konstantin frowned, "but rumor has it that someone in the east of Rome seems to have seen such a person." ”

As he spoke, Konstantin looked back at the coalition forces across the street.