The sudden change left everyone around unprepared, and even Paul Busako, who was closest to Alexander, only had time to let out an unusual exclamation.

The sharp dagger pierced through the fluttering petals, pierced the warm evening breeze, and then instantly sank into Alexander's arms!

The singing, the laughter, the noise of the people, all seemed to disappear at this moment. The people near the stands were stunned for a moment before they had time to let out all kinds of exclamations!

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on the two people who hugged each other like lovers, but in fact, under this seemingly intimate scene, they were the two people who were horrificially murdered.

In those eyes, there are surprises, panic, panic and anger, and excitement and ecstasy that cannot be concealed.

Stabbed!

This is the thought that flashes wildly through the minds of everyone who saw this scene.

It's just that this thought has just crossed my mind.

"Ah~"

A roar suddenly rang out from the wooden platform!

People saw Alexander's body suddenly twisted to the side with his attack, and with his movement, the body of the woman who almost used her whole body as a weapon to pounce on her was thrown out by him with this force.

At the same time, it was thrown out a shiny and sharp short sword.

The woman's body rolled down from the wooden platform, and the short sword also flew down the stage in an arc, and just when the short sword that had turned a few times was still spinning in the air, a strong hand had been raised high, and one tightly grasped the hilt of the sword.

Paolo Busako didn't even have time to pull out his saber, he raised his hand to catch the short sword, and the body that had rushed down hard before, and in a scream full of pain, he had already pressed the woman who had just rolled off the wooden platform with his knees, and at the same time the sharp tip of the sword pressed against the woman's back and neck.

"Don't move, or I'll kill you!"

As Paul Busako's terrible roar sounded, the people around him rushed towards the wooden platform screaming as if they had just woken up from a dream.

But they didn't have a chance to get close to the wooden platform, and a sharp whistle exploded from the soldiers near the wooden platform, and the hunters gathered towards the wooden platform in an instant.

Regardless of gender, regardless of status, the hunters violently charged away from everyone in front of them, quickly surrounding the wooden platform, isolating the people around them from the wooden platform, and at the same time they unsheathed their swords, the outermost soldiers pointed outwardly at the stunned Pisa, while the soldiers on the inner layer had already drawn their muskets, pulled the springs, and put the barrel on the shoulders of their comrades in front of them, and pointed the muzzles of the black holes at the crowd.

"What's going on?!"

Tomneo, who had only come to his senses at this point, cried out in panic, he was describing a beautiful picture of himself, and he seemed to see an unusually wonderful future beckoning him, and he even planned what he would do for some time to come, so that the Pisians would be grateful to him.

However, at this time, someone actually assassinated Alexander!

No pisan man knows better than Tomneo what Alexander means to himself and to Pisa.

Despite the idea of getting rid of Montina's influence, Tomneo was well aware that everything he had come from Alexandria would come from Alexander, at least for a while, and for a longer period of time, and that Pisa as a whole would have to rely on maintaining a good relationship with this man for change.

But it was the parade celebration in Pisa that someone actually assassinated Alexander!

Tomneo lunged forward like crazy, and he violently pushed away a woman in front of him, ignoring her screams as she was pushed to the ground, and just shouted and lunged forward.

But he was blocked, blocked by the defensive formation set up by the hunters, looking at the huntsmen with hideous faces, almost without guessing that he might do it if he made the slightest move, Tomneo was stunned for a moment, and then immediately shouted to Alexander, who was blocked by the guards behind him: "Count, how are you, are you okay?!" ”

Tomneo's shout silenced all eyes on the raised wooden platform, but because of the guards who used their bodies as a barrier, people couldn't see what happened to Alexander behind him.

"Stabbed?"

Several people in the crowd stared at the wooden platform with unusually nervous excitement in their hearts, and they clenched their fists like crazy gamblers waiting for the outcome after placing a bet.

The huntsmen moved, and the bodies of the two hunters closest to Alexander suddenly dodged to the side, and at the moment when Alexander's figure was just revealed, Paul Busako, who had subdued the assassins, had already rushed to his side, and with the captain of the guard giving an order, the hunting guards began to approach the crowd step by step.

"Stand back!"

"Stand back!"

The sharp swords in the hands of the hunters pointed at those noble Pisan nobles, but at this time, their faces were hideous and terrifying, and they unceremoniously urged and pushed the adults and noblewomen who stood in front of them.

Alexander's figure appeared, his body unbloodstained, but a long slit torn open on the side of his coat, revealing a shiny reflection inside.

A close-fitting inner armor, it was this iron armor hidden under the outer robe that saved Alexander's life.

"Earl......"

Tomneo, who was blocked by the huntsman, shouted loudly and tried to stop Alexander.

But Alexander didn't seem to hear him at all, and under the protection of the hunters, Alexander walked briskly through the crowd, and behind him, two huntsmen dragged the woman and quickly followed.

Tomneo looked at Alexander as he passed by, and he noticed that Alexander's gaze looked at him through the hunters at the moment of passing, and when the two eyes met, Tomneo saw undisguised rage and cruelty.

For a moment, the Duke of Pisa seemed to realize something, and he immediately chased after him to explain something, but he had no chance at all, and even when he shouted that he was the Duke of Pisa to the chasers, he was responded to by the strong hostility that the soldier could clearly feel despite his patience.

Tomneo's face changed, he knew he was in the worst possible situation, and it was clear that Alexander was suspecting him of orchestrating it all!

Tomneo's face changed suddenly, and he began to desperately shout at Alexander, who had already walked away, to explain, when he saw Alexander's back, who didn't pay attention to him, disappear into the soldiers who rushed to hear the news, Tomneo's body was already cold.

And not far behind him, the treasurer's face couldn't help but change, he never thought that the originally planned perfect assassination would turn out like this, looking at Alexander, who was surrounded by soldiers and leaving the square, the treasurer clenched the belt hanging by his side in annoyance.

The crowd froze, the people behind shouted and asked because they didn't know what was happening, and the people in front didn't know what to do because of the sudden scene, and when they saw the Montina army that had heard the news began to surround them from all sides of the square, even though they were much more numerous than the soldiers, fear and uneasiness instantly enveloped everyone in the square.

Tomneo was on the verge of collapse, his gaze on the captain of the city defense not far away, but he was met with a dodging gaze.

When he saw the Moorish man beside Alexander suddenly appear and whisper something to the captain of the city guard, Tomneo suddenly understood.

It is clear that at this critical juncture, the Pisa City Defense has made its choice.

Tomneo's lips opened slightly, but he couldn't even hear his own voice from the noise around him, and then he saw the Moorish man walking towards him with the captain of the city defense.

"How's the Earl?"

Despite seeing Alexander leave safely, Tomneo asked with concern, not politely but genuinely worried about whether Alexander had been hurt.

Maybe it would have been better if he hadn't been injured, but if he had been injured in the backstabbing, what kind of anger and revenge would Pisa have to face for the count?

"Your Highness, please rest assured, the lord is safe," although he wanted to pretend to be steady, but Ulliu could still faintly see the panic on his face, it was obvious that for the Moors, everything about him came from Alexander, and if the master was killed, then what awaited him was to lose everything" But the lord asked me to tell you, please go back to the Duke's Palace now. ”

"What?" Tomneo's heart skipped a beat, and he remembered the furious and violent look in Alexander's eyes as he left.

"Someone is going to assassinate my master," Ulliu's voice raised in anger, and although he still maintained a respectful appearance, he seemed to be unable to contain the anger in his heart, which startled Tomneo and the equally panicked nobles around him, "According to my master's orders, from now on the defense of the city of Pisa will be taken over by Montina's army until the accomplices of the assassins are caught." ”

The expression on Tomno's face froze for a moment, his head buzzing, and he forgot to express his anger and dissatisfaction.

Suddenly, as if he remembered something, he looked back at the stands, and then he saw the treasurer with a complicated expression on his face.

At that moment, Tomneo felt as if his head had been hit by a galloping Crazy Horse, and at the moment he came to his senses, the corners of the Duke's mouth twitched, and then he clenched hard, as if he had made a decision.

The Pisbians in the square became more and more uneasy, and although Montina's army did not do anything to them, the more they felt hesitant the more they did so, until they saw Tomneo appear in the stands, and at this moment there was never such a hope that the Duke would shoulder the responsibility of rulership.

But what they were waiting for was an order, and the Pisan people finally woke up from their panic after the captain of the city defense, who was the commander of the Pisa army, announced that the city defense would be completely at the mercy of Commander Montina's orders, according to Tomneo's orders.

But before they could show their anger, the Montina army in the striking dark red uniforms had already begun to march towards the square, and with them were the nearby city guards.

"By order of His Royal Highness the Duke and the commander of the Montina army, all those whom the Montina army has the right to order to return to their homes, and without permission they are forbidden to go out into the streets at night, we will hunt down the Assassins' accomplices, and the Pisans must be examined, otherwise they will be considered suspicious."

The strange southern accents of the Montina soldiers echoed through the square, and they kept warning the pisbians in the square, and some of the soldiers had begun to clash with the pisbians who refused to obey the orders because they were too angry.

The sound of rumbling horses' hooves came from the street, and the eyes of the pisbians with torches turned to the dark streets where the sound came from.

The figures swayed, the hooves roared, and the sound of horses' hooves stepping on the stone pavement made many people feel inexplicably uneasy.

Suddenly, there was a sharp whistle, and the figures on horseback began to run rapidly around the square, and they soon met from the north and south edges of the square, but did not stop but interspersed and ran around the square.

"Bohemia!"

I don't know who it was, but one of the Agri soldiers let out a shout, and with this shout, the Agri instantly raised their weapons and let out a cheer.

The Pisans in the square watched in horror, they had heard of these Bohemians, Alexander's army as fearsome as the Agri phalanx, whose performance at the Battle of Oral-Chimone had made them famous in Tuscany.

And the appearance of these Bohemian cavalry, which was supposed to be in Montina, completely shattered the Pisa's last bit of desire to resist.

Tomneo did not remember how he had arrived at the Duke's Palace, and the Moors had been with him all the way, which made him feel a little strange, and when he asked if Moore should have served by his master's side at this time, Ulliu replied with an indignant expression: "I must stay here, my master wants me to see with my own eyes the people who tried to assassinate him are caught." ”

The Moorish answer made Tomneo resentful, and he was tempted to say that not a single lowly Moor was allowed to walk around in his court, but he was finally silent when he looked at the Montina and the city guards.

It was only at this time that he suddenly wanted to see the treasurer, and he wanted to ask the treasurer loudly if he had planned all this, and at the same time he secretly swore that he must use his sword to kill the bastard who had fallen into such a predicament.

While Tomneo angrily tries to find the mastermind behind the assassination, the Treasurer and a few companions are hurrying to the house where they had met.

Each of them was nervous, or more appropriately, scared, and whenever they saw Montina's army or even the city defenders along the way, they had to find a hidden place to hide and wait until the streets were quiet before coming out.

Because of this, when they hurried back to the house, it was already late, and the whole street was already dark, except for the flickering fire in the distance.

A few men followed the shadows of the street to the dark house, and after cautiously looking across the street to see that there was nothing unusual, they hurried in.

The house was dark, and the treasurer listened to his companion cursing in a low voice as he stumbled around looking for candles in the house, and his heart felt an indescribable irritation.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew from the opposite side, and the treasurer's heart suddenly tightened inexplicably, and he instinctively took a step back and crashed into the body of his companion behind him.

A muffled sound came from behind him, followed by a short, painful groan, and the forehead of the man behind him suddenly slammed into the back of the treasurer's head.

The treasurer snorted, and he wanted to turn around and scold, but the coldness coming from his neck made his whole body stiffen instantly, and he didn't dare to move.

"Who are you?"

"An unlucky man."

A familiar voice with anger in the darkness relieved the treasurer's heart, and then his anger rose.

"What are you going to do!"

The treasurer fumbled forward angrily and pushed it, feeling that the other party had no intention of retracting the short sword, he had to stand still and continue to angrily question, "Are you going to kill us?" ”

"If we're going to kill you, you're dead."

As the fire lit up, a mask appeared in front of the treasurer, and it was only then that he realized that several of his people in the room had been surrounded by several masked men hidden in the corners of the room.

"Are you going to sell us to Cambrai?" The treasurer asked with an ugly face.

"We're not going to betray you, we just want to see how stupid you can be." The masked man on the other side said angrily.

"But we couldn't have been more stupid," retorted the young man under the Treasurer, ignoring the dagger at his throat, "and you would be so stupid as to send a woman to assassinate that Cambrai, it would be better to listen to me and kill him, after all, I have practiced the stabbing fencing of the Milanese, and I am much more reliable than that woman." ”

"What nonsense are you talking about," said the masked man angrily, "didn't you send that woman, you must know that according to the plan our men are ready to receive you, if you wait until Gombray is done with the ceremony and is about to enter the ducal palace, his guards will not have time to come close to protect him." ”

"Wait a minute, what are you talking about, that woman wasn't sent by you?" The masked man's words made the treasurer's face change instantly, and he stared at the other party's eyes that showed after the mask.

"Of course it's not us, we thought it was your people who sabotaged the plan without permission......"

The Masked Man replied in exasperation, and then his voice stopped abruptly.

The room fell silent for a moment, and the two sides looked at each other silently.

Heavy footsteps could be heard in the streets outside, and the sound of hurried hoofs of cavalry speeding by.

Gradually, the treasurer's originally puzzled face showed a hint of realization, and he first put his hands on his head and opened his mouth to say something, but then he didn't seem to know where to start.

After a while, accompanied by the noise of the street outside, the treasurer burst out of his throat with a low roar full of unwillingness: "Cambrai! ”

The city of Pisa was destined to spend the night in uneasiness, and in a house not far from the Duke's Palace, where Montina's army was stationed, Alexander was pushing open a closed door.

His expression was calm, not at all the panic that he should expect when he was on the verge of danger, but a smile appeared on his face when he saw a woman in the room who was eating and drinking.

Seeing Alexander enter the door, the woman who was still dressed in parade dress and had a face full of pagan makeup stood up and looked at Alexander with a grin.

"I'm okay, right?"

Alexander smiled and replied, "Shaskina, I must admit that you are a natural actor. ”