Chapter 1065: Hongmen Banquet
In fact, under normal circumstances, Marlin does not need to be extinguished. Even if you rob a little more wealth, you won't have to block the news. Mainly, this time Marin helped the Holy See attack Siena, not for money at all, but to accumulate credit to the Holy See, and then, seek to obtain the Holy See's authorization to reward colonization of the Americas.
Therefore, this time it is not only necessary to help the Holy See take Siena, but also the impact must be positive. If the reputation is affected by the excessive amount of money grabbed, causing the eyes of all countries to be jealous, and the Holy See rewards the colonization of the Americas, other countries will not accept it.
But the money he grabbed this time was too much, and Marin was really unwilling to return it. But if you don't return it, you will definitely be hated by all of Europe. So, Marin decided to block the news. And the best way to block the news is to let those who know die.
However, several days passed, and Marin's spies did not sell a short sword of "the same style as the assassination of Julius Caesar". It's right to think about it, these old men who are heads of the house are all human spirits, how can they take risks easily?
So, Marin changed his strategy - instead of inviting the old masters, he invited their sons to the feast. Young people are angry and it is easier to take the bait.
In order to further stimulate the heirs of these family heads, Marin deliberately sent his subordinates to disguise themselves as undisciplined rebels, seizing the opportunity for these family heirs to go out with their wives and molesting their wives in front of those young family heirs. There are obscene, and they tear off the clothes of the other party's wife in public, and touch them indiscriminately, and they are touched by many people...... After touching, this group of "rebels" will also praise Marin in Italian, obviously to "pull hatred" for Marin and lure this group of stunned young people to anger......
Of course, this is all done to avoid the cunning old men of the house. If you do this in front of those old men, you may be seen through. Once the other party endures it, then there is no way.
Sure enough, the heirs of two families were stimulated by the behavior of the "rebels" to lose their minds, and quietly bought the short sword of "the same style as the assassination of Julius Caesar".
What these two heirs didn't know was that after they bought the short swords that "assassinated Julius Caesar the same", the vendors who sold them quickly closed their stalls and went back to report the news.
And after Marin learned that two people had bought the short sword of "the same style as the assassination of Julius Caesar", he also knew that the opportunity had come. Then, a new invitation was sent out......
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A few days later, in front of the town hall of the municipal square, there were many tables, and at first glance they looked like flowing water seats. In the square, Marin sent people to set up a cordon to prevent civilians from approaching. However, Marin did not block the main road, and many civilians could still see the situation at the entrance of the city hall from a certain distance.
Of course, there won't be any people who are hungry for a feast. Because, Marin captured the city of Siena this time, and only let his soldiers sack the big houses in the city. Moreover, only money, not food. Therefore, no one in the city went hungry. But for this kind of aristocratic banquet held in the open air, the people in the city were still very interested, and many people came to watch from afar.
Marin donned a rhinoceros skin waistcoat with a silk robe over it. In addition, the rhinoceros vest has a short sword hidden at the waist to deal with unexpected situations. He knew how Caesar died, Caesar just didn't carry a weapon and didn't have the ability to fight back, so he was stabbed to death by a group of senate old men. If they brought weapons, how could the masters of the Senate succeed? Hey...... It's not right, Caesar seemed to be 58 years old at the time, and he was considered an uncle...... It turned out to be a group of rookies pecking at each other......
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It was almost noon, and more than a dozen young family heirs finally arrived one after another. At the entrance to the square, they unsheathed their swords one after another and handed them over to the soldiers for safekeeping.
At this time, Alessandro and Crisetti, who had long been targeted by Marin's spies and privately bought the short sword of "the same style for the assassination of Julius Caesar", looked very nervous, for fear that the soldiers would search their bodies. Because, in the boots of both of them, they secretly hid the short sword of "the same style as the assassination of Julius Caesar".
However, to their surprise, the guards did not search them carefully, but let them go after touching their waists, which greatly relieved the two. In fact, what the two didn't notice was that even if they hid a dagger in their boots, it was hinted at by the spies sent by Marin. Because, when buying the short sword of the "same style as the assassination of Julius Caesar", the spy who sold them the short sword demonstrated how to hide the short sword in leather boots. And today, they really relied on this trick and successfully "got by".
But what the two didn't know was that when they entered the banquet area, someone quietly identified them to Marin. And Marin often inadvertently swept his gaze over the two of them, quietly raising his vigilance......
The reason why Marin wanted to guard against the two was because he was afraid that the end of the two would wipe his neck. After all, he wears rhinoceros leather armor on his upper body, but his neck is not protected. Therefore, he needs to guard against the two of them sneaking up on his neck and head.
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Soon, the banquet finally began. Marin raised his wine glass, poured a "royal salute", and talked with the dozen or so young family heirs affectionately, clinking glasses with each other from time to time, and the atmosphere was extremely harmonious......
As he drank, Marlin seemed a little drunk......
In fact, he deliberately pretended to be a little drunk. Why? Otherwise, the other party may not dare to do it!
Marin is a genuine German knight, and although his personal martial arts are average, he is not comparable to the sons and daughters of the dozen or so business families present.
Although Siena was also an important state of the Holy Roman Empire, many families were also crowned nobles. For example, among these dozen or so families, seven or eight families are baronial families who were canonized by the emperor in their early years. The other families were canonized aristocratic families after the independence of the Republic of Siena (there were also nobles in the Italian Republic in the Middle Ages. Some are old aristocrats, and some are nobles who spend money to get their careers).
But in any case, because these dozen or so families are very rich, they have basically obtained the status of hereditary nobles. Therefore, Marin could not just kill their family. Changing to a civilian merchant family, Marin had already done it......
Seeing that Marin was a little shaky, Alessandro and Crissetti quietly glanced at each other, and then nodded their heads to hint at each other......
After that, Marin found out that the two were quietly approaching him......
At this time, suddenly a small family heir named Mineiro came over to toast. Marin clinked glasses with the other while absentmindedly paying attention to the direction of Alessandro and Crisetti.
Mineiro is a small man with a smile on his face, the heir to the Paloto family. He is short in stature, only about 1.6 meters, and his appearance is also very ordinary. Moreover, this product looks soft and unmasculine. However, I heard that he married a beautiful wife named Juliet. His wife's fame spread throughout Siena. Of course, Marin pays so much attention to his wife, mainly because his wife's name is too famous - the namesake of the heroine of the world-famous play "Romeo and Juliet......
Mineiro finished his toast and walked in the direction behind Marin. Alessandro and Crissetti also raised their glasses and came to Marin with a smirk on their faces......
"Dear Grand Duke Marin, my name is Alessandro, the heir of the Moria. I have heard of your reputation, very adoptive mother to you. So, I am here to pay tribute to you! With that, he respectfully handed over his glass......
And Marin was also very face-saving, smiling and touching his glass lightly, and then began to take a sip with his head up......
As they clinked glasses, Alessandro's side of Crisetti looked like something had fallen to the ground, so he shifted the glass to his left hand, and bent down with his right hand, looking like he was picking something up......
However, as Marin began to raise his head to drink, Chrissetti suddenly drew a short sword from his boots and stabbed Marin in the heart......
And Alessandro, who was still gesturing to drink just now, also threw away the wine glass, bent down and drew a short sword from his leather boots, and joined the assassination......
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