"I feel a little bit of a headache." Finally, Ezio said: "I think I need to think about it. ”

"Go, go." Giulio said tolerantly, "Do you want to spend some more time with Caterina?" ”

"No, no, no, dear, no," Ezio quickly refused, "Recently, the Knights Templar have been busy with that last legacy, Paula thinks this is a good opportunity to expand our power, I have to go back to Rome, do you have anything I need to bring to Cardinal Picromini?" ”

"Oh, this one has." Julio said, "Help me bring this to my mentor, but ...... If you can't, it doesn't matter. ”

Ezio took it, it was a wooden box, he weighed it, it was not very heavy, but it was not very light, but Giulio's words aroused his curiosity: "May I know what is inside?" ”

"Yes." Giulio said generously.

Ezio opened the wooden box, which contained thirteen Bibles neatly placed.

"This ......" he flipped through and couldn't find any special characters, and couldn't help but cast a questioning look at Giulio, could a cardinal still lack a Bible?

Julio thought for a moment, pulled out a piece of parchment at random, sketched lines, circles, and dots on it, wrote a few place names, traced a few patterns, symbols, and showed them to Ezio - the secret symbols of the Knights Templar immediately pierced the eyes of the Assasin Assassins, and he found them all somewhat familiar—the place where the last treasures of the Templars were buried, both in the legends of the people.

A treasure map forged in front of him.

Julio took back the parchment and tore it into several parts: "Each of these Bibles has a broken picture on the cover. ”

Ezio immediately realized: "The waters in Rome are going to be even mudier. He lamented. No wonder Giulio said that it didn't matter if it was taken away or stolen, and Cardinal Picromini would have happily copied several copies when he was reminded of this.

"The teacher must know more than I know, and his replica must be more realistic." Giulio said with a smile.

"I really don't know which of you has brought the bad to whom, and he said that you are spiritual, you are devilish."

"To my enemies, indeed." Giulio's smile remained the same: "But to my friends, to those I love, I am an angel, dear Ezio, my martial arts instructor." ”

Ezio made a disgusting expression.

"By the way," Giulio asked before Ezio got up to leave the room, "what do you think of the Golden Bird?" ”

"A beautiful and sturdy lad," said Ezio at once, "I have never seen a better horse, with the soul of a man and the speed of the wind, and it has helped me a lot to get out of Forlì this time." ”

"In that case," said Giulio, "you will take it with you this time." ”

Ezio paused, he knew that in addition to the "Golden Bird", there was also a horse called "Silver Feet", the "Golden Bird" was here with Giulio and the "Silver Feet" was in Luclesia. Borgia there.

"Don't worry," Giulio misunderstood what he meant, "I will instruct the servant to dye its mane and tail black so that it will be less inconspicuous, as a priesthood, I don't use it very much, and it is right for you." ”

“…… I'll take good care of it. It was a moment before Ezio spoke.

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Do you believe in him like that? Your Highness. ”

Julio raised his hand and pressed his forehead: "Can you please not be ...... Out of nowhere, Machiavelli, you can sit in and out. And why can't I trust Ezio? Not to mention that he is my martial arts instructor since childhood, and he is also the one who led me into Assasin, you also saved him, he also saved you, the Florentine Brotherhood is still in his hands by you, how can you ask such a question? ”

"Being too open and honest with your subordinates will reduce the prestige of the ruler." Machiavelli said, leaning in through the window.

"Ezio is not my subordinate." Giulio corrected gently.

Machiavelli frowned, so to speak, Giulio. Part of the Medici was completely in line with, and even surpassed, Machiavelli's vision of a king, while the other part was completely contrary to ...... The image he originally portrayed in a vision.

"What about me?" He asked.

"I want you to be my most trusted minister." If the most desired thing in this world is to be a hero or a hero, then Machiavelli has always positioned himself as an assistant, for the sake of his "king", he can do whatever it takes, even if he uses his corpse as a ladder, he will do whatever it takes to send the other party to the throne.

"Do you have any questions?" Giulio noticed that Machiavelli was about to speak: "It's okay, just ask, if you can't answer, I'll say no." But if you could, I wouldn't let you work for me with doubt. ”

“…… My question is related to the Borgia family. "Perhaps I was too bold, but I am willing to accept any punishment for it, Your Highness, I know," he gasped: "I know that you once had a secret marriage contract with Luclayia, the illegitimate daughter of Borgia, and that you, before going to France, had a secret marriage with Caesar. Borgia is also a close friend like a brother, and he has also made a gesture of trust and reuse to you - what makes you suddenly turn against each other and turn against you? Is it just Pope Alexander VI's displeasure with the marriage? ”

Giulio looked at him, and the room fell into a brief silence.

"Sit down." Giulio said.

Machiavelli sat down, his heart beating fast, his hands on his knees, and he couldn't help but grab his robe.

"Alexander VI," said Giulio calmly, "he hated me because I had collaborated with Caesar in killing his eldest son, Luigi, who had become a Templar at the time. Borgia – At that time, Ezio gave me some guidance. As for why I did it," he continued, "it was because Luigi asked Luclesia, who was only twelve years old at the time, to have sex with him. ”

Machiavelli's eyes were complicated: "You were only fourteen years old at that time, Your Highness, were you already in love with Lucles at that time?" ”

"No, I thought of her as a little sister then," said Giulio, lighting the candle, and Machiavelli realized that it was already dark. "I was here, and it took about five years to really fall in love with her."

"You shouldn't have chosen a Borgia." Machiavelli whispered, "Even the vipers in purgatory are no more vicious than them." ”

"If it was Lucretia, she probably didn't have anything to be sorry for me, I thought she believed me and it was my fault." Giulio said: "I was once bewitched by love, Machiavelli, and I should have known that she was so anxious to marry me...... It was only because she did not think that I would be able to convince her father that the flower of our love was destined to wither before it bloomed, so she would do whatever it took to get the result, even if at the cost of nourishing it with our flesh and blood, and the future—though the fruit was quite lovely—Machiavelli, and when I understood all this, I ...... I found that my pain came more from her ...... for me Contempt, she loves me, no doubt, but her love cannot overcome her nature, she is a Borgia who believes in violence and power above all. As for me, I am not a trustworthy lover, I am also arrogant, and this arrogance blinds me, I only see her, but not her surname, and the pain and weakness that arises from it, I may have been stabbed by her, but this sword is what I sent to her. ”

"Your Highness!"

"And Caesar. Borgia, my mentor, Cardinal Picromini, saw better than I could see, he was an illegitimate child, but he was a prince of the Borgia family, and the gap between the obscurity of his birth and the light of reality made him thirst for glory and merit, especially the glorious achievements of the ancient kings, which could be displayed in front of people and admired and submitted, and the death of Luigi, in addition to Lucalesia, may also be one of the reasons for this, after all, he was Rodrigo. Borgia's eldest son, his established heir, the future Grand Master of the Knights Templar.

Of course, Alexander VI's arrangement of him and Juan did not fit his imagination, and he was once abandoned, I think, he did need me at that time, but as time went by, the Pope grew old, Juan died, and there were more and more people willing to serve and flatter him, and a guy who would not kneel at his feet, kiss his boots, and always criticize his behavior, would become an eyesore. Speaking of this, Giulio could still smile slightly: "But like Luclayia, I am too contemptuous of how to deal with Caesar, as Cardinal Picromini said, I should seriously repent of what I have done, in this world, it is never what you give and you get something back - just like I sowed the seeds of goodwill, but I took back the poisonous thorns." ”

He stared at the candlelight: "In the face of wild beasts, you should pull out their teeth and break their claws, so that you can talk to them properly, and not, let them mistakenly think that you are just a piece of food to their mouths." ”

"Well......" asked Machiavelli, "what if you weren't betrayed?" He stared intently at Giulio: "What if Alexander VI is willing to accept you?" "Will you continue to be the shadow of the Borgia family, working silently for them?

"I think," said Giulio, "I'll still let ...... Let this world change according to my wishes. ”

After all, there are some things that will not be lost no matter what.

Machiavelli smiled.