This is Francis. Todds Cheney. Picromini became pope for the third month, and a week later, they will have the most solemn Mass since the inauguration of Pius III, that is, the Good Friday Mass - "Jesus alone commanded his disciples to commemorate his death", on the Friday before Easter, but from this moment on, people have begun to celebrate Mass or to thank the Son of God for their atonement by procession, singing hymns or recreating the scene of the crucifixion of Jesus, so this week is also called Holy Week, but on Good Friday, It is still the most important and grand day.

Pius III put on white robes, shoes, a cross and a fisherman's ring in the service of Brother John, and waved his hand impatiently as Brother John brought him a short cloak with a hood. Brother John had long been accustomed to his bad temper, and was not only not afraid, but even a little tough, "no," he said, "Giulio said that you may not be afraid of the cold, but your bones will be afraid, especially in such a rainy weather." ”

The venerable Holy Father snorted, but reluctantly accepted, though he complained that when the wind was strong, the horns of the short cloak would be raised and struck directly in the face.

"There will be no more such problems," Brother John showed to the Holy Father, "and he also instructed the tailor to sew here a small ribbon that was not visible from the outside, and to tie it with the ribbon on his robes, so that no matter how strong the wind may be, he would not have to worry about the short cloak being blown up." ”

"I told don't let him think about it that much." Pius III said duplicitously, and in fact, Brother John thought he was about to fly happily—and the short cloak was his little wing—"Giulio is going to deal with Le Pie and Spoley?" ”

"Yes." Brother John said, "But he will be back today." ”

"If he comes back, let him come to me right away." Pius III said: "I will ask him how he has resolved this matter." ”

"Yes." Brother John said. Then he visibly hesitated.

"Say," said Pius III, "what else is there?" ”

"Recently Rome has had some more pamphlets." Brother John said, "It's about you." ”

"Oh, the slander against me began so early," Pius III took the picture book from Brother John absently, at first he was just reading the joke, but after slowly flipping through a few pages, his expression became solemn, "They said they saw two angels beside me," he whispered, "one is Luzifer and the other is Michael...... He suddenly sneered: "Who is Luzifer and who is Michael?" ”

Brother John did not speak.

"It seems that what Julio mentioned is really going to be started immediately." Pius III said that the pamphlet, which had been able to circulate among the population because of the printing press, had been their weapon, and since it was a weapon, it was impossible to leave it unchecked: "Let Cardinal Baglioni come to me. ”

"Him?" Brother John was a little surprised, and he was under the impression that Cardinal Baglioni was not a man of talent.

"Yes," said Pius III pleasantly, "if there is anyone in Rome who is most perceptive and concerned about these matters, there will probably be no one but him." ”

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When Giulio returned from Spolete, it was evening prayer time, he was hungry, Pius III had the priest bring a plate full of delicious food, from buffalo cheese to fat quail, and Giulio was probably the first to dine in the Pope's signing room—he used some cheese to quench his hunger before he spoke to his teacher about the two realms—the question of the ownership of the realm was simple, and at this time, the annexation of lands by the Grand Abbey was always serious, and some of them were voluntary offerings, some of which were taken by the Church, and Spolette and Lepi were in between. Borgia first gave all his wealth to a large monastery in Spolete, and although it was a bit out of line, it can only be said that he was indeed very religious, and then, Pius III appointed Giulio. The Medici was the abbot of the great monastery, and as the abbot, Giulio naturally had the right to govern and rule the land.

What the Holy Father wanted to know was how he dealt with the officials and people of the land, and most crucially, the last Borgia.

"The demands of officials and the public are very low – as long as they are not like Caesar. Borgias, they are satisfied. As for some of the problems that were common to officials at this time, Giulio said, they were rare in Spolette and Legpi, and it is said that Lucrecia had hanged many overly tyrannical or greedy officials in the first few months when he ruled on behalf of his father and brother. Borgia, "I sent him to the monastery of San Marco in Florence. ”

"I thought you'd let him stay in Spolette or Legpi." Pius III said meaningfully.

Julio was silent for a moment, "He's a Borgia after all. ”

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By the day of Good Friday Mass, the aftermath of Borgia had almost completely disappeared from Rome, and the devout people crowded the streets and squares.

The Great Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, though not accessible to everyone, was already quite frightening, and at this time, it had not been expanded or renovated, it was still in the old Basilica style, and from above, it looked like a less distinctive cross, or a rectangular building with three protrusions (one round and two square), the main structure divided into a nave, a side gallery, and an apse, the nave being the longest section of the cross, or the main part of the rectangle, The side aisle is a narrow strip of columns that is common in the Basilica style, that is, a corridor for people to walk (the corridor in the middle of the nave is only for the clergy to walk), and the apse is the part that sticks out above the cross, that is, the circular protrusion, because according to the church, God dwells in the round heaven, so the apse is also the place where the altar is set up, and when the priest and the choir speak and sing in the apse, the curved wall of the apse can also emit their voices well.

St. Peter's Basilica, which has not yet been rebuilt, is still resplendent and incomparably splendid in the eyes of the people, especially when Pius III, surrounded by the cardinals, walks slowly out of the smoke, for whom it is probably about the same as the coming of the Holy Spirit, and some of them even faint.

At the side of the Father, the two young bishops, who were still rumored to be the angels Luzifer and Michael, dressed in white sacrificial robes, holding the holy book and the reliquary respectively for Shelter III, their beautiful posture gave people (especially women) another reason to faint, they whispered in the Holy Mass, discussing who was Luzifer and who was Michael, but it was easy to identify, although they wore high crowns, their temples showed their rich hair, one was black curls, One is blonde straight hair, does this need to be said? It's just that there are so many people who like Luzifer than Michael, although Michael is the chief warrior around God, and although Luzifer is not explicitly identified in the canon of the Bible, the legend has it that he did fall into hell with a third of the angels because of his arrogance.

The women were always religious, their bodies were much more honest, and when the Pope stood on the altar where he alone could celebrate Mass (it is said that St. Peter's tomb below) was already thinking about who would be the first to be the black-haired bishop's lover - Giulio knew nothing of the conjectures below, and his attention was almost entirely on Pius III, and to make such a mass would take no less effort than the coronation of the Pope, the body of Pius III, After all these years of recuperation, he was much better than his peers, but it is conceivable that by the time the Mass was over, the old man would be exhausted.

It was for this reason that when something kept flickering to the left and right of Pius III, Giulio subconsciously tried to capture the source of the point of light—he at first thought it was the embroidery on the sacred belt, or the gem on the scepter glittering, but it wasn't, and a strange, creepy feeling kept urging him to look up—an arched black shadow was constantly shaking on the narrow windowsill dozens of feet above the ground, which people would not even notice.

If it were an ordinary person, even if he could see it, he would not be able to understand what it was for a moment - or thought that he was just mistaken - but Giulio did not hesitate in the slightest, he dropped the reliquary in his hand and rushed to Pius III amid the exclamations of the cardinals, holding down the teacher's shoulder, pushing him to the ground, and then covering the vital point of the Holy Father with his own body.

The people who had come to watch the Mass were boiling over, they didn't know what was happening, some even thought that the devil was at work, and a few impulsive fellows ran up to try to pull Giulio away from the Holy Father, but the blood that spread from the snow-white sacrificial garment made them understand immediately.

"There are assassins!" They shouted frantically, "There are assassins! ”

Pius III's mind was a rare confusion, his former calmness dissipated when he couldn't push Giulio away, and he trembled and reached out to caress Giulio's back, and he felt the end of a crossbow arrow, and the damp cloth.

"Help......" he shouted, his voice completely distorted, so that people didn't understand what he was saying at first.

"Save him!" At last, they heard, a high-pitched, hoarse cry, full of despair: "Save him, save my child!" ”