In August 1484, when Sixtus IV died in the watchful eyes of the cardinals, he was sure to go to heaven, and those he loved and hated were left to suffer in the filthy world - the struggle between Lovere and Borgia intensified, and their supporters even set off a bloody riot in Rome, with more than five hundred dead and wounded, mobs everywhere, merchants looted, women humiliated, and even in daylight, the streets were empty. People rushed to the bronze doors of the Sistine Chapel to pray and beg for the twenty-seven cardinals who were locked up in the church to elect the messenger of God as soon as possible, and the commoners did not care who held the key to heaven, in their opinion, no matter who it was, they only hoped that the heirs of St. Peter would put an end to the chaos on the streets of Rome.

But as usual, the protests of the common people were not heeded, and the election of the cardinals took place in four rounds, the first three of which were invalidated because none of the candidates received more than a third of the votes, because the delay lasted more than a week, and the bishops' food changed from fatty meat, chickens, ducks, and fish to bitter wine, bread, and water, and they were huddled in a cold little room, with only a bed, candles, commode and crosses to sleep with, and plates with sweet biscuits and preserves were taken away, Only a pinch of salt was left for them, but the cardinals insisted on bargaining until the last moment.

The results came out, and everyone looked at each other, except for Giovanni, the Italian Genoese? Batista? Sibo. As one of the candidates, it is certainly unlikely that he did not expect this position, but almost everyone thought that the owner of the Fisherman's Ring this time was either Borgia or Lovere, and after thinking for a moment, the bishops who accepted the bribes of both secretly smiled, perhaps because they were evenly matched, neither Borgia nor Lovere were sure that they could be chosen, not to mention, Cardinal Marco. Balbo (a good man of good character and strict style), with the full support of the Venetians, went so far as to directly threaten the position of Borgia and Lovere, and for the sake of the family and for their own sake, they invariably stepped back and put themselves on the throne of the Pope as they saw fit - a Genoese known for his docility, who was an indecisive man who almost never opposed the opinions of others, even if that person was his subordinate, and was therefore trusted by Pope Sixtus IV at the time, He was given the position of Bishop of Savona, promoted to Archbishop of Morfeita, and in 1473 made him a cardinal.

The Genoese people, Pope Innocent VIII, were of course grateful to Borgia and Lovere, for having gained new, more powerful positions, more dioceses and privileges, which were better than nothing for the paranoid Lovere and the greedy Bolgia, but in any case, the disgusting affair of which even the Virgin had to curse was finally over, and while they were regrouping, they also remembered their son, and in this respect, Lovere was no match for Borgia. Borgia now has four sons, all healthy, and Lovere has only three daughters, and he once had a devilish son, but now that he thinks about it, even such a devil's son is better than having nothing to do with his knees.

Unlike the over-anxious Medici parents, Borgia certainly missed his son Caesar, but he would not directly ask Bishop Picromini to send back his son, he simply and quickly fulfilled his previous promise, that next year, in 1485, Bishop Picomini would be able to return to Rome, to the Holy See that he was familiar with, and he would ensure that Bishop Picomini became one of the cardinals, and now there are only twenty-six cardinals, because that venerable good man, Bishop Balbo of Venice, Unfortunately, he was hit by a thunderous blow - he suddenly fell ill and died of blood spitting from his mouth.

If people in the 15th century also had the insight and methods of modern forensics, they would definitely find that the so-called "disease" is just a diamond ground into a fine powder, modern people know a lot about potassium cyanide, but not necessarily for diamond powder, at this time the assassins are very good at using this brittle but hard ore, they may not know much what is called hydrophobic and lipophilic, but they know that once the diamond powder enters the stomach, it will stick to the stomach wall, and gastric acid cannot dissolve them, every gastrointestinal peristalsis, These small stones with sharp edges would cut through wounds that were too small to be seen, starting with a stomach ulcer and then a stomach hemorrhage, at which point even the devil could not save him.

Bishop Picomini was not surprised by this result, Balde's mistake was to declare that he would carry out the Reformation if he became pope before he was sure that he could succeed, Bishop Picomini did not know whether he was radical or stupid, but he should know that this was a rather taboo topic, after all, reform meant touching the interests of certain people, and until the details came out, Balde's declaration was undoubtedly an enemy of the entire Vatican.

The Bishop shook his head, he had been staring at the information for too long, and his vision was a little blurry. He stood up from his desk, he was born in 1439, he was 45 years old, he was in the prime of life for modern people, but for this time people had already begun to enter the stage of aging—Bishop Picromini had ambition, he did not neglect his body as some of his colleagues did, he did not drink much, he had no lover, he never overeats, he never even reads in a dark place, as he does today, because he spends so much time at his desk, He had to go out for a ride or a walk before nightfall.

As he had described to Giulio, Pienza was a quiet and beautiful place, the buildings of Pienza were made of grayish-yellow stone masonry, cemented with gray cement, and the lush trees and bright flowers protruding from behind these rustic walls, forming a sparse shade cover over the alleys, and Bishop Picromini sat on a fat donkey, with flowers and precocious fruits picking behind him, and he wore only a smock, a fine barley robe, and no embroidery, Plain wooden shoes and a four-cornered hat. There are three main lanes in Pienza, called "Love", "Kiss" and "Darkness", and the Bishop chooses "Darkness" without thinking, and through "Darkness" you reach the edge of the town, which is separated from the surrounding wilderness by a rising wall, just below which is a drying pile of lavender flowers, stretching for thousands of feet, like a deep purple ocean. It was also the property of the Picomini family, and the children were running and chasing each other in the flowers, shouting and shouting, and though they were too far away to be seen, the Bishop could imagine their faces flushed after the intense exercise, their eyes that grew brighter and their skin was hot, and his lips could not help but smile.

Sometimes Bishop Picomini would admire Borgia's brazenness, and after making his promise, he seemed to regard Bishop Picomini as his closest friend, and the sweet words in the letters would make Picomini wonder if he had mistakenly received a private letter from Borgia to his lover—as for the other Borgia...... Bishop Picromini had no doubt that he was Rodrigo's son, that he was as shameless as his father, and that his beauty was more than Rodrigo's, and that he was able to do bad things without guilt...... Ever since Picomini reached an agreement with Borgia, he seemed to have never planned to hold Bishop Picomini and Cardinal Lovere in his hands, he was a good student who was respectful and lovable, and he was indeed very intelligent and charismatic, and although Bishop Picomini did not like him, he had to admit that every teacher would be deeply comforted to have such a student.

It's just that the boy's coldness seeped out of his bones, Bishop Picromini thought, he seemed to regard all the objects, people, and events in the world as useful and useless, and judged exactly how he should treat and use them, and only his relatives could make him show a trace of tenderness, especially his little sister Lucrecia.

Speaking of Luclays, that is, why Bishop Picromini thought that Borgia was the first in the world, it was only before their covenant was established, and as soon as Sixtus IV died, Rodrigo Rodrigo. Borgia could not wait to annul Lucrecia's marriage to the Santa Canti family, and the four-year-old girl was picked up from Foligno by his cronies, but did not return to Rome - it would take some time for the turmoil in Rome to subside - she was sent to Pienza by Borgia who had not been seen in the world.

Luclay still thinks about her ponies and hounds, but when she sees her brother Caesar, and Julio. The Medici, and another lovely and shy strange child, who at once forgot about San Condy and Foligno, had spent a very pleasant time here, and the Bishop of Picromini, as well as the monks and priests, were very tolerant of the children, and they were free as long as they did not need to attend classes, and under the watchful eye of the monks they could go as far as Siena, but most of their play was in Pienzane or near the outskirts of the city, where Picomini's army and Assassins guarded it, Very safe.

Lucracia's presence can be said to have had a direct impact on the three pupils of Bishop Picomini, who maintained a gentle and polite distance between the three boys until her arrival in Pienza. Beneath Bolgia's modest exterior lies arrogance and unruliness. The Medici, though good-natured, were not fools to be manipulated and fooled, and as for Joshua, Father Picromini had no doubts about the conclusion he had drawn to him: a poisonous snake that knew no gratitude. It was the arrival of Luclay who changed all this, not only did she have a beautiful appearance, but also a sharpness and alertness that surpassed that of a four-year-old child, and a frank and happy heart, Caesar would not disobey the wishes of his little sister, Joshua preferred to stay with this child who had never seen his ugly side, and Giulio. How could the Medici, who was already good-natured, cruelly refuse a child who was even younger and more fragile than him?

However, among the three boys, Luclaycia still liked Julio the most, in the sea of purple flowers, she grabbed a large number of lavender flowers as she did when they met for the first time, threw them on the golden-eyed "brother", and then threw herself over, the huge momentum and gravity made her and Giulio drown in fluffy and dry small flowers, the smell was too strong that Giulio couldn't help but sneeze, he turned his face away, and pulled down Luclayia's long underwear and burqa, In this damn era, women don't have underwear to wear, only men who hold power at home and outside.

Caesar smiled on the side, Giulio was one of the few men he had seen who was full of respect and tenderness for women, even if he was only six years old, in the rose garden of Foligno, Lucrecia mistook him for Caesar to prank, he was not angry, and when he fell, he even remembered to turn his body so that Lucrea would not rub his arm directly against the ground, so that Caesar would take Lucrea's hand and tell Lucrea, He and Giulio are brothers with the same mentor, he is Lucrecia's brother, and so is Giulio.

"Ahh Julio sneezed again, he could tolerate the smell of frankincense and myrrh, but the dense smell of lavender was too pungent. "Can I stop playing this game? Lucrea. He said that Sant'Conti of Foligno and Picromini of Pienza had fed Lucrecia so well that she had nearly dislocated Giulio's shoulder while in the rose garden, and now it was his ribs and lumbar vertebrae that he had suffered, and that he did not want to die for the foundation of modern medicine in an age of bloodletting and enema.

"Unless you give me a gift." Lucrecia said that as she stretched out her hand, she was used to receiving gifts, her father gave her double gifts when he asked her to marry into the Santa Kanti family, her brother gave gifts when he asked her to do something, and the third son of the Santa Kanti family, her husband, also gave her gifts.

Julio touched his body helplessly, he had a cross around his neck, but this cross where the holy relics were hidden was also the same one that he was wearing as Julio. The Medici proof is like the reliquary that Joshua once had, and he may not have to use this to prove his identity, but random gifts and losses may cause some danger to the Medici. He thought for a moment, pushed Lucretia and let her get off him, then pulled a lavender, brushed off the excess petals, wrapped it around his finger a few times, and pressed the end into the spike to make a very simple ring.

Lucrecia took the "ring" and giggled, "Oh, the ring," she said, "do you want to marry me?" ”

She suddenly jumped on Giulio's body, and almost made him angry, "You can marry me," she said mischievously and sweetly, "you are a Medici, and my father will allow it." ”