Chapter 39: Killing Relatives

The subsequent development of the matter is no longer in the hands of these children, they have already moved from Perugia to Pisa before the Assumption of the Virgin, which is earlier than beforehand, and for unavoidable reasons, Atalante no longer hides her ill will towards Terra, even if she is not clear, or there is evidence that Borgia planned the coercion and assassination against her, Perugia is no longer safe.

Their studies in Pisa continued for more than a year, and at the end of 1490 they heard that Pope Innocent VIII was too ill to officiate at Advent Mass, and that they were ready to have a new pope in the following year, or less. A few months ago, Ezio had left Pisa and was missing, and Lucrecia, who had been with his brother, was also taken back to the "Silver Palace" by Rodrigo, and Caesar received the priesthood (became Bishop of Pamplona, Spain), and when he returned, a perfect round blank appeared in his head, Joe was out of breath with laughter, and Giulio also showed an embarrassing and strange look, "You will have this day too!" Caesar exclaimed in annoyance, in fact, Caesar had no interest in becoming a clergyman, he liked combat and power, but his father Rodrigo did not think so, he hoped that Caesar could inherit his position in the church, whether it was bishop or pope, and as for temporal power, he preferred to let his youngest son Juan take over.

"Why not use the 'SΓ£o Paulo style'?" Joe asked, there was a rule for the clergy's hairstyle, Greek or St. Peter's, St. Paul's short hair, which would at least look better than it was now.

"Adults want me to use the 'St. Peter' style, at least for a year or two." Caesar replied, after all, that too many people were watching Rodrigo's son, and he picked up the round hat that he had accidentally dropped and put it back on his head. While abandoning his hair, he was also forced to abandon mundane clothing, and the bishop's robes, belts, and shawls made him uncomfortable. Perhaps the only thing that pleased him back in Rome was that he had finally gained his father's approval, was introduced into the Templar Order, and became one of the knights, and as Rodrigo's son he had many privileges, but he tried to be as humble and courteous as possible, and won the affection of many, especially when compared to his half-brother Luigi.

Luigi was a simple-minded man, but even a reckless man could realize what Caesar's presence meant to him, he was no longer the only one, he thought that his position was shaken, he could no longer be sure that the Grand Master of the Templar Order would fall on him after Rodrigo's death, he was like a beast trapped in a cave, circling Caesar, looking for his weaknesses, and always wanting to bite into him.

Not only Caesar, but even Julio and Joe have been provoked several times, but Joe, although clumsy, has a flexible head, Giulio once confronted Luigi when he was eight years old, and now he is even more fearless. Borgia was starting to get impatient, he was in a critical moment, the Medici treasury was arguably the most important bargaining chip, a boy's life was not important to him, but the Medici were in trouble because of this questioning their covenant.

Luigi. Borgia became even more jealous of Caesar, believing that his father had stopped loving him and had turned all his attention to his other son, who vowed to teach Caesar a lesson and make him miserable.

Then, the day after St. Thomas' Day, Giulio suddenly received a message from Joshua. Lovere's letter, in which he said he hoped he would be able to get to one of Lovere's palaces as soon as possible.

Lauvere's palace Giulio has also heard of it, as Rodrigo did. Borgia was not a small bishop who would prepare a palace for himself near Rome, and he did not leave immediately, but informed Cardinal Joe and Picromini respectively, and brought his retinue and loyal friends of the Medici with him. Joshua was killed by his father, Cardinal de la Pamplona, before Caesar became bishop of Pamplona. Lovere took Rome back, and although Bishop Picromini was willing to vouch, when the battle between Lovere and Borgia intensified, de la Ferry. Lovere didn't dare to use his sole heir to verify the character of Bishop Picromini, and Bolgia had obtained the cardinal's position for him, although it was Lovere who made it vacant.

After Joshua was freed from the curse of the devil, he was no longer so gloomy and irascible, although he was still sometimes jealous of Bishop Picromini's favoritism, but as he said, he was willing to be a credible friend with Giulio, and Giulio thought the same. Although the two positions are delicate, Giulio is still willing to believe in him - believe in him, but not in the people around him, after all, these people are almost all Della. Lovere's confidant, the Medici family, is now his political rival Rodrigo. Borgia's purse, no one knows what he's going to do.

In fact, Giulio was right in his judgment of Joshua, and they did not see any superfluous people in Lovere's palace.

"Lucrecia is waiting for you." Joshua whispered.

Julio looked at him in amazement, but before he could say more, Joshua stopped, the palace had only a small central courtyard, and in this season, both daisies and roses had withered, leaving only black stalks, and Lucrecia stood behind a statue of the god of war, and as soon as she saw Julio, she ran over and hugged him tightly.

Joshua was slightly stunned, a bitterness in his heart, and he took two steps back.

Giulio had been surprised enough, anyway, it was quite unusual for Borgia's daughter to appear in Lovere's palace, but before he could ask, Lucrecia had already stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear: "Sleep with me, Giulio." ”

Even now there's a thunderbolt down that Giulio. The Medici were no more shocked, and he even thought that he had misheard or misunderstood, but Lucrecia repeated it, and then she took a step back and uncovered the cloak that was called "Mante" at the time, a cloak quilted with velvet and fur, and a deep purple surface adorned with jeweled gold balls, but it was not the most precious, like a box containing jewels, and the body it enclosed was the most worthy of worshipβ€”when looking at the skin that shimmered like pearls, Julio turned his head away with such a movement that he almost broke his neck.

Lucrecia gasped violently, she threw her cloak on the ground, stepped forward for the second time, and hugged Giulio, who didn't dare to push her away, so he could only stretch out his hand to Joshua: "Clothes! ”

Joshua was stunned, too, until Julio shouted a second time before he panicked and unfastened his woollen cloak, fortunately they were both in their development period now, Joshua was thin but taller than Lucrecia, and a cloak was enough to wrap the girl in one piece.

Giulio could feel Lucretia shivering madly, definitely not because of the cold, but because of fear, "what's going on," he said, "tell me." ”

"Luigi wants to ...... with me Sleep together. ”

He said...... This is the will of the fatherβ€”and ...... My sister was originally ...... It should belong to their brother......"

"I ...... Feeling nauseous...... I hit him and fled...... If," Luclecia said wistfully, intermittently, "if you have to choose someone...... Julio, could it be you? You are also my brother, so Caesar said, and I am willing to have sex with you...... I...... No, not Luigi. ”

Julio turned to look at Joshua, whose eyes were full of hatred and pity, and then, beside him, was Caesar. Borgia.

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Luigi. Borgia's death date has been set.

He was a disgusting fellow, and although he shared the same surname, neither Caesar nor Luclecia had the slightest affection for him. Borgia was not, they could have killed Luigi, but the murderer would have to face the wrath of a cardinal and a father, not to mention that Caesar knew that his father had another unknown but even more terrifying identity - the Supreme Master of the Templar Order.

Lucrecia fell into a deep sleep after taking a dose of hypnotic herbal decoction, and just outside her bedroom, Caesar, Giulio, and Joshua met together for the first time since returning to Rome.

Sometimes Caesar also finds it funny, in Lovere's palace, a Borgia, a Medici, and a Lovere are discussing how to kill a Borgia, and his reason tells him that it is not feasible or even dangerous, if Giulio is still a Medici, then what about Joshua surnamed Lovere, he is the son of Borgia's enemy, but Caesar also knows that his father Rodrigo will not only not punish him for Luigi's atrocities, but will also deliberately cover up, just like Luigi said, He had heard some similar absurd theories that his father was a stubborn man, and that he had always believed that a woman would be pleasing to the first person who possessed her, even if she betrayed her father or her brother, and that he had already conceived a marriage for Lucrecia, and that if nothing else, Lucles would marry again at the age of twelve or thirteen, and that Lucles might be doomed if the man had offered to have de facto sexual intercourse.

Caesar confessed that he was a cowardly man, and he did not even dare to ask Rodrigo their father, if Rodrigo's answer was: "Yes." Did he really dare to rebel against his father for the sake of Lucres? Don't forget, Rodrigo had already given him an answer, and in order to achieve him, and Bolgia's ambitions, not only Lucresia, but every Borgia was a sacrifice on the altar, and their fate was not under their control, only to see if their fate was merciful enough.

What is unacceptable is Caesar's affection, he is gentle on the outside, cold on the inside, and the only bit of warmth is probably all given to his little sister Lucrea, who believes in Giulio, and as for Joshua, his love for Lucles can vouch for him - as a brother, Caesar has long seen that in Giulio's eyes, Lucles is still a child, but Joshua is not.

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Ezio laughed, he hadn't been to Rome for a while, he didn't expect such a joke to be heard when he returned, he grinned and laughed for a long time on his stomach before he retracted a little under Giulio's sharp gaze, and he was quite in favor of their plan - any plan, especially murder, people felt that it needed to be carefully planned and arranged, but no one knew how God would arrange it, but it was simpler and more adaptable, but it could achieve the best result.

Under the direction of a professional Assassin, only three people were involved in the murder, Giulio, Caesar, and Joshua, who gathered in an alleyway next to a brothel outside Rome at dusk, wearing masks and gloves, wearing very ordinary tights, leather armor and cloaks, no coats of arms on their clothes, no rings on their fingers, no necklaces around their necks, no pins on their shirts and hats, and the weapons they carried were only the most common daggers and daggers, of average quality, and their sources could not be found.

They waited quietly in the alleyway, and after a few screams, Luigi's massive figure swayed through the window, and a moment later he staggered out of the prostitution, leaving behind a muffled cry - Luigi's attendants brought his horses and followed him on horseback.

"Wait, sir." Luigi's squires shouted as their horses turned to the familiar path, "Today we must go a different way." ”

"How?" Luigi asked unhappily.

The squire flinched, Luigi might not have killed him, but he would have beaten him violently, "There's a chimney there, and the road is full of rubble, and the horse's hooves will hurt." ”

Luigi muttered, in normal times, he might be wary, but he had drunk too much wine today, his consciousness was a little confused, of course he didn't know, the wine he drank was mixed with purified ale, enough to paralyze an elephant, the prostitutes didn't know that this was a precursor to murder, they only hoped that the new wine would make Luigi feel weak and save the lives of one or two sisters.

They turned into a laneway, which was dark and dirty between two small three-story buildings. They didn't notice that the moonlight caused three emaciated shadows to sway on the reddish-brown tiles.

A small piece of splinter suddenly fell on Luigi's retinue, he was startled, and immediately looked up, he didn't want to be crushed under another collapsed chimney, he didn't see the chimney, only a slender black figure, metal flashing in his hand, and by the time he realized it was a crossbow, the arrow had gone through his throat, and he fell down without a word.

The sound of the crossbow was very vivid in the silence of the night, and Luigi's judgment was very correct, he did not look back, hesitated, looked around, but rode his horse directly, but at the end of this road, where only horses were allowed to move forward, there were two thin steel wires, and at the same time that the steel wires broke due to the great momentum, the front hooves of the horses were also broken, Luigi's face was cut, his face was covered with blood, and before he could get up from the ground, Julio and Caesar's daggers and short swords had already pierced his backβ€”not completely, Luigi was wearing chain mail, he roared loudly in pain, pinched Julio's wrist, and threw him against the wall, then he drew his saber, facing Caesar, Caesar's familiarity made his beastly pupils suddenly contract: "c......" he shouted, but choked from the lime powder thrown by Caesar, and when he closed his eyes and coughed desperately, Julio had dropped his dagger and drew his rapier instead, which looked like an enlarged sewing needle, which the mercenaries used against the knights in chainmailβ€” The rapier pierced the ring at the waist, the ring cracked, and the rapier continued, the wound caused by this weapon was hardly fatal, but there was poison on it, and the technology that hundreds of years later allowed it to explode faster than the Borgia family's "Canterella".

Luigi's throat was burned, and his movements became slower, and he knelt down, as if to beg, as Caesar walked towards him with his short sword.

"Go to hell." Caesar said, then picked open his chain mail and stabbed him several times in the abdomen, allowing the blood to wash away the excess poison.

Luigi convulsed, exhaled a foul breath, and died.