Hearing that Pius III had appointed Cardinal Lovere Junior to be his confessor, the cardinals looked a little wrong, especially Cardinal Lovere Grande, who was full of doubts, but at this time, Joshua was better off with the Holy Father than the others, and he had to leave the room with the others.

"Have the other cardinals notified?" A cardinal asked. ，

"Brother John has sent messengers out." Cardinal Baglioni replied. Then he vaguely heard the names of Cardinal Albret of France and two cardinals of Spain, in fact, it was false for them to come to witness the pontifical sacrament of death, and to come to Rome as soon as possible, to elect or be elected a new pope is real, according to tradition, before the Sistine Chapel is closed, the cardinals who have not arrived no longer have the right to vote and be elected, so unless they are dying, or they will inevitably die when they come to Rome - otherwise, they will still do everything to rush back, Then Cardinal Baglioni also heard Giulio. There are no fools in the Medici name, no one doubts the love of the young cardinal, who was once favored by Pius III, for his guardian and master, but there are also some smart people who sense that something is wrong - seriously, Giulio. The Medici's sudden stubbornness and Pius III's equally inexplicable weakness were enough for them to murmur for a while, but they thought it might be a temporary retreat from Picomini's repeated encounters with Lovere...... Well? But now it seems that Cardinal Lovere Jr. has become the final victor, and Pius III does not mention Giulio to this day. Medici, some people can't help but laugh at the young black-haired cardinal in their hearts, and some people feel sorry for it, after all, compared to the aggressive little Cardinal Lovere, Giulio. The Medici still seemed to be a fairly gentle and reasonable person.

They couldn't help but turn their attention to Cardinal Lovere, who had said more than once that no son could disobey his father - although he did not specify who the son was, after all, an illegitimate child could not become a pope, but who did not know his relationship with Cardinal Lovere the Younger, but even in disguise, Cardinal Lovere's grief and sorrow did not seem to be fake, even they had some relatives, and the Cardinals of Pius III wanted to reform as they knew, But because of the relationship between Cardinal Lovere the Younger and Cardinal Lovere the Great, the cardinals' impression of Pius III remained that of a noble scholar, as he said, he needed a Church of change, and of a moderate Church - a shameless statement to those who knew it, but the cardinal and the Romans agreed that all those resentful bastards were all done by the Loveres for the sake of enriching themselves and gathering power.

Julio. The Medici had already withdrawn from the Ministry of Jurisprudence and transferred to the Ministry of Catholicism, and later left Rome to become an archbishop in Florence, which made the cardinals feel a little more favorable—they were always quite tolerant of enemies who had lost their competitiveness. When the Medici returned, they welcomed him with great warmth, much to the delight of the chubby Medici—Joe may have been silly, but he was only a little sluggish, and he was very adept at communication, especially wine, gambling, and women, even the French Cardinals Georges and Albrey, who had been very disgusted with the Medici, although they had always claimed that they were very close to Joe. The Medici were only general acquaintances, but the prostitutes of Rome had a completely different view of the wine merchants—in any case, probably no one was better at "being honest" than they were, and Jo's tricks were not only eye-opening to the two French buns, but also to them - have you ever heard of a beautiful piece of furniture made for the sake of a bed?

Joe. The Medici did just that.

As for the others, they prefer this fat man who is generous and does not steal their limelight from women (even Julio. The Medici also failed to do it). When they saw Joe, they surrounded him affectionately, comforted him, and asked him if he needed to lend soldiers or messengers to Florence to bring his brother back to Rome. As for Julio. They didn't care if the Medici had anything to do with Florence – they just had to be sure, Giulio. The Medici could not have returned to Rome before the Sistine Chapel was closed, which meant that it was enough to lose the right to vote and to be elected – as soon as Cardinal Lovere the Younger came out of Pius III's room, they surrounded him.

Joe who was left where he was. The Medici shrugged helplessly, and then he felt a vicious gaze fall on him, and through the surging wide-brimmed hat and red vestment, he looked at Cardinal Grande Lovere—Jo shuddered and shrank behind Cardinal Baglioni.

"It's time to go." Cardinal Lovere Jr. said with grief.

A dozen cardinals, who were now in Rome, rushed into Pius III's room, which was not as gloomy as the room of the dying they had seen before, but was unusually bright, clean, and did not even smell unpleasant—the windows were open, the April wind caressed people's cheeks, the curtains beside the bed were raised high, Pius III lay on the bed in only a thin linen robe, his hands folded on his chest, holding a string of rosaries, and there was no fear of death on his face, only calm and serenity, He seemed so devout and holy that even Cardinal Grand Lovere could not help but put aside his past grudges and silently prayed for him.

Seeing that there were enough witnesses, Pius III began to dictate the will, to the horror of Cardinal Lovere, Pius III really gave Joshua most of his private assets, including nearly 500,000 gold ducats, a large monastery and mineral lands, estates, etc., the richness could not help but make people jealous, he listened with trepian anxiety, and looked at Pius III and Joshua with suspicion, but no matter what he thought, it didn't matter, the will was valid under the witness of witnesses, Then people began to pray for Pius III.

In the case of ordinary people, as soon as the priest enters the room, he has to severely rebuke the dying man, point out his past impiety and all his sins, and swear that he will suffer in hell for a thousand years, until he frightens the poor man and his relatives to the point of being left without a master, but in the case of His Excellency the Pope, of course, this will not work, as Cardinal Grande Lovere said, God is always a little more tolerant of them, Pius III can be said to have made a brief confession quite calmly, and Joshua forgave him on behalf of God.

Joshua then brought the Eucharistic bread with the crucifix pressed on it and gave it to Pius III, who, with the help of Brother John, sat up straight and received the Eucharist.

Joshua anointed Pius III with holy oil, which was originally believed by the Jews to help people ward off diseases, and now it is anointed to help people ascend to heaven as soon as possible.

The sacrament of the last days was put to an end, the cardinals quietly withdrew, and Cardinal Grand Lovere, eager to speak to Cardinal Lovere Younger, was forcibly taken away, even though the latter did not want to, and Brother John left, closing the door before leaving.

Pius III waited quietly for the final moments, not afraid of death, but with some regrets.

"O God......" he prayed, then closed his mouth again, for he did not want his child to come to him at such a dangerous time, even if his thoughts were almost condensed into a physical form.

No, maybe it's not just a hallucination, Pius III thought, in his hallucination, Giulio. The Medici would not have jumped from a window into his room in the costume of an Assasin assassin under any circumstances.

Julio. The Medici, the cardinal of the Holy See, the archbishop of Florence, swaggered into the Father's chamber in the Vatican Palace, dressed in the costume of an Assasin assassin, and went to lay down the curtains and tapestries by the window before lighting the candle and turning around with a smile, although he could not help but cry at the sight of Picromini.

He looked at Pius III, and Pius III looked at him, the Holy Father's eyes could almost be described as greedy, although they had only seen each other for a few dozen days, they seemed to have been separated by countless years, and after that, they had to usher in a permanent parting.

After a while, Pius III said, "Let me see, do we want to go together?" ”

Julio smiled, and with a flip of his hands, he revealed a Bible with a black sheepskin cover, as well as a bottle of holy oil.

"Well, wait." The Holy Father frowned dissatisfiedly, "Do I still need an Assassin from Assasin to perform the sacrament of the last life for me?" He gestured to the suitcase in the corner of the room, and Giulio opened it, only to find that it was full of white clothes peculiar to the Pope.

"Wear it, wear it, I thought I wouldn't be able to see you in white, but I didn't expect to have a chance."

Giulio had to go and change his clothes, and when he walked out in holy white, Pius III's eyes lit up.

"So, can you repent?" Giulio said with a grin, gently arranging the belt - Pius III insisted that he was wearing the full suit, even changing his shoes.

"Well, let me think," said Pius III, who made himself lie down more comfortably, "where to start, my memories came back a long time ago, much earlier than one might think—I hated my nurse so much, she gave birth to ...... Like an upright sow, very filthy and stinking, and always wanting to nurse me, and always looking for an opportunity to humiliate my maid-in-waiting, I was very tired of it, so I found an opportunity to tell her that a knight in the castle was in love with her, and wanted to have a tryst with her, and she went with great joy, and of course it was not the knight who was waiting there, but the knight's groom, and this groom, who was bent on finding the most beautiful maid to be his wife, and as a result, neither of them was satisfied with the other, so they quarreled, They got together - and then they were kicked out together, and the funny thing is that they were still together after that, and when they got married, they came to me for gifts.

……

And my father's guests, and very obnoxious fellows, and among them was a priest, who always asked my boy to serve him, and to do some unspeakable and ugly thing, and when the boy cried to me, I taught him, and shoved a piece of fat into his ass, and a porcupine thorn in it, and that night the cries of the priest woke up the whole castle...... Later, I also made up a short poem called what: porcupine, porcupine, the thorn is gone, where is the thorn? What about the priest's beep...... He felt humiliated and never came again.

……

The clergy who instructed us to learn Latin were very strict with us, but there was a bastard who sat beside me, and was always doing mischief, and I was punished together, and the priests would not only use whips, but also make us put our heads in the drawers of our desks, or put us in baskets, and hang us on the beams, and I couldn't stand it anymore, so I got some gum and applied it to his stool, and when he sat down and stood up again, the stool would stand up with him, and go forward together, and when he bowed, he would pout together. The priest thought he was deliberately laughing at him, so he gave him a beating and from then on he never dared to bother me again......

……

When I went to college, there was a classmate who had a very bad character, and even deceived the prostitutes, saying that they wanted to marry them and defraud them of their money, so I taught the prostitutes to disguise themselves as witches who bought strong yang potions, and cheated the money back from him......

……”

If at the beginning, Giulio's mood was still very heavy, then the more he heard it, the more "embarrassed" he became...... Excuse me, my dear teacher Picromini, how can you justifiably shout that children are all devils and young people are thugs, when you were so naughty when you were young?

"Later, I met Abigail, a beautiful girl...... We have a child, a boy, whom we call Gabriel. In Julian's astonished gaze, Pius III said gently: "At that time, like you, although I have become a shepherd of God, I still want to have a formal marriage, so that my children can bear my surname in the open, even to the point of almost parting ways with my family, but God is merciful and cruel, he guides me, I respond to him, in this case, he will not let me go astray - Abigail and Gabriel contracted smallpox, and not only them, It's a village.

For a moment, I almost wanted to go with them, but they said they were going to flee somewhere else, taking advantage of no one knowing......"

At this point, Pius III paused, and Giulio could barely breathe...... He wanted Pius III to stop talking, but he also knew that his teacher had been hiding this matter for fifty years, and now he could finally say it.

"The village was not very large, there were only seventy or eighty people, so I said, go to the church, see a last Mass, receive a communion, and let God bless you through this tribulation.

Abigail knelt at the front with Gabriel in his arms, and I added belladonna juice to the wine and arsenic in the sacrament bread, and I ate them myself. ”

"Teacher ......"

"I have no regrets," said Pius III, "and I remember all my sins...... Listen carefully, Giulio, every rugged road I have ever walked may be the one you will take, but whatever you do, remember that this is the path that Catholicism has chosen, that God has shown you the way, that you must take – you need not fear, you need not worry, you just follow the voice of your heart, my child, whatever decision you have made is right and unshakable, and anyone who opposes you is an enemy of God and destined to go to Hellfire! ”

"Teacher!"

"Listen, listen, child......" Pius III's voice suddenly lowered, Giulio held his hand tightly, under his command, a few drops of the familiar potion in the mouth of His Excellency the Pope, he gasped for a while, and continued to tell about his past, unlike the naughtiness of his childhood, and the arrogance of his youth, when he was around Pius II and Paul II, he was exposed to more intrigues and intrigues than ordinary people eat every day, these are all Giulio. What the Medici lacked, Pius III was like the last candle, burning the last of his life, desperately trying to bring a little light to his children—after all, his future was destined to be dark, rugged and long.

Pius III kept talking until it was getting dark, and he could not see it, but he could hear Brother John's footsteps, and he reluctantly shook Giulio's hand: "Pray for me, child." ”

Giulio knelt down and placed his forehead on his hand.

When dawn comes, the divine spirits pass away and ascend to heaven.

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Pius III's funeral was so solemn that Joshua received his rich inheritance, and he was not stingy in arranging the follow-up, and his performance was remarkable compared to another student who did not even show up, but what he did not know was that people were more sympathetic and regretful than malicious speculation - Cardinal Baglioni, who held the mouthpiece of Rome, certainly did not go against the wishes of his brother and father, and waited until the Medici Archbishop of Florence did not even enter Rome before the Sistine Chapel was closed, The suspicions were realized, and if it were not for the terrible enemy and the mortal crisis, what cardinal would have given up the great bribes and possible glory at his fingertips, and would have been willing to stay outside Rome?

With the door of the Sistine Chapel slammed shut, Rome also ushered in a chaotic night, and the people of Rome at first thought that they would be carefully protected from nuisance and plunder as Pius III was elected, and when they saw the soldiers of Lovere, they even eagerly opened the door for them, and sent them wine and honey cakes, hoping that they would stay here for a little longer, but what they did not expect was that these mercenaries did not hesitate to break into their home and drive everyone together, Skillfully and quickly searched every corner, in order to avoid trouble in the future, when they finished plundering one place, both men and women, old and young, could not escape death.

After that, thieves and bandits would walk in and take away the scraps of food, or a few fish that slipped through the net, and they would all deal with them cleanly.

Joshua imprisoned in the Sistine Chapel. Lovere didn't know anything about this, the election process was not going well, maybe he was deliberately intimidating them, or he just wanted to find trouble, extort more money, and for more than ten days in a row, the votes were actually invalid - that is, no one had a majority of the candidates, and in the midst of the suffering, Joshua couldn't remember the Roman people outside at all - he had been consciously marginalized in the previous papal elections, and now that he was in it, he realized how dangerous and difficult it was.

Cardinal Lovere and the Lovere family fought like a shipwreck, but they did not get the desired result, and they went crazy, and as time went by, Cardinal Lovere became more and more irritable, and even scolded Cardinal Lovere the Younger, and even threatened him that if he could not become the Pope, then he would be a sacrifice thrown out by the Lovere family in order to appease the anger of the cardinals.

Like the "sacrifice" he once acquiesced in, it may be even more unbearable and painful.

Just when Joshua was on the verge of collapse, Cardinal Baglioni and Joe were on the verge of collapse. The Medici cardinals approached him separately, and their demands were not excessive, one was to ask the future Papal States to support his nephew Tosino. Baglioni became the new owner of Perugia, while another, Joe. The Medici wanted to be able to get a good job for themselves.

"Aren't you asking for something for Julio?" Joshua couldn't help but ask.

"Isn't he good now?" Joe scratched his head: "The archbishop of Florence, with his own family. ”

"I hope so." Joshua whispered.

On the seventeenth day, white smoke finally rose above the Sistine Chapel.

Elected Pope, Joshua wanted to choose the same name as his teacher, but was strongly vetoed by Cardinal Rovelle the Grande, who chose the name Julius II for Joshua.

Julius I, the pope who reigned from 337 to 352, was elected pope in the first year and Constantine the Great became the first Christian emperor.

Joshua eventually gave in, and after the grand enthronement ceremony, Cardinal Grand Lovere retained his position as cardinal administrator of the salary, having the honour of being the first to meet Julius II.

It was a fresh new day for him, for the Lovere family.