The famous Venetian Barbarigo, when Lu Xiao was still staying in Forlì, heard rumors about them from Caterina.

Barbarigo was an aristocratic man who rose to prominence as a merchant, and thanks to Venice's prosperous ports connected to the world, they amassed a great deal of wealth and contacts through maritime trade, and gradually became an important nobleman in the Republic of Venice.

After accumulating their original capital, the Barbarigo family was no longer satisfied with the business world, they were like octopuses extending their tentacles to all areas of Venice.

This naturally included the politics of the Wisney Republic, which was forced by the domineering style they displayed with the support of the Templars, and even the current governor of Venice, Giovanni Mocenigo, gave them three points of courtesy.

There are three more well-known figures in the Barbarigo family today: Emilio in charge of commercial affairs, Marco in many fields of politics and business, and Silvio as a prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Venice.

As the saying goes, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, and there is such a power-hungry Templar master as Rodrigo, and most of the people he values cannot get rid of the characteristics of greed for power.

According to the information provided by Caterina, each member of the Barbarigo family has a strong negative personality.

Emilio was cunning and brutal, and anyone who would threaten his position in the Venetian business world would be forced by him, in cooperation with the rest of the family's political circles, using all kinds of dishonorable means to drive his rivals to a dead end.

Stubborn and greedy, Marco, one of the wealthiest families in Venice, was the eldest son of Barbarigo, and from an early age he could easily get everything he wanted, ships, jewelry, gold, and even ...... Person.

The doting of his elders made Marco develop a greedy and conceited character, and all people or things he fancied forcibly, no matter who they belonged to before, would eventually be forcibly taken away by him.

At a young age, Silvio witnessed his uncle kill his father for property, and at a young age, he was forced to live with his uncle, who was the enemy of his father's killer, and was bullied and ridiculed by his peers from an early age.

Silvio's twisted childhood has developed a stoic character, and jealousy and vengeful anger have been burning in his heart until he single-handedly plots and completes a brutal revenge on his uncle to reclaim his belongings.

Rodrigo's return to Rome gradually became a reclusive and less enthusiastic about the Assassin Brotherhood's assault, but the Templars' quest for the Pieces of Eden did not end there.

With the exception of the tight-lipped Rodrigo himself, the rest of the Templar Order was unaware that the Assassins had obtained information on the Golden Apple of Cyprus.

In order to get ahead of the Assassin Brotherhood, Rodrigo issued an order to the Barbarigo family, urging them to convince the Doge of Venice to go on an expedition to Cyprus as soon as possible, and if they could not convince the Doge, they would simply take his place.

Under the liaison of Giovanni and Mario, the Ottoman branch of the Brotherhood and the Egyptian branch sent men to infiltrate Cyprus.

Present-day Cyprus is nominally controlled by the Russignam dynasty, founded by the French.

In the 14th century, as Cyprus prospered, Venice and Cyprus had a series of unpleasant frictions, which led to hatred between the two sides.

In 1426, Venice instigated the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt to invade Cyprus.

After the defeat of the Rusignum dynasty, they lost control of the kingdom and became a vassal state of the Mamluk dynasty, and gradually became an overseas colony of the Republic of Venice for the next half century.

The current Doge of Venice, Giovanni Mocenigo, had little interest in the complete annexation of Cyprus, and the Barbarigo family's lobbying never had much effect, and Rodrigo and the Barbarigo family gradually lost patience with Mocenigo.

It was against this backdrop that Lu Xiao came to Venice, and according to Antonio's description, the Barbarigo family, who did not want to wait any longer, should kill the governor in the near future.

Mocenigo's stance towards the Templars and Assassins was neutral, and if the Barbarigo family were to be brought to the throne, the Venetian Brotherhood would inevitably be suppressed more harshly, and even lose all of its strongholds in the city of water.

"So, what do you want me to do?"

Lu Xiao leaned against the desk of Leonardo da Vinci's workshop, which had not yet been tidied up, crossed his hands in front of his chest, looked at Antonio and asked, "Assassinate all the descendants of the Barbarigo family?" ”

"Nope." Antonio shook his head: "All you need to do is kill Marco, Emilio and Silvio." ”

"These three are the most die-hard Templar supporters of the Barbarigo family, and as long as they die, I can operate in the shadows to prop up a member of the Barbarigo family, who has a good relationship with the Brotherhood, to ascend to the throne."

Lu Xiao was a little surprised by this: "There are still members of the Brotherhood in the Barbarigo family? ”

Antonio smiled disappreciatively: "Which big family will have only one voice within it?" Due to the tough and brutal style of the three Marcos, many people in the Barbarigo family were very dissatisfied with them. ”

"I see."

Lu Xiao straightened up again and said, "I need more information about the Barbarigo Templar trio, the places they often go to, the time and rules of going out, sort them out and hand them over to me as soon as possible." ”

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The Assassin Brotherhood's power in Venice was far from that of Florence, but from another perspective, it seemed that a limited destruction of the city in exchange for the rout of the Templars in this city that did not belong to it in the first place did not seem too much of a loss.

While in Florence, the Brotherhood could not act too out of line due to concerns about the Assassin allies Medici, but this was not the case in Venice.

Antonio, who controls the thieves' union, is very efficient, and a few days after Lu Xiao and Leonardo da Vinci settled down in Venice, he sent all the information Lu Xiao needed.

"Hey, it's fast."

Leonardo da Vinci was still busy researching the methods of making and improving the Hidden Gun recorded in Altaïr's Codex, and Lu Xiao went through the materials secretly sent by the Venetian thieves in detail in his studio.

In addition to the aforementioned Barbarigo trio, Antonio also made a special mark on a government official named Carlo Grimaldi, who was also one of the important members of the Templars in Venice.

Carlo was a member of the ten-member Council of Venice, a powerful and trusted Doge Mocenigo.

Antonio speculated that the Barbarigo family's assassination plan would be carried out by Carlo, who had the closest access to the governor.

The materials also give some advice on the threat and assassination priorities of the Venetian Templars.

At the top of the list was not Marco, the head of the Barbarigo family, nor Silvio, who was the prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Venice, but Emilio, who was a merchant.

Emilio is the purse coat of the Barbarigo family, and he manages the most important financial inflows and outflows of a large family.

Moreover, all the materials needed for the Barbarigo family's assassination rebellion were purchased using Emilio's connections and smuggled into Venice through smuggling channels.

Antonio's thieves have recently discovered a strange shipment, and Emilio has purchased a large package of unaffordable herbs for the first time, which is grossly inconsistent with his previous business philosophy of recognizing money.

"Herbs?"

Lu Xiao subconsciously thought of the quick-acting poison recorded in Altaïr's Codex: "Could it be that the Barbarigo family intends to assassinate the Governor by poisoning?" ”