Lu Xiao, who fled, was carrying a fat man on his shoulder, and the Templars who followed behind were also affected by the heavy armor on his body, and the speed of the two sides chasing and fleeing was half a catty.

However, Florence is the territory of the Medici family after all, panting and carrying Rodrigo around a few alleys, Lu Xiao finally entered a relatively empty church square.

The City Watch has cleared the vicinity of the Templars and is pacifying and evacuating panicked civilians.

Lu Xiao, who had planned the escape route in advance, opened his throat and shouted: "Guard! I've been tasked with Giovanni Auditore, the advisor to my lord, to help me stop the pursuing Templars! ”

Although the City Watch could not confirm Lu Xiao's true identity for the time being, the group of elite Templars who followed behind did arouse their idea.

The captain of the guard, who was stained with the blood of many enemies, waved his saber and pointed at the Templars who were in pursuit: "Stop them!" Florence is not a place for the Holy See to go wild, for the Medici! ”

Hearing the sound of Italian swear words mixed with the exchange of weapons in the back, Lu Xiao's tense nerves finally relaxed a little.

At this time, Federico and several Assassins hurriedly arrived, and the eldest son of the Auditore family did not forget to make humorous jokes in the midst of the crisis.

"Wow~ You look very hard, fortunately, my father gave you this task, and I would still prefer to elope with a beautiful woman."

Lu Xiao rolled her eyes angrily: "Don't talk about it, come and help me bring this guy back to the headquarters, this time I should be able to pry out a lot of information from his mouth." ”

……

The rebellion between the Templars and the Pache family lasted for a long time, and the entire city of Florence was in chaos, with the fighting between the two soldiers not subsiding until late that night.

Once the situation was brought under control, the Assassin Brotherhood re-hid into the streets under Giovanni's orders, handing over the next chance of performance to Lord Lorenzo.

The Templars' plan to assassinate the Medici family ended in a fiasco, and even Grand Master Rodrigo Borgia, who personally presided over the project, was captured by the Assassins.

The Rome-based branch of the Italian Templar Order was in a state of panic, with some advocating the immediate selection of a new Grand Master to take revenge on the Assassins as quickly as possible, while others calmly said that they would wait for further information.

When Rodrigo awoke from his coma, he found his hands and feet tied to a chair, and several masked men and women with no apparent faces standing in front of him, staring straight at him.

Rodrigo's heart was cold, and when he saw this scene in front of him, he had already guessed where he was.

Forcing himself to calm down, Rodrigo said in a calm tone, "Does it make sense to wear these masks?" Giovanni Auditore, you don't think we don't know who you really are, do you? ”

One of the masked men chuckled and pulled off his mask, revealing the face of a handsome and elegant middle-aged man.

"Rodrigo Borgia, welcome to the Florentine Assassin headquarters, you never dreamed that your plan would fail in such a tragic way, did you?"

"Humph!"

Rodrigo said no-lose: "I admit that we acted a little too hastily, and we should have eliminated the Auditore family first according to the original plan." ”

Giovanni crouched down and looked at Rodrigo at eye level, not being provoked by the other party's words, and smiled indifferently: "Don't be stubborn, the king will be defeated, the result will be the victory of the Assassins, the defeat of the Templars, and you will also fall into our hands." ”

Rodrigo looked at the rest of the people present and leaned back slightly against the back of his chair, "Don't waste your efforts, you don't think that as the Grand Master of the Templars, I can't keep a secret, do you?" ”

"In the name of my lord, you don't want to extract any information from me!"

Although Rodrigo said it righteously, Lu Xiao could see Rodrigo's weakness in his flickering eyes.

La Volpe, wearing a mask, looked at Giovanni, "Kill him, killing a Templar Grand Master will definitely greatly boost the morale of the Brotherhood, and at the same time, it will also take the opportunity to break the unity of the Templars." ”

Like all covert organizations in the world, the Templars were not monolithic, with neutral and radical factions such as Rodrigo and moderates advocating de-escalation of conflict with the Assassins.

Once news of Rodrigo's death broke, it is likely that the Knights, who had a vacuum of power at the top, would continue their internal struggle for quite some time until the next Grand Master was elected.

Lu Xiao, who had been paying attention to Rodrigo, noticed a slight contraction in his pupils, obviously this guy's mentality was affected by the words of the cunning fox.

"Don't worry."

Paula advised: "As the Grand Master of the Templars, Rodrigo is also a cardinal of the Holy See and a future candidate for the Pope, and killing him is likely to completely tear the face of the originally neutral Holy See and Brotherhood. ”

Although the modern Catholic Church, based in Rome, has a large number of Templars in high positions, the Holy See is not entirely under the control of the Templars.

According to Brotherhood sources, there have been popes who worked closely with the Assassins in the past, and this possibility cannot be ruled out in the future.

If Rodrigo, who is the cardinal of the Holy See, is killed in this way, it will inevitably draw a chasm between the two sides in the possible future cooperation.

Luciano, the leader of the mercenaries, was a rough man, and he scratched his head irritably, turning his head to look at Giovanni, who was lost in thought.

"Giovanni, what do you say? Kill? Don't kill? ”

Lu Xiao popped out the repaired Hidden Blade and put it on Rodrigo's neck, and the Spaniard subconsciously raised his head, and the flesh of his fat neck was cut by the sharp Hidden Blade.

"Your Excellency the Cardinal, are you sure you want to be tough to the end?"

Lu Xiao's soft and deep voice echoed in Rodrigo's ears like a devil's whisper: "Think about the flowery world outside, think about the power and resources you can control when you become a pope in the future, and take the initiative to give up before your life reaches the peak, is it really good?" ”

"Goodong~"

Rodrigo swallowed a mouthful of saliva nervously, and finally gave up and sighed after hesitation: "What do you want to know?" ”

"Bang~"

"That's what it's called knowing the times."

Lu Xiao retracted his Hidden Blade with satisfaction and gave up his position to Giovanni, the leader of the Florentine Brotherhood.

……

Once people's psychological defense line is breached, follow-up persistence is meaningless.

Rodrigo was not like the Templar Grand Masters of the past, he did not have the same strong convictions, he was more like a thick-skinned and capable politician than a religious leader.

In order to save his life and enjoy a better life in the future, Roderick revealed important information he knew, including the whereabouts of some Eden artifacts.

"Cyprus?"

"That's right." Giovanni said thoughtfully: "Most of the information about the Pieces of Eden given by Rodrigo is relatively fragmentary, and the most accurate one is a Golden Apple of Eden buried in Cyprus. ”

"Cyprus does not have a Brotherhood branch, but this isolated island nation in the middle of the Eastern Mediterranean is close to the Ottomans and Egypt, and I will inform the local Brotherhood to send someone to explore, and the initial reward should be obtained soon."

"Oh, yes."

Giovanni suddenly remembered something and said to Lu Xiao, "Rodrigo also mentioned the vague information of the Holy Sword of Eden. ”

"After the loss of the Holy Sword in the English Civil War, the Templars gained some unverified information."

"It is said that the Holy Sword was sent to the port of Lille in northern France by a pirate ship of unknown origin, and then disappeared completely."

Lu Xiao's eyes lit up: "Is France ......?"