The roads in Romagna are in terrible condition, full of swamps, wetlands and large areas of abandoned buildings.

The carriage had to slow down after entering the Romagna area, and Lu Xiao had to pay full attention while driving, and if he was not careful, the wheels could sink into a dark pit in a certain pond.

Leonardo da Vinci was so intrigued by the strange scenery of Romagna that he sat in a rickety carriage and did not care about framing the new paintings.

After driving through numerous ponds and pits, the carriage finally stopped in front of the gates of Castle Flo.

The castle is well defended, with typical medieval drawbridges connecting the inside and outside of the castle, and a natural moat that makes it difficult for the besieging side.

The large number of cannons erected on the city walls also shows how much Sixtus IV attached importance to the city, which connected the main routes between the north and the south.

Most of the civilians who came and went inside and outside the city were covered with wet mud under their feet, and the fishy smell wafting from near Port Foley by the sea made Lu Xiao very uncomfortable.

'I hate seafood......'

Forlì is a small city, and except for certain privileged classes, the carriages of the commoners are not allowed to enter the city.

Arriving in Romagna and on the next journey to Venice, Lu Xiao and Leonardo da Vinci no longer needed a carriage.

On the spot, the carriage was sold at a discounted price to a post station outside the city, and Lu Xiao and Leonardo da Vinci entered the city of Forlì with a large amount of luggage to find a hotel to stay in.

Lu Xiao himself had very little luggage, only some change of clothes and necessary belongings.

In contrast, even after dismantling, the large number of packages carried by Leonardo da Vinci is enough to attract the attention of passers-by.

Lu Xiao complained angrily: "Didn't I say it, you only need to carry the necessary things when you travel abroad, and your gadgets can be completely consigned to Venice by the Auditore family." ”

"No, no, no." Leonardo da Vinci shook his head in disapproval: "These unfinished products I made can help me kill the boring time on the road, to use the oriental proverb you mentioned, sharpening a knife is not a mistake for a woodcutter." ”

Lu Xiao shook her head helplessly: "Forget it, let it be." ”

The Sparrow may be small and has all the necessary infrastructure, and the city of Forlì is a far cry from Florence, but it has all the infrastructure it needs here.

Finding a fairly tidy hotel to stay in, Leonardo da Vinci went out into the streets with great interest, intending to take a closer look in this small town with a different atmosphere from Florence.

Lu Xiao was not as leisurely as him, and with the letter from Lorenzo handed over to him by Giovanni, Lu Xiao first habitually climbed the tallest tower in the city, scanned the layout of the city through clairvoyance, and kept the more important places in mind.

There are very few places of interest in the small town of Forlì, and there are only two that deserve to be documented in detail.

One is the Church of St. Mercury in the center of the city, and the other is the Rock Fort of Levaldino, where the local lords lived.

As is customary, Lu Xiao took a general tour of Forlì through the rooftop route, and on the way, he also saw Leonardo da Vinci arguing with a local artist.

As expected, Lu Xiao found a familiar skeleton mechanism next to a hidden pool near the edge of the city wall.

Confirming that there was no one around to watch, Lu Xiao pulled the mechanism into the tomb smoothly.

Counting the Assassin Tomb buried under Forlì City, Lu Xiao has already experienced the baptism of three tombs successively, and is already familiar with the exploration process.

The tomb of Forlì seems to be connected to the basement of Levaldino Rock Fort, and during the exploration, Lu Xiao found a small number of soldiers from Forlì, as well as some grain and horses.

Without alerting these guards, Lu Xiao sneaked into the depths of the tomb unconsciously.

The last limited-time door gave Lu Xiao some fresh experience, but this little problem didn't bother him.

The token was successfully removed from the mound of the Mongol Assassin Gao Qulan, and the token disc was carved with a set of bows and arrows representing Gao Qulan.

Opening the manhole cover of the sewer and quietly observing, Lu Xiao found that he had come to another corner of the city, but he was still outside the Levardino Rock Fort.

Quietly closing the manhole cover, Lu Xiao gave up leaving through this exit, and re-dived into the tomb to search, and finally followed the route of the Forlì soldiers and found a passage directly to the interior of the castle.

Now, let me find out where Princess Caterina's room is. ’

Born in 1463, Caterina has just turned 14 this year, and marrying a girl of this age will start at least three years in modern times, and the maximum death penalty will be.

But during the Renaissance, this was not uncommon among the aristocracy.

The internal defense of Levaldino Rock Fort was not as tight as Lu Xiao imagined, and it could not be compared with the defensive strength of the castle's periphery, so it should have adopted a defensive strategy of tightening the outside and loosening the inside, which provided a lot of convenience for Lu Xiao's actions.

'Actually, who would have thought that someone could sneak inside around the tight defenses outside the castle? No one wants their daily place to be full of guards. ’

Avoiding the small number of guards in the city, Lu Xiao's gaze followed a relatively gorgeously dressed maid and slowly moved to the lord's living room at the highest point of the castle.

The maid did not stop in the living room and continued up to the open-air garden at the top of the building.

An unhappy expired Lori was tearing the petals on her hands, and the maids beside her all bowed their heads tremblingly, for fear that the lord's wife's anger would be vented on them.

The girl's face, which is just at the junction of Lori and the girl, is still a little baby fat, and her face is very delicate, with a tall and beautiful nose bridge that supports the wonderful contours of the whole face, and her light green eyes are as eye-catching as a lake.

But at this time, the surging waves were brewing in the lake water, which should have been calm and peaceful, which intuitively showed the extremely unhappy mood of the owner.

Lu Xiao hid in the distance, using clairvoyance to unscrupulously look at the body curves of expired Lori, "Hmm...... The aristocratic girl of this era is really well developed, and she has this S-shaped safe body at a young age. ’

Completely unaware that he was making dangerous remarks in his heart, Lu Xiao waited patiently on the high platform of the castle for more than ten minutes, and never saw Girolamo Lilao, who was the lord, appear.

Caterina Sforza's mood became more and more irritable, just as a maid couldn't help coughing, and Lori took the opportunity to turn her anger on her, raising her hand and pouring the drink in her hand on the other party.

Fortunately, the tan drink was no longer hot, and the wet maid hurriedly bowed her head and apologized, and it took a while to get Katerina's forgiveness.

Lu Xiao's brows gradually furrowed, 'You are so short-tempered at a young age? Could it be that he witnessed the assassination of his father when he was a child, and since then he has lacked the right outlook on life? ’

Caterina didn't know that someone was spying on her in the distance, and when she found an opportunity to vent her anger, she waved all the maids away irritably, and leaned back on the chaise longue in the roof garden alone, staring blankly at the cloudy and gloomy sky.

"Madame Lelao, I beg your pardon for the interruption, but Master Lorenzo de Medici has a handwritten letter for you."

Suddenly a soft greeting from the side startled Caterina who was feeling sorry for herself, she subconsciously lifted her long skirt and jumped up from the chaise longue, and at the same time felt a small dagger from her waist, and looked at the person who spoke vigilantly.

Lu Xiao's brows twitched when she saw this dagger, and she felt sad for Girolamo in her heart, and Caterina's distrust of her husband could be seen from this hidden dagger.

The shock gradually subsided, and the other party did not launch a follow-up attack, which eased Katerina's nervousness, and her breathing gradually returned to normal.

Looking at the gray-robed hooded man who bowed his head and handed out the envelope, Caterina lowered her voice and asked, "How did you get in?" Take off your hood! ”

Lu Xiao sighed silently, took off the hood on his head, revealing an oriental face that was very different from that of Italians, Katarina's eyes flickered slightly, and she unconsciously showed curiosity.

"Madame Lerao, I have no ill intentions......"

"Stop!"

Caterina showed a look of disgust on her face, and raised her hand to stop Lu Xiao's unfinished words: "Don't use that hateful title, just call me Caterina." ”

Lu Xiao paused: "Okay, Caterina, I send you a friendly letter on behalf of Lorenzo Medici, the lord of Florence. ”

"Because of my position, I can't stay in the rock castle for a long time, so please look at it and give an answer as soon as possible."