Including the seven fragments that are still in the hands of the Barbarigo family, Venice owns nearly half of the pages of Altaïr's Codex.

In fact, long before Lu Xiao arrived in Venice, Antonio searched for the traces of the pages of the book under Mario's orders, Lu Xiao's actions diverted the attention of the Barbarigo family, and Antonio's thieves could move more easily in the city.

He found four of the remaining five pages of information, but the last one could not be traced, and Antonio speculated that it was not in Venice.

With the lessons of Silvio and Emilio, Marco would inevitably take Dante and a large number of bodyguards with him when he went out, and at other times he would crouch at home to avoid assassination attempts by the Assassins.

Under this kind of high-intensity defense, Lu Xiao couldn't find the right time to make a move.

That being the case, the Venetian Brotherhood simply turned its attention to Doge Mocenigo.

As long as he can show Mocenigo evidence that the Barbarigo family intends to murder him, he can convince the governor to send a large number of troops against the Barbarigo family, and Lu Xiao doesn't believe that the shrunken turtle can still hide at home calmly.

The agreed time for action was tonight, and after saying goodbye to the Big Three, Lu Xiao first returned to Leonardo da Vinci's workshop, intending to inquire about the progress of this almighty genius in cracking the Sleeve Gun.

"Ah~ You're just in time."

After Lu Xiao knocked on the door, Da Vinci immediately pulled him in enthusiastically.

"Take off your right arm armor, and I'll rebuild and install the Hidden Gun for you."

Lu Xiao was a little surprised by Da Vinci's progress, and when he took off the arm armor and handed it to him, he asked casually, "You have finished researching?" ”

"Yes." Leonardo da Vinci smiled with satisfaction: "Although it is very troublesome, the sense of accomplishment I get after officially cracking it is also incomparable." ”

"As mentioned in Altaïr's Codex, the design of this weapon, if it were to be revealed, would definitely change the pattern of warfare in the entire world."

The ingenious Leonardo da Vinci dismantled the Hidden Blade in Lu Xiao's arm armor with ease, and at the same time explained to Lu Xiao a lot of completely incomprehensible mechanism principles in a cheerful tone.

Half an hour later, Lu Xiao finally got relief from his broken thoughts, and Da Vinci handed the reassembled arm armor to Lu Xiao: "Okay, let's go to the backyard and try it." ”

Lu Xiao tried to move after putting on the arm armor, and there was an extra small iron pipe under the mechanism that the Hidden Blade popped up, and it also needed to trigger the pressure mechanism to pop up.

"Following your suggestion, I put a lot of effort into carving that ...... Rifling? ”

Da Vinci set up a scarecrow target for Lu Xiao in the backyard: "As you said, the presence of rifling stabilizes the trajectory, allowing the Hidden Gun to accurately hit the enemy at a greater distance. ”

Under Da Vinci's explanation, Lu Xiao's palm rose slightly, relying on the pressure of the muscles to trigger the mechanism.

"Smack!"

Accompanied by the black smoke rising from the burning of gunpowder, the scarecrow's head has a small piercing hole, which means that Leonardo da Vinci's Hidden Gun has passed the test and is ready to be put into use.

Da Vinci did not forget to remind Lu Xiao while being excited: "Lu, when using the sleeve gun, be careful not to reload gunpowder in advance, so as not to accidentally touch the mechanism and misfire during the movement." ”

"Also, the filling process of the Hidden Gun is more troublesome, and it cannot be fired in bursts in battle, so please prepare for this in advance."

Lu Xiao put away the sleeve gun with satisfaction and said: "It's already very good that the early version can be done like this, the physical lethality of this sleeve gun at medium range has surpassed that of the folding crossbow, let's take the follow-up improvements." ”

……

When the bright full moon hangs in the night sky of Venice, the noisy and lively water city gradually regains its tranquility.

The guards outside the Governor's Mansion were still dutifully shifting, their sharp eyes scanning vigilantly in the darkness to make sure that no one approached the Governor's Palace's warning range.

Giovanni Mocenigo was sitting alone in his study reading his letters.

The letter was sent by the Florentine lord Lorenzo Medici, in which he warned him to beware of the Templar machinations.

Fold the letter back and tossed it aside, Mocenigo looked thoughtfully out the window.

'Templars or Assassins, which side should I trust?' Or will you continue with your previous strategy and keep the two sides balanced in the city of Venice? ’

"Stop! The Doge's Palace is off-limits! ”

The sound of shouting from the window woke Mocenigo from his musings, and since he became Doge of Venice, no one had broken into the well-fortified Doge's Palace.

Walking to the window and looking down, a group of civilians in dirty clothes pushed the guards and rushed into the west gate of the governor's palace, and then led a group of guards behind them who drew their weapons and pursued through the north gate, which caused a series of riots.

"Tuk Tuk ~ Your Excellency the Governor, Councillor Carlo Grimaldi asks for a meeting."

Retracting his gaze looking out the window, Mocenigo's brow furrowed: "At this time? Let him go back, I'm ready to rest, and I'll talk about it tomorrow. ”

"But Councillor Carlo says there's something important to remind you."

Mocenigo looked out the window again, and the civilians who had broken into the Doge's palace were nowhere to be seen, and the guards who had abandoned the pursuit returned to their posts with a curse.

After thinking about it for a moment, Mocenigo sighed: "Okay, let him in, I'd like to hear what kind of sycophants he plans to give Barbarigo this time." ”

……

When the guards returned to their positions, Lu Xiao had already sneaked into the Governor's Mansion with the help of the riots caused by thieves and mercenaries, and came to the roof of this luxurious four-story building.

After knocking down several archers patrolling the rooftop, Lu Xiao was about to climb down when he saw a thin old man rubbing his hands and fidgeting anxiously pacing anxiously outside the east gate of the Governor's Palace.

That's ...... Carlo Grimaldi? ’

Lu Xiao's expression tightened, and Carlo, who came to visit late at night, gave him a bad premonition.

'Marco, that stubborn fellow, can't wait at last?' ’

Carlo was unable to convince the Doge of Mocenigo to issue martial law, and Marco, who had wanted everything since he was a child, finally became angry and ordered Carlo to poison Mocenigo tonight, and Marco would become the new Doge of Venice in the appointment of the Holy See early tomorrow morning.

'Gotta pick up the pace!' ’

According to the information provided by Teodora, the governor should not have fallen asleep at this time, and eighty percent of them were reading literature books in his study to relax.

The study and the governor's bedroom were both on the second floor, and Lu Xiao sped up and climbed down from the top of the building through the window.

At this time, Carlo had just come to the entrance of the second floor through the stairs, and he subconsciously touched the dark pocket in his sleeve, and the nervousness made his stomach throb a little.

When Lu Xiao finally turned over through the last window and entered the study, the governor Mocenigo was raising his wine glass and preparing to drink.

"Wait! Don't drink it! ”

"Ding!"

Lu Xiao's hurried crossbow bolt hit the cup in Mocenigo's hand, and the red wine spilled out, which happened to be sprinkled on the face of Carlo who was looking expectant.

Both of the people present froze for a moment, and then showed completely different reactions.

Mocenigo got up and called the guards, and at the same time took a long sword from the wall, and pointed the weapon at Lu Xiao tremblingly.

Carlo spat on the ground in horror, spitting out all the red wine that flowed down his cheeks and into his mouth.

Lu Xiao rushed up with an arrow step and put Carlo to the ground who was rejoicing in the rest of his life, and found a packet of medicinal powder from him that had been used up for most of it.

"Your Excellency the Governor, I have no ill intentions, please forgive me for disturbing you."

The herb packet he had brought with him and the powder he had found on Carlo were wrapped in the scroll given by Teodora, and thrown together in front of a vigilant Mocenigo.

Lu Xiao slashed Carlo with a hand knife, raised his hands and took a few steps back, showing his attitude to Mocenigo.

"Carlo has been ordered by the Templars, led by Marco Barbarigo, to poison your drinks in an attempt to bring himself to power by murdering you."

"This document also documents evidence of the Barbarigo family smuggling and hoarding weapons and poisons."

"If you can't believe my words, please arrange for a doctor or alchemist you trust to check that they can prove the truth of my words."