A young man hurriedly crossed a street. He got off from a carriage opposite. When he crossed the street, he looked back and forth. After confirming that there was no danger, he ran over. .

Then he looked behind him for a while before diving into an alley, and then walked deep into the alley with a little relief.

The young man's dress is very ordinary, it seems that he deliberately does not want others to notice him.

After entering the alley, the young man's pace gradually slowed down. He looked into the alley with a bit of suspicion. After confirming that there were indeed people he wanted to see among the figures that appeared in front of him, he then turned to that. A few people walked.

A middle-aged man who was not very tall walked out of the few people opposite. He had the appearance of a foreigner, and his appearance did not seem to be so in line with the local trend.

The young man frowned in disgust. Although these vulgar hillbillies could be regarded as his fellow countrymen, he looked down on these people from the bottom of his heart.

"I didn't expect you to come in person," the middle-aged man said in a slightly flattering tone to the young man, "I think you must have brought me very important news."

"It's very important," the young man said impatiently. "If it weren't for this, I wouldn't come to see you in person."

Speaking of the young man waved to the entourage behind the man to ask them to stand farther, and seeing those people unwilling to leave, he unhappy let the middle-aged man look at him.

"All stay away," the middle-aged man immediately ordered his subordinates to send them away, and then cautiously asked "What did you bring to me?"

"It's the old Rovere," the young man said in an unpleasant manner that was not in line with his age. "That old guy may officially announce the abolition of my father's pope status."

"Oh, isn't it?" The middle-aged man was not too surprised, there was even a slight smile in his expression, but he soon noticed that his expression seemed to arouse the dissatisfaction of young people, so he hurriedly said " I wonder if the cardinals will agree to the bishop's proposal this time?"

"I don't know about this, but I will find a way to inquire," Jeffrey said, looking at the man coldly and said, "Your king must be very happy to hear this, but you must remember to remind him not to forget to agree. my business."

"Don't worry, I will bring your words to the king." The man hurriedly assured Geoffrey. In fact, he didn't know whether his master would honor his promise, but it wasn't his business. "But if you I think it might be better to be able to help the king in this matter."

"What do you want me to do, take the lead against my father?" Jeffrey asked in annoyance. In fact, he didn't care whether it would make Alexander VI sad. What made Jeffrey angry is that he did not like this. ability.

After being exiled, Alexander VI did not take away his youngest son and daughter-in-law. Geoffrey and Chasson had to hide temporarily in their territory in Cassino, south of Rome, to avoid the limelight.

Fortunately, neither the loss of Alexander VI nor the war that broke out later affected Cassino, and Jeffrey even returned to Rome through chaos after the war.

It was just that the Roman prince soon discovered that he had lost his previous status and power. Although the Roman nobles did not turn it away, he could still feel the kind of despised loss.

This made Jeffrey full of resentment towards Alexander VI.

He felt that Alexander VI deliberately did not take him away as a revenge for suspecting that he was not his own child for so many years, so if he could trouble his father a little, Jeffrey didn't think it was too much.

Fortunately for him, most of the forces left by Alexander VI in Rome did not recognize him, but some decided to elect him as the leader of their small group.

This is certainly not because Jeffrey has any excellent leadership skills, but because he is the son of the Pope.

Many people still think that Alexander VI will not be so willing to fall from power. He may be waiting for an opportunity and is ready to return to the Vatican to regain power.

Among those who think this way, in addition to his former subordinates, of course his enemies are also included.

For example, the old Rovere never dared to relax with this rival, and his return to Valencia also made the old Rovere worried.

Because Alexander was in Iberia at this time, the old Rovere was very worried that the two would work together again.

So when Jeffrey found the old Rovere and offered him his willingness to support his re-election of the pope, the old Rovere was only a little surprised and agreed to the request of Alexander VI, the youngest son, to join the group.

It's just that Geoffrey soon discovered that he had no position in the old Rovere, let alone the right to speak. The reason why the old Rovere agreed to join him was just to let everyone know that even Alexander VI's own son opposed him.

This made Geoffrey very disappointed, and at the same time doubted whether the old Rovere would really support him in taking over the territory of Chassan in the northeast of Naples.

When the two got married, Xia Sang had a territory under his name that was not large but also rich in resources.

Although this place called Alberto is far away from Naples and it is inconvenient to rule because of being lonely, Jeffrey is very anxious to control it.

It's just that even if Alberto was not directly annexed by Naples, from the strength of the Queen of Naples and the unharmonious relationship between him and Alexander, Jeffrey felt that it would be a matter of time before the queen regained the territory.

Jeffrey hopes to get the support of the old Rovere, and his exchange is to stand on the side of his father's enemy.

But now it seems that this calculation seems to have failed. The old Rovere didn't pay much attention to him, and the determination to try to dethrone Alexander VI was so strong, which made Geoffrey a little dilemma and hesitated.

At this moment, Ferdinand's people suddenly approached him, and Geoffrey couldn't refuse the conditions offered to him.

Ferdinand promised to Geoffrey that if he could help himself, then it might not be impossible to consider that the title of Duke Gandino would be inherited by Geoffrey or his children, especially if Maria de Luna’s The son had no descendants. At that time, Jeffrey could inherit Gandino's territory naturally, without worrying that Giovanni's daughter would compete with him for the title of Duke.

Although this promise is really far away, Jeffrey can hardly refuse this huge temptation.

Geoffrey has no feelings for Giovanni or Caesar, which makes him sometimes wonder whether he is the son of Alexander VI.

As for Giovanni's children, he has almost forgotten what they look like, which makes him not feel any mental guilt for taking his brother's territory, and the only worry is whether Ferdinand will break his promise.

But when he heard that Alexander seemed to be mixed up in Liberia, and he might even succeed to the throne of Castilian, he might be holding a kind of "Even if I can't get the benefits, I won't let you With the thought of being comfortable, Jeffrey began to contact Ferdinand's people frequently.

Jeffrey now lives in a mansion south of Rome.

This is a two-story building. With the help of exquisite craftsmanship, the architect built the second floor of this house wider than the first floor, and a whole circle of floating windows protruding out in the air let this house It is like a huge mushroom standing at the end of Triangle Street.

When Jeffrey returned home, he saw the carriage parked at his door from a distance before entering the door. The eye-catching markings on the carriage made his face look hard to look at. He clenched it to his side for decoration. After enduring and enduring his sword, he jumped out of the car because of anger and rushed into the house angrily.

The sudden appearance of Jeffrey obviously surprised the servants. They hurriedly gave way to the master, but it was a bit of a delay.

At least when he broke into the living room on the second floor with a black face, what he saw was his wife Xia Sang sitting on a long bench covered with fluffy cushions, listening to Tosca seriously. The bishop of Na and Romagna read a poem.

Geoffrey's arrival seemed to surprise the two of them. They looked at Geoffrey, who looked at them suspiciously, and looked at him looking for something in the room, but they were a bit angry because they didn’t find anything. As he looked like, Masimo could only complain to Xia Sang regretfully that he had lost the mood to continue reading.

This made Xia Sang very upset. She stood up and wanted to argue with Jeffrey, but was finally persuaded by Massimo with his eyes.

"It seems that I can only come here today, but I am very happy to continue reading these poems for you tomorrow." Ma Ximo politely bid farewell to Xia Sang, even though Jeffrey ignored him, he also Did not forget to say hello to the owner of the house.

"Madam, it seems that your husband doesn't care much about you," when he stood at the gate, Ma Ximo said with some emotion and injustice to Xia Sang who had sent him out, "otherwise why would I rarely see him with him? What about you?"

"Jeffrey... is busy with something, but the bishop is right, he doesn't care about me, otherwise he won't be in a hurry to go back to Aragon," Xia Sang said, getting a little annoyed." I swear that if he is going to inherit the land of Gandino, I will not follow him to the backcountry where Moors are used to staying."

Xia Sang's words made Massimo a momentary stun, but he had long known that Jeffrey even opposed his father in order to succeed Alberto.

But now things seemed to be more complicated than he had thought before, which made Massimo start worrying about what Jeffrey would drive out in order to become Duke of Gandino.

The murderer who hurt Giovanni in the first place is still inconclusive, which makes many people suspect that Jeffrey is the real man behind the scenes.

After all, at that time, there were rumors of personal affection between the brothers Xia Sang and Giovanni, and with Jeffrey's actions of the bear child, it may not be impossible to plan a vengeful murder with boldness.

When he thought of this, Masimo couldn't help feeling a little nervous. He looked at the entourage near his carriage and was a little relieved.

"Madam, I can imagine how you feel living alone in such a big house, so if there is anything unspeakable, please tell me. I'm very happy to help you solve it."

Massimo diligently persuaded Xia Sang with a tone more like a nobleman than a priest, until he felt that the two people stood at the gate for too long, and maybe Jeffrey might have to make a fuss again. Farewell to leave.

But Massimo was not in a hurry to go home or go to the Vatican, he asked the carriage to go south along the avenue, and finally stopped in front of a palace full of busy scenes.

The expansion project of the Marino Palace is still ongoing, and according to some builders who participated in the construction of the palace, it will take at least 5 years or more for the Marino Palace to be fully completed.

In fact, this is already a very short time. The manpower, financial resources and time spent building a palace in this era are unimaginable.

The Sforza family once built a rather beautiful palace in Rome, but nearly 40 years have passed since the foundation stone was laid to the completion of the palace. With the decline of the Sforza family, finally The one who lived in this palace of Sforzesco was the upstart of Rome, the metropolitan of Tuscany and Romagna.

But Marino Palace still plays a very important role.

During Alexander's absence in Rome, the Marino Palace became the foothold of all the "Combre" people to Rome.

Whether it is the messengers sent by the women of Alexandria to Rome, or the ordinary messengers of the trade alliance, people have become accustomed to meeting in the Marino Palace and passing on information they know to each other.

If the Carolingian Palace is a place where Alexandria publicly obtains information about the entire Europe, then the Marino Palace is now gradually becoming an internal intelligence relay station for "Combreites" in Rome.

The arrival of Massimo caused a commotion among the guards of the Marino Palace. Everyone knows that the Metropolitan is now the hottest figure in Rome.

Many people want to win him over in order to give themselves a strong reputation, especially now that when the pope's throne is in the air, it is undoubtedly a huge gain to be able to win the support of such an influential bishop.

What only surprised people was that the staunch friend of the Duke of Rome Theesia seemed ambiguous about whether to support the duke’s father-in-law to become the pope. Some even said that the Metropolitan had publicly opposed the deposing of Alexander VI.

Massimo walked up the steps. He had been here many times, and he had been in contact with messenger officials from all over the place, but now he suddenly felt that Marino Palace needed a master.

"Someone needs to let everyone know what they should do," Massimo was so surreptitious. If Alexander pointed out the direction for them, then what they need now is someone who can lead them in that direction. .

Especially in Rome, as the size of the trade alliance is getting bigger and bigger, Massimo feels that someone needs to stand up.

Entering a room, Massimo closed the door first, then fumbled for a few keys from him.

He opened a hidden cabinet hidden on the wall. This cabinet has a very complicated mechanism. Without these carefully configured keys, or if he does not know the correct order to open all the locks, once the mechanism is touched, it is hidden in the hidden cabinet. The liquid medicine in the mezzanine will quickly overflow the dark cabinet, and the contents stored in it will be completely destroyed in an instant.

Massimo opened the cabinet door cautiously. The important correspondence between him and Alexander and others were stored here.

The messenger actually didn’t know whose hands the letters would end up in. Some were even delivered to the door by unrelated people, and the servants who received the letters just dropped the letters in a seemingly nothing strange Ordinary boxes, and then wait for someone to deliver these letters to the recipients in different categories.

Massimo took the wax table and walked to the table, then sat down and began to patiently decipher the contents of the letter using the method Alexander gave him.

The password will be reset every once in a while, and the password index book in everyone's hands becomes the key to deciphering the password.

No two people's cryptographic indexes are the same and repeated, which prevents the leakage of secrets due to various reasons to the greatest extent, and the cryptographic indexes used for compiling and deciphering are different.

It is such a series of complicated and changeable methods of caution that allow Alexander and his men to keep their own secrets to the utmost extent, and at the same time they spare no effort to try to master the secrets of others.

At least now, Massimo already knew that Jeffrey had colluded with Ferdinand. Although he knew that it would be very unpleasant to report all this to Alexander, Massimo did not intend to consider the Pope’s mood. what.

However, a seemingly inconspicuous letter caught Massimo's attention. He knew that this kind of secret letter was obviously a very important thing, so Massimo carefully opened the letter and read it seriously.

To his surprise, this letter came from the far shore of the Mediterranean Sea, and the writer obviously did not just write to him the content of the letter.

"The Ottoman civil war was much more cruel and fierce than we thought. I followed Ismail's army all the way towards the hinterland of the Ottoman Empire. What surprised me was that I saw many slaughtered tribes and civilians deprived of their freedom along the way. ..."

This letter was written by O'Connie, and she was asking for help.

"Their civilians may be grateful for the prohibition of treating fellow believers as slaves in the canon, but their current situation is no different from that of slaves. This is what Selim took to eradicate Mehmet’s gangs. This fight for the throne of Sultan. The civil war in China has already reached a critical moment so that both sides cannot stop, even if this time another enemy has invaded their country..."

"So I have to ask for more support for the Safavids again, because Ismail has decided to launch the biggest offensive since he invaded the Ottomans. If successful, he can cause a huge impact in the eastern part of the Ottomans. Threat, this might make Selim turn his target to him, so I need all the help you can provide."

Looking at the letter, Masimo couldn't help but become immersed.

Over the years, he has changed from a wandering monk who can only be a woman’s bedroom to a powerful metropolitan. Maybe one day he might even become the pope. This makes Masimo’s vision become different from the past. Compare.

Of course, O'Connie’s letter should have been sent to Castile, UU reading www.uukanshu.com believes that Alexander should have made a decision.

However, Masimo suddenly felt that this incident seemed to be a good opportunity to be used.

So he prepared pen and paper, and after a little bit of wording, he began to write:

"Honorable Cardinal, you are so disturbed in your busy schedule, but there are two incidents that I have heard by accident. I want to report to you. One is that the Pope’s son, Jeffrey, seems to be with the king of Aragon. South to South is very secret,

The other is that the Venetians seem to be trying to use the Ottoman civil war to regain the lost territory,

However, as far as I know, the Venetian’s move to form an alliance with the Ottomans may arouse great opposition and controversy. They just joined the Neutral League of Lombardy not long ago. Therefore, respected adults, I think they need your help……"

At this point, Masimo shook his head and sighed, and said to himself with emotion: "Ah, I am really a helpful person."