Vol 4 Chapter 47: The death of Giovanni (2)

Handsome, tall, and elegant, with sharpness, this is Caesar Borgia, the favorite son of Pope Alexander VI. If the rumor that Jeffrey ’s blood may be suspicious is true, then Caesar may be The only son of Alexander VI.
Caesar's eyes were clear, so clear that even if his eyes were in contact with anyone, the answer was that he was standing in front of Giovanni's coffin, but his heart was still open and innocent.
But no one would believe those eyes so innocently, as if everyone was staring at the two people facing each other at this time, as if to see something between them.
Since seeing a shot in Alexandria through the window of the city hall, Caesar has never officially met Alexander.
Even if he knew that Alexander was going to Gonzalo alone under the Arch of Constantine.
Not seen for a while, Alexander found that Caesar had n’t changed much, only that he had a few more beards on his jaw, which made him look more mature, and at the same time may be a long run, the kind before his face His demeanor was slightly less, but it made him look more calm.
Caesar was also looking at Alexander.
Unlike others, Caesar thought he did not despise Alexander.
He believes that as long as one has the ability, he can and should get what he desires.
This even made Caesar more or less important to Alexander than to others, because he believed that Alexander was not the kind of person who was willing to be lonely.
At this point, Caesar felt that the two of them were somewhat similar.
Even so, Caesar was still surprised after meeting again.
If it is not new to get the title of Count Montina because of the marriage with Barendi de la Rovere, Caesar was surprised by the series of battles in Tuscany and Romagna.
When he heard the news, Caesar first did not believe, and then fell into deep thought. He felt that he still underestimated the young man from Naples after all. Especially after he was in Naples, he understood that this young man was better here. There are not only high prestige in this city, but also a good foundation.
At least his uncle, Count Modillo, said that Naples was a huge shadow that could not get around at any time.
Caesar looked at Alexandria. From receiving the news to rushing back to Rome, he did not get a good rest along the way, but even then Alexandria came to Rome earlier than he even heard of his father when he entered the city. Decided to appoint Alexander as the commander of the Roman City Defense Officer.
Caesar did not know why Alexander VI issued such an order, and he was more concerned about the rumors about Alexander and Lucrezia, which gave him reason to believe that the setbacks and obstacles he encountered in Naples should be Alexander It has a lot to do with his uncle Modillo, Earl of Naples.
Caesar's footsteps slowed down. He first walked towards Giovanni's coffin, then stopped and turned to look at Maria de Luna, then changed direction to his sister-in-law.
This woman can be said to be the double sister-in-law of Caesar. The marriage to Louis and Giovanni kept her occupying the throne of the Duchess of Gandino, and the union with Giovanni gave birth to a pair of children. She was able to continue to maintain the status of Duchess.
"My poor sister-in-law," Caesar walked in front of Maria de Luna, sighed gently, and reached out to hug her. "I don't know what to say now, Giovanni's death hit us all. It ’s too big. "
"Caesar, Caesar."
Maria de Luna kept crying, she squeezed Caesar's shoulders hard, and then sat back in the chair and quickly picked up the spice bag next to her and sniffed hard in front of her nose. She needed to take a good breath. The unpleasant stench in this hall made her vomit again.
Then Caesar turned and walked towards Giovanni's coffin.
Alexander stood in front of the coffin and watched the pair of uncles until Caesar came to him and watched the brother's corpse in the coffin, who had begun to decay, silently exclaimed.
Alexander turned his head and looked at Caesar next to him. From such a close distance, he still could not see what was wrong on his face. Or at this time, the future Duke of Poison had trained himself so calmly and invisiblely. Yu Se.
"Who killed him?"
Caesar's voice was low, his eyes widened and squinted from time to time, and the hand holding the edge of the coffin was sometimes loose and tight, as if trying to suppress the anger and irritability in his heart.
"I don't know," Alexander turned and looked at Giovanni's body side by side. "There is no witness, and even the murder weapon was not found."
"He is my brother, I must find the murderer," Caesar's voice is still very low, it seems to be suppressing something deliberately, he turned his head to look at Alexander "I heard that you are now a city defense officer in Rome, can you tell me when Can you catch the murderer? "
"Whether you want the murderer or the master messenger behind you," Alexander asked lightly. "Or you think that the person who really wants him to die will do it himself, just like the weapon that killed Giovanni, it is a sword with a broken armor. , "Speaking of this, Alexander turned his head and stared at Caesar's eyes." I remember you have a sword like this, isn't it? "
A low inhalation sounded around him, and those who could hear the dialogue between the two looked at the two people in front of the coffin with dumbfounded eyes.
Was this an open accusation that Caesar was the chief envoy or even the murderer who killed his brother?
People ’s eyes were fixed on the two people standing side by side. They could n’t believe that Alexander dared to be so careless, even in front of Giovanni ’s coffin. So many people said that everyone was talking, But absolutely no one dared to speak out in public.
Caesar was also surprised. His slightly slender face first showed a slight stunned look, and then his eyes slowly became gloomy.
"You did surprise me," Caesar's eyes surveyed on Alexander's face. "No one dared to talk to me like this, how dare you question me like this before my brother's body ?!"
Alexander's gaze glanced at Caesar's hand touching the hilt of his waist, then his gaze returned to Caesar's.
"The one you are going to pull out is the armored sword. I know you like this sword very much. So are you going to use it to protect your dignity and reputation, or use it to prove that my guess was just the truth? ? "
Caesar's eyelids flickered. The exhaustion of the long journey had exhausted him, and now Alexander's speech stimulation made him dizzy.
But he finally let go of his hand and slowly stepped back a few steps while staring at Alexander. He reached out and pointed to Alexander ’s chest: "Remember your words, find out who, no matter who he is, I want you to be Find him out. "
After he finished speaking, he walked up to Maria de Luna and took her hand to kiss, then walked firmly out of the countless suspicions in the hall.
Alexander ignored the different looks in the hall and looked back at Giovanni in the coffin.
"I can help you with you and Lucrezia."
"We may be good friends."
"Count, I hope to see you in Rome as soon as possible."
Giovanni's words echoed in Alexander's ear again.
This person is obviously not an upright person. He not only has the scheming of the Borgia family, but also inherits the peculiarness and ruthlessness unique to this family. He can take advantage of a person and betray him without hesitation, and It can be a little careless and the opponent who had survived before the death made the wine a joy.
But despite this, in the last days of Giovanni's life, Alexander was somewhat blessed by him.
As he said, no matter what the purpose, he played a good role in the relaxation between the two Alexandria. He even publicly expressed his approval in Rome of a person who hijacked his sister.
No matter what he did for this, Alexander had to admit that he owed Giovanni in this matter.
And Giovanni ’s death really has nothing to do with him?
Finding the murderer is also what he owes Giovanni.
The news of Caesar's return to Rome made everyone inexplicably upset and excited.
And Caesar came to the Vatican immediately after leaving the Gilpitz Palace.
He had enough troops around him, and when they passed the Fort Angel, looking at the strange flag flying above the fortress, Alexander's eyes narrowed slightly.
The soldiers around him couldn't help but tightly surround Caesar, while staring at the Agri who were said to be called 'hunting guards'.
Caesar has heard a lot of legends about these Neapolitan mountain people. For this reason, he even took advantage of the mission of Naples to find locals to inquire about the Agri people.
Caesar's team smoothly crossed the bridge across the Tiber River. When he rode the horseshoe to the Vatican land, Caesar finally relieved.
In fact, he was not as confident and calm as he showed in Gilpitz Palace. Caesar was nervous and even secretly afraid at that time. He rushed back to Rome because he was worried about the rumors that were getting worse.
He was well aware of the various rumors about the murderer, and Caesar did not know that if someone suddenly shouted on the street, the Romans would rush towards him.
So along the way his guards were tightly guarding Caesar's side. They stared nervously at everyone passing by. When they crossed the stone bridge, passed Angel Castle and set foot on the land belonging to the Vatican, Caesar could hear the people around There were breathing reliefs one after another.
It was the same room where Alexander had seen the Pope. Nomelo in black looked at Caesar who had hurriedly walked. After a soft hug with him, Nomelo opened the closed door for Caesar.
At the moment the door was closed, Nomelo heard the pope's slightly hollow voice: "My son, you are back."
The news of Caesar's return to Rome quickly spread as he appeared in the Gilpitz Palace.
For a time, the city of Rome was full of inexplicable and even incredible rumors.
Alexander did not get permission from the Duchess of Gandino to reexamine the scars on Giovanni, but he did not insist.
After Caesar left, he also left Gilpitz Palace. He knew that with Caesar's return, a lot of things would happen next.
Probably soon Giovanni's death would no longer be a topic of discussion by the Romans. With the return of Caesar, Alexander knew that another problem would inevitably appear in front of him.
Lucrezia's marriage.
Regardless of whether Giovanni's death interrupted Caesar's negotiations with Frederick of Naples, Alexander knew that Caesar's return would not do him any good.
If Giovanni would stick out an olive branch because he discovered the advantage that enveloped him, then for Caesar, the ambiguous relationship between Alexander and Lucrezia was not only useless to him, but even hindered him greatly.
No one was more aware of Caesar's ambitions for Romagna.
It was Caesar's dream to become the Grand Duke of Romagna and even unify Italy.
In the years to come, Caesar will do his utmost for this dream. Not only will he play with all kinds of cunning diplomatic means, but he will also fight on the battlefield to seize everything he wants with force.
Whether it is Venice, Genoa or Milan, the covetation of Romagna is absolutely intolerable to Caesar.
As for the territory of the Count of Montina, which suddenly appeared in the hinterland of Romagna, it can be described in the eyes of Caesar.
Thinking of these, Alexander had a faint feeling, it seems that the purpose of Alexander VI to call him back from Montina may have other reasons besides Giovanni's death.
Is the pope removing obstacles for Caesar?
He who has left his territory and the army cannot be a stumbling block for Caesar.
Alexander figured out the purpose of Alexander VI. He did not believe that Alexander VI would treat him differently because of Lucrezia's reasons.
The tradition of the son-in-law of Borgia's Jiakeng is very famous.
But Alexander did not care much about the real purpose of Alexander VI.
He was willing to return to Rome in time after receiving the order, because he was sure that even in the face of Caesar, he was not afraid.
What's more, the current Caesar Borgia is just a illegitimate child of the pope who has just taken off his robe, and is not yet the famous and guilty duke of poison.
As a Roman city defense officer, the army that Alexander could command, in addition to his own Agris, was the army of the Roman nobles formed by the Order Conference.
For those armies, Alexander was very clear, or it was he who suggested that Caesar establish the current Roman city defense force.
He knew that the vast majority of these people were actually private mercenaries recruited by the nobles. After the Order Conference was established, in order to fight against the French at that time, these mercenaries became urban defense forces under the command of the Order Conference.
As the coalition commanded by Gonzalo defeated the French, the City Defense Army, which was originally only in trouble with the French, soon became a rival to the coalition.
The coalition with Gonzalo as the commander now occupies most of the Roman city. If someone carefully compares it, it will happen that the areas controlled by the coalition are the same places that the French occupied, and the city defense army is still in prison. Firmly grasp the sites that were seized from the French by the chaos.
Before he had time to return to the town hall, he heard that the disputed Alexander had rushed to the fortifications in a fortress east of the city of Rome. He happened to see a team of soldiers confronting the opposing coalition across the street at the crossroads while standing by them. A familiar young knight at the back caught Alexander's attention.
Alexander was not surprised to see Constantine de la Rovere here.
He knew that as a veteran leading party family with close ties to the French, the people of the Rovere family clearly did not have any affection for the coalition forces, so it is not surprising that there was a conflict.
But the following Constantine's words made Alexander immediately realize that things might not be so simple ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Some people said that when Giovanni died, someone appeared at the Della Cala Square. "
"Who is it? Who reported it?"
"A drunkard passing by at that time, he saw a person leave, and then saw someone fall there, but that guy drank too much at that time, did not pay attention to who was poured there, and did not even wake up the next day. , "Constantine said," I didn't think about it until I heard about Giovanni's death. "
"What did he see?" Alexander felt a little tightness in his heart.
Giovanni's death has always been a mystery, and no one can tell who even the murderer is even centuries later.
"A man wearing a mask, no one can see his face clearly," Constantine frowned. "But there are rumors that some people seem to have seen such a person in the east of Rome."
With that said, Constantine looked back at the coalition across the street.