Vol 4 Chapter 171: bad friend

Romagna is struggling with the flames of war, but this does not seem to affect the lives of the Romans.
If there is anything worth talking about in the city of Rome recently, it was a brave young man who challenged Michelangelo, who is now famous.
This young man is called Raphael Sandy, a rising star from Urbino.
But although this young man is only 16 years old, this young man with a face that makes many noblewomen love it, but he has extraordinary talent and amazing talent in painting, just because when he came to Rome Soon, it attracted the attention of many people.
And because this young man brought a very special painting, he soon attracted the attention of Pope Alexander VI.
The appearance of the Virgin in the painting made people quickly know the origin of the painting, especially when I thought about the rumor that Caesar seemed to want to take Lucrezia away from Pisa, the origin of this young man was It's even stranger.
Because of this, Alexander VI decided to meet the painting and its author, and the Pope who didn't hold any special thoughts. After seeing the "Trinity", he pondered a little and it was brought to people. A heavy money bag.
"This is a reward for you. Although there may be some places in this painting that you are deliberately trying to please, you must admit that this is indeed a good work."
The Pope said to the young man standing in front of him that his gaze had never left the portrait, so he did not see that the young man was silent, but he stubbornly refused the money bag handed to him.
"Your Majesty, I am extremely grateful for your reward, but I cannot accept it," Raphael shivered a little because of his nervous voice. He dared not look directly at the pope's gaze, and could only stare at the pope's toes in front. I am extremely grateful for the praise of the painting, but I cannot accept what you said I am deliberately pleasing. "
Prato, who was standing next to Raphael, looked at Raphael in amazement. In his impression, his friend's character was as slender and fragile as his appearance. Perhaps he has an art that is always difficult for ordinary people to reach. Talent, but a somewhat weak person, especially when facing big people, he always seems to have insufficient courage.
But now facing the pope, Rafael actually hit the face, which made Prato wonder if he was dizzy.
"Everything I drew was seen and remembered with my own eyes, and I will never forget the scene I saw, so I want to show it all on the canvas and let more people worship me The most sacred idol in my mind, this is not for money or vulgar flattery. "Rafael bowed to the pope." His Majesty, please forgive me for your offense, but this is my original intention, I can not get a reward Let this picture and the sacred scene in the painting be ashamed. "
Nomelo, who was standing next to Alexander VI, opened his mouth slightly to rebuke this ignorant young man, but he just stepped back and silently retreated slightly.
Nomelo noticed the look of Alexander VI when he looked at the painting, and with his familiarity with the Pope, he knew that if a person really offended and annoyed him, Alexander VI would not be so calm.
The Pope has never been a man of indescribable emotions, and sometimes he will express his anger or joy in his expression and manners. Although many times he does more of this in acting, but for such as In front of this little person like a young man, he need not be so troublesome.
So if he is really angry, then he will show real anger.
"The idol in your heart, young man, it's inappropriate for you to say that, but I can forgive your youth, but I remind you that it's not so easy to be the darling of Rome," Alexander VI sighed as if remembering something , And then waved to the servant standing aside "Since money makes you unhappy, I can give you another reward, now you can leave."
Raphael bowed a little nervously, and he seemed to be frightened by what he had just said, so that when he left, there was a little restlessness in his expression.
"A very smart young man," Nomelo looked at the backs of the two men and chuckled to Alexander VI who had been looking at the oil painting. "He successfully got your attention, Your Majesty."
"Young people can always be forgiven, just like when you first came to me, you also tried to get my attention." Alexander VI smiled unintentionally, but he reminded me. When I was young, I was equally impulsive and energetic, but now I am old. "
Nomelo looked at the pope unexpectedly. He didn't know what made Alexander VI suddenly have such a sigh. He couldn't help looking at the painting.
The serene Virgin sat in a chair, and the Son in her arms raised her hands slightly, as if to hug and beckoned to the viewer outside the painting.
The Son ’s eyes were exceptionally clear, and his face was innocent and full of infectious smiles. He seemed to be observing the world with pure eyes that were not contaminated by the pollution of the world.
Nomelo seemed to understand the sentiment of the pope at this moment, which made him secretly turn a few thoughts.
"That Gumbre, why did you call this child Estres?" The pope asked with some curiosity. "I never think how bad the past is, nor how good the future is. You need to know Many people always think that the Vatican is degenerate, but they never thought that it was them who really changed, and the Vatican always looks like this. "
Nomelo listened silently, knowing that he did not need to interject at this time, or perhaps the pope himself did not know what he was talking about.
"Is Caesar approaching Paris?" The Pope asked, and then waved his hand slightly to stop Nomelo from speaking. "I know you want to defend him, but this time it was a lesson for him. He was treating Gombre. This matter is so stubborn that I have forgotten too many more important things, which will do him no good. "
Perhaps it should be said that it is too stubborn in the matter of Lucrezia. Nomelo would like to say this, but he knows that this sentence can only be left in his stomach.
"It's just a pity that Giovanni is gone," the Pope whispered a bit lonely. "We all know that there was a deal between Fischer and Giovanni, even when Charlie was still alive, so if you can go to Paris, it is Giovanni. Nepal, maybe it will be better. "
"But the French have shown their willingness to support you, don't they," Nomelo accompanied Alexander VI to the corridor and slowly paced. "For the French, if they want to make a claim to Naples again, just You must get your approval, and because of this, they offered to ask you to send someone to preside over the coronation of the Dharma King. "
"You think so?" Alexander VI looked at the secretary next to him and saw that Nomelo raised his eyebrows, and the pope shook his head. "We all know that this is not the case, but we can't say it now. After all, there are enemies around us. "Speaking of this, Alexander VI suddenly threw his fist down, lowering his voice and saying," You know that I can't forget the insult now, that is a public humiliation to me, a humiliation to the entire Vatican. " . "
"If the French send troops, I don't know if Ferdinand will send Gonzalo this time."
Hearing Nomelo mentioning that name, he was already very angry and Alexander VI showed another angry look. He turned his head and stared at Nomelo's face.
"So I would rather accept some harsh conditions put forward by the French, as long as they can help, and the Venetians, who are now instigating and instigating against me, I even heard that they have sent people to Florence more than once Lobbying, does that Barbaric think he can persuade the Florentines to oppose me? "
Nomelo listened silently. He knew that the pope's seemingly nagging topics were just some of the major events that have occurred in this period of time, especially the trend of the Venetians, which has attracted a lot of attention.
In addition to bringing the situation back to its original form in the Romagna War in early 1497, the only change was that before Romagna had risen a Count of Montina that nobody had noticed before.
Neither Venice nor Genoa received any substantial benefits in that war.
This situation is obviously something the Venetians did not want to see, so just recently, the Venetians seemed to be active again.
The Venetian's reasons and excuses are not easy to refute.
They reasoned that they were the forefront of Europe that resisted the Ottoman invasion, and they made various requests to many cities, and the threat from Ottoman really terrified many people. Among them, there was no lack of public opinion that Alexander had spread in Rome. s consequence.
Relying on this huge fear caused by the Ottomans, many city-states have to agree to some reasonable or unreasonable requirements of Venice. The only thing they expect is the Venetian fleet and their huge wealth, which can resist the Ottomans. Matter.
"Absolutely can't go on like this," Alexander VI said angrily to Nomelo. "The Venetians want to threaten me with Ottomans. If so, I won't let them do it. Since I can make peace with the French, if necessary, I can also make peace with that Bayesert II. "
Nomelo looked at the pope with some surprise. Although he also suspected that this might happen, listening to Alexander VI said that he wanted to make peace with the Ottomans. Nomelo was a little surprised.
He knew that the Pope must have been extremely angry with the Venetian, otherwise he would not have said this idea.
As the Pope ’s secretary, Nomelo knew what he should do, and by this time he had begun to consider how to help the Pope realize this idea.
"Do you need me to find that Ashurk?"
"No, I do n’t need it now, and it ’s not that time. You know it ’s a little troublesome and you have to be careful," Alexander VI whispered to the secretary. "Find someone who wo n’t attract anyone ’s attention. This person can Gain the trust of the Ottomans, and it will not involve us if things are exposed. "
"Your Majesty, such a person is not easy to find. Although there is indeed a person who is suitable, but as you said, if this person is exposed, it will also implicate us," Nomelo said a little helplessly. Continue to say "Gombre is a good fit. It is said that he has a good relationship with that Ashurk, as if they are still doing business together, but ..."
"Damn it," Alexander VI whispered angrily, remembering that his daughter had just cheaply bought the poor boy from Naples, and the pope immediately became overwhelmed. "Okay, let this matter go for the time being. Put away the painting, and maybe Estelles will find it interesting one day when he sees it. "
Nomelo bowed slightly and nodded, just thinking about the pope's last words, he couldn't help but turn a few thoughts.
When Proto walked outside, he yelled at Raphael, almost ignoring someone beside him.
But he wasn't completely dizzy, so he shouted and immediately pulled Raphael to the side, then he grabbed Raphael's shoulder with excitement and shook it.
"Raphael, I have to say that you really surprised me. You actually caused the Pope ’s idea in this way. Did you hear that he said that there will be other rewards? Believe me this is a rare opportunity. We must be able to Outstanding in Rome. "
"I just say what I think, I can't accept that someone thinks I am suspiciously flattering for the benefit," Raphael's face was a little pale. In fact, he had been frightened by his actions before, but he was only true now. I was scared. "I actually ran into the pope. Proto, you must slap me. I want to know if I am crazy."
"You're not crazy, you're a genius," Proto said, raising his hand and slapped Raphael in the face, looking at his friend's smirk, he stretched his hand again and fanned twice. Got it, go to his artisan workshop, go to his Urbino, we are going to do something big in Rome. "
"Yes, I want to do something big," Raphael said excitedly. "I want to be a master that everyone respects, and let everyone be proud to be able to collect my works. Will Proto help me? "
"Of course, I will definitely help you," Prato nodded nonstop. "So we must first let everyone know that you have become a patron of the pope."
"But I am not." Raphael shook his head blankly. "I just sold the Pope a painting."
"But didn't he owe you a promise," Prato smiled slyly. "This promise is priceless, so it can be said that he sponsored you, and the pope obviously and likes your work, so you are very likely Will replace Michelangelo for the Pope. "
"No." Raphael looked at Proto in surprise. "I just sold a painting, but what you said seemed to challenge Master Michelangelo, I don't have this idea."
"Raphael Raphael, you are so cute," Prato rubbed Raphael's beeswax-like hair hard. "Listen, no one wants you to challenge the master. We just let others know that you get In view of the Pope ’s appreciation, it ’s not what we can decide as to what other people think, not to mention that you have heard that Michelangelo is preparing to go to Florence, Rome is not important to him, it ’s up to you It would be fair to anyone to succeed him in Rome. "
Raphael looked at Prato a little confused. He always felt that there was something wrong with these words, but he couldn't think of the problem.
He knew that Prato was very clever, so many problems he encountered were determined by Prato for him.
So this time, he also used to decide to accept Prato's suggestion.
"We only say that the pope bought my painting?"
"Just talking about buying paintings."
"Just saying that the pope is willing to give me a chance in the future?"
"Just give a chance."
"Okay, but if Master Michelangelo asks, we must tell him the whole process, after all, he introduced me to His Majesty the Pope."
"Of course, we are very grateful to the master."
Listening to Prato's promise, Raphael exhaled slightly.
He really didn't want to have a conflict with the Michelangelo master. He knew that the master had a bad temper, which made Raphael guilty from the day he saw him.
More importantly, Raphael did not think he would become his enemy.
"I admire the works of Master Michelangelo, and I never doubt my talents," Raphael said to Proto. "But I don't think we will have a conflict. After all, he will leave Rome, and he I and I are likely to have different achievements in the future. "
"Maybe so," Proto said in a perfunctory manner, but then whispered again, "But don't be so confident Raphael, who knows what will happen in many things."
Proto's voice was very light, so Raphael didn't hear it.
He was completely immersed in the vision of the future, so when he finally heard some rumors about him and Michelangelo one day, and then received a letter from Michelangelo full of anger and questioning, pulled Phil was completely stunned by the sudden change.
"What's going on, why did Michelangelo write such a letter to me?" Raphael rushed into Prato's room and saw that his friend was writing, and his desk was cluttered with letter paper .
"What did you say, what did Michelangelo say to you?" Prato took the letter and opened his mouth after only two short paragraphs. "My God, he called you an ungrateful person. And call me, ... "
"Judah next to Judah," Raphael said, "Tell me what the is going on, why would he suddenly accuse us like this, what did you do?"
"What can I do, as you know, I just told some people that you got the Pope's appreciation, and I promised you that some nobles could draw portraits for them."
"Wait, are these letters to those nobles?" Raphael walked over to the table and picked up a letter that hadn't been written yet. But after a while his face was surprised. The look "You actually robbed Michelangelo's employer ?!"
"How can this be called robbery? There are so many people who want him to paint, but he has no intention of staying in Rome now. Sooner or later, those people are going to find other painters. Why should we not replace him?
"But he hasn't left Rome yet," Raphael exclaimed angrily. "Gosh, you made us the enemy of Michelangelo. Don't you know how terrible he is, he will come to the door to let us good-looking."
"But that doesn't mean that he started to feel uneasy. Your talent makes him feel threatened, which is enough."
Prato smiled smugly. He actually thought that there would be such a day, but looking at the letters on the table ~ EbookFREE.me ~ he thought it was all worth it.
"You will replace his position in Rome and you will become a highly anticipated master, and only then will you be able to pursue what you love."
Prato portrayed Raphael with a beautiful future until the door was suddenly knocked.
The two in the room immediately disappeared. They looked at each other and saw a trace of uneasiness in each other's eyes.
"Someone has to open the door."
Unable to hear the knock on the door, Proto walked anxiously. He first took a breath and then opened the door. Then he looked at the Moors standing at the door with some surprise.
"It's really hard to find here," Uliu ignored him and saw him like a devil. He squeezed forward and entered the room. He looked at the first two people below and then pulled Phil said, "I'm here to get you an errand. Someone wants you to paint, master."
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