Vol 4 Chapter 181: The Duke is dead, long live the Duke

Lucrezia got up a little early. It ’s not because today is a special day, only because Estelles has been awake, and the first thing she has to do when she wakes up is to eat milk.
Estelles grows quickly, although it has only been more than a month, but the fully expanded body surprised Lucrezia.
Even if she was almost inseparable every day, Lucrezia could feel the change of her daughter, which made her wonder if Alexander could recognize his daughter if he came back.
Estelles is very edible, even if there is a nurse, the two women feel that sometimes it may not be enough.
Hearing the cry of her daughter, Lucrezia walked to the cradle next to it. This cradle was designed by Alexander, in addition to being more comfortable and safer.
After all, it is too common for babies to die in this era. In addition to poor and backward sanitary conditions, sometimes the carelessness of parents is often the main reason for the frequent dangers of children.
For example, the cradle, Alexander looked at the hanging basket and the tilted foot basket and found a very strange discovery. These cradles may have surprisingly short tilted feet underneath, whether the child is naughty inside or the unintentional collision of the adult may make the cradle overturn As for the cradle, it is not that the slings fixed on it are too close, it is easy to make the cradle swing back and forth, or the cradle itself is extremely rough.
Alexander noticed that although the cradle that was sent before had a soft layer of bread in it, if you touch it carefully, you will find that some corners are rough.
Think about the daughter lying in it, as long as you move the soft skin a little, you may break or bruise. If you do n’t know that the person making the cradle should not be intentional, he even suspects that someone is going to murder his only daughter.
So after reading those things, Alexander decided to personally design and supervise everything used by Estelles.
This made Lucrezia very happy. In addition to her care for her daughter, she felt more about Alexander's love for her daughter.
This is not because she is the future heir to Pisa, or because her grandfather is the pope, but she is purely fond of her children, which makes Lucrezia even think that Alexander is "worthy of the Borgia family."
The people of the Borgia family always love each other, at least Lucrezia thinks so.
The daughter's small mouth kept moving, and Lucrezia endured the slight pain caused by the daughter's ignorance. She gently stroked her daughter's hair, watching Estelles' squint as if she was milky. With a lovely look in her eyes, Lucrezia lowered her head and gently kissed her daughter's tender forehead.
Just then, a soft knock on the door sounded.
Lucrezia was a little strange what would happen so early. She knew that there should be only her own maid outside, so she didn't care about just holding the child and walking to open the door.
Seeing Lucrezia, the maid standing at the door whispered to her immediately: "Madam, there are several members of the Parliament and the Chamber of Commerce who want to see you, and the captain."
Lucrezia knows who the maid said about these chambers of commerce and who she said the captain master should be the captain of the Pisa city defense.
This made Lucrezia's heart suddenly tighten, and the first thing she thought of was an accident in Alexander.
Lucrezia immediately retreated to the room, first put the child in the cradle, and then dressed in a hurry with the help of the maid.
Maybe it ’s enough to eat breakfast. Despite the sudden lack of milk, Estelles didn't cry. She just lay in the cradle and wobbled her slightly thicker little arm, and then made a meaningless "Oh" sound in her mouth.
Lucrezia is very fast, much faster than she usually changes her clothes. After looking at the mirror slightly to see nothing strange, she walked out of the bedroom, then stopped in the middle of the outer room and gasped for a while. A little nervous and nervous, and then nodded slightly to signal the maid to open the door.
A few men were standing in the corridor outside at this moment, because they were a little crowded, and they looked a little crowded.
Speaking of the name of Lucrezia Palace, although it sounds very impressive, in fact, this is just a two-story building, a few small rooms and a small living room, even the stairs can only accommodate two individuals sideways and Ever.
As for the size of the garden, let's say that compared with Lucrecia's palace in Rome, the gardens of many nobles in the city of Pisa are more magnificent than here.
If it is a place for a couple of lovers, it is naturally better. If it is a dwelling for a family, it is also very warm, but as a future heir to Pisa, it will be a bit shabby and unsuitable. Too.
There have been requests more than once to request the mother and son of Lucrecia to move into the Ducal Palace. After all, Tomnio has returned to his own house to live in seclusion. The Ducal Palace has been vacated, while the legitimate heir to Pisa lives in the river In a small house by the side, this is indeed a bit outdated.
It's just that Lucrecia refused this proposal.
Her reason was to wait for Alexander to come back to make a decision, which has caused a lot of speculation from many people, from the situation in Pisa to the impact on the future status of Estrez, from the hidden meaning behind this decision Whether this is suggesting to the pope such as the Vatican, Pisa has had a fierce discussion about the residence of Lucrezia ’s mother and daughter.
In fact, the reason why Lucrezia refused to move was simple. She liked this little house very much.
Here is the little world where she and Alexander once evaded everything. Only here will she feel that everything outside has nothing to do with them, here only belongs to them and their daughters.
But once they walked out of the yard, there were too many things they had to face, and some of them might even separate the happy family of three.
It's just that Lucrezia's happy little world was invaded this time. Looking at the expressions on the faces of those people, she could also feel that something very important might have happened.
Lucrezia wants to calm herself down as much as possible. Her mind is turning fast. Her years of experience at the Pogia family has made her more calm than most women in facing what might happen.
And from the look on these people's faces, she could be sure that it shouldn't have happened to Alexander, otherwise it would not be these people, but the heavily armed guards.
In addition to the city defense army in Pisa, there is a force that is not officially recognized by Pisa, but its strength is no less than that of the city defense army. Even with the passage of time, it has vaguely replaced the city defense army and became the first armed army of Pisa.
This army is the Chamber of Commerce Guards formed by the big merchants of the Pisa Chamber of Commerce.
This club is said to be established purely to protect the interests of the Pisa Chamber of Commerce. In addition to having a larger city defense army than 700 people, it also has enough armor, sabers, spears, crossbows, and war horses. , Pack horses, carts, tents, and even two small artillery pieces that you do n’t know where to get them from.
The flag of this chamber of commerce guard is also very distinctive. A side portrait bust of Mercury, a merchant thief and traveler in Roman mythology, his pair of wings, which originally grew on his ankles to represent speed, were placed in helmets. On both sides of his head, the snake head on the double-feather snake scepter that originally guided the undead into the underworld was also replaced with a gold coin pattern with the image of Athena like a goddess of war.
This flag originally showed the origin of this merchant's guard. Except that if you look closely, you will find that the Athena on the gold coin of the scepter in Mercury's hand is not a spear and a shield, but a bit. Nondescript musket ...
If there is an accident in Alexandria, the first to appear will be the Montina soldiers who stayed to protect the Lucrezia Palace, then the Chamber of Commerce guards, and then the pizza officials or businessmen.
At that time, these people would quickly send the mother and daughter of Lucrezia from the port of Pisa to the boat, and then follow the brother Lenian Hainan to send their mother and daughter to Naples.
If the situation was urgent at that time, this team might not even enter Naples City, but immediately proceeded to the mainland after landing, and quickly moved to Cosenza!
Alexander gave the fate of his woman and daughter to his most trusted and beloved sister.
At the same time, according to the arrangements made by Alexander long ago, once he may have an accident, Ruo Sha will automatically take over the entire free trade union.
At the same time, his daughter will inherit all the benefits of the agreement reached between him and the Fugel family, and then become the supervisor of this alliance.
And Lucrezia will be with Estheris's underage caregiver with her daughter.
And all of this will leave Italy today, go to Castile, the Balearic merchant Thiego, with his loyal servant Uliou, and his close friends, now the president of the Monastery of Saint Mark in Florence Under the supervision of Mahimo.
Alexander thought a lot, especially in such troubled times, he did not know where he would go in the future, or what he was waiting for in the future.
Perhaps a stray bullet on the battlefield or a dagger in the dark street may completely end all traces of his era, so in order to prepare for the arrival of a day that may appear at any time, he has already mentioned all preparations.
And he also told Lucrezia some of his arrangements. As his daughter's mother, Lucrezia certainly has the right to know these.
Just looking at these people outside the door now, although Lucrezia guessed that it was probably not the kind of thing she was most afraid of, she still felt a sudden tension.
"What happened?" Lucrecia secretly told herself to be calm, and everything she had to do now must first consider her daughter.
"Ma'am, someone went to see the Duke last night." A businessman said solemnly, his gaze looked at the captain of the city defense at the same time. Before they came, they already knew that the other party had understood what happened, which let them know It ’s not just you who is staring at the Duke of Pisa.
"Those people should be Venetians," the captain of the city defense said sullenly, his face was not very good-looking, and his eyes were a little cold and hostile. "Our people found that they seemed to want to meet Tomno. , But it ’s a pity that my people did n’t catch them.

"Then how do you know they are Venetians?" Lucrecia was a little strange. She could notice that the captain seemed to have some stalemate with these chambers of commerce, but she didn't pay attention to them.
"I can smell the smell of the Venetian across a long distance," the captain said, and after seeing the eyes of several people, he shrugged and continued, "Actually, my people heard their accent, Someone also saw that they used the bayonet that the Venetians like when they played against them. "
Lucrecia frowned, she looked at the people in front of her, and seemed to want to know their purpose.
"Ma'am, as the enemy of Pisa, Tomno met the Venetians. This is a very serious act," a parliamentarian who was always silent suddenly said, his eyes looked straight, as if to say this. At that time, his soul was completely taken away. "As the Duke of Pisa, Tomno lived up to the trust and loyalty of the people of Pisa."
Lucrezia's heart burst, she vaguely guessed what, but she was not sure.
So she said carefully: "Members, please pay attention to your words, this is a very serious accusation."
"In fact, Madam, we have enough evidence to prove this accusation," the businessman who spoke before looked at the others, and after getting a few nods of acquiescence, he slightly let go and let a servant with both hands holding the sword in his arms. Over here.
Although still far away, Lucrezia immediately smelled a thick smell coming from the sword.
She immediately reached out to cover her nose, and at the same time looked at her daughter's room. After making sure that the smell did not reach the bedroom, she looked at the sword.
The whole sword is full of blood stains that have been solidified. The few blood fingerprints on the hilt that can be seen vaguely because of the strong grip of the sword make the sword even more brutal.
Despite feeling uncomfortable, Lucrezia noticed the strange and abrupt shape of the tip of the sword, which is a much weird look where the tip of the handle is significantly narrower than the blade, giving the impression that the sword is It is to highlight the sharpness and sturdiness of the sword tip.
"This is just the bayonet that Venetians like to use. The Venetian sword faction is one of the most prestigious genres in the West Bank of the Mediterranean. They are even more daunting than those passed down from the Crusades."
The captain of the city defense explained to Lucrezia, seeing Lucrezia's suspicious expression, the captain bowed slightly to guilt, and then took the Venetian sword from the servant.
With the sudden force of his wrist, the bayonet pierced fiercely into a door next to it.
"Boom!" A hole appeared on the solid door panel.
"The Venetian fighting swordsmanship is not used on the battlefield, they are more for solving private grievances on the street, and for assassination."
Hearing this, Lucrezia's body shivered slightly.
"Please don't worry, Madam, you and Miss Estelle are absolutely safe." The captain comforted Lucrezia quickly. The gradually developed Chamber of Commerce Guard had begun to make him uneasy, if Lucrezia thought that the city defense The army cannot protect the safety of their mother and daughter, so the life of the city defense army is really hard.
"They used this weapon, but this time they came to the Duke."
Lucrezia noticed that these people always had a strange look when referring to Totomnio, which gradually puzzled her.
"These people obviously intend to use Tomnio, but they obviously did not expect that we have been monitoring him, so our people soon discovered the conspiracy, but we did not expect these people to be so bold, they actually Trying to take Tomnio away from Pisa. "
Lucrezia whispered, and she immediately realized the seriousness of the matter.
Not caring about the situation does not mean that she is stupid. On the contrary, as a member of the Borgia family, Lucrezia is very clear about the relationship between Pisa and other city-states.
The thought that Tomnio might escape from Pisa and even surrender to the Venetians made her face flush with tension immediately.
"Captain, don't you catch those Venetians?" Lucrezia asked excitedly.
"I'm sorry, Madam, they ran away when our people arrived."
"Then," Lucrezia paused, though she was nervous, she asked, "The Duke, was the Duke robbed by them?"
"Madam, this, this thing ..." The captain looked at the others with ugly faces, and saw them look equally gloomy. The captain finally said a little bit hard after hesitating: "When our people found them It was at night, because it was dark and worried that they might escape, and they were a little too irritable when they caught these Venetians, so they killed them all. "
Lucrezia froze for a moment, she seemed to look at the others a little bit incomprehensible, and then looked at the captain of the city defense.
"Did you just say you didn't catch them?"
"I didn't catch it, I didn't catch a living one."
"Wait a minute, you said you killed all?" Lukreziya didn't seem to think of the key phrase until then. "You mean kill everyone?"
"It was a very dark lady at that time, and those people were so cruel, so the people we were monitoring had to use crossbows, so ..." The captain paused, then said helplessly, "Our people did not find the Duke also in them. Among them, we do n’t know whether he was really hijacked, but it ’s not important anymore,
said the captain licking his lips and said hardly,
The Duke died with those people and was shot by our human crossbow ~ EbookFREE.me ~ Luckrezia looked at the people in front with amazement, watched them bow slightly to her, and looked at the two servants with full shawls and a sword coming from behind them .
Looking at this scene, Lucrezia was a little stunned, and then she bowed back to the pizzas.
Then she straightened her waist and turned around. She walked to the door of the bedroom and listened to the movement. Then she gently opened the door.
The room was quiet and Estelles was sleeping.
She apparently did not know that as her mother left and returned, her identity, status, and future destiny had changed dramatically.
Lucrezia walked to the cradle and looked at her beloved daughter. Then she picked up Estelles and gently kissed her tender forehead.
"My daughter, you are the Duke of Pisa," Lucrezia whispered into the ears of his daughter who was asleep, "The Duchess of Pisa, Duchess of Estrez Juliant Gumbre, long live."