Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

Alexander stood behind the canvas and looked carefully at Michelangelo's portrait of Lao Sha.

The design of coins is actually not a big deal for Michelangelo. He only needs to know what kind of effect he needs, and he has designed many different patterns.

Among these patterns, some are full-body portraits and others are busts. Some are simply a portrait. It is clear that Michelangelo considered the different styles that may be needed.

After finally choosing two patterns as the patterns on the front and back of the coin, Alexander finally did not resist the attractive image of Zuo Sha, he decided to let Michelangelo draw a portrait for Zuo Sha, and always take her The beauty like Athena and the hand-held musket are kept on the canvas as heroes like the **** of war.

Ruosha in the portrait looks so intimidating, it is a kind of perfection that seems to exceed the existence of being a human figure, and her firm eyes make her look a little tough, but it is just slightly raised. There was a touch of tenderness in the corners of the lips, and Alexander did n’t know how Michelangelo thought of making the people in the painting look like this deep expression when he was dealing with this lip, but he thought it was just like this. It ’s different from Rusha.

Footsteps came slightly, and Alexander looked back and saw that the people in the painting were walking slowly, but Ruosha was wearing a milky white home dress, and there were not many embellished dresses that fit well, swinging around in groups. Gently flicked out her full waist.

"I have decided to have Michelangelo sculpt a full-length portrait for you. Remember that I said that you should make your statue stand forever in Florence's Cathedral of Flowers, I think it should not be too far at this time."

Ruosha smiled, looking at her slightly raised lips, and Alexander looked at the canvas. This familiar smile now appeared in front of him at the same time, which made him wonder how Michelangelo was How to catch her at this moment seems to be the only sweet smile he can enjoy alone.

"The pope sent people to summon you," Ruosha whispered as she walked over to help Alexander. "I think you have been in Rome for too long. Know that the longer you take Caesar as a hostage, the more unfavorable to you. , I think the pope must not have given up to save Caesar, if he really did you will be in danger. "

"I know, but I have to stay in Rome. Caesar actually helped me a lot this time. If his own recklessness fell into my hands, if I want to enter Rome, I can only threaten her with Lucrezia. Father. "

Hearing Alexander ’s words, Ruo Sha took a slight pause, and she looked up at Alexander carefully: “But would n’t you do it right, you would n’t threaten with the mother of your child, so you would risk coming to Rome in the end, this That ’s what I am most worried about. "

"But now I have Caesar in your hand, so you don't have to worry about this kind of thing at all." Alexander smiled and hugged Ruosha. "In fact, everything you do is the key to keeping me safe in Rome. You let the Romans believe They need me to let them know that only I can let them gain wealth, so that the Pope cannot take any measures against me because of scruples. It can be said that everything I can get now is obtained with your help. "

Ruosha exhaled gently, and she suddenly had an unspeakable relaxation. It seemed that everything she had done before paid off at this moment.

"I am your sister, don't you remember," Ruosha whispered in Alexander's ear, "Maybe you will have a wife, maybe there will be one or even a few lovers, but you have only one sister, this identity is any woman It ’s impossible to take it away. "

Alexander lightly kissed Zuo Sha's temple, he knew that Zuo Sha didn't care about his relationship with Lucrezia, or she still cared about Barenti, but as she said, whether it was a wife or a lover, they both It cannot replace her "sister" status.

This is probably the place where Ruosha thinks she can comfort herself.

The Pope was called by Alexander in the Holy Cross prayer hall not far from the Sistine Cathedral. I wonder if it was because of the impression that Zuosha had warned before that Alexander felt that there were more guards in the prayer hall today than usual.

Holy Cross Prayer Church is actually a tomb. The semi-circular building on the ground is not far from the northeast corner of the Sistine Cathedral. After entering, you will see a narrow marble staircase leading to the ground just a few steps forward. Going down the stairs, after a short corridor, came to the catacombs of the prayer hall.

There are 6 marble coffins in a fan shape in the tomb, and the carved portraits on the top of the sarcophagus come to life, and Alexander knows that as time goes by, there will be two more sarcophagi in the future, which will be enough to match A great person buried here.

Alexander VI stood in the open space in front of these fan-shaped sarcophagi, watching Alexander appear, his raised forehead lifted up, and then stared at Alexander with his gaze.

"People know that there are many of the greatest figures in Vatican history," the Pope glanced around. "But few people know that this place used to be the execution ground for prisoners. The executioners of the Holy See used the cruelest methods. For those prisoners who are declared heretics, their methods and even the heretics will be frightened. "

Alexander frowned slightly. He did n’t know what the Pope had to do to bring him here. Listening to the threatening tone of Alexander VI, the first thought in his mind was, "Is it true that Ruosha guessed that he had already Did you find and rescue Caesar? "

"Tell me, if you know someone has deceived you, whether or not this person has deliberately deceived your trust, but he deceived you, what will you do?"

"If he is my enemy, I will admire his means," Alexander answered quickly while wondering what the pope meant. "If his friend, I will treat this as a betrayal, I will only be angry and hate this person."

"Good to say," the Pope walked forward slowly. He walked slowly around Alexandria while lowering his voice. "Then tell me, are you my enemy or a friend?"

"Your Majesty, if there is something offensive, please tell me, but I have to say that I have n’t done anything detrimental to you so far. If you are talking about Caesar, I think we all know that it ’s just that I use self-protection , If it's about Lucrezia ... "

"To shut up!"

Alexander VI yelled suddenly, his voice echoed throughout the tomb, making a buzzing echo.

"You dare to mention my daughter, you hijacked and seduced her, and then left your dirty seeds in her body, and tricked her into leaving you offspring for you to threaten me, which is not enough for you Use Caesar's anger to grab him and use him as a hostage to threaten me to do those things for you, but even then you are not satisfied, you even conspire to collude with my enemies against me, tell me that the Florentine gave you What benefits make you willing to cooperate with them ?! "

Alexander looked at the Pope with some consternation. This was the first time he had seen Alexander angry. Although there were not many opportunities to see the old man before, he knew that even though he had faced Gonzalo ’s public humiliation None of Alexander VI was as excited and angry as he is now.

But what he cared about was news about Florence.

On the eve of an economic storm related to the whole of Europe, Florence was going to play a very important role, and now suddenly heard the pope mentioning Florence, Alexander couldn't help but jump.

He didn't want anything to go wrong at this critical time.

But he was also slightly relieved, at least not about Caesar's trouble.

"Your Majesty, I do business with Florence, and then make money from them. Everyone knows it, and if you send someone to inquire a little, you will know that my reputation in Florence is not very good. The Florentines regard me For their enemies, because I let many of them lose their lives, "Alexander replied.

"But you also promised to arm them with an army," said Alexander VI with anger in his eyes. "Don't you know the enmity between me and that Savonarola? He publicly humiliated me when he preached, even He also called my child as the illegitimate child of Satan. You actually hooked up with this person and told me what you want to do, are you going to plot with him to overthrow me, or do you think he might one day be a pope, so from now on Are you going to invest a lot of money on him from the beginning? "

Alexander opened his lips slightly, but he did not expect that Alexander VI was so sensitive to Savonarola, or that he really regarded this person as an enemy with great threats around him, otherwise he would not Thinking that Savonarola would threaten his pope throne.

But Alexander did n’t want to blame him on this matter. Besides, as long as he thought about the consequences of Savonarola ’s becoming Pope, he felt that even the greedy, lustful and cunning ruthless old man in front of him seemed to be more than the monk Suitable,

"Your Majesty, I think you or one of your men misunderstood," Alexander thought. He felt that it was necessary to reveal something. Although it seems that the Pope would take a lot of advantage on the exchange, but the actual He needs more support from Alexander VI, and if anything goes wrong at this time, it is really too bad. "I am not supporting Savonarola, but some other people in Pisa."

"Who?"

"I think you should have heard of them too," Alexander pondered how to say it without revealing too much. He didn't want to ruin his plan because he said too much to make Alexander VI feel that he had an opportunity to take advantage of. Europe is now facing an economic storm brought by him. Before that, he did n’t want any accidents. “My businessman friend in Pisa, James Columbus, met a financial officer in Pisa. I think you You may have heard of this person's surname, the Sazi family. "

Alexander VI's expression moved slightly.

Of course, he heard of this surname, and even issued an order specifically related to this family, that is, he ordered the destruction of a group of murals about the Sazi family on the walls outside the Florence Baptistery.

The murals were painted by the Florentines to commemorate the assassination of Lorenzo Medici, led by the Sazi family and several other Florence nobles.

In those murals, the assassins at that time were portrayed as petty and sloppy villains, they were hung on the windowsill and the street with black dye, and angry people even stabbed them with torches and pitchforks. Corpse.

That was what happened during Sistins IV. At that time, there were many rumors that the assassination of Medici was related to Sistins IV. What is interesting is that the pope was the uncle of Old Rovere.

After the Medici family was expelled from Florence, many nobles who had been forced to flee for exile because of the assassination returned to Florence, and some even served in the new Florence government.

This includes the Sazi family.

"You do business with the people of the Sazi family?" Alexander VI asked suspiciously, "but as far as I know he is also working for Savonarola."

"Your Majesty, he is working for the Florence government and not for Savonarola," Alexander said softly. "And if the information you get is accurate, you should know that this person is not the same as Savonarola."

"But isn't it the Florence army he wants to arm," Alexander asked coldly. "So are you going to help them against me?"

"Your Majesty, if, I mean, if I report to you that there may be a small riot in Florence because of the regime change ..." Alexander's eyes slowly looked at the face embossed on the marble coffin opposite. .

"Wait what do you say, do you say it again?"

The Pope's face was a little puzzled because he didn't understand it, and then there was a trace of inexplicable expression due to the accident.

"Your Majesty, the situation in Florence is not very good. You should know that from the last market turmoil to the current few months, the Florentine life has been very difficult. This has not only caused panic among ordinary people, even in Their government has also caused dissatisfaction among some people. Obviously, some people think that Savonarola is not suitable to be the governor of a city-state. "

Listening to Alexander ’s words, the pope could n’t help but gasp deeply. He told himself not to believe the young man in front of him because of these few words, because he was too cunning, but he heard these things and made Alexander six Shi couldn't help but be thrilled.

Savonarola is a thorn in Alexander VI's heart, a tribulation that can't be removed and can't be worn away.

In addition to the anger brought to him by this man's unscrupulous public criticism, it really made the pope hate to be rid of it, and it was because this man was so unscrupulously hostile to him, but he couldn't get what kind of result he had. , Which greatly affected the prestige of Alexander VI.

Alexander VI didn't care about infamy, but he couldn't ignore the provocation against his authority.

More than once, Alexander VI secretly vowed to eliminate the nasty monk desperately, but for various reasons he had to endure the humiliation that the man brought him.

Now, when I suddenly heard Alexander suggesting that there might be a riot against Savonarola in Florence, the pope felt it was like hearing the gospel of God.

"Is it right? Sazi, it must be Sazi, I know he and that arrogant Savonarola are not all the way, they are not all the way with him." Alexander VI paced back and forth, then he stopped quickly Said, "I'm not interested in who rules and how to rule Florence, but I can't tolerate that Savonarola continues to point fingers at me, do you understand what I mean?"

"Your Majesty, of course," Alexander bowed and nodded. "But you also know that Savonarola still has a high reputation in Florence. His firm self-discipline and his abandonment of all worldly pleasures and devotion to faith have made him a lot of loyal. Followers. "

"That's all temptation and deception!" Alexander VI glared angrily at Alexander. "What do you want to say, do you want to tell me that the riot will not succeed, but I just heard from you that you are ready to provide them help."

"Your Majesty, I mean we still have to wait. The support of the people will not continue forever. Especially when they are facing hunger, their firm beliefs cannot fill their stomachs, and sometimes they may even cause greater disgust. "

Alexander wanted to tell the Pope how terrible the hungry people were, but think about it. Obviously Alexander VI couldn't imagine that.

"You mean that the time has not yet come," the Pope looked at Alexander suspiciously. "So tell me when it will be. I don't want this day to grow so that Savonarola will die peacefully on his own bed."

"It won't be long," Alexander looked at the entrance to the Yongdao Road. The sky outside had dimmed, and the winter day was very short. "Our exchange has started to work, and soon my friend in Florence will be there. In response to us, the James Columbus I said before, he will bring me more information about Sazi, so that we can know whether the Florentines are ready to accept a riot. "

"It seems that you have already prepared, was it in Pisa, and you were ready to deal with Florence at that time?" Alexander VI grabbed something keenly. "Tell me Gumbre, are you against Rome? Nirvana has ambition? "

"Your Majesty, I should ask Caesar about this," Alexander said irresponsibly. "If I tell you that the goal is not at all Romagna or Tuscany, you probably would not believe it, but fortunately, I will be in Rome for a while ~ www.wuxiaspot.com ~ so you will see for yourself how I am only interested in making money. "

"Yes, your exchange also has that trade union," Alexander VI smiled. "Look at this, I will support you in the name of the pope, and even I can let Lucrezia marry you, I see It turns out that both of you like each other. As for your territory, I can give you a place no worse than Montina, and you can make money with peace of mind. I can protect you now, and Caesar can protect you in the future. And you will be the source of wealth for the future Borgia dynasty. Isn't it better for all of us? "

Following the Pope ’s suggestion, Alexander silently stared at him, and after a while he gently took the Pope ’s hand and kissed gently on the huge stamp ring he was wearing.

"Please allow me to quit your majesty."

Alexander bowed and bowed, then turned and walked toward the tomb.

Alexander VI looked motionlessly at the back, and even ignored the sound of his footsteps.

"What is this Gumbre thinking about."

Nomelo whispered.

"No matter what he is thinking, I can be sure that he will never be a member of the Pogia family," Alexander VI said with a somber voice. "Send some more people. I will find Caesar as soon as possible to rescue him."

"Your Majesty," Nomelo answered with a bow.

At the same time, Alexander, who had walked out of the prayer hall, approached a man in a dirty headscarf from the square site under repair.

When they passed by wrongly, Alexander whispered: "Tell us, be prepared!"

"Master, please." The man walked behind Alexander without looking back.

Walking far away, the man raised his head slightly, showing the Moorish dark face under his headscarf.