Conquer the Dawn of Heaven

On January 31, 1500, the birthday celebration of Pope Alexander VI was held as scheduled. Although the preparation for this celebration was a little hasty, the proud wealth of the Vatican made up for many deficiencies in the celebration.

The parade began in the morning from the famous arena and began to march around the whole city of Rome. A group of priests in red vests represented the bishops of all parishes, and a hundred choirs dressed in gorgeous clothes The singers used their sweet voices to sing blessings to the pope.

The team walked through the streets and alleys, slowly advancing under the onlookers of the Romans, and did not pass the bridge over the Tiber River to the Vatican until the afternoon, and then entered the Vatican through Castel Angel.

During this period, the most striking part of the team was a bull covered with gold all over his body. This bull was obviously used as an analogy to the image of a bull on the coat of arms of the Borgia family.

The whole celebration ceremony can be described as gorgeous, or can be said to be luxury, but all this can't hide the fact that no one can ignore, that is, the protagonist who originally planned all this did not appear.

Caesar ’s disappearance is no longer a secret, so when many people saw Alexander and Lucrezia standing next to the pope in the early morning, people were not surprised, but most people only looked at it with a near-pretentious eye. family.

The Borgia family is a group of brutal, cunning, and brutal beasts from Iberia. Many Romans think so. Before the legend, there were many versions of Giovanni Sforza ’s death, except Alexander. In addition to the poison killing, there is also a saying that Giovanni Sforza broke the taboo relationship between Lucrezia and her family and was even killed by death. Some even said that the father and son sometimes Will enjoy the beauty of Lucrezia together.

As for the death of Giovanni Borgia, many people also think that Caesar did it. The reason is competition, jealousy, jealousy, etc.

In the eyes of outsiders, this is a family completely composed of lies, murder and careful preparation, and now seeing this family infighting, many people actually feel very happy.

"Please be dear, don't sullen your face," instead of wearing a majestic Roman emperor's dress, instead of wearing a majestic vest and a crown, Alexander VI whispered to Lucrezia standing on the next step. At the same time, did he raise his hand and salute the people with the scepter in his hand, which is also an antique Roman emperor's cane, "Don't let them see the sadness and anxiety on your face, then they will treat us more as a joke, don't Forget what I said to you, no matter what happens between you, you are all family. "

Upon hearing her father ’s instructions, Lucrezia barely packed her mood and put a smile on her face, but her eyes still could not hide the loss and pain.

"Father, Caesar is too much. He shouldn't be like this. I don't even want to see him again," Lucrezia also waved and said in a more sad but sad tone. "He's going to kill Alexander, to kill my daughter." Father, how can I forgive him. "

"But he is always your brother," the pope said, putting some thin hands on the shoulders of Lucrezia and Alexander in front of him. "Although he did something sorry for you, don't forget that he is yours after all. Family and brothers, if I come to an end in the future, I hope you will treat him kindly, I do n’t expect Jeffrey anymore, "the pope said, looking towards Jeffrey and Xia Sang, who stood a little further away. He happened to see the expressionless expression in Jeff and the hateful gaze Xia Sang was throwing at Alexander "Remember that only you are my children, so I hope you will love each other in the future, even if I am too guilty because of sin It ’s not going to heaven but falling into hell, and I ’ll be happy for you too. "

The words of Alexander VI made Lucrezia no longer able to restrain the sorrow in her heart. She turned and threw herself into her father's arms, and let out a sobbing "Woo" as low as possible.

Alexander looked back at the Pope. He did not know whether Alexander VI was playing a bitter plan or a tragic card, but how much the old man said also touched his heart.

Alexander VI is definitely not a good person, but he is sincere to his family, and perhaps because of the characteristics of the Iberians, Rodriguez Borgia has a strong and unusual family consciousness. He even thought that even if he was deeply hurt by his loved ones, he should be forgiven and forgiven. There is no overnight enmity between the loved ones, and Borgia will always be a family.

It's just that Alexander couldn't believe such a touching remark by the Pope. After all, thinking about the black history of the son-in-law of the Borgia family, people couldn't believe him.

But the Pope ’s words still made Alexander feel slightly moved, watching the Pope ’s loving hand gently stroke the head of Lucrezia to comfort her, and then smiled to tease Esther, who was uneasy because her mother suddenly cried. Lace, Alexander suddenly had a thought hidden in her heart: "The life of the old man is in these two years ..."

The 214th Roman Pope Alexander VI Rodriguez Borgia has been in power for 11 years in history, and is now in its 8th year.

After Alexander VI, there will be a very unfortunate short-lived Pope Pius III. The pope was called from the throne to the ascension within two months because of physical reasons, and the throne under the buttocks was hot.

As a result, three popes appeared one after another in the same year, and the replacement of Pius III was the later Julius II, Giuliano de la Rovere, who was later known as the Pope of God of War.

The decisiveness and fierceness, ambition and actions of Julius II also made him one of the most influential popes in the history of the Christian world!

Alexander's eyes narrowed slightly, and he turned his head slightly to look at the large, noticeable red that was not far away, where the cardinals resident in the Vatican were seated, in the group of powerful, but mostly old and weak Among the old people, there is a figure that cannot be ignored at all.

Giuliano de la Rovere was a soldier in his early years, and even personally commanded the army to fight, so he is not one of those cardinals whose bodies have deteriorated with age. Now he is only over 50 years old. For him there are still many years of time and a good enough health. It is obvious that the old Alexander VI has spent some time.

As far as Alexandria knows, in less than three years, Alexander VI will die in a strange and confusing accident, and in his view, even if the current Pope does not have that accident, it seems that he may not be able to survive it. Over the old Rovere.

This is probably one of the important reasons for the old Luo Weilei to dare to publicly claim to seek the pope ’s throne. After all, for the Vatican, even if Alexander VI ’s character is not human, it is only considered to avoid the situation caused by the frequent death of the pope. In turmoil, many people will be more willing to put their bets on the old Rovere who seems to be able to survive longer.

However, through the years of dealing with it, Alexander has clearly felt that Old Rovere does not seem to be very reliable. Then, whether it is a pros and cons for him to become this pope, Alexander narrowed his eyes slightly.

In winter, the Portico Palace is a bit depressed. Except for some hardy plants, the garden in front of the whole palace looks very desolate. The yellow leaves in the Romanesque dome pavilion that originally lingered with Lucrezia fluttered in the wind and sat. It was blown by the wind from the inside, even though it was very thick, it still felt cold.

Lucrezia was sitting on the thick mat and looking at the garden. She remembered the dangerous scene where she was almost assassinated. At that time, Caesar rescued her recklessly, which made her even kind of "maybe brother at that moment." Is the person who can protect himself for a lifetime ".

This inexplicable and disturbing feeling until she met Alexander and then in Pisa. When Alexander let her choose to leave or stay, Lucrezia, who made the final decision, understood the real desire in her heart and felt It ’s ridiculous and ridiculous.

But Caesar is still her brother after all, but she already has a tilted balance in her heart, especially the birth of her daughter makes the balance in Lucrezia ’s heart more inclined to one side. She still cares so much about loving Caesar, but she did not expect Caesar Time and time again hurt her loved ones more important to her.

"Alexander, will we ever be able to get rid of this curse," Lucrezia sat across from her, rubbing her hands constantly to keep her warm. "I know what everyone thinks about our family, and I also Knowing that those people openly argued that Giovanni was Caesar's murder, although I will never believe this to be true, but now he does try to murder you time and time again, is it true that our family has been cursed to harm each other so much? ? "

"Trust me baby, I wo n’t be murdered because I have n’t found a crown for you and our daughter that suits you. I think it should be more than the crown of a certain duke or grand duke, so since this I have n’t finished it yet, and I ca n’t be killed by someone halfway, ”Alexander said, raising his hand and grabbing the left hand of Lucrezia who was so scared that he wanted to cover his mouth. Seriously, I think that since our daughter has a pretty little head, she should be born by nature ... "Alexander whispered her lips close to Lukrezija's ear and whispered" a crown. "

Lucrezia's breathing froze for a moment, and then became hurried. She unexpectedly turned her head slightly slightly and looked at the look on the face of Alexander near her eyes. This was the first time she heard Alexander say so clearly. Daughter's future arrangement: "Crown?"

"Yes, I know some people call me the King of Rome now," Alexander said, moving his head. He actually didn't like the title so much, because it always reminded him of a short-lived and bad luck second generation. , The unlucky child never inherited anything useful except his father ’s lineage. “Although I do n’t like this title very much, and I also know that I ’m not actually the king of Rome, it does n’t hinder me. The daughter will one day become a true queen. "

Lucrezia listened to Alexander's words in a short breath. She has always been very worried about her daughter's future. As Alexander's wife, Barenti has a natural and irresistible advantage, as long as her stomach is arrogant, nine months Afterwards, regardless of whether she gave birth to a man or a woman, she can reasonably fight for the future of the throne of the Principality of Romagna and Tuscany for her children, and Esteros ’s future may really only be “grieved” Dominate the two small places of Pisa and Florence. "

But now Alexander's promise made her see a future that she had never dared to imagine before.

Not the Principality, not even the crown of the Grand Duchy, Alexander promised her a crown!

"He wants to conquer all city-states and build a kingdom in Rome!" The idea made Lucrezia even forget the cold and whispering winds around him, but only the man in front of him.

"Believe me, all of this will happen," Alexander said, and touched Lucrezia ’s white and cold forehead with his forehead. "And I assure you that we will get more in the future, because there is a big enough world waiting for us to go. To conquer. "

Alexander ’s promise made Lucrezia just keep nodding. She did n’t really understand what Alexander was talking about, but it did n’t matter, as long as she knew her and daughter ’s future would be better than now.

Thinking of this, Lucrezia exhaled, and the white mist spewed out of her mouth and immediately disappeared with the wind, which also made her finally seem to get rid of the invisible depression that was suppressed in her chest.

"Promise me, if Caesar wants to murder you one day in the future," Lucrezia paused, her face flashed with a bit of struggle and sadness, but in the end she insisted on continuing. "Don't forget that you have to wait You go to the family and daughter who fulfill their promise. "

Alexander nodded gently, and then touched the lover's cold but smooth forehead in front of him.

At the same time, Lucrezia sighed helplessly: Caesar, for God's sake, I hope you will stop doing stupid things.

With the celebration of Pope Alexander VI's birthday, the city of Rome ushered in February 1500.

It's just that the Romans were not concerned about when it was now, but about the Montina army who still occupied Rome.

The landing of Fiumicino and the sudden entry into Rome was the Second Balkan Regiment of the Montina Army under the command of Paul Busako.

The Bologna occupation, which was previously regarded as reckless or even unwise by everyone, made Busaco, who was originally because of his long-term expectation to be around Alexander, and his reputation was obviously not as good as the head of the Balkan Second Regiment of Gompati and Ofrei. Become a celebrity.

This even made some Roman nobles who wanted to make troubles even more honest. After all, this person dared to invade the pope ’s jurisdiction without any order, and now he obviously got the Gombre ’s. Order to authorize, then only God knows what horrible things this daring act will do.

The result of all these legends is that although only two-thirds of the Balkan Second Regiment came, that is, about 2,000 soldiers, they still firmly controlled the entire Roman city.

For those Balkan farmers, the Roman city is a paradise. This can be realized from the insatiable greed when the barbarians invaded Rome again and again centuries ago, but now the descendants of these barbarians themselves have begun to taste when they are coveted. That uneasy mood.

The hunting guards brought by Alexander were the veterans who followed him to the Balkans. These people have been quickly arranged by him in the Balkan regiment. These veterans who can communicate with the Balkans at least in language have become low-level officers of the entire regiment. At the same time, Alexander made a proposal that surprised the Pope.

"Reorganize the Vatican Army?" Alexander VI looked at the cheap son-in-law suspiciously. He could not guess Alexander's mind. If Alexander demanded the dissolution of the Pope's army, he could understand it, even if the flag of the Pope's army was returned. , Does not mean that he will really allow the Vatican to re-arm.

But now listening to Alexander ’s suggestion, the pope felt a little confused.

"Are you talking about mercenaries," Alexander VI groaned a little, although he didn't understand Alexander's true intentions, it sounds like the whole proposal sounds good. "We also hired those troops before. Let's take a look at their performance. I think Even if you are not facing your Montina, their performance is bad enough to describe it. "

Looking at the pope's half-truth and annoyance, Alexander smiled softly, and said that Caesar's training was actually very good. At least in Alexander's view, if it was not the second Balkan regiment, but what other army or pope army It can still be alive and well, at least Caesar's history has been awesome against this army for a while.

"Maybe there are problems with the soldiers hired," Alexander said intentionally or unintentionally. "Of course, the same money must be used to buy better products. The mercenaries are also the same, otherwise it will cost you money."

"But where to find reliable mercenaries ~ www.ltnovel.com ~ You must know that those people are slippery." Seeing Alexander seemed to be making suggestions, the Pope couldn't help but take it seriously.

"I think there is a place where the soldiers are reliable," Alexander smiled and suggested to the old man. "The Swiss are obviously a good choice. They are brave and tough, and they are determined by their faith in God. The most important thing is They have strict discipline and a high sense of honor. These are enough to make them the best mercenaries. Although their prices are slightly higher, I think this is not a problem for you. On the contrary, if you can use the pope ’s respect Recruiting them in person is definitely a great honor for the Swiss. This is enough to allow them to do their duty for the Holy See. You can even recruit a Swiss mercenary as a privilege for them. I think this is enough. It can inspire their sense of honor and responsibility. "

Alexander VI listened carefully to the words of his cheap son-in-law, and with Alexander's description, the look on the pope's face was clear and dark.

After a while, he suddenly asked, "Tell me, what good is it for you?"

"There are still benefits," Alexander answered without falsification. "Because I hope your rule will last longer, at least this is the best for Lucrezia."

Speaking of where Alexander stopped a little, he seemed to be thinking whether the following should be said, but then he said: "As for the cost of finding a Swiss mercenary, if you want to save money, I have some ways to guarantee that Give you a special price. "

Following the advice of Alexander, the Pope couldn't help but think.

On the side, Nomelo, who had been watching this scene silently, could not help shaking his head secretly.

What a strange family, the private secretary thought so.

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