Creed of the heavens

"Also, Lu, I have something to ask you."

Giovanni said to Lu Xiao earnestly, "This time you are going to Monteriggioni, I hope you can take Ezio and Petruccio with you and send them to the Auditore Manor for temporary refuge."

Lu Xiao frowned slightly, and he quickly understood Giovanni's intentions.

This is the consistent method used by the nobles to preserve their bloodlines when they face the crisis of uncertain future.

Giovanni has three sons and a daughter. The eldest son Federico joined the Brotherhood a few years ago, and staying in Florence can help him a lot.

The only daughter, Claudia, is engaged to the family she has made friends with, and will officially get married next year. At this time, it is not good to keep her away from Florence, so as not to cause bad speculation from her husband's family.

Excluding one son and one daughter, the rest are naturally underage Ezio and Petruccio.

Giovanni was also not sure what the outcome of this fierce collision with the Templars would be. To be on the safe side, he decided to disperse the bloodlines of the Auditore family, so as to avoid accidents and end up like this.

Lu Xiao nodded and said, "I have no problem here, but will Ezio and Petruccio agree?"

"Will do."

Giovanni said decisively: "They cannot be willful at this moment, I will convince them that I will trouble you to take care of them on the way to Monteriggioni."

Ezio only learned of his real identity hidden under the disguise of a banker not long ago, and he has been very troubled by this recently, and the frequency of going out to have fun has decreased a lot.

Of course, it may also be because he has finally found his true love, and his romantic nature has restrained to a certain extent.

The young and frivolous Ezio still can't fully understand the philosophy of the Assassin Brotherhood. Giovanni originally hoped to guide Ezio carefully after he matured, but unfortunately the current situation could not allow him to continue to act meekly.

"Monteriggioni?"

Ezio was taken aback when he heard his father's order, and then his head swung from side to side like a rattle.

"I'm not going! What will Christina do if I leave Florence at this time? I don't want the distance to test us"

"enough!"

Giovanni, who has always been quite gentle with his children, uttered a rare stern shout: "I have made a decision! You have no objection, go pack your bags immediately!"

"No matter how much you still have to worry about in Florence, I only give you one night to deal with it, and you must be ready to go at dawn tomorrow."

After the explosion, Giovanni looked at the bewildered expressions of the two sons, sighed helplessly, and rubbed his big hands on the heads of the two.

"Children, now is not the time to be willful. Florence will undergo unimaginable upheavals. For the continuation of the family, you must go to Monteriggioni for refuge."

"I guarantee that once the situation subsides, I will send someone to bring you back immediately."

The mild-mannered Petruccio took the lead in expressing his understanding of his father's decision, and he obediently nodded in agreement with Giovanni's arrangement.

Although Ezio is flirtatious, he is not ignorant of the general situation. After the initial panic and anxiety, Ezio quickly sorted out his mood.

Stretching out his fist and approaching Giovanni, Ezio blinked and said with a smile: "Okay, father, but you must keep your promise. I don't want to just break up with my girlfriend who just confirmed my relationship."

Ezio's witty words on purpose made Giovanni feel relieved, and he also smiled and stretched out his fist to touch Ezio.

"No problem, I will definitely keep my promise."

Chapter 30

Both Ezio and Petruccio grew up in Florence, and leaving their hometown for the first time made them a little nervous and uneasy.

As a member of the Assassin Brotherhood, Maria understood the current situation not much later than Giovanni.

Early the next morning, the Auditores took Federico and Claudia to see off the two brothers who were about to leave.

Federico put his arms around the necks of the two younger brothers and comforted them in a low voice.

Claudia, who didn't understand the situation at all, seemed very disturbed. She asked her mother many times what happened.

Giovanni looked up at the sky, clapped his hands lightly to remind him, "I have done what I should have done to say goodbye, let's go."

Turning to look at Lu Xiao who had already put on the hood, Giovanni solemnly asked him, "Lu, Ezio and Petruccio will be handed over to you."

Lu Xiao also replied seriously: "Okay, I promise to send them to Mario unharmed."

Leaving the city for the first time, Ezio and Petruccio, who shared the same horse, couldn't help turning their heads after crossing the city gate.

Under the hazy morning sun, the city of Florence looked magnificent, and the towering church towers in the city were still clearly visible, but the rising smoke obscured the two people's eyes from looking at the Auditore mansion.

Lu Xiao waited silently for 5 minutes before waking up the two brothers who stopped and looked back: "Both, we should set off, trust your family, this separation is only temporary, and you will come back again after everything subsides." to this city."

"Take it as a tourist outing, go to Monteriggioni to visit your Uncle Mario."

Ezio took a deep breath, turned his horse's head and nodded to Lu Xiao. His previous dissolute temperament was obviously restrained, and his demeanor seemed to be a lot more mature.

"Go, Petruccio, and hold on to the reins."

"Ah."

Just like Lu Xiao rode alone across the wilderness in 1475, on the way back to Monteriggioni again, Ezio and Petruccio experienced first-hand how dangerous the wilderness is in this era.

"Whoosh!"

Lu Xiao, who was riding on a horse, let go of the half-open bowstring, and the arrow that quickly dispelled the air pierced into the back of the head of the last robber who was trying to block the road, and the bandit group of more than a dozen people was destroyed.

"vomit"

Petruccio bent over with a pale face and kept retching beside the avenue. Seeing the bloody corpse for the first time, this gentle boy was very uncomfortable.

Strange to say, Lu Xiao didn't have such an overreaction when he participated in the defense of Monteriggioni. He quickly adapted to the tragic battlefield full of corpses.

Ezio also behaved relatively calmly, and he even personally killed two robbers who were trying to attack Petruccio with a long sword in his hand.

Seeing Lu Xiao squatting down and groping for something on the corpse, Ezio helped Petruccio along his back with his hands, and asked with a frown, "What are you doing? They're already dead."

"Look for clues to determine whether there is someone behind these robbers."

Lu Xiao rummaged through the corpses of more than a dozen members of the bandit group one by one, but found nothing, which made him heave a sigh of relief.

At least it proves that the Knights Templar did not take the Ezio brothers' departure from the city as important.

"Let's go, keep going, and strive to arrive at the Auditore Territory this afternoon."

Monteriggioni is just a small castle in the Tuscany region, not far from the city of Florence. Even taking care of Petruccio who is not good at riding horses, Lu Xiao and the three arrived in Monteriggioni in just a few days. Under the city of Rigioni.

Mario had already received Giovanni's letter through Feige, and he stood at the gate of the city to welcome Lu Xiao and his two nephews.

It’s been a year, and Mario looks the same as before. After Ezio and Petruccio dismounted, he immediately let out a hearty laugh, strode forward and hugged them respectively.

"Ezio, Petruccio, welcome to Monteriggioni, did you encounter any trouble along the way?"