Creed of the heavens

The mercenary leader Luciano laughed boldly: "Giovanni, you and Mario have cultivated a tough guy, and I like him very much!"

"Let's get down to business."

The cunning fox Lavolpe calmly turned the off topic back: "The information brought back by Lu is very important. We finally obtained the exact location and estimated time when the Templars planned to attack the Medici family."

"Although it is only speculation, I think there may be more than 90% of the Templars launching the plan at Easter, and it is unlikely to be temporarily changed if the arrow is on the string."

Giovanni learned the details from several people, so his expression would not become more solemn.

"Finally, it's time for a head-on collision. Rodrigo will definitely make some adjustments to the original plan after he learns that the information has been leaked, and we must also make corresponding countermeasures."

"Everyone, in the last few days, please mobilize all your energies and try to find as many clues as possible near the Church of Santa Maria del Fiore!"

"Yes!"

When Lu Xiao woke up in a daze from a deep sleep, the surrounding female voices of Yingyingyanyan made his brain that had not fully recovered full of doubts.

"Where am I? Isn't it in Auditore's guest room?"

"Ah, he's awake!"

Someone noticed Lu Xiao's bewildered eyes that had just opened, and her exclamation set off a frenzy in the room.

"Girls, be quiet, don't scare Lu."

The familiar gentle female voice came along with the sound of clapping hands, and the room was quiet again, but some small whispers and chuckles could still be vaguely heard.

"Paula?"

Lu Xiao, who was still sore, propped up his body and leaned against the head of the bed, and looked up blankly. There were three young women in cool clothes around his bed, all of whom were quite good in figure and appearance.

If I remember correctly, these women seem to be the signs of Paula's shop, right?Why are you here?

Gradually regaining consciousness from her confusion, Lu Xiao realized that something was wrong with the bed under her body.

The guest room furniture he used in the Auditore mansion were all standard. Although the rich and powerful Auditore family furnished the guest rooms quite luxuriously, they used out-and-out single beds.

The bed that Lu Xiao was using at this time was at least three times the size in his impression, enough for 34 people to roll freely on the bed.

uh shouldn't

Lu Xiao, who was vigilant in his heart, hurriedly sat up from the bed, the tingling sensation in the muscles all over his body made the corner of his mouth twitch suddenly.

Paula walked up to Lu Xiao's bed with a smile and stopped his movements: "Don't force yourself, your body and spirit are seriously overdrawn, and it will take a while to recover."

Lu Xiao quickly glanced at the scenery outside through the open window, he was sure that this was definitely not Auditore's mansion.

Already having a logical answer in his heart but not quite in line with his wishes, Lu Xiao asked a little bit sadly: "Paula, where am I?"

Paula, who had seen countless people, saw something from Lu Xiao's tense expression, and couldn't help covering her mouth with a low smile: "This is the top floor of Xunfang Rose, a private room that is usually not open to the public, and no one will come Bother you, and no one has done anything to you."

"call"

Lu Xiao let out a long breath of relief.

It's not that Lu Xiao is deliberately hypocritical or has a mental cleanliness or something, but it's hard for a courtesan in the age without condoms to guarantee that she doesn't contract any troublesome diseases.

Lu Xiao didn't want to be infected with syphilis at a young age.

Rubbing her temples, Lu Xiao tried her best to recover her drowsy brain quickly.

"Paola, how is the situation in Florence? Is Rodrigo here?"

When it came to business, Paula, who was originally joking, quickly straightened her face, and she clapped her hands to let the girls who were in charge of taking care of Lu Xiao leave first.

"I was going to tell you that under Lorenzo's close surveillance, Rodrigo Borgia, Francesco Pacci and others entered the city early the morning before yesterday. In the secret church."

Chapter 36

After Paula's explanation, Lu Xiao knew why she was sent to Xunfang Rose in a coma.

In order to ensure the timeliness of intelligence exchanges, Giovanni temporarily transformed the Auditore mansion into a combat command center.

Except for Annetta and other insiders who had already joined the Assassin Organization, most of the servants in the mansion were temporarily dismissed, and they were sent to live in a farm outside Florence in the name of vacation.

In the absence of servants, the sleepy Lu Xiao would inevitably be neglected in the Auditore mansion. At Paula's initiative, Lu Xiao was sent to the top floor of Xunfang Rose for temporary placement.

The top floor of Xunfang Rose is the private floor owned by the boss Paola, which is usually not open to the public, only Giovanni occasionally comes here to cough and cough.

The busy Paula specially arranged for three well-received signature courtesans in the store to help take care of Lu Xiao.

These three high-level courtesans are peripheral members of the Assassin Organization. They are usually responsible for collecting important information from high-end customers, and they are very good at serving people.

Unlike the renaissance romantics who regard syphilis as the glory of "conquest", Lu Xiao does not want to contract this troublesome disease in this age without antibiotics.

After recovering initially, Lu Xiao immediately asked to return to the Auditore mansion to participate in the pre-war preparations.

Paula couldn't persuade Lu Xiao who was determined to leave, so she could only agree with his decision and sent someone to send Lu Xiao, who had not fully recovered, all the way back to Auditore's house.

As Paula said, the Auditore Mansion at this time no longer had the usual warm and relaxed atmosphere. When Federico, who had always been carefree, came to greet him, his face was full of dignity and foreboding.

Lu Xiao frowned in confusion and asked, "What's the matter? Why this expression?"

Federico shook his head with a sullen face: "Our intelligence battle with the Templars has already started ahead of time. Many brothers lost their lives because of this, including acquaintances I have known for many years."

Lu Xiao immediately understood that, as an aristocratic assassin who grew up in a big city, Federico had never seen a truly tragic battle before.

Seeing with his own eyes an acquaintance whom he had known for many years died in front of him, the eldest son of Auditore, who is open-minded and witty, probably suffered a lot psychologically.

Patting Federico's shoulder vigorously, Lu Xiao didn't say those fake words of consolation. After all, he had to pass this level by himself.

This conflict is both a crisis and an opportunity for the Assassin Brotherhood. Assassins who can survive this war will undoubtedly grow tremendously, including Federico, a noble and rookie assassin who has never adjusted his mentality before.

As Rodrigo led a large number of Templars into Florence in batches, although the frontal conflict between the two organizations had not yet fully started, the undercurrent of the Emerald City had already attracted the attention of many senior officials with keener senses.

Lorenzo is not blind, let alone a fool, and the important information given by Giovanni has been firmly remembered in his heart.

However, as the ruler of the Republic of Florence and the focus of attention of thousands of people, it is impossible for him to cancel the Easter Mass held every year because of the threat of the Templar Knights, and at most strengthen the security during the festival.

Compared with the shrewd and capable Lorenzo, Giuliano, another core member of the Medici family, seemed a little heartless.

He sneered at the threat of the Templars, and he simply did not believe that anyone would dare to assassinate the Medici family in full view.

After several generations of accumulation, the status of the Medici family in Florence is no problem as the emperor. This long-term sense of superiority in high positions made Giuliano lose his vigilance against the crisis.

If it hadn't been for Lorenzo's strict order to ground Giuliano, the playboy might still be having fun at various high-end banquets in the city at this time.

The arrow has to be fired, and this principle is the same for the Templars.