Creed of the heavens

Lu Xiao had never had an intuitive understanding of the name femme fatale before, but now he finally understands why there is such a title.

But Katerina's hatred for her husband does not seem so difficult to understand.

Her father was brutally killed by the Templar Knights. Due to the situation and the pressure of survival, she could only temporarily use the power of the Pope to marry the nephew of Sixter IV who was a Templar Knight. The resentment can be imagined.

Both Romagna and Forli are just one stop on Lu Xiao's journey, he does not intend to get involved in troublesome political struggles, and what agreement Lorenzo and Caterina reached has nothing to do with him.

Just like what Caterina said, in the case of Girolamo's blockade of Romagna, if you want to continue to sail to Venice, completing her commission and obtaining a special permission is the most efficient way.

"Hey" sighed helplessly, and Lu Xiao put the hood back on: "Okay, tell me the route back to Girolamo, and I guarantee that he will not be able to return to Forli smoothly."

Katerina's eyes lit up, and a bright smile appeared on her tight pretty face: "Very well, our deal is settled."

The system prompt also came at this time: "The random mission releases the same bed, different dreams, assassinate Romagna lord Girolamolilao, reward: free attribute point 1."

With the help of Katerina, Lu Xiao left Levadino Rock Castle without hindrance and returned to the hotel where he and Da Vinci stayed.

Leonardo da Vinci had finished his day of collecting scenery and was drawing a sketch of the scenery of Forli City in his hotel room.

"How was it? Was the meeting with the lord's wife fruitful?"

Da Vinci asked Lu Xiao curiously: "Is she really as beautiful as the folklore?"

Lu Xiao smiled wryly and shrugged her shoulders: "Beautiful is beautiful, but her mind and city are too dark and deep, and even make people shudder. Fortunately, she is an ally of the Brotherhood."

After telling Da Vinci the task entrusted by Katerina, even Da Vinci, who has always been very receptive to new things, widened his eyes in surprise.

"Well, at least we can learn through this entrustment that the relationship between the lord and his wife is indeed as mentioned in the rumors, so bad that they cannot share the same bed."

Chapter 45 Sleepy Coffee

According to the information given by Katerina, Girolamolilao, unlike his uncle the Pope who maintained a neutral stance, joined the Knights Templar at a young age.

When Rodrigo launched the conspiracy against Florence, Girolamo was originally in the plan.

However, because the Brotherhood learned part of the conspiracy in advance, the Templars had to significantly advance the launch time of the plan. As a result, Girolamo, who had not yet been appointed by the lord at the time, could not directly participate in the plan.

Girolamo, who had been instilled with the idea of ​​the Templars since he was a child, did not give up. When Rodrigo focused most of his attention on the intrigue with other cardinals, he still firmly planned to continue to fight against the Medici family.

It's a pity that just like Caterina mocked, Girolamo does not have the talent to lead troops in battle.

Under the attack of Florence's well-armed army, Romagna's army was quickly defeated, and Girolamo also fled the battlefield in a hurry, fleeing in the direction of Romagna with a small group of personal guards.

Leaving Da Vinci waiting patiently in the hotel, Lu Xiao rode a temporarily bought horse and left the city, quietly entering a wetland forest in the harsh ground environment of the Romagna region.

The retreat route of Girolamo's defeated army was not far from the woods. Lu Xiao wrapped the assassin's clothes and hood tightly, and spent a difficult night in the wetland forest full of mosquitoes. The arrival of Lolamo.

The army of less than 50 people looked very miserable. Most of their weapons were badly worn, and the soldiers were covered with many bandages oozing blood.

Including the leader on the horse, the morale of the entire team was very low, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they lost their armor and armor.

Is that Girolamo Lilao?

Lu Xiao squinted his eyes and looked at the knight headed by a large number. The messy beard on the opponent's face made Lu Xiao unable to tell his actual age, but at least he could be sure that he was over 20 years old.

Three years to start, the maximum death penalty, boy juice.

Popping out the Hidden Blade and the boot blade repaired by Da Vinci for inspection, Lu Xiao sarcastically said in her heart that I will carry out your death sentence, and hope that you will not be a copper smelter in your next life.

Due to the cover of the dense trees in the forest, it was not easy for the bow and arrow to hit the target. Lu Xiaomao jumped forward above the low bushes with his waist down.

Walking with Leonardo Da Vinci requires patience with his unrestrained thinking and almost non-stop thoughts, but Lu Xiao's journey is not without any gains.

In communication with Da Vinci, the two jointly developed a small folding hand crossbow.

The idea of ​​this kind of hand crossbow comes from Assassin's Creed Revolution, which was conceived by Lu Xiao and perfected by Leonardo Da Vinci, who is very capable of hands.

At this time, Lu Xiao unfolded the hand crossbow on the inside of the left arm armor, and aimed the arrow glowing green at Girolamo, who lowered his head and looked doubtful about his life.

Before departing from Florence, Federico sent back an Altaïr Codex from Siena, which described Altaïr's use of plant extracts commonly known as high-performance poisons.

"Whoosh!"

With the blessing of the clairvoyance skill, the small poisonous arrow fired by the hand crossbow precisely passed Girolamo's back neck and sank into the ground in the distance. The surrounding soldiers did not respond to this pocket crossbow arrow.

Under the paralyzing effect of the poison, Girolamo could only feel a slight tingling sensation from the back of his neck. He thought it was just a bite from a ferocious mosquito in the swamp, and he didn't pay attention to it.

System: "The random task is completed, and the 1-point free attribute reward has been issued."

Lu Xiao folded the hand crossbow back into the arm armor, silently watching Girolamo whose body was gradually shaking.

The high-performance poison made with reference to Altaïr's formula had a rapid onset, and Girolamo's body was getting weaker and weaker. Finally, he was unable to support himself and fell off his horse.

"Lord Lord?!"

The distraught defeated soldiers only came back to their senses when they heard the movement in front of them, and they gathered nervously around Girolamo, who was blue-faced and foaming at the mouth.

May death bring you peace, short-lived Lord of Romagna.

When seeing Katerina again, the lord's wife was not as calm as she showed last time. She repelled all the maids and paced back and forth anxiously in the roof garden.

"clatter"

When Lu Xiao reached the roof, she intentionally made a slight sound to remind Katerina of her arrival.

Seeing Lu Xiao return unscathed, Katerina's expression was a little complicated, with a little anxiety mixed with anticipation: "It's done?"

"Yes." Lu Xiao showed the poisoned crossbow to Katerina: "The quick-acting poison recorded in Altaïr's handbook, the news that Girolamo died suddenly due to illness should come back soon."

"call"

Katerina let out a long breath, and leaned on her special recliner as if relieved, and took a sip of the dark brown drink on the table.

"Would you like some?"

Katerina raised an exquisite assembled container and gestured to Lu Xiao: "This is a new drink brought back from the Ottoman Empire by the Venetian merchants. It seems to be called coffee?"

"coffee?"

Lu Xiao was going to refuse, but the name spit out from Katerina's hand made him swallow the words that had come to his lips.

Is there coffee in this era?

Lu Xiao always thought that coffee beans were a specialty of South America, and it wasn't until the discovery of the New World that coffee became popular in Europe.

But in fact, his cognition was wrong. The word coffee originated from Arabic. As early as the 11th century, there was a habit of brewing coffee in the Middle East and Africa.

Before the 15th century, the cultivation of coffee beans had been controlled and monopolized by the Arabs. It was not until the Renaissance in the early 15th century that it began to flow into Europe. For contemporary Europeans, coffee is indeed a very new thing.