Creed of the heavens

Now it was Antonio's turn to be confused, he turned his head to look at Lu Xiao in astonishment, and got a helpless wry smile.

"Don't look at me, this guy has this kind of personality, anyway, let's go first, if there are any problems, wait until the studio."

It has been nearly three years since Lu Xiao came to the world of Assassin's Creed in 1474.

The age of 2730 happens to be the golden age of human beings. Once people exceed 30 years old, their physical functions will inevitably begin to decline. Lu Xiao's sense of urgency to complete world tasks is increasing day by day.

If you want to successfully complete the world quest, you must first obtain the blood of the Isu people, and the two front-end side quests are essential.

Among them, the progress of collecting the assassin's tokens is over half, and the remaining two tokens are stored in the water city of Venice. Lu Xiao plans to collect them as soon as possible, and obtain the artificial artifact armor made by Altaïr relying on the knowledge of the golden apple in his later years.

The other is the collection of Altaïr's Codex.

Counting the fragments of the Codex recently obtained by Federico and Lu Xiao, the Brotherhood of Assassins has obtained 30 of the 18 pages.

According to the information disclosed by Rodrigo after he was captured, the seven pages of the book kept by the Venetian Knights Templar were all in the hands of the famous local Barbarigo family.

That is to say, only five fragments of the Codex are still scattered outside, and they are probably scattered around the city of Venice.

As the head snake of Venice and the leader of the Thieves Guild, Antonio is undoubtedly the most suitable guide and information provider.

"Assassin's Tomb and Altaïr's Codex?"

While Da Vinci was busy packing his luggage in the new studio, Antonio and Lu Xiao had already completed a round of communication.

"If it is true as you said, the assassin's tombs are hidden in various churches, I can let the thieves under me find out the whereabouts of the assassin's tombs in the shortest possible time, and I will do my best to help you collect the remaining Altaïr Codex."

"However, there is one thing that the Venetian Brotherhood would like your help with."

Antonio said solemnly: "Compared to Florence, the strength of the Brotherhood's Venice branch is relatively weak. There is no assassination expert like Giovanni here."

"The position of Doge of Venice is now being coveted by the Barbarigo family. Once this group of Templars are allowed to take power, the Brotherhood's position in this city will become even weaker."

"Lu, Giovanni has described many of your glorious deeds in his letters. Venice needs elite assassins like you."

Antonio patted Lu Xiao's strong arm heavily: "On behalf of the Venice Brotherhood, I ask you to help us resolve the crisis in Venice. I promise that I will try my best to find out the information you want within this period of time."

Chapter 48 The Situation in Venice

The Venetian famous Barbarigo and Lu Xiao heard rumors about them from Katerina when they were still staying in Foli.

Barbarigo was an aristocrat who rose up as a merchant. Thanks to Venice’s prosperous port connected to the world, they relied on seaborne trade to accumulate a lot of wealth and contacts, and gradually became an important aristocrat in the Republic of Venice.

After completing the original capital accumulation, the Barbarigo family was no longer satisfied with the business world, they extended their tentacles to all areas of Venice like octopuses.

This naturally includes the political circles of the Republic of Vesni. Due to their domineering style supported by the Templars, even the current Governor of Venice, Giovanni Mocenigo, gave them three points of comity.

There are three relatively well-known contemporary figures in the Barbarigo family, namely Emilio who is in charge of business affairs, Marco who is well-versed in politics and business, and Silvio who is the prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Venice.

As the saying goes, the top beam is not right, and the bottom beam is crooked. With Rodrigo, the Grand Master of the Templars who is keen on power, most of the people he values ​​can't get rid of the characteristics of greed for power.

According to the information provided by Katerina, each member of the Barbarigo family has a strong negative character.

Emilio is cunning and cruel. Anyone who threatens his status in the Venetian business circle will be cooperating with other members of the family's political circles, and use various disgraceful means to drive competitors to a dead end.

Marco is self-willed and extremely greedy. As one of the richest families in Venice, Marco, the eldest son of Barbarigo, can easily get everything he wants, including ships, jewelry, gold, and even people.

The doting of the elders made Marco develop a greedy and conceited character. Whatever people or things he likes, no matter who they belonged to before, will be forcibly taken away by him in the end.

When Silvio was very young, he witnessed his uncle in the clan kill his father in order to fight for property. He was forced to live with his uncle, who killed his father and enemy, and was bullied and ridiculed by his peers since he was a child. .

The distorted childhood made Silvio develop a forbearing character, and the anger of jealousy and revenge has been burning in his heart until he single-handedly planned and completed the cruel revenge against his uncle and regained his own property.

Rodrigo gradually became reclusive after his return to Rome, and became less enthusiastic about fighting the Assassin Brotherhood, but the Knights Templar's pursuit of the Pieces of Eden did not stop.

Apart from the tight-lipped Rodrigo himself, the Templars were unaware that the Assassins had obtained information on the Golden Apple of Cyprus.

In order to succeed before the Assassin Brotherhood, Rodrigo issued an order to the Barbarigo family, urging them to persuade the governor of Venice to go to Cyprus as soon as possible, and if they could not convince the governor, they should simply replace him.

Under the contact of Giovanni and Mario, the Ottoman branch and the Egyptian branch of the Brotherhood successively sent people to sneak into Cyprus.

Today's Cyprus is nominally controlled by the Lusignan Dynasty established by the French.

In the 14th century, with the gradual prosperity of Cyprus, a series of unpleasant frictions occurred between Venice and Cyprus, and the two sides forged hatred.

In 1426, Venice encouraged the Egyptian Mamluk dynasty to invade Cyprus.

After the defeat of the Lusignan Dynasty, it lost its independent control over the kingdom, became a vassal state of the Mamluk Dynasty, and gradually became an overseas colony of the Republic of Venice in the next half century.

The current Governor of Venice, Giovanni Mocenigo, has little interest in completely annexing Cyprus. The lobbying of the Barbarigo family has not played a big role. Rodrigo and the Barbarigo family have gradually lost patience with Mocenigo. .

Lu Xiao came to Venice under such a background of turbulent currents. According to Antonio's description, the Barbarigo family, who didn't want to wait any longer, should kill the governor in the near future.

Mocenigo's stance towards the Templars and Assassins tended to be neutral. If the Barbarigo family were allowed to take power, the Venetian Brotherhood would inevitably be suppressed more severely, and might even lose all their strongholds in this water city.

"So, what do you want me to do?"

Lu Xiao leaned against the unfinished Da Vinci workshop desk, folded her hands on her chest, looked at Antonio and asked, "Assassinate all the direct members of the Barbarigo family?"

"No." Antonio shook his head: "It is enough to kill Marco, Emilio and Silvio."

"These three are the most die-hard supporters of the Templars in the Barbarigo family. As long as they die, I can operate in the dark and support the members of the Barbarigo family who have a good relationship with the Brotherhood."

Lu Xiao was a little surprised by this: "There are still members of the Brotherhood in the Barbarigo family?"

Antonio smiled indifferently: "Which big family has only one voice? Because of the tough and brutal behavior of the three of Marco, many people in the Barbarigo family are also very dissatisfied with them."

"I understand."

Lu Xiao stood up straight again and said, "I need more information on the Barbarigo Templar Trio, where they often go, when and how they go out, and sort it out for me as soon as possible."

The power of the Assassin Brotherhood in Venice is far from that of Florence, but looking at it from another perspective, in this city that does not belong to itself, it does not seem too bad to destroy the city in exchange for the defeat of the Templars. .

In Florence, the Brotherhood's actions could not be too outrageous due to concerns about the views of the Assassin allies, the Medici family, but there is no such thing in Venice.

Antonio, who controls the thieves' union, is very efficient. Just a few days after Lu Xiao and Da Vinci settled down in Venice, he sent all the information Lu Xiao needed.

"Hey, it's pretty fast."

Da Vinci was still busy studying the manufacturing and improvement methods of the Hidden Gun recorded in Altaïr's Handbook, while Lu Xiao went through the materials secretly sent by the Venetian thieves in detail in the studio alone.

In addition to the previously mentioned Barbarigo trio, Antonio also specifically targeted a government official named Carlo Grimaldi, who was also one of the key members of the Templars in Venice.

Carlo was a member of the Council of Ten in Venice, a high-ranking and powerful man, and was deeply trusted by Governor Mocenigo.

Antonio speculates that the assassination plan of the Barbarigo family should be carried out by Carlo, who is most accessible to the governor.

These sources also give some advice on the threat level and assassination priority of the Venetian Templars.