Creed of the heavens

Counting the 7 fragmented pages that are still in the hands of the Barbarigo family, Venice owns nearly half of the pages in Altaïr's Codex.

In fact, long before Lu Xiao arrived in Venice, Antonio searched for traces under Mario's order. Lu Xiao's action diverted the attention of the Barbarigo family, and Antonio's thieves could move in the city more conveniently.

He found four pages of information out of the remaining five scattered pages, but there was no trace of the last one. Antonio speculated that it should not be in Venice.

With the lessons of Silvio and Emilio, Marco will inevitably take Dante and a large number of bodyguards with him when he goes out, and stay at home as much as possible to avoid the assassin's assassination at other times.

Under such a high-intensity defense, Lu Xiao couldn't find the right time to make a move.

That being the case, the Venetian Brotherhood simply turned its focus to Doge Mocenigo.

As long as Mocenigo can be shown the evidence that the Barbarigo family intends to murder him, the governor can be persuaded to send a large number of troops to deal with the Barbarigo family. Lu Xiao does not believe that the turtle can still hide at home calmly.

The time of action was agreed to be tonight. After saying goodbye to the Big Three, Lu Xiao first returned to Da Vinci's workshop, intending to inquire about the progress of this versatile genius in cracking the Hidden Gun.

"Ah, you came just in time."

After Lu Xiao knocked on the door, Da Vinci immediately pulled him in enthusiastically.

"Take off your right arm armor, and I'll transform and install the Hidden Gun for you."

Lu Xiao was a little surprised by Da Vinci's progress, and when she took off the arm armor and handed it to him, she asked casually, "Have you finished your research?"

"Yes." Da Vinci smiled contentedly: "Although it is troublesome, the sense of accomplishment after officially cracking it is unparalleled."

"As mentioned in Altaïr's Handbook, if the design idea of ​​this weapon is spread, it will definitely change the war mode of the entire world."

The dexterous Da Vinci dismantled the Hidden Blade in Lu Xiao's arm armor with ease, and at the same time explained to Lu Xiao a lot of mechanisms that he couldn't understand in a cheerful tone.

Half an hour later, Lu Xiao was finally relieved from the thoughts. Da Vinci handed the reassembled arm armor to Lu Xiao: "Okay, let's try it in the backyard."

Lu Xiao tried to move after putting on the arm armor. There was a small iron pipe under the mechanism where the Hidden Blade popped up, and it also needed to trigger the pressure mechanism to pop up.

"According to your suggestion, I spent a lot of energy carving that rifling?"

Da Vinci set up a scarecrow target for Lu Xiao in the backyard: "As you said, the existence of the rifling stabilizes the ballistic trajectory, allowing the Hidden Gun to accurately hit the enemy at a farther distance."

Under Da Vinci's explanation, Lu Xiao raised his palm slightly, relying on the pressure of his muscles to trigger the mechanism.

"Snapped!"

Accompanied by the black smoke rising from the burning gunpowder, there is a small through hole in the scarecrow's head, which means that the Hidden Gun made by Da Vinci has passed the test and can be put into practical use.

When Da Vinci was excited, he did not forget to remind Lu Xiao: "Lu, be careful when using the Hidden Gun. Don't fill the gunpowder in advance, so as not to accidentally touch the mechanism and fire it during the exercise."

"Also, the filling process of the Hidden Gun is rather troublesome, and it cannot be fired continuously in battle. Please prepare in advance for this."

Lu Xiao put away the sleeve gun in satisfaction and said, "It's already very good that the early version can be made like this. The physical lethality of this sleeve gun in the middle distance has surpassed the folding crossbow. Follow-up improvements will come slowly."

The night is dark and windy, when the bright full moon hangs in the night sky of Venice, the bustling water city during the day gradually returns to tranquility.

The guards outside the Governor's Mansion are still dutifully changing shifts and standing guard, their sharp eyes scanning vigilantly in the dark night to ensure that no one approaches the Governor's Mansion's warning range.

Giovanni Mocenigo was sitting alone in his study reading letters.

The letter was sent by Lorenzo Medici, Lord of Florence. In the letter, Lorenzo warned him that he must beware of the conspiracy of the Templars.

Folding the letter again and throwing it aside, Mocenigo looked out the window thoughtfully.

Templars and Assassins, which side should I trust?Or continue to maintain the previous strategy, allowing the two sides to maintain a balance in the city of Venice?

"Stop! The Governor's Mansion is forbidden!"

The shouts from outside the window woke Mocenigo from his contemplation. Since he became the Governor of Venice, no one has ever broken into this heavily fortified Governor's Palace.

Going to the window and looking down, a group of dirty civilians pushed away the guards and rushed into the gate on the west side of the Governor's Mansion, and then rushed out through the north gate with a group of guards who drew their weapons and chased after them, which triggered a panic attack. A series of riots.

"His Excellency the Governor, Mr. Carlo Grimaldi, please see me."

Withholding his gaze from the window, Mocenigo frowned: "At this time? Let him go back, I'm going to rest, I'll talk about things tomorrow."

"However, Senator Carlo said that he has something important to remind you."

Mocenigo looked out the window again. The group of civilians who broke into the governor's mansion were nowhere to be seen, and the guards who gave up their pursuit returned to their posts cursing.

After thinking about it, Mocenigo sighed: "Okay, let him in, I want to hear what he plans to flatter Barbarigo this time."

When the guards returned to their positions, Lu Xiao had already quietly sneaked into the Governor's Mansion with the help of the turmoil caused by the thieves and mercenaries, and reached the roof of this luxurious four-story building.

After knocking down several archers who were patrolling the roof one after another, Lu Xiao was about to climb down when he saw a thin old man rubbing his hands and fidgeting anxiously outside the east gate of the Governor's Mansion.

Is that Carlo Grimaldi?

Lu Xiao's expression tightened. Carlo's late-night visit gave him a bad feeling.

Is Marco that headstrong guy finally can't wait?

Carlo was unable to persuade Governor Mocenigo to issue martial law for a long time. Marco, who wanted anything from a young age, finally became angry and ordered Carlo to poison Mocenigo tonight. Marco will be appointed by the Holy See tomorrow morning. became the new Doge of Venice.

The pace must be quickened!

According to the information provided by Teodora, the governor should not have fallen asleep at this time, and he is probably studying books in his study to relax.

Both the study and the governor's bedroom are located on the second floor, and Lu Xiao speeded up and climbed down from the top of the building through the window.

At this time, Carlo had just passed the stairs to the entrance of the second floor. He subconsciously touched the hidden pocket in his sleeve, and his nervousness made his stomach ache.

When Lu Xiao finally turned over and entered the study through the last window, Governor Mocenigo was raising his glass to drink.

"Wait! Don't drink!"

"Ding!"

The crossbow shot by Lu Xiao hastily hit the cup in Mocenigo's hand, and the red wine spilled out, just on the face of Carlo who was looking expectant.

The two people present were stunned for a moment, and then showed completely different reactions.

Mocenigo suddenly got up and called the guards. At the same time, he took down a long sword from the wall, and pointed the weapon at Lu Xiao tremblingly.

Carlo spat on the ground in horror, spitting out all the red wine that flowed into his mouth along his cheeks.

Lu Xiao dashed forward and knocked down Carlo, who was celebrating the rest of his life after the catastrophe, and found a half-used medicine powder packet from him.

"Your Excellency, I have no malicious intentions, please forgive me for disturbing you."

Wrap the medicinal herb bag he brought and the medicinal powder found on Carlo in the scroll given by Teodora, and throw them together in front of the vigilant Mocenigo.

Lu Xiao slashed Carlo unconscious with a hand knife, raised her hands and took a few steps back to show her attitude to Mocenigo.