Creed of the heavens

Lu Xiao's head under the hood lightly nodded: "Yes, please give the letter to Mrs. Maria."

The concierge smiled and made several circles with a fancy gesture: "Okay, I will hand the letter to the mistress, and please wait here for a while."

The dusty Lu Xiao looked out of place in the neatly dressed central area of ​​Florence. Passers-by all looked at this mysterious man wearing a hood with strange eyes.

"Hey! Who are you? Why are you blocking my door?"

A cynical-sounding voice came from behind Lu Xiao, and at the same time, a palm was patted on his shoulder without any scruples.

The tense Lu Xiao almost instinctively pulled out the double knives hidden under the cloak to attack the opponent. Fortunately, he recalled the current situation in time and forcibly suppressed his desire to attack.

Calm down, this is the peaceful center of Florence, not a wild place where robbers may attack at any time.

The Italian countryside in the 15th century was not safe at all. Lu Xiao was robbed by robbers many times along the way from Monteriggioni. The long-term killings made him habitually keep on guard. A lot of practical experience.

The tensed muscles relaxed again, and the person who reached out rashly behind him didn't know that he had turned around before the gate of hell.

Lu Xiao turned her head to look at the person who made the sound. It was a young man in exquisite aristocratic attire. The slightly frivolous smile on the other person's face concealed his scrutiny and guarded eyes to a certain extent.

This young man's appearance is very handsome, but his temperament is a bit unrestrained. Behind him is a noble boy with a timid expression.

"Ezio, don't embarrass our distinguished guest."

The calm and slightly reproachful female voice stopped the young man's actions, and the young man immediately let go of his hands and raised his head high, putting on an innocent expression.

"Mom, I didn't do anything!"

Ezio?

Lu Xiao's eyes under the hood froze for a moment on the face of this noble young man. Ezio's appearance was quite different from his impression.

Ezio in the game is also very handsome, but the overall feeling is tougher, and the Ezio in front of him looks more feminine and handsome.

It seems that rumor is true.

A long time ago, Lu Xiao heard a rumor about Assassin's Creed 2. It is said that the player-controlled Ezio has integrated the appearance of Desmond who pursues the DNA of his ancestors to give him more sense of substitution. The real Ezio It doesn't match the appearance shown in the game.

The messy thoughts in his mind disappeared in a flash, and Lu Xiao temporarily ignored Ezio who was pretending to be pitiful, and turned his gaze to the woman who had stopped him before.

It was a middle-aged lady with a graceful and luxurious temperament. The years had carved some marks on her face, but she still looked charming, and her gestures also showed that the other party had received strict etiquette education.

The lady waved her hand to signal Ezio to be quiet, then slightly raised her floor-length dress to salute Lu Xiao and introduce herself.

"I'm Maria Auditore, nice to meet you, Mr. Lu Xiao from the far east."

Lu Xiao also touched her chest and saluted with the etiquette learned from Mario: "Mrs. Maria, it's an honor for me to meet you too."

Maria smiled and stretched out her hand towards the door: "Please come in first to take a rest and take care of yourself. Giovanni will take 12 hours to come back."

Ezio, who was left out, asked loudly in dissatisfaction: "Mother, who is this person?"

Maria glanced at Ezio, and said in a flat tone: "He is a friend of your uncle Mario, and he will stay at our house for the time being. You will spend a lot of time together in the future."

"what?"

Ignoring the young Ezio's dissatisfied cries, Maria gently introduced to Lu Xiao: "I am laughing at you, this is my second son Ezio and youngest son Petruccio."

"As you can see, these two children are still very immature. I hope you can help take care of them in the future."

Petruccio, who was twelve or thirteen years old, smiled shyly at Lu Xiao. His personality was completely different from that of Ezio who was bluffing.

"Mother! I don't need anyone to take care of me! I"

"Shut up, I'm thankful you don't cause trouble outside."

Maria snorted with some displeasure: "Come in with me, Ezio, you better not get into any trouble again, I won't pamper you like your father."

Ezio's body trembled, and he replied in a low voice with some guilt: "Yes"

Lu Xiao looked at the young and young Ezio with amused and emotional feeling. It was no wonder that the great assassin mentor of a generation also had such a youthful and frivolous period. No wonder he was ridiculed as a pervert.

Chapter 9 Rumors and Misconceptions

When he was young, Ezio behaved like a playboy. In order to win the favor of a woman, he was jealous and fought with other suitors, causing some troubles from time to time.

It's no wonder that Maria would beat him again and again. The many criminal records Ezio committed are enough to make people have a certain degree of inherent impression of him.

However, Ezio was born in the Assassin inheritance family after all. Since he was still young, Giovanni used the excuse of sending letters to let him exercise his physical fitness, and consciously or unintentionally guided him to use the "shortest" path to quickly complete the task.

This shortest path is the roof that is rarely used by people.

There is no constant stream of pedestrians on the roof, except for some important places where there will be archers on duty, usually no one will climb on the roof and run around.

These archers are city guards controlled by the Medici family. Under Lorenzo's gesture, they turned a blind eye to the Auditore family's kid jumping up and down on the roof.

Without Ezio's knowledge, Giovanni successfully completed the initial training of his second son, laying a solid foundation for him to become a member of the Assassin Brotherhood in the future.

Regarding this point, Giovanni told Mario frankly in his correspondence, and it was from Mario that Lu Xiao got some relevant information.

Giovanni Auditore has three sons and one daughter. The eldest son, Federico, is an adult. He should have entered the bank to assist his father in his work.

But Federico has a witty and free-spirited nature, and he doesn't want to limit himself to a boring bank job.

Federico was fired from the bank after he hid a bank purse on a roof in a prank, and has been free since.

Giovanni was quite helpless with his eldest son's lazy character. As an assassin who advocated free will, he decided to respect and support Federico's wishes.

After Giovanni informed the eldest son of the family's true identity, Federico began to use his spare time to help his father with the Assassin's chores.

The second son of the Auditore family is Ezio who has already met Lu Xiao. To a certain extent, his character has inherited his elder brother's cynicism, and he looks more like a playboy than Federico in daily life.

The youngest son, Petruccio, is much more well-behaved than the two elder brothers, and the whole family loves the caring Petruccio.

Petruccio also has a sister named Claudia who is about to turn 14 years old. It is said that she is already engaged to the family she has made friends with and will officially get married in two years.

Among the four children of the Auditore family, only the eldest son, Federico, has been informed of the identity and mission of the family, and the three from Ezio down have no knowledge of it.

This decision was made jointly by Giovanni and Maria. They hoped that their children could spend their youth without any worries, and they did not intend to burden them with the heavy burden of the Assassin Brotherhood until they reached adulthood.

Full of curiosity, Ezio originally planned to continue to search for Lu Xiao's identity, but Maria quickly drove him away with a look of disgust, and arranged for a maid to clean up Lu Xiao.

"call"

Lu Xiao was lying in the big bathhouse of Auditore's mansion, the fatigue accumulated from days of running and fighting was relieved by soaking in warm water.

Riding a horse is actually not as romantic as it is described in some academic works.

Because the horse's back will be very bumpy when it is galloping at high speed, it is impossible to sit on the horse's back at this time. You must rely on the strength of your legs to step on the stirrups, so that your buttocks are suspended in mid-air.