Creed of the heavens

Only when the horse slows down and moves forward at a constant speed can the legs be relaxed, and the real sitting on the horseback is resting.

Speaking of bathing, Lu Xiao had read a lot of rumors about the European Middle Ages before, saying that Europeans in this era advocated not taking a bath for a lifetime, and even had something to do with Catholicism and the Black Death.

After more than half a year of real experience, Lu Xiao can clearly come to the conclusion that this kind of statement is purely false, and it is a misinterpretation of the medieval historical people by the people of later generations.

After experiencing the ravages of the Black Death in the 14th century, the Holy See did order prohibiting people from going to the big bathhouse to take a bath together, but private bathing in individual homes has never been restricted.

The main factor that restricts people from bathing in the middle world is the inconvenience of water. In this era, there is no convenient and easy-to-use tap water. If you want to take a bath, you must fetch water from the nearest water source and heat it up, which is time-consuming and laborious.

Ordinary people are busy raising their families every day, so it is difficult to spare time to fetch water to wash their bodies and clothes, that's why the poor people from the lower classes that Lu Xiao saw in the outer city are so dirty.

But the mid-level and high-level people in Florence, such as the Auditore family, are different. The aristocratic and wealthy merchants who drive a large number of servants and maids even have the spare power to build a luxurious large bathhouse in the family mansion to meet the needs of the ladies and ladies to clean their bodies at any time.

When living in Monteriggioni, due to the slackness of the lord Mario, many infrastructures in the city were not perfect, and there was no such thing as a bathhouse in the Auditore Manor, so they could only rely on large wooden barrels to complete the bathing process.

Through the hazy water mist in the bathhouse, Lu Xiao fixed her gaze on the beautifully carved stone lion by the pool. The hot water continued to spout from the lion's mouth, and the crisp sound of rushing water seemed a bit relaxing to Lu Xiao who was nervous. hypnosis.

"Hmph! You look like you're enjoying yourself."

A familiar voice suddenly sounded from the entrance of the bathhouse, and the naked Ezio walked in with a displeased expression on his face, and jumped into the pool with a "crash", causing a large splash of water and waves.

"I'm sorry, I'm in too."

Petruccio covered his lower body with a towel and slowly got into the water embarrassingly. The two brothers' completely different performances made Lu Xiao shake her head and chuckle.

"why are you laughing?"

Facing Ezio's displeased questioning, Lu Xiao shrugged and said viciously: "I think of happy things."

Ezio didn't understand the stalk, and didn't follow up on the words. His curious eyes looked back and forth at Lu Xiao's face where all the restraints had been removed.

"My mother said that you are from the far east, and your appearance is very different from ours."

"I heard your name is Lu Xiao, right?"

Ezio raised his legs in the water, raised his head in a high posture and asked Lu Xiao, "Why did you come to Florence so far away? What's the purpose of staying at my house?"

Lu Xiao didn't care about Ezio's hostile attitude, and smiled perfunctorily: "Well, let's ask your father, if he is willing to tell you."

"What do you mean!"

"crash"

Lu Xiao didn't plan to chat with Eziodor who didn't know anything yet. Since Giovanni hadn't revealed the truth to him, in order to avoid making mistakes, Lu Xiao stood up from the pool to end the topic and was about to leave first.

Ezio also hurriedly got up, wading into the water and chasing Lu Xiao, "Wait for me! Speak clearly, father in the end"

"cough cough"

The coughing sound from outside the bathhouse made Ezio's words stuck in his throat, and the warm words came into the bathhouse through the door.

"Ezio, be polite to the distinguished guests of the Auditore family. Also, have you completed the delivery task I entrusted to you?"

"Tsk!" Ezio smacked his lips unwillingly: "Father, I have delivered the letter to the home of Consul Uberto, but he was not at home at the time."

"Not at home?" Giovanni, who had just returned home, pondered for a moment: "Forget it, anyway, just deliver the letter."

"Come out quickly after taking a shower. We are going to hold a family welcome banquet for Lu Xiao tonight. You should make some preparations first."

Chapter 10 The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked

With the help of the maid, Lu Xiao changed into a set of clothes commonly used by men in this era when going out.

To be honest, he was very uncomfortable with this ridiculously stupid outfit.

Leaving aside the upper body, the exquisitely crafted medieval lining and trimmed waistcoat looked pretty good, but the half-length bloomers on the lower body were so ugly that Lu Xiao couldn't complain.

The maid even asked Lu Xiao to wear a pair of white stockings under the bloomers, but Lu Xiao firmly refused without hesitation.

After all, he has no fetishism

When Giovanni met Lu Xiao for the first time, the assassin brother from the far east was still pulling his clothes uncomfortably.

"Hehe." Giovanni lowered his head slightly and chuckled: "It seems that you are not used to this kind of clothes, maybe it is caused by the cultural conflict between the East and the West."

Giovanni is a middle-aged handsome uncle with aristocratic demeanor. Compared with Mario, who has a rough appearance and personality, Giovanni is more in line with Lu Xiao's impression of ancient European nobles.

Lu Xiao smiled wryly and sat on the chair opposite him under Giovanni's gesture: "If possible, I would like to change into a suit of clothes that are more convenient for movement. I really can't appreciate this kind of half-length bloomers."

Giovanni nodded gently: "No problem, I will ask the tailor at home to measure your body data later and tailor a set of clothes that meets your requirements. Please bear with me for now."

"Let's get down to business."

The smile on Giovanni's face slowly faded, and he reached out and tapped the envelope on the table: "Mario's letter mentioned that you have completed his training mission perfectly, and I will guide you in the assassination and concealment of assassins." tracking skills."

Giovanni put the leather arm armor that Mario gave Lu Xiao before leaving on the table and asked, "Have you studied this arm armor? Do you have any ideas?"

Lu Xiao nodded and said: "There is a preliminary inspection on the way, and there is a pocket blade hidden inside the arm armor. It should be the Hidden Blade commonly used by assassins, right?"

"Yes."

Giovanni put on the arm armor, and with a flip of his wrist, he skillfully ejected the sharp blade.

"The three principles of the Assassin Brotherhood, do not kill innocent people indiscriminately, hide your tracks in full view, become a member of the crowd, and never endanger the Brotherhood alliance."

"The Hidden Blade thrives on the second principle, and it is the weapon we use most in our day-to-day missions."

Giovanni didn't talk about a lot of big things in circles, he went straight to the point, and introduced the usage of Hidden Sword to Lu Xiao in a simple way.

"According to ancient records, the first use of the Hidden Blade was to cut off the user's ring finger, pull the hook with the little finger, and eject the blade from the cut off ring finger."

"After the improvement of Altaïr, the mentor of the previous assassins, this more ceremonial design was completely abolished, because people who lacked ring fingers were too conspicuous, and the Templars could easily identify the identity of the assassin based on this feature."

Giovanni raised his wrist to demonstrate to Lu Xiao, and the Hidden Sword blade easily popped out from his wrist again.

"The improved Hidden Blade no longer needs to deliberately pull the hook, but relies on the pressure generated by shaking the wrist to trigger the mechanism to make the blade pop out."

Taking off the arm armor and handing it to Lu Xiao, Giovanni motioned him to try it himself.

"You try to get familiar with the use of the Hidden Blade as soon as possible. There is a mission for the Brotherhood tomorrow. Mario mentioned in the letter that your bow skills are very strong. You should join me as a team, and I will show you in the form of actual combat. How to hide and complete the assassination."

Giovanni kept his promise. After the secret conversation, he quickly recruited the special tailor of the Auditore family to measure Lu Xiao's body, make a few sets of regular clothes for changing and washing, and two sets of clothes for assassination. Hooded assassin service.

The first night spent in Auditore's house was very peaceful. Only the core members of the Auditore family participated in the small welcome banquet. Federico and Claudia, who hadn't seen each other before, greeted Mario very kindly. Uncle's friends welcome.

Claudia, who is not yet 14 years old, has an average appearance and a relatively round face. Her attention to Lu Xiao is more out of curiosity about different races. She has never seen an oriental person before.

Federico's gaze was more intriguing, obviously he had already learned about Lu Xiao's real identity from his parents.