Chapter 93 On the Corridor
From the day St. Peter walked into the Great Gate of Rome with a divine mission to spread the voice of Jesus Christ, the Holy See had produced 215 popes.
It took 800 years to be seen as a heretic to be cruelly persecuted to becoming the entire Western world as the only faith, and even the crowning of the monarch required the blessing of the pope.
It took 1,500 years from the fact that even those emperors and monarchs had to bow their heads before the crown of the Pope, which represented the voice of Jesus Christ, to the fact that almost the entire Europe has become a world of Christ.
Now the whole of Europe is crawling down in front of the powerful monarchs, but these monarchs cannot but admit that even if they have endless wealth and powerful army, they cannot ignore the small pope.
The Vatican, which opened in the era of Pippin's land offering, has been going on for more than ten centuries. However, it is obvious that although many countries have long become a slight smear of sand in the dust of history, the Vatican is still standing still. Even though people's attitude towards the crown of the Pope has gradually become less sacred from almost blind worship, the Vatican is still the capital of faith in the entire Christ world.
Even Jerusalem, which is a holy land, only appears spiritually nobler. However, because of this kind of purity, Jerusalem is destined to be the capital of people's spiritual faith.
The Vatican has more real authority.
As some say, those monarchs rule the flesh of the people, while the Vatican rule their souls.
In this city that is known to rule the souls of the people throughout the European continent, Pope Alexander VI is the current ruler of the Vatican.
Compared with those more than 200 predecessors, Alexander VI was obviously not the most insidious or greedy one. Even if you look closely, he was not the most lewd one among them. In the long and thousand-year-old Vatican history, there was not even a pope who hated him more than him.
But if all this insidiousness, greed, debauchery and cruelty are summed up, it will be difficult to find someone who can compare with it in all aspects.
As a Spaniard, Alexander VI knew from the beginning that he was an outsider. The Romans could even tolerate a Greek as a pope, but could not tolerate a Spaniard. Just as when his uncle Garris III was elected as the pope, the entire Rome almost rioted about this.
From that day on, Alexander knew that a Spaniard would never be recognized by the Romans, even if he tried his best to integrate himself into this city and this country, neither the Florentines, the Genoeses, the Venetians, the Naples, or even the Sicilians would ever accept them.
So Alexander VI always believed that only his family could truly trust.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this that from the beginning, he tried hard to use the power of his uncle Garris III to strengthen the power of his family. Except for his own family, he did not believe in anyone, and at the same time he used the huge power he obtained, he lived a slutty life that even those Holy See clergy who were also known for their extravagance and debauchery could not stand.
The era of Alexander VI was undoubtedly absurd and unruly. Not to mention that almost no one was willing to follow the boring and monotonous dogmatic life in the local Dick canon, even those pastors and bishops who believed they were still obedient, their lives have generally become only described as dissolute.
It is precisely because of this that a novel written by a guy named Boccaccio that satirizes the nobles and priests has been circulated among the people. People talked about the descriptions of those priests who wear priests but lend money everywhere and always take advantage of the male owner's inattention to enter other people's bedrooms, and even felt that the writing was not profound enough.
Alexander VI became the Pope in such an era. After paying a large amount of almost bankrupt bribes to ascend to the Pope, the only thing he did was to cultivate his illegitimate sons without any effort.
Giovanni can become a commander who controls the army for him, Caesar can become his favorable arm and help in the Holy See, and Jeffrey and Lucrezia can become an important bargaining chip for his marriage to make strong allies.
In the eyes of Alexander VI, his children were an important pillar for him to maintain the Pope's throne and the foundation of the future belonging to the Bogia family kingdom he outlined.
So even though people have some criticisms behind the scenes, Alexander VI doesn't care at all. He uses all his strength to ensure that his children get the best, and at the same time, he constantly uses his power to influence the entire Christ world.
Giovanni asked Alexander to prepare so-called "preparation" was just to let him look at some more letters written by the two copying masters, which undoubtedly imitated the handwriting of some people. Alexander guessed that there should be Giovanni Sforza, Lucrezia's husband, but none of these matters. The key is that he must remember what was written in those letters, but he couldn't remember them too clearly.
"This is because when you find out that these letters are really important, you can't wait to send them to me," Giovanni took them away after reading them twice. "All you can remember is that you have seen the general contents of these letters, and what the letter papers look like. As for the others, you'll leave them to me."
"But I actually reported the news to Caesar," said Alexander. "Do you think they would believe these letters?"
"I don't need others to believe it. I just need someone to believe it," Giovanni said disapprovingly. "I don't need to remember those letters too much. As long as I can recognize it, it's just right."
This was what Giovanni said to Alexander before leaving Gilpitz Palace the day before, and this sentence was still heard when he stood in the corridor of the side hall of the Vatican Cathedral.
Remember, but don’t remember too much. Alexander understood Giovanni’s meaning somewhat, which gave him a deep understanding of the person’s meticulousness in grasping other people’s minds.
For most people, does that vague but affirmative impression often appear more natural, and if he really doesn't need to read it, he can recite the contents of those letters, it will appear a bit stiff and false. It is obvious that Giovanni not only made people carefully forged some letters, but even did not neglect even in these seats.
"It seems that I am redundant here. I have been insulted so much." The old man roared angrily and turned around and walked out of the hall, completely ignoring the people around him looking at them with surprise.
"Oh, God, what a disaster I have caused," the servant screamed. When he turned to see Alexander who seemed to be watching this scene, he hugged his head with both hands and shouted in a strange tone, "God, I'm finished!"
"It's not that you want to hit him, it's just that you're too unlucky," Alexander could only shake his head slightly. "Are you the Pope's servant?"
"Yes, I am," the young servant replied casually, and then he suddenly looked at Alexander and asked in a somewhat anticipated tone "Are you Alexander Juliant Gombrey? Are you?"
Alexander looked at this young man who was about the same age as you, a very handsome young man, but maybe because what just happened was too sudden, he looked a little strange at this time, and then he nodded.
"It's great, at least I haven't done this yet." The young man's spirit seemed to have improved a lot at once. He bowed slightly to Alexander and said, "The Duke ordered me to take you to the audience room."
After Alexander was stunned, he knew that what he should be talking about was Giovanni.
What surprised him was that Alexander VI would choose to meet him in the audience room.
The Cathedral's Audience Room was where Alexander VI summoned the Cardinal and the Bishops of major important dioceses. Alexander knew very well that he was not qualified to summon the Pope in this place, not to mention that what he wanted to report was actually Alexander VI's "family affairs". Whether it was Giovanni Sforza's betrayal or Lucrezia's husband's second heart, this should not be said in a place like the Audience Room.
Alexander couldn't help but feel a little doubt. He followed the young servant slowly forward. When he came to the two closed doors, the servant stopped and turned to him and said, "Mr. Kombrey, please wait here."
Alexander nodded slightly, and when the servant was about to step away, he suddenly asked, "What's your name?"
The young servant seemed a little surprised, not understanding why Alexander asked him for his name, but he still responded respectfully in that strange accent: "My name is Peloto Caderon."
After saying that, the young servant bowed again and turned away.
Looking at the young man's back, Alexander opened his mouth slightly unexpectedly.
He didn't expect to see this person here.
Peloto Caderon, a young servant who is very favored by Alexander VI, is said to be regarded as "evidence" of Alexander's hobbies because he is very favored. Now looking at the extraordinary appearance of this young man's typical Spanish beauty, Alexander does not doubt that this speculation is just a pure slander.
But none of these are the most important.
What is really important is that this young servant named Peloto Caderon successfully gave Giovanni Sforza a big cuckold.
According to some statements, Lucrezia's first child should have been born to him.
Ironically, it was this man who came to meet their common father-in-law with himself who was framed by Giovanni Sforza.
Just as he thought of Alexander's smile on his lips, the closed door of the auditorium room slowly opened.
However, the person who came out of it made Alexander slightly stunned.
"Master Priest?" Alexander was a little surprised when he looked at the person opposite him.
Chapter completed!