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Chapter 143: Tribunal Alexander

The Roman City Hall still stands on one side of the Town Hall Square as before. Several arch-shaped gates formed a semicircular structure around one side of the square with the shape of the Town Hall. However, in the open space of the square, the gallows built before have been replaced by a construction site, and a group of workers are busy working. Alexander knew that it would not take long to stand a very brilliant marble fountain here.

At this time, Caesar had not only moved into the town hall, but also chose the original Sharron's room as his office. In this room, it is said that many famous nobles had worked here in the early years, and two of them became popes.

When the French were most proud of Rome after occupying Rome, this office became the location of the "King of Rome", and even the corridor outside the office was full of people trying to meet. It is said that even when working here, people could always see Charlene wearing his black armor.

Now the corridor is still full of people. Although it may still be the same people, the people they want to please in the office have become.

Under Scope's leadership, Alexander, who walked straight through the corridor to the door of the room, felt the angry gaze from the passing crowd. It was obvious that people were very annoyed by the guy who suddenly appeared to jump into the lineup, but Alexander could only smile helplessly at them, and he was soon attracted by a servant standing at the door.

The young Peloto Caderon stood at the door and saw Alexander. He bowed slightly and bowed appropriately: "Sir, please wait, I will inform the Bishop now."

Alexander nodded. He was a little surprised that Peloto Caderon was here. This favored entourage around Alexander VI has never left the Pope. However, it seems that he has become Caesar's entourage. But if so, then when Lucrezia and Giovanni Sforza temporarily stayed in the monastery after divorce, how could he be sent by Alexander VI to serve as the contact between the father and daughter, and how could he become the father of Lucrezia's first child?

Is something wrong here?

Alexander thought for some reason that he was not worrying about other people's affairs, but who was the father of Lucrezia's child, which was likely to determine many major changes in the future of the Borgia family.

Only by understanding these can we know the complex relationship between the family and know that after understanding these, we will not make wrong decisions due to misjudgment.

Although Scoop did not tell him the reason on the way here, Alexander could still notice that whether he was going to use himself or the people he said he wanted to use him or did not want him to be used, they should be from the Borgia family.

Scope was an old slippery man. Apart from what he said at the beginning, he did not reveal anything useful. Instead, he kept boasting about how eternal the mercenaries he brought were, or whispers he had heard about some Roman nobles. In short, Alexander could not find any valuable information from him.

Peloto Caderon soon came out. He reached out to the slightly open door and signaled Alexander to come in, then closed the heavy door casually, and continued to stand in front of the door with his hands in his hands.

Alexander came to this room in Charleon for the first time, but he had heard of it before. Looking at the marble sculpture of "barbarian heroes plundering the priestess of the Temple of Apollo" on the huge pedestal in the room, Alexander couldn't help wondering if this city was the most satisfying spoil in their eyes, just like those women who were plundered by them.

Caesar was very busy. With the help of the secretary next to him, he found more important priority treatment from the various piles of documents. Even so, looking at the number of specially selected documents made Alexander feel that this was really a lot of work.

Seeing Alexander, Caesar just pointed to the side and signaled him to wait first, and then he buried his head in his work.

It can be seen that he was not deliberately pretending to be hypocritical, but was indeed very busy. During this period, Alexander saw him pick up the cup next to him more than once because of thirst and taking a sip. But not long after, the cup was empty. But he still used to it several times, and then put it down.

Alexander was not ready to serve Caesar and refilled his cup. It was not that he could not put down his airs, but that when he thought of Caesar's famous nickname, he thought it would be better not to move the things here, otherwise he might as well have used Canterrera, the famous ancestral poison of the Borgia family, as a drink, for him, that would be lively.

Caesar was very efficient. Even though there were so many documents on the table that were desperate, he could make a decision quickly. It can be seen that he did not deal with it perfunctorily, but made a decision after carefully reading the content. The secretary next to him also looked very smart. After Caesar approved the documents, he immediately placed them in different categories. Then, after a while, he shook the bell and called the servants waiting in the room next to him to send people to send out different documents.

Alexander sat beside him and watched boredly. At this time, he could not help but admit that Caesar was indeed a qualified ruler. Compared with him, the other nobles in the city of Rome seemed very unbearable at this time.

On the way he came, he saw more than once that the Romans had begun to liquidate the French. Some Roman nobles and their subordinates were looking for the French who were attacking the lonely French. Some were even surrounded by the French defenders who refused to escape and were stubbornly guarding the houses. In the town hall, many other members of the Order Conference were busy plundering the spoils that the French had not yet taken away. I believe that those things would not return to their original owners.

At this time, Caesar was working constantly, and he was alone in carrying out all the work that the city could do during the chaotic period that would inevitably occur between the fall and liberation. It was obvious that Caesar really did not want the chaos of this short period of the city to become an uncontrollable turmoil.

Finally, Caesar stopped. It was not that the work had been finished, but that the pen holders around him were used up. Just as the secretary went to the next room to get the pen, Caesar straightened up and shook his shoulders, and then waved to Alexander.

"You're back faster than I thought," Caesar looked at Alexander across the table. When the secretary walked in, he waved his hand and signaled him to retreat first. When there were only two people in the room, Caesar stared at Alexander's eyes. "I've heard that you did something unexpected this time, right?"

Alexander, who had already known that he would be asked about this, just smiled indifferently: "I went to make some money, you know that I had a lot of expenses in the Palace of Marino."

"Oh, you made some money by saving the Frenchman Charon," Caesar curled his lips. "But do you know, because of your actions, the coalition's plan to attack Rome was disrupted. I have received a notice from the coalition. Do you want to know what the above said?"

Seeing Alexander looking at a document on the table pointing at him, Caesar pressed the document with two fingers and pushed it in front of Alexander.

"They asked the Romans to arrest you immediately and wait for them to be tried after they enter the city."

"I just listened to other people's orders. If I were to arrest me, it wouldn't be me, at least the first one shouldn't be me." Alexander said dismissively.

"But the people of the Lovere family did not cause such a big trouble, and Constantine did not go to the logistics camp where the Imperial Palace was captured and the galling of the coalition forces." A strange look flashed in Caesar's eyes when he said this. It was more exciting than a duty. "I really want to know how you did it. I heard that you even defeated a whole heavy cavalry with your country soldiers, and what's more exaggerated is that they destroyed almost all the artillery of the coalition forces. To be honest, I even didn't believe this when I heard these news."

"Just luck."

Alexander said modestly that in fact what he said was the truth. Even at this time, Alexander still did not think that this victory was entirely based on the courage and combat skills of the Agris. On the contrary, he felt that after this battle, the Agris exposed too many shortcomings. The reason why they were able to defeat the heavy cavalry was not so much because of the advantages of the Agris themselves, but rather because of the combination of the traditional cold weapon phalanx and the rising hot weapons, the heavy cavalry could not quickly adapt to this new tactic, and even the failure caused by the chaos after suffering accidental casualties.

Caesar was obviously not satisfied with Alexander's answer. He stared at Alexander for a while before nodding without comment.

"But you did have a lot of trouble," Caesar leaned back, then stood up and walked to a dark cabinet to take out a bottle of wine and cups, and poured them in front of himself and Alexander. "I heard that you are engaged to Barenti of the Rovere family?"

Hearing this, Alexander couldn't help but smile bitterly. He believed that two news about his engagement and Constantine's arrangement on the battlefield would spread in Rome at the same time. It was estimated that the Romans would have another good topic of talk this time.

"Do you think the Lovere family will help you solve the trouble in front of you?" Caesar continued to ask, and before he could hear the answer, he continued to say, "You are very smart, Alexander, you should know that this is impossible. The people of the Lovere family do not have the courage, and they will not offend the coalition nobles for you."

Alexander nodded thoughtfully. He knew that although Caesar said this because of his hostility to the Lovere family, in fact, after the French were driven away, the people of the Lovere family were immediately honest for a long time. Although they were still the French, they were very aware of the times and chose to cooperate with the anti-French Holy Alliance.

This is also one of the main reasons why Louis XII was no longer so friendly to the Lovere family when he succeeded Charles VIII and continued to invade Italy. As a result, Juliano de la Lovere, who later became the pope, completely turned against the French.

However, Alexander was not very worried about whether the Lovere family would help him, because he had thought of these things before, so he naturally had already thought of the countermeasures.

But what he wanted to know was why Caesar would care about him. After all, the vague crack between them before made the "friendship" that was destined to be long-lasting was over early.

After knowing the reason, he will almost know his purpose.

"Can you help me?" Alexander decided to attack, and asking this question at this time was very suitable for his uneasy mood because of the bad situation.

Sure enough, Caesar smiled, his smile was sincere, and his clear eyes looked serious.

"I can help you, but it's also for myself. We should say we are helping each other," Caesar did not seem to hide his purpose. "You have seen that the failure of the French is near, but there are still many troubles to come." Caesar said, looking at the table next to him, which was still full of documents. "When the coalition forces entered Rome, I hope they saw a Rome that had been saved, not a patient waiting to be saved, because if that was not a good thing for all of us."

Caesar's words made Alexander nod. He could understand the reason why Caesar said this. Being completely liberation would put Rome in a very embarrassing situation. Just think about the fact that Gonzalo had publicly asked Alexander VI to express his liberation to him, you can understand Caesar's mood at this time.

After all, no matter how high-sounding the so-called foreign liberators have, they cannot conceal the fact that they are actually conquerors.

A city that is not only complete but also has sufficient self-protection ability has a significantly different status when facing the liberator. From this point of view, Alexander was able to fully understand the thoughts of Caesar, or the Bogia family.

But what does this have to do with myself? Alexander asked carefully: "So what do you think I should do?"

"That's what I said to help each other," said Alexander. "At this time, my army is going to protect the Vatican and the Pope. I must make sure that the French will not do anything crazy to threaten them by failure before withdrawing. In this way, I cannot ensure order in other parts of the city. You should have seen it on your way. The situation in the city is too bad now. If it cannot be curbed as soon as possible, maybe we really have to wait for the coalition forces to liberate us."

Alexander nodded silently. He knew that what Caesar was saying was the truth. Rome is indeed facing the danger of losing control now.

"I need someone who can help me, an ancient Roman official, whose infantry can quickly calm down all kinds of riots that may occur on complex city streets, and at the same time, with enough cavalry, they can reach the site of the accident at any time," Caesar looked at Alexander. "What do you think of your people?"

Alexander was a little surprised. He could not help but admit that Caesar was not simple. After he said this, Alexander discovered that the terrible lethality that could be produced on narrow streets with dense firepower. The Agri Musketeers were like an army specially prepared for urban warfare.

But, is this Caesar's purpose?

So how do you explain Scoop’s previous words that seem to be warning?

Just as Alexander was thinking, Caesar had already continued: "But Rome is too big, your army is a bit thin, so I decided to arrange for someone to cooperate with you, my brother-in-law Giovanni Sforza, I believe you will be able to cooperate happily."

Things were indeed not that simple. When Alexander heard the name of Giovanni Sforza, he immediately had this idea in his mind.
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