Mask Man, when he heard this name, Alexander first thought of the mysterious mask man who had first seen him in the city hall, and then attacked Marino Palace late at night when he was not in Rome!

Masks are always props to cover up the truth. People are afraid of masks because they are afraid of the unknown.

Even the most cowardly person, wearing a mask may become another demon that no one knows. When a mask blocks a person's face, he will often do things that even he will be afraid of.

Alexander couldn't forget when Sophia shot the woman with a short crossbow, the masked man looked at them, which was a look of hatred and madness, just like the eyes of revenge from the vortex of hell.

Because of this, Alexander was deeply impressed by those eyes and the mask that was blocking his eyes.

He had a feeling that that person would always appear again.

Now I heard that he was a masked man, and the first person Alexander thought of was that man.

"Someone saw that man coming to their side," Constantine shook her head, then looked at Alexander with a deep look. "Do you think we should find that man?"

Alexander looked at Constantine, and he knew what the brother-in-law was going to do.

The cooperation with the Bogia family has come to an end. As Lao Luoweire gets closer to the cardinal, the conflict between the two families has become more and more intense.

Alexander VI obviously did not want to see Old Rovere successfully promoted to Cardinal. For him, the addition of Rovere in the Cardinal Conference was not only an enemy and opponent, but also an additional person who might pose a huge threat to the Bogia family in the future.

The crisis in Romagna has been resolved, so the next step is to deal with previous allies.

Giovanni's death disrupted Alexander VI's plan, and if the Lovere family did not take the opportunity to make trouble at this time, it would not be Lovere.

But even though he guessed that Constantine was so keen to capture the murderer, the name Mask Man made Alexander unable to let go.

He still remembered the inexplicable fear of hearing that the man could actually sneak into the Marino Palace. He felt that the man was always hiding in a dark place like a snake, and then stared at him and Sophia with cold eyes, waiting for a critical moment when they were all neglected, and then suddenly burst out and attacked with his terrible poisonous fangs!

Alexander looked at Constantine and noticed the strange smile on his face. He knew that although the Rovere family was causing trouble for Bogia, it might be that they were targeting him.

The ambiguity with Lucrezia made his originally unstable relationship with the Lovere family seem to become more fragile, but Alexander knew that for Old Lovere, he should not do anything to him now.

After all, with Caesar's abandonment of the priesthood and his previous fierce reaction to the Venetian actions, many people have seen Alexander VI's ambitions for Romagna.

And now he is a nail in Romagna.

Alexander walked through the streets where both sides confronted, and his eyes looked through the gaps between the soldiers and at the houses on each other's streets and on both sides.

He didn't know if the masked man was watching his every move behind the window of a certain house at this time.

Or is that man ready to deal with his assassination?

"We are going to search this place," said Alexander to a leading soldier opposite him, and without waiting for the man to speak, he continued, "I will explain these things to the Earl of Cordoba, but now we must go over, and the murderer who killed the Duke of Gandino may be right behind you, and the Duke is the loyal minister of Her Majesty the Queen."

The soldiers opposite were a little stunned on their dirty faces. The arrogant attitude when entering Rome had already made these soldiers from Aragon carry on their way.

Think about it, even the Pope was scolded by his general, and the soldiers of Aragon even regarded themselves as the conquerors of the city.

But now Alexander's words reminded the soldier that the dead pope's illegitimate son was also a duke, the nobleman in front of Queen Castilla.

The soldier's lips moved. He didn't want to give way, but Alexander no longer gave him a chance. Just as he was hesitating, Alexander had already walked past him, and then walked through the blocking team in the midst of his misfortune and came to the street.

It doesn't feel good to stand alone in the middle of an empty street, and it seems to be completely exposed to the enemy.

Alexander guessed that the masked man was hiding behind a window at this time, and maybe a bowstring or gunshot would be heard next.

Alexander was actually very nervous at this time. His whole body was tense and his eyes were staring at the messy houses in front of him.

This is the poorest eastern district to Rome, from here, it will be down the hills and you will enter the largest civilian district of Rome.

This is where the criminals hide, and it is where all kinds of conspiracies are truly implemented.

If conspiracy wine is brewed in the luxurious and luxurious palaces of Rome, then the place east of Rome is the place where wine fermentation is made.

Poverty makes the people here despicable. Sometimes, maybe just for a few copper coins, you can take a person's life. Under the glory of Rome, the glorious and prosperous capital of Christ, the place east of Rome is the darkest part of the city.

Alexander held his breath and waited for a while, then slowly raised his hand and made a gesture backward.

Constantine had already followed the people and passed the coalition forces that had quietly retreated. He walked to Alexander, looked at the street in front of him and asked in a low voice as if he was afraid of disturbing someone, "What have you seen?"

"What can I see?"

Alexander smiled bitterly. He could not have had that so-called keen observation, and he didn't even know whether the masked man really came to the east of the city.

Or, this is just a trick of the Lovere family.

"Aren't you going to search?" Constantine asked...

"Are you here?" Alexander glanced at Constantine. "Believe me, if we dare to walk into this house, we will not have a chance to see the sun tomorrow."

Constantine's mouth moved slightly, and she looked like a smile.

"Or it's a bit embarrassing to stay here," Constantine said, turning over and jumping onto the horse with the help of her entourage. "Or you should report this to the Pope, and he should know what to do."

This is your purpose?

Alexander glanced at Constantine silently.

He knew that the brief alliance between Borgia and Rovere had collapsed.

"A man wearing a mask?"

Alexander VI slowly turned along the table, his eyes fell on Alexander from time to time. After a while, he stopped and asked, "So do you believe that Constantine's words, a man without a name or even a person who doesn't know his appearance, and then you clashed with the army of Gonzalo at his instigation. Isn't this a bit too naive?"

"Your Majesty, what you want is to track down the murderer who killed Duke Gandino," Alexander said calmly, and when he saw the slightly twitching cheeks on the Pope's face, he stepped forward. "This man is probably the one who murdered the Duke."

The expression on the Pope's face became even more gloomy. He looked at Alexander with his eyes, and finally nodded slowly.

"Go and do it, find the man, uncover his mask and let me see his face," said Alexander VI, who stretched out his slightly shriveled hand and grabbed Alexander's clothes on his shoulders. "Remember, he killed my son."

Looking at Alexander turning and leaving, Alexander VI slowly sat back into the chair with a gloomy expression.

Alexander walked along the long corridor until he saw Caesar standing at the end of the corridor.

Even in such hot weather, Caesar was still wearing a long black coat.

Alexander walked to Caesar and stood and looked at him.

The surroundings seemed to have become much quieter. In fact, when I saw two people, many of the people who had to pass by looked for places to avoid them, and the entire corridor suddenly became empty.

"I heard you found the murderer?"

"No, it's just a suspect." Alexander shook his head slightly.

"Maybe that's the murderer," Caesar lowered his voice. "If I were you, I would keep track of it and find him to hand that person over to my father."

"And let the real murderer escape the punishment he deserves?"

Alexander stared at Caesar's face. No one knew whether Giovanni's death was done by Caesar. Whether in the future or now, this has become a mystery that seems destined to be unsolved.

"What do you want to do!" Caesar's tone became fierce. He wanted to lower his voice as much as possible, but he still couldn't help but growl "Do you want to frame me or blackmail me? Then what do you want to say to my father? I killed Giovanni? Do you think my father would believe this set of nonsense, or do you think he allowed you to ruin the reputation of his only son so casually?"

"You are not the only one, there is Jeffrey." Alexander reminded.

"Jeffrey, do you think he can inherit everything from my father, or do you think he can get benefits from him?" Caesar sneered, "No one has ever put his hope on him, because as my father said, he is a fool and a coward."

"But maybe he doesn't think so," Alexander made a little move to the side. When he passed by with Caesar, his voice also sounded in Caesar's ear. "Maybe he can do something that surprised everyone."

Caesar's neck froze slightly, and he slowly turned around and looked at Alexander's back, unable to help but fall into deep thought.

Never seen the real masked man, Caesar, and Jeffrey, who was the real murderer of Giovanni, or they colluded with each other, or were the murderers not originally them?

Alexander was a little confused. He knew what changes would happen with Giovanni's death, but he could not explain how many people would be implicated in this change.

In fact, Alexander VI did not give him more time.

July 25th is the anniversary of St. James.

As a martyr among the apostles, St. James is regarded as a model of Jesus Christ's self-contribution when spreading the holy will in the world.

So every July, the city of Rome holds a grand ceremony.

The anvil that Saint James was beheaded in the legend has become an immortal sacred object and is preserved in an underground warehouse filled with various precious sacred objects in the Vatican.

From the first day of July every year, the cutting board stained with St. Jacob's blood will be placed on a platform decorated with gold, silver and pine branches, carried by the priests from the Vatican, then circled around the city of Rome, and then returned to the Vatican.

Then from this day until July 25, this month will be the anniversary of St. James.

Sacrifice, dedication, and courage.

It is very coincidental that there is such a saying on Caesar's sword.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this that just half a month after Giovanni's death, on the first day of July, the Vatican suddenly issued a public statement in the name of the Bishops' Conference.

Caesar Porgia is innocent, and any rumors about accusations and hints about his death in connection with the death of his elder brother Giovanni will be regarded as a wanton slander and persecution of an innocent person, and will also be punished with the most severe punishment.

When Alexander VI signed the statement, three people stood in front of him.

Caesar, Normelo, and Alexander.

The Pope's face was gloomy. His hand paused at the end of the document before signing the name. Seeing the priest next to him carefully stamping the Pope's personal three-cross seal on it, Alexander VI's eyes slowly passed by the faces of the people in front of him.

Finally his eyes stopped on Alexander.

"You promised me that I would find the murderer," the pope said, and then he raised his hand to stop Alexander who was about to speak. "But I don't have time, I want this to end as soon as possible."

Alexander listened silently, and he knew what the Pope meant by saying that there was no time.

Giovanni's death did disrupt too many things, at least for Alexander VI, the chances that were originally brought to him by the threat from Ottoman were suddenly slim because of his son's death.

The brief war in Romagna was the most obvious result of this opportunity. By threats from the East, the Venetians had to withdraw from Romagna after signing an extremely harsh treaty.

This result obviously made Alexander VI taste the sweetness, and it was precisely because of this that he immediately showed an extremely tough attitude towards the Ottoman Empire. At the same time, he called on all Christian countries to unite again to resist the invasion from pagans as the spiritual leader of the Christ world.
To be continued...