On January 31, 1500, the birthday celebration of Pope Alexander VI was held as scheduled. Although the preparations for this celebration were a little rushed, the Vatican's wealth was proud of but made up for many shortcomings in the celebration.

The procession started from the famous arena in the morning and began to march around the city of Rome. A group of priests in red robes represented the bishops of all the dioceses, while a full hundred singers in sang verses in gorgeous clothes sang blessed praises to the Pope with their sweet voices along the way.

The team passed through the streets and alleys, slowly advanced under the sight of the Romans along the way, and did not enter the Vatican through the bridge leading to the Tiber River and through the Angel Castle.

During this period, the most eye-catching thing in the team was a bull painted with gold all over his body. This bull was obviously used to describe the image of a bull on the Bogia family badge.

The entire celebration ceremony can be described as gorgeous or as luxury, but all this cannot hide a fact that everyone cannot ignore, that is, the protagonist who originally planned all this did not appear.

It is no secret that Caesar's disappearance is so when many people see Alexander and Lucrezia standing next to the Pope in the early morning, people are not surprised, but most people only look at the family with a nearly show-like look.

The Bogia family is a group of barbaric, cunning, and cruel and greedy beasts from Iberia. Many Romans believed that before the legendary legend, Giovanni Sforza's death was many versions. In addition to the Alexander's poisoning, there is another saying that Giovanni Sforza broke the taboo relationship between Lucrezia and her family and suffered a life-threatening disaster. Some even say that the father and son sometimes enjoy Lucrezia's beauty together.

As for Giovanni Borgia's death, many people also think that it was actually done by Caesar, but the reasons are competition, jealousy, jealousy, etc.

To outsiders, this is a family that is completely organized with lies, murder and misfortune. Now, when seeing the internal strife of this family, many people actually feel very happy.

"Happy, my dear, don't be calm," Alexander VI, dressed in an extremely gorgeous costume of the ancient Roman emperor, instead of wearing a solemn robes and a crown, whispered to Lucrezia, who was standing on the steps below. At the same time, did he raise his hand and greet people with the scepter in his hand that also imitates the ancient Roman emperor's cane. "Don't let them see the sadness and anxiety on your face, then they will treat us more as a joke, and don't forget what I told you, no matter what happens between you, you are all family."

Hearing her father's instructions, Lucrezia barely calmed down and smiled on her face, but her eyes still couldn't hide her loss and pain.

"Father, Caesar is too much. He shouldn't have done this. I don't even want to see him again," Lucrezia also waved his hand and said in a sad tone in an annoyance and more sad voice. "He wants to kill Alexander and kill my daughter's father. How can I forgive him?"

"But he is always your brother," the pope said, pressing his thin hands on the shoulders of Lucrezia and Alexander in front of him, "Although he did something sorry for you, don't forget that he is your family and brother after all. If I come to my end one day in the future, I hope you can treat him well. I don't expect Jeffrey," the pope said, looking at Jeffrey and Xia Sang who stood a little further, which made him see the expressionless look inside Jeffrey and Xia Sang that was casting Alexander with hatred eyes. "Remember that you are my children, so I hope you can fall in love with each other in the future, so that even if I did not go to heaven but fell into hell because of my sins too deep, I will be happy for you."

The words of Alexander VI made Lucrezia unable to suppress her grief anymore. She turned around and threw herself into her father's arms, and let out a "whimper" sobbing as much as possible.

Alexander looked back at the Pope. He didn't know whether Alexander VI was playing a trick or a tragic card, but the old man's words also touched him.

Alexander VI was definitely not a good person, but he was sincere to his family. Perhaps because of his Iberian characteristics, Rodriguez Bogia had an unusually strong family consciousness, which made him even believe that even if he was deeply hurt by his relatives, he should be forgiven and forgiven. As the saying goes, there is no overnight hatred between relatives, and Bogia will always be a family.

But Alexander really couldn't believe the Pope's touching remarks. After all, thinking about the dark history of the Bogia family that cheated his son-in-law, it made people unable to believe him.

However, the Pope's words still made Alexander's heart slightly moved. Seeing the Pope's loving hand gently touching Lucrezia's head and comforting her in a low voice, then smiled and teasing Estreth, who seemed uneasy because of his mother's sudden crying, a thought hidden in his heart suddenly flashed through Alexander's heart: "The old man's life span has been in these two years..."

The 214th Roman Pope Alexander VI, Rodriguez Borgia, reigned for 11 years in history, and now it is its eighth year.

After Alexander VI, there will be a very unlucky short-lived pope Pius III. The pope was called for only two months from his succession to his ascension, and for his physical reasons, he was not waiting for the throne under his butt to be warm.

The result was that in the same year, three popes appeared one after another. The one who succeeded Pius III was Julius II, Juliano de la Rovere, who was later known as the Pope of the God of War.

Julius II's decisiveness, ruthlessness, ambition and actions also made him one of the most influential popes in the history of the Christian world!

Alexander narrowed his eyes slightly, and he turned his head slightly to look at the large and eye-catching red not far away. There were cardinals stationed in the Vatican, among the powerful but mostly old and weak people, a figure that could not be ignored no matter how hard he looked.

Juliano de la Rovere was a soldier in his early years and had personally directed the army to fight against each other. Therefore, he was not one of the cardinals whose bodies had become worse with age. On the contrary, his body was very strong. Now he was only in his 50s. For him, he still had many years and a healthy enough body and obviously he had a little difficulty concealing his old attitude.

As Alexander knows, in less than three years, Alexander VI will die in a rather confusing and strange accident. In his opinion, even if the current pope does not have that accident, it seems that he may not be able to survive the old Rovery.

This is probably one of the important reasons why Rovery Old dared to openly claim to seek the Pope's throne. After all, for the Vatican, no matter how good Alexander VI was, it was just to consider that in order to avoid the turmoil caused by the frequent death of the Pope, many people would rather bet on Rovery Old, who seemed to be able to last longer.

Lucrezia listened to Alexander's words with rapid breathing. She had always been worried about her daughter's future. As Alexander's wife, Barenti had a natural and irresistible advantage. As long as she had a strong belly, she could compete for the future throne of the Romagna Tuscany for her children nine months, and Estreth's future may be able to "rule Pisa and Florence in a wronged way."

But now Alexander's promise has allowed her to see a future that she could not imagine before.

Not the crown of the principality, or even the grand priest, what Alexander promised her was actually a crown!

"He wants to conquer all the city-states and build a kingdom in Rome!" This idea made Lucrezia even forget the cold and howling wind around her, but only the man in front of her.

"Believe me, this will all come true," Alexander said, touching Lucrezia's white and cold forehead with his forehead. "And I promise you we will get more in the future, because there is a world that is big enough to wait for us to conquer."

Alexander's promise made Lucrezia just nod. She actually didn't understand what Alexander was saying, but it didn't matter. Just know that her future and her daughter would be better than now.

Thinking of this, Lucrezia breathed, and the white mist sprayed out of her mouth and immediately disappeared with the wind, which made her seem to finally get rid of the invisible depression that was suppressed in her chest.

"Promise me, if one day Caesar wants to murder you," Lucrezia paused, a trace of struggle and sadness flashed across her face, but in the end she insisted on continuing, "Don't forget that you still have family and daughter waiting for you to fulfill their promises."

Alexander nodded slightly, and then touched his lover's cool but very comfortable smooth forehead.

At the same time, Lucrezia sighed helplessly in her heart: Caesar, for God's sake, I hope you stop doing stupid things.

With the end of Pope Alexander VI's birthday celebration, the city of Rome also ushered in February 1500.

But for the Romans, they were not concerned about what time it is now, but the Montina army that still occupied Rome.

The second Balkan Regiment of the Montina Army, commanded by Paul Busacco, who suddenly entered Rome.

The Bologna occupation, which was previously regarded as reckless and even unwise by everyone, made Busako, the leader of the Balkan Second Regiment, who had been with Alexander for a long time and was obviously not as famous as Gompatti and Ofulei, suddenly became a celebrity.

This even made some Roman nobles who wanted to make trouble more honest. After all, this man dared to invade the Pope's jurisdiction without any scruples. Now he obviously received the orders and authorization of the Gombrey. Then only God knew that this bold and arrogant ** would do something horrible.

The result of these legends is that although only two-thirds of the Balkan Second Regiment, or about 2,000 soldiers, they firmly controlled the entire Roman city.

For those Balkan farmers, Roman city is a paradise. This can be seen from the insatiable greed when the barbarians invaded Rome again and again centuries ago. However, now the descendants of these barbarians themselves have begun to taste the uneasy mood when they are coveted.

The hunting guards brought by Alexander were all veterans who had followed him to the Balkans. These people had been quickly arranged by him to the Balkan regiment. These veterans who could communicate with the Balkans in language became low-ranking officers in the entire regiment. At the same time, Alexander made a suggestion that surprised the pope.

"Re-form the Vatican army?" Alexander VI looked at his cheap son-in-law suspiciously. He couldn't guess Alexander's thoughts. If Alexander strongly requested to disband the Pope's army, he would understand it. Even if he returned the flag of the Pope, it did not mean that he would really allow the Vatican to re-arm.

But now listening to Alexander's suggestion, the Pope felt a little confused.

"Are you talking about mercenaries?" Alexander VI pondered a little. Although he didn't understand Alexander's true intentions, it sounded like the whole suggestion was good. "We also hired those troops before, but look at their performance. I think even if they were not facing your Montina people, their performance was enough to describe it as bad."

Seeing the pope's half-true and half-false annoyance, Alexander smiled slightly. Speaking of which, Caesar's training was actually very good. At least in Alexander's opinion, if he was not facing the Second Balkan Regiment, but other armies, perhaps the Pope's army could still fight with more beauty. At least in history, Caesar had been majestic with this army.

"Maybe there is a problem with the hiring soldiers," Alexander said intentionally or unintentionally. Of course, spending the same money requires better goods, and the same goes for mercenaries, otherwise it will be a waste of money."

"But where to find reliable mercenaries, you must know that those people are all sloppy." Seeing that Alexander seemed to be making suggestions, the Pope couldn't help but become serious.

"I think there is a place where soldiers are reliable," Alexander laughed and made suggestions to his father-in-law. "The Swiss are obviously a good choice. They are brave and strong, and are determined by their faith in God. The most important thing is that they have strict discipline and noble sense of honor. These are enough to make them the best mercenaries. Although their prices are a little higher, I think this is not a problem for you. On the contrary, if you can recruit them personally with the Pope, this is definitely a supreme honor for the Swiss, which is enough to make them loyal and dedicated to the Holy See. You can even use the recruitment of a Swiss mercenary as a privilege to give them. I think this is enough to inspire their sense of honor and responsibility."

Alexander VI listened carefully to the cheap son-in-law's words. As Alexander's description, the look on the Pope's face was sometimes clear and sometimes dark.

After a while, he suddenly asked: "Tell me, what are the benefits of doing this?"

"There are still benefits," Alexander replied calmly without hiding it, "because I hope your rule will last longer, at least this is the best for Lucrezia."

Speaking of this, Alexander paused for a moment and seemed to be wondering if he should say the following words, but then he spoke: "As for the expenses of finding Swiss mercenaries, if you want to save money, I have some ways to guarantee that I can give you a discount."

Listening to Alexander's advice, the Pope couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

But Nomero, who had been watching this scene silently, couldn't help but shake his head secretly.
Chapter completed!