Creed of the heavens

Rodrigo kicked Francesco away angrily: "If you, a stupid pig, notice it, can an assassin still be called an assassin!"

"Get out and get ready! We need to withdraw from Florence as soon as possible, you"

"boom!"

Two successive explosions from outside the house interrupted Rodrigo's order. The Spaniard took a step back and alerted the guards outside the door.

"What happened?"

"Master Cardinal, there is an enemy attack! Please stay in the room for now!"

Rodrigo glared at Francesco angrily: "Is this what you said you were not being followed?"

"The hiding place has been exposed. The assassins and the Medici family's large forces will come to launch a siege at any time. We can't stay here any longer and get ready to break out!"

"How many enemies are there?"

The captain of the guard shook his head: "I don't know yet, the enemy hasn't launched a second round of attack yet."

Rodrigo lowered his head and thought about it: "I can't wait any longer, protect me, and start evacuating now!"

"Yes!"

"come here."

Rodrigo pulled Francesco, who was at a loss, to stand in front of him: "The Pazzi family is mainly responsible for this failure. If you can protect me from Florence, I will consider helping you beautify me in front of the Pope." Say a few words."

Francesco wanted to scold his mother very much in his heart, and the Spaniard made it clear that he wanted him to be a bait and a human shield.

But the current situation is stronger than others. If Rodrigo's help is not obtained after the situation subsides, the Pazzi family, which has completely offended the Medici, is doomed to decline and will never be able to stand up again.

"Please leave it to me, master, as long as I, Francesco, are still around, you will never be harmed!"

Lu Xiao, who was standing on the roof observing the situation, did not jump down rashly to launch an attack. Facing a large number of heavily armored guards, it was difficult for him to kill them all head-on.

The trick of using the fire attack to scare the snake out of the nest really smoked Rodrigo out. The old fox asked Francesco to stand in front of him, and under the protection of the heavy armored guards, he quickened his pace and prepared to evacuate from the small courtyard.

Lu Xiao had already pulled the bowstring to get ready, and shot the rocket in her hand the moment Rodrigo showed his head.

"Whoosh!"

"Ahhh! Help me, save me!"

The arrow wrapped in white cloth was not very lethal, but Francesco, who was hit by the arrow, was ignited by the kerosene attached to the rocket, and ran around in a panic, disrupting the originally neat formation of guards.

In order to avoid being affected by the flames on Francesco, Rodrigo and his guards subconsciously stayed away from the active fire source.

Lu Xiao took this opportunity to jump down from the roof. While in the air, she popped out the Hidden Blades of her left and right hands at the same time. When she landed, she first dealt with the two heavy-armored guards who were distracted from the fire.

A backhand cut on Rodrigo's neck, temporarily interrupting the blood circulation to his head, and the obese Spaniard rolled his eyes and fell into a coma on the spot.

Under the sudden attack and Francesco's wailing and indiscriminate collision, the scene became a mess.

The guards who proposed to rescue Rodrigo first and the guards who advocated killing the enemy first had disagreements, and they couldn't unify their thinking for a while.

Lu Xiao took this opportunity to use both the Hidden Sword and the Boot Blade to kill the three of them again with a strange attack pattern unimaginable by the Templars.

Lu Xiao's frivolous, excellent-level boot blades were strengthened for sharpness, not sturdiness. During close combat, the boot blades were broken by heavy armor, and the Hidden Blade was also severely worn, which greatly affected his combat effectiveness.

Lu Xiao's main purpose was not to rush into the crowd and Kai Wushuang, but Rodrigo who passed out on the ground.

Relying on a round of rushing to deter and force the remaining enemies back, Lu Xiao dragged Rodrigo up on the ground and ran out.

The action patterns Lu Xiao took before and after were too different, and when he had the upper hand but retreated suddenly, he was so decisive that the enemy couldn't react.

The Templars, who were half a beat behind, shouted and followed closely behind Lu Xiao, "Chasing! We must take back the master!"

Chapter 39

Lu Xiao, who was running away, was carrying a fat man on his shoulders, and the templar knights who followed were also affected by the heavy armor on their bodies.

However, Florence is the territory of the Medici family after all, and carrying Rodrigo panting through several alleys, Lu Xiao finally entered a relatively empty church square.

The city watch here has cleared the nearby Templars and is calming and evacuating the panicked civilians.

Lu Xiao, who had planned the escape route in advance, shouted loudly: "Guard! I have been ordered by the lord's advisor, Giovanni Auditore, to help me stop the Templars who are chasing after me!"

Although the city guards couldn't confirm whether Lu Xiao's identity was true for the time being, the group of elite templars following behind did catch their attention.

The leading captain of the guard was stained with a lot of blood of the enemy. He waved his saber and pointed at the templar knights who were chasing after him: "Stop them! Florence is not a place for the Holy See to run wild, for Medici!"

Hearing the sound of Italian swear words mixed with weapons clashing behind him, Lu Xiao finally relaxed a little from his tense nerves.

Just at this time Federico led several assassins to rush there, and the eldest son of the Auditore family never forgot to joke humorously in the midst of the crisis.

"Wow, you look very hard. Fortunately, my father entrusted you with this task. I would rather elope with a beautiful woman on my shoulders."

Lu Xiao rolled her eyes angrily: "Stop being sarcastic, come and help me bring this guy back to the headquarters, this time I should be able to pry out a lot of information from him."

The rebellion between the Templars and the Pazzi family lasted for a long time, and the entire city of Florence fell into chaos. The battle between soldiers on both sides did not subside until late at night.

After controlling the situation, the Brotherhood of Assassins retreated back into the streets and alleys under the order of Giovanni, and handed over the next performance opportunity to Lord Lorenzo.

The plan of the Templars to assassinate the Medici family ended in disastrous failure, and even the Supreme Master Rodrigo Borgia, who personally presided over the plan, was captured by the assassins.

The Italian branch of the Knights Templar, headquartered in Rome, fell into a panic. Some people advocated immediately choosing a new Supreme Master to succeed them and take revenge on the Assassins as quickly as possible, while others calmly said that they would wait for follow-up news.

When Rodrigo woke up from a coma, he found that his hands and feet were tied to a chair, and several unrecognizable masked men and women stood in front of him and stared at him.

Rodrigo felt a chill in his heart, seeing the scene in front of him, he already guessed where he was.

Forcing himself to calm down, Rodrigo said calmly, "Is it meaningful to wear these masks? Giovanni Auditore, you don't think we don't know your true identity?"

One of the masked men chuckled and pulled off his mask, revealing a handsome and refined face of a middle-aged man.

"Rodrigo Borgia, welcome to the headquarters of the Assassins in Florence. You never dreamed that your plan would suffer such a catastrophic failure, right?"

"Humph!"

Rodrigo kept his mouth shut: "I admit that our actions were a little too hasty. As expected, we should get rid of the Auditore family first according to the original plan."

Giovanni squatted down and looked at Rodrigo. He was not provoked by the other party's words, and smiled indifferently: "Don't be stubborn, winners and losers, the result is that the Assassins win, the Templars lose, and you also fall into our ranks." hands."

Rodrigo looked at the rest of the people present, and leaned back slightly against the back of the chair: "Don't waste your energy, you don't think that I, as the Supreme Master of the Templar Knights, will not be able to keep a secret?"

"In the name of my lord, you don't want to extract any information from me!"

Although what Rodrigo said was righteous, Lu Xiao could see Rodrigo's guilty conscience from his flickering eyes.