I didn't know you were such a vampire

Ezio was still in Venice when he got the news that the Totti family had been arrested. He rushed back to Florence as fast as he could, but he was still a step late after all. The huge gallows was erected on the Piazza della Signoria , his old friend was hanging alone in front of the window of the Lord's Palace, while the expressions on the faces of the people in the square were calm and almost indifferent, just like when his father and brother were framed and executed.

The remains of hanged people cannot be returned to relatives, nor can they be buried in the Catholic way. They will be hung on the gallows, like a warning sign used by the lord to deter everyone, and let them come to the square. Often people point and point.When the body was decomposing, the executioner would lower the body from the gallows and throw it into a mass grave filled with skeletons and carrion.

That night, Ezio took advantage of the cover of night to release Ricardo who was hanging on the gallows, and brought him to Martina's burial place, where he was buried next to Martina.

When Martina passed away, the Totti family had lost its former glory, and was buried hastily in the corner of the nearby church cemetery. There were no luxurious tombstones, and no epitaphs written by celebrities in the city, nor did they represent mourning and Sad flowers.But it is also such a deserted place that allows Ezio to stay here overnight and secretly bury a dead person.

After he finished all this, the orange-red sun in the morning had already climbed the red dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore, and he took one last look at the grave of this pair of dead couples, then turned and looked towards the Piazza della Signoria ran.

It's just that in the early morning of that day, the guards near the Lord's Square were in a state of confusion, not only because the corpse that was originally hung on the gallows was missing, but also because the son of the criminal who was imprisoned on the tower of the Lord's Palace also disappeared strangely.

"It's really a strange disappearance. The door lock of the tower of the Lord's Palace does not even have any traces of being touched. The people locked inside seem to have disappeared in place." Ezio said, when he said this experience His tone was unusually heavy, and he didn’t look like the Florentine playboy that Ricardo described. He sat on the wall of the training ground, bent over, with his elbows resting on his legs, and his forearms naturally hanging on his inner thighs, like a Like a young man who is suffering a huge blow, "I stayed in Florence for a long time, and I also sent letters to people in the organization. They also inquired about Marco's whereabouts in other places, but a few months have passed, and we are still the same. no idea."

After he finished speaking, he raised his head and glanced at Claudia. Claudia immediately understood and stepped forward to gently hold Qiao Ya's shoulders. Qiao Ya also learned from the scenes described by Ezio. After regaining consciousness, after a long time, his eyes gradually focused on Ezio.

"I didn't expect you to come to me." Ezio had a smile on his face, but there was not much real smile in this smile, "Ricardo once said that you came from a Roman noble family, although I don't know What family do you come from in Rome, but I also know that you have suffered a lot on the way from Rome to Monteriggioni. The reason why I don’t want to have an in-depth conversation with you about the Totti family when I just met yesterday is, I don't want you to suddenly fall into disappointment after a long trek full of hope, it will hit you too hard, so I asked Claudia to take you to take a shower to relax and get a good night's sleep Replenish your strength. In this case, if I tell you the bad news today, your ability to bear it will be better."

Joya nodded silently.

Indeed, after she happened to come to Monteriggioni last night and learned that it was the Auditore family's manor, she was indeed surprised and frightened. What was pleasantly surprised was that by such a coincidence, she found the man who was originally a dragon who had seen his head but never tail. Ezio, the fear is to hear bad news from Ezio again.

Her mental state is like a taut string, which can be broken with a "bang" as long as there is a little external force.

And such a morning full of market atmosphere just relaxed the string in her heart.

"Okay!" Ezio jumped down from the fence, clapped his hands, and said, "But don't worry, little girl from Ricardo, we will not give up looking for Marco, after all, he is Ricardo. Duo's only son, and the last bloodline of the Assassin family, the Totti family."

Qiao Ya finally did not speak, but nodded slightly.

"The rest of the problem is you, little girl." Ezio approached Joya and said, "If you want to go back to Rome, I can send someone to escort you there."

Qiao Ya looked up at him, he still had a smile on his face, but after getting closer, she saw something in his smile.

"I don't have any definite news from Ma Ke... Or, I won't go back until I see Ma Ke who is safe and sound." Qiao Ya said, "Or, you know that I won't go back."

The corner of his mouth with a scar became more curved. He stood up straight, looked at Claudia, and said, "Look, Claudia, as I said, this child is very smart."

Joya followed Ezio back to the Auditore Manor. Unlike the quick browsing last night, this time, led by Ezio, he took Joya to every corner and every corridor of the villa. He went over and over, and even explained the portrait of Auditore's ancestor hanging on the wall in detail.

"This is Domenico Auditore, the founder of the Auditore family, and the one who built up the Assassin stronghold of Monteriggioni." Ezio pointed to the portrait in the corridor with the big The man with the beard said, "He grew up in Venice as a sailor on the Adriatic, delivering goods for his father's patron Marco Polo. His father told him that he was a man after he got married and had children. An assassin, and at this time, he also has an assassin teacher. This teacher is Dante Alighieri."

Qiao Ya's eyes widened slightly: "Dante Alighieri?" Seeing that Ezio had turned his head to look at her, she continued to ask, "Dante who wrote "Divine Comedy" and "New Life"? He An assassin?"

Ezio nodded: "Yes."

Qiao Ya let out a breath, well, it turned out that the book she read every day was actually written by an assassin.

The two walked deep into the corridor again, and Ezio continued: "Later Dante was assassinated in Ravenna, and Domenico returned to Venice, knowing that Dante was killed by the Templars, and after that , his father, patron Marco Polo, and his wife were killed by the Templars. He took his son to Florence and changed his name to Auditore. He found a position and soon became a member of the noble class of Florence. At the same time, he also bought this villa and secretly trained his son and other children who aspired to become assassins."

Qiao Ya listened silently, and then said: "Templars? What is that? Why did they kill Dante?"

"If Assassins represent free will, then Templars represent absolute order." Ezio replied.

Qiao Ya frowned: "Free will and absolute order...they are opposite to each other."

"Indeed, the Assassins and the Templars have been at odds since thousands of years ago." Ezio looked back at her and said with a smile, "You can think of it as a grudge that has not been resolved for thousands of years, And it will continue for generations to come.”

The Assassin organization can be traced back to ancient Rome, and almost since then, people with the Assassin faith began to fight for free will. In this battle that lasted for thousands of years, the enemies of the Assassins, It is the Templar who intends to control free will and build the world with absolute order.

"More than 100 years ago, Thomas de Carnellon, the master assassin of the French Brotherhood, attacked the Temple Tower in Paris and eliminated the Temple organization on the surface, but it was not until Dante was assassinated that the assassins knew that this organization was not It was not uprooted, so the dispute between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templars started again." Ezio said as he walked forward, "My father, elder brother, and younger brother all died in the conspiracy of the Templar organization. "

Qiao Ya frowned slightly: "The arrest of the Totti family is exactly the same as the arrest of the Auditore family more than ten years ago. They were all forcibly charged with crimes, and they were convicted without definite evidence. , was sentenced."

At this time, Ezio had already walked to a door at the end of the corridor, he stopped, and while pulling the doorknob, he said with a smile: "You are quite good at drawing inferences."

"I will never believe that Ricardo will assassinate Lorenzo Medici." Qiao Ya said firmly, "The business of the Totti family bank is closely related to the Medici family, and it is deeply involved. Lorenzo's death It will not bring any benefits to the Totti family. Even if it has nothing to do with the bank, I believe that Ricardo will not do things that will throw the whole city into chaos."

Ezio laughed, and opened the door a crack: "How long have you been with Ricardo, do you think you know him so well?" He paused, and then said, "Lorenzo is the ruler of a city. Those who kill those in power, isn’t it the realization of complete freedom?”

Joya said: "So the city that is completely in chaos and the ordinary people who died in the chaos, have they got complete freedom?" She stared at Ezio's side face and said, "Free will is free choice. Instead of creating a war, killing a person in power who brings prosperity and benefits to the city is just an overcorrection of free will. I believe Ricardo is not that kind of person."

Ezio paused for a long time before letting out a series of hearty laughter. He pushed them away with one hand, walked into the house, and said, "That guy Ricardo is right, you are really suitable .”

Qiao Ya was a little dazed by his nonsensical words. She stood in front of the door in a daze for a while, and then took a step into the room. Ezio said: "I heard from Claudia today that you want to wear pants?"

Qiao Ya was stunned for a moment, and then asked tentatively, "Monteriggioni...is there a law that prohibits women from wearing pants?"

"That's not true, it's just that girls never asked for that before. They all like skirts and lace... I used to go to the central market in Florence to buy lace for Claudia..." Ai As Gio said, he came out from another corner of the room. At this moment, Qiao Ya saw a set of white clothes with red dots on his arms.

The white color of this suit is not the ivory white brocade on the pope's robes, but a more plain and simple texture, and the red dotted in it is as bright and vivid as a flame.

Ezio held the fabric at the shoulder of the clothes with one hand and shook it, revealing the white hood connected to the neck of the robe.

"I found this assassin's robe when I returned to Totti's mansion after I buried Ricardo. Fortunately, Ricardo hid it in the darkroom of his study and was not discovered by the guards."

"When you were still in Florence, Ricardo seemed to have gone crazy and prepared this suit for you. I said, that little girl was born in a Roman noble family, and she probably has some relationship with the Holy See. For the Assassin Brotherhood Said, not a good candidate." Ezio looked down at the suit and said, "He answered me at the time, saying that he promised you that if you need him, he will help you at any time."

Qiao Ya's body froze suddenly, and a tear fell from her right eye without warning.

Her thoughts flew back to those rainy days in Florence.

She, Ricardo, Marco, and Arturo gathered in the dining room for dinner. It was Totti's lunch story meeting, which was hard to see later. They talked about growing pains and how Qiaoya didn't care , but after arriving in Florence, he suddenly became concerned about the marriage.

At that time, Ricardo put down his tableware and said with a smile: "Martina's daughter is of course the same as Martina. Although I don't know which family your father made a marriage contract for you, but if you I'm here to help you whenever you need it."

So, he prepared her an assassin's suit and offered her freedom.