I didn't know you were such a vampire

The heavy rain that fell all night washed away the anxiety and boredom brought about by the high temperature in Florence for several days. Many citizens took advantage of the water stains on the ground to go out together, and the children laughed and chased each other. , Sometimes I am too immersed in playing, but I have no time to avoid the sewage splashed by the wheels of the carriage running over the depressions in the road, and when I am soaked, I burst into tears, adding a new wave to the already noisy city of Florence. the sound of.

After the city woke up, a new busy day began. Naturally, no one noticed that there was another figure in the window of the Totti house, which was locked by the city hall, at the head of the Vecchio sur Arno bridge.

After Qiao Ya got the information from the hostess of the farmer last winter, she went out to lead the horse. She wanted to turn around and return to the city of Voltra, but just as she got on the horse, she saw green mountains and the surrounding sky in the distance. She looked at the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore for a while, patted the horse's neck, got off the horse again, glanced at the sheep in the sheepfold, and went straight to the window of the boy's bedroom.

She stretched out her right hand and knocked on the window glass with the back of her finger, and then saw the cup curled up on the bed move slightly, and a small head with black shaggy hair poked out, and when she saw the person standing outside the window was After her, the boy slowly got out of the quilt, took small steps, and walked to the window.

He opened the window, looked at Qiao Ya, and asked timidly, "You, are you leaving?"

"Yes." Qiao Ya smiled and nodded, she took out a pearl from her previous earring from her waist, handed it to the little boy, and asked, "Can I buy a lamb with this?" ?”

The little boy nodded, shook his head again, and said, "I don't know either..."

"I think it's probably enough." Joya put the pearl on the window sill, "Let's just say I'll pay your little lamb for that blond boy?"

The little boy's eyes enlarged slightly: "Do you believe me?"

"That's right." Qiao Ya couldn't help but reached out and wiped the boy's messy black hair, "I believe in you, and I also want to thank you."

This was the only piece of definite news she had received about Ma Ke since he disappeared. Although this news was not good news, it even made her unable to close her eyes all night.

The hostess of the farmer was right. It was impossible for a little boy to leave a wound on the lamb that looked like a beast. The only explanation was that the blond boy was no longer human.

If it's not human, then what is it?vampire?Or is it the werewolf that Caius said has long since disappeared?

She originally planned to turn around and return to the city of Voltra, but just as the big black horse was on its way back, she abruptly turned around and headed towards Florence.

Caius once said that he did not take Marco away, and Joya chose to believe him.

After a year, Joya saw Florence again under the sun, like a colorful beauty on a curtain, but the Arno River, whose water level soared after a night of heavy rain, did not become clearer, but seemed to be wrapped in Muddy swag upstream, rushing across from Florence.

Qiao Ya climbed onto the roof from the back street of Totti's house, and then wandered into the corridor on the third floor of Totti's house.

The last time she came at night, in order to avoid being discovered by the night guards, she only scanned her room once before leaving in a hurry.During the daytime, although there are many people, there are not many guards patrolling the streets of the city. As long as she is careful not to be seen by ordinary citizens passing by occasionally, she will have enough time to search the entire Totti house.

Ezio once visited Totti's house after Ricardo was executed, and found the assassin's robe for Joya from the dark room of Ricardo's study.But when he handed the assassin robe to Joya, he also said that he came to Florence during the mission he found, and because of the limited time, he only searched Ricardo's study in a hurry, and took advantage of the night To cover up Ricardo's body that was secretly hung on the gallows in Piazza della Signoria, so that there are still many places in Totti's mansion that have not been searched.

So when Qiao Ya left Monteriggioni this time, she had already planned to search every room in Totti's house after Ezio, to see if she could find some key evidence, and return the Totti family. One innocent.

For the convenience of work, the servants of the Totti family lived on the first floor. Lisa's room was near the kitchen, while Arturo and Sirio were closer to the gate.When Qiao Ya jumped down from the upstairs, she saw all kinds of sundries scattered on the ground in the courtyard. Under an overturned chair, there was a lady's lingerie that was already covered with dirt.

She frowned, and then searched the three rooms one by one in order, but as she expected, the door of each room was not locked, and the room was already in a mess, with clothes and sheets everywhere Scattered, and a necklace that Qiao Ya gave Lisa before has long disappeared.

Qiao Ya stepped over the debris on the floor, and climbed up the stairs to the second floor in two steps at a time.The second floor is the room of her, Marco, and Ricardo. Her room is locked for some reason, and according to her previous investigation, only one copy of "Ten Days Talk" brought from the Vatican is missing. , while the rooms of Marco and Ricardo are like the three servant rooms on the first floor, with obvious traces of being searched. The ground was also covered with messy footprints.

She stayed in Ricardo's room the longest, and opened the dark room of Ricardo's study according to the method Ezio gave, but there was nothing in the dark room except an empty box.

She walked from the house to the corridor with some disappointment, and was about to continue climbing up to the third floor, but out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a black figure behind her, and she turned her head suddenly, but there was only an empty corridor behind her.

But this turn of the head made her notice that in the atrium garden, next to the fountain that could no longer spit out a column of water, there was a solitary carnation.

Qiao Ya shook her head, thinking that she probably didn't sleep well the day before, so she had hallucinations.She exhaled, walked to the edge of the corridor railing, stared at the carnation blooming alone downstairs for a long time, then supported the railing with her right hand, jumped over the corridor railing with her whole body, and jumped down from the second floor.

She walked slowly to the side of the fountain, knelt down on one knee like a knight, and stretched out her hand to break off the carnation, but when her fingertips just touched under the calyx, she froze again.

If Martina was here, she probably wouldn't want to lose the last living life in this house because of her.

After a long time, she sighed, retracted her hand, stood up, stepped over the debris on the floor, walked along the stairs, walked through the corridor on the third floor, and walked to the door of Martina's room.

Unlike the chaos on the first and second floors, there was nothing discarded in the corridor on the third floor, only a thick layer of dust, which proved that no one had set foot here for a year. She pushed the door, and Unexpectedly, the door made a creaking sound and opened a small crack.

Martina's room was facing away from the street, and when the sun was strongest in the afternoon, there was not much light in the room, and it was even a bit cold, comparable to the Volturi Castle in the city of Voltra.And one year later, the room was the same as it was a year ago except that the humidity was getting worse. Even the pottery bowl on the table used to hold Martina's medicine was still far away, but The remaining medicine dregs inside had turned black, and the original appearance could not be seen clearly.

Except for Joya's room, this room has no trace of being turned over, probably because Martina died of consumption, and the Florentines who have been tortured by the Black Death for hundreds of years have long been afraid of such plague. Engraved in my heart, I dare not even step on the stairs on the third floor.

Joya walked around the room, but found no place to hide any clues. When she walked to Martina's bed, she saw the dried carnation beside the pillow. Her footsteps paused. She bent down and picked up the dried flower, but just as her hand touched the flower stem, the withered flower stem broke into many pieces like pottery dropped on the ground.

She froze all over, and then desperately tried to put together the flower stems that were almost broken into powder, but her fingertips were under the dried flowers, and she touched a hard object under the bed sheet.

She froze for a moment, then carefully lifted the corner of the sheet, and saw a thick book under the place where the dried carnations were originally placed.

At this time, she heard a mess of footsteps under the bed, and one of them said: "Sir, I saw someone in the window with my own eyes. This room has been locked for so long..."

She didn't care about the broken carnation at the moment, she grabbed the book hidden beside Martina's pillow and stuffed it into her bosom.Then he rushed out of the room quickly, jumped onto the railing on the third floor, jumped up again, grabbed the eaves with both hands, climbed onto the roof, and walked on the ridge of the roof with his waist bent.

It was almost evening, and Xiehui cast her shadow on the other side of the roof. She was lying on the corner of the roof. From her perspective, she could see a group of guards carefully searching around Totti's house. At this time, Someone shouted at the end of the street: "Come on, there is an anomaly over there!"

The guards who were about to break in heard the shouts from their colleagues, put away their weapons, gathered quickly, and rushed towards the direction pointed by their colleagues.

Qiao Ya let out a breath and felt a little relieved.

In her original impression, the guards in Florence would not patrol so closely, and the Totti house is not located in the most populous area of ​​Florence, so there are not many guards in charge of this area. This is the first time she has seen such a Many guards gathered near Totti's house, and judging from the tension of these guards, it seemed that they were on high alert.

Could it be that the recent Florence is not peaceful?

At this time, the night drove away the orange-red sunset, and as the sky gradually darkened, the lights in the central area on the other side of the river also became colorful.

At the turn of day and night, she stood up, and across the Arno River and the layers of red roofs, she saw the unique battlements of the Lord's Palace and the tower of the Lord's Palace with the iris flag hanging above the battlements.

Just as she took a step forward, she suddenly felt a black shadow break into the corner of her field of vision. She turned her head abruptly, and behind her was only empty, layer upon layer, which had lost its red brilliance under the night. city ​​roofs.