Alexander stood in front of Sophia, who was leaning on the bed and sleeping, perhaps dreaming of something good, Sophia's mouth pursed slightly, and a slight "purr" sound came out of her throat, like a cat guarding food.

The sleeping girl is very sleepy, her whole body is spread out on the bed casually, and her two arms are loosely placed on both sides of her body, because she is too majestic, even if her chest is slightly sunk because she is lying flat, it still looks bulging.

Sophia had a blanket around her waist, and her two beautiful long legs were hidden under the blanket, but from the bulging shape, Alexander could still guess the heart-wrenching scene.

Looking at the girl with her head tilted to the side, her head and face buried in the thick black curls, Alexander smiled and bent down slightly and pecked her lightly in the face.

As if sensing something, Sophia's head swayed as one of her arms pressed sideways against her chest, a small ripple that lifted Alexander's pajamas nearly out of his mind.

"When will you grow up, my little wife." Alexander shook his head helplessly, then straightened up and looked at the crossbow on the table beside the bed.

Alexander had always been very attentive to the origin of the short crossbow, but to his disappointment, he had not seen anyone use such a weapon except Kunto, not even Clarion.

Alexander picked up the short crossbow and looked at it carefully, he knew a long time ago that this short crossbow was not only well-made, but even delicate in its time, and in addition to being extremely strong, a small twisted shaft on the crossbow also played an important role, allowing the user to wind it quickly and with much less effort than usual. At the same time, a small buckle sticking out of the crossbow tail can even be directly buckled on several crossbow arrows when it is completely naked without considering concealment, which can not only greatly save time, but also allow a skilled archer to exert the great power of the short crossbow in a short time, and even in a very close battle can be used calmly.

Alexander had long known the power of this short crossbow, and had relied on it more than once to get out of danger, even if it was given to Sophia, it still helped them through many difficulties.

But what really made Alexander pay attention to this weapon was not the power it showed, but the secret behind it.

The experiences since leaving Sicily made Alexander seem to be on the verge of forgetting those things, but in fact he did not forget a single day, especially after discovering the portrait of him in monastic robes from those inexplicable assailants on the way to Saniro, he knew that the monastery of San Sebarong might eventually be dug up.

Giorgio Modillo, the name sounds so unfamiliar, and not many people know it, but Alexander can't help but admit that everything he has now is because of this name.

Giorgio Modillo had been imprisoned in a dungeon by the convent for going mad, and Alexander had been wondering what had happened on the night Quinto had gone to San Sebaron to pick him up.

Obviously, Kunto and the abbot decided to let him replace Qiao Er, and it was very risky to deceive everyone, and it was really unimaginable what the consequences would be if they were discovered, but they still did it, so it showed that they knew that if others knew that Qiao El Modillo had become a madman, it might be more troublesome, so they would rather find someone to impersonate him than cover up the matter.

Because of this, Alexander did not worry about his identity being revealed, because there must be someone who was more afraid of this being revealed.

What really made Alexander care was who exactly was plotting against Kunto.

Even at the last moment, Kunto still asked him to go to Alfonso, who was then a Palermo priest, which showed that Kunto trusted him, and the words that Alexander did not bring for him were obviously the key to all this.

Perhaps because he did not tell Alfonso about this statement, which contained a great secret, things did not change, but continued to develop as some had imagined.

Giore Mordillo is the illegitimate son of George Anne, the sister of Count Mordillo, and Enrique, the former king of Castile, and this alone is enough to make many people lose their heads!

The ambition of the Count of Mordillo made Alexander sometimes feel that it was a pity that this life was born in this era, but when you think about it carefully, it seems that only in this era can such careerists be produced.

The eventual unification of Spain, the nearly two-century-long Ottoman invasion of Europe, the emergence of the Habsburg dynasty of the impending Holy Roman Empire, and, with the rise of Muscovy in the far east of Europe, the first Tsar would be born a few decades later.

And on the other side of the ocean, a new, newly glimpsed new world of mystery lifted a gentle corner.

All this was conceived before this era, and then produced in this era, and when he thought about it, Alexander suddenly felt that Modillo's ambition was not only not absurd, but even completely realized.

Only now, Alexander vaguely felt that someone was watching Modillo as he tried to realize his ambitions step by step, and that the secret about Giorre Modillo seemed to have been discovered from the beginning.

And what made Alexander care about was not only who had discovered this secret, but also the worry of whether his true identity had been discovered.

Sophia on the bed purred in her throat again, looking at the girl who had squirmed a few times at will to make her lie more comfortable, Alexander gently bent down and kissed her warm and soft lips, then reached out and pulled the blanket up to cover her little belly that had been exposed due to the twisting, and then quietly exited the room.

In a recessed shadow in the hallway, one of the guards leaned out slightly at the sound of a voice, and when he saw Alexander, he quietly shrank back.

Seeing the shadows that almost blended into the darkness around him, Alexander nodded with satisfaction, since the assassination of Joanna, Nashan ordered the entire Marino Palace to be searched, and after the Bohemians almost brutally demolished the entire palace, they were surprised to find two more secret passages in the Marino Palace.

The suspicions caused by the appearance of Cardinal Monteiro's priest and the masked man in the secret passages have become meaningless with the appearance of these secret passages, although the appearance of the priest is too coincidental, but it is clear that the loopholes that make the Marino Palace unreliable give the priest a good excuse.

So when Alexander learned all this, the only thing he could do was to have the whole palace revisited, especially in some places that are often overlooked, to reconfirm whether there were still secret passages hidden, was that he changed the inspection methods of the palace guards.

In addition to the normal patrols, Alexander deliberately arranged several secret sentinels, this kind of vigilance method that no one had thought of so far surprised Nashan, but after several attempts to invade the Marino Palace, only to be discovered by the hidden sentinels and quickly sound the siren, Nashan had to admit that this method was indeed a lot safer.

It's just that Alexander knows that these secret sentinels are only a little rudimentary, and there is still a big gap between them and the kind of real role that can play a role in detecting the enemy at critical moments.

"Take your time."

Alexander thought to himself, but he knew that some things could be done slowly, and some things that were clearly not.

A figure appeared in front of him, and seeing Nashan coming out of Joanna's room, Alexander walked slowly over.

Nashan touched his upturned beard, he first looked at Sophia's room in the back, and then shook the wine bottle in his hand: "Come and have a drink with me." ”

Alexander didn't say anything, but walked down the stairs after Nashan.

Standing in the hall, Nashan lifted the bottle and poured it directly into his mouth, looking up.

"Do you know how many secret passages have been discovered," Nashan asked, but he obviously didn't want to hear the answer, so he said to himself, "There are four in total, and four exits have been found in this house, and one of them is so old that no one can guess when it was built, maybe even older than this house." Do you think this is a good place for Sophia to stay on? ”

Alexander listened silently, he knew that Nashan had never stopped wanting to take his daughter away, even if he had been trying to help him, but that didn't mean that the gypsy was willing to keep Sophia with him.

"It's a city you don't like, and we've been here for so long, knowing that I've never been in one place that long, not even in the Bohemian Palace, and I'm always away for a while whenever I can, and if I stay in one place too long I feel like I'm going to mold."

Alexander's complaint frustrated Alexander, but he understood what the gypsies meant.

Since ancient times, the Gypsies have spent their lives on the move, and even migration has become a way of proving their lives, even after centuries this custom will not change, and like their mysterious ancient ancestors, they have never known the past from there, and have been migrating to the future where they have not known until they disappear from view.

Will Sophia also be a passerby in her own life? The thought crossed Alexander's mind, and he immediately suppressed the unpleasant thought.

"I need your help." Alexander whispered.

"What are you going to do?" Nashan asked first, and then he began to curl the upturned whisker tips on his lips with his fingers, "Why don't we make a deal, I'll do one thing for you, and you promised me to let me take Sophia away." ”

"Don't think about it!" Without the slightest hesitation, Alexander directly rejected Nashan's temptation: "Sophia is my wife. ”

"What if I leave all the Bohemian cavalry to you," Nashan suddenly asked, "I've been gone long enough to go back to the Queen, and I don't think the Queen upstairs needs me anymore," Nashan said, glancing upstairs "The woman is frightened this time, she doesn't believe anyone now, it seems that love is not as important as life after all, so you don't have to worry about what anyone will think of her, maybe that woman doesn't even want to see her for a long time." ”

Nashan's words made Alexander frown, he didn't care about the Bohemians proposed by Nashan, in fact, although the Bohemian cavalry did bring him enough help again and again, he knew very well that with his current ability, he could not afford to raise so many Bohemians.

With the exception of the Bohemians who had already acquired land in Agri, the Bohemian cavalry that Nashan later recruited was in fact a group of mercenaries, and these mercenaries would not only waste a lot of money on their employers, but more importantly, they would always be just "employees".

The "employee" should never be expected to treat the employer's business as his own, which is why Alexander decided from the beginning to give the land to the Bohemians who had been given it to the first place, rather than pay to hire them.

The Agri were his soldiers, the first Bohemians were his soldiers, and the cavalry that Nathan brought with him did not belong to him, no matter how brave they were.

"Do things for me, and I'll pay you," Alexander said, "but Sophia can't be on these conditions." ”

Nashan silently watched Alexander muttering for a while, and then poured a sip of wine indifferently: "Okay, for the sake of money, tell me what you are going to do." ”

"Help me kill someone." Alexander slowed his voice slightly, a hint of determination flashing in his eyes, and watched Nashan wait for his answer.

"Oh, you're going to kill someone," the gypsy looked at Alexander with a little curiosity, although he had killed people because of Alexander before, and he had seen him kill people himself, but somehow, the gypsy felt that when he said this, Alexander's expression seemed to be very different from before, "Tell me who is so unlucky, rest assured that I will not refuse you for Sophia." ”

Looking at the gypsies who said before that it was for the sake of money, and then said that it was for his daughter, Alexander felt a little speechless.

"To be precise, I don't want this person to die," Alexander said slowly, "and I don't think you can kill this person, I just want everyone to think that this person is in danger, and I don't want you to be in any danger, after all, the other party is too important to be killed casually, and I don't want Sophia to be without a father." ”

"Oh, thank you so much for your concern." Nashan said angrily, and then raised his head and poured wine, "Tell me who that person is." ”

Alexander leaned forward slightly, and as Nathan frowned and nearly pushed him away, he whispered a name in the gypsy's ear.

"What?!" Nashan's eyes suddenly widened and he blurted out in surprise, and then quickly reached out to cover his mouth, and after shaking his head to see that there was indeed no one around, he put down his hand and asked in an incredible whisper at the corner of his mouth, "You are not wrong?" Are you sure it's that person? ”