In the basement, a person who surprised Alexander a little appeared in front of him.

In fact, not long ago, Alexander talked to others about this person, so when I see him again, I can't help but feel a little strange.

Pedro Caderon stood in the doorway with a condescending look at Alexander, who was sitting on the bed and looking at him, his expression no longer seemed to be cautious to anyone before, but looked at Alexander Caderon with hatred and a hint of pride in his eyes.

"Lord Count, it's time for you to eat." Cadron placed a wooden plate on the table not far away, glanced at Alexander, then straightened up and stared at his rival with that look.

Pedro Caderon had a special affection for Lucrezia that he couldn't explain, and although he was popular among the maids because of his good looks, and even became her secret mistress by Giovanni's wife Maria, he was jealous at the thought that Alexander could get Lucrezia's love.

In Caderon's opinion, Alexander was actually just lucky, otherwise he would not be as good as him, but this man not only got Lucrezia, but also had a noble status and great wealth, which made Caderon crazy with jealousy.

But now looking at Alexander in captivity, Caderon suddenly felt that it was he who won in the end, after all, he could enter and exit this door freely, and this person who had caused countless uproars in Rome before had lost his freedom, and even his life was in his own hands, because Caesar had hinted at him to prepare something just before he came, and maybe soon they would send one of his brothers-in-law to God.

Alexander saw danger in Cadron's smug look, and although he didn't know this man well, he already knew him well, after all, this man "was" Lucrezia's lover, and just before Madame Connie told him Caderon's true identity, he also paid attention to this squire because he learned about his wife with Giovanni from Ulliu.

So Alexander knew that Caderon was actually a very cautious person, he was always careful to face everyone, and he was unscrupulous and domineering like he was now, and Alexander immediately realized that he should be a natural manifestation after losing his scruples.

So what else could make him look like this, just think about it, it should be that Caesar has already made it clear to him that he wants to get rid of himself.

Alexander, who had figured this out, couldn't help but look up and think carefully about the time between being sent in and Cadron's arrival, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Obviously, Caesar was still in a hurry, Alexander felt that it was not too early, it was unlikely that he would be able to deal with the guards he had brought with him in such a short time, and it was not that Alexander was too blindly optimistic about his Montina, but that both he and Ofleiil knew that he had not come to Rome on a whim this time only to satisfy Lucrezia's wish to return to his mother's home.

Therefore, it is impossible for Ofleiil to really regard this trip as a pleasant and relaxing outing, since in this case, it will not be so easy for Caesar to deal with his Montina people in such a short time.

Just looking at Caderon's smug appearance, Alexander was a little uncomfortable, so when the squire walked to the front not far from him and didn't stop, Alexander suddenly raised his leg without warning and kicked Caderon's lower abdomen hard!

The screams immediately alarmed the guards outside, and the two soldiers rushed into the room, looking at Cadron, who was struggling to get up on the ground, and Alexander, who was still sitting on the bed and looking at them coldly, the two guards couldn't help but look at each other.

"Catch him, I'm going to make him regret beating me!" Cadron screamed and got up, half of his face was covered with mud, the corners of his mouth were scratched by the pain, and the pain from under his lower abdomen with his hands clenched made his voice change his tone a little.

Two guards walked towards Alexander, Cadron was a close confidant of Caesar, and his words were naturally orders.

"You're going to offend me?" Alexander picked up the full glass from the plate next to him and poured the wine on the ground at the feet of the two men, "If you dare to take another step, I promise that will be the beginning of your real regret." ”

The two guards looked down at the splashed vamps and hesitated for a moment.

"What are you afraid of, he can't do anything now!" Cadron rushed up and pushed one of the guards and rushed in front of Alexander, reaching out and grabbing him by the collar, then turned back to the two hesitant guards and shouted, "Look, look at what he looks like now, he's a prisoner now!" ”

Looking at Alexander, who was grabbed by the collar by Caderon, the two guards showed their anger, they felt that they had actually been tricked, and at the same time, a tyrannical desire to ravage the great nobles that they had only been able to look up to in the past also aroused the ferocity in their bones.

It was only before the two guards could take a step forward and step on the wet mud on the ground that they saw that Cadron's face instantly turned pale as Alexander's lips moved slightly.

His grip on Alexander's hand seemed to tremble, though only for a moment, but it revealed the fear in his heart, and then he let go as if he were grasping at a thorn full of thorns, and at the same time took a step back in fear, as if to get away from Alexander.

"You ......"

The corners of Cadron's mouth twitched slightly, but it was not because of pain but because of fear.

"Whether a person is inferior or not depends not on his status, but on his deeds, and a person of humble status can be respected for his noble deeds, while even a prince can be obscene for his despicable actions." Alexander said slowly, leaning against the wall beside the bed, looking at Caderon with disdain, could this be the one who could cause great trouble for the Ottoman Empire? If that's the case, it's really time to think about whether this person is worth supporting.

Of course, Caderon didn't know what Alexander meant, he only knew that this man actually knew one of his greatest secrets, and he could never have imagined that he would hear the name of Maria Borgia from Alexander's mouth.

He knew, this man knew!

At this time, his mind was just constantly screaming, and at the same time, his whole body was cold and hot, and even faintly numb from extreme panic.

Cadron's hand trembled and touched the short knife at his waist, he felt that if he suddenly drew the knife and rushed forward at this time, there was still a chance to kill this man, although this might cause a lot of trouble, but since Caesar had decided to kill this man, then it was only a matter of time, and he might be reprimanded for it, which was always better than divulging his secret.

Thinking of this, Caderon's eyes slowly showed a fierce light, his hand clenched the hilt of the knife, and just as he was about to draw his knife and pounce on it, Alexander's gaze swept over him and said, "Send me another glass of wine, and don't you want to know how I know those things?" ”

After speaking, Alexander looked coldly at the three people who were at a loss in front of him, and simply leaned back slightly, leaned against the wall and closed his eyes to recuperate.

Caderon's hand froze, he knew that Alexander had caught his greatest weakness, which scared him, but as Alexander said he wanted to know who else knew about it.

He wasn't sure if Alexander knew anything really terrible, which made him hesitate for a moment.

Seeing Alexander's seemingly defenseless appearance, Caderon struggled repeatedly, but in the end he didn't dare to make up his mind.

"I'll bring another drink, but you'd better stop doing any more stupid things, sir." Caderon secretly reminded Alexander in a threatening tone that there was only this thing he could do now, because he didn't know how many secrets were in the hands of this person, and at this moment Caderon even felt as if he had switched identities with the person in front of him, who was the one waiting to be sentenced to death at any moment.

Alexander didn't answer, he was pondering things.

It was not in the plan to reveal to Caderon too early that he knew about his affair with Giovanni's wife, but Alexander really couldn't get used to this man's smug attitude, and mastering Caderon at this time was equivalent to having a key to contact with the outside world, which is crucial for Alexander today.

After all, although he had been prepared for coming to Rome, Caesar's sudden appearance did completely break Alexander's previous plan, so what to do next, seizing the timing is the key, otherwise whether it is too early or too late, it is likely to make things fall short.

Cadron returned to the top in a huff, and no sooner had he turned from behind the angel that was blocking the secret passage than he heard a familiar cry.

The voice was once the goddess of his dreams, and even now, when he sees her again, Cadron is overwhelmed by excitement.

And now, his goddess is crying for another man.

"Where's Alexander, what did you do to him?!" Lucrezia stood in the splendid halls of the Potico Palace, crying incessantly, holding in her arms Estles, who was so frightened by her mother's crying, that "my poor daughter, you murdered her father!" ”

Caderon walked out into the hall and looked at Lucrezia, who was crying with her daughter in her arms, and not far from her, sat the Pope and Caesar with gloomy faces.

Seeing the embarrassed appearance of Cadron who came in, Caesar frowned slightly, and he didn't even have to think about it to know that this was of course Alexander's masterpiece, but Caesar didn't expect that after he had become a prisoner, that person would still be so arrogant.

Lucrezia also saw Cadron, she was a little surprised at first, and then she suddenly seemed to understand something and suddenly rushed forward, regardless of the dirty appearance of Caderon, she grabbed his clothes with one hand and asked loudly: "Are you going to see Alexander, tell me where Pedro Alexander is, how is he now?!" ”

Caderon hesitated to look at Caesar behind him, and just when he was a little overwhelmed, Alexander VI spoke: "Let go of him Lucrezia, you look too bad." ”

The Pope's words shook Lucrezia, and she stopped and turned to look at her father, clasping her crying daughter in her hands.

"Father, do you think I look terrible, but do you know what it looks like for a woman who has lost her beloved, and do you know what it is like for my daughter to lose her father?"

"That's enough," Caesar stood up and walked over unquickly, and when he was about to reach out and forcibly take Estelles from Lucrezia's arms, his hand couldn't help but pause in the air when he looked at him, and then he tentatively stroked Estelles's silky cheek with the back of his hand, "You know I won't hurt her, but you should also come to your senses, do you really think that Gombray will care about you, if that he should have married you a long time ago, but in fact his wife is that Barentia de la Lee. Rovelle, and you really don't know about him and that Wallachian archduchess, do you think that such a man is worthy of you to be your enemy of your family for his sake? ”

Lucrezia looked at Caesar a little dazedly, she wanted to refute but didn't know what to say for a while, because she knew that everything Caesar said was true.

But when she saw Caesar about to take her daughter from her arms, Lucrezia immediately took two steps back as if she had been stung, and then hugged Estelles and stared at him warily.

"You can't do this, you need to rest and calm down, besides, you will frighten the children like this, believe me everything will be fine, and I promise you that I did not hurt Cambrai, I can swear to God." Caesar waved his hand helplessly to signal the maid next to him to come and serve, looking at his daughter, who seemed to be panting unevenly because she had been crying for too long, although she was reluctant, Lucrezia was still half helped and half dragged out of the hall by the maid.

As soon as Lucrezia's figure disappeared, Caesar immediately looked at Caderon.

"What happened?"

"The man hit me." Caderon replied cautiously, the longer Caesar was around, the more Caderon feared the young and terrible duke, especially now, when he found out that someone actually knew his secret, he was even more worried that everything might be exposed.

"Is he still unaware of his situation?" Caesar looked back at his father in amazement, "Does he think we won't treat him the way we did with Giovanni Sforza?" Did he really think that if he died, his army would avenge him? ”

Alexander VI slowly stood up, beckoned to Caderon to come closer, and then asked, "Pedro, tell me everything he said to you, what he said." ”

Caderón replied cautiously, thinking that there were two guards in the basement, and that perhaps the Pope would inquire from them about the strange conversation between the two, and Caderon gave the excuse he had already thought of: "And I don't know what he thinks, he is fully aware of the death of Giovanni Sforza, and he tells me that he is fully aware of what will happen to him when he comes to Rome." ”

"Wait a minute, you're saying he already knows I'm back?" Caesar asked with some eagerness as he stepped forward.

"Oh no, but he seems to know what threat he might encounter in Rome, and he doesn't seem to care," Caderon could only try to make his lie as good as he could, and he had the impression that Alexander didn't seem to be very anxious about being imprisoned, which made Caderon feel that he wasn't entirely lying, and then he pretended to be casual and said, "Besides, he spilled the drink, and then he had to bring him another glass." ”

"Send it to him," Caesar, who had been waving his hand casually, stopped his arm slightly, he slowly walked to the table, picked up a glass and poured a glass of wine, then he picked up the glass and looked at his father first, and saw that Alexander VI seemed to be hesitating, so he handed the glass to Cadron, "Send it to him." ”

Cadron's fingers trembled slightly and took the wine glass, he knew that just now if the Pope nodded slightly, what he was holding now might be a glass of poisoned wine with special condiments, he didn't care at all whether Alexander would be poisoned, but thinking about it, if his secret might be leaked because of this, Caderon felt cold all over his body and his hands and feet were weak.

This made him helpless to find that it seemed that in the Potico Palace, he wanted nothing to happen to that person other than Lucrezia.

"Father, are you still worried about anything?"

As soon as Caderon left, Caesar immediately asked Alexander VI.

"Montina's guard hasn't been completely solved yet, the other one is Pisa." Alexander VI looked at his son, perhaps Caesar could have taken Alexander's life purely for the disastrous defeat at the Battle of Livorno and the humiliation of Pisa before Ichiyuki, while the Pope clearly had more complex reasons and justifications.

Pisa is undoubtedly an important city today, and perhaps there is nothing special about the city itself, but it holds the key to the prosperity of almost all of the Tyrrhenian Sea, and indeed a large part of the western Mediterranean coast.

Moreover, the influence of Pisa on Florence has made the city faintly appear as the capital of Romagna along with Montina, and it can be said that if Montina is the sword of Romagna, then Pisa is the treasury of this land.

It was for this reason that Alexander VI did not hesitate to decide to imprison the disobedient son-in-law when Alexander refused to become a member of the Borgia family.

But what he had been thinking about was what benefits he should take advantage of after this incident.

His granddaughter was Duke of Pisa and co-lord of Florence, and that alone was enough to bring enough benefits to the pope, but Alexander VI was also wondering what would happen to Romagna without Cambrai.

And Caderon's words just now also attracted the attention of the Pope.

If Alexander really had other preparations for this trip to Rome, would it be a bit hasty to do it now without figuring out his intentions for coming to Rome?

Just when the Pope and his son were worried about what to do with Alexander, a major event suddenly happened in Vatican City.

The Montina Guard, who were resting not far from the Grand Place, suddenly launched and captured the Carolingian Palace in one fell swoop!