Levi was a Jew and a merchant, but he was clearly not from Venice, let alone from the manuscript of a now-unborn English playwright.

So he was eventually taken out of the house by Alexander, and left the ghetto amid the suspicious gaze of the people around him.

Returning empty-handed, this made Massimo a little annoyed, the monk who was originally ready to behave in front of the lord, except for reading out such a proclamation, he couldn't do anything else, seeing Alexander come out of the house with a low expression, Massimo immediately greeted him and followed very carefully, he knew that Alexander should not be in a good mood.

What Alexander didn't expect was that Ulius brought back bad news, and looking at Isaac, who had been tortured by the Moors, Alexander felt that today should not be a lucky day for their master and servant.

It's just that what Alexander didn't expect was that the news of Isaac's words made him feel unbelievable.

"You're not mistaken, it's the triple crown?" Alexander looked at the Jew sitting across from him in amazement, he believed that this man should have been frightened, so he should not talk nonsense, and if he wanted to make up a lie, he could make up something that was easier to believe, instead of lying a lie that was really ridiculous to the extreme.

"I'm not wrong, my lord, please spare me," Isaac shuddered uncontrollably, and when he saw the Moors walking around him, he shrank back in fright, "I have told you everything I know, that Levi, the man I told him, he knows it all. ”

Isaac pointed at the Moors and kept yelling, because he didn't know what fate awaited him, which made him even more afraid.

"Here is the Levi you spoke of," Alexander said slowly, looking at Isaac as he looked over to another house across a few fences, where Levi was being held tightly.

This is a prison on a lonely hill in the north of the city of Rome, unlike the famous Roman Seven Mounds, the terrain here is steep and difficult to walk, a huge prison is built on the side of the hill on the edge of the cliff, except for the main entrance of a difficult mountain road, the whole prison stands alone on the cliff, it is almost impossible to escape from here.

The prison is located on a high level, so standing on the tower next to the wall, you can clearly see the people coming from the direction of the city gate, which was originally used by the Romans to defend the north, but later changed into a prison.

Alexander sent both prisoners to the prison, a decision that Massimo disagreed.

Although it is not known who these Jews are in cahoots with, the monk believes that since the Vatican bigwigs are involved, those people will definitely find a way to deal with this matter if they hear the news.

Whether it was to rescue the Jews or simply kill them, it was much easier to be in prison than in their own Marino Palace.

Alexander, however, insisted that the two Jews be sent to prison, and at the same time he sent a letter to Caesar.

For Alexander, it was his responsibility to find the murderer, and he may have owed Giovanni something, but he didn't owe anything to the Borgia family.

Therefore, if he finds clues that may be related to the murderer, he tells the Borgia family that this is already fulfilling his obligation to Giovanni, and as for who exactly wants Giovanni to die, he has no interest, let alone getting involved in this trouble.

However, it seems that fate intends to work against him, and when he hears the news about the triple crown from Isaac, Alexander knows that he is destined to be in trouble.

Caesar arrived quickly, and when he heard about the clues, he immediately threw down a group of officers he had just gathered, these were the generals of the Roman city defenses, and Caesar was planning to build his own army based on these people and the Vatican Guard he had established before.

He was so shaken by the news of the Triple Crown that he began to believe it, and then decided to see the Jew at once.

Alexander just watched silently, he always felt that something was wrong with this matter, although the sudden appearance of the triple crown and the death of Giovanni was unexpected, but it also became a lot more reasonable, but he did not understand what was going on with that Levid, why didn't the Jew run away, or why did the Jew let that Isaac run away when he guessed that their secret would be discovered?

Alexander was tempted to find out what was going on, but he just watched Caesar excitedly interrogate the Jews.

"My lord, it seems that there is nothing to do with us here." Mahimo said a little unwillingly, and then he lowered his voice and said in a tone of uncontrollable excitement, "That's a triple crown, a symbol of the highest honor in the whole Christian world." ”

Alexander glanced at the monk, he could understand why Massimo was so excited, in the eyes of the people of this age, the crown represented the supreme honor and power, but in his opinion, the triple crown did not have much meaning except for a precious treasure.

Especially in a few decades, with the founding of Protestantism and the creation of the British Anglican Church, how much will the triple crown mean to the world?

It's just that no one knows about these things yet, let alone could not have imagined that the Catholic world, which has been standing in Europe for more than a thousand years, is about to fall apart soon.

Alexander pondered these things that no one would have thought of now, or even dreamed of, but as soon as he walked from his low cell to the door, a roar of anger suddenly rang out from the back of the corridor.

Ulliu immediately turned and ran in, and Alexander stopped and frowned in thought, then shook his head slightly and continued walking.

"What happened?" Massimo muttered a little inexplicably, and then he saw Ulliu, whose face was already black, walking out of it with a gloomy face.

"That Levi is dead." The Moors looked at Alexander "The bishop is now angry, and no one dares to come near him." ”

Alexander nodded, what had been a strange feeling from the beginning finally had an answer now.

That Levi was clearly ready for self-sacrifice, and he even chose to commit suicide at the cost of violating the greatest taboo, and Alexander could imagine that he must have taken some chronic poison in advance, and then stayed and waited for the possible search.

And his only purpose in doing this is to delay the investigation of the Triple Crown, so that all clues will be cut off from him.

Have these Jews come to such a brave point?

Alexander was surprised that the Jews had the impression that they were more likely to be expressed in the pursuit of wealth and in the forbearance and persistence of resignation in times of adversity.

It is this amazing perseverance that has allowed them to survive the persecution of them many times in history while accumulating great wealth from generation to generation.

Caesar's angry face appeared at the door of the cell, his eyes were bright and flexible, and when he saw Alexander, who was standing on the top of the uphill slope of the cell, looking down at him, his anger was on the verge of exploding.

"The man is dead, right in front of my eyes, and there is no one to testify."

Caesar stared at Alexander, and he even suspected that it was all Alexander's conspiracy.

A man who might explain the cause of Giovanni's death died inexplicably after he appeared, and what is even more suspicious is that it was at this time that Alexander was not around.

I believe that anyone who heard about this kind of thing, the only thing they could think of would be that Caesar did all this, and in order to cover up his crime, he killed a person who knew about it.

Alexander stood on the slope and looked down at Caesar, who was standing at the door of his cell, and although he guessed the purpose of the Jew's suicide, he was not sure whether it had anything to do with Caesar.

Maybe Caesar was just unlucky enough to run into this, or maybe he really had a part in it?

Alexander pondered in his heart, but he knew that with the death of Levi, it was obvious that he could get rid of this matter, which he thought he could get rid of.

"I'm going to see my father, what are you going to do?" Caesar stared at Alexander, and if Alexander refused, then Caesar could be sure that Alexander was framing him for all this.

Looking at Caesar's eyes full of anger, Alexander nodded.

"I'll go with you to the Pope," Alexander said as he looked at the low archway leading to the cell, and at this time Caesar's two men had dragged Isaac out of it, looking at the pale Jews who were almost broken, Alexander shook his head a little helplessly, "You're really unlucky, now it's only the Pope who can decide your fate." ”

Hearing this, Isaac's eyes widened, and his whole body went limp.

Alexander VI sat on the steps of a small prayer hall and looked at the Jews kneeling in front of him.

Because it was noon, and the sun was so hot that the eyes could not be opened, and the Jews knelt there sweating profusely and trembling, and beside him, Caesar's sword was on the Jew's neck, and the familiar appearance of the sword made Alexander look twice.

The three-edged ridge, four fingers wide, resembled a cone-shaped armor-piercing sword, which Caesar's favorite weapon to wear for a long time, and Giovanni was also killed by such a weapon.

"This person, is what he said true?"

The Pope looked at Alexander, who did not seem to notice Caesar's angry glaring at Alexander, but waited earnestly for Alexander's answer.

"Your Majesty, at least my servant has heard from this Jew that someone has borrowed a large sum of money from a Jew using the triple crown as collateral."

Alexander didn't want to say who this person was, in fact, although the Vatican's bigwigs seemed to be forever short of money, but it was not difficult to guess what such a sum of money would be used for.

"Who is it?"

The Pope stared at the Jew, and when he saw his dazed look, he looked at Alexander again: "Can you find this man?" ”

"Your Majesty, you summoned me to Rome only to find out who killed Giovanni."

Alexander said lightly.

"Then I will order you to do this now," the Pope's voice raised slightly, he looked at Caesar, who was still full of anger next to him, and slowly beckoned to his son and Alexander, "Come here, I want you all to come here." ”

Looking at the two young men who walked in front of him, Alexander VI stood up on his knees with some difficulty, his hand lightly rested on the shoulders of the two, and then stared at them and whispered: "Listen, I don't want to see you quarrel, Giovanni's death is already tormenting each of us, and now we can no longer let blind misunderstanding and hostility ruin the good relationship that has just been established." ”

Caesar wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't speak, he took Alexander VI's hand and kissed it gently, and then turned his head to join the Pope, both father and son looked at Alexander next to him.

Under the gaze of father and son, Alexander took a step back and bowed slightly, and then he turned and strode out of the prayer hall under Caesar's arrowy gaze.

"Father, do you believe this man?" Caesar asked, looking at Alexander's back as he faded into the distance.

"I believe in you and my child," Alexander VI, who was standing on the steps, bowed his head and kissed Caesar's head, "but now we need him to do something for us," said the Pope, who looked at the Jew who was kneeling in the clearing, and was almost sunburned, and immediately an attendant walked over and grabbed the Jew by the collar and walked into the corner, "Also, you should be more concerned about Lucrezia now, after all, she will soon be engaged to Alfonso of Bisherly." ”

Hearing his father say this, Caesar's face couldn't help but pass a shadow, he had seen that Alfonso more than once, the young man's demeanor and appearance were indescribably satisfied, but this made Caesar feel an inexplicable irritability in his heart, and when he thought that Lucrezia might be fascinated by that beautiful brother of Nassan, Caesar suddenly lost interest in everything in front of him.

Alexander was obviously not as sentimental as Caesar, and after leaving the Vatican, he returned to the house in the Jewish ghetto with the people, and looking at the mess inside, Alexander sent everyone else out and left him alone.

Did the Jews really get the triple crown?

Alexander pondered that while the crown didn't mean much to him, it didn't mean that others didn't like it.

More importantly, who exactly pledged that money with the triple crown?

Alexander walked slowly to the empty counter, looking at the mottled marks on it, imagining the Jews counting the gold coins in this basement year after day, his fingers lightly brushing over the surface of the counter engraved with various alphabets, and then tapping his fingers on it.

Alexander opened the door for Ulliu, who was waiting outside, to come in with a few soldiers, and then pointed to the counter, which looked unusually heavy, and ordered: "Tear this counter down." ”

"Master, do you mean to take it apart?" Uliu's eyes lit up, "Are you saying that there is some secret to this counter, is it a secret compartment, or is there a secret passage underneath?" ”

"Ulliu, you are very clever, but sometimes you are not very smart," Alexander said jokingly, then shook his head, "When you want to discover a secret, it is often in front of your eyes and is not discovered. ”

Although it was a little inexplicable, the clever Moorish knew that he could not ask any more, and he immediately called the soldiers to begin dismantling the already old and cumbersome counter, and to the strange thing of Ulliu, Alexander did not seem to want him to completely destroy this ordinary-looking piece of furniture, and repeatedly told him to be cautious when priing open the inlaid wedges.

A counter was quickly torn apart, and looking at the pile of old wood on the ground, Uliu deliberately stepped on the floor where the counter had been placed.

Feeling the sturdy stomping sensation coming from his feet, the Moors couldn't help but feel a pang of disappointment.

Alexander crouched down and looked at the disassembled piece of wood, not sure if his guess was correct, or if it was just his whims, but he decided to give it a try.

If you look closely, you will see that among the same seemingly old timbers there seem to be some relatively new materials, some of which are whole pieces of wood, some of which are wedges used to hold a certain place, or simply a piece of fabric that is newer than the other felt cloth laid on the countertop.

"What are you looking for?" Assemo asked a little strangely.

"I don't know, but it should be something very important," Ulliu could only reply, and the Moors were a little frustrated by the cautious arrangements along the way, but in the end they didn't get anything, which also made him hope that Alexander could find some clues, and then give him a chance to redeem his previous defeat.

"This is the kind of place where the Jews meet secretly," Alexander said as he searched, "and it is clear that these misers do not want too many people to know about this place, even if it is their own, so if the things or tools here are damaged, if they cannot fix it themselves, they will only look for people they can trust." ”

Alexander said as he slowly turned up a piece of wood, which seemed to be a beam that was supported under the counter, and the heavy counter and the heavy gold and silver utensils that had been piled up on it over the years made it look like the beam used to support the countertop was slightly curved.

"Do you know what Joseph does?" Alexander suddenly looked up and asked, seeing Massimo's stunned expression, he couldn't help but smile: "Of course you know, God inspired Joseph to marry the Virgin Mother Mary, and Joseph was inspired by God to accept this sacred mission. ”

Listening to Alexander's words, Massimo could only nod his head, he knew that he could only do this, because what the lord said was the basis of the existence of the whole Christian world for thousands of years.

It's just that somehow, listening to Alexander's words, Massimo always sensed something not quite right in it.

It's like ...... Satirize?

The monk immediately shook his head, throwing this horrific absurd thought out of his head.

"And Joseph, the man who took care of the Son and thus received the glory of God, was a carpenter," said Alexander, lifting the beam, "and as a tradition of carpenters, they always like to carve their own unique mark in the most crucial place, even if this tradition has passed for thousands of years. ”

As he spoke, Alexander raised his hand and threw the beam to Ulliu, who was already extremely excited.

"Find this carpenter, this person is at least familiar with the people here!"