Since the day St. Peter walked through the Great City Gates of Rome with the sacred mission of spreading the voice of Jesus Christ, the Holy See has produced 215 popes.

It took 800 years to go from being brutally persecuted as a heretic, to being regarded as the only faith in the entire Western world, and then even the coronation of a monarch through the blessing of the Pope.

It took 1,500 years for even those emperors to bow their heads in front of the papal crown, which represents the voice of Jesus Christ on earth, to the fact that almost all of Europe has now become Christenworld.

Now all of Europe was bowing its knees before powerful monarchs, but these monarchs could not fail to admit that even with their infinite wealth and powerful armies, they could not ignore the small Papal States.

The Vatican, which began from the time of Pepin's dedication, has gone through more than ten centuries, but it is clear that although many countries have long become a sand in the dust of history, the Vatican is still standing, even if people's attitude towards the papal crown has gradually changed from almost blind worship to no longer regarded as sacred, but the Vatican is still the faith capital of the entire Christian world.

Even Jerusalem, which is regarded as a holy place, is only spiritually noble, but because of this exaltation, Jerusalem is destined to be the spiritual capital of faith.

The Vatican, on the other hand, is more truly authoritative.

As someone said, those monarchs ruled over the flesh of the people, and the Vatican ruled over their souls.

And in this city, which claims to rule the souls of people across the continent, Pope Alexander VI is now the ruler of the Vatican.

Alexander VI was clearly not the most insidious or greedy of his predecessors compared to his more than 200 predecessors, and even if you look closely, he was not the most debaucherous of them all, and even more hated popes in the long and thousand-year-long history of the Vatican.

But if you sum up all this insidiousness, greed, debauchery, and cruelty, it will be difficult to find a person who can compare with it in all these aspects.

As a Spaniard, Alexander VI knew from the beginning that he was an outsider, and that the Romans could tolerate even a Greek pope, but not a Spaniard, just as his uncle Gallis III was elected pope, and the whole of Rome was even close to rioting.

From that day on, Alexander knew that a Spaniard would never be recognized by the Romans, and even if he tried to integrate himself into the city and the country, neither the Florentians, nor the Genoese, nor the Venetians, nor the Neapolitans, nor even the Sicilians, would ever accept them.

Therefore, Alexander VI always believed that the only person who could really be trusted was his family.

Perhaps it was for this reason that from the very beginning he desperately used the power of his uncle Gallistus III to strengthen his family, trusting no one but his own, and at the same time taking advantage of the enormous power he had acquired, he lived a life of debauchery that even the clergy of the Holy See, who were also known for their extravagance and debauchery, could not bear.

Alexander VI's time was undoubtedly absurd, not to mention that almost no one was willing to seriously follow the dull and monotonous dogma of the local Dick's canon, and even the priests and bishops who thought they were good at their duty had become generally debauched.

Because of this, a book written by a fellow named Boccaccio satirizing the nobles and the clergy was so popular among the populace that the descriptions of the clergy who wore clergy robes but went around lending money and always taking advantage of the inattention of their men to get into other people's bedrooms, even felt that they were not written deeply enough.

It was at such an age that Alexander VI became pope, and the only thing he did after paying a large bribe to ascend to the papal throne was to spare no effort to raise his illegitimate children.

Giovanni could be a commander in charge of the army for him, Caesar could be his powerful arm in the Holy See, and Jeffrey and Lucrezia could be important bargaining chips for him to marry and make powerful allies.

In the eyes of Alexander VI, his children were the pillars of his papal throne and the foundation of the future he envisioned for the Borgia kingdom.

So even though there are all kinds of criticism behind people's backs, Alexander VI doesn't care at all, he does everything in his power to ensure that his children get the best of what's good, and at the same time he keeps using his power to influence the whole of Christendom.

The so-called preparation that Giovanni asked Alexander to do was only to make him look at some of the letters written by the two master copyists, which were undoubtedly imitations of the handwriting of some people, and Alexander guessed that they must have been Lucrezia's husband Giovanni Sforza, but none of this mattered, the point was that he had to remember what was written in those letters, but he couldn't remember them too clearly.

"This is because when you find out that these letters are really important, Pelotto Cadron, you can't wait to send them to me," Giovanni put them away after reading them twice, "All you can remember is to see the general contents of these letters, and what the paper looks like for these letters, and leave the rest to me." ”

"But in fact I reported the news to Caesar," said Alexander, "do you think they would believe it?" ”

"I don't need people to believe it, I just need someone to believe it," Giovanni said disapprovingly, "remember those letters, you don't need to remember too much, as long as you can recognize them." ”

This is what Giovanni said to Alexander before he left the Guilpitz Palace the day before, and it was still fresh in his ears as he stood in the corridor of the side hall of the Vatican Basilica.

Remember, but don't remember too much, Alexander somewhat understood what Giovanni meant, which gave him some insight into the subtlety of this man's grasp of other people's minds.

The vague but certain impression tends to seem more natural to most people, and if he really can recite the contents of the letters without reading them, it seems a bit blunt and false, and it is clear that Giovanni not only had some letters carefully forged, but even in these places, there was no negligence.

The hall was quiet, most people hurried by, and even those who walked in groups rarely spoke, or even those who spoke in low voices, which seemed unusually mysterious.

This made Alexander can't help but flash through the various conspiracies that have appeared in an endless stream in this era, but he doesn't know if if he can hear the consequences of the various mysteries that have been entangled for hundreds of years if he eavesdrops on those people.

There was a sound of soft footsteps, crisp, unlike those who always seemed to be deliberately masking the sound of their feet.

The footsteps seemed to be hurried, and seemed to be too hasty, and Alexander, sensing that something was wrong, turned around and looked behind him, and then happened to see a figure hurrying towards him.

Alexander almost instinctively moved to the side, but the man seemed to be about to avoid in the same direction, but his feet did not stop, and at the same time that Alexander watched the man crash into him in a panic and stretched out his hand to block it, he also heard a loud "ah" from the man.

The shout was not loud, but it was so noticeable in the quiet hall that all the people who passed by couldn't help but look at them, even some of the guards who were standing far away couldn't help but look at them vigilantly.

Then the two inevitably collided together.

Alexander's body was knocked backwards, he instinctively took a step back, and the person opposite couldn't help but fall backwards, and even crashed into a person walking behind him.

"What is this doing?!" An angry voice came, and the man who was hit pushed the man in front of him who had collided with Alexander forward, while angrily yelling "What are you doing, this is a holy cathedral, not a market." ”

The person who collided with Alexander quickly turned around, and when he saw the person he had hit, he immediately bowed his head uneasily: "Sorry sir, I didn't see you." ”

"Oh yes, that's why you can go on a rampage?" It was an old man in a black robe, he stared coldly at the man with his head bowed and a frightened expression, and when he saw the badge on this person's clothes, his face seemed to become even more ugly, "Should I take this as a metaphor for His Majesty the Pope?" ”

Hearing this, Alexander looked curiously at the troublemaker, and then realized that the man was wearing a servant's robe, and on his left chest was painted the coat of arms of the Borgia family.

Once a member of the clergy must be separated from the secular family, he must devote himself to the Church for the rest of his life, and the family name must be abandoned.

This is the most basic of Benedict's canons, but no one else takes it to heart today, and the coat of arms of the Borgia is not just a secular family coat of arms, but represents Pope Alexander VI.

And this good-looking guy happened to be a servant of the Borgia family.

"Did you do this at the behest of the Pope, or did the Borgia people deliberately humiliate me?" The old man angrily asked, "Is Ferrara so insignificant in the eyes of Rome?" ”

The servant, apparently frightened by the old man's accusations, only bowed his head and apologized, and when the old man saw Alexander standing beside him completely unmoved, his anger grew even greater.

"It seems that I am superfluous here, and I have been so insulted." The old man roared angrily and turned around and walked out of the hall, completely ignoring the surprised eyes of the people around him.

"Oh, God, what a hazard I have done," the servant let out a cries of exclamation, and when he turned his head to see Alexander, who seemed to be amused, he put his head in his hands and let out a strange whisper, "God, I'm done!" ”

"It's not that you're trying to hit him, it's just that you're unlucky," Alexander could only shake his head slightly, "You're a servant of the Pope?" ”

"Yes, I am," replied the young servant casually, and then he suddenly looked at Alexander, and asked in a somewhat expectant tone, "Are you Alexandre Juliant Cambrai?" Are you? ”

Alexander looked at this young man about your age a little strangely, this is a very handsome young man, but maybe because what happened just now was so sudden, he looked a little strange at this time, and then he nodded.

"Great, at least I haven't done it yet." The young man's spirits seemed to improve all of a sudden, and he bowed slightly to Alexander, "The Duke has ordered me to take you to the audience room. ”

Alexander was a little flurry and knew that it was Giovanni who should be talking about it.

It was only a slight surprise to him that Alexander VI would choose to meet him in the audience room.

The audience room of the cathedral was the place where Alexander VI summoned cardinals and bishops of major dioceses, and Alexander knew very well that he was not qualified to be summoned by the Pope in this place, not to mention that what he wanted to report was actually Alexander VI's "family affairs", whether it was Giovanni Sforza's betrayal or Lucrezia's husband's second heart, this should not be said in a place like the audience room.

A little doubt rose in Alexander's heart, and he walked slowly forward with the young servant, and when he came to the two closed doors, the servant stopped and turned to him, and said, "Lord Gombray, please wait here. ”

Alexander nodded slightly, and as the servant was about to step away, he suddenly asked, "What's your name?" ”

The young servant seemed a little surprised, and did not understand why Alexander had asked for his name, but he replied respectfully in that strange accent: "My name, my name is Pelotto Cadron, my lord." ”

With that, the young servant bowed again and turned to leave.

Looking at the young man's back, Alexander opened his mouth slightly in surprise.

He hadn't expected to see this person here.

Pelotto Caderon, a young servant of Alexander VI's legendary favorite, who was said to be so favored that this servant was regarded as "proof" that Alexander had a penchant for another thing, and now looking at the young man's extraordinary appearance as a typical Spanish boy, Alexander is not too suspicious that this speculation is pure slander.

But that's not the most important thing.

What really matters is that this young servant named Pelotto Caderón is said to have succeeded in giving Giovanni Sforza a big green hat.

According to some accounts, Lucrezia's first child should have been born to him.

Ironically, this was the same man who had come to meet their common father-in-law with the self he was going to frame for Giovanni Sforza.

Just as he thought of this, a smile hung on Alexander's lips, and the closed door of the audience room slowly opened.

However, the person who came out of it made Alexander slightly stunned.

"The priest?" Looking at the person opposite, Alexander was a little surprised.

"Our Lighthouse Keeper." Alfonso smiled. Peloto Cadron