While Da Vinci was cleaning up his workshop, Lu Xiao was not idle either.
He spent half a month touring various areas of Venice.
The entire city of Venice is divided into 5 administrative divisions, namely Cannaregio District, San Paolo District, San Marco District, Castle District and Dorsoduro District.
Among them, the castle area is where the Venetian army is stationed. It is very tightly defended and Lu Xiao did not sneak in rashly.
The core areas of Venice are the St. Paul District and the San Marco District. Important administrative agencies, including the Doge's Palace, are located in the San Marco District.
Lu Xiao pretended to be a pedestrian passing by, blended into the crowd and circled around the Governor's Mansion, quietly looking for the best route to sneak in.
Unfortunately, the defense near the Governor's Mansion was very tight, and there was almost no gap to sneak into around this independent building. This conclusion left Lu Xiao scratching his head.
According to Antonio's speculation, Carlo's attack time should be very recent, and Lu Xiao must seize the time to act.
Emilio Barbarigo's main activities are concentrated in the Sao Paulo district, where the market and port of Venice are located. Leonardo da Vinci's work is located in a corner of the market.
Under the protection of the political power of the Barbarigo family, Emilio did not even hide his behavior of excluding dissidents.
Lu Xiao saw with his own eyes that a spice merchant who went to the Governor's Palace to sue Barbarigo for his monopoly was laughed at and beaten by the guards, and warned not to offend the Barbarigo family.
'It's so lawless. I'm really lucky that Governor Mosenigo can tolerate them. Aren't you afraid that one day Barbarigo will cover up the sky and plot against you?'
Lu Xiao felt a little speechless about Mosenigo's big heart. The governor may have been too confident and lacked the necessary vigilance towards the Barbarigo family who pretended to be submissive.
Now that he has decided on his first target [Biquge www.biqusa.vip], Lu Xiao will focus all his attention on studying the personality characteristics and action patterns of the trio for a period of time.
It so happened that an overseas trading ship belonging to the Barbarigo family returned from Istanbul with a full load the day after tomorrow. Emilio would definitely go to the port in person to inspect and accept it. Lu Xiao decided to set the time to take action on that day.
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The structure of the Hidden Gun seems to be very complicated, and Leonardo da Vinci remained in seclusion for a long time and still could not complete it.
Fortunately, this operation would not require such noisy firearms. After Lu Xiao prepared his own weapons, he was led by Antonio's thieves to the Port of Venice.
Every moment in the vibrant Venice Port, ships returning from various places dock to unload their goods. The rude shouts of sailors are mixed with the red-necked bargaining sounds of merchants. If you speak too softly, there is no way to do anything here.
Can't communicate effectively.
Lu Xiao and the young thief who led the way did not need to communicate with each other verbally. The other party pointed out Emilio's location to him through gestures.
Under the escort of a large group of Venetian soldiers, an old man dressed in gorgeous aristocratic clothing stood in front of a pier with his hands behind his back.
There was nothing praiseworthy about the appearance of this old man, but the aura of having been in a high position for a long time made the sailors and businessmen on the dock subconsciously walk around him.
‘Is this how the soldiers of the Venetian government use public weapons for private use?’
Lu Xiao shook his head dumbfounded, "Mosenigo, the governor, must be too unworthy."
It was the official platform of Venice that gave Emilio the confidence to carry out all kinds of dirty tricks on his competitors without worrying about official punishment.
Waving to the thief to evacuate in advance, Lu Xiao found a blind spot where no one was watching and climbed.
After a few minutes of moving around on the roof, he finally arrived at the top of a civilian dock where merchant ships were being built. He took off the longbow on his back and aimed at Emilio, who was looking at the far end of the sea level.
Compared with previous pure assassinations that avoided the public's sight, Lu Xiao's actions this time were relatively high-profile due to the tight time limit for Barbarigo's plan.
The bowstring was fully drawn, and after calculating the wind and fine-tuning the shooting angle, Lu Xiao took a deep breath and held her breath.
"Boom!"
With a muffled sound from the bowstring, the arrow flew across a long distance towards Emilio, who knew nothing about it, and accurately hit his temple.
"ah!!"
"Killing people!"
Emilio was hit by an arrow and fell to the ground in full view, causing screams and commotion near the pier.
With the blessing of clairvoyance and years of training in arm strength, Lu Xiao's shooting limit range is far beyond that of ordinary archers. The panicked guards scanned the farthest shooting range they could understand for a long time but failed to find Lu Xiao's
trace.
With the help of Antonio's thieves, Lu Xiao blended into the fleeing crowd and quietly left the port area.
Lu Xiao's assassination plan is not over yet. Emilio's body will definitely be moved back to the Barbarigo family's mansion for inspection before being buried.
Marco was lucky, he happened to be in the mansion today and did not go out, but Silvio was not so lucky.
If nothing unexpected happens, he should rush home as soon as he gets the news, which is the best time for Lu Xiao to take action.
The Barbarigo family's mansion is located in the San Marco district, where dignitaries gather, not far from the Doge's Palace in Venice.
Lu Xiao relied on the route he had already calculated and ran from the roof to the target location.
Venice is not like Florence. The archers on the rooftops will not turn a blind eye to Lu Xiao, a stranger. At this time, it is the turn of Antonio's thieves to take action.
The agile thief followed Lu Xiao and climbed onto the roof. When Lu Xiao aroused the archer's attention, the thief would take the initiative to distract the archer's attention.
With the support of the Thieves' Guild, Lu Xiao finally successfully arrived at the planned ambush site in the San Marco district, just as Silvio was striding towards the Barbarigo house from the direction of the Governor's Palace.
Silvio is a fat man wearing a monk's hooded robe. A gloomy expression can be seen from under his hood. It is obvious that the news of Emilio's death made him feel bad.
Silvio, who was in a hurry, was also accompanied by several fully armed Venetian guards. If an attack was launched from the ground, it would be difficult to penetrate the defense of these guards and attack Silvio directly.
Gently putting down the body of an assassinated Venetian archer, Lu Xiao squatted on the edge of the roof, ejecting the bloody hidden sword and getting ready.
Using dynamic vision to calculate the advance of Silvio's steps, Lu Xiao jumped down from the air. The sound of the assassin's suit being blown by the falling air aroused Silvio's alert, and he subconsciously raised his head to look up into the air.
"Crack!"
Lu Xiao fell from the sky and thrust his hidden sword into Silvio's forehead. Before the surrounding guards could react, he immediately threw the cannon-throwing smoke bomb that Leonardo da Vinci made when he was bored to the ground.
"Ahem!"
Lu Xiao was prepared to hold her breath and cover her eyes in advance to evacuate in time, but the guards were unable to catch the smoke and coughed repeatedly.
These fumes are lime powder that explodes in one breath. Inhaling it into the nose will cause considerable damage to the body. If it gets stuck in the eyes, if it is not handled properly and washed with water, there is a high chance of burning the eyeballs.
When the lime smoke dissipated, except for a corpse with a pierced forehead and a few guards coughing in pain, no trace of the enemy could be seen at the scene.
The frightened waterbirds screamed and took off in St. Mark's Square. Only then did the nearby nobles and government officials notice that a murder had occurred in the core area of the city.