Jiang Lu was stunned, "Do you even hear what you're saying?"
"I just felt... it kind of looked like it, but I wasn't sure, so I didn't dare to say it," Giovanni explained.
"So what exactly is it?"
Giovanni had no choice but to point from a distance at the silhouette of the object on the cart, which was revealed under the tight wrapping of the linen cloth:
"Look at their outline, don't they resemble vases?"
Jiang Lu nodded, "They do, a little."
"But vases are not that big; these are over two men tall," Giovanni stroked his chin, pondering: "Together with that shape, I feel like it's similar to those gifts Henry VI sent to the Vatican a few years ago."
"What gifts?"
"Stone-Throwing Cannons." Giovanni's expression turned grave: "I suspect Clement VI has spies in Florence, and knowing that we were going to come to the Vatican, he hastily called in these flame-spitting monsters to deal with us."
"Are they that impressive?" Jiang Lu asked.
