Four Hundred and Ninetieth Chapters Unfavorable Rumors

Lord Rurik has triumphed!

Although the adults rushed to the long priest's house in a hurry, they brought back a lot of amazing loot, as well as some unfamiliar faces.

In recent days, some unfavorable rumors about Rurik have been spreading. This is a businessman from Melalen spreading pessimism, but Otto is unable to find out where the news comes from.

Those were actually the spiritual followers of the dead old king Olegin, and now they naturally regard Karl as the righteous newcomer. Since the Rus people have really beaten the power of the Melalen Olegin family, these factions will do the following. rumors to do things.

Any malicious remarks to Rurik's return disappeared instantly, and they saw a large number of bear heads from the far north, and another group of strangers from the Balmerk tribe.

A young man with bald hair and beard at the head shouted in front of all the burly Rus people who came around: "I am the son of the leader of Balmerk, the hero of ice and snow conferred by Odin. Treat me with respect!"

Biyonni did look like a ruthless man, Yevluo kept explaining beside him, and the Ross warrior's vigilance was lowered a little, but the vigilance of the foreign warrior was consistent. After all, they were the people who stayed in Roseburg, and a large number of hunting men were still working in Fort Elrond and Fort Fisker in the north.

Lord Rurik was in the long priest's house, and many people immediately thought that it was probably the news that the Lord had already known, and hurried back to meet the dying high priest for the last time.

In fact, by now, everyone is mentally prepared. In the whole of Roseburg, in the whole of the Rus people principality, there is no one alive who has lived longer than the aged Villa. This is a great woman, she is in charge of the history of the Rus people, and she has witnessed the transformation of Rosburg from a small seaside reindeer pasture to the powerful city it is now.

People went out of their houses and approached the priest's house.

Otto took his wife Nia's hand and brought the elites of the tribe, all standing at the main entrance of the long priest's house.

As many as 3,000 people have gathered here, and many more are still gathering. There are voices of people talking everywhere, and many people are anxious, suspicious, and worried. But they are ordinary people after all. They are afraid of Odin's power, and they are worried that they will be punished by God if they approach the priest's long house rashly.

A noble like Otto, he was about to push open the door curtain of the "sanctuary", only to see the leather door curtain being opened from the inside.

Rurik, who had taken off his hat, had loose blond hair, and he came out with his head hooked, a line of tears running down his cheeks.

Seeing the crowd of people outside and the earnest and serious expressions of his parents, Rurik drew out his sword in front of everyone, and pointed the peak to the sky.

"Russ! Valhalla's spirit has gone to Valhalla! You will always remember! She was the first heroine of our tribe, and she did not die! She was a Valkyrie! Her name was Sperosville. Ya, is our Valkyrie, who will only bless us the Valkyries of the Rus. You don't want to be sad, and Veria doesn't want you to be sad. Cheers! Celebrate the birth of a Valkyrie."

The crowd quickly quiets down? Some people think for a moment? Random amazing battle cries. This is a warrior, the highest tribute to the Valkyrie.

Thousands of men roaring? And women, including the Rus.

However, some young people saw the returning Rurik himself? With the help of roars to vent their dissatisfaction and regret, their budding ambitions eventually came to nothing with Rurik's return.

Has this moment finally come? Many people roared to cover their tears, even the most able-bodied warriors?

Will everyone believe Rurik's announcement? After all, Veria had predicted his end. God will definitely follow the previous promise and promote Willia, who has served Odin all his life, to become a new Valkyrie.

Continuing to think in this way, Villa's death is not a sad thing. Death was only the beginning of her becoming a Valkyrie. When she died on earth? It was when she was born in Valhalla. So many sacred objects bound to her in the mortal world naturally become ordinary.

Gradually, people who wanted to understand began to cheer purely.

Vilia had finished her peaceful and great life. A young girl followed the clansmen who were ostracized and expelled by her allies and ran to a bitter and cold distance. It was in this fjord that the persecuted Rus spent thirty years of her life. Dormant finally regained some strength? The Slavs who conquered Novgorod gained the right to receive tribute. It took another 20 years, and the Ross tribe welcomed the first man Otto? In another 10 years, a son of God came into the world.

Willa finally see the rise of the tribe in her twilight years? In her final days, she fully confirms that this is the blessing of the gods. Only relying on the power of the Rus? Completely destroying the power of the Gotland? The huge sea is completely the property of the Rus? A new era has arrived.

Maybe Villa has no regrets?

Rurik estimates that Villa has not yet seen her adulthood and marriage, and she is still leaving with regrets.

The high priest left at the age of nearly eighty years old. In this era when adults in northern Europe are only fifty years old, an eighty-year-old lifespan is a miracle. Her death represented the complete end of the humiliating and dormant era of the Rus people. Rurik clearly realized that he was standing at a watershed in the history of the Rus people. Odin, or destiny, or something great, was urging him This hero pushed the wheels of history forward.

The Rus people have their own funeral habits, but the funerals of the soldiers are more solemn, and ordinary people either bury them at will, or burn them directly. The so-called funeral is that the priest is beside the deceased, sings ancient prayer poems, and guides the soul of the deceased to his proper destination.

Kevilia is not an ordinary person, she is the most honorable woman in Roseburg, one of the incarnations of everyone's beliefs, and now she is a Valkyrie!

Even if Rurik announced that her body was only the body of the Valkyrie left in the world, a grand funeral must be carried out.

The funeral was chosen on the third day of her departure, the so-called "third day funeral", and Rurik decided to set this as the most critical funeral for the future of the Rus.

The funeral was held on the third day, so the first two days had sufficient time to prepare all the affairs of the funeral.

Rurik finally returned to his home, but he had no intention of telling his parents and friends who stayed in the north about his experiences in the north. In the end, Cypolava also went through everything, and he was the one who accompanied Rurik for four years. A girl who is only one month old, tells everyone in her family.

Rurik's thoughts were devoted to the funeral. As "the one blessed by Odin", he was naturally obliged to direct all the funeral work.

Veria was dead, and her death did not cause continued grief among the Rus.

The clansmen accepted Rurik's orders, and everyone devoted themselves to the funeral work, especially the men of the clan, who began to build a huge wooden platform on the beach, where the withered remains of Veria will be turned into ashes ...

The grand ceremony was tomorrow, and Rurik boasted that he had made adequate preparations.

That night, at the home of Duke Ross, the most important group of people in the tribe gathered here.

Everyone kept silent for a while until Otto broke the silence: "Villa is dead, her soul is already a Valkyrie, and tomorrow, her body in the mortal world will turn to ashes. This is what she hopes. What do you think?"

Most of the visitors were the elderly in the tribe, and most of them were brothers who were born with Otto when they were young.

Everyone still kept their mouths shut, and Rurik looked left and right, thinking for a while that they had doubts about the funeral.

Rurik cleared his throat: "Just say what you have to say. How about you?"

"Me? My attitude is naturally to support Villa's will."

"So you just kept silent?"

Harrodsen shrugged: "What else can I say? To be honest, I want her to live on. But she's still dead..."

Rurik narrowed his eyes, realizing that there seemed to be something else hidden in those words. "Go ahead, say what you actually think, and I won't blame it."

"Yes." Harrozosen looked at the old friends left and right, and then asked first: "Where is Lumia? Where is the new high priest?"

"Rumia? She was in the high priest's house, guarding Veria's body. What? You have a problem with her? You know, Rumia was chosen by Odin, even though she was a deer farmer. people."

"That's the problem." Harrodsen said bluntly, "The priest's longhouse is sacred, because it is the residence of Veria. Her soul went to Valhalla, and the longhouse that remained on earth lost its sanctity. Rurik, be realistic! When Veria's body was reduced to ashes, the longhouse was degraded into an ordinary building. You... should think about the safety of your vast treasure."

"What do you mean by that? Could it be that the long house is sacred only because of Veria, and..." Rurik was shocked and suddenly realized: "Ah! You mean there will be thieves..."

"Presumptuous!" Otto roared in a deep voice: "Harozusen, do you suspect that someone in the tribe is a thief? There have been such people before, and our approach is to expel them. Perhaps, for the thieves who tried to rob our big money box. , to be divided by the punishment of beheading the whole family."

Harrozuson reminded kindly, not thinking of Otto's anger, and hurriedly explained: "At least, Rurik has to build a better building. In any case, Veria's death means that the priest's longhouse has become ordinary! Todd, your family has changed everything. Your son Rurik will inherit the title of duke, and Rurik's heir will inherit for generations. Some time ago, it was rumored in the tribe that Rurik died in a blizzard. The careerists of the world are just about to make a move. You know, there are still people who think that only through combat is the most correct way to inherit the status of the duke."

"It's absurd! I'm not dead yet!" Otto slapped his thigh and hurriedly supported his aching head.

Harrodsen actually said things so straightforwardly, and the words suddenly woke up the arrogant Rurik.

Rurik stretched his head and stared into Harrodsen's eyes, and asked cautiously, "Could it be that there are potential traitors among us?"

"Of course not!" Haruo Zuo Sen hurriedly cleared the relationship, and everyone else claimed to be innocent.

"Since you all support me, who is the careerist? Oh, you can say his name bluntly."

But how could Harrodsen speak?

Otto looked suspiciously at the embarrassed Haruo Zuosen, there is a name that can be called out!

Is it Arik? Rurik thought of this name in a flash. When it comes to prestige, his cousin Arik can be described as a great hero in the Duchy of Ross, and he has a very high prestige. When Otto and Rurik thought about it, he was also thinking of him.

He thought to himself that if he really died in the blizzard, Rurik was willing to let Arik have a high status. He noticed that among the young and middle-aged people of the Ross tribe, Arik was somewhat reckless and brutal on the battlefield. He had many flaws, but at least he had great prestige.

"Sure enough... is it Arik?!" Otto said angrily.

"It's really Arik? If I come back victorious, he still has to rebel against me? If I confront him directly, will there be any trouble?" Rurik thought for a while, and then stopped the association.

Otto coughed twice, attracting everyone's attention: "Don't speculate, Rurik came back with a large number of prey, and we still have a pact with the Balmers. Rurik is the hero, who dares to object He is the enemy of God and the enemy of allies."

With that being said, Otto and Rurik both realized that there was something strange in this.

Originally, this party was Otto calling the old guys to hear everyone's opinions on the funeral. Arik himself, as a young man, was not there. What Harrodsen mentioned really made Otto unable to do it, even if it was his nephew, if Arik dared to oppose Rurik, Otto would not be stingy with his big ears.

Otto stood up suddenly, grabbed Rurik and was about to leave.

"Hey! Dad, what are you doing?"

"Let's go! I'll take you and that ambitious guy to reason. Everyone else, go back!"

Haruo Zuo Sen stretched out his hand to stop it, but he didn't stop it after all. A group of older guys followed Otto and saw Otto and his son go straight to Aric's house.

"Old buddy, you stabbed the ruffian." Someone stabbed Haruo Zuo Sen with bad intentions.

"Yeah. Arik's busy getting his new wife pregnant, so he doesn't care about the power struggle. Really, maybe that Gotland woman just can't..."

"That's right, that's right! Harrodzuson, you might as well pretend to be deaf and say nothing."

Harrozosen was also annoyed, and he stomped his feet hard: "I just wanted to remind him that those cubs felt that Rurik was missing, and their chance came. They didn't think that they were just mortals, and they really believed those rumors. I didn't say it was Arik, the old guy Otto, is he still worried about his nephew? By the way, where do you say those rumors come from?"

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and another person muttered: "Maybe it was said by some Melalen merchants, you all know that those guys always like to talk nonsense..."

When Otto and his son stormed into Arik's house angrily, the father and son violently kicked open the wooden door, and they were seeing something very miraculous.

I saw that Arik was panting and "taking care" of his new wife Aslaqi, while Peravina, who was holding the child, was still guiding. Obviously, the relationship between the two women is harmonious. It was Arik's actions that made Otto realize that it was extremely embarrassing. It has been almost half a year since the end of the so-called war, and Aslaki's stomach still hasn't moved! Could it be that this woman has a beauty...she can't?

"Uncle! You!" Arik shivered in desperation, and Aslaqi hurriedly pulled up a linen cloth and curled it into a ball in extreme tension.

"I want to talk to you, you..." Otto coughed twice: "Get dressed and see me!"

In fact, seeing this scene, Otto's anger dissipated a lot. In his personal opinion, a person who is addicted to beauty is not willing to pursue power. But that Carl was an accident.

Aric got dressed, he wanted to say something, Otto took the lead in criticizing: "Your brother has come back, don't think about getting his status. Boy, remember. I am the duke of the Duchy of Ross, I will take you Treat it as a son. What I give you is yours, not yours, you can't rob it!"

"I..." Arik just felt inexplicable. Seeing the atmosphere, Peravina hurriedly supported Aslaqi, and hugged the child for a while to avoid it.

"Do you have any comments?" Otto continued to ask.

"Me? What can I say? I don't know anything at all?"

Otto sat directly on the bed and looked at Arik with an interrogating eye: "I heard some rumors that you are going to resume the tradition of winning the leader by duel. Because your brother disappeared once, you feel that you have a chance."

"Ah?! I..." Arik looked straight at Rurik: "Brother, do you think I am a villain? You are the son of God, and if I dare to overstep, I will be struck to death by Odin's thunder. "

"So... what's going on?" Rurik narrowed his eyes. "Why do I hear these rumors at such a time?"

Arik didn't want to hide: "There are indeed some rumors in the tribe, those young guys are just around the corner. They are delusional, and they have no support."

"Is it just that? Arik, I just want to hear your true attitude. I know you are sincere."

Arik didn't have any intentions, and he was really blunt: "Even if you really encounter an accident, I will stand up. Even if it is a real duel to decide the leader, no one in the tribe is better at fighting than me. Your strategy I will inherit it completely, you and I are all a family, and I will not betray the family."

This is the truth of Arik, and Rurik needs to hear the truth, but why is it so uncomfortable in his heart?

Although it is a father and son soldier who fights his brothers and fights, the emperor will always beware of the prince usurping the throne, even if the prince does not have the will to do so.

The sudden situation made Rurik resent the hateful rumors, but ask yourself, he went to the Arctic Ocean and stayed there for four months without any news! Mother Nia was worried about her own safety, and half of her hair was white in depression.

Under such circumstances, it is reasonable for some people to have unreasonable ideas.

The Ross tribe only has some power in geopolitics. If they become complacent and start infighting, the collapse will be an instant thing.

"Let's end this matter!" Rurik shouted loudly: "I will find a suitable opportunity to let all potential tyrants see that I am back, and I will let them give up."

Arik was not a villain, Rurik was sure of that. As long as he is still alive, Arik is the best general. If he encounters an accident without leaving an heir, as a cousin, he is more suitable to inherit the position of duke by blood.

Those who coveted power were not an "individual", but a group of young warriors in the tribe. They were rebellious, and they played their own style in foreign wars, and they also sprouted undeserved ambitions.

"Damn, the cubs I personally trained are the most reliable! Unfortunately, you cubs will grow up for at least ten years before they can be my warriors!" Based on this, Rurik suddenly lost a lot to the young warriors of his tribe. trust. When a tribe was promoted to a duchy, the public's mentality obviously couldn't be changed instantly. They desperately expanded their direct lineage. Rurik could only think of this method.

He felt the haggard heart of being a king, and he had to think about the long-term.

Even if Arik swears loyalty again, or that he will always be loyal, his existence itself is a threat to himself. Arik may never want to rebel in his entire life, but his supporters may not have unreasonable thoughts. Not to mention other careerists.

Rurik thought of the technique of checks and balances, and he needed to promote some talents from his cronies. As for his cousin Arik, in the future, he should not be arrogant because of his blood relationship. Instead, considering the existence of other generals, he has always maintained a kind of jealousy. It does not matter whether he is willing or passive, he must show a kind of humility.

As a king, I am afraid there must be a fierce and dark side in my heart.

"You people are not grateful for the post-war dividends I gave you, and you still coveted me to gain power. It is good for me that you all die. It's just that you can't die now, the children who are eating the wheat and meat that I provided. You can't die until you grow up to be warriors..." Based on this idea, Rurik had to make some adjustments to the final funeral at noon tomorrow.

He needs to use Veria's funeral to show his courage to all the people.

Then tear down the old high priest's house that lost its sanctity in public opinion with the death of Veria.