Chapter 856 Her New Uppsala Temple High Priest

Rurik's enthronement ceremony was grand, but the dense forest seemed to cover up this momentum.

The altar hidden in the forest seems to be an isolated place. The priests of Uppsala conduct their summer sacrificial activities in this secret place.

As for the great temple in Uppsala being occupied by the Rus, the high priest with a patterned face had nothing to say.

He will not curse the Russians or Rurik during the sacrifice at this secret altar. It was as if the Russians left on their own after being satisfied, and the great temple and the sacred tree still belonged to the priests.

However, they are completely unable to estimate what kind of methods a Duke will use to some people in the old era after he is promoted to King

The carnival of becoming a Queen will not overwhelm Ruri. Gram's head.

In other words, becoming king now is not his life goal at all. He didn't even intend to be the king of Sweden. It's just that the wheel of the times has rolled over until now. Manifest Destiny has given Ross the opportunity to integrate the Nordic world and even a historical responsibility. Being the king of Sweden is destiny, and Rurik must wear it. crown.

He will declare his philosophy of governing the country to all Swedish nobles. The nobles also need to understand how they and the people will live after the "Russ Dynasty" begins.

He can conclude that the majority of nobles will feel pressured by matters such as rights, obligations, tributes, etc. For the time being, this group of people will not say anything. What they think of Rurik can be predicted. . As the saying goes, no one wants their own interests to be damaged. As long as the new king can bring benefits to the nobles, and everyone will not have any objections for the sake of interests, the rule of Ross can last forever.

As long as the tribes in Sweden or the Ring of Mellaren do not unite into one rope, the Rus Principality part of the kingdom can easily overwhelm it with its sheer size.

Even so, these nobles still need to see the majesty of the king

It is majestic to kill one hundred and eleven deer to sacrifice to Odin

No return not enough.

Rose disdained human sacrifice, but some people had to die. Some people will be executed. Rurik definitely did not intend to kill innocent people indiscriminately. It is entirely because those who must die, whether intentionally or not, their existence itself is a threat to the royal power.

It is already July, and all Swedish nobles are still staying in Uppsala.

Most of the people who joined in the fun have evacuated, and the not-so-large Neihu has become calm. The Russian army is still here, and they have been ordered to be on high alert. What surprises the local people is that the Russians who are not engaged in production simply live in the cities they built themselves, and even the logging work that they love to see has been suspended.

Within the wall, soldiers are polishing their weapons to prevent them from rusting due to the humid climate.

King Rurik has already spoken, and a meeting of all Swedish nobles will be convened in a few days. The king himself will explain the relationship between the monarch and his vassals. Before the meeting, the nobles were not allowed to leave or visit to ask for explanations. They had to be ordered to wait quietly.

This is like training an eagle. You can leave the eagle aside and make it stay quiet, thus training its patience and obedience.

Boredom and anxiety accompanied the nobles. Fortunately, the king gave them some spirits in glass bottles and honey cakes. With a delicious meal to soothe their emotions, everything was not a big problem.

They didn’t know what Rurik was doing these days, but the Governor of Uppsala thought a little and realized that the priests who had fled the forest were coming back.

Rurik did not simply live in a temporary palace with his wives and concubines.

The so-called temporary palace is the Great Temple of Uppsala. The complex of buildings connected into a huge arc shape houses all members of the royal family and the Russian nobles. Even the elite guards led by Grund were camped near the palace.

It was a sunny morning, and the energetic King Rurik received a surprise report from his subordinates.

"Swenned has something important to ask for. Haha, what important thing can we do now?"

"Your Majesty, do you want to let the brothers go?" the messenger asked cautiously.

"Make a way for him to come in."

"As you command."

Soon, Swined, who had removed all his weapons, hurried over. , when he saw the king's smiling face, he was just flattering, but when the king glared at him, he immediately returned to his serious expression.

He wisely half-knelt on the wooden floor to perform a warrior salute, and stood up only after receiving the order to stand up.

"Svined, what's the big deal for you? Is it that you want to ask for something for your son?" Rurik asked casually.

"It's none of Helgon's business. I just want to report one thing to you. Those priests who took away many idols to the forest altar are coming back. You now occupy the great temple All the buildings are bound to conflict with your priests"

"Yes"

Swined said very much. In fact, the hidden meaning of the words is more clear. It is said that the king should leave when the priests come back. Even though he knew that based on the current situation, the Great Temple was already the property of the royal family.

"Ah, I thought those people didn't want to come back. It would be better if they didn't come." Rurik pretended to lament.

"What should you do?" Swined's words were more cautious.

Rurik immediately glared at him sharply, "What do you think we should do?"

"I don't know. It seems that you think they are very redundant"

"Isn't it superfluous? So, I plan to annihilate them."

"Ah"

Swined's surprised expression was quite exaggerated, and Rurik stepped forward He stepped forward and slapped his shoulder fiercely, "The Great Temple of Uppsala will always be an important temple. It is my property, and the big tree is my property. I ascend the throne here, how can I let those The priests took it away again. There were too many of them, and if they dared to come back, they would die."

Obviously the king's attitude is extremely serious, Swined.Suddenly I felt that it was unnecessary for me to come today. The king had already issued a death sentence for those old priests, and now they were just waiting here.

There is nothing left to talk about, and Swined was also given an order: "Go back to your home and live in peace, and restrain the Uppsala people not to run around in the near future. I will kill those priests , You must not leak any rumors about this matter. If you obey my order, your family will be prosperous in the future."

The mercenary team was completely upgraded to the Imperial Guard, and Grund became the first generation leader of the Imperial Guard.

The main members of the Imperial Guard are a large number of teenagers. They have been serving the emperor for many years. They can be trusted in terms of loyalty. They are young and strong and have been trained to be brave and fierce. Can be trusted. But for these young warriors, the steel swords they were recently issued were also recently forged and polished. The blades were not stained with blood, and they had never killed anyone.

It’s not how ruthless people can protect the safety of the king.

Rurik gave Grund a clear order and led the young brothers to attack the returning priests.

"As long as they dare to come back, do it. Don't think it is taboo to kill the priests. Your monarch is protected by Odin, and there is only honor in fulfilling the monarch's orders."

Grund has his own beliefs. He dreams that his soul can enter the Hall of Valor after his life ends. Now, he was convinced that Rurik himself was indeed Odin's favorite. Although killing priests was taboo, it didn't matter now.

More than a hundred young guardsmen were specially organized. In principle, they were complex palace defenses, but in reality they were also a group of killers.

They are only loyal to the king. The king has orders to kill the enemy. As for who to kill, they have no right and are too lazy to think about it. They just need to perform their duties properly.

The Great Temple of Uppsala hid a murderous intention

The old priests who pulled wooden-wheeled flat carts carrying sacrificial supplies and precious statues knew nothing about it.

Although the high priest of Uppsala, whose face is full of patterns, has no favorable impression of Rurik, his previous smile was flattering, and his move of leading his troops away was to vote with his feet, indicating that he would be king of Rurik. dissatisfaction.

The priests did not express their position in words, their actions were to oppose the king, so they must die

But the priests really did not eat the fireworks of the world. In the past era, they always used walls to separate the great temple from the king. Isolated from the secular world, more than 20 priests of various ages begged for property from the people to live their lives, and their life was to simply worship the gods. According to their logic, such a pious statement will move the gods, and the soul after death will surely enter Asgard.

They were walking in neat steps, pulling the flatbed truck, showing their cunning figures in the thick morning fog, just like a pair of elves walking out of the forest.

The patterned high priest holds his antler crown on his head, clearly swearing that the real high priest of the Uppsala Temple is back.

When the fog gradually dissipated, the priests who walked into the open area were immediately greeted by Ross, who was waiting for work.The soldier discovered.

These soldiers were not actors, and they did not even know that Rurik had given the order to kill. They just watched from a distance.

The high priest saw the building of the great temple and the clump of sacred trees. Some time passed and it seemed that the Rus' had done nothing to the temple. It’s just that they couldn’t get the sacred tools from the temple, so they really relied on the tools they brought to complete the ceremony

The corners of the high priest’s mouth slightly raised, his mood was contemptuous, and he found that the wall was completely gone. They were completely stunned by the large number of tents and temporary wooden sheds that replaced them.

All the priests were dumbfounded and simply froze on the spot.

Shock was followed by anger that their sacred abode had been desecrated.

"You are the ones who did this, people of Ryuri Cross"

The old right hand clenched the wooden staff tightly, and the high priest made a hole with the wooden staff deeply in the soft soil. Order all the priests to walk quickly.

At the same time, Rurik’s wives, concubines, and family members have all avoided, and even old Otto also withdrew in an orderly manner with the team.

In the temple hall, a large gilded bust of the Russian god Odin is installed, becoming the only statue of the god currently.

Rurik put on his chain mail, and his beloved golden laurel wreath was firmly on his head with a flowing golden ponytail.

More than a hundred young guardsmen sharpened their steel swords and all hid in the temple building.

With the sacred tree as the center, a small area has been cleared. The place that was originally noisy is now extremely quiet

The angry Uppsala priests originally wanted to stay. Rick confronted him. When they returned to the temple without walls, they were confused when they saw the strange tranquility here.

"Rurik, could it be that you desecrated my great temple?"

"Russians, please show up and explain what you did and why you demolished the wall"

"Look at the good things you have done, why you built a strange wooden platform in front of the holy tree."

The high priest's voice is quite hoarse as he gets older. He has taken off his hood and showed his full face. The pattern on his face and head looks really scary at first glance.

Not only him, but all the Uppsala priests present have this tattoo pattern. They don't even have much intact skin on their bodies, so everyone gets tattoos as much as possible, with densely packed god-worshiping words on them, believing that this can reach the sky.

More than twenty men with patterns all over their bodies showed their true faces. They felt that the high priest's inquiry was just to vent their anger. The Russians should have left, just like everyone left with the sacred artifacts and left the Russians with a mess. Now the Russians are leaving a mess in the same way.

Suddenly, the priests saw a strong man walking out of the darkness of the hall.

It was Rurik’s flowing golden ponytail that proved everything.

What the high priest was waiting for was Rurik's appearance. This time, she suddenly appeared, and the high priest was immediately stunned.

"You" Rurik suddenly held a steel sword and stood in the sunViolently reflective under light. "High Priest of Uppsala, we meet again."

"Rurik you!" The high priest saw the crown on this man's head and was convinced that he had become the king. The sword pointed at him, this strong threat was really infuriating.

The high priest showed no fear and began to criticize.

Unexpectedly, Rurik did not want to hear that this person was needed, and casually shouted, "My warriors will show up."

In a moment, the Rus' forbidden army hiding in the temple came out. , they moved extremely quickly and surrounded more than twenty priests with patterns on their faces. The shield painted with blue patterns on a white background matches the soldiers' uniforms with the same pattern, creating a unified and mighty circular shield wall.

"O Rurik of Rus, what do you want?"

As soon as the high priest asked the question, he saw this group of crazy warriors coming to attack him.

The buckler was held in front of him, the steel sword was stabbing wildly, and the priests who were unaware of the situation were bayoneted one after another.

The first time he was ordered to kill, the young Forbidden Army soldier witnessed blood for the first time in his life. What was splashed on him was no longer the blood of a deer for courage training, but the blood of the enemy

Only when the shield is stained with blood can you truly prove your bravery to the king and be worthy of your salary.

The high priest of Uppsala had countless swords in his body. He never knew until his death why Rurik, who became the king, did such a violent thing under the shade of the sacred tree.

The high priest died, and his blood-stained antlered helmet was collected by Rurik after his death.

The sacrificial vessels they brought back were all captured by Rurik.

The hearts of the Forbidden Army soldiers who completed the mission were beating wildly, and their faces seemed to be smiling, with rather distorted expressions.

This crazy act was witnessed by Governor Swinned who was hiding in the temple and was reluctant to show up.

He was asked to stay here to witness the killing ordered by the king, and at this moment he realized that this was an act of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys.

Swenned walked out of the temple tremblingly and was still trembling when he stood in front of the king.

"The priests and priests are all dead."

"Dead. As I said, there is no need for these people."

"Ah, what can this do? That's good. Oh no, I mean, you still have to keep some priests. Even if you kill these old priests, the temple will not be left in ruins."

Swenned is standing there. Next to the corpses of the priests, he actually mentioned the future in his nervousness, which shows that this guy is very wise.

Rurik did not kill any priests, and his sword remained good. After returning the sword to its scabbard, he glanced at the high priest of Uppsala who was still staring and said to the governor, "Without these people, they are very important to me. I said that if they dare to come back, they will die. You, Swined, can't do anything." Don't worry, I will leave behind a team of priests, and I will leave behind a concubine to serve as the new High Priest of Uppsala."

"A woman priestess"

"You are surprised"

Indeed, in Uppsala tradition, women cannot be priests. But the Russians became kings, and the Russian tradition was clearly the other way around.

Swenned hurriedly explained, "Any decision you make is wise."

Rurik shrugged, "I guess you have realized your necessary position. I understand." Tell you, you must assist the new priestess. I will give birth to a child with the new high priest of Uppsala. The future high priest will be hereditary and will continue the blood of this king. I warn you, you have nothing to do. You have to make irresponsible remarks to the high priest I appointed."

"Obey"

About Rurik leading his troops to annihilate the old priests of Uppsala. , which really gave the people a huge psychological shock.

The Russians hailed the king's courage, the Uppsala people were in awe of the king's ruthlessness, and the nobles who stayed felt that this was the king's intimidation.

"You are so cruel that even the priest dares to kill you. If Odin hadn't given you his blessing, no one else would have dared to do this." Bjorn, who abdicated, only dared to sigh silently. .

Not long ago, King Rurik summoned all the nobles and publicly introduced the high priest of Uppsala whom he had conferred.

She is a little girl, obviously much younger than Rumia, the high priest of Ross. But she is not quite qualified as a woman to be a mother.

She is Lumi, one of Rurik's wives and concubines. As a follower of the high priest Lumia, she participated in the entire enthronement ceremony as a subordinate priest.

Rumi, who is usually Rumia's follower, in principle, their names have the same meaning, and their bloodline is exactly the same as the deer herder Lapp and the Kovin.

Lumi, the daughter of the chief of the Salmon Lord tribe in Kewen, was in her hometown and had a high chance of becoming the female shaman of the Kewen people.

In the past years, he has been working as the deputy of the high priest of Rus, and was established as the third level by Rurik at the "Wives and Concubines Conference". From Queen Svetlana to High Priest Rumia, there is this Lumi who also has black hair.

To be honest, her appearance is not outstanding and she is not tall. Even so, the giant King Rurik favored her many times in the past few days, which surprised her, and she accepted it happily after knowing the reason.

She realized that she, the daughter of a tribal chief, now had an important position in the emerging kingdom of Rus.

She has completely believed in the Nordic gods, especially in the greatness of Odin and the nobility of Rurik.

The captured Uppsala priest's antlered helmet was placed on her head, and the temple's old artifacts were completely returned to their places. From now on, Lumi must be fully responsible for the Uppsala Great Temple.

She believed that she was pregnant with the king's child, and that her child would inherit this priesthood and protect this, said to be the largest temple in Sweden, for the Kingdom of Rus.

She herself is actually LiuliAs one of the symbols of the king's power, she will have the right to select some women from the Uppsala tribe as lower-level priests, just like Sister Lumia, who established a team of priests.

The appearance of Lumi wearing the antlered helmet really looked like Lumia from a few years ago. Even Otto recalled the past. At that time, the high priest Vilia completed his sacred mission and his soul returned to Tianyu and was upgraded to a Valkyrie. Rumia who took over her position was the same as Lumi in front of her.

As an old father, Otto wished that his only son Rurik would have more wives and concubines. Although this Lumi is a daughter of a subordinate tribe, she has served as an auxiliary priest in the past years and has always been calm and unhurried, and has never gone wrong in any rituals.

Now, she is the high priest of the Uppsala Temple under the rule of the Kingdom of Rus. A high priest who is responsible only to the royal family. Please remember:, free and fastest update, no anti-theft, no anti-theft