Chapter 1122： 1 decaying old man

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"Your Majesty's sudden visit, we are really unprepared." The Governor looked happy, and the gathered people scrambled to watch with their heads stuck out, endless laughter.

Those with keen eyes saw that the three large ships in the port had deep draughts, and although there was a factor of ballast stone, the three ships must have carried a lot of cargo.

Rurik had no intention of greeting at the pier with the wind blowing in the autumn: "Let's go to the council hall and talk slowly. Oh, let that old guy from Gould come with him."

"This..." The Governor looked embarrassed for a moment.

"What's wrong? That guy was sick in the summer and hasn't recovered yet?"

"Gould he... he may be dying."

The old governor said it very directly, and Rurik was startled, but then he thought that the guy who had been indulging in food all his life really had many diseases in his body. The old guy will die because he is too rich. This kind of death is much more comfortable than those who die from cold and starvation.

In any case, Gould was responsible for Rose's rise, and now he himself has been marginalized, and his children have completely taken his place in the kingdom. Rurik's reluctance in his heart was not in vain when he thought that this old guy might suddenly leave.

"Let's talk later. You go and gather the elites of the fortress. Many merchants seem to be leaving, and then gather some wealthy merchants. You are preparing some food and wine, and have a banquet tonight. Listen, the banquet's The materials must be sufficient, and the cost will be paid by the king.”

The Governor nodded: "As ordered."

Rurik won't stay long on Tombstone Island, after all, this is a supply station, and the fleet will leave after a full day's stay here.

One more reason for his stay was to visit his old friend Gould.

Glass bottles of honey, and bottled spirits.

If that guy is really terminally ill, the decaying body can't be cured by any panacea. Since Gould is going to die, let's leave with dignity!

As the saying goes, warriors who believe in Odin hope to take part in the last battle of life with weapons in their hands when they are old. It must be a battle that must be won. The brothers who have died in battle with weapons in their hands will win the final victory. This is the warrior. The perfect home.

Gould has been a businessman all his life, and he has continued to gamble his life and speculate to have today's wealth status. Rurik understood him, if this guy was thirty years younger, he would have dared to organize mercenaries to serve the kingdom and become a lord by virtue of his military exploits. This situation is being implemented by his sons, and Rurik really needs young cronies to help him expand his territory and develop business.

Unfortunately, Gould is old.

Rurik brought this guy's favorite wine and honey to the meeting. His guards put on a very ornate guard of honor. The king wore a golden laurel crown, the queen was dressed in jewels, and the deputy priest accompanied the prince. The rulers of the Rus Kingdom Pro Gould's mansion on the island.

The guards guarding the mansion had learned of the arrival of the king, and they were convinced that the king must visit his gold master. These guards put on their best clothes, displayed their free accessories, and greeted the king with as gorgeous a gesture as possible.

The guards use this to maintain the dignity of the gold master. After all, Gould is now in such a critical condition that he can't stand up, so he can only lie on the bed and wait for the end to come.

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Seeing the arrival of the king, the guards of the Gould family knelt down and saluted very wisely, and they were very satisfied with their obedience to Rurik.

"Get up. Where's your master?"

"Reporting to the king, our master is waiting in his bedroom." The head of the guard did not dare to raise his head and answer cautiously.

"Is that so? Is that guy arrogant? He didn't want to meet me in person."

"Great! Your Majesty, my master intended to do this, but..."

"Okay. I understand." Rurik raised his hand to indicate, "None of you are dawdling, everyone is flat, and this king will still need you in the future."

Some words should not be said directly, otherwise it will be too impersonal.

Rurik just let the big white fat white fox, the eldest brother of the Gould family, be the lord of Stockholm (Old Mellaren Market), and also took care of Ross's governor in the entire Swedish region. The white fox is also very old, and the whole person is like Gould who is twenty years younger.

The white fox only needs to be a faithful person, and he does not need any ambition, as long as he fulfills his position according to the requirements of the king.

Then, the white fox only needs to keep the guards in Stockholm. The mercenary guards his father stayed on Tombstone Island, just like the previous model, after the old guy died of illness, he was directly classified as the king's standing army.

Entering the mansion with gifts, not the first time here, Rurik went straight to the old guy's bedroom.

The heavy door was pushed open by the noble king himself, and Rurik immediately saw an old man with white hair lying peacefully on a bed made of thick animal skins. There is a small bronze incense burner in the room, and the meditative rosin is slowly burning. There was a layer of mist in the room, and this layer of mist covered the smell of the old man's decay well.

Gould didn't want to show his ugliness to anyone. Although he paid someone to take care of him, even so, the body began to develop bedsores, and the odor could only be covered by a stronger scent of rosin.

Gould, who was lying flat, still had his belly straight. Thanks to this fat, he could continue to live on.

Looking at his miserable appearance, Rurik couldn't help covering his mouth: "It's only been a few months since I haven't seen you, and you've become like this?"

"Yes... it's Rurik."

Gould didn't care anymore. He slowly turned his head and called his name. For a moment, thoughts came to his mind. He remembered more than ten years ago, when he still wanted to do whatever he wanted, and Rurik was just a child.

"You shocked me. It's only been four months, and you've aged so much?!" With that, Rurik walked over.

Gould's voice was hoarse, and there was an abnormal rumbling sound in his throat: "Rurik. Some of them are fate. I'm dying. It's really rare that you can still come to see me." He forced a smile.

"Yes. I came to see you on purpose, you see." Rurik gestured to his eldest daughter Velika: "I brought her too. My eldest daughter, our deputy priest. Look at her arms. bottle of your favorite honey and vodka. You've enjoyed these delicious treats the most in your life, even if you're seriously ill."

The old man even squeezed some tears from the corners of his eyes.

Gould has no strength to say much more, he has made a will, since the king, queen, and even the prince have come to visit, there are not too many regrets in life.

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Of course, he was still holding on to his body, wanting to see the last of the "little foxes" he had dispersed.

Taking the opportunity, he intentionally let Rurik see his will, which was his arrangement for the entire Gould family. The family's stall has been laid out enough, and the sons and sons-in-law have a prominent position in the kingdom, so the family's affairs are no longer purely private.

Gould really believed that Rurik was blessed by the gods, and only this could explain how he was born as a traveler and spent more than ten years in the family rising to the top of the north. The interests of the family are completely bound to the interests of the royal family. This is also a kind of double sword. If the royal family thinks that the Gould family has done too much, it is bound to weaken some "fat".

In order to avoid some troubles in the future, it is better for me to make a vote for the whole family at the end of my life.

Rurik quickly obtained all the will documents, which were written in traditional Rune on hard paper.

There are many clauses in the document, mainly about the distribution of property.

Basically the same as Rurik thought, based on the traditional family, the second and third sons are not entitled to property. Gould was not entirely based on tradition. Ninety percent of his personal wealth was given to the eldest white fox, and the remaining ten percent was distributed entirely in cash to the other three direct sons.

Gould was also lustful all his life. Unlike other powerful men, as long as the slave he favored gave birth to a child, he immediately got his status and was no longer a slave.

His benevolence ended there, the children of his concubine were not recognized as members of the Gould family, and once he died, the women with the children would have to leave to fend for themselves.

Taking the opportunity, Gould made a request that he would dismiss all the servants and mercenaries in the mansion on Tombstone Island, and his concubines and unborn slaves would be dismissed. He asked Rurik to acknowledge that these people were Rus, which meant that he hoped that the king would grant them a decent future life.

The question is thrown over, when how to deal with it?

"Alright. All the servants and bodyguards you dismissed can be retained by this king. For the extra women you have, I can arrange for them to marry some peasants in Novgorod. Your concubine sons, I will take them all in. When she is in the standing army, her daughter promises to be the wife of the young man in the standing army. I hope these children will be worthy of the opportunity given by this king."

This is the last kindness of Gould. If it is changed to a Viking lord, he will decide to bury his slaves so that the soul can still be enjoyed by Asgard. He knew that Rurik was disgusted with this ancient system, not because the king was particularly kind, but because such behavior was a huge waste of labor.

When it comes to killing people, who in this northern world is more vicious than King Rurik. Although fierce, the young king was kind to those who were loyal to him.

According to Gould's will, when he died, the island mansion ceased to be the property of the eldest son. It will be confiscated and used directly as the office of the fortress governor, or it will be transformed into a public facility for parliamentary courts and warehouses. Everything he has on Tombstone Island will be confiscated, and the remains of his soul, which belongs to Tianyu Empress, must be turned into ashes.

Gould himself has roots, and his ancestral home is the Ankras tribe in the northwest of Lake Mälaren, and he can be buried in the traditional burial area of ​​the tribe.

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But if this is the case, how will future generations remember that there was a big fat man who made great contributions to the rise of Ross? Even in death, Gould yearned for glory. And there is a small calculation in his heart. The so-called King Rurik is to forbid the entire family to develop in the eastern part of the kingdom by force. He is unwilling. So what happens after his death, or is he restricted?

The capital in the eastern region has the largest cemetery in the kingdom, even with a plaque called "Valhalla on Earth".

"Rurik, this is my last request." Gould took a deep breath and sat up with great courage.

Rurik's eyes widened, and he could see that the old guy was doing his best just for that.

"Say, any request will be satisfied as much as possible."

"Bury me in Valhalla, I want to set up a noble tombstone. I have dedicated a lot to Ross, and such a request should not be too much."

"Yes. Although you are not a warrior, your family is doing great work every time you fight, and your value is comparable to that of a war chief. Rest assured, no one will ignore your contribution, and no one will forget your glory. I will Ask the mason to carve your bust, that is your tombstone, and you will not be forgotten."

"Thank you." There are no words to say thank you.

Seeing Gould so old, it even felt suddenly old. Rurik reckons that the guy's difficult appearance is that he has suffered a stroke, such as thrombosis, for a period of time. It is precisely because of his condition that he is likely to suffer from this disease of wealth.

He was like this, and Rurik had to think about his biological father.

Just ten years ago, Otto was able to personally drag a sleigh and lead his clan to hunt in the Arctic Circle. Over the years, he has aged greatly. He was originally strong and lost a lot of weight. About three years ago, he was still able to wear that gorgeous suit. The gold-plated chainmail is powerful and domineering to show off to the clansmen, and it is no longer possible.

The golden armor needs to be set up with some brackets, so that Otto can hang on his body when he is sitting, and maintain the glory of the old warrior.

Otto will eventually leave, I am afraid it will be a matter of the next few years.

As the Supreme King, Otto has been irreparably marginalized. He symbolizes the past of Ross, the new generation of a huge number of mixed-race Ross people, most of them did not go to the north of Ross Fort, and lived on the banks of Yinermen Lake where their mothers lived for generations.

Their strong Nordic ancestry makes them very strong at a young age. Although they still believe in the Norse gods, they are largely separated from the old times.

They had not lived through the old age of starvation, and did not know how the Ross tribe survived in the polar regions of the Snowfjord. The departure of the old generation of Rus has already begun. Soon, all the souls of the old Rus will return to heaven. It will be the era of young people.

And Ross, and the old Ross are no longer the same concept.

In the north, there is also the old blacksmith and the governor of his hometown, Harrodsen. Rurik had never heard of the news of Kravassen's disease, or because the man devoted his whole life to blacksmithing, eating and drinking well even in hard times, and having an advantage over ordinary people in his physical fitness might make him live longer.

How about Harrodsen? What Rurik knew was that this old guy captured many slaves in the era of Ross's rise He was indulging himself in sensuality, and he was also indulging his son Kanuf.

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Rurik and Kanuf were of the same generation. Considering that he was a group of wives and concubines, Kanuf, as a pure-blooded old Russ, married a few more women and had a lot of children, which was actually a good thing for the kingdom.

Rurik put the honey and spirits here, and remarked that these are delicious specialties of the East, so-called special gifts from him. Little Osborn did not understand why his father was so polite to the bedridden old man.

Child Tong Yan Wuji: "Dad, why doesn't he get up? He seems very arrogant..."

Gould's ears are not deaf, he forced a wry smile and gradually turned into relief, and asked his king in a hoarse voice: "This is your first son."

"You are really old. Hehe, this is my direct heir."

"Oh, like the white fox of my family. You, are you going to Lake Mälaren soon?"

"Yes."

"Okay. He's the new Gould now, and my time is over. Rurik, please leave. I'm just an old man who's leaving, and it's not worth your stay."

The more he mumbled, the more unpleasant Rurik felt. "Is this driving me away?"

"No. I just don't want you to see me again. Ah..."

Gould lay down completely and closed his eyes. If he wasn't still breathing, Rurik even felt that the old guy had returned to heaven.

Just follow the old man's wishes and stop watching his decaying jokes...