A dragon-headed longship on the sea slowly sailed back. On it was the envoy sent by Hrov to Gotland. He took Hrov's message and told Visbijjar that they had captured the female chief of Osa. and news of his eldest son. When he learned that it was Hrov who attacked him, Visbijjar was extremely angry, but Housestein stopped him because Gotland Island was severely damaged at this time and it would take a lot of time. Rest.
"I will pay to redeem my wife and son, but I have conditions." Visbiar said coldly to the envoy.
The messenger returned with satisfaction from Visbijar's message, but he was still a little worried because Visbijar had made an unacceptable condition, but he returned to East Hamar anyway and brought back the news. .
"So Visbyar agrees to accept it!" Khrov said happily as he looked at the envoy in front of him.
"That's right, sir, but he put forward a condition." The messenger nodded, but said with a bitter look on his face.
"What is it?" Hrov asked curiously.
"Visbijár asks you to go to Gotland in person to form an alliance with him." The messenger said to Hrov.
"What?" Hrov was very surprised. He didn't expect that after he raided Visbiar, the other party would actually form an alliance with him.
"Visbijár is in big trouble. He once promised that White Shirt Halfdan would send an army and supplies to support him before winter, but now he has been attacked by us, making it impossible to gather troops and supplies. Qi, that's why we requested an alliance." The messenger patiently said to Hrov.
"Is it the White Shirt's request?" Hrov suddenly felt very troubled, because he didn't expect that the treasure he used to raid Gotland was actually the White Shirt's military expenditure. If Halfdan the White Shirt knew about it, he would not have it. Good fruit to eat, although he considers himself a hero, but compared with Ragnar's sons, he is just a small figure.
"My lord, what is your answer?" The messenger looked at Hrov carefully and asked him.
Just when Hrov was frightened by the reputation of Halfdan in the white shirt, Visbyar seemed very leisurely. He hugged a female slave and lay reclining on the ground covered with bearskin, letting the female slave feed him Drinking wine, there is no anxiety and sorrow after his wife and son were captured.
"Sir, will Hrolf agree to your proposal?" Hausstein stood aside and asked worriedly.
"Don't worry, he will definitely agree, if he doesn't want to anger Halfdan." Visbyar sat up, and he waved his hand to drive the slave girl out, because Suchen's surprise attack left him with not even a beautiful girl here. None of the slave girls could be found.
"Can Halfdan's name really make Hrolf surrender?" But Hausstein shook his head. He knew very well that Halfdan wanted to deal with the Mercians and Wessex people on the British Isles. He will not pay attention to a remote place like East Hamar, not to mention that East Hamar is the sphere of influence of Bjorn the Iron Bone, and it is impossible for Halfdan to take action against his brother's territory.
"It's not about surrendering. I know Hrov very well. He is an ambitious guy. In order to enhance his reputation, wealth and expand his land, he will definitely agree to form an alliance." Visbiar casually picked up the paper on the table. He put a piece of dried meat into his mouth and bit off a piece, then walked to the door of his lord's house. At this time, his subjects were clearing the ruins and rebuilding new houses.
Sure enough, Visbyar's words came true. Khrov sent an envoy to agree to the covenant, but the location of the covenant was changed to Sigtuna, where he would meet with Visbyar in person and then conclude the covenant. .
"Sigtina?" Suchen sat on the grass. He patted the dirt on his hands and took the smoked fish and barley bread brought by the cook Pahena. Ange stood beside him.
"Yes, Visbijjar demanded the ransom of the hostages and made an alliance with us, but Hrov did not dare to go to Gotland, so he asked the two of them to go to Sigtuna together, and only there they could make an alliance, Only then will he feel at ease." Ange chewed on a piece of grass as she refused half of the barley bread that Su Chen broke.
"Why would he feel at ease in Sigtuna?" Suchen frowned and took a few bites of barley bread. This hard bread did not taste very good, but he was indeed a little hungry after tilling the soil outside his house. I can only drink it with cold water.
"Because that man is here, no one dares to cause trouble under his nose." Ange raised his slender eyebrows and said matter-of-factly.
"Who?" Su Chen became even more puzzled and asked curiously.
"Bjorn the Iron Bone, son of Ragnar." Ange said to Suchen.
"Bjorn, it turns out to be him." Su Chen remembered that it was the iron-bone Bjorn who ruled Sweden at this time. However, many place names in ancient Northern Europe were different from modern ones. In addition, the various lords' territories were intertwined. In fact, everyone also There are no clear boundaries, and they often fight over a tree or a river.
"It's really interesting." Su Chen thought thoughtfully. The two lords who originally thought they were incompatible with each other were actually going to sign an alliance, and it was still on Bjorn's territory. He didn't know what the consequences would be.
After Ange left, Suchen distributed the remaining food in the basket to Verside and Little Harald who were working for him, and he walked towards the lord's house with the basket in hand, preparing to put the food in the basket. The basket was returned to the cook Parna.
"I heard that the lord once caused trouble for you." Pahaina saw Su Chen, stepped forward and stretched out her hand to wipe the dirt off his cheeks affectionately, and said with concern.
"He wants to kill me, but it may not be that easy to kill me now." Su Chen shrugged his shoulders and said to Pahaina, although he didn't understand why Pahaina, who was not his biological mother at all, cared so much about him. , but still comforted her.
"Kill you?" Pahaina frowned. She seemed to have thought of something, turned around and got busy again, but Su Chen felt that she was afraid of something.
"What happened?" Su Chen asked quickly.
"No, it's nothing. You'd better not offend the lord. I don't want you to get hurt in any way." Pahena turned around, smiled at Suchen and said.
"Ah, I understand." Su Chen nodded in confusion. Of course he would not take Pahena's words to heart, but he glanced at the kitchen. The kitchen seemed to be particularly quiet today, which surprised him. He suddenly remembered He seemed to have never seen the slave girl Hyde, so he asked Pahena.
"She seems to be sick today and hasn't shown up. However, the lord doesn't have a banquet anyway, so everyone can take a rest." Pahena explained to Suchen.
"Sick?" The beautiful and lively little slave girl Hyde appeared in Su Chen's eyes. He decided to go see her, and there was only one place she could go.
Hyde was hiding in the tree house at this time. She curled up and looked outside the house in fear, as if something terrible would appear there at any time. At this time, she heard a rustling sound, as if something was rising upwards. Climbing, which made her panic even more.
"Hyde?" Su Chen climbed up the tree house. When he opened the door, he was very surprised to see Haide who was frightened like a deer.
"Ulf?" Seeing that it was Ulf who appeared in front of her, Hyde relaxed immediately, but soon her eyes filled with tears, and she threw herself into Su Chen's arms with a cry.
“Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu”
"What's going on?" Looking down at Haide who was crying like tears in his arms, Su Chen suddenly felt at a loss. He didn't have much experience in comforting girls, so he could only hold Haide's slender shoulders and pat them gently with his hands. He rubbed her back, waiting for her emotions to gradually calm down.
"What happened?" Su Chen looked down at Haide, who was crying like a pear blossom, and asked her softly.
"I'm done." Hyde's big blue eyes were like a pool of lake water at this time, his fair little face turned rose red, his little nose was twitching, and the clothes on Su Chen's chest were all wet. .
"If you don't tell me what happened, how can I help you?" Su Chen said to the little slave girl Hyde, dumbfounded.
"The lord wants to kill me." After sobbing for a few times, Hyde finally calmed down, but he burst into tears again, and Su Chen was also surprised when he heard this.
