The Hunted Hunter
Chapters 121. The Difficult Requirements
Finally the king of Qi Guan Zhong granted Ma Guang the desire to resign from the position given by him.
But there was something else that the king asked for, namely Xia Jiao and Yuan Jiali.
Because at that moment, the seated prince was also Qi Yuan, so the young man wanted Xia Jiao to be his wife.
Yuan Jiali stayed in and replaced Ma Guang as a general.
Hearing that, Ma Guang's face instantly turned cold.
"I forgive your noble servant! The two of them are people who have always been with Me so far, so I cannot pass the terms". Ma Guang.
General Wang Xuesi instantly stood up and snapped at Ma Guang.
"How dare you refuse a request from the king's majesty! Do you want to go against his orders?". Said the man who always escorted the Qi Yuan prince.
King Qi Guang Zhong directly raised his hand to stop the general.
General Wang Xuesi sat down to see what the king was doing.
"This is what makes Me no longer want the office given by His Majesty, because I do not want things to happen that are contrary to My heart and mind". Said Ma Guang in a flat tone of voice.
Hearing that, the secret army of the king's bodyguards that usually hid directly came out from their hiding place and surrounded the place.
The young man sat quietly and waited for what the king would say.
The king stood up from his throne and walked down to approach Ma Guang.
General Wang Xuesi, the prince of Qi Yuan and also the secret army of the king's bodyguards directly also approached the young man with a position like besieging the position of Ma Guang's whereabouts.
The commander of the troops led by Ma Guang was now ready to fight.
Xia Jiao was staring intently at the Qi Yuan prince.
The soldiers who were in front of the palace entrance now started to feel a hostile situation.
Ma Guang who saw the situation immediately gave orders through his soul force to the platoon commanders who were together - the same as the soldiers outside to prepare with all the possibilities that would happen.
It was done because, if the deal did not happen, surely Ma Guang, Xia Jiao and also Yuan Jiali could leave the palace. But it will not be done by the commanders and also the soldiers who follow it. What's more, the commanders are now ready to fight against the soldiers who are on the king's side.
"General Ma! Is this how You honor Me as a king?". Said the king.
"Is this also the way a king values a soldier who has fought for the benefit of his kingdom?". Ma Guang said in response to the king's words.
Now Ma Guang no longer pay respect to the king in front of him.
"I order you to have all your troops disarm all their weapons and let them both stay here". Speak to the king in a voice filled with decisiveness.
"If you want to force yourself to do something that could harm this kingdom for your personal greed, go ahead!". Ma Guang.
Ma Guang's troops had now surrounded the palace and made defenses at the entrance gate to the palace.
"So you think you can save everyone - those closest to you? You are so naive. All those closest to You are now under the watchful eye of My army". Said the king.
"So you want to threaten me? Do you want me to flatten this palace into dust with you?". Said Ma Guang with a rising tone of voice.
A powerful killing aura came out from within the young man's body. The people around him were now distressed by what Ma Guang was doing.
"If I kill the king, surely the people who are in the territory of the Qi kingdom will feel suffering, because the kingdom that wants the downfall of this kingdom, will definitely take advantage of this situation. But if he continues to impose his will, I do not hesitate to kill him". Ma Guang muttered in his heart.
Yuan Jiali now remained calm and Ma Guang also knew what the girl was doing.
Yuan Jiali was meditating and informed the situation to his father who was in the Lily pavilion.
"What did you mean by the words you just said? Is there something serious going on?". Ask Sim Lan's wife.
"Yes! The king did not accept Guang'er's resignation and wanted Miss Xia to be the wife of Prince Qi Yuan and Li'er to stay and replace Guang'er". Yuan Gao.
Yuan Gao also explained what Yuan Jiali had told him, that they were always being watched by the royal court.
Hearing that, Sim Lan's face immediately turned serious and headed straight to the window to check what she just knew.
Yuan Gao and Sim Lan were the same - just sharpening their perception to find the people watching them.
After a while later, the two of them were finally able to find some figures hiding amidst the darkness.
"It turns out, what Li'er said was true! We must prepare our warriors for the worst possible outcome". Yuan Gao.
"I'll watch them! You quickly prepared all our existing warriors as well as our children". Yuan Gao said to Sim Lan.
Finally, the woman obeyed what her husband had commanded.
The royal palace.
King Qi Guan Zhong instantly withdrew the troops that surrounded Ma Guang's entourage.
While Ma Guang and his entourage immediately withdrew their troops and left the royal palace.
"We must quickly return to the Lily pavilion in anticipation of what the king thinks". Ma Guang.
There were approximately two thousand and two hundred soldiers who followed Ma Guang. And all of them were four hundred and fifty troops that were indeed led directly by Ma Guang from the royal capital and eight hundred more troops were soldiers taken from the army of general Fan Gui.
Their entourage now returned to the Daffodil Pavilion.
And as usual, dozens of Ma Guang soldiers had already preceded their entourage to keep an eye on every situation within a radius of two hundred meters of the troops led by Ma Guang.
Yuan Jiali himself immediately darted quickly to head to the pavilium, and every soldier he met, all of them were instantly killed.
Disappointment was reflected on every face of the troops that followed Ma Guang.
They did not expect that their king would do such a lowly thing.
Their souls and bodies had been at stake for the glory of the Qi kingdom, but their king had not appreciated it and betrayed them.
While the king immediately gathered all the officials of his kingdom.
Ministers and generals and commanders of the troops were now in the halls of the royal palace.
"General Ma Guang has now betrayed our kingdom, so I want to attack every person and place associated with him! What do you think?". Said the king.
"Sorry your majesty! According to the servant, it seems unlikely to happen, because in accordance with the rumors circulating, general Ma was very important in the battle that took place in the region bordering the Qi kingdom". Said one of the ministers.
"He just went against what I told him. Therefore he must be arrested and given severe punishment". Speak to the king in a voice full of anger.
"Your highness! But according to the servant, we cannot do that to him, because it will make the spirit and mentality of the soldiers will fall and also this problem will be very influential for the politics in our kingdom and if this is used by the kingdom another to invade our kingdom, this will be very dangerous". Said one more minister.
Almost everyone present in the hall agreed to what the two ministers said.
"So, who do you respect right now? The traitor or our king?". Said general Wang Xuesi in a loud voice.
"General Wang! We must also think about the beliefs of our people, if the people no longer believe in us, there will be upheaval in the midst of society and it will be very detrimental to us". Saying a minister again.
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