Chapter 256: The Imperial Astronomical Service Retreats

Li Beifeng looked at the girl in front of him and frowned slightly.

Based on his understanding of Zhou Qiuning, what the girl in front of him was thinking... was probably not a good thing.

Therefore, if she wanted Li Beifeng to meet someone, he probably wouldn't be a good person.

"What do you want to do?"

"You will naturally know when the time comes!"

A somewhat playful and mysterious smile appeared on Zhou Qiuning's face. Looking at Li Beifeng, she waved her hand.

"Okay, it's time for me to leave. There's nothing interesting here anymore..."

Just when she was about to leave, Li Beifeng called out to her again.

"etc!"

The girl turned around and looked at Li Beifeng with a smile: "What? Can't you let me go?"

Li Beifeng looked at her and was silent for a moment: "Who are you and what is your purpose?"

"Next time you see me, you will know it!"

Zhou Qiuning did not directly answer Li Beifeng's question. She looked at Li Beifeng with a smile in her beautiful eyes.

"Next time we meet, you will know the truth about what happened today..."

"..."

Zhou Qiuning left.

He walked in a hurry, as if he was in a hurry to do something.

Li Beifeng stood there, frowning slightly as he looked at Zhou Qiuning's coming figure.

This girl with a strange and mysterious identity has always given Li Beifeng a sense of unreality.

Who is she...?

Apart from her identity as the second young lady of the Zhou family, how many secrets does she have in her body?

At first, Li Beifeng thought she was a Jianghu person.

Zhou Qiuning's body has the aura of Jianghu. In addition, it was rumored that she had practiced martial arts with an expert in her early years, which made Li Beifeng certain that she was involved in Jianghu.

However, with Qin Tiansi's surprise attack today, Li Beifeng denied this idea.

If she was a member of the Jianghu community, how would she know that Qin Tiansi would attend the Lake Conference today?

Unless...she is from the imperial court? !

It is no exaggeration to say that Qin Tiansi's attack this time was unexpected by everyone.

Even though people from various sects had been on guard for a long time, they never expected that Qin Tiansi would come out in almost all their ranks.

Judging from Qin Tiansi's big move of raising troops and mobilizing people, today's Qin Tiansi intends to wipe out all the sects in one fell swoop.

How did she get the news?

Therefore, Li Beifeng suspected that she was from the imperial court.

It was even suspected that she was Qin Tiansi's insider.

However, Li Beifeng was not so sure at this moment.

If she is really Qin Tiansi's insider, with her strength and the cooperation between Qin Tiansi and Yingwai, it will be easy to wipe out all the sects in one go.

She didn't do this, which was really surprising.

Faintly, Zhou Qiuning seemed to have another layer of mystery on her body.

After a moment of silence, Li Beifeng came back to his senses.

At the moment, he can't find the answer to this. Perhaps, as she said, he will want to see what she wants to do the next time they meet...

…

Inside and outside the estate.

The wall that originally stood next to the manor has collapsed.

Qin Tiansi's agents had already entered the manor.

Inside and outside the entire manor, mourning was everywhere.

Both the major sects and Qin Tiansi suffered heavy losses.

For people from Jianghu and various sects, Qin Tiansi's visit this time was really too many.

There were so many experts in Qintiansi, and with their large numbers, they were defeated one after another and suffered heavy losses.

As for Qin Tiansi, the resistance of various sects in the Jianghu also caused them to suffer great losses.

Although Qin Tiansi has many masters, it is constantly cultivating masters.

The experts dispatched this time are all talents that Qin Tiansi has cultivated for many years. It would be a pity to lose any one of them.

The strong resistance of various sects also exceeded Qin Tiansi's expectations.

Although Qin Tiansi's agents successfully entered the manor, the disciples of various sects fought and retreated, still not allowing Qin Tiansi to take too many advantages.

Both sides can be considered a loser.

"Dharma protector, this can't continue!"

At this moment, a thousand households of Qintiansi knelt down beside Qintiansi Zuo.

"Dharma Protector, the rebels from various sects are resisting fiercely. We have suffered heavy losses and have lost many brothers. If we continue, even if we can capture these traitors, our Qintiansi will definitely be severely damaged... …Please protect the law and order the officers and soldiers to quickly reinforce.”

At this moment, Guardian Zuo, who was listening to Qianhu's report, frowned and looked ugly.

Today's battle should have been a complete victory.

But he didn't expect to end up in this situation.

Not only failed to win over the major sects, but they even lost so many of their people.

This is undoubtedly a double blow to Qin Tiansi's strength and reputation.

Over the years, their Qintiansi has gained too much power, which has long aroused dissatisfaction among many people in the court.

I don't know how many people in the court admired him, Tiansi, and had many opinions on the eldest princess.

Many people even reported to His Majesty, demanding sanctions on Qintiansi and reduction of Qintiansi personnel.

Not to mention, there is also the prince who has long been dissatisfied with the eldest princess and is staring at their Qin Tiansi.

Thinking of this, Protector Zuo felt a little anxious.

Where has the eldest princess gone?

Ever since the eldest princess left just now, she never came back.

Princess... nothing will happen to her, right?

Just when Protector Zuo was anxious, a figure in white appeared quietly around him.

"Princess?!!"

The left protector took a look and immediately showed joy on his face, and hurriedly stepped forward to kneel down.

"Princess, are you okay?"

"I'm fine!"

The princess said calmly, glanced at him with her beautiful eyes, and then looked at the manor not far away.

"What's the situation?"

"Princess... the situation is a little bad..."

The left protector's face was not good, and he gritted his teeth to report to the princess.

After listening to the princess, she seemed to be silent.

The left protector asked: "Princess, do you want to mobilize the officers and soldiers outside the town to cooperate in the elimination of these rebels?"

At this moment, the people of the major sects have been gradually surrounded by the Qintian Division, and they retreated into the manor while fighting.

If the officers and soldiers can cooperate, they can easily catch all these people.

They have planned for so long this time, just for today.

A bit of vicious look appeared on the left protector's face.

The people present today are all top masters, masters or elders of the major sects.

As long as this group of people can be taken down, the major sects in the entire martial arts world can almost be considered half-annihilated.

At that time, the vitality of the major sects will be greatly damaged. His Qintian Division can march straight in, no one can resist, and easily rule the entire martial arts world.

From then on, no one in the world dared to talk about his Qintian Division.

No one dared to say anything about the power of the princess in the court!

This battle will establish the status of the Qintian Division.

However, just when the left protector was full of excitement and waiting for the princess's order.

The princess just glanced a few times not far away, then retracted her gaze and said lightly: "No need!"

The smile on the left protector's face froze.

"Princess, this..."

"Notify everyone to retreat!"

The princess spoke lightly.

This decision, not only the left protector, but even the people around him, heard it, and they couldn't believe their ears.

What did the princess say?

Retreat?

This...

Why retreat?

They have planned for so long and sent so many masters, isn't it just to wipe out these sects?

Now that the opportunity is right in front of her, why would the princess suddenly give up?

Such a good opportunity, she gave up?

"Princess, why do you..."

The left protector couldn't help but speak.

However, when he saw the calm eyes of the princess, the left protector swallowed back the words that were on his lips.

He dared not disobey the princess's order.

Nor did he dare to have any objections.

"Yes!"

...

At this moment, in the manor.

The major sects suffered heavy losses.

Almost all the disciples were injured and horrible.

The attack of the Qintian Division's constables was very fast, and most of the disciples could not resist at all.

Only the heads and elders of the major sects, as well as the masters in the sects and many masters who have been famous in the world for a long time can barely resist.

However, even if they barely blocked the Qintian Division's attack, it would be useless.

Everyone knew it very well. Today, in addition to the Qintian Division, there are nearly 10,000 court officers and soldiers outside the town.

Once they take action, the people of the major sects will have no chance.

At this moment, in front of the manor, the owner of Zhuque Fort, Zheng Xianxing, was covered in blood and looked embarrassed.

The blade of the long sword in his hand had already been chopped off.

He was panting heavily and was almost exhausted.

In addition, the heads and elders of other sects were not much better.

Today was the most united time among their major sects.

However, it was also the most desperate time.

There was no hope.

Many people had already thought of retreating.

They would definitely not win if they fought.

With the Qintian Division and the court officials and soldiers, they had no chance of winning.

Not to mention, from beginning to end, their leader had never appeared.

Where did the leader go?

Did he run away?

This was naturally impossible.

Then, there was only one possibility left.

The eldest princess of the Qintian Division... she is here too!

This news also made the idea of ​​retreating in many people more obvious.

Behind the manor was a continuous mountain range, although the mountain roads were more complicated and it was very likely to get lost.

But if I run from the back mountain, even if the Qintiansi and the imperial court's soldiers chase me, it will be difficult to catch up.

Maybe there is still a chance of survival.

Once this idea came to mind, I couldn't suppress it.

Many people looked at each other and saw the meaning in each other's eyes.

The tone was that everyone was waiting to die here, so it was better to avoid the sharp edge first.

This grudge will be settled with the Qintiansi later!

Just as everyone was about to retreat and leave, suddenly, a whistle was heard outside the manor.

The whistle was sharp and pierced the air.

In an instant, the Qintiansi constable, who was still fighting with the major sects, was stunned for a moment after hearing the whistle.

Then he quickly withdrew and separated from the people of the major sects.

Then, everyone turned around and left quickly in one direction at the same time.

The speed was extremely fast and the movements were neat.

This scene made the people of the major sects stunned.

What's going on?

Why did they all retreat suddenly?

Could it be that... they are going to send out soldiers? !

As soon as this thought came out, many people looked terrified.

"Don't panic, we are safe!"

At this moment, Zheng Xianxing, who was at the front of the crowd, stood up.

He looked towards a direction not far away with a slightly serious look and frowned slightly.

After a moment, he turned around, looked at everyone, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

"The whistle just now was Qin Tiansi's retreat signal... Qin Tiansi's people are retreating!"

As soon as the news came out, everyone was stunned.

"Retreating?"

"Fortmaster Zheng, do you mean that Qin Tiansi's people have retreated?"

"Why are they retreating?!"

Many people cannot understand it at all.

Qin Tiansi clearly had the advantage on the field, so why did he suddenly have to retreat?

Did something happen?

"I'm afraid... the people in Qin Tiansi didn't expect that they would suffer such heavy losses this time!"

Zheng Xianxian glanced around, with a sneer on his face: "This time, Qin Tiansi came in force, but we suffered heavy losses. Our various sects worked together to make Qin Tiansi suffer..."

"Such a loss is obviously a price that Qin Tiansi cannot afford!"

"What is the reason?"

Someone asked in confusion.

"I'm afraid, it has something to do with the eldest princess!"

Zheng Xianxian looked not far away, squinting his eyes slightly.

"The situation of the eldest princess is not as good as we imagined. The reputation of the eldest princess in the court is not very good. In addition, Qin Tiansi has had too much power in recent years, and many people have been let down. People are uneasy..."

"This time, Qin Tiansi lost so many people, which will definitely have a huge impact on her prestige in the court. Not to mention..."

As if he thought of something, Zheng Xianxian suddenly stopped talking.

"Not to mention what?"

Some people couldn't help but ask.

Zheng Xianxian glanced at him and said calmly: "In the Jozhao Dynasty, there is still a prince."

"..."

He looked slightly serious in the direction not far away and frowned slightly.

After a moment, he turned around, looked at everyone, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

"The whistle just now was Qin Tiansi's retreat signal... Qin Tiansi's people are retreating!"

As soon as the news came out, everyone was stunned.

"Retreating?"

"Fortmaster Zheng, do you mean that Qin Tiansi's people have retreated?"

"Why are they retreating?!"

Many people cannot understand it at all.

Qin Tiansi clearly had the advantage on the field, so why did he suddenly have to retreat?

Did something happen?

"I'm afraid... the people in Qin Tiansi didn't expect that they would suffer such heavy losses this time!"

Zheng Xianxian glanced around, with a sneer on his face: "This time, Qin Tiansi came in force, but we suffered heavy losses. Our various sects worked together to make Qin Tiansi suffer..."

"Such a loss is obviously a price that Qin Tiansi cannot afford!"

"What is the reason?"

Someone asked in confusion.

"I'm afraid, it has something to do with the eldest princess!"

Zheng Xianxian looked not far away, squinting his eyes slightly.

"The situation of the eldest princess is not as good as we imagined. The reputation of the eldest princess in the court is not very good. In addition, Qin Tiansi has had too much power in recent years, and has already lost many people. People are uneasy..."

"This time, Qin Tiansi lost so many people, which will definitely have a huge impact on her prestige in the court. Not to mention..."

As if he thought of something, Zheng Xianxian suddenly stopped talking.

"Not to mention what?"

Some people couldn't help but ask.

Zheng Xianxian glanced at him and said calmly: "In the Jozhao Dynasty, there is still a prince."

"..."