[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday":3,"chapter-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-130":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","The Imperial Hound on an Eight-Hour Shift",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2225188,4113,"Chapter 130","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-130",130,"\u003Cp>As the battle between Li Miao and the middle-aged man intensified, the sounds produced gradually spread out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After about the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn, even the prefectural government office could hear the booming noise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The local head catcher came out of the prefectural magistrate's office, sighed, gathered his men, and rushed toward the An residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>About a hundred or two hundred feet away, he could already see many people gathered at the entrance of the An residence, chattering and peeking inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Government business! Bystanders keep away!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He shouted, and his subordinates understood, immediately stepping forward, hands on their sword hilts, forcing the onlookers back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boss, are we really going in?\" a confidant leaned over to him and whispered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This An family is involved in the Jianghu; who knows if there's a fierce person from the Jianghu inside, coming for revenge. Listening to this commotion, the scene is not small. I'm afraid we'll get into trouble if we get involved.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head catcher sighed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also wanted to pretend he didn't hear it. But since the prefectural magistrate had spoken, he had to investigate the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, he could only \"keep an eye on everything, enter slowly and retreat quickly, and kneel if it doesn't work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head catcher picked a few confidants and was about to step into the An residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he heard a sharp shout from the crowd behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head catcher turned to look, and it was a person squeezing out of the crowd, covered in mud, and even with some undried bloodstains. His hair was disheveled, his eyes were bloodshot, and there were two huge dark circles under his eyes. At this moment, he was panting, sweating profusely, and in a sorry state.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who are you? How dare you block the government officials!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A government runner stepped forward to stop him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man reached out and slapped him, causing the runner to spin in place a few times and collapse to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The catchers drew their swords one after another, glaring at the man.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man didn't care at all, walked a few steps forward, forced himself in front of the head catcher, finally caught his breath, and reached into his bosom to take out a waist token, shaking it in front of the head catcher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head catcher's expression changed, and his face turned pale instantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My, my, my lord!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Get out, let these people disperse, and tell your magistrate to go home and play with his balls,\" the man said weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes! Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The head catcher hurriedly took the order, dispersed the surrounding people, and fled with his subordinates as if running for their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's the situation! The waist token of the Embroidered Uniform Guard's Town-Pacifying Envoy!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What did the An family do!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man scanned the surroundings, and seeing that everyone had dispersed, he sat down on the threshold, took out a notebook from his bosom, and took out a pen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked around and couldn't find any ink. He spat on his sleeve, smeared the congealed bloodstains, dipped the pen tip, and started writing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While writing, he lamented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Four days, over six hundred miles, three prefectural cities, six mountain strongholds. Over two hundred corpses, half without bodies, half without heads, and all have to be registered.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Commander, oh Commander, open your eyes and take back the Town-Pacifying Envoy! If I keep following, I'm afraid I'll really die on the road!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the booming noise from behind, he let out a long sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When gods fight, mortals suffer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention the mortals complaining here, let's go back to the \"gods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, Li Miao killed Lan Lechuan, and it only took him the time it takes for a stick of incense to burn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this middle-aged man, in terms of Wu Gong, was basically a replica of Lan Lechuan—the same \"Sumeru,\" the same Great Nine Heavens Palm, the same Ming Cult direct lineage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, Li Miao killing Lan Lechuan takes less than a stick of incense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the moment, the battle between the two had clearly exceeded this time, but it still hadn't stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao threw down a severed arm and looked up at the person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person had fought with Li Miao for a long time and could no longer maintain the disguise technique, gradually revealing his original form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked like a beautiful young woman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao stared at her face, twisting his fingers, seemingly thinking about something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I deliberately fought with you for a while longer, and I've basically figured out your foundation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your True Qi wasn't cultivated by yourself either. Your bone structure couldn't cultivate 'Sumeru' at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wedding Clothes Divine Art, your Ming Cult really has the inheritance of this technique.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ji Tianrui back then didn't know he was going to die and pass his power to Lan Lechuan. He wanted to use the characteristic of the Wedding Clothes Divine Art to break and then stand, to go a step further and fight to the death.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The woman didn't answer, taking advantage of Li Miao's talking to fully recover from her injuries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao didn't care.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the battle just now, Li Miao had long since used the miraculousness of \"Kshana\" to thoroughly understand this person. No matter what, she wouldn't be able to make any waves today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to killing her, Li Miao wanted to verify some of his conjectures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He said in a leisurely manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only obtained a remnant of the Wedding Clothes Divine Art before, and there were some bottlenecks I wasn't very clear about. But I saw the original in the Miao King's tomb, which confirmed some of my speculations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Wedding Clothes Divine Art can only pass on power once.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao looked into the woman's eyes and said slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ji Tianrui fifteen years ago had already passed his power to Lan Lechuan, and Lan Lechuan died at my hands. Now you have been passed power once again, creating another 'Sumeru'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ji Tianrui back then died without a doubt, his bones ground to dust, no corpse left. The Commander led the team himself, the imperial court sent three or four Heaven-Man experts, and hundreds of experts saw it with their own eyes. The imperial court valued it so much and was so certain that it was absolutely not something your Ming Cult could fool.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, the current Ji Tianrui... is not the Ji Tianrui of back then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Speaking of this, Li Miao couldn't help but laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did you Ming Cult people grow up reading storybooks? Fake deaths, stand-ins, you never die cleanly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao reached out and pointed at the woman's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I slowly dispersed your Zhou Tian and damaged your meridians, just to break your disguise technique and see what you really look like.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure enough, seeing your face, many things make sense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao slowly stated his doubts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, the collusion between the Ming Cult and the Miao people back then was too suspicious. The Miao people live in a corner; how much friendship does your Ming Cult have with them to persuade them to follow you in rebellion?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second, how could Ji Tianrui master witchcraft and create the method of transforming Zuo Lishan into an insect and transforming people into insect soldiers? Why are these insect soldiers of the same origin as the beasts driven by the Great Witch of the Miao King's tomb?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Third, it's the trip to the Miao King's tomb.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Miao King's tomb is the Miao people's plan, but there are two points worth mentioning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, the Miao people probably knew that the imperial court was about to take action against them because of what you did in Tai'an City. So they wanted to hold the major Jianghu sects of the south as meat shields.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But, the method used was too 'gentle.' Even without me, those experts who went in could have survived. Not only does it not look like a life-and-death struggle, but it faintly reveals a certain—half-pushed, half-reminded warning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second, the Wedding Clothes Divine Art has been lost for a long time and is carved on the stone wall of the Miao people's ancestral tomb. Looking at the decay of the stone wall, it has been at least nearly a hundred years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How did your Ming Cult obtain the Wedding Clothes Divine Art from the Miao people's ancestral tomb?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Miao looked into the woman's eyes and said slowly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Ji Tianrui No. 2 is not here, but his True Qi was passed to you; you should be his confidant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The answers to these questions are all on your face.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are a Miao person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1459,"2026-06-17T21:41:15.265Z","2026-06-18T03:13:38.468Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","7eb2ac78d524647a8ff7b2d6b0424654d29b11c8f5f9275653216170bd5a759c","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-131","the-imperial-enforcer-with-an-eight-hour-workday-chapter-129",647,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-imperial-hound-on-an-eight-hour-shift-cover.jpg"]